"I think this guy wants to kidnap me," I told Jace, while half hiding behind his back.
The Alpha growled when he noticed my movements and glared at Jace."I was going to tell you yesterday, but now is a good time as well. Leila wants to join the pack," Jace told the Alpha."Actually, I'm leaving later this afternoon," I said, while staying behind Jace."The hell you are!" The Alpha yelled, before Jace could open his mouth."What? Why?" Jace asked me, holding my hands in his. The Alpha moved to stand between us and ripped my hands from Jace's hold."Mine!" He snapped at Jace.Jace looked between the Alpha and me with a shocked expression."Dylan, she's- your mate?" Jace slowly asked him, keeping his gaze on me."Yes, and I will not allow you or any other male to touch her," he replied to Jace, in a commanding tone."Understood, Alpha," Jace said, nodding his head and looking at me with a defeated expression.The Alpha, Dylan, grabbed my hand in his and started walking away.I yanked my hand from his hold, catching him off guard, and stayed in place."I came here with Jace, and I am only leaving with him," I told Dylan, with my arms crossed and a defiant look on my face.Jace was shaking his head with a disapproving expression. Dylan cocked an eyebrow, looking amused."Feisty. I like it. But you're still coming with me." Dylan tried to get a hold of my hand but I stepped back."No, I'm not. And whatever you're selling, I'm not interested." With that, I made my way around him and walked away.I made it out of the mall and into the parking lot without getting stopped. I felt their presence behind me, but didn't dare look back.The first step I took in the road's direction and a hand around my waist brought me to a halt."As entertaining as that was back there, I won't allow it anymore," Dylan said to me. His hold wasn't rough, but it easily kept me in place."I wasn't aiming to entertain. I was merely passing through here, and now that I see there's nothing of interest, I will be out of this place," I sourly replied."No, you won't. You are staying here, with me- where you belong." He started dragging me to his car but I was putting up a fight."Stop that, or I'll carry you. Either way you will end up in my car." I stopped my fighting and Dylan looked satisfied.The only thing I was carrying was my wallet, which was safely tucked in my back pocket and secured with a chain. I walked by his side keeping up with his pace.Dylan started talking to Jace. I used that as a distraction and made a dash for it. I sprinted as fast as I could through the parking lot and onto the main road. It took them a moment to react with what I had just done. I felt them start chasing me shortly after.I ran like I never had in my life. I considered shifting into my wolf, but didn't for two reasons. One, I would be too exposed. There were cars with people everywhere. Two, my wolf wanted to stay and follow Dylan's orders. It would be hard to make her run away from him.Even with Dylan being an Alpha and Jace being a Beta, they were taking time to catch up to me. I had Beta blood in me, but what helped the most was that I trained all my life, and my size made it easier to run away.I felt Dylan gaining on me right before I neared the woods. I kept running, hoping to make it in time and shift. It would be hard to overpower my wolf wanting to stay, but it wasn't impossible.Before I cleared the short space that led into the woods, someone swiftly tackled me. I put my hands in front of me, trying to block the sure crash my face would do with the ground. Seconds before landing, he switched our positions. Dylan landed on the ground, taking the full force of our crash while I landed on top of him. We were facing each other, his hands on my waist, while mine rested on his chest.Dylan was looking intently at me, not bothered by the fall."Are you okay?" He worriedly asked me. I nodded my head, not finding words to speak."Good, we're going home to my pack. One more problem from you and I'm tying you up," Dylan said seriously while standing us up and getting my elbow, leading us to the mall's parking lot.Jace followed us in his car. He hadn't said a word to me or even looked in my direction. Dylan forced me into the passenger seat of his car and made me drive back with him.We were headed to his house."When did you get here?" Dylan asked me during the way. It would be a long drive, but I didn't mind the silence. I was mad, and honestly, a little scared of Dylan.I stayed silent, and didn't look his way. I found the scenery very interesting and focused on that.I hated how happy my wolf was with Dylan's presence. It was embarrassing how low she wanted to stoop for him and to get his attention.
