Liam and Nico were stewing, we sat at the cafe near the Inn and sipped coffee after our lunch. We had been waiting on the alpha for 2 hours now, the streets were moderately busy especially for such a small looking town. I’d guess they were all finding a reason to catch a glimpse of the visitors, I wouldn’t be surprised to find someone vacuuming their porch just to have an excuse. I tapped my foot quietly, anxious for this exchange to be over, but also dreading the trip ending. I felt like there was no time to contemplate my choice on choosing Nico as a mate, but then maybe I already knew I’d have to choose him, was there really any point in dragging out the inevitable?
‘Romantic’ Nya huffed in annoyance, we both wanted to wait for our mate, but at 26 with an impending war, a mating proposal, and the high possibility our true mate was dead, neither of us could really fight it.
My wounds sting considerably more in human form, I’m curled in the fetal position but push myself up to sit, drawing my legs closer to my body and wincing as my bloody feet scrape the ground. Wrapping my arms around my knees I glare at Jensen as he stands a few feet away.“Maybe it’s just you I’m always needing to run from” I spat at him“Noted” his eyes darken “but don’t be fooled kitten, I’ll always find you if I want to”I scoff at him, “I’m not the same pathetic little girl you knew” I raise my chin and he quirks an eyebrow at my position, ragged and bleeding on the forest floor“Funny, you’re still clinging to that pathetic alpha all these years later”
Having spent my entire life solely focused on being a good girl and stressing about my true mate, I finally felt like I could breathe around Nico. I felt sure in my choice of him, this whole fated mate thing was way more hyped up. Sure I was drawn to Jensen in a magnetic way, there was no denying that, his scent made my head do weird things and lit up my body, but I could definitely avoid the pull, and I would certainly be able to keep away from him when I saw him again. Nya had retreated and was locking herself away, but she would come around, the mate thing was harder for her than me. I was okay, I was hurt, but I was going to be happy if it fucking killed me..Of course fate loves to slap you when you’re feeling confident. Nico had insisted we go out for a nice dinner, dragging a hilariously awkward Liam along who pointedly refused to discuss mates and instead found any other topic, including weather, hum
The crunch of gravel fills the air as we pull into the pack house driveway, it wasn’t far from the inn but we decided against walking. Liam had begrudgingly come along, it may or may not have taken an alpha command on Nico’s part, reminding him that we came here for a reason and a little awkwardness between the pack alpha and myself was no reason to lose our heads. I had refrained from requesting to stay, not only did I want details, but I wanted to face this situation and stop running, I refused to give Jensen the satisfaction.. that and as much as I denied it to myself I couldn’t resist a chance to be around him. Damn mate bond.The pack house was beautiful in a rustic way, it backed a large lake, the moonlight shimmering off the surface of the water. The house itself was large, two story, green shudders on the windows, beautiful flowers around the foundation and trailed along the path leading
Jensen is silent for a few moments, he stares at the fire, before turning back to face us, “I was a rogue, after my pack was killed” his eyes meet mine briefly “I was a hostage who was trained, and beaten, and kept in the dark about what was going on. But about a year after they took me in, a group of us escaped, the rogues have a madness taking over, not the normal rogue behavior, but they are actually losing their minds. They seem to believe that packs have banded together with witches to wipe out all rogues.” He let out a sigh and sat back “we spent a year rescuing those we could, which is where the first of our numbers began and where we were able to piece together information. The rogues have been planning for years, this madness is some sort of disease spreading through them, it’s creating and fueling paranoia and violence. They have witches hostage, and have been creating an army, I have kept my pack as hidden as
I’m sprawled naked on the couch in the packhouse, empty bottles of liquor littering the room around me. The sun is rising to ruin my sleep, piercing my eyes and splitting my head into a deep ache.“She felt it you know” John’s voice fills the room“Felt what?” I groan“Your little tryst with Alliana” the statement stabs my swirling gut. I sit up and clutch my head in my hands, I was running on very little sleep, heavy alcohol ingestion, and raging blue balls.“Fuck, I forgot about the bond”“She was nearly sick in my car, I had the good sense to wait to bring her back to the alpha” he was disapproving, but that didn’t matter, I didn’t need his comments to know I had
“You could have killed him” Nico rubs his face“I couldn’t have, mate bond” I point out, none of my attacks were deadly, my wolf wouldn’t let me anyways“It looked like you were gonna kill him” Liam chuckled and I had to fight from laughing with him“That’s not the point, you can’t do that in his territory, he could have you killed for attempting to take his pack”“He started it” I growled, my amusement fading rapidly‘He deserved it’ Nya said to me, she was feeling smug with how the fight had turned out, preening with proud energy“Let’s just get through this training and get home” he meets m
*Jessie*I could physically feel the moment Jensen stepped out of his car, I spotted him out of the corner of my eye and knew for sure when his scent smashed into me like a freight train. I refused to look in his direction, I refused to give him an ounce of my attention. But I could feel his eyes on me throughout the early evening.The moon was rising quickly and so was the energy, a frantic buzzing was blanketing the party, left and right shifters were losing their inhibitions between the alcohol and the moons influence. Mates were shamelessly touching and kissing, Nico, Liam, and I were talking, just the three of us remained together as most were beginning to pair off, or shift and explore the forest together. I could feel Nya pushing forward, it was getting harder to remain in human form and almost excruciating to stay away from Jensen.
His hands are rough, fisting my hair, gripping my hip, pawing at my breasts, one second we are locked in a kiss so fierce the world could burn down around us and we’d never even know, and the next second he’s nipping the flesh on my neck, grazing the spot his mark should be. I’m gasping and clawing at his back, pulling him toward me. There’s no way to stop, I can hear the tiniest shadow of myself screaming somewhere in the distance, but the moon ticking closer to complete eclipse and the vivid red soaking the sky has my own inner voice drowning faster than the heat pooling between my thighs. Jensen and I fall onto the cream cushions of the couch, he lays me back, a growl rumbling in his chest as he spreads my legs, running a finger slowly from my knee to my core, sparks feel like flames and I hear myself let out a raspy plea. His fingers slick from my juices, he slides one inside of