Chapter 7

“Um, what are you doing here?” I asked while stuttering. I cursed mentally. Of course I just had to stutter at him.

There was no way he was standing at my front door right now. I must be going insane. How the heck would he even know where I lived?

Holy crap! My creeper mate is stalking me!

He pushed past me into my house without a word.

I looked at him with my mouth wide open. Oh no, he did not just do that. “Hey! I didn’t invite you into my house!”

He turned around and smirked at me. He was about to open his big fat mouth when my dad and Charlene walked into the room. My dad just smiled while Charlene looked shocked, but overall angry.

My dad walked up and patted Carter on the back. “Hello son. Nice to see you again.” He turned towards me. “This is your guard.”

If my mouth hadn’t already reached the floor, it would have now. My thoughts were so erratic I didn’t notice Charlene attacking Carter until I started hearing her scream profanities.

She was lying on top of Carter while punching him and smacking him. Carter looked so surprised he had no clue what to do.

My dad jumped in and dragged a struggling Charlene off of him. “He doesn’t deserve her! That damn dog re-“

Before she said anything else I put my hand over her mouth. I may not like Carter, but I certainly do not want my dad to know. The poor dude would be mauled if my dad ever found out.

A stunned looking carter finally got to his feet and brushed his jeans off. He had a swollen black eye and bruises all over his face.

Dang, Charlene really did know how to punch. She really is the best cousin a girl could have.

My dad frowned disapprovingly at Charlene. “I don’t know what got into you Charlene, but Carter is going to be Kim’s guard from now on.”

She huffed and pulled her arm away from my dad’s grasp. “I don’t give a rat’s butt about that jerk. I can’t stand even being in the same room with him.” She stomped towards me and mumbled, “I’ll be in the car.” She slammed the door so hard the house shook.

My dad looked at Carter’s face with a frown. “I apologize for my niece. She got it from her mother that’s for sure. She was always beating up the guys who even looked at her wrong.”

Carter chuckled. “That’s fine Mr. Drake. I’m used to it with the guys at the pack house.” He tried to smile but flinched from the pain.

“Kim, why don’t you go get Carter cleaned up and then you guys can all go to school together. I have to leave now, be good.”

A horrified look claimed my face. “Um, no I don’t want to be left alone with him dad.” I pointed to Carter who was still holding his face form pain.

My dad looked at me disapprovingly. “He is your guard, honey. You need to get used to him being around you. He will be around a lot.” He kissed my head and walked out the door without looking back.

My throat clogged up as I thought about being alone with Carter. He seemed to think the same thing and his eyes darkened dangerously.

I coughed trying to clear the awkwardness. “So, um the kitchen’s this way.” I walked towards the kitchen with him following behind me.

I could feel eyes burning into my backside, and that is not a very comfortable feeling let me tell you.

I reached up into the cabinet and grabbed a bottle of alcohol and a rag. I put some of the alcohol on the rag and turned around.

Carter was leaning against the counter looking absolutely moth watering. His hair was lightly ruffled from the fight, but somehow it made him look even hotter. He was wearing dark jeans and a white v neck shirt. He took his leather jacket off and set it on the counter. His arms were crossed so I had a perfect view of his bulging arm muscles.

I gulped and shook my head. No! He is a total jackass no matter how freaking hot he is.

I looked up to see him smirking down at me. I blushed and ducked my head. He just totally saw me checking him out! I was supposed to be mad at him for goodness sake.

I sucked it up and headed towards him. I positioned myself so I wasn’t very close to him, but I could reach him. It was bad enough I had to clean his face.

I was about to reach up and clean his face when I felt strong hands against my hips. I gasped as I felt electric sparks where he touched me.

He pulled me into his chest and sharp electrical currents ran throughout my body. I gasped as I stumbled and my hands landed on his chest to keep me upright. My eyes met his and instantly I was a goner.

Mine. My wolf snarled possessively.

