"Hello, human. You are this Sesshomaru's mate."

Just like that the trance like state she found herself in snapped and she was brought back to reality.

"M-m-mate?" Rin stuttered out.

She could feel her survival instincts kick in, telling her to run. Screaming at her to be away from this demon, he was dangerous. He could kill her, he could hurt her, and she would be defenseless to stop him. His mate ? What on earth ..not possible. He was crazy, that made him all the more dangerous.

She ran through all the information she learned in her demon history class .. 'Damn, wished I hadn't skipped so much.' She didn't know much, but she knew that mates were the destined one for demons, they were their everything, they would do anything for them. Demons were VERY possessive, males especially, and the mates to demons were rarely ever human. It's only happened a handful of times, and never to a demon of high stature. This one was definitely off his rocker.

She forced her face to keep a cool mask, even as her mind and body panicked. She could feel the adrenaline seep through every part of her.

But even as she felt this, another part of her didn't fear him. This part of her felt so attracted to him, even though it knew she was on fine ice being near a demon, something about him.. it made a part of her welcome it. It liked the feeling of being so dangerous, like dancing on the edge of a cliff, like walking on a tight rope with flames instead of a trampoline to catch her if she fell. It liked the dark excitement that came with being so close to him, to one so dangerous. It seduced part of her, like she was Aurora reaching towards the spindle that would seal her into a deep sleep.

It knew she was playing with fire, but it didn't mind or fear the feeling of being burned. It welcomed it, it wanted it, it wanted him. Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru watch, intrigued by his mate as he sensed her rising panic and her rising excitement. Two opposite reactions from within the same being.

Interesting.

Usually Rin listened to that devilish side of her, it always gave her more fun.

But it also gave her more trouble.

In this situation she knew it was better to be without that.

He was staring at her with cold eyes. Entrancing, yet dangerous and guarded. They were hard, eyes that could watch a mass murder and not so much as blink.

It scared her as much as it made her feel oddly safe, and curious. Eyes so guarded and cold could murder her with a flick on his wrist, but eyes so cold could also protect her from anything with no questions asked. But why so guarded in the first place?

Pause, why did she want to know?

Why was she thinking of him protecting her? Why did she care that his eyes were unforgiving and cold? She wasn't going down this road, she knew better than to bite off more than she could chew. She felt intensely attracted to him and it was very, very dangerous.

Nervously, Rin got up from her position of leaning on the table and stood. She kept in mind to use slow movements as to not provoke him.

"I'm sorry," she started slowly "but I think you have the wrong person."

She started to back away, but before she made it a full step her stomach dropped like she was airborne, she felt the air leave her lungs, then she felt her back and head hit something hard.

She opened her eyes, unaware of when she closed them, and looked up to see the demon- Sesshomaru on top of her. He pinned her to the picnic table in less than a second.

Shit.

"Do you doubt this Sesshomaru's sense of smell and competence at recognizing his own mate?" His voice was quiet, but had an undertone of a warning, so did his eyes.

Sesshomaru was enraged, who is this human to reject him? Mate or no mate, he is above her on every scale, who is she to defy him?

He could sense her fear, he could sense her adrenaline but he could also sense her arousal and excitement. She was attracted to him, he had no doubt.

It pleased him greatly.

But still, he bore his eyes into hers with a neutral expression on his face and a flash of a warning in his eyes. His mate would accept him, she would not be defiant.

'Shit, shit...SHIT.'

These are the thoughts that ran through Rin's mind as she looked up into the eyes that trapped her, and made her feel as if that look alone could both give her frost bite.

She was scared, no doubt about it. But she also felt excitement, she liked this position, she liked the warning that flashed in his eyes. She really was playing with fire, but being near the flames only made her tempted to burn herself.

She needed to stop this, she shouldn't feel attracted to him like this. He was dangerous, he could kill her and she wouldn't even know it until she woke up on the other side. But she felt this odd peacefulness at the close proximity, it felt so right having him near her.

She needed to say something, anything to get out of this position. She was so confused, she fired off the first thing that came to her mind.

"But ..I'm human.."

"You are still this Sesshomaru's mate, little human. It would do you well to not defy me." He answered back without missing a beat, hardly giving her time to finish her statement.

Now she was a little pissed, she can accept she fact that she's his mate, it sure would explain this weird attraction towards him. But was he this big of a dick all the time?

'If this is how he thinks this- whatever the fuck- will work, I've got got another thing for him.'

'We'll see.' Is what another part of her mind whispered to her, it's tauntingly sadistic edge promising that he wouldn't like what it had in store for him if he kept this up, but then..Rin herself wouldn't like the outcome of making him angry.

But she always could be a little bit reckless..

She was about to fire off some remark that she would surely regret later, if she lived ...when a flash of pain came from the space in between her shoulder and neck and she was no longer pinned to the picnic table.

She stood up on numb legs, touched the now assaulted spot, looked at the blood on her fingertips, and could feel the enraged flush creep across her face and chest.

Another chapter done and uploaded. (: