Chapter 21

Freya

Mom looked conflicted as if she was not able to decide if she wanted to tell me the truth or not. I couldn't understand why they didn't want to tell me about my identity. Who exactly was I? This was getting out of hands now and I needed to know the truth, Mom and Dad couldn't hide the truth from me forever.

"I can't tell you, Freya," Mom replied after some time.

"Why not?" I asked, astonished.

"I have given my word that I won't disclose your identity to anyone, not even you," She answered.

I want to hit my head on the wall, what the hell was wrong with everyone? Why all this mystery and drama?

"Did Dad tell about me to Xander Cresswell?"

"He didn't, you don't understand Freya we both have given our word that we will protect this secret with our life," Mom said in a guilty voice.

"You gave your word to whom, mom?"

"I can't tell you that either," she replied.

Was she kidding me? How could they expect me to believe them when they were hiding everything from me. I felt that fury again, the same feeling of wanting to burn down the whole world. What was wrong with me? Why was I getting this feeling again and again?

Though I was hating my parents for keeping secrets from me, I don't think I would want to harm them. The way mom was looking at me was making me feel guilty, " Please trust me, Freya, it's for your own good," Mom said patting my cheek.

"Okay, Mom, if you say so," I sighed.

Mom left my room and I fell onto my bed again, a few minutes might have passed when someone knocked on my door, "Go away," I yelled with my face in the pillow.

Whoever it was, opened the door and stepped inside, I lifted my face from the pillow and looked in the direction of the door to find Dora smiling at me. I groaned in frustration, Dora was the last person I wanted to see right now.

"Get up, Freya," Dora walked up to me and started pulling my arm.

"I am not in the mood Dora," I groaned again.

"I can't believe you are hiding here when your, sexy as hell mate is waiting for you downstairs," Dora rolled her eyes.

"Gabriel is not my mate," I insisted.

"Who cares if he is your mate or not, he is so fucking hot that I want to jump his bones," Dora exclaimed.

" Go ahead," I replied.

"You sure you won't mind me jumping his bones?" Dora asked with suspicion dripping from her voice.

"I don't give a damn about a mate," I shot back.

" What crawled up your ass?" Dora asked startled.

"Titus went to Europe for a two-year training, he didn't even felt the need to meet or inform me about his departure. He could have at least rejected me if he didn't want me as a mate," I said in a dejected tone.

"Why think about Titus when you have Gabriel?" Dora asked in a dramatic voice.

"Dora I am being serious here," I rolled my eyes at Dora.

Dora pulled me up to my feet and dragged me out of my room along with her. Damn her wolf strength made it so easy for her to drag me along with her. She stopped when we were outside the house. The sight which met me made my mouth water. Gabriel was shirtless and was sparring with one of the warriors of our pack. He had a lean body with muscles in all the right places which flexed with every movement of his. His torso was covered with sweat which trickled down his toned abs and disappeared in the hem of his jeans. the sight made me want to lick his abs.

Wait, what?

I was getting aroused at the sight of a shirtless Gabriel when I didn't even want to believe he was my mate. Gabriel turned and looked at me when he sensed my gaze and smirked when he found me ogling him.

Arghhhhh.

He already had this huge ego if he got the least idea that I was turned on by him, there will be no limit to his cockiness. He excused from the warrior and sauntered towards us with that damn smirk on his face which made me want to jump his bones all over again.

"He is hot," Dora whispered beside me but it was loud enough for Gabriel to hear, coz the next moment he winked at Dora.

"Did he just...," I interrupted Dora in the middle, " Yes, he just winked at you," I rolled my eyes.

"I won't mind if he asks me out," Dora said elbowing me in the ribs.

Bitch.

"I am sure you won't mind a lot more things," I mumbled so that the approaching Gabriel might not hear.

"Hello, beautiful lady," Gabriel bowed in front of Dora and she giggled like a fucking teenager.

Why was I bothered by what Gabriel or Dora did? They could go to hell for all I care. Gabriel took Dora's hand in his and placed a kiss on the back of her hand.

Flirt.

"I had never thought, I would meet such a pretty girl in this pack," Gabriel said, bestowing his million-dollar smile on Dora.

What a prick.

"I wish you had come to our pack, earlier," Dora said giggling.

I was feeling nauseous from their act, if they think this show was going to bother me then they were mistaken. I rolled my eyes at them and turned to walk back into the house, but the next moment I was being grabbed by my wrist and pulled until I collided with a hard chest.

My breath hitched the moment my body came in contact with Gabriel's bare skin the contact made ripples travel throughout my body. I looked up at Gabriel he was looking at me the moment our eyes met, I felt everything around us went stationery. What was happening to me?