Notice Me (12 page)

My heart was thrashing so frantically against my
chest, I wondered if he could feel it or even hear it? I'm sure the
sound of my breathing was labored as I tried desperately to take in
lungfuls of air. "Mmm, Tristan" I moaned raspily grabbing a hold of
his shoulders. I don't think I've ever felt something so sensual in
my entire life!

Suddenly I felt a slight nip causing me to jump.
Did he seriously just bite me where my neck meets my shoulder? It
was a playful bite and it only hurt for a split second as his
tongue smoothed over it to take away the slight sting that it left,
but nevertheless it was still a bite.

Before I knew what happened next, Tristan pushed
me away forcefully by the hips staring down at me with pure silver
eyes. The evening had turned into night and the sky was a dark
purple color making his eyes shine so bright they looked almost
translucent.

"W-what's wrong?" I asked trying to take a step
towards him. "Are you ok?" I wanted to comfort him and make sure
nothing was wrong. Looking at me like he was in so much pain caused
the vessels of my heart to squeeze blocking off the blood flow. He
held up his hands to stop me from approaching him.

"No...don't come any closer." Did I do something
wrong? Why was he glaring at me with such intensity? Was I too
inexperienced for him? "I need to go." Tristan spat out turning on
his heels and running across the sand towards the boardwalk.

"Tristan, wait!" I screamed out after him. I
tried my best to chase after him, but as you all recall I'm not
athletic. Before I even made it to the boardwalk the pain in my
sides made me feel as though my kidneys were going to explode. I
was standing on the boardwalk with my hands on my knees. Wheezing
for air as my chest heaved up and down when I noticed Luke and Anya
quickly making their way over to me.

"What happened, Lise?" Luke demanded to know,
most likely concerned about his Alpha. "Which way did he go?" I
couldn't force myself to speak; I needed all the air I could get.
The most I could offer Luke was to raise my hand and point straight
ahead.

"I'll go check on him." Luke said kissing Anya
gently on her temple before he took off in the same direction.

"You ok?" Anya's voice was filled with concern.
She threw her arm over my shoulder as we both began walking across
the parking lot towards the woods. I nodded in response, still
trying to catch my breath so that I could explain what happened.
When I was finally able to breathe normally, I told her
everything.

"So what you're telling me is that things were
getting hot and heavy, you moaned his name and he practically
freaked out after he bit you?" Anya asked with her eyebrows turned
downwards in confusion.

"Yea, I just don't get it." I sighed sadly; we
reached the end of the parking lot and were standing at the
beginning of the tree lines.

"Why the hell would he run off like that and
straight into the woods? What is he nuts?" Anya's expression was
disbelieving as she shook her head. "Don't they know about all the
wolf sightings in the woods around Port Clyde?"

My saliva got stuck in my throat and I began
choking when I heard the words escape her mouth. "Wolf sightings?"
I croaked.

"Wait, don't tell me. You're constantly reading
anything and everything you can get your hands on and you don't
read the newspaper?" She joked in mock surprise.

"Oh hush up. I read books not the news!" I cried
nudging my body against hers managing to knock her a bit off
balance. "That's what the TV is for, to watch the news."

Anya chuckled loudly in response, but it was cut
off as soon as I took a step off the cement into the dirt path that
led to the woods. "Whoa, where the heck do you think you're going?"
She asked horrified, grabbing a hold of my arm to stop me. Jeez, by
her expression you'd think I was slaughtering baby bunny rabbits. I
was just going to look for the guys.

"To look for the guys." I answered simply
shrugging my shoulders. "You coming with or you going to stay here
and be a chicken?"

Anya shuddered like she got a sudden chill.
"They say there's been numerous sightings and they're warning
people to stay away from the Forrest."

"C'mon really?" I quipped with a pointed look.
"What's the worse that can happen? The guys are in there..." Well,
typically when someone asks a question like that, the worse thing
imaginable always seems to happen doesn't it?

We'd been walking for a good ten minutes along a
dirt path and still no sign of the guys anywhere. As to not draw
any unwanted attention to ourselves from wild animals we decided it
was best to stay quiet. The trees went from thin and spread out at
the beginning of the woods to now being abundant and closer
together. Everything seemed so eerily quiet in here.

The only thing helping us see where we were
going in the dark was the measly flashlight app I downloaded onto
my Iphone. I stayed up late last night downloading apps. I
discovered one called Wattpad the largest community for discovering
and sharing stories. Which meant unlimited reading! So you can only
imagine I stayed up extra late last night saving numerous amounts
of stories to my library.

Even that was proving to be a bad idea
considering my phone was flashing the 10% battery low reminder! I
had no freaking idea which way was back towards the parking lot,
but I sure as hell wasn't going to tell Anya that. Anya's lanky
arms were wrapped around mine like a damn king cobra as her bony
hands squeezed the life out of my arm, cutting off the
circulation.

