《Taken by the Alpha鈥檚 Son》


 Chapter 1

    MADISON


    Today is my first day here. This is so stupid. Wolves never go to new packs. They are in their packs for life, but my stupid Alpha decided that he would pick a fight with the biggest pack in our region. Why? Well, apparently because he had a death wish, because that is all that happened. He got killed along with a quarter of our wolves, for no damn reason. Now our pack was absorbed into their pack. This happened about a month ago.


    Why is it my first day here? Well, I didn¡¯t start college until today. I had to wait for the new semester to start. Being a transfer student is crap, most everything is already filled. Plus there are a lot of us. Ok, not a whole hell of a lot but enough to make it difficult.


    I have always been a bit of a lone wolf, even in our pack. Most don¡¯t get me. I don¡¯t like to show off. I like to blend in. The other wolves in my pack didn¡¯t get it. They always would find ways to show off. Living among humans makes it even more difficult, because they want to show off way too much. They don¡¯t seem to care that there needs to be some boundaries or rather limits to what we show off. I think it is best just to not show off at all.


    So, I don¡¯t. I wear baggy clothes to hide my figure. I don¡¯t do sports or any physical activity in front of humans. I keep to myself and blend in. That is how I like it and that is how I want to keep it.


    The new Alpha doesn¡¯t seem to think that we need to do anything but train. He wants to keep his pack at the top of the heap. So that means that first thing in the morning training. Also at the end of the day training. Everyone trains, everyone patrols. There are no exceptions and no one can back out of any of it. Even mothers only get a small time off then they are right back to training. Den mothers help take care of the young, those women are trainedter in the day.


    So, back to what I was saying. Today is my first day at ckwood college. Not my first choice, but wolves don¡¯t get a choice in this pack. We all go to ckwood. It seems nice enough. Plenty to do at least. There are lots of clubs and plenty of sports. They encourage us all to do something. I just don¡¯t want to. Not that I don¡¯t have interests, I just don¡¯t want to be around others if I can help it.


    I managed to stay off the radar of anyone most of the day. I am on break right now. I have two hours for lunch, before my sses start up again. Long lunch but I don¡¯t mind. I just need to find a ce where I can rx and be left alone. I¡¯m new here so I have no idea where that would be.


    I purchased my lunch in the main cafeteria, the food doesn¡¯t look so bad, so I figured why not. I got chicken strips, mashed potatoes and corn. Plus a soda on the side. Usually I don¡¯t like the added sugar, but I decided to go with it today. I look around the cafeteria and it is mostly deserted. This can¡¯t be so bad. I found a table in the far left corner that had no one at it. There are plenty of other empty tables for people to sit at so I should be left alone.


    Setting my tray down, I sling my backpack off my shoulder and set it on the ground. I take a seat and keep my head down. I don¡¯t want to draw attention to myself. God forbid that anyone thinks I need to make friends on my first day. It is too quiet though. I reach down and pull my phone out of my pocket with my earbuds. Quickly I select my ssic rock ylist. I love this one because it really drowns out the rest of the people. Plugging in both my earbuds I zone out. It is just me and my lunch.


    All of the sudden I smell them. Three male wolves. They are high ranking too, I can smell it. They are close, at least ten feet. I keep my head down. I don¡¯t recognize their scents so they must be from my new pack. Hopefully they are just passing by and find another table.


    One of the wolves ms his fist down on the table to get my attention. I didn¡¯t jump or flinch, because I was half expecting it. I was on edge, ready. I take out one earbud and look up at the one who mmed the table. He is attractive, like most wolves, those that aren¡¯t have seen too much battle for their own good. He has dark hair, like coal. His eyes are light, blue that seems to reflect a waterfall. He has a stupid grin on his face.


    ¡°This is our table. Mutt.¡± Great insults. Perfect.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t have your name on it.¡± I do a dramatic look around the table making my point. ¡°There are plenty of other empty tables.¡± Did I mention that I don¡¯t like bullies? Hate them in fact. Hence the reason why I am not backing down and just walking away.


    He keeps a stupid grin. ¡°That was your que to leave. Grab your shit and leave the table.¡±


    ¡°Why should I? I was here first. I¡¯m not done eating. When I am done I will leave and not a minute sooner.¡± I stare straight into his eyes. I don¡¯t give a shit who the hell this wolf thinks he is, but I will be damned if I am going to bow down to him.


    He stands silently for a moment, like he is thinking. ¡°How old are you?¡±


    Not really expecting that, hence why I answer. I¡¯m too shocked to think of a better retort. ¡°Neen.¡±


    He nods. ¡°Good then you don¡¯t have a mate yet.¡± He reaches over and takes my hand, pulling me out of the bench. I am caught off guard but once I am up I fight back pulling away from him. His grip on my hand tightens. He swings me around with his friends snickering all the while. He takes my seat, where I was just sitting. Then he pulls me onto hisp.


    Fighting to get away from him, he pulls his arms around my waist and pulls me closer. It¡¯s like this guy has some death grip or something. I can¡¯t get his hands off of me, no matter how much I try. ¡°Get your stinking hands off me.¡± I growl out. Never in my life have I wanted to shift so much. I fight it though, there are humans all around the room. That and I can¡¯t seem to make contact with my wolf.


    His friends take a seat around the table, ignoring me fighting their friend, like this sort of thing happens every day. One even reaches over and takes my soda. Not that I really care, I was debating on drinking it anyway.


    He leans forward and whispers in my ear, while I am still trying to pry him off me. ¡°Easy wolf. You keep grinding your ass on my cock and you won¡¯t be so innocent for your mate.¡± I instantly freeze. I can feel it behind me. I didn¡¯t before because I was fighting but his erection is clearly pressing into my ass right now. What the fuck? How did he get off on that?


    ¡°Get your disgusting hands off me.¡± I growl out again.


    One of his friendsughs and looks at me. ¡°Do you even know who you are talking to?¡±


    I growl at him next. ¡°Do I look like I give a shit?¡±


    Thest friend speaks up. ¡°You sure are a firecracker aren¡¯t you? It¡¯s going to get your ass in some deep shit if you keep it up.¡± He keeps his face straight, unlike his friends who are smiling like they won some prize or something. He seems to be the bnce to the group. Maybe I can appeal to him.


    ¡°Look, I was minding my own business. I wasn¡¯t bothering anyone. I don¡¯t like to be pushed around. None of us do. So really who is causing the problem here?¡± I talk directly to thest friend. He is cool and collected. Light blond hair, a deep contrast to his friend¡¯s hair. He has green eyes too, like the forest, so I decided that I kind of like them. Not that I am swooning or anything, but he has some attractive qualities.


    He gives me a pointed look. ¡°You talked back to the Alpha¡¯s son. As in your future Alpha. You were the one causing problems.¡± Ok, he is a jackass too.This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    The guy holding me to him, I am guessing the Alpha¡¯s son, holds me tighter. ¡°Hear that baby, I am someone important. Someone you should consider apologizing to. I wouldn¡¯t mind a little kiss to make up.¡± Shoot me now. I want to die.


    Just my luck I am not struck down dead. ¡°Really, because you just seem like any other jackass I have ever met. I guess that was why I didn¡¯t realize you were someone important.¡± I put up quotes with my fingers when I said ¡°important¡±.


    He chuckles. ¡°You really don¡¯t know when to shut up do you? Your mouth is really going to get you in trouble. I guess I will have to find ways to shut it for you.¡± He twists my head back towards him. I gasp, caught off guard again. I really need to work on that. He bites my bottom lip. Who the hell does that? I try to pull away but he bites harder. My only relief is to edge closer, he lightens then. I get it now. Kiss him and he stops. Well, that is not happening.


    I take my left hand, putting it on his bicep. He must think he has won because he smirks, still biting me. Instead of caressing his arm, which I am sure he thought I was going to do, I pinch the tender skin on the inside of the arm. He lets out a gasp as my nails dig into his skin, thus letting go of my lip. I quickly pull it into my mouth so he can¡¯t bite it again, plus it really hurts.


    He looks at me and his eyes darken. ¡°You have done it now baby. You are going to be my pet. What I say goes. If I say that you are at my side for the rest of the day then you are. If I say I don¡¯t want to see your face for a week then I better not. If I say you have to kiss it to make it better then you are going to fucking kiss it.¡± He digs his ws into my waist. I hate when wolves do that. Pretty much only high ranking wolves can do it, shift parts of their body at will, without a full on shift. Or marking your mate. I still hate it. I can feel them digging into my skin, blood has started to pool around his fingers. I don¡¯t even have to look, I can feel it. ¡°Am I understood?¡±


    Fuck this hurts. I don¡¯t want to give him the satisfaction of winning though. ¡°Go ahead, hurt me. Is that all you got?¡± I sneer at him.


    The first friend who talked, looked a little serious. ¡°Hey, man. Maybe you should back off a little. Just report her to your dad. No big deal. You can¡¯t hurt her in front of them.¡± He gestures his eyes and brows towards the rest of the room. The humans.


    Only Alpha boy gets an idea. I can tell by the smirk on his face. ¡°You¡¯re right. Can¡¯t hurt her here. That doesn¡¯t mean I can¡¯t elsewhere. Curt, you grab her bag.¡± Then he lifts me up and puts me over his shoulder. The humans must think this is some boyfriend girlfriend thing because they are cheering him on. Stupid assholes. I can see the one who told him to back off, grab my bag off the ground, leaving my tray of food right where I left it.


    I want to scream, but really what good would it do? He has his ws digging into my thighs as he carries me. I can¡¯t just get down. Not without causing serious damage. He carries me through campus all the way to the far parking lot. I see some wolves look over, but as soon as they see who it is they look away, too afraid to piss off the Alpha. He opens the door of a big green pickup truck. Depositing me in the seat and buckling me in, he opens the glove box and takes out some zip ties. He pulls my hands together and makes cuffs from the zip ties and then fastens it to a hook in the center console. Why the fuck does he even have that? Does he kidnap people often? He turns back to his buddies and takes my bag, throwing it into the back of the truck.


    The blond one puts his arm on the Alpha boy¡¯s shoulder. ¡°I am not so sure this is a good idea. She didn¡¯t know who you were. Your dad might be a little pissed.¡±


    He growls at his buddy. ¡°Mind your own business, Sam. I¡¯ll take care of it.¡± He turns leaving both his buddies with concerned looks on their faces. Shit, am I going to die. They look like I am going to die.


    He climbs into the driver¡¯s seat and starts the truck. Not even looking at his buddies again, he speeds off. I can feel the panic rising inside me. My wolf has been quiet this whole time. She seems calm, how the fuck can she be calm? We are going to die.

 Chapter 2

    After a few minutes he looks over at me. ¡°Calm down baby. This isn¡¯t the end of the world.¡±


    I scoff. ¡°You mean the end of your world. I am pretty sure I am not making it back from wherever you are taking me.¡±


    He looks away from the road again with a quizzical look on his face. ¡°Really, you think I am going to kill you?¡±


    I¡¯m scared shitless and panicking, still no wolf. ¡°What the hell else am I supposed to think?¡±


    Heughs. Why is heughing? ¡°I suppose it does look like that doesn¡¯t it?¡±


    I look at where he is heading, he is leaving town. Not that it is a very big town, he could just be headed to the pack house. Although now that I think about it, the pack house is the other direction. ¡°Where are you taking me then?¡±


    He gives me a wink. ¡°Now if I told you then it wouldn¡¯t be a surprise.¡±


    ¡°Is that what this is, some surprise for new pack members? Like hazing or something?¡± I can handle hazing, throw your best at me, I can take it. It¡¯s not like my old pack held back when doing the same crap. As long as I¡¯m not on my way to my death, I can take it.


    ¡°No, this is special just for you.¡± His voice deepens, almost like he is lost in hunger. It seems his wolf is showing himself a little bit.


    I get quiet. I don¡¯t like the way his wolf is talking to me. This whole situation is fucked up. I don¡¯t know where he is taking me, why he¡¯s taking me, or if I will even make it back. I stay silent trying to watch the roads for any signs as to where I am going. After about five minutes he pulls to the side of the road. I look around and I see nothing. Is he just leaving me in the middle of nowhere? I guess that would make sense. Although I could just shift and run back.


    He shifts the truck into park and then reaches into the backseat. He rummages for a couple of minutes thenes back with a thick ck cloth. Shit he is prepared. ¡°I am going to put this over your eyes. I don¡¯t want you seeing where we are going and then running back too soon, that would ruin all the fun.¡± He wiggles his eyebrows and grins at me. That is thest sight I see as he covers my eyes with the cloth, tying it behind my head. Now everything is dark. I can¡¯t see shit.


    I try to use my other senses. I sniff the air to see if I can tell that way where we are. The bastard turns the A/C on so my sense of smell is pretty useless with the windows rolled up. He starts moving the truck again. I try to feel the way the truck moves to tell where we are going, but it is difficult, he doesn¡¯t take many big turns.


    ¡°It¡¯s too quiet, let¡¯s y a game.¡± He really is crazy. He is kidnapping me and he thinks I want to y a game.


    ¡°What kind of game? I am pretty limited. Please don¡¯t say we are going to y I spy because I am afraid you are going to win.¡± I am a smart ass. I can¡¯t help it.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be silly. We are going to y a game of truth. We will take turns asking each other questions, and we both have to answer honestly. Easy peasy. If you don¡¯t answer though, there are consequences.¡±


    ¡°What kind of consequences?¡±


    His voice definitely has a tone of amusement. ¡°I am going to kiss you for every question that you don¡¯t answer.¡±


    ¡°Why the hell would you want to do that? Plus it would be very dangerous while you are driving.¡± I can tell he is distracting me, if he keeps talking to me it distracts from my other senses.


    ¡°Then I guess you better answer the questions. Alright first question, how many people have you kissed?¡± Yeah, he thinks it is so damn funny.


    ¡°None, happy now.¡± I scoff.


    ¡°I don¡¯t believe you. No way you have never kissed anyone at neen. I think I am going to have to kiss you for that answer.¡± Then I feel his lips on mine. It is quick and not that big of a deal, but still I don¡¯t like it. Or maybe I do and it¡¯s pissing me off. I haven¡¯t decided yet.


    ¡°I told the truth. You are breaking the rules. Your rules I might add.¡±


    ¡°My bad. Your turn.¡± He is definitely amused.


    ¡°Do you kidnap people often?¡± I speak in my most sarcastic voice I can muster.


    ¡°Oh, no, you are special.¡± He chuckles a little.


