He finally reached the room door but as he barged in, the sight he saw…calmed his rage. She had fallen asleep on the sofa while reading a book and now that she was asleep, he decided to come closer to her and take a look.
She was a beautiful little thing, plain and simple.
Yet, her rejection of him was pissing him off, he would do anything and give her anything yet she looked at him the same way people had for a very long time.
With plain judgement.
She was his and that was never going to change.
He gently pushed a strand of hair out of her face as she continued to sleep, she could do a lot better than this, being a simple teacher was below her but he knew she wouldn't just leave the brats.
He had to find a way to get her out of this place, once they were alone, she would have no choice but to depend on him.
But as he thought to himself, there was a knock on the door but even without opening the door, he could already tell that it was the red-haired witch that attacked him that morning. He would have ignored it but the knock had woken aria.
"hmm?" she moaned as she rubbed her eyes and looked at the door, without even looking at him she went over to the door and opened it a bit.
"can I help you jean," she said, due to where he was standing, jean couldn't see him.
"the professor wanted me to remind you about tonight" jean replied causing aria to wave her hand as she yawned.
"I haven't forgotten jean, but thanks for the call but I'm going back to bed," aria said as she closed the door and walked to her bed.
Victor could hear jean scoff as she walked away from their room causing him to smirk, he didn't know what her deal was but it looked like aria had no problem dealing with her.
"I'm sorry but can I ask what you're doing in my room" he heard aria say to him causing him to turn around.
"your room? Sorry kitten but this is our room" he said causing her to frown.
"there is no way I'm staying in the same room as YOU!" she said as she got off the bed and walked to the door but once again he grabbed her by the arm.
"you know…I'm still pretty pissed that you talked to me like that," he said as he forced her turn towards him "in front of Logan no less," he said with a snarl.
"let go," she said as she tried to pull away but he wouldn't let her, he just had to be in control, didn't he.
Instead, he continued to snarl, his patient was running thin with her but in the heat of the moment, he didn't hear someone approaching the door.
Knock, knock "Aria Is everything ok" she heard storm say but before she could say anything, he covered her mouth before whispering into her ear.
"bite me and you'll regret it" he growled, now all rationality was out of the window and all that was left was plain instinct.
Aria's heart began to race in her chest, this situation was all too familiar to her and no matter what she tried, she couldn't push back the memories, it was like trying to ignore the plain fact.
"ria is everything ok" she wanted to reply but how could she when she had a hand in her mouth and a knife to her throat.
"bite me and die" he hissed.
Victor could hear her breathing increase, one-half of him was glad that she was afraid because now she would finally realise that he was the alpha and his word was final. But the other was feeling something that he wasn't used to.
But then before he could say or do anything, he heard storm call Logan and hank for help since he had locked the door.
"we'll discuss this later," he said as he finally released her and walked out to the balcony, leapt out and ran into the forest. And at that moment Ororo ran into her room along with hank and Logan, only to see aria on the floor gasping for air.
"aria!" she said as she ran to her side "my gosh, are you ok," she said as she tried to help her to her feet.
Aria could only manage to nod her head; didn't he realise his own strength she couldn't breathe when he held her.
Ororo helped her to her bed as hank came back from the balcony.
"hank where is Logan" Ororo asked him as he walked towards them to check her.
"Logan went after victor," hank said as he went over her vitals." I just hope this doesn't end up badly" he said as they helped aria to bed.
"Ororo can you stay her with her, I need to get something from the med wing," he said as he got up and left. Ororo watched him leave before turning to aria.
"hey," she said with a small smile.
"hi" she replied with a sigh "aria we need to talk…I can't watch this anymore, sure I've only know you for a short time I can't help but worry about you especially when you are alone with him"
"Ororo…"
"I know he says that you're his mate but if that was true then why does he act this way with you," Ororo asked her causing her to sigh.
"Ororo…if I knew what was going on with him then I would know how to get out of this, but every time he holds me, i…I freeze up in…in fear and memories come back, things that I thought I had forgotten suddenly come back because of him…he…I'm scared" aria confessed.
"well…you don't have worry because I feel if you have a familiar face around you would feel a lot safer" Ororo said as she helped aria sit up.
"what's that supposed to mean?"
"you'll see," she said as she embraced aria "I hope this will help you aria, people like you deserve only happiness"
"thanks, ro," she said as they sat and enjoyed each other's company.
