The Girl He Marked by Laila Callaway novel Chapter 1

Book 1 Chapter 35

‘I see Eli hasn’t explained anything yet, he’s probably still asleep Lucia says, she rolls her eyes and hands me a plate, pushing me towards the oven where there are pans full of cooked food.

‘Morning, Lucia goes over and kisses both of their cheeks, I assume they are her parents, ‘This is Ale na, Eli’s mate, he took her from a camping trip with her friend last night in the woods, Lucia fills them in and both of their mouths drop open.

Mate? We are not friends!

‘This is completely your fault, I told you someone needed to keep an eye on him and look what he’s done!’ The woman, who must be Lucia’s mother, hisses at the man, who I presume is Lucia’s father.

“How is it my fault that our son goes and kidnaps someone?’ The man asks, raising his hands in exas peration

‘You’re the one that has raised him to be such a possessive, entitled Alpha, this is all because of your genetics and testosterone! Lucia would never do something like this! The woman shouts and Lucia steps forward.

‘To be fair, Mum has a point, I would never do something like this, but can we have the family domestic later? Alena is pretty scared, Lucia gestures towards me and I stand motionless by the oven, stupidly hold ing an empty plate whilst everyone looks at me.

Oh God, Alena I’m so sorry about my son’s behavior, I’m Kate and that’s my husband, Sam, please help yourself, you must be hungry, Kate says as she comes over and puts her arm around my shoulders.

Alena didn’t know about wolves until yesterday, Lucia fills them in and I hear Sam curse at the table.

Oh you poor thing, you must have been scared to death, Kate smiles at me and I can only stare at her with wide eyes.

Td just like to go home please, my friends are going to be really worried, I tell them, and Kate’s eyes soften.

‘I know honey, we’ll let you call them later and you can tell them you’re safe but seeing as you’ve just found out about our kind and met my son, you should stay here for a while and acclimatize, she says, and I feel a new wave of anger surge through me.

What is wrong with these people? They’re angry that their son kidnapped me, but they won’t let me go!

Just have something to eat, Kate begins serving food onto my plate, rashers of bacon, mushrooms, toast, everything

Lucia and I join her parents at the table, I glance up as I hear the front door open and I’m relieved to see it is not Eli, but his brother, Tyler. He looks similar to Eli, he has the same blonde hair and tanned skin, but his face is younger, and he is slightly smaller in stature.

He serves himself some food and takes a seat at the table, no one says anything for a moment as he just concentrates on inhaling his food.

“Where’s Eli? Did you two manage to talk it out?’ Lucia asks and Kate frowns in confusion.

“He’s just coming, yeah we spoke, he apologized, Tyler replies, he looks up at me and his eyes soften.

I’m really sorry about what happened last night, Eli regrets it, he tells me, and I can only nod as I watch him with wide eyes.

Book 1 Chapter 35

I remain silent as I sit at the table, it looks like we’re some weird surrogate family or something. Just when I thought things couldn’t be more uncomfortable, Eli bursts into the kitchen, wearing nothing but sweats, revealing his delicious muscular chest and arms. His eyes land on me and he visibly relaxes, he grabs a plate and serves himself with twice as much food as is on my own. He sits down opposite me; 1 keep my eyes on my food even though I can feel him looking at me.

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