    ¡°Yeah, I don¡¯t believe you. You have a hook in your center console, a blind fold in the backseat of your truck, and zip ties in the glove box. You were definitely prepared.¡±


    His voice turns serious. ¡°Actually all logical exnations. The hook is for my dog¡¯s leash. He likes to jump around when I drive. The zip ties are from a project I was doing for my dad. The blind fold is actually one of my shirts. I am just the Macgyver of kidnapping.¡±


    ¡°You have a dog?¡± This doesn¡¯t sound right. Wolves don¡¯t keep dogs.


    ¡°Yeah, I know it¡¯s not typical but I like him. I found him one day out in the woods. He was an abandoned puppy. The rest of his litter was killed off, I guess I felt bad and took him in. He¡¯s a good dog, doesn¡¯t give me trouble. Now my question. How long until you turn twenty?¡± Why does he want to know?


    ¡°Two months. Does it really matter?¡± I mutter thatst part.


    ¡°Of course it matters. I need to know how long before your matees sniffing around for you. So technically that was your question.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re just making up these rules as you go aren¡¯t you?¡± I can¡¯t even re at him because I am blind folded.


    ¡°Maybe, Ok, so my question. Why do you wear those clothes?¡± I can hear the distaste for my clothes in his voice.


    ¡°Whatever do you mean? What is wrong with my clothes?¡± I put on my sweet innocent voice. Completely fake. It¡¯s not the first time that someone has brought up my clothes.


    ¡°They look like crap. They don¡¯t fit you for one. Nothing on your body is visible. You just don¡¯t look good.¡± There is a little bit of contempt in his voice.


    ¡°Then they are doing their job. They cover my body and I don¡¯t have to worry about pervs trying to check me out every thirty seconds. I see nothing wrong with my clothes.¡± Again I try to focus on the road, it seems like we are just going straight. This is so irritating. Hell for all I know he parked and is just trying to make me think that we are moving. If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that I didn¡¯t hear the gear shifter shift into park or the feeling of inertia, I would have thought that was what happened.Copyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.


    ¡°I don¡¯t get that at all. Alright, baby your question.¡± There is still that humor.


    ¡°Why are you a jackass?¡± I try to keep my anger in check, but I am being kidnapped so it doesn¡¯t really stay in check.


    ¡°It would seem you are the only one that thinks I am one. So I guess you just brought it out of me.¡± I can hear him smirking. Damn cocky asshole.


    ¡°Well, I think the fact that you kidnapped me was kind of a deciding factor in that. Maybe if you didn¡¯t we wouldn¡¯t be having this conversation.¡±


    ¡°Wouldn¡¯t that be a shame. I feel like we are really bonding.¡± He chuckles. ¡°Next question. What do you look for in a man?¡± God please kill me now.


    ¡°I don¡¯t look for men, so there is nothing to look for in a man.¡± I wish I could at least look out the window. This game is so stupid.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think that is true. You know what that means.¡± His lips touch mine again. I pull away as soon as they make contact. ¡°Now, that is not how this works. You have to let me kiss you.¡± He grumbles a little.


    ¡°I told the truth, you don¡¯t get a kiss for that.¡± I stand my ground. ¡°Plus you shouldn¡¯t be kissing anyone while you are driving, that is a distraction. We could die.¡±


    ¡°I doubt it. Besides that¡¯s the consequences. You have to pay up.¡±


    ¡°I told the truth.¡± I counter.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think you did.¡± He is enjoying this way too much.


    ¡°How is that something that I can prove I am telling the truth?¡±


    ¡°Are you gay?¡±


    ¡°No, I am not gay.¡±


    ¡°Then you have a type of man. What is it?¡±


    ¡°You are such a pain in the ass. Fine, light hair, dark eyes.¡± I just answered the exact opposite of him.


    ¡°You are lying.¡± I feel the truck pull to the side of the road and hear the wheels hit gravel. Then the truck is shifted into park. ¡°So, you know what that means.¡± It¡¯s a statement not a question.


    ¡°You don¡¯t believe me when I tell the truth, and you don¡¯t believe me when I lie. What do you believe?¡± I feel his hands grab the sides of my face, I am assuming so I can¡¯t move. Then his lips meet mine. This isn¡¯t as short a kiss asst time. He lingers. I feel a zinging from him. Maybe because it feels like my first real kiss, but I kind of enjoy it. Then there is the part that hates being forced into this.


    ¡°That¡¯s a good girl.¡± He purrs. Soon his hands are gone and the only thing that is left is the cold, the absence of his body heat on my face. ¡°Now to answer your question.¡± He shifts back into the drive and I feel the truck go back onto the road. ¡°I believe in a great deal of things. I just find it hard to believe that a woman as attractive as you and in your prime wouldn¡¯t have kissed before, or that you don¡¯t want a man. Maybe not right now, but I am sure you have someone in mind. Every wolf I have ever met has some qualities in mind that they would like their mate to have. So you have to have something.¡±


    ¡°I gave you something and you didn¡¯t believe me.¡± I counter.


    ¡°Yeah, because you just said the exact opposite of me. I am not dumb you know.¡± Heughs. ¡°So you want to answer the question?¡±


    ¡°Fine, I like blue eyes. Happy now?¡± It¡¯s true. I like green eyes too, but I figure he only needs one thing.


    ¡°Maybe a little. Go ahead and ask the next question.¡±


    ¡°When will we get there? I am done with this game.¡± I huff in anger.


    ¡°We will get there when we get there. And we are not done with the game.¡± He says in a singsong voice. He is having way too much fun.


    ¡°That really isn¡¯t an answer to my question.¡± I point out.


    Then the truck pulls off the road again. I hear it shift into park again. ¡°You¡¯re right. I didn¡¯t answer. I guess that means I have to face the consequences.¡± He is smirking again. I can just hear it in his smug voice.


    ¡°You¡¯re going to let me go.¡± I brighten. We really didn¡¯t discuss what the consequences were if he didn¡¯t answer.


    ¡°No, now I have to let you kiss me. Don¡¯t be ridiculous.¡±


    ¡°But I don¡¯t want to kiss you.¡± I counter. How is that a consequence? It is just the same thing. He is still kissing me.


    ¡°Oh, well, I guess I will have to suffer through.¡± His hands are on my face again. I feel the heat from his breath on my face. ¡°I want you to open up for me this time, can you do that baby?¡± I shake my head. There is no way I am doing that. ¡°You¡¯re going to do it at some point, might as well get it over with.¡± I shake my head again. Not happening. ¡°Baby, do it for me.¡± This voice gives amand.


    ¡°I can¡¯t.¡± I shake my head again.


    His left hand caresses my cheek. ¡°Sure you can, baby. Really kiss me, I want a full kiss.¡±


    ¡°W-why?¡± I stammer out.


    ¡°Why not?¡± He whispers against my lips. Lightly brushing his lips against mine. Shit he knows what he is doing. On instinct I open my lips. He takes his chance and smashes his lips with mine. His tongue quickly slid into my mouth. I hear a moan, it takes me a second to realize that it is mine. He deepens the kiss. Removing his right hand from my face I feel it glide along my waist, pulling me closer. As close as he can while I am still buckled.


    This is bad, very bad. What the hell am I doing? This is the future Alpha for crying out loud. He kidnapped me. Why isn¡¯t my wolf protesting? Why am I not protesting? When he pulls away from me, I find myself wanting more. There is something wrong with me.


    ¡°That¡¯s a good girl.¡± He whispers. Then his hands leave my body. ¡°Well, I better get us there. Should probably hold off on the game for a bit. Or we will never get there.¡± He chuckles. At least someone found humor in this.

 Chapter 3

    He is quiet, but I can still hear that we are driving. Finally I can¡¯t take it anymore. ¡°What is your name?¡±


    ¡°Oh, right, we never exchanged names. We probably should. My name is Ethan. What is yours?¡± His tone is infectious all of a sudden. I start to feel like we are getting along.


    ¡°My name is Madison.¡±


    ¡°Can I call you Madi?¡± He sounds hopeful.


    I shrug. ¡°I don¡¯t really see why not. Although I don¡¯t really see at all sooo.¡± I joke.


    Heughs. ¡°That was a good one. I will take it off soon, I promise.¡±


    I think for a moment. ¡°Why did you take me? You said you have never done this before. So why me?¡±


    ¡°Well,¡± He seems to have slipped into story mode. ¡°When you stood up to me. I liked the way we argued. Then I held your body to mine and well you felt how I felt about that.¡± he chuckled. ¡°When I tried to kiss you, you fought back. You were different. I guess my wolf agreed because the next thing I knew you were over my shoulder and I was marching you out of there.¡±


    ¡°So, you have no n whatsoever do you?¡± I chuckled. I thought he was all put together and here he is making it up as he goes.


    ¡°Well, I didn¡¯t at first, but I have one now. I can¡¯t tell you though. Top secret. You¡¯ll know as soon as it is appropriate.¡± He sounds serious in thest part.


    It gets quiet again. I almost want to just lean back in the seat and sleep. I mean there is nothing else I can do. It¡¯s not like I can escape, at this point I have no idea where I am. I keep trying to figure out how to get out of this. Then there is a part of me deep down that doesn¡¯t want to go anywhere. I wish my wolf would just give me something, instead she seems to be resigned to our predicament.


    As soon as I decide that I am going to just doze off, the truck turns off onto a dirt road. ¡°Not much longer now Baby.¡±


    ¡°Ok, why do you keep calling me that?¡± I sound a little irritated, maybe I am. No one has ever called me that before.


    ¡°Because I want to. Why else would I call you that?¡± The circles he talks are getting a little irritating.


    ¡°Well, I don¡¯t know why you would. It is a term of endearment. A term usually reserved for couples. Or you know a baby. So I see no reason for you to call me that.¡±


    ¡°You are my pet, that is why I call you that. Now, Madi, don¡¯t be getting all weird on me.¡± He still sounds like he is ying some colossal game and I am merely a pawn involved.


    ¡°You are the one being weird calling me baby.¡± I grumble.


    ¡°And I will continue to call you that, until I decide that I will not. Nothing you can say or do will make me stop. So, don¡¯t ask again. ept it baby.¡± He actuallyughs at thest part.


    I get quiet again. I don¡¯t even know what to say anymore. I try to contact my wolf to see what I should do. It seems like that is all I have been doing this whole time. Finally I feel her. ¡®Where have you been? Do you not realize that we have been kidnapped?¡¯


    ¡®He isn¡¯t going to hurt us. Just go with it.¡¯ She sounds like she is fucking purring.


    ¡®What the fuck do you mean Just go with it. This is the Alpha¡¯s son. I disrespected him and he has taken us out to the middle of nowhere. What the fuck makes you think he is not going to hurt us.¡¯


    ¡®I just know. Now go with it.¡¯ She is irritated now. ¡®Now, shut up and stop whining.¡¯ Great, I have to have the wolf that just says suck it up. What the hell good is this wolf?


    I start muttering to myself, this is just ridiculous.


    ¡°Baby, are you alright over there? You were fine a minute ago, now you look really pissed.¡± What the hell does he care, he kidnaped me?


    ¡°How can you tell, there is only half of my face visible? So how can you tell that I am really pissed?¡±


    ¡°Well,¡± He gets this serious and educated voice. ¡°You are grinding your teeth, your jaw is set in a particr fashion that says, I am pissed. Plus you¡¯re muttering to yourself. Come on Baby what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°You mean besides being kidnapped?¡±


    ¡°You were fine with me a minute ago. What changed?¡± He actually sounds concerned.This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°I was just talking to my wolf. She was not helpful at all.¡±


    Heughs. I see no humor in what I said.


    Then the truck stops. He shifts into park and then the engine dies down. ¡°Well, baby we are here. I am going toe around and get you, hold on a second.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not like I can go anywhere.¡± I point out.


    Heughs and I hear his door open and close. Less than a minuteter my door opens. My hands are moved from their pinned state to the console then I feel his head in between arms. I hear the bucklee undone. Then he lifts me out of the truck. He seems so sure of himself. He isn¡¯t digging his ws in, this time, just holding me.


    I hear his footsteps as he goes up about five steps. I am pretty sure it was five, but I am a little distracted by the heating off his body.  Then I hear keys and a door swing open after the lock is disengaged. He doesn¡¯t drop or shift me the whole time. Then I feel myself being lowered onto a soft surface. Ethan removes my hands from around his neck.


    ¡°One minute baby and I will have you all set free.¡± I can feel him move away from me and then I hear the door swing shut and lock engage again. Then I feel his presence again. He pulls the blind fold off and I have to take a few seconds for the spots to dissipate and my vision to focus on the light. Ethan has pulled out a knife and is cutting the zip ties. ¡°This is the only knife in the house so don¡¯t get crazy ideas.¡± It¡¯s one of those knives that people wear clipped into their pocket, that fold in half. His has a ck handle, the de is serrated.


    I take a look around now that I can see, he has me sitting on a green sofa. It¡¯s facing arge screen tv. The walls have that rustic hunting cabin feel. You can see where they used logs to give it the feel of a real log cabin. I notice a couple of windows, but there are bars over the windows. Over to the left I can see a dinner table with a couple of chairs. Next to that is a kitchen. It looks clean and pristine.


    ¡°Where are we?¡± I ask. Not that I am really expecting an answer.


    ¡°This is my ce. I am the only one who knows where it is. Literally, I built it myself and made sure that not a soul knew where it was. It¡¯s like a safe house. My dad knows I have it, but he doesn¡¯t know where it is.¡± Ethan started rubbing my wrists where the zip ties were resting on my skin. They cut in a little but it¡¯s healing. ¡°I built this to keep myself and those I care about safe.¡± He says thest part in a little bit of a whisper.


    ¡°Then why am I here?¡± I whisper back.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know yet.¡± I can see his eyes darken again. ¡°You are here because I want you to be. That¡¯s all you need to know.¡± I watch as he gets up and walks away from me. He paces for a few minutes. ¡°Look, I have to get some things. I am going to lock you in. There is no chance of you getting out or anyone getting in, so just sit tight. Is there anything that you need?¡±


    ¡°Ethan, how long are you nning on keeping me here?¡±


    ¡°Two months.¡± The words roll off his tongue so quickly I think there has to be a mistake.


    ¡°Two months?¡± I squeak out. Hoping that he will say something different.