"you just couldn't do it," Logan said as he dodged a fatal blow from victor who was beyond pissed.
"you just couldn't control that temper of yours and you end up hurting her," he said as they continued their fight, after all, Charles didn't say they couldn't fight outside the institute.
Logan could see in victor's eyes that he was feeding off pure rage and instincts, his only goal was to make him bleed.
"I should have never agreed to do this Charles way, from the moment you appeared we should have kicked you to the curb" he said, finally getting a response from victor.
"you'd like that, wouldn't you Logan" he growled.
"you bet I would, aria's too good for someone like you," Logan said causing victor to roar as they continued to fight.
"I still can't believe that you thought you could get her to like you with your attitude" Logan taunted as they continued to fight.
"I don't need her to "like" me, she's mine, mine to protect, to provide for" victor growled as he watched Logan leap away from him as they stared down each other.
"women don't want someone who just protects and provides, they need much more than that especially people like aria," Logan said even though he didn't know why he was trying to explain this to him.
Victor glared at Logan as his feral rage began to cool down, he didn't care what anyone else said or thought, this was between himself and aria. He growled before turning away from Logan Ans made his way back to the mansion with Logan on his heels, they had been out for quite a while since the sun had gone down a while back. Plus, he had to back to his mate.
"Ororo, where are you taking me," aria asked as Ororo led her to Charles office except she was blindfolded.
"you'll see," she said with a laugh, aria tried to listen for any clues but got nothing, they soon reached the office as she heard Ororo knocking.
"come in" she heard as she was led into the office and then sat in a chair.
"ah miss aria, how are you" she heard Charles say.
"I'm fine thank you," she said.
"glad to hear that miss aria, I brought you here because you have a guest," he said as a cold shiver when down her back.
"r…really" she whispered as she felt her hands go cold, but then the blindfold was removed and she put her glasses back on to face the figure in front of her who looked at her with a smile.
"really"
Logan and victor arrived at the institute where they were both met by a strange scent…of a man. Victor immediately followed the scent with Logan on his tail.
"slow down their creed, don't do anything rash," he said as they walked towards Charles office,
Rash wouldn't even count if he didn't understand why there was a strange man's scent around aria's, but as fate would have it, aria came around the bed smiling, not just any smile but a true smile that caused her beauty to shine through, but before victor could question the reason for her smile, the cause came around the bend.
Just like almost everyone at the school, he was taller than aria, the same height as Logan with a similar build, he had dark tan skin which led to his handsome face. His bright green eyes looked down at aria with endearment as they walked towards them smiling at each other as they talked. But what got both of their attentions was when a lock of his light brown hair fell in front of his eyes and aria pushed it back for him, causing him to hug her as they continued to talk.
Logan didn't even have enough time to warn aria before victor charged forward to meet them.
She couldn't believe it.
He was actually here, after three years he was finally there with her.
Nothing could ruin this, she thought but a familiar roar broke her out of her daydream reminding her that she wasn't in a dream as he looked down at both of them, aria's eyes widened in fear as her grip on the strange man increased.
From scent, he could tell that they were not related so who the hell did he think he was to touch HIS mate.
The strange man looked up at him with a smug look, how he wanted to whip it off…literally.
"well…well, you must be sabretooth" he said as he looked at him with a condescending look "I'm Uriah Davis, aria's cousin and best friend"
"liar" victor growled causing another influx of aria's scent to fill his nose and all he could smell was fear and terror "if you are related to MY MATE, then you would smell like her"
"we're cousins by marriage," he said, the smirk not leaving his face as he watched the snarl on victor's face grow into a roar, which caused aria to hid behind this man.
Victor knew that the man was telling the truth, but they wouldn't look over the fact that she was finding comfort with him.
"victor let it go…you know he's telling the truth," Logan said as he came forward and offered his hand.
"names Logan," he said as they shook hands
"Uriah," he said with a smile.
"so, what are you here for Uriah"
"well…apart from seeing aria, I came because I was offered a job not too far from here" Uriah said.
"what kind of job"
"sound engineering for a production coming up"
Victor could not believe that Logan was talking with this guy, as far as he was concerned he wanted him gone…for good, he looked at aria who was still holding on to this guy.
Once again, she was being unfair.
He was her mate yet she wouldn't touch him with a stick.
She wouldn't talk to him like she did the others.
And now this guy walks in and she was happier than ever.
Childish as it sounded, he would let her know…
He was tired of her playing favourites.