"Answer me!" He demanded, using his Alpha tone. Everyone was supposed to bow down to that tone and his Alpha title. I smirked, still not looking in his direction- finding interesting how much I was able to defy him."You're attitude might slip through right now, when it's just you and me. I dare you to act that way in front of our pack, and find out what happens."My wolf loved when he said 'our pack'. But I laughed at his threat. Dylan growled not appreciating my take on things.He roughly brought the car to a stop and parked on the side of the road. Jace barely stopped before hitting us. His car swerved but he managed to control it in time.Dylan got out and walked to my side of the car. He opened the car door and got me out with force."I dare you to behave how you just did," he challenged me, while holding me by the waist.I stayed silent but didn't drop my gaze. I held my glare at him, while he looked at me, tauntingly."Dylan, calm down man. What are you doing?" Jace asked with a worried look.I turned toward Jace's direction and he finally looked at me.
"It's fine Jace, we had a misunderstanding. It's all cleared up now," I said, with an overly nice voice.Jace kept his eyes on us while Dylan stared at me. I turned back to face Dylan and smirked. He growled, but helped me back in the car.The rest of the way to his house was spent in silence. He didn't try to make conversation, avoiding another confrontation between us."I live alone. My parents' house is a few ways down there." Dylan pointed toward a direction in the woods.We were in front of a stunning two story house. What amazed me most wasn't the size, but the structure.
It was creatively designed and gave off a modern look, despite it being in the middle of the forest."I want to leave," I told him, leaning my back on his sleek black car.It looked expensive and I'm sure his house cost more than your usual salary as well. With him being Alpha, it didn't surprise me much. Alphas and Betas were known to be extremely wealthy.
"You wouldn't get away from my lands before either I or someone from my pack stopped you."Dylan walked up to me and placed his hands on his car, enclosing my waist."You are aware that this is kidnapping? I don't want to be here, with you." I glared at him."It's not kidnapping if no one finds out," he replied. I pushed him away, but he slammed me on his car to keep me in place."Stop disrespecting me! As of right now, you officially belong to this pack," he told me, with an evil smirk on his face. I felt his wolf taking over and my wolf was responding to him."I don't belong to anyone's pack," I said, not backing down. Light pain was coursing through my back from when he shoved me, but it was already fading away."See, that's where you're wrong," Dylan said as he caressed my cheek softly.He walked away from me and started heading for the door to his house.I turned to look out into the forest."Don't even think about it," Dylan warned. I turned to look at him and started making my way toward his house."Where is Jace at?" I asked Dylan as I took a seat on one of his couches in the living room."Stop worrying about Jace! I'm your mate, not him!" Dylan growled as he grabbed my shoulders and made me face him."Uh... Jace has my shopping bags in his car," I told Dylan with a disapproving look. He stayed quiet, looking slightly embarrassed."Oh. I'll call him over so that he can drop them off," he replied, hesitantly letting go of me."Do you plan on kidnapping me for a long time?" I asked him as I got comfortable on the couch."You're my mate, I'm not kidnapping you," Dylan said, frowning at me."You are kidnapping, but whatever. My things are at the hotel I was in. I would really appreciate it if you ordered someone to get them," I told him, when I finally settled happily on the couch.Dylan raised an eye brow and looked at me weirdly."What?" I snapped."Don't talk to me like that," he complained.I smirked, enjoying his outburst. Even though I was now trapped here, with my mate, I fe
I walked inside the hotel only to be stopped by a beaming Marie."How's your day been sweetheart?" Marie asked with a friendly smile."It's been okay. I don't want to sound rude, but I'm in a hurry. Sorry," I told her as I started walking up the stairs.Marie winked at me and grinned, which caused me to give her a weird look."I understand. Jace keeping you busy? That boy is such a cutie, don't you think?" We were almost at my room and Marie was still following along.To me, it was obvious there was nothing between Jace and me, but she probably read too much into things yesterday when Jace dropped me off."Yup, that's it. Now I really need to go. I'll see you later Marie."I quickly opened my door and closed it without waiting for her reply. It wasn't my intention to be rude but my things needed to get packed quickly so that Dylan didn't notice my absence.Most of the clothes were still in my back pack. Too bad everything Jace had bought for me today would have to stay here, seeing as