    ¡°Yep, so, I am going to pick you up some things that you will need for that time. Is there anything special that you need?¡± I can feel myself slipping into panic again. I start breathing heavily. Then as quickly as it starts he is next to me pulling me into his arms. He starts rubbing my back. ¡°Hey, it¡¯s alright baby. It¡¯s ok.¡±


    ¡°How is it ok? The Alpha is going to kill me. I can¡¯t disappear for two months. What about school? What about training? If I am not at trainingter today then I am dead.¡± I managed to shout all that out. I don¡¯t know if I think that the volume will help him understand, but that is what I have reduced myself to.


    ¡°Do you honestly think that I am going to let my dad kill you? Come on baby, I am not going to do that.¡±


    ¡°How do I know? I don¡¯t even know you.¡± I am breathing even harder.


    He pulls my face up so that I am looking him in the eyes. He really does have beautiful eyes. I feel myself start to calm. ¡°Baby, I am not going to let anyone hurt you. Trust me please.¡± I can see the desperation on his face. I take a deep breath and nod. I don¡¯t know why but I do. I calm down.


    He takes a relieved breath and then I see his eyes dart to my lips. Before I can blink his lips are on mine. They feel urgent and needful, like he has to have this kiss. I kiss him back, God help me I do. His hands pull my waist closer to him. He presses his chest into mine, forcing me back. Now I amying on the sofa with him on top of me. His hands make their way under my hoodie. Ethan is stroking and caressing my skin on my sides. He doesn¡¯t stop kissing me. This feels so good. Why does it feel good? I don¡¯t even know him.


    Ie to the realization that I can¡¯t be doing this and push him back. He looks at me breathless and still full of hunger. ¡°I should go.¡± He jumps off the sofa and heads to the door. Then he stops andes back. ¡°Before I forget, your phone.¡± He puts his hand out clearly asking me to give him my phone.


    ¡°What phone?¡± I flutter my eyes at him. Hoping he will let it pass.


    He gives me an are you serious right now look. ¡°I can see your earbuds hanging out of your pocket. I know your phone is in there. Hand it over.¡± I forgot that I neverpletely shut down my phone when he found me in the cafeteria.


    I pull it out of my pocket and hand it over. ¡°It¡¯s not like I could call anyone and let them know where I am. I don¡¯t even know where I am.¡±


    ¡°Yes, but you could turn on the location and let someone else know where you are. I can¡¯t have you disappearing while I am gone.¡± He wraps my earbuds around my phone. ¡°Are you sure you don¡¯t know of anything I can get you?¡±


    ¡°What am I going to do about school Ethan?¡±


    ¡°I am going to tell them that you had a family emergency and you areing back next semester. Covered.¡± He looks satisfied with himself.


    ¡°Then I guess something to read. If I am stuck here for two months, I need something to do. You¡¯re taking my music.¡± I point to my phone that he has slipped into his pocket.


    ¡°Got it. Alright baby, I am heading out. I¡¯ll be back in a couple of hours. Feel free to explore, if you want a nap or something you can take whichever room you want. There are snacks in the kitchen.¡± He pats his hands on his sides, he seems nervous. ¡°Ok, I¡¯ll be back.¡± He turns again, unlocks the door and then leaves. Locking the door again.


    Now is my chance to find a way out of here.

 Chapter 4

    ETHAN


    Shit I am so screwed. Why did I take her like that? Ok, it wasn¡¯t me, it was my wolf. He won¡¯t answer me either, just said I had to. Then to top it all off I can¡¯t keep my lips off of her. It feels like I am locked on.


    At first nce she is nothing special. I could hardly even tell it was a girl when I first saw her. The bulky clothes and the hood of her hoodie pulled over her head made it hard to tell. Then she spoke and I looked into her eyes. No one ever looks in my eyes, but she did. She challenged me. Instead of getting pissed my wolf got possessive. Pulling her closer to me, wanting more. When he took over and carried her out of there I was surprised to say the least. But it was pleasant, I wanted it.


    Now I am pulling into the pack house to exin to my dad what I did. That is something that I would give anything not to have to do.


    When I hop out of my truck Deimoses running up to me. His tongue hanging out of his mouth. Obviously he missed me. I¡¯ll have to take him back with me too. ¡°Hey boy.¡± I pat his head. ¡°I¡¯ll be taking you with me next time. Just hang on boy.¡± He jumps around me happily. He is a mutt dog. I can¡¯t even tell what kind of breed he is, but he is the bestpanion that I have ever had. Hell he is the onlypany I had when we were at war a few months ago.


    I start heading to the pack house when Sam and Curte out of nowhere running up to me. ¡°Where is she?¡± Sam asks. It kind of pisses me off that he wants to know. Like I said my wolf is possessive. He looks almost the opposite of me and that pisses me off when I think of Madi¡¯s response. Only he has green eyes instead of dark eyes. Curt however is exactly how she described. Dark hair and dark eyes. He better keep his ass away from her.


    ¡°None of your business. She is safe.¡± I growl out. These are supposed to be my best friends and I am ready to rip them apart for her.


    Curt is the one to ask next. ¡°Dude, what is wrong with you? You never act like this. It¡¯s like she has you under a spell or something. Although the way you were acting I wouldn¡¯t say that it was in her favor.¡±


    I round on him. ¡°What the fuck is that supposed to mean?¡± I am seething.


    He looks at me like I am kidding. ¡°Dude you were digging your ws into her. I am sure that is not what she wanted.¡±


    Fuck I did do that didn¡¯t I. It was my wolf. He wanted her closer, she was fighting. ¡°She healed.¡± I turned away from him.


    Sam puts his hand on my shoulder. ¡°What is going on?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. My wolf took over. I¡¯m working on it. Alright.¡± Fuck I say that word a lot. I am so nervous and messed up. ¡°Right now I have to go talk to my dad.¡±


    I shake off my friends. They wouldn¡¯t understand. It¡¯s not like I can control the wolf when he wants to take over. They know this, but they still don¡¯t understand. Hell, I don¡¯t even understand.


    I march into my dad¡¯s office, he keeps it downstairs close to the door. He says that way he can be the first to defend the pack house. He is a soldier first and foremost. He is sitting at his desk, like he is waiting for me. His hands are folded over on his desk. ¡°There you are. I was expecting you. What is this I hear about you dragging a girl off of campus?¡± He points to the chair in front of his desk. I close the door behind me and take the seat he motioned to.


    I sigh, this is not going to be easy, he is going to yell I can just tell. ¡°I am not sure what happened. My wolf took over. She defied me, looked in my eyes. My wolf didn¡¯t take it as a challenge. He took her instead.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean took her?¡±


    ¡°I took her to my safehouse. She is there now. He doesn¡¯t want to let her go. It¡¯s like he has imed her as a possession.¡±


    ¡°Is she your mate?¡± He looks thoughtful, not pissed.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. She doesn¡¯t turn twenty for two months.¡± I don¡¯t see why we have to wait so long to have our mates, but that is the way it is.


    ¡°I see. I am assuming that you know her name at least.¡±


    ¡°Her first name is Madison. I don¡¯t know herst name. She is from the new pack we acquired.¡±


    He looks down at some papers, ¡°Looks like there was only one Madison. She doesn¡¯t seem to have any family either. What is your n with her?¡± He looks back up at me.


    ¡°I think my wolf ns on keeping her for a while. When she asked how long, two months popped out of my mouth. He doesn¡¯t want to let her go.¡±


    He is quiet for a moment. ¡°How do you feel about her?¡±


    I rub my hands over my face, this is my dad we¡¯re talking about. How can I honestly tell him how I am feeling right now? But if I don¡¯t then he may not give me the leeway that I need. ¡°Everything is confusing. I am drawn to her. I don¡¯t want to keep my hands off her. I don¡¯t understand it.¡±


    ¡°Is she pushing you away?¡±


    ¡°A little, not all the time.¡± I can¡¯t even look in his eyes. This is so messed up. I am twenty one and I am talking to my dad about a woman that is driving me crazy.


    He is quiet for what feels like eternity. ¡°Well, then I suggest you get some supplies. I will take care of everything else. I¡¯ll postpone both of your sses. I will take care of training. Just don¡¯t fall behind. I am assuming it is the same safe house. The one that I don¡¯t know the location of.¡±


    ¡°Yes, I have her there.¡±


    ¡°Good, keep it that way. Your wolf will feel safer knowing that you are the only one who knows where she is. Make sure you take that damn dog of yours with you. I will not be responsible for that beast.¡± He gives me a waving motion. Clearly he is done with this conversation.


    I smirk and leave the office. It¡¯s done and taken care of. I don¡¯t have to share her with anyone. I find her scent to locate her room. It takes me up three flights of stairs and her room is at the end of the hall. I open the door and her scent hits me hard. I love that smell, it¡¯s like coconut cream pie and an ocean breeze.


    She just moved in, so she has boxes all over the ce. I start digging around. I don¡¯t like any of the clothes that she has here. They are all things that don¡¯t fit her. I am just going to have to get her clothes that fit before I get back. All new clothes. I dig for her books. They are supernatural books. Doesn¡¯t she get enough of that in her everyday life? Then I see sketch books. I take those and a few of the supernatural books. I grab her phone charger too. I am going to disable the service on it, then she can have it back for the music and only the music.


    I find a photo album in the bottom of one box, I¡¯m curious so I pull it out and look through it. There are some pictures that are obviously her parents. Then there are a lot of her and some guy. It looks like they kind of grew up together. But what pissed me off is it seemed like his arms were always around her. Ie to the end of the book and thest picture is of him kissing her on the cheek, he is holding the camera, or phone whatever. She has a big grin on her face. There is no date, but it doesn¡¯t look like it was all that long ago.


    Who the fuck is this guy? Why does he have his lips on her? Why does it make my blood boil? She said that she never kissed anyone before. Maybe he only ever kissed her cheek. Still pisses me off. What if she lied? What if this guy is her boyfriend?


    I m the book closed. No way am I letting this guy have her. I don¡¯t give a fuck who he is. I shove the book back in the box and grab the bag with the books and sketchbooks in it. I need to get out of this room. I need to get back to her.


    I open the door and Sam and Curt are standing right outside the door. ¡°What do you two want?¡±


    I push past them. Heading to my room. I don¡¯t need much, most everything is at my house. My room is on the opposite side of the house, which is probably why I never saw her before today. Sam and Curt are right on my heels.


    Sam groans, ¡°What are you doing?¡±Text content ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Packing, what¡¯s it look like? I am going to be gone for a while.¡± I wave the bag I have, as if that makes my point.


    ¡°What the hell does that mean?¡± Curt is angry. He hates it when I disappear, but I don¡¯t care.


    ¡°It means I am going to be gone for a while.¡± I repeat. I am not going into details with these guys. They are my best friends but they don¡¯t need to know everything. It¡¯s bad enough I had to express what I am feeling to my dad. I am not going to do it in the pack house hallway with these two.


    ¡°Why?¡± Curt is not taking my answer for an answer. He wants real answers.


    ¡°None of your business.¡± I growl out.


    ¡°What the hell is so fucking inticing about this girl?¡± Curt growls back. ¡°I get it she is hot and she smells great, but you are causing problems with her. There are plenty of other girls throwing themselves at you every day. Drop her dude.¡± My wolf takes over again. I turn and grab Curt by his cor, then throw him up against the wall.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you ever talk about her like that again. You keep your eyes off her and if you smell her it better be in passing, do you hear me.¡± My wolf means business. She is his.


    Curt can tell it is my wolf not me. His eyes widened in panic. ¡°Ok, dude. Won¡¯t happen again. I promise.¡± His hands are up in surrender. He is not going to put up a fight with my wolf. He knows he will lose.


    I release him and continue to storm into my room. I think I just need to get Deimos¡¯s leash and cor. Then I need to shop for the rest of the supplies. She needs new clothes and I need to get food. Maybe I¡¯ll find her some new books too.


    Curt doesn¡¯t follow me further, but Sam does. ¡°Do you need help?¡± I get it he is trying to be my friend right now, he was always a better friend than Curt. I just don¡¯t want him around right now.


    ¡°No, I don¡¯t need help.¡±


    ¡°Really because you didn¡¯t pack her any clothes. She is going to need those at some point.¡±


    ¡°Sam, I got it covered.¡±


    He still follows me but he is quiet at least for a minute anyway. ¡°Ethan, I get it. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll straighten out Curt. Just be careful ok. Don¡¯t go too far. Reign in the wolf. Don¡¯t let him hurt her.¡± He sounds sincere.


    ¡°I¡¯m not. He wants to keep her safe and away from everyone else. He thinks she is his. I can¡¯t exin it. He just wants her.¡± I reach for my door handle. Pushing the door open. I just grab the cor that is inside the door. The leash is attached. Taking them, I close my door. ¡°I get that you are trying to help Sam, I¡¯ve got this though. She is under my skin, but my wolf likes her. He isn¡¯t going to hurt her. I know he wed her, but since then all he has wanted to do is be tender to her. It is scary how soft he is with her right now. I think now that she is alone with us he is different.¡±


    He gives me a thoughtful look. ¡°I trust you. Keep in touch, okay.¡± He pats my shoulder and walks off. I stood there for a second. That is why he is a better friend than Curt. He is meant to be my Beta, and he will be the best one.


    I start to head off only to have my path blocked by someone else. Her name escapes me. She is always trying to get me to notice her. I could care less about her. My wolf could care even less. Especially now, she isn¡¯t Madi.


    She put her hand on her slender waist. Madi¡¯s is better. She flings her long blond hair behind her shoulder. ¡°Hey, Ethan. What are you up to?¡±


    ¡°None of your business.¡± I try to go around her. But she moves in my way.


    ¡°I heard that you dragged some girl off campus, please tell me it was a lie. You know you wouldn¡¯t have to drag me.¡± She steps closer. My wolf lets out a growl.


    ¡°It¡¯s true. Now move.¡± I narrowed my eyes on her. I let my wolfe forth. She needs to be scared.


    She looks away from me. She wasn¡¯t even looking in my eyes in the first ce. ¡°Ethan, I don¡¯t understand. I thought¡­¡±


    I don¡¯t let her finish. ¡°You thought what? I don¡¯t even care enough to remember your name. Now, get the fuck out of my way.¡± She stumbles out of my way. Stupid wolf. I hate girls like that.


    ¡°It¡¯s Carri,¡± She mumbles as I go past.


    ¡°I¡¯m not going to remember after five minutes.¡± I state as I look down on her. She isn¡¯t Madi, I couldn¡¯t care less about her.


    I manage to make it back outside without killing anyone. I just want to get back to her. But I need to get supplies. I whistle for Deimos. Hees running up to me. He knows he gets to go for a ride. He loves it when I take him with me. I don¡¯t have a problem taking him with me to stores, I got him registered as a service animal so he can go anywhere. I don¡¯t want to just leave him out in the truck. I had him trained, I feel bad that he doesn¡¯t actually do that stuff for me, but he¡¯s a smart dog.


    I fasten him down to his loop and take off to the mall, not that it is a big mall but it has some big names in it. Victoria Secret being one of them. I n to get her new everything. This brings a smile to my face.

 Chapter 5

    MADISON


    After searching the house for an hour there is no way to get out. There is only one door and it is locked solid. All the windows have bars. Nothing I can even use as a tool to get through. I give up. I decided to take that nap.


    I take the first room, it looks less manly. I am assuming the second room is his. Theforter in this room is avender color. I like it. Taking off my shoes, I climb into the bed. I haven¡¯t slept muchtely, bad dreams gue me. Images of people I have lost. All for a stupid Alpha who only managed to get a bunch of people killed.


    I drop off to sleep, pretty quickly. I¡¯m not fighting it. I had a bad enough day.


    Dreams start to take over.


    Connor is holding me close. I remember this. We were talking about our future, who we thought our mates might be. He pulled me closer. ¡°I wish you were my mate, Madi. You would be the perfect mate.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, well, I am sure I would get on your nerves.¡± I nuzzle in closer. ¡°Besides. I would make a terrible mate. I don¡¯t listen to anyone. You know that better than anyone.¡±


    Heughs, thatugh always brought mefort. ¡°Yeah, true, but I am about the only one on this that can handle you. There is no way that you are not my mate.¡±


    ¡°You are probably right.¡± I feel like crying now. I know it¡¯s a dream. He isn¡¯t really here. He is gone, thanks to that stupid Alpha. ¡°Connor, I miss you.¡±


    ¡°I know.¡± He whispers in my ear. ¡°He isn¡¯t so bad you know.¡±


    ¡°What are you talking about?¡± This didn¡¯t happen, where is thising from?


    ¡°Ethan, he isn¡¯t so bad. It¡¯s not his fault that our Alpha was a stupid dick and got me killed. He likes you. Don¡¯t fight him too hard.¡± He chuckles a little.


    Now I am crying. ¡°How can you say that? You wanted to be my mate.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m dead, Madi. I am not anyones mate. Don¡¯t put your life on hold for a dead person. Please Madi, don¡¯t do that.¡± He pulls me even closer. ¡°Just remember me ok. Don¡¯t forget me, that is all I ask.¡±


    ¡°I could never forget you Connor. I miss you too damn much to forget you. You were my only friend. I am alone.¡±


    Heughs, ¡°Not any more. You have Ethan now.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t even know him.¡±


    ¡°But you will. He will be a good friend. Let him take care of you, Madi. Please let me go.¡± He sounds sad. ¡°You will never feel better if you don¡¯t.¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t let you go. You were my world for so long.¡±


    ¡°Please Madi.¡±


    I feel myself being shaken out of my dreams. I look up and see beautiful blue eyes staring back at me.


    ¡°Are you alright baby?¡±


    I shake a little. He was here, I know he was here, but he wasn¡¯t. ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m fine.¡± I try to sit up. I feel a little disorientated.


    ¡°Baby, you were crying. What happened?¡±


    ¡°Nothing, bad dream.¡±


    ¡°Baby, tell me. What happened?¡± He brushes my hair out of my face.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°I was dreaming about my friend that died. It was a little emotional. That¡¯s all.¡± I push him off. I don¡¯t need his sympathy.


    He looks sad. ¡°Was it in the battle?¡±


    I nod my head. ¡°He was my best friend for a long time. I miss him. Hell, he was the only friend I had.¡±


    Hees and sits next to me on the bed. ¡°Baby, I am here for you now. You don¡¯t have to be alone. You can talk about it if you want.¡±


    ¡°Not really.¡± I sit up. ¡°So, did you get all the supplies?¡±


    He smiles down at me. ¡°Yep, I grabbed a few things from your room too. I brought your bags in here. Do you want a shower before dinner?¡± He takes my hand and ces his fingers in between mine.


    ¡°Yeah, that would be good. I probably look like crap right now.¡± I chuckle.


    ¡°No, not really.¡± He smirks at me. ¡°Oh, before I forget. You have to meet someone first.¡± He stands, still not letting go of my hand and opens the door. He lets out a whistle and a big ck dog with long fures running into the room. ¡°This is Deimos.¡± I put my other hand out for the dog. He sniffs it then looks at Ethan. He looks back at me, and licks my hand. Once he starts licking he doesn¡¯t stop, soon he is on myp licking my face.


    ¡°You got an off switch on this thing.¡± I chuckle a little.


    Ethanughs. ¡°Down Deimos.¡± The dog gets down, but he rests his head on myp. I scratch behind his ears. ¡°He likes you.¡±


    ¡°I guess he¡¯s not so bad for a dog.¡± I smile at Ethan, it¡¯s nice to see him like this.


    ¡°I missed you while I was gone, does that sound weird?¡± He pulls my fingers up to his lips. Kissing each and every one.


    ¡°Maybe a little.¡± I whisper, why does this feel nice?


    He sucks in a deep breath, putting my hand down. ¡°I better get dinner going.¡± He pops up off the bed. ¡°Your bags are here. You can unpack whenever you¡¯re ready. Feel free to take a shower. There are towels in the bathroom. I got you toiletries in one of those bags. I should be done with dinner by the time you get out.¡± He nods at me and then he¡¯s gone. Like he¡¯ste for a marathon or something.


    Deimos sits there with his head on myp. Ok, I like the dog.


    I get up and start to rummage through the bags. I start to notice something. All the clothes here are new, even new underwear. What the hell, I had none of this before? I see a few of my books and my sketchbooks, but that is it. Everything else is new. He went out and bought me all new things. Why did he do that?


    I find a sleep set that is way too revealing for me, but what the hell it is just the two of us. He bought it so I am sure he expects me to wear it at some point. It is this light blue silky short and cami set. I take that plus the toiletries and head to the bathroom. A shower does seem like a good idea right now.

 Chapter 6

    ETHAN


    Quickly I start pulling out things for dinner, and putting things away at the same time. I am pretty sure I got enough food tost for a week. Usually I only shop for one, so I am hoping I got enough. I throw the steaks in the pan, season them and let them sizzle. I heat up a pot for some seasoned rice. Then I leave out some sd mix. That should be a good enough dinner. I got some wine for dinner too. I figured we both might need it to rx tonight.


    I am just about ready to set the table when I hear here out of the bathroom. I set the tes on the counter. I can feel her presence. I look up and she is drying her hair with a towel. She is wearing a set that I got her. I pictured her in it, but I didn¡¯t imagine it would look that good. I am frozen in ce. I can¡¯t take my eyes off of her. Her red hair waved down her shoulders. The bare skin of her legs exposed to me all the way up to the top of her thighs. The thin top does not hide the fact that she isn¡¯t wearing a bra.


    She looks up at me. Noticing the look on my face she clears her throat. ¡°Everything ok?¡±


    I manage toe out of my lust filled state for just a moment. I swallow the lump that has formed there. ¡°Umm, yeah. Dinner is just about ready.¡± I try to look away but I still can¡¯t.


    ¡°Ok, do you need my help?¡± Shees around the counter to my space in the kitchen. She is close enough to reach now.


    A split second after I think it, I pull her to me. I have my lips on hers. Pulling her body closer to mine. I grab under her ass and pull her up. Setting her on the counter. I push my way in between her thighs. All the while my lips don¡¯t leave hers. Now that I have her set up where I can ess her, I start to kiss down her jaw, moving to her neck.


    ¡°Ethan,¡± It sounds like she is moaning my name. It¡¯s infectious. I don¡¯t want her to stop. ¡°Ethan.¡± This time it sounds more urgent.


    ¡°What baby?¡± I mumble against her skin. It tastes so good.


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    I look over at the stove. I hadn¡¯t turned off the steaks yet. ¡°Shit.¡± I leave her, as much as I don¡¯t want to, and check the meat, pulling it off the heat. I look down at the steaks, they don¡¯t look too bad, not the way I nned them to be but not bad.


    Madi leans over so she can look at the steaks too. ¡°Not too bad. I think we can still eat them.¡± I set them down on a burner that wasn¡¯t on. I take her face in my hands. Kissing her again. We are never going to have dinner at this point. She pushes me back. ¡°We should stop.¡± She sounds breathless, she was certainly enjoying what I was doing. At least there is that.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to.¡± I try toe back to her lips, but she holds me back.


    ¡°I need to eat. I am starving. I didn¡¯t get to eat my lunch, remember.¡± She gives me this look that makes me want to give into all her desires.


    ¡°Alright, fine, but you are going to have to put on that crap hoodie or we are never going to get to the food.¡± I pull her off the counter. I squeeze her ass onest time before nudging her out of the kitchen.


    I need a breather. She is slowly killing me. I want her so bad. I don¡¯t want to stop. What the hell is wrong with me? I have never had this with a girl ever. She is consuming my every thought. I start putting together the tes, grimacing a little when I put the stakes down. I cut hers up since there is only one knife and I am not giving her that. Not that I think she will use it on me, but I want to be cautious. They are hardly even juicy any more and the bottom has a bit of ck on it. At least she stopped me in time, otherwise I would have burned dinner all together.


    Shees walking back into the room and I think I am going to die. The hoodie is too damn big. Now it looks like that is all she is wearing. It drapes over her body so much that it covers the whole outfit that she is wearing. I almost dropped the tes looking at her. She smiles and takes a te from me and turns back to the table to have a seat.


    ¡°Baby, I think I shouldn¡¯t have bought that.¡± I take a gulp as I head to the table right behind her.


    ¡°I figured you wanted me to wear it, you bought like four just like this.¡± She smirks as she starts to shovel the food in her mouth. I should find it a little repulsive the way she eats, but I don¡¯t. Instead I feel like she isfortable with me, that is why she isn¡¯t being gentle about it.


    ¡°Yeah, I didn¡¯t realize you would look that hot in it. I knew you would look hot, but you know what I mean right?¡±


    She chuckles. ¡°Not at all.¡±


    ¡°I think it is getting hard to keep my hands off you.¡± I watch her face. She doesn¡¯t look upset, but understanding.


    ¡°Ethan, I understand but we can¡¯t do anything. I can¡¯t do that to my mate. Don¡¯t get me wrong I feel it too. I don¡¯t know how or why, but I feel this pull towards you. I should be running around this house screaming and demanding my release, but I don¡¯t want to. Even my wolf says to just go with it. None of this is making any sense.¡± She has stopped eating, she looks a little lost, but that is how I feel too.


    ¡°Madi, I get it. My wolf is the one that brought you here. He had to have you. He didn¡¯t settle down until I had you here all to ourselves. He is also the one that wed you. I am sorry about that. Now, I will admit I am a jerk but I don¡¯t like to hurt women. I am pretty sure he bit you too. He got a little out of control there. I don¡¯t want to go too far, I know you have a mate, but I can¡¯t help but feel drawn to you. The fact that our wolves feel it too is hard to fight.¡± I reach out and take her hand. ¡°Can you just trust me not to go too far. It¡¯ll be hard but I am sure we can do it.¡± I give her a smile.


    ¡°Are you really going to keep me here for two months?¡± Madi is so adorable. I don¡¯t know if I am going to be able to hold off, I am going to try my damndest.


    ¡°That is my wolf¡¯s n. Not sure where he got that number, but that is his n.¡± I smirk back.


    ¡°It seems your wolf is running the show. Maybe I should talk to him about it.¡± She smirks too.


    ¡°If you did, I am sure you would not make it for your mate. His desire for you is far greater than mine. As you can tell I want you pretty damn bad.¡± I am fighting taking her even now. She started to bite her bottom lip, the very same lip that was in my mouth earlier.


    ¡°Do you think we are mates and that is why our wolves arefortable together? It would make sense. That would also exin why he wants me here for two months. My birthday is in two months.¡± She almost sounds hopeful, or maybe that is me projecting.


    ¡°Well, if we are, they aren¡¯t saying anything. I think the only thing we can do is wait. No matter how hard it may be.¡± I grumble a little.


    ¡°So, do you hide out here often?¡± She is joking but it wasn¡¯t very long ago that I was hunkered down here.


    ¡°I was recently. During thest battle. My dad wanted to make sure that nothing happened to me. I am supposed to take over the pack if anything happens to him. He wanted to make sure that I didn¡¯t get hurt. It didn¡¯t sit well with me, but I can¡¯t argue with him.¡±


    She looks a little sad. ¡°Yeah, my Alpha was an idiot. I don¡¯t even know why he picked that fight, there was no way he was going to win. His son took off, with a few other wolves, but most of us were left behind. I don¡¯t mind that part so much, but I do miss some of the people who died for no reason.¡± Now I am reminded of that guy in the photos I saw.


    ¡°Did you have a boyfriend before all of this?¡± I don¡¯t want to know the answer.


    ¡°No, I had a friend that was a guy. I told you that already, but no boyfriend. He was my best friend. My only friend. I didn¡¯t know what to do when he died. He used to joke that we were mates, I knew we weren¡¯t, he was only my friend.¡± She has a small smile thinking about him.


    This makes me mad, but at the same time sad. He was her only friend. Now he is gone. I can be her friend but that isn¡¯t going to make it better. Then I sh to that picture of his lips on her cheek and I am fuming again. How dare he try to take what is mine?


    ¡°Baby, do you think you could be with me? If you didn¡¯t think you were with that guy, do you think you could be with me?¡± I sound like such a pussy right now, but for some reason I don¡¯t give a shit. She feels like she is so much to me.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. I feel like I can, but it all seems so much you know. You¡¯re the Alpha¡¯s son, I can never be good enough for you.¡±


    ¡°Stop right there. You are more than good enough for me. I am not good enough for you. You saw, I am a major jackass. You should have seen me when I went back to the packhouse, I was a jerk to everyone. But as soon as I came back here to you I became softer, better. You make me better. No one could do that to me. I don¡¯t want anyone else to be.¡± It was true. I don¡¯t want anyone else. Only her, she is the only one who makes me feel like this. The only one that I want to hold and kiss. Sure I have been with girls, not many, but never ones that I desired. It was merely something to pass the time. Madi isn¡¯t like that, I feel it in my soul.


    She decides to joke. ¡°I am sure you say that to all the girls. Especially the ones you kidnap.¡± She smiles at her own joke.


