Chapter 1
Nathan’s POV:
For some odd reason I’ve been feeling extra moody this week. My hormones are everywhere, and I swear my mood swings are worse than my sisters. I go from being totally fine and happy one second, to wanting to rip the world apart. When I go balastic I get put in the dungeons for a while just so I don’t accidentally hurt anyone. I don’t have a mate to help me or calm me down, so I guess the dungeons are the next best thing.
It’s 6:00 which means school starts in 2 hours. I get ready for school, pack my bag, and then eat breakfast. I take the bus to school and walk into my homeroom advisory. I go to sit down when I see a blonde man with blue eyes in my seat. I’m pissed he’s in my fucking seat. That was before I got a whiff of his scent.
“MINE! MATE!”
My wolf calls out.
What the fuck? He’s a man. I’m straight for crying out loud. But I would be lying if I said he wasn’t handsome. He looked up at me and my heart fluttered. I walked over to him trying to talk to him.
Nathan: Hey.
Nathan’s Mate: The fuck do you want?
Nathan: First off you’re in my seat. Second, don’t talk to me like that again. And third of all, you’re my mate.
Nathan’s Mate: Don’t fucking call me you’re mate. And if you want your seat so bad then here.
He walks out of my seat and goes to sit on the floor.
Nathan: What’s your name?
Nathan’s Mate: It’s none of your business.
I growled which seemed to startle him. I looked at him for a good moment and inhaled his scent again. That’s when I realized he wasn’t a wolf. Fuck! What was he? I just couldn’t put my finger on it.
Nathan: Tell me your fucking name.
Nathan’s Mate: It’s Cameron.
Nathan: Well my name’s Nathan.
Cameron. That was such a beautiful name. What am I doing? I’m not gay! Am I?
Cameron’s POV:
Great. My mate was a fucking werewolf. I hate those mutts. I’m a vampire and I despise those fucking wolves. I’m thinking of rejecting him but apart of me can’t. It would break me and him. I wouldn’t get another mate if I rejected him. Fuck he’s kind of attractive. Green eyes, brown hair, dimples. He’s slightly taller than me as well. No! I cannot be thinking like this. I’m straight!
I noticed Nathan wrestling with some other kids for the school competition. I felt a weird sense of rising anger. The way his skin was pressed up against other guy’s skin made me mad. Fuck am I jealous? He’s getting to me and I don’t like it. I noticed how rough he was being. He wasn’t just wrestling he looked like he was trying to hurt someone.
He put a kid in a choke hold. And he was really choking. The kid was gasping for air. What was wrong with him? The teacher came by and separated them. Nathan’s eyes were bright red. Then they changed to pitched black. You couldn’t see any white. Just black. It scared me a bit not gonna lie.
He seemed really pissed. He started growling. I was concerned. I wanted to go over to him and calm him down but my pride got in the way of that. He was rubbing his chest to try and cam him down. He ran out of the gym and into the forest.
It was lunch and I was getting my books. Just then someone bumped into me. Just my luck. It was Nathan.
Nathan: Move.
Cameron: Go around me dumb shit.
Nathan: The fuck did you just call me?
Cameron: You heard me.
Nathan: Next time I say move I mean it.
Cameron: I don’t have to listen to you mutt.
Nathan: How dare you call me that.
Cameron: I hate you wolves.
Nathan: Why?
Cameron: None of your business. Also in case you haven’t noticed I’m a vampire.
Nathan: You’re a bloodsucker? My mate is a vampire?
Cameron: I’m not your mate.
Nathan: Yes you are.
Cameron: Once I reject you, you won’t be.
Nathan: W-what?
Nathan lowers his head and tears welled up in his eyes. He then walked off slowly.
I felt bad. Maybe I went to far? Mates are very important to vampires but they may be even more important to wolves.
Two days have passed and I haven’t seen Nathan since our small argument. To be honest I was scared. What if he transferred schools? What if he got hurt? What if something happened to him and I’ll never see him again?! Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
Nathan’s POV:
Those words hit me like a ton of bricks. “Once I reject you, you won’t be.” My mate wants to reject me? Fuck I’ll be mateless. I went home and cried my eyes out. I lashed out while restling because I was mad he was rude to me earlier. But he wants to reject me? Sure he’s a vampire and a guy. Nothing that I would want or expect but he was still my mate. My whole world would shatter into little bite if he rejected me. I’ve been skiping school.
My wolf has been depressed.
Ares (Nathan’s Wolf): Mate doesn’t want us?
Nathan: I don’t think he does.
Ares: But I want mate.
Nathan: I do too. Maybe he’ll find someone else.
My wolf started crying.
Ares: Mate is only mine.
Nathan: Im sorry Ares.
My wolf and I were crying. Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be. Maybe the moon goddess made a mistake. Maybe I was meant to be mateless.
I finally went to school after 4 days of skipping. I didn’t talk to anyone. Not even my teachers. I was too heartbroken. I wasn’t ready for him to reject me. I didn’t want him to. I really wanted a mate. I wanted him. I wanted to be with him.
I noticed my mate going down to touch some purple flowers. He picked a flower and started smelling it. I thought nothing of it when I realized he had just touched a monkshood flower. Those plants can kill you! I ran over and kicked the flower out of his hand. Monkshood is also known as Wolf’s Bane. It is harmful to others and especially us wolves. I notcied my mate clutching his chest. Probably from smelling it.
Nathan: Those flowers are poisonous! Shit you’re so stupid. Where does it hurt?
Cameron: I’ll be fine.
Nathan: Tell me.
Cameron: I have a headache and my chest is tight.
Nathan: How much did you inhale?
Cameron: I inhaled some of its pollen.
Nathan: Shit.
I picked up my mate and started running to the nurses office.
Cameron: Put me down!
Nathan: You really would rather walk?
My mate just sighed in defeat. I was so scared. What if my mate died? What if I lost him? Yes he’s a vampire but it doesn’t matter! The nurse gave him a concoction of ingredients and spices to help him. He drank it and already seemed to be feeling better.
Nathan: Are you hungry?
Cameron: I’m a vampire. I dont eat. I drink blood.
Nathan: I can get you a frozen blood bag?
Cameron: Those don’t taste good.
Nathan: Then drink from me.
Cameron: No. I may hurt you. And I might not be able to stop.
Nathan: Since when did you care about me?
Cameron: I’m just saying.
Nathan: You can drink a bit.
Cameron: Are you sure?
Nathan: Yeah. But you’re drinking from my wrist. Not my neck.
Cameron’s POV:
Nathan gave me his left arm. He was my mate. I didn’t want to hurt him. But I was thirsty. Hungry. I hadn’t had blood in months. I took his arm and put his wrist up to my mouth and my fangs came out. I bit down into his wrist and started sucking his blood. It was the best blood I’ve ever had in my 95 years of living. It was delicious. I was sucking hard.
I got a decent amount of blood before he told me that was enough. I kept going a little more before finally having the self control to pull away. I licked his wrist clean.
Cameron: Thank you.
Nathan: Mhm.
I was slowly falling for him. I realized I could never bring it in me to reject him. He was my mate. I couldn’t do that. I wanted him.