I figured it was the perfect time to keep my vulnerable act on.I slowly walked to the door and unlocked it. As soon as the click was heard, Dylan made his way into the room."We are going to talk about this," Dylan stated, before taking in my appearance."Baby, what's wrong?" He asked, as he embraced me."You are so demanding Dylan, you know that?"Dylan loosened his hold on me and grinned."I am, aren't I?""It wasn't a compliment!" I snapped."Why don't you want to meet the pack?" Dylan questioned, moving us to sit on the bed."I already told you why. I just met you today. Don't you think it's a little too soon to be introduced to them?" I said, trying my best to make it sound logical."You're right, but it still has to be soon. They have to know that you are my mate and everyone has to respect you," Dylan caressed my cheek and was looking at me lovingly.We spent the rest of the afternoon in his house. Dylan had Jace bring my things to the house. I noticed tension between the two
After the heavy make out session we had, and how crazy my hormones and emotions felt, I was sure it was all because of the mark."I waited too long. We should've mated the day I found you. The mark should've been made the minute I laid eyes on you," Dylan replied, not sounding in the least sorry.His words weren't rough- more like he was stating a fact. Nonetheless, the dam in my eyes broke loose and I was in tears again. I wasn't sobbing, but the tears rolled down my cheek and I felt depressed."Why are you crying?" Dylan asked me tenderly, trying to embrace me."I don't know," I said, letting him hold me. It was stupid of me to cry, but I couldn't control it. I felt like a pregnant woman with my emotions and hormones all over the place.We stayed in bed for about an hour. The tears were long gone, but Dylan and I remained together. It was obvious he was worried about my unexplainable waterworks."What do you want for breakfast?" Dylan asked me as he rummaged through his fridge."Do
I turned around and started running up the stairs to our room.I felt him walking behind me, his heavy footsteps making me aware of how close he was. As soon as I got to our room, I shut the door and locked it.My emotions once again got the best of me and I started crying tears of anger. This time my wolf was on my side. She felt hurt by the way her mate treated her, even when we hadn't done anything.My chest hurt, which made it harder to control the tears rolling down my cheeks. Dylan was banging outside the door, telling me to open it.I sat down on the edge of the bed and allowed myself to weep. I hated how out of control my emotions were.Since Dylan marked me last night, I spent all my time crying, craving his company, or making out with him.Dylan was threating to break down the door if I didn't open it. I was preoccupied with feeling depressed, that I paid no attention to him.With one hard push, Dylan managed to break the lock and come into the room. He was about to yell at
"Can we go for a run?" I asked Dylan while we sat in the living room watching a movie."You want to go out?" Dylan looked surprised as he asked that."I haven't been for a run and my wolf wants to be let out," I told him, shrugging."Let's go right now," he said, getting up and pulling me with him."Okay," I replied, as we made our way to the front door."If you don't want us to run into the pack, I know a route where they are not allowed to be in," he explained."Actually, I have another space in mind," I told him, a smile playing on my lips."You do?" Dylan asked me, frowning."The second day I got here, Jace took me for a run in the space between this pack and the neighboring one," I told Dylan, with a grin on my face.Just thinking about running there had me really excited. I wanted to let my wolf out, but more than anything, I wanted to swim in the beautiful lake."Why were you and Jace there?" Dylan asked.He had been heading toward the forest, but now had completely stopped to
Dylan ended up driving us to the same mall where we had met when I had been with Jace.I smiled automatically, thinking that the day we met, was the first time I tried to escape- in this same place."What are you going to buy?" Dylan asked me. We were walking around inside the mall.To my surprise, it wasn't as crowded as it had been the day Jace had brought me there. I thought it was a disadvantage to me, but I didn't let it get me down. More people meant it would be easier to get away from Dylan, not that it was going to be easy in any way."I was thinking I could buy a casual dress or something like that," I answered, walking into a store. Dylan nodded his head and didn't add anything else.As I looked around at the clothes, pretending to be interested in them, Dylan would simply stand beside me. He would look around, look at me for a while, or stare at the clothes with a bored expression.The way he stood, made it seem like he was my body guard. I grinned when I thought that was
I wanted to shift back to my human form, but it didn't feel safe. I took a deep breath and it was then when I noticed what was wrong.I was in another pack's territory.I looked around, trying to think when it was that I crossed the line and trespassed. The law of trespassers, especially for rogues, was death. Being distracted and wrapped up in my thought's had made me lose concentration without even noticing.I slowly retracted my steps. Unless the pack was doing rounds right now, there shouldn't be anyone so out in their territory. I knew I was in the outskirts of their land, but I was still about a mile in.My father many times tried to teach me about all the packs in the US and each time, I thought there were better things to do. Now, I knew why that was the wrong way to go.For sure, I knew there were only twelve packs in the US, all located in the areas with the biggest greenery. To know which one I was trespassing and what they could do to me- that was still a mystery.I was