I should be your Beta, not your Mate

35 - Enzo

»Kyran, Cassian, this is my cousin Valentin Jones. He is here to get me to return to Canada to hunt down the rogues.«

»Fuck, that's why his face seemed so familiar,« I spat out and let Cassian put me down.

I hadn't thought it through because the moment my feet touched ground the dizziness returned and I felt like throwing up again. Immediately I felt one arm around my hip and leaned against Cassian, sighing in relief.

Our former dispute was completely forgotten and now only left was the disappointment that our first date turned out like this.

»It's seriously a coincidence,« Valentin said and got up from the couch. »I will return to my hotel now. Chat, I expect you there tomorrow.«

Chat's cousin threw us a short look, nodded and then left. And now when I realized that he was a hunter, shivers went down my spine.

I poisoned myself with wolfsbane in his presence and he could have hunted me down without me being able to do anything against it. I could be glad that he was a hunter of Chat's clan and not a hunter that hunted without exceptions.

»You hunter's should have a scent on you so we recognize you,« Cassian growled and made Chat laugh.

»But then we can't hunt,« he returned.

»Then don't hunt at all,« Cas shot back, clearly tense.

»Well, my family doesn't hunt those who are innocent. Only those who are a danger for themselves and others. So, those who lost control. Such as the rogues that we're about to hunt.«

Quietly Cassian snorted and turned his head in my direction.

»I still can't believe how the wolf inside of you won't go crazy knowing that it lives together with a hunter,« he grumbled and made me laugh, but it was more a croaked laugh because I still tried to suppress the urge to puke.

»As long as I don't need to sleep in a room with Chat my wolf is quite satisfied. Above all, I clearly know that it wasn't Chat that gave Fynn the weapons to shoot at me.«

Cas furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head with a scowling expression.

»Mom is quite treacherous,« Chat laughed and crossed his arms in amusement.

»Your mother gave Fynn hunter weapons with whom he attacked Kyran?« Cassian asked warily, and Chat and I nodded in sync.

He cursed under his breath so I couldn't really understand what he mumbled. But I thought I heard the words his friend, like, mate and murder.

»On the other hand, it was for a training session from the pack,« I quickly said and Chat nodded in agreement.

»My family and the Canadian pack have a treaty, something like a peace-treaty, so we help in emergencies or help hunt down the rogues. And the pack won't attack humans or break the rules we agreed on. But because not every hunter is like the ones raised by my family, we had a... seminar? Can I say it like that?«

He looked at me and I shrugged my shoulders. »Crash course would also be okay.«

»Anyway, we introduced all kinds of weapons hunters hunt with and showed what they do and what you can do to escape them. And Fynn, who was there too, asked if we could show an example with one of the wolves and just like we know Fynn, he provoked Kyran and our dear Kyran reacted to it. Mom should have been the one with Kyran to show how to escape but as treacherous as she is, she gave Fynn the commando. And now that we know that Fynn is a Valkyrie, it's clear why Kyran didn't have a chance.«

Puzzled Cassian met my eyes and I smirked.

»Three arrows in my right leg, one in my thigh, one in the back of my knee and one in my calf. Two other arrows in both upper arms. And the cherry on top was the electricity with the special electricity arrow that hit right in the middle between my shoulder blades,« I laughed and was quite glad the arrows back then weren't poisoned with wolfsbane.