Blood Legacy Chapter 20: 20. Prom night pt.3

"I know what it feels like," He quietly whispered in my ear, his arms still holding me in a vice grip as he leaned back to look into my eyes, his words causing me to stop struggling for a few moments.

*What the fuck was that even supposed to mean?*

I angrily looked up into his eyes, my breath coming out in loud and harsh pants and my tears long forgotten, drying out on my cheeks as I continued to watch him, noticing the way his gaze slowly slipped from my eyes to my lips and then lower, all the way to my heaving chest, staring like the fucking dog he was before his hungry gaze found my own again, expressing a side smirk as he purred,

"By the way, did I tell you how ravishing you look tonight?"

*My god. He's fucking crazier than I thought.*

"Just leave me alone already, will ya?" I grunted with an eye-roll, using all my might to finally break free and push him away.

"I can't," I passingly heard him say right after taking my first few steps past him, stopping in my tracks as I was about to turn back around and spew out my frustration at him again when the song playing in the background abruptly stopped, leaving behind a trail of silence.

*"Mikayla Scott, stop breastfeeding your schoolmates, I know you have vodka in there!"* I suddenly heard one of our supervising teachers blare through the speakers, earning herself a round of laughter and whistling as I watched Kayla break into a dash right past me whilst cackling like a damn hyena.

*Figures.*

My expression remained impassive, lightly shaking my head before remembering that I still had a very drunk baby sister I needed to haul back home.

Except that I need to find her first, I thought as I looked around for her, surprised to notice that she was actually nowhere in sight.

"Fuck,"

I hastily retrieved my phone from a concealed pocket I had in my dress, dialling her number as my feet carried me straight to where David was standing as soon as my gaze found him, keeping my phone close to my ear as I listened to it ring for a few times before she finally answered.

"What the hell, dude? Where the fuck are you?" I angrily shouted at the phone before she could even say anything.

*"Hey, she's okay she's perfectly safe, I swear! I will bring her back home,"* My eyes widened at the sound of that relatively familiar voice, hearing my sister drunkenly laugh in the background like the dumb asshole she was before the call suddenly ended.

My gaze met David's, noticing the apologetic smile tugging at his lips as he warmly looked at me.

"Don't worry, she's telling the truth. Your sister is safe, I promise. Estefany will not hurt her," He calmly said, his words though making me feel so frustrated and confused at the same time.

"Why do you guys keep saying that?" I whined out loud, throwing my hands up in the air.

"Because she's actually in love with her, Care. Estefany is in love with Dre," He simply replied, so quiet and sincere, the sound of his absurd statement though creating an even stronger sense of frustration and annoyance bubbling up from within me.

"What? They barely even know each other! How could she-" My train of thought abruptly derailed as those last words I just heard only minutes ago coming out of Satan's mouth suddenly popped at the forefront of my mind, making my eyes go wide from the staggering shock.

*I know how she feels. I know what it feels like.*

*But...It didn't make any sense!*

I unconsciously took two steps back, accidentally stepping on the hem of my dress and about to unceremoniously land on my ass when my back suddenly collided against something warm first before a pair of hands took ahold of my waist and steadied me.

My brows furrowed, slowly and hesitantly turning my head to the side and upwards, suprised to notice Nathan standing right behind me as he held me close, his gaze though directed straight ahead, fiercely staring at David as they held another silent battle.

I let out the tiniest gasp as his arm went around me and pulled me impossibly close, my heart starting to pump harder inside my chest as I could feel every ridge of his hard body, my cheeks flushing as I suddenly remembered what he'd told me he wanted to do to me earlier.

*Fuck!*

"Thought you said you didn't like her because she's too small and puny," David rather challengingly commented after another moment, for some reason his words actually managing to affect me a little.

*Why did I even care?*

"What changed, Nathan?" He asked with a raised brow, his question remaining unanswered as Nathan didn't utter a single word, continuing to glower at him as if they were sworn enemies.

