And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Mouth parted, I stood in utter disbelief, staring at Lucas Vega. His eyes flecked with gold as he stared upon my figure, moving from the shadows out into the moonlight. How is it that this man, a man I had detested because of his cocky personality, was the man I was

supposed to be mated to?

So many questions ran through my mind, and as I got closer to him, flutters of nervousness flowed through my stomach. "You are my mate?"

It was a question, but it was also more of a statement. I couldn't believe the Fates had paired me with Lucas Vega, the notorious bad boy who wanted nothing more than to make my brother's life a living hell.

"Yes, I am. I waited so long for you to realize I was your mate, so I didn't have to be away from you any longer." Lucas stepped closer towards me, and as he did, I felt myself become completely uneasy.

I shouldn't have felt this way around my mate, and yet I couldn't help it.

"You turned eighteen four fucking months ago and you couldn't bother to tell me back then I was your mate? What the fuck is wrong with you?"

now I had said what I did, I didn't regret it. Four

I wanted you to figure it out on your own. It would have been unfair of me to come to you and

was thinking about me. I found the notion sweet,

how badly I wanted those gold-flecked eyes to stare down at me as his plump, thick lips kissed me, I couldn't let my emotions take control. This was Lucas Vega. The same bucas Vega who had tried countless times to piss me off, tease me, taunt me, and do everything in his power to come between my brother and I since the school

spilled down my spine. His warm, fresh rain scent wrapped around me, trying to comfort me, but all the while my stubborn mind couldn't get past the fact he

control, but at the end of the day I was Cassie, the Alpha's daughter. No way in hell

my arm, I was pulled from my thoughts and jumped back

"If I wanted to touch you, I

with his eyes

were going to be feisty, and even when I found