    ¡°I told you Madi, you are the only one worth kidnapping. You¡¯re the only one I have ever felt like this with. Don¡¯t downy this. Baby, I want nothing more than to be your mate. You would be the perfect mate for me. You match me.¡± I get up and pull her up to me. I hold her close to me, I do want her to be my mate, more than anything.


    ¡°I am not so sure about that.¡± She mumbles.


    ¡°I am. Baby, I don¡¯t think I would feel this way about you if I wasn¡¯t sure.¡± I start brushing my hand through her hair. It¡¯s wet and feels weird, but I like it. I feel like we are thisfortable with each other because we are supposed to be. I really do want her.


    After a few minutes she pulls away from me. ¡°I should finish eating, I am feeling a bit tired.¡± I feel her absence immediately. I got it bad. I think at this point I don¡¯t care if she is my fated mate or not. I want her.


    I take my seat and peck at my food. I am not really one to lose my appetite but the thought of her not wanting me is making me nauseous. I need her to want me.


    As soon as her te is empty she heads to the kitchen to do the dishes. ¡°Baby, I can do that.¡±


    She shakes her head and smiles at me. ¡°No, you cooked, I¡¯ll clean.¡± God she is perfect. I bring my te to the sink and I can¡¯t help it. I slide my arms around her waist. I nuzzle into her neck. Kissing all the skin I can reach, which isn¡¯t much with this damn hoodie on. She lets out a moan, I can see her hands are frozen in ce, mid dish. That¡¯s what I wanted to see, her wanting me as much as I wanted her. That is all I needed.


    ¡°I¡¯m going to take a shower and get ready for bed.¡± Not to mention I need to deal with this problem between my legs.


    MADISON


    I finish up the dishes easily enough. I was worried about the skillet that he burned the steaks in but it came out fine.


    I head into my room and close the door. I peel off my hoodie and slip into the sheets. This bed feels good,fortable and rxing. My hair is still a little wet but not too bad. I bunch it up andy it on the pillow behind me. I can sleep like this.


    I am just about asleep when my door opens. I look up and see Ethan. He has a sheepish look on his face. ¡°I can¡¯t sleep.¡±


    I chuckle. ¡°Seems like you hardly tried.¡±


    ¡°I just know I can¡¯t be without you. Please baby.¡± Those eyes are death rays to sanity. I nod my head and hees the rest of the way into the room. My eyes bug out of my head, he is only in his boxers. Shit that looks good. His body is so well toned. He looks good enough to eat. I feel him slide into bed behind me.


    His body inches closer to mine. Ethan¡¯s armsing around my waist. His face is right next to mine. ¡°Is this alright baby?¡±


    I nod, if I open my mouth I am going to say too much. He nuzzles into my hair, which is a little weird because it¡¯s still wet, but it doesn¡¯t seem to bother him. I can¡¯t believe it but this is a perfect end to a fucked up day.

 Chapter 7

    ETHAN


    It has been a month. A month of just me and Madi. We have gained a trust that I never expected. She stays with me by choice now. I haven¡¯t had to lock the door in two weeks. Probably before then, but I stopped two weeks ago. We have even gone out and exercised. Let our wolves out to run. I know that we can return to the pack house but neither of us really wants to. That would mean that we have to face reality, the reality that we aren¡¯t mates. At least not yet.


    My wolf doesn¡¯t like that idea at all. As the days get closer to her birthday he gets more antsy. He wants to mark her all the time. I constantly have to hold him back. Especially in the morning, right when we wake up, he pulls her closer and takes a deep breath taking in her scent. I have to hold us both back.


    I kiss her as often as I can. Leaving love marks on her neck. I crave her taste all the time. Sometimes it bes too hard to control myself. Like this morning, I have to pull myself away from her and go for a run. One more month and I can¡¯t take it. She needs to be mine. Only mine.


    I ran hard, trying to drain the desire from my body, but it was next to impossible. Just a tiny sh of her in my mind brought it all back. Fighting yourself is hard.


    I made it back to the house after an hour run, it did nothing for me. I head straight to the bathroom, pulling off my shirt on the way, trying to get a cold shower before I see her. Only when I open the door, I am floored. Madi is fresh from the shower and only in her underwear. She gasps and tries to cover herself with a towel but it is toote. I have seen her. So much of her. Desire takes control. I grab her up mming my lips to hers.


    As I kiss her I tear the towel away from her so that her flesh can meet mine. The heat and pull are too much. I have to do something. The next step if you will. I lift her up and carry her to the nearest room. Which happens to be mine. Not that I have slept in this room since I brought her here.


    Iy her out on my bed. She looks so gorgeous. My lips start making their way down her body. Caressing her breasts through her bra. She lets out a moan that makes me want to take her so bad. I have to hold back though. I promised. I continue to make my way down her body. Licking and kissing all over her beautiful stomach. Finally my teeth make contact with thece of the underwear that I bought her. I start to peel them off her with my teeth.


    ¡°Ethan,¡± She moans, but at the same time I can hear the panic in her voice.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry baby, I won¡¯t go too far. I am just going to pleasure you.¡± I smirk and groan. So close, I can¡¯t let her stop me. My teeth grip on her underwear again. I pull them all the rest of the way off her body. I stand there for a moment after I drop her underwear, just admiring her body under me. I can¡¯t wait until I can take herpletely. I know it will happen.


    ¡°I am going to make you scream my name.¡± I growl as I spread her legs. I start at her thigh, licking and kissing until I meet the spot I want the most. I slide my tongue into her folds finally getting my first real taste of her. I moan in pleasure when I¡¯m met with her core and she moans too. This brings a smile to my face. I am pleasuring her and I haven¡¯t even really started yet.


    Licking and sucking I decide to add my fingers. She is already writhing under me so when I slide my fingers inside she moans my name.


    ¡°Baby, you feel so good. I can¡¯t wait until I am sliding myself in here.¡± I head back to my job, I can hear my wolf purr in my mind as I taste her again. Shit this is so good.


    ¡°Ethan, I¡¯m close.¡± She moans out. Gripping the sheets at her sides. As I look up at her I can¡¯t help but picture what it will look like when I am deep inside her. I grip her side with my left and while my right continues to slide into her. I speed up a little to get her there a little faster.


    ¡°Ethan¡­¡± She screams out as her body releases. Right on my tongue. I purr at the taste of it. I ease out of her and slow my tongue, letting her release continue for just a little longer.


    I kissed my way up her stomach again, ¡°That¡¯s my good girl.¡±


    She is breathing heavily. ¡°This hardly seems fair. You did that to me and what do you get in return?¡±


    ¡°I get the best taste in the world in my mouth.¡± I lick my lips to make my point.


    She pushes at my face. ¡°You are gross.¡±


    I moan and move my body over the top of hers. ¡°You make me that way.¡± I slide my fingers along her bare skin. It feels so good. ¡°Baby, you are driving me crazy. I want you so bad. Nothing I am doing is helping. How many days is it now?¡±


    ¡°Twenty seven.¡± She moans, clearly liking the feel of my hands on her bare skin.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know if I can wait that long. I want to, for you. I just don¡¯t know if I can.¡±


    She looks away from me. ¡°I understand. Maybe we should take some time apart. It might make it easier.¡±


    I growl out. ¡°Not going to happen. I can¡¯t even sleep without you. I don¡¯t know what to do if you are not my mate. I wanted to talk to you about something actually.¡±


    She turns back to me. ¡°What?¡± Her beautiful eyes look straight into mine.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°I want to make you my chosen mate. We wouldn¡¯t have to wait anymore. I know you feel for me too. I just don¡¯t see the point in waiting anymore.¡± She is still almost naked and it is killing me. The only part of her body that is covered is her luscious breasts. I want her to say yes to me. I want her to agree and let me mark her.


    ¡°Ethan, that is a lot to think about. What we are giving up. Think about it. Your fated mate is supposed to be the mostpatible person in the world for you. Your perfect pair. I don¡¯t know if I am that for you. I would do my best to try to be but let¡¯s face it, I am a nobody. You are the son of the Alpha, you are so much more than me. How could I ever be good enough.¡±


    I wrap both my arms around her. ¡°Oh, my God baby. There is no way I could feel any more strongly about a person. Each day it gets stronger. You are perfect for me. I don¡¯t think there is a way that anyone else could be more perfect. I need you baby.¡± I rub my hands along her back. Can¡¯t she see how perfect she is.


    She pulls back from me. ¡°I think I should get dressed.¡± She doesn¡¯t look me in the eyes.


    As she reaches the door I call her. ¡°You¡¯re going to see, baby. I am your mate.¡± I have never been so sure of something in my life. She leaves me alone in my room. I want to chase after her, try to get her to agree with me. But maybe she needs time, time to see that I am right. I know I am right. I don¡¯t want to keep waiting for what I know.

 Chapter 8

    MADISON


    It has been two weeks since Ethan asked me to be his chosen mate. I want to scream yes, but I know what that would mean. We only have to wait for thirteen days. In thirteen days we will know for sure if I am his mate. It scares the shit out of me, but then I half expect not to be. I am not good enough for Ethan. I wasn¡¯t good enough for Connor and there is no way in hell I am good enough for Ethan.


    He hasn¡¯t pressured me, but he sure has pleasured me. I feel bad. I want to return the favor. I know he has to be pent up, I was before he started giving me pleasure. I still want more. Each time he does it, I want him to never stop. I am just scared I guess.


    Right now I am sitting in the living room, sketching. I am not good at it by any means but Ethan seems to like them. I am sketching Deimos.


    ¡°Hey, baby, we have to go shopping.¡± Hees in holding his phone.


    ¡°Why, what¡¯s going on?¡± We just got food so I don¡¯t see why we would need to go shopping.


    ¡°My dad just called, a neighboring pack ising to visit and of course I have to make an appearance. I want you with me.¡±


    First I am shocked. ¡°Why? I am not anyone special. This is something different, if you take me back to the pack like that they are going to think I am your mate.¡±


    ¡°You are my mate. You don¡¯t know it yet but I do. We need to get something to wear.¡± He looks back at his phone. ¡°I suggest we leave in about twenty minutes. That should give us enough time to find something and then get ready for dinner.¡± He shes me a smile.


    I start to hyperventte. How the hell could he do this? I can¡¯t do this. Unlike him I was not raised to do this. I am a nobody. He is someone. People look to him for guidance. I can hardly keep myself together most of the time. All the women that will be gawking at him.


    A voice rings in my head. ¡®Fuck them, let him mark you.¡¯ My wolf is wagging her tail.


    ¡®I can¡¯t do that. What if he isn¡¯t our mate?¡¯ My wolf goes silent again.


    He pokes his head back in from the hallway. ¡°Breathe baby. You got this.¡± Fuck him, just because he knows what I am thinking does not make him right. I don¡¯t got this.


    I set my sketch stuff on the table and head to my room. Ethan has gotten me all new clothes but I still have the outfit from when he kidnapped me. I am tempted to wear it just to piss him off. I don¡¯t though. I put on a pair of jeans and a yellow blouse that Ethan seems to really like on me. I have no idea why, I think it shes with my hair. I pull my hair up in a pony tail and call it good. He got me some ck ts that I slipped on on my way out the door.


    He is standing at the door waiting for me. Ethan pulls me into his arms. ¡°You look so beautiful. My wolf is running in circles looking at you. He is a little ruffled that I am taking you out of the house, but I told him that it will happen eventually. He still isn¡¯t happy about it.¡±


    ¡°I can always just stay here.¡± I smile coyly at him.


    ¡°Nope, I want to show you off.¡± He kisses me. ¡°I would be persuaded to let you stay if you let me mark you.¡± He wiggles his eyebrows at me.


    ¡°Well, we better get going then.¡± I sigh.


    ¡°It was worth a shot.¡± He shrugs his shoulders. ¡°Alright baby, let¡¯s go find you the best looking dress out there. Actually on a better thought, maybe the worst looking dress, I don¡¯t want anyone trying to steal you away.¡±


    ¡°I find that hard to believe. I don¡¯t care what the dress looks like. Maybe I could wear a moo-moo. Do you think that will work?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t kid about that baby.¡± He shakes his head as he leads me to the truck.


    ¡°Oh,e on, it could be a really pretty brown one.¡±


    ¡°I am going to pretend you didn¡¯t say that.¡± He opens the door for me. Then helped me to climb in.


    ¡°It would be adorable.¡± Iugh. Ok, I can¡¯t even hold that one. I buckle up.


    ¡°You are so fucking cute.¡± He says as he climbs in the truck in the driver seat. ¡°Now, I think either a ck dress or a green one. Let¡¯s see what we can find.¡± He winks as he takes off.


    It doesn¡¯t take us too long to get to town. Now that he isn¡¯t pulling over all the time to kiss me, we make a lot better time. Plus I don¡¯t need a blind fold anymore. I don¡¯t even try to run, I want to go back home at the end of the day. Not so sure about the pack house.


    He opens my door for me and holds my hand all the way to the formal wear store. I am not one for formal wear, but apparently that is what you wear when you are meeting people from other packs.


    Ethan pulls me straight over to the dresses. ¡°Don¡¯t you need to get a suit too?¡± I mention it as he starts looking over dresses.


    ¡°I need to make sure that you actually get a dress. I know you and you would wear that moo-moo, if I didn¡¯t make sure you look as fantastic as you do.¡± He pulls out a couple of dresses that are apparently my size, I have no idea what my actual size is. I always just get stuff that is big.


    ¡°Don¡¯t diss the moo-moo, I hear they are quitefortable.¡± I scoff as he hands me three dresses.


    ¡°Don¡¯t argue with me, go try these on.¡± He turns me towards the dressing rooms and smacks my ass.


    ¡°Jeez, bossy much.¡± I still went to the dressing room. I tried on the little ck one first. I stepped out to show Ethan and as soon as my legs are out he is already shaking his head no.


    ¡°It is too sexy, next.¡± He waves me back in the dressing room.


    I roll my eyes, but head back in. I slip in the next dress which is a little ck dress too, but it flows from the waist instead of hugging my body. I step out in this one and he still shakes his head no.


    ¡°Still too sexy. Try thest one.¡± He waves me back in.


    ¡°You are so picky.¡± I put my hand on my hip and lectured him. ¡°Nothing is going to be right, you know.¡±


    ¡°Do you want me to kill anyone who looks at you?¡± He folds his arms over his chest.


    ¡°Of course not, that is just ridiculous.¡±


    ¡°Then change out of that dress.¡± He points back to the dressing room.


