Origin, Malia S. [read out loud books .TXT] 📗

to his pupils. He had pretty fair skin, but it looked good on him.

I realize I was just standing there checking him out while he had a smug smile on his face, “Sorry, I just spaced out a little…” Oh god…that was smooth Melis, “I was following Cole, but he went to fast and this house is huge and now I’m lost. I’m suppose to help him find his sister, and I’m guessing he’s going to be pissed to find out I’m not right behind him,” I spill out nervously.
“Cole never did know how to deal with a pretty girl. I’m Jeremy or Jere, whichever you prefer. You must be Melis the shadowhunter?”
“Yes, I really wish I wasn’t labeled as the shadowhunter. Seems so boring.”
“Oh you’re not, everyone has labeled you as don’t be on this girl’s bad side because she will kill you. We just say shadowhunter to your face so we don’t seem like little girls,” he chuckles.
“Well don’t worry I don’t plan on killing any of you guys, but Cole is getting close to me bitching him out because I have no idea where I am suppose to go,” I say annoyed.

“Here I know where they’re meeting up, I’ll take you. Not only because I always help a damsel in distress, but also I would love to see Cole yelled at.” I just shook my head and laughed. I just follow him quietly down the halls, and he walks at a normal pace. We get to a room filled with all guys, and I might add that most of them were extremely good looking.
“Finally, I thought you got lost in this mansion,” Cole blurts out.
“Funny, I thought that was your intention when you left me in the halls” I snapped back. The guys laughed clearly enjoying the tension, probably not seeing many people stand up to the Alpha.
He just glared back at me, “Anyways Jere over here was sweet enough and helped me out so it’s alright.” All the guy’s attentions were now focused on Jere and he was a little red.

“Aww the two brothers love for one girl, how adorable” I look over because I recognized the voice and of course it was Denis. Annoyed, I moved without any of them noticing and flipped him onto the floor with my foot on his chest.

“Aww how cute, a werewolf knows how to joke, but if I was you I would shut the fuck up because I have a bad temper” I give him a wink and walk back to where I was before while getting shocked stares and wide-open mouths. “Sorry” I mumble awkwardly.
“I have never seen a girl swear so prominently, I mean you’re not ashamed of it,” a guy with blonde surfer hair says amazed, and again he has an Australian accent and I learned that all of them did.
“Well, since you know Denis and Jere meet the rest of the pack. Excluding the few girls we have here. Don’t just stand there, introduce yourselves” Cole tells them.

“I’m Christian, I’m eighteen,” the blonde surfer hair guy says. He’s probably 6’ and has golden tanned skin and dark blue eyes. Hot. 

“I’m David and I’m nineteen. My mate is Adrianna” I could see them together. He has dark curly brown hair and has deep dimples and stood about 6’5 which would tower over Adrianna’s 5’6.
“I’m Aiden and I’m seventeen and I don’t have a mate so my doors wide open,” he gives me a wink. He had sun bleached blonde hair, 6’ with bright sky colored eyes. He was pretty good looking, but not my taste.

“Don’t listen to this fool, he’ll hook up with you and then the next day look for another pretty face. I’m Noah by the way, and I’m nineteen.” He was adorable, he was about 5’11 and had brown puppy dog eyes that matched his brown skin.
I skimmed the room and realized that they had made it through all the guys. That’s seven guys in total, a whole bunch of testosterone and I only knew one girl. Awesome.
I took the long silence to introduce myself…properly at least, “It’s very nice to meet you all, my name is Melisande, but everyone calls me Melis. I’m seventeen and don’t be scared of me just because of what you saw in the vampire covenant” I said, hearing some loud whispers of “yeah like we’re going to believe that” or “she’s only seventeen? Shit” and others just nodded.

“Anyways, we need to start looking for Jessie. The first place we’re going is Hick’s road.” Just as he said the name I had chills run up my spine, the name sounded very familiar but couldn’t get a hold onto why.
We all started to get into big jeeps, and they took me to the alleyway where I had left my motorcycle. I was surprised but grateful when I saw none of the bloodsuckers had taken it. I guess they just hate me that much they can’t even ride on something I sat on. I hoisted the bike up and placed my helmet on and sat down on the seat. I forgot I was wear a tight short dress and it slid up quite high where you would be able to see my underwear if hadn’t been wearing tights. I could see the guy’s eyes glazing over my body like they haven’t seen legs before. Out of the corner of my eye I caught Cole’s eyes appraising my body. I guess a guy can dislike you but still like to look at your body. What a douchebag.

