Her Freezing Heart

Chapter 4- Steven

Today is the day I can finally go anywhere I want without have to babysit those brats. Well I can still

bang chicks at my place. I am really glad that Austin offered to stay with me. I don’t like staying in this

empty apartment for too unless it’s to sleep or sleep with someone.

I am so mad at Cassidy for telling me to look after them, more like her. What’s so special about her?

She is just a girl. Okay! She is beautiful. She has the brightest smile I have ever seen and her eyes,

they are like molten dark chocolate and skin is so pale but a beautiful pale. If I wasn’t so sure she

smells like human, I would have said she is a vampire like me and Austin. She is not my type though so

I don’t really have a reason to pay attention to her. Austin on the other hand seems to like. I can tell by

the looks he give her but he won’t make a move. Why? Well we both saw the bite mark on her neck

which means she is werewolf’s mate. I saw the mark on the guy’s neck as well. The question is what

they are doing so far away from their packs. Werewolves usually don’t allow their pack members to

wonder around places. From what I know, they get married at eighteen and the mates of the mutts are

not allowed to leave the town the pack dwells in. It’s not like I don’t like the werewolves. I am just not

very fond of them.

When I asked Cassidy about why she gave them the apartment, she said the girl, Amara will be

needing our help. She had a premonition about it so she took them in. She really confuses me

sometimes. If she wasn’t an old friend of mum, I would have given her a bird and left but she helped

me a lot when I was going through hard time. To top it all, she will curse me to hell if I didn’t listen to

her. She is a damn good witch and so is Grayson. You do not want to cross that warlock in a battle. You

will never know what hit you.

But why would a mate of a werewolf need us? Have they ran away from their packs? She seem to talk

to him once in a while and besides I once heard her telling one of the people working in the café that

she has a boyfriend. Or is she cheating on him? Nahh that can’t be the case. She doesn’t look to be

that type. Well I shouldn’t care that much as Cassidy and Grayson will be back today and I will be off of

babysitting duty. I can go back to my everyday life. It’s not like I wasn’t enjoying my life as usual

anyways. I was doing what I do all the time and Austin was keeping an eye on those two. On the plus

side I can finally leave the house.

Austin told me that Amara was home today and Aaron went to work but will be back in the afternoon.

He said something about her boyfriend’s birthday being today. See she is not someone to cheat. I know

I glare at her all the time but she is a nice girl. I just don’t want to get friendly with her and me being a

vampire does not work in any of our favor. Well I don’t like to make friends anyways and I am seriously

not interested in being friends with them. I went to the living room to find the front door open and voices

of Austin and Amara reached my ears. Isn’t she supposed to be talking to her mate?

I walked outside and peeked through the front door but they were so engrossed in their conversation,

especially her, that they did not even pay any attention to me. Austin did not seem to be listing to a

word. He was looking at her in a dazed expression. Geez dude! You are a vampire for heaven’s sake.

Is he starting to like this girl romantically? Well I knew he liked her but didn’t knew it was till this extent.

Amara on the other hand seemed to be talking about someone. She was talking animatedly. I heard

Asher in the midst of it. Is that her mate? Must be or she wouldn’t be so happy talking about him. She is

human but she can still feel the bond. It draws them to each other.

Well I should stop my dear friend from falling for a committed person. It won’t take him anywhere. I

cleared my throat loudly, successfully snapping Austin out of his dream world. He looked quite

embarrassed. I wanted to laugh at his face but stopped myself when I saw Amara looking at me with

confusion and irritation.

“What’s up?” I asked giving her a glare and keeping my face blank.

“None of your business.” She snapped.

That was the very first time she ever snapped at me. She looks irritated at something… or someone. I

wanted to grin at her discomfort but kept my face blank.

“We were just talking Steven.” Austin replied. “What do you want?”

Well someone didn’t like it that I interrupted his gazing foolishly session. I smirked at him to which he

replied with a glare.

“I will see you later then Austin.” Amara grumbled and slid into her apartment.

“Don’t say a word.” Austin grumbled after we heard her door lock.

We entered my apartment and locked the door.

“Someone seemed smitten by that little girl’s charm.” I said sniggering.

“Oh shut up. She looked a little sad so I stopped to talk with her. That’s all.” He replied looking

anywhere but me.

“You know she has a mate right.” I asked signing.

“Yeah.” He said looked at his folded hands on his lap.

“Then why?”

“I want a mate too.” He whispered. “And she perfect. Whoever this mutt is, is really lucky to have her. I

wish I was her mate. But that won’t happen. She really loves that guy you know. You should have seen Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

the way her eyes brightens up when his name comes up or the way a smile stretches on her lips. I wish

I had someone like that in my life.”

“I know buddy but we can’t. Mine cheated on me for power and got herself killed. Yours chose a human

over you, married him and died a long time ago. They left us Austin. They won’t be coming back. The

only thing we can do is move on and enjoy our life as best as we can.”

It hurts to say that but I have to be strong for him. I can say I am coping pretty well but I can’t say the

same for him. He has it hard. He had to see his mate getting married, have kids, grow old and die. Her

grandchildren are in college now.

“Why are we so unlucky Steve? How can someone chose someone else above their mate?” He said

sobbing.

“It’s going to be alright Austin.” I said squeezing his shoulder.

That’s the only thing I can do. I told him to move on but he wouldn’t. This is the first time I saw him

showing any interest in a girl and she turned out to be someone else’s mate.

“Steve.” I hummed in reply. “You remember what Cassidy said about Amara that she will need our

help.” I nodded. “I am having a feeling her mate is going to cheat on her.” He said making me stiffen. “I

am having this feeling since I saw her last night.”

“But it will kill her. She is a human Austin.”

My voice trembled for the first time in a decade. That was part of the reason Austin didn’t move on

when his mate was alive. It would have killed her. The werewolf or vampire is not affected that much

but human dies if their mate cheats on them. There is only one way to survive that too doesn’t work all

the time and I am not sure if it works for humans at all. What are we going to do if that does happen?

“I think I will take a walk outside to clear my head.” Austin said and stormed out of the apartment

leaving me with my troubled thoughts.

I don’t want her to die and I will do anything to save her.