What's That Supposed To Mean? - 33

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Chapter 33

Almost five hours had passed and I was exhausted. I had eaten dinner with the Raven family – the entire pack was on some business – and Leona and I had gone up to her room and talked and talked and as the hours passed, I was getting drowsier and drowsier. At last, she chuckled and offered me to sleep on her bed while we waited for Noah, Jacob and Mason to come.

I took her up on that offer and as soon as I shut my eyes, I was asleep.

“Samantha? Samantha...”

I listened to the whispering voice, singing my name and slowly opened my eyes, feeling quite alert. Have you ever woken up and just felt... not tired at all? Well, I felt like that now. I turned around and looked over my shoulder, chuckling at Leona as I turned to face her.

“Sorry I fell asleep like that. I'm a bad guest.”

She grinned. “Oh please, you were exhausted. I'm not going to lie, I fell asleep on the couch as well. It's almost midnight.”

“Are you serious?” I whispered automatically, I don't know why.

“No one is asleep, no need to whisper.” She chuckled. “But! Your guy is here. They just came. My father's talking to them as we speak, so if you want to freshen up, bathroom is there. Oh and that bruise on your cheekbone is starting to show.” She pointed at a white door behind me and I jumped up, thanking her before going inside and splashing some water on my face. The bruise was indeed showing. It was dark purple, a little faded but still there. Stupid giants.

If I hadn't been asleep, I would've gone straight down but I wanted to fresh up anyways because I knew I'd be stuck down there since Bo Raven wanted to ask me questions about everything. I made sure I smelled good and went back out to Leona.

“I can't believe he's here,” I mumbled, more to myself than to anyone. It felt like weeks away from Noah. Kidnapping seemed to be my middle name nowadays.

Going down the stairs, I tried not to run but when I saw him, standing there with his hands in his pockets, listening to Bo Raven, nodding and responding, my heart was flipping up and down and around and I couldn't help but half run towards them. They all heard Leona and I and when Noah saw me, he stopped talking and ran over to me, taking me in his embrace.

The feeling of his arms around me was always the same.

No words, just hugging. I hugged him tightly around his neck as he squeezed me closer to his body. I can't believe it was just earlier today that I had been taken away. Seriously, being kidnapped makes you feel like you've been gone for a long time.

I noticed that everyone were silent around us but I didn't care. I was thankful to hear their footsteps going into another room, giving us privacy.

I pulled back, smiling at my handsome mate.

“Are you counting? Because I lost track.”

He knew exactly what I meant and chuckled as he worriedly pulled me back to him.

“Once is too much. This is crazy.”

“I know,” I mumbled, my voice muffled by his chest pressed against my face. He took my face in his hands and gave me a soft kiss.

“Are you okay? Are you hurt? What is this?” he traced the bruise on my cheekbone.

“A bruise,” I said, shrugging. “It'll go away in a few hours. It didn't show until now.”

“Seriously, as many times as I say it, this time I really mean it. You are not going anywhere without me again. Not even to your house. Not even to the bathroom.”

“Ha! You wish.” I grinned and he narrowed his eyes at me.

“Yes I do.”

I chuckled and took his hand, going to the common room where the others were, talking. They saw us come and Bo smiled.

“I am glad that you have reunited! Please, sit down, sit down.”

I grinned at Jacob and Mason, giving them hugs and then punched Jacob as everyone took their seats. He frowned, rubbing his shoulder.

“Ow! What was that for?” he whispered.

“For being Jacob.” I grinned and he stuck his tongue out. I laughed. “Mature, Jake, very mature.”

Noah was sitting on my other side and Mason leaned over Jacob, whispering. “Are you okay? What is up with you and being kidnapped nowadays? Seriously, Samantha, I have no time for that!”

I chuckled at his sarcastic comment. “Sorry, you guys know I'm a magnet for trouble.”

“Yeah, we know,” Jacob said, raising his eyebrows and then grinned as I threw him a glare.

“It is wonderful to meet you all!” Bo Raven started, Leona and Leo sitting on his right side. Leona smiled at me and then at Jacob on my left side. “Unfortunately, Miss Riley was kidnapped earlier and as I understand it, you escaped? Do you mind telling me a bit more?”

I took a breath, not knowing where to really start. “Well... It all started with Liz Warren,” he gave me a nod that meant he knew her, “and her ex husband. He kidnapped me first, letting me know that Liz was up to something and that her plan had been for many years to kidnap me and make me her sons mate, against our wills. Well, against my will. She freaked out about the fact that her son hasn't found his mate and decided on me. They came and visited us a while ago but it was supposedly a trip to take care of business for the plan.”

