Page 38 of My Unexpected Mate

There were no new ones. The last one was around 10 pm and I hadn’t responded to that one. She hasn’t texted after that. I froze. How could I forget about this? What if something had happened? I looked at the time and saw it was 1 am.

“What happened?” Nick asked when he saw my face.

“She stopped texting after 10 pm,” I said angrily.

His hands started shaking and I could tell he was holding Nate back. For someone who didn’t have a strong connection to his wolf side, he was having real trouble controlling Nate right now. I guess the mate bond made Nate stronger.

“Call her,” he growled. “Now!”

Aria’s POV

The ringing of my phone woke me up. Didn’t I just go to bed? I can’t believe it is morning already. I don’t remember setting my alarm. I groaned and turned on my back without opening my eyes. The ringing kept going. I slowly opened my eyes and saw it was dark in my room. A little bit of moonlight came through the window. What the hell? I grabbed my phone realizing it wasn’t my alarm. I was getting a phone call. I quickly answered without looking at who it was.

“Aria!” a male voice came through.

I didn’t recognize it and was confused. I was still half asleep.

“Aria! Are you okay?” another male voice.

“I am fine,” I said quietly. “Who is this?”

“Gabriel,” he said, and I could hear the anger in his voice.

Shit. He is probably pissed I didn’t text him.

“Hey. Sorry. I was sleeping. Still kind of am,” I said, rubbing my eyes.

“Sleeping? Where are you?” I heard another male voice followed by a growl.

I recognized it as Nick’s.

“Home. What is wrong?” I asked, sitting up in my bed.

“You stopped texting,” Gabriel said and I could tell he was furious. “What did I tell you would happen if you stopped texting?”

“Calm down. No need to storm Mike’s house,” I said, taking a deep breath. “I stopped because you didn’t respond to my last text, and I figured you had fallen asleep. And I didn’t want to wake you.”

“Well, I am not sleeping. And even if I was, you still should have texted,” he growled angrily.

I heard Nick take a deep breath and rolled my eyes. They were really exaggerating.

“I am sorry. I really am,” I said slowly, trying to calm them so we could end the conversation and I could go back to sleep. “But I am fine. Really. Kind of annoyed you woke me up, but fine.”

“What if something happened to you?” Nick growled.

“Something is going to happen to you if you don’t let me sleep,” I said angrily.

“Fine,” Nick muttered. “We will be there first thing in the morning.”

I rolled my eyes but decided to be nice. I don’t want to fight with them right now. I just wanted to sleep.

“Okay. I will see you tomorrow. Good night,” I said.

“Night,” they responded at the same time.

I ended the call, turned to my side, and fell asleep.

I was awoken by a knock on my door and Annie’s voice calling my name.