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.