She seemed like a distant voice. All I could see was his beautiful icy eyes that made me want to get lost in. I didn’t notice I was moving until I could feel his hot breath fanning my face.

It seemed to snap me out of my daze. I pushed his back and threw the rag at him. “Wash your own damn face."

I turned around angrily. I was mad at him, but I was mostly mad at myself. How could I let him do that to me? He’s the one who didn’t want me. I cringed at the thought, but it was true.

I heard him curse and run after me. “Kim, wait!”

I kept walking until I felt a powerful but gentle tug. I spun around and met his desperate face. “What? What do you want? You have already humiliated me. You have already rejected me. Now you are taunting me by becoming my body guard twenty for seven?” I finally snapped at him.

He seemed shocked by my outburst but before he could say anything else I cut him off. “You really must hate me. You disgust me.” I snarled in his face. Tears prickled at my eyes, but I refused to let him see me.

I grabbed my backpack from the floor and stomped out of the house. I slammed the front door and jumped into Charlene’s car. “Drive.”

She didn’t ask twice and stepped on the gas pedal. Tears dropped from my face. I tried to hide them but Charlene saw and growled lowly. “I swear that pup deserved more than a few bruises.”

I didn’t speak up. I didn’t disagree with her at all. My heart felt like it was about to burst, but I tried to ignore its rapid beatings. I wiped the tears off my face.

“I know why you need him to guard you.” Charlene gave me a sideways glance.

My dad told her?

“Your dad just told me the basics, didn’t go into much detail. He said that you would tell me the basics when you were ready?” Charlene inquired.

Great, now I had to tell her about how my crazed mother is trying to kidnap me. Yeah, something I totally want to tell someone. I gave her a small smile and nodded. “Later.” I agreed.

When we pulled into the parking lot, Charlene turned in her chair to face me. “Look, honey I know it is going to be really difficult with him being your mate. I think you should just tell your dad.”

I gave her a horrified look. “No way! He would kill him.”

She gave me a knowing look and got out of the car. I sighed knowing exactly what that look meant. I was falling for my mate who rejected me.

A low rumble of a motor cycle echoed throughout the parking lot. Speak of the devil. Everyone’s head turned towards the sound.

I turned my head slightly to see Carter getting off of his death trap. He didn’t even have a helmet on for goodness sake!

His eyes snapped up and caught mine. I quickly turned around and scurried off into the school building. I got my things for first period quickly and walked into the classroom.

I walked to my normal seat and sat all of my things for class on my desk. Mrs. Burger was still gone; Miss Brimming was sitting in her chair. I turned my head to see Kina wasn’t here. I frowned, I guess she got sick.

Just as the final bell rang, the door burst open. Everyone looked up, beside me. I wasn’t interested in making fun of the poor kid who barely made it to class. I know the feeling.

“Sorry. I had to get my new schedule from the office.” The husky familiar voice explained.

I winced at the voice. Since when was he in this class. I tried my best not to look, but when his scent hit me like a ton of bricks.

I heard the sound of a desk scraping and a strong electrical current ran throughout my body. No, please don’t me him. Please don’t be him.

I turned my head and nearly cursed right there. Sitting there in all of his glory was the one and only Carter.

Once the teacher told us that we could pretty much do whatever we wanted, everyone started moving to sit with their friends. I would have sat with Kina, but since she wasn’t here, I sat there awkwardly.

Carter was staring at me shamelessly and I was starting to feel like uncomfortable. I sighed and stared back at him.

“What are you doing now? Stalking me?” I asked nastily.

He sighed and broke eye contact. He ran a hand through his hair. “I suggested to your dad and mine that I switch to all of your classes so I can keep a better eye on you. And about earlier today-“

I cut him off by putting my hand up to silence him. “It’s okay. I get it.”

He gave me a confused look. “You are just doing this to humiliate me more.”

He shook his head but I cut him off again. “I know you don’t care about my feelings, but I just want to take into consideration your reputation. Hanging out with an outcast like me might just bring up some questions.”

With that I got up and went to the bathroom.