Her eyes darted around nervously and her
breathing was coming out in little pants. She was scared, but
didn't want to tell me. Usually she's the braver of the two of us.
The more daring one who's willing to try anything just once so that
she could say she did it.

Shuffling along for another five minutes I was
beginning to get this sick feeling in my stomach. You know, the way
your stomach turns in knots when you finally admit to being lost.
The feeling of helplessness washes through you from not knowing
where you are or which way to go. It's not like you can ask for
help either, because there's not a damn soul in sight.

As panic sets in you realize either that A-
you're never going to find your way back home or B- you're way too
young to die! My phone beeped with a 5% low battery reminder,
causing Anya to shriek in terror. "What the hell was that?" She
hissed looking like she was ready to scream bloody murder.

"My phone's dying." I admitted guiltily. It was
my fault we decided to come in here and now, we're goners for
real!

"Oh...great...just great!" Anya whined throwing
her hands up in the air. "What's the worse that can happen?" She
mocked trying to imitate my voice. "We're going to be wolf food is
what!"

The snap of a twig diverted our attention to the
right of us; I shined my phone in that direction and breathed a
sigh of relief. Standing in a small clearing were two wolves with
their backs towards us, a huge black one that I instantly
recognized as Tristan and a large tan one that I only figured to be
Luke.

‘We finally found them!’
I thought with pure happiness. These are good wolves that
won't hurt us, we’re their mates and they'd protect us...something
Tristan explained to me. It was like they were standing there
discussing something in their wolf form. It was an amazing sight to
see, so extraordinary.

Then, as though the two of them smelled us
approaching their ears perked up and they turned around to face us.
My phone died at the same exact time Anya's ear piercing scream
broke the quietness, throwing us into complete and utter darkness.
The only glow we saw now was the shine of Luke and Tristan's eyes
in the pitch black.

I heard a thump next to me and looked over to
barely make out Anya's frame lying passed out on the floor. Oops,
guess I forgot she doesn't know our guys are wolves. Crap, how am I
going explain this one when she wakes up?

