My Human Mate novel Chapter 53

"I honestly have no control over it. I have to love you," I said, emphasising the word have. He frowned at me, his eyebrows furrowing together in confusion.

I boldly looked up and into his deep brown eyes. "If I wasn't your mate, you wouldn't even take a second glance at me."

As soon as the words left my mouth I instantly regretted them. A low, threatening growl left his lips and he stared down at me, sitting at his full height. His eyes flashed the well known bright red and his breathing increased.

"Why would you say that?" he growled. I gulped and shuffled back slightly so I could look at him and not bend my neck to see his face. I have come to learnt that being smaller gave the dominance he wanted and I wasn't going to back down.

"It's true." I said looking him in the eye. "If there was no such thing as mates, you wouldn't go out with me. I know this is out of the blue and not worth arguing about but it's true, isn't it?"

A silence hung in the air, both of us not knowing what to say next until he broke the silence.

"I probably wouldn't," he admitted with a small sigh. I knew it was true but his words still stung a little bit. I gently pried his hands from mine and turned my head and looked out to the sea.

"If there wasn't such things as mates, I wouldn't date anyone. I'd stick to the usual one night stands if I needed a girl for a short period of time then leave them after it's done. No strings attached, no emotions included." He stated defending himself, however my mind just swirled.

"The usual?" I chocked. Instantly his eyes widened at his choice of words and I finally saw what Michael looked like when he panicked.

"Not anymore, they ended as soon as I lay my eyes on you." I kept my head turned out to sea, not knowing what to believe. Slowly turning my head, I saw how desperate he looked at me. His eyes were pleading at me to believe him.

"You promise?" I asked. He blinked straight away and hesitated in his answer and tears instantly sprung to my eyes. "You," I couldn't even finish my sentence I had so many thoughts running through my mind.

"Once," he croaked. "When I lost you and I saw how scared you were of me. It was the second time we met, in the car park here and you were there with Tanner." He stuttered. "I got pissed how you ran from me again. You were so scared. If you know how to, I knew you'd reje- ahh, not want to be with me, and she was there. Jess I mean."

As soon as he said her name, my eyes widened. I had met jess when I visited Michael's house.

*Flashback*

"Alana, wait!" he shouted at me. He roughly grabbed my arm and spun me to face him. He was angry, but I could tell is wasn't directed at me. I could see how much he hated himself at that moment and it almost killed me.

"It meant nothing, I swear." His eyes were searching mine for anything but I was blank. "It just happened, you know how it is." He stated before correcting himself. "No you don't, you don't even know what sex is like." He muttered himself his head.

I stared at him, wide eyes and mouth gaping. "You say I sleep around, and then you say I'm a virgin." I asked shocked at him.

"You are a virgin, right?" he asked. He practically pleaded with me, praying that I would say yes.

"Of course not you idiot! I'm 2 and I've had boyfriends. Of course I've had sex!" I exclaimed. As soon as the last sentence left my mouth, his eyes were bright red and he was fuming. I had never seen him so angry in my life.

His jaw was clenched and I felt his nails digging into my arm. When I looked down, I saw that the end of his fingers had turned into his claws, sharp and deadly claws that were starting to draw blood.