    I chuckle and head back in. I can tell that was his wolf talking, I don¡¯t think Ethan would really kill anyone. I change into thest dress, this is a green number that hugs my body all the way down to my ankles, with a swooping neck, thin straps. I step out in this one and he takes a minute to think. ¡°Well at least this one covers most of your body. It will have to do. I still think it is too sexy.¡± I roll my eyes, but change back into my jeans.


    When Ie back out, he already has a suit in hand. With a tie that matches my dress. ¡°Is that what you were waiting for, to see what color my dress would be?¡±


    He shrugs, ¡°Maybe.¡± He smirks and takes my dress.


    At the register the cashier smiles at both of us, she is a nice looking older woman. Definitely looks like she prides herself in her appearance. All her hair is in ce and her makeup done just right. ¡°You guys are about the cutest couple I have ever seen in here.¡±


    Ethan grabs me around the waist. ¡°That is what I keep telling her.¡± He kisses my cheek. ¡°She just doesn¡¯t realize it. Thank you.¡± He nods to the cashier. I just roll my eyes at him.Copyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± I smiled at her.


    ¡°Well, you should certainly see it, you are very beautiful.¡±


    ¡°Thank you, again.¡± I nod to her, blushing a little.


    ¡°Well, I hope whatever you guys are going to goes well.¡± She hands over our garment bags.


    ¡°Me too.¡± Ethan sighs.


    As he ushers me out the door, I look over at him. ¡°What are you not telling me?¡±


    ¡°This is supposed to be some sort of alliance meeting, if it doesn¡¯t go well then we could be going into battle again. I don¡¯t want that.¡± He pulls me closer to him.


    ¡°I am sure you can make it happen. You got me to agree to just about anything.¡± I chuckle at him.


    ¡°If that was true then you would be wearing my mark tonight.¡± He growls.


    ¡°Thirteen days isn¡¯t that long. I would just hate to short change you.¡± I mumble, but I know that he hears me.


    ¡°You could never short change me.¡± He kisses my head as we reach the truck. ¡°I just realized we didn¡¯t get shoes. I have shoes at home, but what do you have?¡±


    ¡°I have those ck heels that you bought me, I haven¡¯t worn them yet.¡±


    He looks thoughtful, ¡°Oh, yeah, those. I forgot because you haven¡¯t worn them.¡±


    ¡°Where am I going to wear heels in the middle of the woods?¡± I can not help but


    grumble.


    ¡°True, but it would look sexy as hell. You, walking down the hallway in those things. I guess that is what I pictured when I bought them.¡± He shrugs and opens the door for me. I climb up in the truck and buckle up.


    By the time hees around the other side I am all settled in. ¡°I guess I never thought of that. I was justfortable. I didn¡¯t think of trying to seduce you.¡±


    ¡°Really, cause you do it every damn day.¡± He growls but it¡¯s a joking growl.


    ¡°So you¡¯re easy, anyone could get you going?¡± I match his joke.


    ¡°No, just you.¡±

 Chapter 9

    ETHAN


    When we pull into the pack house driveway, I am nervous as hell. I don¡¯t want to lose it, but she looks too damn sexy. I just want to im her now. I wouldn¡¯t have brought her, but it is getting harder to be away from her. The thought of leaving her behind made me sick. The thought of bringing her made me on edge. I chose to be on edge.


    I pulled her down from the truck and put a possessive arm around her. I want everyone to understand that she is with me. Curt and Sam are the first ones to my side. They know to be on my side and not hers, if they were on her side I would kill them.


    Sam nods to me. ¡°Are you ready for this?¡±


    Curt cuts him off. ¡°Better yet, is she ready for this? You know this is a big deal right? Their pack is almost as big as ours, if they want to call a war there would be no stopping them and there would be a lot of death.¡±


    I squeeze her close. ¡°She is ready.¡±


    ¡°She is right here.¡± Madi grumbles.


    ¡°Sam, Curt, this is Madison.¡± She just nods to them.


    ¡°The assistant kidnappers. I remember.¡± She smiles at them.


    Curtughs, ¡°I guess she is ready, just keep the smart assments down to a minimum. Don¡¯t want to actually cause a war.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t try to kidnap anyone tonight and I think we can make this happen.¡± She smiles back.


    ¡°Ahh,e on baby, you love that I kidnapped you.¡± I look down at her, she is carrying herself really well.


    ¡°Yeah, well, some other people may not like it so much.¡± She looks up in my eyes, giving me a smile that I love to see on her face.


    ¡°I think as long as you don¡¯t bring up the kidnapping then we should be fine.¡± I kiss her forehead.


    ¡°Darn, that was what I was going to open with. Now I got nothing.¡± She smiles up at me. Madi has a great sense of humor.


    We step into the pack house and are met with my dad. Everyone bows, but me. His eyes catch on Madi, who doesn¡¯t look directly in his eyes, out of respect but not fear. ¡°So this is the girl that captured my son¡¯s interest?¡±


    She holds out her hand. ¡°My name is Madison, Alpha.¡±


    He takes her hand and smiles. ¡°I like her.¡± He nods to me. ¡°They are due to arrive any minute. Keith and Jack areing down, your mother ising as well, but she will probably bete, you know her. Sam, Curt are you bringing any one?¡±


    ¡°No sir.¡± They both answer.


    He looks back at me. ¡°I am assuming that you two have not marked yet. It would probably be best not to introduce her as your mate then. We should saypanion.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t see why we should do that.¡± I retorted back.


    Madi cuts off my anger though, she slides her arm around my waist. ¡°That will be fine, Alpha.¡± I look at her, my anger shifting to her a little bit. I understand where she ising from but I still want everyone to know that she is mine.


    Before I can say anything else Jack and Keith join us. They both introduce themselves to Madi, who is the only one here who doesn¡¯t know who they are. She is polite and respectful. She is doing perfect, hell better than me at this point.


    We are all standing in the front room when three SUVs pull up. Three very burly men climb out. Followed by three women, who definitely spent a good deal of time getting ready. The man in the lead must be the Alpha. He is a little older than me but younger than my father. He is wearing a suit and has his brown hairbed back in a rxed manner. The woman on his arm is clearly his mate. She is dressed in a floor length dress like Madi, but hers is red. Her hair is blond.


    Hees up to my father, extending his hand to him. ¡°Alpha Thomas, it is good to finally have this meeting.¡±


    ¡°I agree, Alpha Tyler.¡± My father meets his gaze and handshake.


    I keep my hand around Madi, I see a few younger men behind the Alpha and his cab, they keep sparing her nces.


    My father introduced us first. ¡°This is my Beta Jack, my Delta Keith. Their mates are out of town right now, sorry about thatdies. My wife will be down soon, she always takes way too long to get ready.¡± Heughs. ¡°This is my son, Ethan and hispanion Madison.¡± He motions to me and Madi, we both bow our heads in respect. ¡°His Beta Samual and his Delta Curtis.¡± They also bow their heads in respect.


    Alpha Tyler proceeds with his introductions. ¡°This is my mate, Amelia.¡± She smiles and nods to us. ¡°My Beta Charles and his mate Katherine. My Delta James and his Mate Lauren.¡± They all nod to us with smiles. So far this is going rather well. ¡°This is my nephew Justin, he is to seed me at the moment.¡±


    One of the younger men who was standing behind the cabes forward, He puts his hand out to shake my father¡¯s hand. Then hees to me. Extending his hand, but he doesn¡¯t look at me, he looks at Madi. ¡°It is so nice meeting you.¡± I pull Madi even closer. I still shake his hand just out of protocol and everyone is watching.


    Alpha Tyler looks annoyed. ¡°Yes, well, shall we eat?¡±


    My Father nods, ¡°Right this way.¡± He points his arm out towards the dining room and then leads the way.


    We all make our way into the room with the guards staying outside the room. An Omega shows everyone where they should sit. I take a seat at the far end with Madi on my right and Sam on my left. Curt is next to him. Across the table from us is Justin. Of course they are going to put all the young people close together.


    I can hear the Alphas striking up conversation. This is a meeting to determine if we can make an alliance, so it is not surprising that the Alphas are going to be as talkative as possible. I don¡¯t mind, I don¡¯t want to be a part of their conversation. I don¡¯t really want to be in a conversation with Justin but it would appear that I don¡¯t get a choice in that matter.


    ¡°So, what does that mean,panion? Does that mean that you two are not mates?¡± He keeps looking over at Madi. I want to ring his neck.


    ¡°That means she is not yet twenty and we don¡¯t know yet.¡± I growl back. Madi puts her hand on my thigh clearly trying to calm me down.


    His eyes light up. ¡°Oh, really. That is interesting. I didn¡¯t know that wolves would lock themselves in like that, I mean before they knew who their mate was.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t see that it matters. I am pretty sure that we are mates, we are just waiting a few more days to be sure.¡± I try to shrug hisments off.


    ¡°I mean, but what if you aren¡¯t, wouldn¡¯t that be awkward? You two are spending all of this time together. Shouldn¡¯t you be more open?¡± When he says thest part he looks over at Madi. I can see the hunger in his eyes. It is the same look I see in the mirror.


    She tried to smile politely back at him. ¡°I have no ns to be more open as you put it. I am quite happy with Ethan.¡± That makes me a little smug, she is happy with me.


    He looks a little taken back. ¡°Well, that hardly seems fair, you haven¡¯t met everyone. What if the more perfect man for you is right around the corner, or maybe across the table.¡± He winks at her. The fucking asshole has a death wish.


    I can feel the growl growing in my chest. I am ready to lunge at this guy but Madi takes my hand and stands from the table. ¡°If you will excuse us. I am feeling a little sick. I think I need Ethan to show me the way to the health room.¡± She doesn¡¯t wait for an answer, pulling me along behind her.


    As soon as we are out of the dining room she turns around on me. ¡°Where is your room?¡± I point up the stairs, what the heck does she have in mind? ¡°Well, lead the way.¡± She motions for me to take the lead. She doesn¡¯t need to tell me twice.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    I take the steps two at a time pulling her up behind me. We are getting weird looks but I don¡¯t give a shit. My dad links me, ¡°Where the fuck are you son?¡±


    ¡°I need to cool down, before I have to deal with Justin again. He is pushing my buttons, if I don¡¯t calm down I am going to rip him apart.¡±


    ¡°You have fifteen minutes. Pull it together.¡±


    ¡°I will.¡±


    I make it to my room faster than I ever have in my life. Madi giggles as I pull her into the room. She pushes me up against the door. ¡°What are you doing baby?¡± I look in her eyes, she clearly is taking charge here.


    ¡°You need to rx, that guy is trying to piss you off and you are ying into his hands. I am afraid I am going to have to make you rx.¡± Then she ms her lips into mine. Shit that feels good. I feel her hands start to unbutton my shirt. She kisses her way down my chest. I have no idea what she is doing, but I don¡¯t want her to stop.


    When her hands reach my belt buckle I have a pretty good idea what she is going to do. ¡°Baby, are you sure?¡±


    ¡°Rx.¡± She orders.


    ¡°Yes, ma¡¯am.¡± Iy my head back as I feel my pants slide down. Oh, my God is she really doing this? I feel her lips meet my already erect cock. Madi has never done this before. She is perfect at it. Her tongue reaches out and glides up and down my shaft. Her lips wrap around the whole thing, taking as much as she can in her mouth. Her hands are gripping my ass as she slides me in and out of her mouth. ¡°Shit baby, that feels so good.¡±


    I dig my fingers into her hair. Thank God she left it down for dinner, it¡¯s easy to fix. She keeps bobbing and sucking. That feels so good. It has been so long since I have been pleasured, it¡¯s been just me for thest month and a half. I can¡¯t hold on for very long. I can feel it building. I pull in and out. I am straight fucking her face at this point. ¡°Baby, I¡¯m going to cum.¡± She keeps going. Almost with more urgency. ¡°Shit baby.¡± I moan and I release. I can¡¯t believe she swallowed it all down.


    She gives me one more lick thenes back to my chest, giving me a kiss there. ¡°Can¡¯t have you making a mess now can we?¡± She pulls her bottom lip into her mouth and fuck I want to go again. ¡°Are you calm enough to return to dinner now?¡±


    ¡°Oh, fuck yeah. But I can¡¯t wait for it to be over, you are going to regret this when you get home.¡±


    I pull up my pants and she starts buttoning my shirt. ¡°Maybe you were right. There isn¡¯t a point in waiting.¡±


    I grab her shoulders. ¡°Are you saying what I think you are saying?¡±


    She looks up in my eyes and smiles. ¡°Yeah, I think so.¡± I m my lips into hers. Holy shit she wants to be my mate. I have to wait until we get home and that just seems too far away. She pulls away from me. ¡°Now, behave yourself for the rest of the dinner. I can¡¯t keep bringing you up here.¡± She scolds.


    ¡°You got it baby.¡± I finish tucking in my shirt. Doing a once over in the mirror I see that I look the same. I look over at Madi and see that her hair is still a little messy, it doesn¡¯t take much to get it back in line. I take her hand. ¡°Alright baby, lead the way.¡± I like her taking charge.

 Chapter 10

    When we make it back to the dining room I see my mother has joined the party. She is sitting on my dad¡¯s right side. I haven¡¯t seen her in a while so I took Madi over to her. I give her a kiss on the cheek. ¡°Hello, mom. This is Madi.¡± I pull Madi up so she can say hello to my mom.


    Madi bows her head. ¡°It is nice to meet you Luna.¡±


    My mom smiles and takes Madi¡¯s hand. ¡°I can tell you are going to take very good care of my son.¡± This gives Madi a smile as well.


    I decided to break it up. ¡°Well, we should return to our seats before we look like we are being rude.¡±


    My mom doesn¡¯t stop though. ¡°We will get together soon. I want to hear all about how my son treats you.¡± She smirks. Clearly she knows about the kidnapping.


    Madi nods. ¡°I look forward to it.¡±


    I drag Madi away, clearly there is nothing good going toe from my mom and Madi being alone together. I would be in the dog house for sure.


    We take our seats. Justin looks at us with curiosity. ¡°You don¡¯t look so sick.¡±


    ¡°Oh, it was just a little nausea, it passed after a few minutes.¡± Madi waved him off.


    ¡°I see, well I am d that you are feeling better. As I was saying about being open. Maybe some time I could take you out, show you a different view of things.¡± Damn bastard doesn¡¯t quit does he.


