Chapter 33: Chapter 33

Even after the reminder that I can chew him raw Andrew continues to kill my poor soul. I can only roll my eyes as an acknowledgement to anything he says or do.

"Andrew, can I talk to you for a second?" Nathan leaves Todd, David and Shelia behind and walks to us. "I promise that it won't take much time."

"Um, sure." Andrew frowns and so do I, but other than that he doesn't make any sound as he leaves the room with Nathan.

I watch their retreating figures with confusion. When I take a step to follow them Shelia moves to my side immediately and drags me away.

"Hey, let's go play by the riverside. Just you and me, Isabella. It will be fun."

My eyes moves one last time to the room Nathan and Andrew went into. I wonder what they are talking about?

"Are you listening to me at all?" Shelia frowns at me and I give her a goofy smile.

"Sorry about that, we can play now."

Todd and David have already left to their rooms when Andrew and Nathan come back.

"Isabella, it turns out that we will all be going to your uncle's castle today."

"We?" I ask and at the same time Shelia says. "Castle?"

Nathan's expression gets even more tangled up than it was before.

"Shelia, Andrew and his little brothers are coming too. There's something we want to do there."

Is that the reason he wanted to go there in the first place? So it wasn't to spend time with them after all.

"What castle, you still haven't told me about anything." Shelia complains and then her eyes suddenly sparkles. "Wait a second, is it your castle?"

She emphasizes on the word your and then jumps.

"Yeah, I lived there but now, I live with Nathan." I take a peek at him and see him with a goofy smile on his face. It's only fair to give him one in return right?

"Isabella!" Shelia steps into my view and growls, she places her hands on my shoulder and since I am seated she is now taller than me. How comforting.

"Don't make googly eyes at your lover. I don't want to have nightmares again."

Lover? Again??

My curiosity spikes up as my face shows my embarrassment .

"Did you just say lover?" Andrew flowers. "Where did you learn that word from."

In return, Shelia folds her arms across her chest and acts aloof. "I'm a teenager, remember."

"That still doesn't explain why you used that word." He counters and she rolls her eyes.

"You said again." When I speak, Shelia and Andrew both turn their attention to me.

"Huh?" Shelia frowns.

"I don't want to have nightmares again, that's what you said..."

"Oh yeah." Understanding flashes in her eyes before she points at her brother. "He made me have nightmares after, after bringing in a hot chick, she was screa- Hey, let me go. How dare you!"

The rest of her words are muffled out by Andrew's palm on his mouth.

I guess we know what the girl was screaming now.

Andrew laughs nervously and pulls her away, rushing out of our sight. I hear him telling her to shut up before they are completely gone, only Nathan and I remain.

He smirks at me slowly. "So you were making googly eyes at your lover right? And who would that be?"

My face turns red hot. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Dammit, why is he so bold now.

"You coward." I mutter under my breath.

"Hmm, what was that?"

"Nothing..."

At dinner time, we decide to stay and I make the food.

"You don't know how much I missed you and your cooking. Hey, Nathan would you mind giving up your position to me?" Shelia grins. "I promise to take good care of Isabella once I am her mate."

An arm comes flying and Andrew stuffs a few slices of bread into her mouth.

"Would you shut up, Shelia!"

After dinner, everyone retire to bed and again, Nathan and I are in the same room. I just came out of hole only to end up into another hole. This makes me wonder if he is using his powers on me.

It might be that he has been pulling the strings all this while.

"You're overthinking things."

I open my eyes just in time to see him staring with his back to me.

"Huh?"

He points to the mark on his neck. "Remember that I can feel a little of what you're feeling and trust me when I say that I don't know why this is happening but..."

He strolls to the bed and lays next to me while his eyes stays on me,never swaying. "You don't need to worry, my job is to protect you."

He pulls me in and places a kiss on my forehead.

O my...

I feel my toes curling as he hugs me to his chest and places his chin on my forehead. I slowly close my eyes as the wamth of his body covers me. Then the light comes to dark.

When the next morning arrives, Andrew gifts me with a hot spring to take my both.

I may say that it is refreshing. Seeing the water flow down like reminds me of the water fall at home, the one that I met Nathan, the place that I always go to when I am ... was overwhelmed.

"When did you get here?" I feel his breath on me and I jump, surprised to see Nathan behind me. These kind of scenerios are really starting to get annoying.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" I sink into the water, making sure that only my head is visible to him. I never expected to see him here, never in a million years.

Did Andrew set me up, was this Nathan's plan or is it just a concidence. Well, I think concidences like this are happening a lot to me and I don't like it.

"Wait, your eyes... there are yellow."

Is he having a spring of emotions?

"There are my original colour... " He shrugs with a small playing on his lips. The movement makes droplet of water from his hair to flow down his body and I avert my eyes immediately.

I am very aware that we are both naked here but if he tries anything I'm going to punch him to to baby size. Yeah, yeah... I'll do that.

"Last night, it you were sleep talking, and I can still remember what you said."

I was talking in my sleep? Oh damn it, how stupid can I get.

"You said that you love my yellow eyes." He smiles, looking far into the corner. "And here I am trying to please you."

Please me? I raise an eyebrow at the guy in front of me.

Really?

Well, I should be thanking everyone I have known because he is not looking at me right now.

"Did I say another stupid thing?" I ask with my eyes never leaving him.

He looks really serious when he turns to me and says. "I'll leave you to your bath. When you're dressed, you should come to the front of the house, Jasmine brought over some of our clothes for the trip, we'll be leaving soon."

With that he swims to the far corner of the spring, far away from my sight and when I hear footsteps fading I know that I'm alone.

Is it just me or are all the gods bipolar, even my own mate is in that category and it's stressing me out.

One minute, he was talking about me loving his eyes and the next, about leaving. He showed two different attitude... Is it because of what I might have said in my sleep?

It's probably that I wonder what it was...

'You want my hunch to get in volved in the situation, don't you.' My wolf says, waging her tail and I roll my eyes.

"Did you make me say anything stupid last night."

'Of course not, but, I was awake when you said it.' I narrow my eyes at the water, as if she is in front of me.

"And what exactly did I say?"

She clearly her throat and the sound rings in my head making me wince.

"Hey cool it, You know that we're talking telepathically."

'No, I'm talking telepathically while you're yapping in the air."

I step out of the spring after I have made sure that no one is around.

"Just tell me what I said."  I grit my teeth.

'I wish you loved me.' I freeze on my tracks.

"What?"

'That's what you said, I wish you loved me.'

I blink, almost sinking to the floor.

"I just found out that I am extremely stupid." I whisper and my wolf snorts.

'It took you long to figure out.'