“So, Howard and Jack, Liz's exhusband and their oldest son that she left behind as well, explained everything and said that they had taken me away to tell me all of this and protect me. They had several people around my house, guarding us but somehow, they got around it and kidnapped me. She has made some kind of deal with this Alpha and his pack somewhere, a few hours away from here, and they're working with her. It was them that kidnapped me and then she came by, telling me that her son, Tyler would come with next time. Um.. then three huge guys came in and just grabbed me and attacked me. I assume that they wanted to knock me out but I put up a fight and escaped before they could.”

Noah's hand on the lower of my back was comforting and a bit distracting but I wanted to laugh because I was telling the story as if it wasn't about me but an exciting story that I had heard from someone. The funny thing is, it's neither exciting nor a story. This was reality and I knew we'd have to do something about Liz soon.

“I can't believe that Liz Warren would ever do such thing...” Bo Raven said, looking down. Then he looked up and quickly said, “I believe you, though! I just didn't think she'd ever be so cruel.”

“I know,” I agreed. “I thought she was just an old friend of my dad's. Then I heard all of that and.. I don't know. I'm not sure what I should do about it.”

“We should kill her and her freaking robots, that's what we should do,” Noah muttered. Mason leaned forward a little, joining the conversation.

“The question now is, what pack is she involved with? What has she given them that they are helping her?” he said, putting out questions to Bo Raven. Bo nodded, agreeing with him thoughtfully.

“It's Samantha they want,” Noah said. “So obviously, we have to make sure that she is never alone. Because if those freaks even put a finger on her, I'll rip their fucking heads off.”

A growl came from him and we all turned to look at him. I raised my brows.

“Noah!” I whispered. “Calm down.”

“I fully understand how you feel, Mr. Black. I was in a similar situation with my mate once and my feelings were no different than yours. Please do know that I want to help and that I will do my best to make sure Samantha stays safe. I will contact Bill and your father tomorrow afternoon and we'll make plans to meet and discuss.”

An awkward silence fell upon me and the Black brothers. Mason spoke for us.

“Sir, my father is currently not able. He is in the hospital.”

Bo Raven's face fell in a split second and Mason continued.

“There was an attack and we went to fight. He collapsed afterwards but he is recovering as we speak. So hopefully, he'll be alright in a week. But even then, I'd rather not involve him too much in this, other than talking. He needs rest. But he will want to discuss this with you. Samantha is like a daughter to him.”

“And Noah is his son.. And they're mates... Isn't that a bit weird?” Jacob commented, lightening up the mood. I immediately scrunched up my nose and we all stared at him. Leona chuckled and Leo grinned. Noah glared at his younger brother with a “what the f?” look.

Jacob put on an innocent face.

“What? Mason said it, not me.”

“You're disgusting,” Mason commented.

“And you're ugly.”

“You're short,” Noah said.

“And you're doing incest stuff!”

“No I'm not!”

“No he's not,” Mason agreed.

“You said it, Mason,” Jacob argued.

“You thought it.”

“Guys,” I interrupted, holding the laughter that was building up inside of me. Bo, Leona and Leo were staring at the three brothers arguing, with amused faces, waiting for it to be over.

Noah, Jacob and Mason stopped and realized that they weren't alone. They all smiled apologetically. Except for Noah of course. He just stopped.

“Excuse us,” Mason said, smiling sheepishly.

“It was entertaining,” Bo said, smiling.

“Well, thank you very much for letting us be here and thank you for helping with this, Sir,” Noah said, getting up. “It's almost two in the morning, so we'll leave now. Please feel free to call and come over any time.”

“Thank you for everything,” I said, Jake, Mason and I also getting up. “It was very nice to meet you. Thanks for the help. Leona, come over soon.”

“I will.” She smiled, her cute face glowing and her eyes twinkling.

“I am happy to help,” Bo said, leading us to the door. “Please do come over again. I will call Bill Riley and talk with him about this.”

“Good night,” we all said to each other and then I left with the three Black's.

On our way home we all teased Noah for that sudden respectful polite “thank you” speech he gave Bo Raven. It was surprising since he never did anything like that. He glared at the ground as Mason, Jacob and I laughed about it. Jacob imitated him, making a dark voice as he repeated what Noah had said.

“I do not sound like that,” Noah muttered.

“Yes you do,” Jacob said. “To me you do.”

“No I don't,” Noah argued.

“'No I don't',” Jacob repeated in the same dark “Noah” voice. Mason and I laughed. Noah just muttered for himself and I chuckled as I walked over to him, leaving Mason and Jacob ahead.

I grabbed his hand and smiled at his frowning face. Mason and Jacob were talking, laughing loudly. I wanted to laugh at Noah's muttering face but I resisted the urge and gave him a kiss on the cheek instead. He kept looking forward, frowning like a little kid.

“Noah,” I sang. “Are you mad?”

“No.”

I grinned.

“I'm sorry. I won't laugh at you again. I think it was great what you did.”

“I did it only because he was helping to keep you safe.”

“Thank you,” I said, still amused.

He smiled a little but said nothing.

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