    ¡°As I said, Justin, I am quite happy with Ethan. I don¡¯t feel that is necessary, but thank you for the offer.¡± She is so much better at this diplomatic shit than me. I would have killed him already and led us to war.


    Sam decides to step in. ¡°Why don¡¯t you tell us a little about your pack? I am sure that things are handled differently there.¡± See this is why he is my Beta.


    ¡°Well, I don¡¯t really think they are all that different. I think the only difference is that we don¡¯t mingle with humans if we can help it. We are primarily a wolfmunity. Some of ourmunity have mated with humans, a damn shame if you ask me. Other than that, I think it is the same.¡± Justin looks bored with the conversation. I¡¯m bored with the whole thing. I want to go home and be alone with Madi.


    ¡°Are you short on she-wolves?¡± Curt asks.


    ¡°Why do you ask?¡± He looks insulted by the question.


    ¡°I was just curious. If wolves are mating with humans and you are looking at Madi like she is a steak, there has to be a shortage of females.¡± Curt just lost all the tact of the conversation.


    Justin just smirks. ¡°Who wouldn¡¯t look at Madi like she was the steak at a buffet? Look at her. Plus an unmarked female at that.¡±


    Curt keeps it civil, I have no idea where he is going with this. I am also not sure if I should stop it. ¡°Clearly she is hot, but she is with someone, that is rude. I doubt you would like it if anyone was to try to steal away your date right in front of you.¡±


    ¡°True, sorry, Ethan, I wasn¡¯t thinking. It was rude of me. I assure you that I will not be asking her out in front of you again.¡± He smiled over at me.


    I smiled back, ¡°I assure you that after tonight you will never be asking her out again.¡±


    ¡°Oh, I highly doubt that.¡± He continues to smirk at me.


    ¡°Would you ask out a marked female?¡± I counter, making my intentions clear.


    ¡°Really, well, congrattions are in order. A chosen mate is a great thing. Too bad you will never know if she was your fated mate though.¡± He is trying to nt doubt.


    ¡°I have no doubt in my mind that she is my mate.¡± I put my hand on her thigh to try to quell her fears. I know she is worried that I am not.


    ¡°I am sure you are, but is she?¡±


    Madi takes my hand. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t have agreed if I wasn¡¯t sure.¡±


    Sam pats me on the shoulder. ¡°Congrats man, I knew that first day.¡±


    I beam at him. Finally someone gets me. This is my woman and I want everyone to know it. After tonight everyone will.


    Curt decides to ruin the moment. ¡°I for one can wait for a mate. To be locked into one chick, that just sounds sucky.¡±


    I shake my head, ¡°You have no idea how amazing it feels. That one person can be your everything. I for one don¡¯t know what to do when I am not around Madi. She keeps me sane.¡± I forgot for a second that Justin was there.


    Sam nods. ¡°I can see it. I can see that she makes you a little crazy too.¡± He smiles at me, he is referring to the day I kidnapped her.


    ¡°Well, yeah, a little.¡± I concede.


    Madi smiles. ¡°Yeah, he drives me crazy too. Like when he leaves his shoes all over the house. I feel like killing him everytime I trip on one.¡±


    We allugh, even Justin.


    ¡°Yeah, what about how much of a wimp you have made my dog. I can¡¯t get him to hunt anymore.¡± I nudged her.


    ¡°It¡¯s not my fault that he likes my cooking more than yours.¡± She counters.


    Justin looks at me a little surprised. ¡°You have a dog.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, he¡¯s a good dog. Used to hunt with me, now I can¡¯t get him out of the house. He just wants to stay with her.¡±


    ¡°He likes that I rub his belly.¡± Madi looks pleased with herself.


    ¡°Men do not rub dog bellies.¡± I counter.


    ¡°That is why he likes me better, that and when you take off on your hunts, he curls up at the end of the bed andys on my feet. You always kick him out of bed.¡±


    ¡°Because he is a dog.¡± Iugh. ¡°He¡¯s too big for the three of us to use the bed anyway.¡±


    She nods her head. ¡°True.¡±


    Curt jumps in. ¡°Wait, you guys share a bed?¡±


    I look at him like he justnded on the, that is the only exnation for how he did not read that. ¡°What have you been living under a rock, of course we share a bed.¡±


    Madi jumps in. ¡°Ok, enough bedroom talk. How do you all think the alliance talks are going?¡± She busies herself with her te, eating small bites. Not how she eats at home. I am d. That means she isn¡¯tfortable.


    Justin looks down the table. ¡°It seems to be going fine. My uncle isn¡¯t yelling his head off. That is always a good sign.¡±


    I nod. ¡°Yeah, my dad hasn¡¯t raised his voice once. That has to be a good sign.¡±


    Justin looks down at his te, ¡°My uncle doesn¡¯t want to bring this up but he is expecting a pup soon. I know that means that I will no longer be a part of these pleasant functions, but on the plus side. I don¡¯t have to be at these functions.¡± He smirks about thest little bit.


    Curt gives him a funny look, I know he is getting ready to be a smart ass. ¡°Oh, are we that bad Justin? I thought we were getting along smashingly.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t get me wrong, I loved meeting you people, especially Madison, but I hate always having to be on my best behavior. I am moreid back than this. I hate stuffy meetings. I don¡¯t think I will be able to avoid them all together though. I think my uncle wants to keep me around for some advice. For the pup, not him.¡±


    Sam watches Justin for a moment. ¡°I¡¯m sorry if this seems offensive but it seems that you don¡¯t like your uncle very much.¡±


    Justin shrugs. ¡°Yeah, he¡¯s an aggressive bastard that killed my father. Don¡¯t get me wrong, my father deserved it, but I am not so sure that my uncle was the right one for the job. He has always treated me right so I can¡¯tin too much.¡±


    ¡°I see.¡± Sam is not convinced, I can tell. He thinks something is off with Justin.


    I link over to him. ¡°What is it?¡±


    He rxes a little. ¡°Something doesn¡¯t feel right with this guy.¡± He links back. ¡°Not just because he hit on Madison right in front of you, but he just feels off. I don¡¯t trust him.¡±


    ¡°I agree.¡± I linked back.


    My father at the other end of the table clinks his ss with his fork. ¡°I am pleased to announce that we have a new alliance with the Blue ridge pack.¡± Everyone around the table starts to apud. I only do it so that I don¡¯t look weird. ¡°This calls for a celebration. Jordan, bring out the wine.¡± He calls to the Omega that seated us. I think he is supposed to be an acting butler or something. We don¡¯t have servants unless it is a special event, even then they get paid well.


    I don¡¯t really want to keep hanging around, I am ready to go home. I can see that Madi has finished eating. If there is one thing that I have learned from living with her, she doesn¡¯t drink. Still it would be rude to leave before the toast. I lean over to her and whisper, ¡°Don¡¯t worry baby, you don¡¯t have to drink. Just take the ss. After the toast I think we can leave.¡±


    She nodded to me. I can tell she didn¡¯t want to be rude, but didn¡¯t know what to say. I¡¯ll block her from view so that no one notices that she doesn¡¯t actually drink the wine.


    I link to my dad. ¡°After the toast Madi and I are heading out.¡±Text content ? N?velDrama.Org.


    He makes eye contact with me. ¡°Fine, but I expect you back tomorrow. We have things to discuss.¡±


    ¡°Sure.¡±


    I can imagine it has to deal with the alliance. There are things to iron out and probably changes to be made. I can handle that. I just need to get home with Madi.


    Jordan fills all our wine sses. My father starts his toast. ¡°Here is to a long and sessful alliance.¡± He raises the ss and we all follow suit. I block Madi from view and she pretends to drink but doesn¡¯t and ces her ss back down. I take a drink. Not bad, but I have been avoiding drinking with Madi, so it just seems like something old. Like the old me.


    I smile and take Madi¡¯s hand. ¡°Well, gentlemen, I think we are going to call it a night.¡± I put my hand out to shake Justin¡¯s hand. I don¡¯t really want to but it would seem rude if I didn¡¯t. ¡°We have a bit of a drive home.¡±


    He shakes my hand but looks at me questioningly. ¡°You don¡¯t live here?¡±


    ¡°Sometimes. Right now, no. We have our own ce. Deimos is waiting for us.¡± I try to keep the fake smile on my face.


    ¡°Shame I was hoping to spend a little more time with you two before we left.¡± He looks over at Madi, clearly he wants to spend more time with her, without me.


    ¡°I will be back tomorrow. Madi has ns.¡± I squeeze her hand, asking her silently not to argue with me. ¡°I am sure I will see you when I return.¡± I nod to him as I leave the table and head to my father and Alpha Tyler.


    I give my father a formal good-bye then turn to Alpha Tyler. ¡°It was a pleasure meeting you. I look forward to seeing you when I return tomorrow. I wish you all a pleasant evening.¡± I pull Madi out the door after me.


    Once we are outside she heaves a heavy sigh of relief. ¡°Thank God that is over. Justin was creeping me out.¡± She shivers a little.


    ¡°He creeped out Sam too, if that makes you feel any better.¡±


    ¡°Oh, good so he is just a creepy guy.¡± She says sarcastically.


    ¡°I guess so.¡± Iugh a little and open my truck door for her. I have to lift her up into it. The dress she is wearing makes it impossible to climb up there. I was surprised that she could get on her knees in that thing. ¡°I can¡¯t wait to get home and pay you back for your little game earlier.¡±


    ¡°Oh, that was no game.¡± She smiles at me.


    I jog around to the other side of the truck after closing her door. I really can not wait to get home.

 Chapter 11

    MADISONText content ? N?velDrama.Org.


    I am so nervous, did I make the right choice? He seems so sure, but I am not sure. I am far from it. He is so much better than me. I am invisible. Except for his anger issues he is perfect. He ims that Iplete him but I just don¡¯t see it. There is just this overwhelming feeling of inadequacy.


    As soon as we stop in front of the house, hees running around the truck pulling me out of it, still carrying me in his arms he unlocks the door. He has me bridal style all the way to the bedroom. Ethan stands me up next to the bed. ¡°I need to get this dress off of you.¡± His voice is low and husky.


    Iugh a little. ¡°I think you might need to close the front door first.¡±


    ¡°Shit,¡± He groans running out the door. I really got him thatser focused? I find that hard to believe, but here it is.


    I hear the door shut and lock, I am sure it¡¯s because he doesn¡¯t n on leaving the room again, not because he is worried that I will run. I have had plenty of opportunities to run and I haven¡¯t. Hees back into the room with a predator look on his face. ¡°Baby, I am going to go slow, is that alright? I want to enjoy every second of this.¡±


    I nod my head. ¡°Just promise me that you are sure, that you know you want me. Don¡¯t change your mind after, please.¡± I can¡¯t look at him, he is going to change his mind, I know it.


    Hees up to me, pressing his body to mine. He takes his fingers under my chin, making me look at him. ¡°Madi, I promise that you are the only girl for me. I am so sure that there is never going to be another girl in my life. Unless we have a daughter, then I will have another girl in my life, but until then, you are it.¡± His lips leave little kisses around my face as he keeps talking. ¡°Baby, I need you in my life forever. I want you to be mine. I can never want anything more than this.¡± His lips meet mine. It feels perfect.


    I feel his hands reach around me to the zipper of the dress. As it slid down achingly slowly, I wanted to scream, take me already, but I didn¡¯t. He said he wanted to go slow and I will take it. His hands slide down my shoulders pulling my dress off as he goes, slow and sensual. I moan at the pleasure that alone brings me. As soon as my dress reaches past my elbows I feel it slide the rest of the way off pooling down on the floor. Now I am standing here in the middle of the room in my ckcy underwear and ck heels.


    Ethan takes a step back to look at me. ¡°You are absolutely beautiful, do you know that?¡± I blush, I don¡¯t think that, but it feels so amazing to have someone say that to me. He steps closer to me, taking me in his arms. He peppers my skin with kisses. I take this chance to unbutton his shirt. I love the feel of his skin on mine. I slid his tie free from his neck, he unsped my bra. Using his que I slide his shirt down his shoulders. I forgot the buttons on the wrists and the shirt bunches up.


    I chuckle to myself and undo the cuffs. Ethan smiles down at me. ¡°You are cute.¡± As soon as he is free of his shirt, his hands are back on my body. I moan, reaching for his pants. Before I know it we are both in just our underwear, except for my shoes. His boxers have a clear bulge in the front. It¡¯s a tenting effect. He is ready for this.


    He leans me back on the bed, Ethan takes a hold of my left ankle unbuckling my high heel. He kisses my ankle when he drops the shoe. Who knew that would feel so good? He does the same to the other ankle. Now that I am free of the shoes I scoot the rest of the way up the bed. Ethan follows me.


    Ethan frees us both of our underwear, now we are bothpletely naked on the bed. That part alone seemed tost forever. It¡¯s like a very erotic torture. He skims his fingers over my skin. ¡°I want this so bad, baby.¡± His lips meet my breast, sucking and teasing my nipples. I have be so wet I can hardly handle it. Each sweep of his tongue sends currents through my body.


    ¡°Ethan, don¡¯t stop. Love me.¡± I moan as he starts to grind his body into mine. The head of his cock rubbing against my clit as he presses into me.


    ¡°I¡¯m going to slide into you now. Are you ready?¡± I nod, I want him.


    He takes my left hand in his, intertwining our fingers. He uses his right hand to guide himself in. Slow, very slowly. He takes his time. He reaches a point where it hurts, but he pushes through. He sees my eyes widen and he goes to stop, but I reach my arm around him and pull him forward. Soon he is in all the way, I have never felt so full in my life.


    Ethan glides in and out, each passing feels more and more ecstatic. Finally my body is moving with his, grinding and pulsing with him. I have never felt anything like it in my life. The pure emotion of it floors me. ¡°I¡¯m getting close, baby.¡± He whispers in my ear. I can only moan in response. He picks up the pace a little, bringing his hand around. He circles my clit with his thumb.


    It feels like it¡¯s too much. I cry out, moaning in pleasure. ¡°Cum for me baby.¡± As if that was all my body needed to hear, I climaxed. Screaming his name. Ethan releases my clit but continues to slide into me. Then I feel his release, the throbbing cock that is releasing all his seed inside me. After a moment he slides out of me andys his body next to me, pulling me into an embrace.


    ¡°That wasn¡¯t so bad now was it baby? It will be even better next time.¡± Ethan almost purrs in pleasure.


