“Just mark her,” Atticus told me, and I growled at him.
“Shut up. You have been no help at all,” I told him, shoving him back.
***
Lucy
Everyone left while I hid in the room. Tyson came in, and I could hear him arguing with Ace, but he said nothing of it when he stepped back inside the room.
“Do you want to watch a movie?” he asked, lying on the bed beside me.
I shook my head. I didn’t feel like doing anything; I just wanted to get away from everyone, away from the drama. Yet being here that would never happen, and going home wasn’t an option either. Not yet, at least. Sitting up, I wanted to leave and see Mitchell but didn’t know how Tyson would take that.
“What’s wrong?” Tyson asked.
“I wanted to go see Mitchell,” I told him, needing my friend, my only friend. Tyson growled but said nothing. Instead, he got up, walked over to his closet, grabbed a jumper out and pulled it on.
“Where are you going?” I asked him, suddenly worried.
“I will drop you off,” he said, tossing me a jumper.
“Are you letting me go?” I asked, a little shocked.
“Yes. I am not happy about it, but I trust you Lucy. Just let me drop you off and pick you up,” he said, and I nodded, pulling his jumper over my head. I mindlinked Mitchell, who said he was about to catch the bus home from school, but instead, Tyson told me to tell him we would pick him up. Pulling up out the front of the school, Mitchell was standing there, and he looked nervous as he approached Tyson’s car.
Tyson had a tight grip on the steering wheel, and I opened my door and climbed out, and Mitchell gave me a hug. “So, why is one of the Alpha’s of Black Moon picking me up?” he asked.
I opened the back door for him before climbing back into the passenger seat.
“Alpha,” Mitchell said out of respect, even though technically Tyson wasn’t his Alpha; my stepfather was. Tyson nodded to him and started driving.
“So, what are we doing?” Mitchell asked.
“I am dropping Lucy off at your place. I will come to get her later,” Tyson said.
“Okay, am I missing something? Did I do something wrong?” Mitchell asked nervously.
“No, of course not. Tyson is just a little weirded out with me hanging out with you,” I told him, looking over the back of my seat.
“And why is that, Lucy?” Tyson said, and I knew he wanted me to tell Mitchell he was my mate. I sighed, it was going to come out anyway.
Mitchell was watching him, trying to figure it out. “Tyson and Ace are my mates,” I told Mitchell, who opened and closed his mouth a few times before he let out a breath.
“Okay, then,” Mitchell said with a nod, processing that information. Tyson glanced at him over his shoulder.
“Well, at least mom will stop pestering me about you,” Mitchell said, and Tyson growled at him. Mitchell put up his hands, shaking his head.
“I’m fine being friends, Alpha,” Mitchell said, and I sat back in my seat. The drive wasn’t long to Mitchell’s place. Getting out of the car, Tyson hopped out before walking over to me. He pulled me to him before pressing his lips to my head.
“Mindlink me when you want me to pick you up,” Tyson said, and I nodded. Mitchell and I spent all afternoon playing video games, and surprisingly, nothing changed with him knowing I was Tyson’s mate. He didn’t seem to care but was just glad to be spending time with me.
Mitchell told his mother, who seemed genuinely happy, and I stayed for dinner before we went back up and played more video games before watching a movie. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remembered was being woken by someone carrying me. My eyes fluttered open before I snuggled closer to Tyson, feeling cold air brush over my skin, and I knew we were outside.
“Mitchell rang me and said you fell asleep,” Tyson said when I looked up at him as he put me in the passenger seat before pulling my seatbelt across me. I leaned back in the chair and saw Mitchell come over.
“I will see you later, Luce,” he said, shutting my door, and Tyson nodded to him before climbing in the car and starting it.
“Why didn’t you mindlink me to come to get you?” he asked, reversing out of the driveway.