The Next Generation: Scarlet by Jaden Bieber (red seas under red skies TXT) 📕

I said, bluntly, "I don't care."
"Would you care if it was someone... you're close to?" He asked. I looked to him. He was smirking, his eyes found there way to meet my gaze.
"Then, yes, I would. Tell me."
"Nah. You don't care, remember?" He looked back ahead.
"Wh- but I just said I did care if it was someone close to me."
"Who said it was?" He asked, carelessly.
"Wh- UGH!" I walked faster, clearly agravated. I heard that bastard laughing at me.
"Where you goin'?" He asked, still laughing at me.
"AWAY FROM YOU. GO MAKE OUT WITH YOUR FREAKIN' MATE OR SOMETHING!" I yelled, not turnning my head or stopping. I was confused and agravated and not in the mood to be laughed at.
"You want me to go find my mate, and make out with her?" He asked, dumbfounded. I growled and stopped in my tracks. I turnned to him, who was right behind me. We were litterally toe-to-toe. I gasped.
"Good heavens, you're quick." I sighed, holding my heart.
"I know. Now back to my question?" He said, obviously wanting to know my answer.
"Yeah," I said, carelessly, "Sure. It's none of my business so if you'd kindly allow this topic to be changed..."
"I want to know the answer."
"I said, 'yeah' already." I frowned. A smirked danced across his lips. My eyes widened when he grabbed me and pinned me against a tree. "H-hey-" His mouth was on mine. His lips moved so intensly, so desperate for me to just give in and kiss back just as hungerly.
Which is exactly what I did. Our lips moved in union. Still amature, I'm sure I messed up, but Dakota didn't mind. His tongue was in my mouth in seconds, dancing with mine. His body pressed me more again the tree, making sure I was as close to him as I could get.
Finally, he pulled away so we could breathe. I was still trying to process what just happened and why it happened.
"What," I asked, "was that?!"
"I was just listening to you. You told me to make out with my mate, and I did. Gladly." He smirked.
This doesn't make sense... I told him to make out with his mate, not me... Wait..
"Yes, Scarlet." He purred. "You're my mate."
Chapter 7

“I-I’m your…” I swallowed. I couldn’t process this. Did he know this all along? Why didn’t he tell me sooner? I don’t see how I could be his mate…
“That’s why you were jealous when you saw me kissing Roxy.” Dakota smirked as her skirted around me. I tried so hard to breathe easily, but I ended up breathing heavily and looking straight ahead, confused.
“It’s also why after being with you longer, I grew softer. Then more needy.” He stopped in front of me. I couldn’t meet his eyes… I… I don’t know why.
“Scarlet.” He lifted my chin and my eyes instantly met his. I blushed and he smiled.
“So, you didn’t know at first?” I asked. He wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me closer.
“Not at first, no. But I didn’t find out right away. It was a theory at first. Then I saw you were avoiding me and I grew hurt. Then you were alone with the Trey guy. I wanted to just kill him… And Ronnie, for that matter.” I giggled, but my I grew serious once again.
“What does it mean?”
“It means, I love you, and I will always love you ‘cause you were made for me.” He grinned and kissed me. It wasn’t even a kiss. A touch. A tease.
“And I will,” he whispered against my lips, “make you fall in love with me as well. So prepare yourself. Scarlet, you’re mine.” I looked into his beautiful blue eyes. As blue as the day-lit sky.
“I-” Oh no. Dakota as to be home early. I smiled and exhaled out of my nose.
“I’m very well prepared. But for now, you must go home.” I said in the sweetest tone I possibly could.
“No, I’m not leaving you. Not when I know that damned raven mocker is after you.”
“Dakota,” I caressed his cheek softly with my finger tips. “I’m fine. I’ll go home, too. To my Dad.”
“I don’t…” He sighed.
“You have to. It’s important to you to become Alpha. I know it is. You have to trust me. I’ll be fine.”
With that, he kissed me roughly, letting me know he didn’t trust me. One thing I learned about Dakota is that he isn’t a fan of using words half the time. It depends on the situation and how comfortable he is around you.
I know I’m young. I don’t know anything about love. Dakota is experienced, while I, on the other hand, didn’t know about love-love until I was at least 10 years old.
He pulled away and looked into my eyes. He really looked at me. I could hear his voice echo in my head.
“You’re mine.”
“Please?” My voice cracked. He nodded.
“I’m going to take you to your grandmother’s first, though. But I’m warning you. If you’re taken by him, he’s going to die.”
“Die, as in, brutally murdered?”
“You so get me.” he smiled and kissed my forehead.
“I guess so.” I laughed out.

When we got back to Gran’s house, Dakota was stalling to leave me.
To be honest, it hurt having to see him walk away, knowing it might not be very soon that I’ll see him again.
After several long kisses, hugs, and lovey-protective words, we parted.

“Sushi tonight?” Gran asked as I walked into the house.
“I’m sorry Gran, I’m not hungry. But I must go home.”
“Go home?”
“It’s Kole. He’s after me.”
“W-Who?”
“Mom’s birth father. He’s after me.”
“Oh dear. Do you… Can you open a portal?”
“Yes, I think so. I’ll be back as soon as I can, Gran.”
She hugged me and whispered a few prayers for me. I let my tears fall. The truth was, I was scared. I’ve never witnessed what I did in the Dark Castle before.
I wasn’t going to show any fear to Dakota, or he’d go out of his way to make it possible for him to stay with me. I may be his mate and I may be young, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to make him miss something like becoming Alpha and it doesn’t mean I’m weak.

I walked out of the portal, right in front of Dad and I’s little cabin.
I opened the door and walked through, locking it behind me.
“Dad?” I yelled in.
“Scarlet?” My dad exited his bedroom.
“Daddy.” I started crying and ran to him, hugging him. His arms were around me tightly.
“Scarlet, baby, what happened?”
“Kole…” I choked on the words. He pulled away to look into my eyes.
“K-Kole. Scarlet, how do you know that name?” Anger clearly showed in my Dad’s eyes.
“He tried to take me…” My voice cracked as more tears came out.
“I knew this would happen. That’s why I didn’t want you going to that world. I can’t loose you, too.” He growled and let go of me. I watched him pace back and forth.
“What are you thinking…?” I asked, wiping tears away with the back of my hand.
“You’re not going back to Earth.”
“W-Dad, that’s not fair.”
“Life’s not fair, Scarlet.”
“But I want to go back… I have to go back.”
“No, Scarlet! ‘No’ means ‘no’.”
“But Dad!”
“No!” He was practically yelling at me. Did he think it was my fault? Did he think that I exposed myself and was being careless?
I sniffed and gave him the death look. I ran into my room without another word. Imprint

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Publication Date: 08-01-2011

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Dedication:
To the fans of "Maylin."