"What.changed?" David pressed, his tone becoming a little darker and scary as he defiantly continued to look right back into Nathan's furious gaze.

"She's my true soulmate," The words tumbled past his lips in a single breath as if he was actually admitting that he'd just committed murder, those same words though receiving completely different reactions from David and me.

*What? What the fuck? Soulmate, my ass! Where the hell did he get this insane idea?* I curiously peered up at him from over my shoulder for a moment, brows furrowed before my attention averted to David, surprised to notice that mixture of shock, anger and dejection dancing on his beautiful features.

"Turns out karma really is one demented, psychotic bitch, isn't it?" He commented with a humorless chuckle, my brows raising as I definitely didn't expect him to take Nathan's words so...seriously.

*Oh come on! He's basically insane!*

"Soulmate, my ass! In your dreams, dude. In your dreams," I finally voiced out my thoughts, taking them both by surprise as I gave Satan a nasty look before breaking free from his suffocating grip. And with a few quick strides I made my way straight towards David, looking up into his visibly saddened eyes before gently placing my hand over his arm, and with a calm tone I quietly said,

"I don't wanna be here anymore. Can we please go home now?"

I was tired. Tired of my sister's bullshit, Nathan's craziness, all of it. I just wanted to go home and lay down in my bed and forget about everything, even for at least a moment.

I watched him slowly nod, his gaze shifting somewhere past my head for a single moment, no doubt looking at Nathan before his arm went around my waist, gently coaxing me to start walking as he turned his back to Nathan too, guiding me towards the exit.

**

"Who's Luna?" I finally uttered that pressing question that had been plaguing my mind ever since I've firstly heard that name, watching David shift the gearstick in Park mode as we had already arrived in my driveway, his lips expressing a kind smile as he turned his head to look at me.

"You are," He simply said, receiving a confused look from me.

"Uhh, no, last time I checked my name was still Carina Evangeline DeLuca,"

"See? No Luna in there," I argued, watching him express a small chuckle.

"You will understand this later," He said with conviction, his chocolate gaze tracing over my features for a moment before turning off the engine.

And with a quick move he exited the car and went around to open my door and help me out of it, my mind though still plagued by all these questions I still needed answers to.

"Fine. Then tell me why do you keep hanging around with us. And don't tell me that you like us 'cause we're fun," I gave him a flat look, crossing my arms over my chest.

He let out another chuckle, about to answer my question when the lights in our kitchen suddenly turned on, indicating that my mom was still awake and probably must've heard David's car parking in our driveway.

He refrained himself from saying another word, silently peering at me as he pointed towards the balcony attached to my room, giving me a wink.

I immediately understood what he was trying to say, nodding in response before I quickly turned around and hurried to my front door, barely throwing my mom a single word or two as I entered the house and fastly ran straight to my room, careful enough to lock the door behind me as I didn't want her to "accidentally" barge in and see me with him.

God knows that I didn't need another stupid fight with her.

I blew out a sigh and turned around, startling a little as I noticed that he was already there, casually standing in the middle of my room as he watched me.

I thickly swallowed, casually also realizing that we were all alone in my room now.

He was here, all alone with me. In my room. And there was absolutely nothing and no one that could interrupt us.

*Holy shit.*

My heart started to pound a little harder as I watched him approach, standing completely still though as I didn't want him to notice that he was actually making me feel kinda nervous.

"Wanna know why I'm always around?"

I rapidly nodded, my chin raising as he moved closer until he was standing right in front of me, his gaze turning softer as he took a moment to just look at me.

"It's because you mean so much to me. I care about you, and I have this strong urge to protect you," He quietly said, making my heart flutter and my lips part, entirely bewildered by his declaration.

"At first I couldn't recognize who you were, but my wolf did and he wanted to be as close as possible to you," He started to explain, his fingers gently wrapping around my arms as he deeply looked at me, seemingly trying to reach out for something.

Something I found myself willing to give, completely enraptured by the moment and his presence, the way he looked at me and his touch...

"He...I..." Words failed him, his brows furrowing for a moment before his chocolate eyes suddenly turned pitch black, making me escape the tiniest gasp as he took a hearthy whiff, his demeanor morphing from gentle and tender to raw, carnal lusting.

I suddenly found myself pressed against the door, trapped by his powerful body as his hands held my arms plastered against that door, both heavily breathing as his head dipped, bringing his lips so close to mine...

*So damn close...*

I wanted him. I wanted him to kiss me. I wanted him to do things to me that no man ever did. I wanted him to rip this stupid dress off of me and do exactly what Nathan said that he wanted to do to me.

*I wanted him to-*

"No..." He abruptly whispered, blinking a few times and taking a few steps back, his eyes shifting back to that molten chocolate as he gazed at me with what could only be described as sorrow.

"We can't do this..." He said between those heavy breaths, lightly shaking his head.

"Why not?" I immediately asked back, taking a few steps closer to him as the distance between us was actually making me feel so cold.

"Because as much as it pains me to admit, you're already someone else's," He said with dejection, for the second time that night making me feel so damn angry and frustrated.

"What? No I'm not!" I countered back, mentally cursing Nathan's name to the moon and back for saying those stupid words to him.

*That fucking asshole! Thinking that he owns me! Who the hell does he think he is? Damn, I should fucking-*

"Remember when I told you that that is a mating mark?" David's calm voice abruptly interrupted my wrathful train of thoughts, watching him point out to that certain spot on my neck where Nathan's bite was situated.

"Yeah, and by the way what the hell does that even mean anyway?"

"It means that by inflicting that mark upon you he bound you to him, forever,"

"WHAT?"

I immediately slapped a hand over my mouth as soon as I realized that I've just shouted that out loud, silently waiting for a few seconds as I closely listened for any noise or oncoming steps in the hallway.

"Fuck me sideways," I cursed under my breath, angry at myself for losing my shit like that as David expressed an amused smile, silently listening in as well for a few seconds longer before giving me the green light to go on with a thumbs up.

"What is that even supposed to mean?" I asked again, this time careful enough to keep my voice on a low volume.

"It means that you will never be able to form a romantical bond with another man, or woman, for that matter," He explained with a calm and leveled tone, the sound of his words though making me feel so much worse as an impending sense of doom started to prod at my very being, my eyes filling with unshed tears on their own accord as I whispered with a strangled voice,

"What? Why?"

"Because you are mine, that's why," My heart stuttered at the sound of that voice, mere seconds before noticing Nathan straightening himself up as if he'd just jumped in through my balcony.

My eyes widened at first, shocked by everything that was currently happening before I could even say anything when an unexpected and powerful wave of searing heat washed over me, leaving me breathless.

"Carina,"

I let out a strangled gasp, noticing that I was actually closer to the floor, feeling the tiniest bit of pain in my knees as I struggled to even my breathing.

"Carina, please calm down,"

"Ugh, fuck off!" I growled with resentment between wheezing breaths, my gaze slightly unfocusing from time to time as I tried to look at them both, passingly noticing David sniffing the air like a damn animal as Nathan rushed to my side.

*What the fuck was happening to me?*

"Is that..."

"Yes, now get the fuck out of here before your wolf loses it and I'll have to fight you for my mate's safety," I heard Nathan reply to a seemingly shocked David, my lips escaping a groan as a numbing pain took over my lower stomach, making me bend forwards right before Nathan's hand took ahold of my arm and pulled me closer to him, completely ignoring my whines and squirming in protest.

"But...How?"

"She's human, she can't be-" David's senseless ranting suddenly stopped mid-sentence, leaving behind a stretch of silence before he suddenly growled out loud,

"You selfish, lying bastard!"