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I grunt in annoyance; Jinx knows about my magic because my mother was part of her Covenant, otherwise, she would never have known. “No” I reply trying to dismiss her as I turn forward.
“That is strange,” Jinx replies as she ignores my evasiveness. “Trek used to be able to track anything, if he couldn’t identify it with his senses, he can use his magic which has never let him down before.”
I grunt in annoyance wishing she would stop talking. “Remember that…” she starts to say only to have me snap in anger.
“Enough!” I growl in anger wanting to snap my arm around and place my hand over her mouth so that she can stop talking. I can feel Hope’s eyes boring into the back of my head, I know thatshe’s fuming, know that she’s wondering why I never mentioned my magic, but it was something that never came up, and until now I haven’t needed to use it while in the Kings service.
I hear Jinx huff in anger, but my rudeness has helped in keeping her quiet. We drive the rest of the way in silence, I want to turn and look at Hope to make sure that she’s okay, but I don’t want to see her angry gaze staring at me, so instead I continue looking straight ahead.
“We need to fill up,” Darius says from next to me inclining his head towards the gage to show me that we are running low on fuel. Grunting, I nod indicating for him to pull up at the next service station. We went all the way to the Portals and back and then the King sent us to get Jinx, we didn’t get a chance to fill up the vehicles before leaving again.
We drive for a few more miles when Darius pulls up at a service station, the others pulling up behind us. “I’m going to go and talk to the men, I’ll be right back,” I say as I slide out of the vehicle, I breath out in relief. I start making my way towards the men in the other SUV when I hear the click of a door opening. Looking back, I frown when I see Hope’s door opening and then she is sliding out.
“Where are you going?” I ask casting my eyes around the service station to make sure that there is no imminent danger.
“Inside,” her tone brooks no argument which has me frowning. I know Hope, and when she throws that tone of voice at me, I know that nothing I say will change her mind. “I’ll come with you,” I state as I fall into step with her. “What are you going to get inside?” she glances at me, a glare on her face before she looks forward.
“None of your business,” she snaps.
“Why are you upset with me?” I ask, taking her upper arm when she ignores me and continues walking. “Hope?”
“Do you still like her?” her question has me stiffening, she knows?
“Jinx?” I ask cautiously not knowing how much I should reveal.
“Who else?” she snaps, now glaring up at me.
“No” Is she jealous? My stomach knots, could it be that my mate is already feeling our connection?
“Is that why you didn’t want me to come with you, so you had more time alone with Jinx?” her question has me letting go of her arm in surprise as I shake my head.
“I didn’t want you to come because it could be dangerous, and because you are a distraction for me,” I reply honestly.
“Well, I’m sorry I messed up your plans,” Hope says sarcastically, snapping around she hurries into the Store, I grunt in annoyance as I open the door and enter.
Looking around I take in the two men in the far corner near the counter, there is a woman talking on her phone when I walk in, she looks up at me and stops what she was saying to stare. When she sees that I am looking at her, she smiles, I hear her breathing speed up in excitement. Looking away I ignore her as I scan the store until I see Hope standing right at the back of the store, her back to me as she talks to someone. From where I am standing, I can’t see who it is, grunting, I start making my way towards where she is, my anger bubbling when I see she is talking to a young man that is smiling at her as if he has just won the jackpot.
“Oh, that is wonderful, thank you” she is saying when I approach, there is a radiant smile on her face that has my hands fisting.
“I can’t believe you have never heard of them,” the man is saying when I come to stand next to them.
“Hope?” she glances at me; her smile disappears as she frowns. “We need to go,” I turn my head to look at the man, my scowl changing to a glare when I sense his passion. I feel my chest start to rumble with a growl as the anger turns to rage. He tenses when he recognizes danger, a look of panic manifesting on his face. He does well to be scared, I won’t have anyone else think about my mate, or try to get her attention.
“Trek!” Hope calls in an angry voice as she places her hand on my forearm. “Don’t you dare,” she mutters pulling me away from where she was standing with the man that is now looking pale. I want to shred him to pieces for smiling at Hope, want to make him scared, so scared that he will never make anyone smile again.
My thoughts come to a sudden halt when I feel the sharp pain on my upper arm. Snapping my gaze away from the shaking man I glare at Hope as she holds up one of her fighting sticks, the one that she hit my arm with. I know that if she used her power, I would have been feeling more than just a slight sting, which in a sense calms my anger as it tells me that no matter how angry she is with me she doesn’t want to hurt me.
“What was that for?” I ask taking a step towards her.
“For acting like a fool,” she snaps.
“It’s my place to protect you,” I reply as my anger starts to dissipate now that I have her all to myself again.
“I didn’t need any protection,” she argues angrily.
“I don’t like other men around you,” I confess, seeing her eyes widen in surprise. A few seconds later her angry expression is changing, a wide smile is spreading across her face.
“What are you going to do when I start dating?” her question has my rage rushing back with a vengeance. I want to grab her and lock her away where she won’t be allowed near another man again.
