Bonded By Destiny

Chapter 16

***Tamara***

'How is Mimi? ' Beta Jayson had passed by my place to pick up Janette. She had been in my house at the request of my mate after the incident.
He had escorted me back to the house before running off again to do some investigations of his own.

Janette's presence helped to steer my mind off everything, chiefly the eyes. The image had been pushed forth in my mind without consent, but only the eyes haunted me repeatedly.

She told me about her past, successfully enthralling me into a conversation. I learnt that she wasn't born in the pack, she had been taken in by the Alpha. However, she avoided telling me exactly why, but I figured she would in the right time.

I felt this strange connection every time she was around. Even as she told me that she had a feeling that Jax had been following her before he finally caught her. My heart broke for her as she tried reliving that fateful day. I genuinely cared for her with an intensity that confused even me.

It all started the day she had nearly lost her life in the hands of Jax. Just like my mother, I believed that nothing happens by chance. There must have been an obscure reason for everything that went down that day.

I had stopped reading pack member's clouds, but something about Janette that day eased the part of my brain that did so. It wasn't out of coercion nor was it purposive, it just happened out of pure natural instinct.

There was something about her that called on to me, something that I was yet to decipher. I delighted in her company...

'Tamara. ' Janette snapped her fingers on my face, disrupting my thoughts about her.

'I'm sorry, I kinda got lost in my thoughts. '

'As if we didn't see that. ' Jayson chimed in, his sarcastic remark earning a slap on his right bicep from his mate.

'Show some respect, she is your Luna knucklehead.' Janette chastised, making her big Beta mate pout like a little love sick puppy.

I could see the unadulterated love they had in their eyes. Seeing them like this made me think about my mate. Would we ever be like this? Openly professing and displaying our love?

'Oh you had asked how Mimi was before you decided to delve deep into thinking. '

'Just tell us how she is, you should learn how to minimise talking too much. ' Once again Janette reprimanded him.

'Damn, you certainly not giving me a minute to breath. I just came in and you are...' A hard glare from his bonded mate shut him up, making me smile at the sight. It was fun to see a petite girl putting a big burly man in his place.

'She is fine for now, the silver bullet only grazed her right shoulder. The person was most definitely going for an execution, but she managed to duck just in time. '

Execution? But why kill Mimi when I thought it was supposed to be a distraction? What was I missing?

All these unanswered questions ran through my mind. Again, just like my mum, I wasn't one to surrender to any extend. I wasn't going to rest until I knew who exactly this person instilling fear in the pack was.

'Tamara. ' The deep familiar voice of my mighty valiant man filtered through my ear, snapping me entirely from my ever ongoing musing.

'Alpha Ryker. ' The name rolled out of my tongue seductively, teasing and tasting his control.

'Little witch. ' He warned lowly, his eyes darkening as my tongue snaked out of my mouth.

'Little witch. ' He warned lowly, his eyes darkening as my tongue snaked out of my mouth. I followed his eyes with mine as my tongue swept over my lower lip, coating it with saliva.