“Umm…you know you guy’s can look at me when we get home, but can we leave and I’ll follow you?” I asked them and they all had a new coat of blush on them. “You guys really need to get better at that if you don’t want to seem like perverts,” I giggled.
“Maybe you shouldn’t wear such slutty clothes like that and we wouldn’t stare,” Denis snapped.
“Hmmm, it’s ok I think I would rather be a slut than an asshole who can’t fight some girl” I smiled innocently back at him. But there was something behind his eyes that flickered, and instantly knew I had taken it way to far. It had only meant to be a joke, and he did provoke it. Before I could say sorry he jerked himself out of the car and slammed the door running towards me. Well fuck.

I took off my helmet and dropped it to the floor. I slid off my motorcycle and he waited for me to get to the middle of the alleyway. I really didn’t want a fight, but if that’s what he wanted it’s what he’s going to get. As I got closer I could see the glowing amber color shining in his eyes. He was about to shift. I waited for him to go from his human form to his wolf, watching all of his joints pop and crackle into this large, beautiful beast. His coat wasn’t as nearly as beautiful as Cole’s. Wait, why was I comparing him to Cole? I don’t even like Cole.
He eyed me like I was his prey, and I was hoping he would make the first move soon or else I would just get on my motorcycle and go back home. Just as I thought that he leaped at me, and I had to slide underneath him to the other side. Dodging was going to be my best technique for this fight because I didn’t want to be bitten. He ran back at me faster this time, but before he reached me I flipped over his back getting a handful of his coat and skin, so when I landed on the ground I flipped him onto his back. Hard. I was done with these games, I wasn’t here to cause trouble but help Cole.

I hadn’t realized that Cole’s car already left before the fight, so when he came back to see what was holding us up for the first time, I was scared of him. His green eyes were now pitch black and filled with angst. I could almost feel the radiation of his power, his dominance and when he didn’t turn to yell at me I was shocked. Instead he did something I least expected. He turned to Denis with hatred laced in his stare.
“SHIFT BACK NOW!” his roar ripped through the air and obediently Denis changed back to his human form.

“Did I not make it clear that she was our guest? Or are you just an idiot and didn’t understand? Because I will kick you out of this pack if you aren’t on your best behavior. Do. You. Understand?” Cole growled.

“Yes,” Denis replied harshly. I let out a little smile because I couldn’t contain it anymore. The bad boy was getting scolded on because of me, precious.
Scared that Cole would reprimand me next, I quickly climbed on my motorcycle and turned it on to tell them I was ready when they were. I’m glad they got the message that we were wasting time, and we started to drive.
The drive was beautiful, we passed the beaches in Santa Cruz and I loved smelling fresh ocean air. I wish I had my surfboard with me so I could catch a quick wave, but instead I followed their cars because I was on a mission. I wonder how mad Jerry is at me right about now, I mean he must have realized by now that I’m missing. Oh and I know for a fact that Cory and Lisa probably hated my guts for leaving them out of this adventure. Especially since Lisa was fascinated by werewolves capability to change their body structures into one of a wolves. She always talked about how she wanted to study their shifts and record how it was possible because to us shadowhunters it was still a mystery.
Not really paying attention to my surroundings I now realized that I was on a road that was private and lead to some house. Large trees clustered around the road making it impossible to look through to see the house, and you could hear soft sounds of water form the creek nearby. As we went further, the forest became more dark and thick with trees that there seemed to be no room to escape from either side.
This was Hicks road, the place I had thought sounded so familiar but it didn’t look like any place I have ever been. At the end of the road there was a large mansion but not one that you would talk fondly about. It was made of old bricks and looked more like a prison than a home. On the windows there was bars on the outside that were bolted into the building. Odd. I got off of my motorcycle and tucked a gun that was under my seat into my leather jacket. This place gave me weird vibes, and I’m not going to risk anything by going in there empty handed.

“I guess you could call this the equivalent to a shadowhunters institution. This is a place that any downlorder can stay at. There’s a bunch of creatures, there’s the Fae, werewolves, vampires, warlocks, and even some demons,” he informs me. I’m furious. He should have told me this way before I even came to this place. For a shadowhunter to enter a place like this is an automatic death sentence. I would be on their territory, their rules, and if I tried to kill one of them even the Laws of Gabriel wouldn’t be able