The Beta's Rejected Rogue Mate (Book 2 of Rogue Series)

Chapter 7

I pressed my lips into a thin line and hesitated while my heart skipped a beat before it started to pound harder in my chest. I grabbed my pillow and cleared my throat while I shifted on the bed, looking at him with wide eyes. "Are you sure?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper, and Thomas rolled his eyes and scowled.

"Yes," he said and nodded in confirmation. "They want to see you, but they will respect your decision if you don't want to see them." He paused and cocked his head while he studied me. "It's the same thing as Ben."

I bit the inside of my lip and let out a small sigh or relief before I slowly nodded and looked at my hands. "I already told Drake and Sky that he could come here if he wanted to," I said, my voice barely above a whisper while I looked at him again. "I was told that I wouldn't be left alone with him if I didn't want to be."

"And that's right," Thomas said and nodded, setting his jaw. "You won't have to be alone with him if you don't want to be. I am sure that you will be able to contact them if you want them there?" he asked and raised an eyebrow, talking about Jerecho and Miza.

I didn't glance towards them while I hesitated, silently waiting for them to either confirm or deny what he asked.

"He's right," Jerecho said and nodded in confirmation, and I bit back a small sigh of relief, grateful that they would come if I needed them in the room with me and Ben. "We will be in the room with you if you need us."

"And with your parents, too," Miza added with a small grim smile on his face, and I bit back another small sigh of relief while I sagged against my bed.

Thank, Goddess.

"But invisible," Jerecho said and winked, teasingly, while Miza nodded in confirmation.

"Wait," Miguel said and furrowed his brows while he looked between the two of us, confused. "Who?"

"Either Miza or Jerecho or another of the Gods and Goddesses that Miza or Jerecho are comfortable with watching over me," I replied before I shifted in my bed and cleared my throat, shrugging. "Or it could be both Miza and Jerecho at the same time."

Miguel furrowed his brows and slowly nodded, pressing his lips into a thin line. "Are they here now?" he asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

"I am sure that they are," Thomas said and nodded in confirmation before he leaned back against the bed, biting a sigh while he moved a hand through his hair and across his face. "Even though Sky hasn't had the chance to talk or catch up with her, it doesn't mean that they haven't."

Miguel looked around and shifted nervously, and I could tell that he was wondering where they were. "Well, where are they?" he asked and looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

I didn't respond and slowly blinked while I looked at him because I wasn't going to tell him where they were.

"All you have to know is that they are near," Thomas said, amused, and Miguel huffed and rolled his eyes while he scowled. "Are you still afraid of water?" he asked while he looked at me, changing the subject, and Miguel huffed again.

I grimaced and shrugged, my cheeks turning red with embarrassment. "I am still nervous but not scared of it," I replied honestly. "I know how to control water again or at least create it so that I can breathe underwater."

"Good," Thomas said and nodded.

"Wait, can you actually breathe underwater?" Miguel asked and raised an eyebrow while he looked at me, and I nodded in confirmation. "How? When?"

"Well, Miza blessed me when I was younger," I said and shifted in my seat while I cleared my throat. "I know magic just like Sky, and one of the things that I have learned was to breathe underwater."