Chapter 17: Realization
Tristan's POV
Standing in the clearing talking to Luke through our mind link, I
swore I could smell little traces of Lise's scent wafting through
the air. When Luke caught up to me, he kept assuring me that he
left her and Anya standing on the boardwalk waiting for us. He
stated that she tried to catch up to me, but naturally couldn't.
Wolf here, hello.
Luke demanded to know what happened causing me to rush off and
leave my mate alone like that on the beach. So I told him
everything from the bullying to her taking control of the situation
and then coming over to give me my victory kiss.
'Whoa, who would of thought she had
it in her?'
Luke asked with a wolfy grin. His blue
eyes twinkling with amusement.
'I know tell me about it, I surely
didn't.'
I sighed looking out towards the vast amount
of trees before us. It turns out my little Lise isn't so
innocent
. 'It was such a damn turn on, I
completely lost it back there. I claimed her you know?'
I directed towards Luke with disappointment laced in my
voice. I didn't want to do it without her being fully aware of what
she's getting herself into, but I couldn't help myself.
He looked over at me and quirked his head.
'I know, I kind of figured that's why you ran off after I saw
the mark.'
I shook my head to clear it from going back
to the thoughts of our heated session on the beach. What a jerk, I
can't believe I allowed myself to lose control like that! Hearing
that sexy little moan escape her lips and then the sound of my name
rolling off her tongue caused my wolf to go into a frenzy.
He managed to gain control for a slight second, but in that mere
second it was enough for him to bite down and claim what belonged
to us. I just hope she doesn't flip when I tell her what I did and
what it all means. Luke said she seemed distraught that I ran away
from her. Only it wasn't her that I was running from. If I stayed
there any longer...if she called out my name one more time...
I know I would have lost control, ended up throwing her over my
shoulder, and carrying her off to a private area of the beach where
I'd end up mating her. That's definitely not how I imagined her
first time to be, I'm sure she wouldn't either. I want to make it
special for her and I'm pretty sure she won't appreciate me
throwing her down onto the sand somewhere.
Just the thought of mating her caused me to stir; you could hear
the twigs snapping under my paws. I needed her to have her both
physically and emotionally.
'Did you see
that?'
I mind linked Luke. I could've sworn I just saw
a flash of light shoot out ahead of where we were standing, which
means it had to come from behind us.
Glancing over at me with a whimper, Luke responded.
'Was just about to ask you the same
question.'
We both turned around then to come face to
face with our mates standing about thirty feet away from us. The
look on Lise's face was one of pure relief; too bad I can't say the
same for poor Anya. She looked terrified as she let out the loudest
spine-chilling scream I've heard in my entire life.
It was so much worse than the scream Lise let loose when she
witnessed me shifting that day on the cliff. When the screaming
commenced, the light on Lise's phone went out filling the area
around us once again in blackness.
‘Maybe
she shattered it with her high pitched scream.’
I
heard the thump and watched as Lise glanced down at her best friend
who was piled in a heap on the ground next to her. Sensing her
worry, I immediately shifted and yanked on my shorts that I carried
in my mouth. Luke did the same; we weren't worried about Lise
seeing because of the dark.
Luke made his way over and scooped up Anya carrying her bridal
style. "I’m bringing her back and laying her down in the truck." He
called out over his shoulder as he slowly jogged off. "Guess it's
time she finds out the truth." I didn't answer him, since I was the
one who suggested it. He was just announcing it so that Lise would
know where he was taking her.
We decided it was time he came clean to Anya. Luke and his wolf
obviously couldn't stay away from her for long periods of time as
we witnessed while surfing. Making my way over I stopped right in
front of Lise. I could see her clearly, but it looked like she was
struggling to make out my outline in the dark.
She's so stunning, but it's ashame she doesn't know this. Everyone
else around me, especially all the guys seemed to notice though.
Raising my hand up, I cupped my palm against her cheek. This seemed
to surprise her, guess she didn't expect me to be that close. She
closed her eyes and leaned her cheek into my palm, turning her head
slightly to kiss the inside of my hand.
"You're...ok." Her voice came out in a hushed statement. With
everything she's just experienced and yet she's here worrying if
I'm ok? Incredible, She's absolutely positively amazing.
That yearning heat in the pit of my stomach began to reignite
itself and the sweat began to bead at the top of my forehead. The
amount of passion building up inside of me was causing my body
temperature to raise significantly higher then it usually is. It
was making me sticky and uncomfortable.
No other female in my eighteen years of life has ever managed to
get me this riled up. Just one glance into her eyes drives me wild.
Something as simple as me touching her caused my wolf to try and
break free. He wanted to rekindle the flame we had going through
the both of us on the beach.
"Yea, I'm fine." I responded gruffly and almost guttural. I refused
to lose control over myself again, she means way too much. "How
bout you, you ok?" I asked running my fingers up and down her
arms.
Lise nodded her head once and I watched as her lips parted
slightly. "I'm fine now that we found you. What happened back
there?"
Clearing my throat, I licked my dry lips. "There's something you
need to know." I began, preparing myself to tell her what I did.
Praying to god that she doesn't slap the crap out of me after this
confession. Well come to think of it, the slap I can deal with as
long as she doesn't hate me afterwards.
"What is it?" Lise asked timidly while taking a step towards me to
close the final gap between us. I wrapped my arms around her body
in a hug, trapping her hands against my chest.
The feel of her tiny fingers pressed up against my bare chest
managed to have me in a daze for a split second...it feels so good.
"Tristan?" Her voice wavered slightly as her warm breath trickled
against the bottom of my chin when she looked upwards at me.
Kissing her on the forehead, I knew I needed to spit it out
already. The sooner it's done and over with...the better, so we can
get going. "I'm sorry for what I did on the beach" I blurted out
unsure of how else to explain. Closing my eyes, I rested my chin on
the top of her head. "I lost control, my wolf took over and claimed
you."
I think I stopped breathing waiting for her response. It seemed
like she stayed quiet and still for a long time before I felt her
move against my body, but I still didn't open my eyes. It was
torturous as I stood there bracing myself for it, the slap that
never came. Instead she pulled away from me slightly to shift
herself into another position.
Surely, I thought she was going to tell me off and demand I take
her home. Surprisingly I felt both of her hands grab a hold of my
cheeks and pull downwards. "Does that mean I belong to you
forever?" Lise murmured brushing her lips softly against mine as
her arms found their way around my neck.
"Yes, beautiful." I answered, thankful she wasn't freaking out on
me. "You're mine forever. There's no escaping now." I grumbled
biting down playfully on her bottom lip and snaking my hands around
her waist.‍
Even though we don't know much about one another, there's one thing
I do know, that I'm falling in love with the girl I'm holding in my
arms...as my mate and as a person. "C'mon let's go check on Anya."
I suggested taking her hand and leading her back to the parking
lot.
"Yea sounds like a good idea. Hope she's ok." She let out a small
giggle, probably remembering how her best friend dropped cold on
the ground.
"There's a pack meeting on Sunday afternoon I'd like to bring you
to." I announced squeezing her hand playfully. "But first, you have
to get through dinner tomorrow. Mom invited you, your parents, and
Anya over, Luke will be there too."