Falling For My Cruel Mate novel Chapter 57

"Oh yeah, I'm sure she's just trying to absorb everything. Plus, we needed time to catch up you know?" I say as he opens the door and allows me to walk into the noisy room.

"Yeah, sure. I just think it's strange how she's fine one minute and then the next she's shaken up and scared that Jalex will kill her for telling us anything she knows about him." He shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly but I could see that he's given this some thought.

I mean I guess it's true. Whenever Ajax asks Siren a question about Jalex she practically shakes in her boots. When she's around me she's bright and happy, never even mentions a peep about what happened to her when she was with that man.

"I guess. It could be that she's just traumatized by something he did to her and maybe it's her weird way of coping with it." I try to reason. I don't see why Siren would keep anything from me. It just doesn't make sense. We tell each other everything, no matter what.

"For your sake, I hope so." He mutters before walking into the middle of the room and grabbing everyone's attention.

I stay behind and remain standing by the door, allowing his words to sink in. Siren's on and off, hot and cold behavior has been kind of strange. I subconsciously scan the room for my gorgeous best friend. I find her standing in the corner flirting with Weston, the third in command and head of warrior training. Her brown locks were pulled into a high pony and she was batting her lashes at Weston, who was eating it all up.

This was normal of her. She loves boys and she loves to mess with them. Flirt with them openly, date them, and then leave them hanging. Weston didn't really deserve that but maybe he could be the one. The one to change her mind and get her to settle down.

There's absolutely no way she could be keeping anything big from me. She hasn't gone home because of me. Right? Because she wants to spend more time with me.

"Alright! That's it! I wanna see you guys train hard and well. Split up!" Ajax says loudly and with a clap of his hands everyone's off. The crowd disperses. People leave to spar and other start their cardio work outs and weight lifting.

I on the other hand could really use a run to clear my head.

"Let's go." Ajax says walking up to me. I could feel my eyebrows furrow.

"Huh?"

He grabs me by the elbow and pulls me over to a sparing mat. He places me on one end before walking over to the end.

"Show me what you've got." He takes a fighting stance and all I could do is raise my eyebrows and scoff in shock.

"This is a joke right?"

He smirks and shakes his head "no".

"But-"

My jaw dropped. What? Siren would never say anything like that. Plus, she was just raving about how hot Weston and Sam are a few days ago. "No. There's no way-"

"Why would Sam lie about something like that?" He asks crossing his arms over his chest and taking a macho stance. He was trying to prove a point and I hate to say it but I'm starting to believe him.

"She just like to mess with boys." I sigh trying to shake this awful feeling. I don't know who I'm trying to convince anymore. Ajax or myself.

"People aren't toys, you can't just play with them and then dump them when you find a shiny new toy." He rolls his eyes. He was clearly becoming annoyed with the subject and possibly with me as well. It's not my fault though. I've known Siren since we were children.

My loyalties lie with her and vice versa. She wouldn't keep anything from me or put me in danger. Not on purpose.

"You know that's ironic coming from you, considering you threw me around like rag doll." I roll my eyes back at him.

"Well nows the perfect chance to get back at me." He smirks and takes a few steps back. "I need to see your fighting skills, so we can work on what needs improvement."

"Ughhh." I moan. I really didn't want to fight him. He's a foot taller than me and at least sixty pounds heavier than me. He could kick my ass every single time if I'm not careful. Also, it's a bit triggering. We've fought physically many times before and it's never ended well for me.