Page 143 of My Unexpected Mate

Jacob nodded. “Bathroom is through there.”

He pointed at the door to our right.

“Do you need anything else?” he asked coldly.

“No,” I said. “Thank you.”

Jacob nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him.

Nick sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

“I hate him,” he growled.

“I can’t say that I hate him, but I definitely don’t like him,” I said and sat down on the bed.

“He wants her back,” Nick said through his teeth, pacing around the room.

I nodded and stayed silent.

“Weren’t you the one who said it has been four years and he moved on?” he growled and pointed at me. “Well, he hasn’t moved an inch and he wants what’s mine.”

“She doesn’t want him, Nick,” I said calmly.

“How can you be sure?” he shouted. “Did you see how comfortable she is with him? Did she ever hug you like that? Or me? No, she didn’t.”

“Nick, calm down please,” I said. “You are just going to make it worse if you freak out.”

“He is not taking her from me,” he growled, his chest rising and falling rapidly.

I opened my mouth to speak, but I was interrupted when the door opened.

Aria walked inside, glancing from Nick to me.

Nick turned around and ran to her. He pulled her to him and closed the door. He wrapped his hands around her and nuzzled his nose into her neck, breathing deeply. He relaxed instantly.

Aria rubbed her hand up and down his back.

“What happened, Nick?” she asked. “Why are you so worried?”

“He wants you,” he said through his teeth.

Aria looked at me over his shoulder. She knows.

She stepped away from Nick and gave him a small smile.

“He is not getting me,” she said. “Please don’t worry. And give him a chance. He is important to me. They all are. And I am really happy to have them back in my life. I don’t want you to hate them, okay. Nothing is going to happen between Jake and me.”

Nick sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

“It is hard, Aria,” he said. “My wolf is going crazy inside. I have Alpha blood in me. That means I am even more possessive and protective than other wolves.”

“You have Alpha blood?” Aria asked, her eyebrows raising.

Nick’s grandfather was an Alpha. He told me that his mother decided to leave the pack when she found her mate. Her father didn’t approve of Nick’s dad because he wasn’t a werewolf. His grandfather didn’t like hybrids that much, so his mother left the pack knowing her baby would be a hybrid. Nowadays, packs are a rare thing. Most werewolves lived outside of packs together with other supernaturals or they blended in with humans. There were a few packs scattered around the country, but they were very closed off and secretive.

“Is that all you heard?” Nick asked and sighed.

“No, sorry,” Aria responded. “What can I do to make it easier, Nick?”

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