    ¡°I could definitely get used to it.¡± Then something crosses my mind. ¡°Um, Ethan, you didn¡¯t mark me.¡±


    He gets a serious expression on his face. ¡°It¡¯s not that I didn¡¯t want to, I just saw the doubt on your face. I want you to know. So if that means waiting until you know for sure then that is what we are going to do. That doesn¡¯t mean that I am not going to make love to you every chance that I get.¡± He pulls me closer. ¡°I know we are meant to be. You are my fated mate Madison. I am just waiting for you to know. I don¡¯t want you to have this ¡®what if¡¯ in your brain, always doubting us.¡±


    ¡°Ethan, I am just scared.¡± He kisses my forehead. ¡°I love you. I don¡¯t want you to go anywhere. Hell, I am even scared that you are going to kick me out of here in the morning.¡±


    He pulls me around so that I am looking at him. ¡°Baby, I love you. You are going to be lucky if I ever let you leave this bed again. Thest thing I am going to do is kick you out.¡±


    ¡°I am scared.¡±


    He smiles. ¡°I will make sure every day that I work to defuse your fear. I don¡¯t want you to fear us. There is definitely an us. From this day forward there will always be us, not you and me anymore. You are going to be the mother of my children and the woman that I wake up next to every morning. I love you.¡±


    I can feel it. All the emotions that he is flooding out to me, he does love me.


    ¡°I love you too Ethan.¡± Then he kisses me. Soft and passionate. I never want to stop kissing him.

 Chapter 12

    ETHAN


    We hardly slept at allst night. I couldn¡¯t stop having my way with her. I wish I could have marked her, but unfortunately that was not an option. I want her to want itpletely. I know it will happen, I just have to be patient. My wolf wasn¡¯t understanding, he kept trying to push me to mark her. It was like fighting a bear to keep him at bay.


    Right now as I watch her beautiful face sleep, I wonder if she ever does the same. Watch me with such intensity and admiration. She is my world. I wouldn¡¯t have thought that anyone could feel this strongly about another person, but then I met Madison and our worlds collided. Her red hair is framing her face. She is sleeping so peacefully, I almost don¡¯t want her to wake up.


    As if the universe is against me having a good morning there is a banging on the door. It takes me a second to realize, through my irritation, that this shouldn¡¯t be happening at all. No one knows that we are out here. Madi pops up looking around. ¡°Who is it?¡± She asks me.


    I shake my head. ¡°I have no idea. Maybe a camper or lost hiker.¡± I get out of bed and slip my cks fromst night back on. I charge to the door, irritated that some asshole ruined my perfect morning.


    I get to the door and call for whoever is on the other side. ¡°Who is it?¡±


    I hear one man answer. ¡°I am looking for a friend. Perhaps you can help me out. Would you be able to open the door and we can talk?¡±


    The door is thick but not that thick, through the cracks in the door I can catch scents from outside. There are at least three if not more wolves outside. This is not a friendly chat. ¡°Sorry, I haven¡¯t seen anyone. You should move on.¡±


    ¡°Come on friend, just a quick chat.¡± The same man presses.


    ¡°I don¡¯t like people. Sorry, it¡¯s best if you move on.¡±


    Then I hear someone else approach the porch. ¡°Do you smell that?¡± He asks.


    ¡°Smell what?¡± The first one answers.


    ¡°I know that smell. He has a female in there with him.¡± The neer sounds confused but determined.


    ¡°So, what of it? We were supposed to collect him.¡±


    ¡°Change of ns, collect the girl.¡± He growls. Their voices are low, but not that low.


    Oh, hell no that isn¡¯t happening.


    Madies up behind me. ¡°Who is it?¡± She whispers.


    ¡°Someone that we don¡¯t want to meet.¡± I whisper back.


    The first guyes back to the door. ¡°Hey, friend. I am going to need you to send out the female. We will leave in peace if you just send her out. If you don¡¯t, we are going to have to take her by force.¡±


    I call back through the door. ¡°You are mistaken there is no female in here.¡± I look at Madi to let her know not to say a word.


    ¡°We aren¡¯t as dumb as you think we are and I know you aren¡¯t as dumb as you look. Send out the girl.¡±


    ¡°What if I don¡¯t?¡±


    ¡°Like I said, we will have toe in by force.¡± He growls. I know it is difficult but not impossible to break into this house. The biggest defense was the fact that people didn¡¯t know that it existed.


    Madi looks at me. ¡°Let them take me. I don¡¯t want them to hurt you. I am no one. I am expendable.¡±


    I grab her up in my arms. ¡°There is no one less expendable in the world. I can¡¯t live without you baby. Why the hell do they even want you? Except to hurt me.¡±


    She puts her hands on my chest. ¡°Logically it makes sense to let them take me. You can go to your father for help.¡±


    I got an idea. ¡°That¡¯s right my father. I can try to call him.¡± I rush back to the bedroom and search for my cell phone. When I look there are no bars. That has never happened before. What the fuck? They must have a jammer or something. Shit.


    Madies into the room. ¡°What about linking him?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m too far away. Fuck, we are sitting ducks here right now.¡± I hear growling. Poking my head out of the room I see Deimos growling at the door. ¡°What if we shift and fight our way out. Deimos can help.¡±


    ¡°We don¡¯t know how many are out there. They nned to take you, I am sure they have plenty out there.¡± She points out.


    Then banging on the door sounds out through the house. ¡°Send her out, Alpha¡¯s son. We just want the girl then we will be on our merry way.¡±


    ¡°I need time to get her ready, we just woke up.¡± I yell back.


    ¡°You have thirty minutes.¡±


    I turn back to Madison. ¡°I am going to try to contact anyone in the pack, it¡¯s harder when you aren¡¯t focused on one person but if I try to send out something to the whole pack maybe I can get someone. It¡¯s the only choice we have.¡±


    I sit down on the bed and try to focus on the link. Only I am distracted by Madison getting dressed. Is she giving up? ¡°Baby, sit with me.¡±


    She stops rummaging in the closet. ¡°You heard what they said, we only have a half an hour. You said this was ast ditch effort. I think I might have a n that will help you to find me after they take me.¡± She has a determined look on her face.


    I just nod, what else can I do? I don¡¯t want her to leave my side, but if I volunteer to be taken too then there will be no one to know where we are. God only knows what they have nned. That just enrages me even more. If theyy one finger on her I will kill everyone of them. I try to focus on the link, but I don¡¯t get a single wolf. No one is close enough.


    ¡°I¡¯m not getting anyone. What¡¯s your n?¡± I noticed that she put on her baggy clothes. The ones I hate. At least I know that she doesn¡¯t want to look hot for her kidnappers. She grabs a green shirt out of the closet, then heads back to me.


    She holds her hand out. ¡°I need your knife.¡±


    I passed it over without question. I am assuming that she just wants to cut up the shirt for some reason, but that is not what she does. She unfolds my knife then takes a long deep slice down her left arm.


    I jump up when I see the first few drops of blood. ¡°What the hell are you doing?¡±


    She starts wiping up the blood with the shirt. ¡°I am creating a credible scent. We need to cut this shirt up into little pieces. I will put the pieces in my pocket and create a trail, by dropping little pieces along the trail. As far as we know they walked in, that means that they will walk out. At least to wherever they have their vehicle. I don¡¯t know what to do from there. Hopefully you can get a call out after we leave and they can find me fast.¡±


    Now I have an idea. ¡°I have a better idea. We can do that for the way to the vehicle, if I am able to get a hold of someone fast then it shouldn¡¯t be a problem. But I am going to turn the location on on my phone. It doesn¡¯t work now, but they should turn off their jammer after a while. If we hide the phone on you then it will transmit your location to us.¡±


    ¡°Where are we going to hide it where they won¡¯t find it?¡±


    I have to think for a moment, where is one ce that they won¡¯t look. After a minute I got it. ¡°Your underwear, they won¡¯t dare to look there. You are wearing your baggy clothes so they won¡¯t be able to see it. Even if they search you they won¡¯t touch you there. I just need to set the phone up.¡± I pick the phone back up off the bed where I dropped it. I click the phone onto sharing the location with my dad¡¯s phone. Also Sam¡¯s phone. If I can¡¯t get my dad to listen to me then maybe I can get Sam to join me to find her.


    I pull her close to me and open her pants, so I can hide the phone. ¡°Baby, I want you to know that no matter what happens, I am going to find you. You are the most important person in the world to me. I have to find you.¡±


    She pulls my head up so that I am looking her in the eyes. ¡°Promise me that you will not go looking for me on your own. I can¡¯t have something happening to you. You are far too important to be brought down, because of someone like me.¡±Copyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.


    ¡°If I can¡¯t get anyone to listen to me, are you expecting me to just let you be gone. Are you out of your fucking mind?¡±


    ¡°Get them to listen. Don¡¯te alone. Be prepared. I need to know that you are safe. I love you Ethan. I am doing this to make sure that you are safe, don¡¯t make my sacrifice worthless. Do you hear me Ethan, Stay Safe.¡± She emphasizes thatst part.


    ¡°I want to rip them all apart right now.¡± I pull her close to me. She cradles my head to her belly.


    ¡°Promise me.¡± She whispers. I can tell that she is scared. This is so fucked up. How am I supposed to just let them walk away with her?


    ¡°I promise I will stay safe. You do whatever it takes to stay safe too. Fight if you have to, don¡¯t let them hurt you.¡± I squeeze her body closer to mine.


    ¡°I will do what I can. Just find me. I don¡¯t know why they would want to take me over you but at least you will be safe.¡±


    ¡°I know it doesn¡¯t make sense. I figured if anything they would take us both. Not that you aren¡¯t valuable, but only to me.¡±


    ¡°Hopefully we won¡¯t be separated for long. I love you.¡± She kisses my head.


    I stand and pull her to me while I kiss her. ¡°I love you too. I don¡¯t want you to go. I want you to be safe, right here next to me.¡±


    ¡°I know, but this is the best option that we have right now. We have a n that is all that matters. We got this.¡± She is scared shitless, I can smell it on her, but she is trying to put on a strong front for me. I¡¯m scared too, this could be thest time that I see her. I don¡¯t like that thought. ¡°We have to cut up this shirt, or else I bled for nothing.¡±


    So we proceed to cut up the shirt. I hold it tight while she drags the knife over the fabric cutting it into small strips. Something that hopefully they won¡¯t notice. After we have the shirt in the strips she pulls on her hoodie, the one that I hate and shoves the strips in the pocket. The clothes already smell like blood because of when I wed her, so hopefully they won¡¯t notice the scent. I want another option, something else to happen to let me know that we don¡¯t have to do this.

 Chapter 13

    MADISON


    I should have insisted he mark me. Maybe they wouldn¡¯t want me then. I am shaking when I open that door. I insisted that Ethan lock the door behind me. I am not sacrificing myself to let them just get him. I am rushed as I step out on the porch. Two men I have never seen before in my lifee up on each side, grabbing me. ¡°Not sure why you are so important, but you sure are a pretty thing.¡± I cringe. This guy has bad breath, crooked teeth and greasy hair. I swear he is the grossest guy I have ever met.


    ¡°Hey, the second said to take her untouched.¡± The second guy hisses. At least he is better looking. Not that I care, but he doesn¡¯t look like he just escaped from prison. He¡¯s at least clean.


    They both drag me off. Literally my feet don¡¯t touch the ground. I try to reach my hand into my hoodie pocket but they have a firm grip on both my arms. Eventually the greasy one lets me go to lead the way. I am able to drop my first clue. I start to leave my blood trail. The woods start to thin, and I see a waiting SUV. I don¡¯t know how long we have been walking but it has been a while. I still have strips though.


    My hopes are dashed when we reach the truck, they could take me anywhere from here. It will be so much harder to track. I mean the phone between my legs shouldn¡¯t make it too difficult but if they have a jammer wherever they are taking me then it will mean nothing.


    Only when we reach the truck I am shoved in the back and I am shoved into someone¡¯sp. I try to catch my bnce, but fumble and am sprawled. I hear a chuckle from the male who is currently under my hands. Not a good position. ¡°You know I expected you to be thrilled, but this might be a little over excited.¡±


    I know that voice. That¡¯s not possible. He¡¯s dead. I am frozen in shock. I finally managed to look up into his face. Oh, my Goddess. No, this is impossible. It exins why they wanted me instead of him. ¡°Connor?¡±


    ¡°I am so d I found you Mads.¡±


    ¡°Connor, what are you doing here? You were supposed to be dead.¡±


    ¡°Do you want me to be dead?¡± He chuckles a little. He knows I don¡¯t want him to be dead. ¡°I am bringing you back to your pack.¡±


    ¡°Connor, what is going on?¡±


    ¡°We have a new Alpha. Those of us that managed to escape the tyrant that took over our pack. When the Alpha¡¯s son took off with what was left of our pack, we ran into another wolf who was stronger. He challenged the Alpha¡¯s son and took us over. We are with him now. A new Alpha who wants to get us ournd back.¡±


    ¡°He isn¡¯t a tyrant. I met him. He isn¡¯t that bad a guy. Our old Alpha was a stupid ass that challenged an Alpha that was way stronger than him.¡±


    I have managed to sit up and the truck is now moving down the road.


    ¡°Really, that¡¯s why I found you in a remote cabin locked in with his son, like some ve?¡±


    ¡°I am not a ve. I could have left at any time. Ethan was not holding me prisoner.¡± Ok, so at first he was. I¡¯m not counting that, because I wanted to be there.


    ¡°OH, Ethan is it? Did you like sleeping with him?¡± Anger is radiating from him. I can feel it.


    ¡°Connor, why are you doing this?¡±


    ¡°I told you, I am taking you where you belong. That fucker better have enjoyed his good time, because he is never touching my mate again.¡±


    ¡°Connor, I am not your mate.¡±


    ¡°Mads, don¡¯t argue with me. I am on edge enough as it is right now. All I smell is him all over you. Your only saving grace is that you thought I was dead.¡±


    ¡°How are you not dead?¡±


    ¡°I left with the Alpha¡¯s son. Then we were presented with a new Alpha, we have nonds as of yet, but that is going to change real soon.¡±


    ¡°Do you hear yourself? If you are nning on attacking Alpha Thomas then you are insane. They destroyed us when we were at our top. They would kill everyone left if you attack now. Not that he would want to, he really is a good man. You have to listen to me Connor.¡±


    His gaze hardens on me. ¡°You would defend them? What the hell happened to you while I was gone?¡±


    ¡°Nothing. Connor, this isn¡¯t going to fix anything. It¡¯s going to make it worse.¡±


    He grabs the back of my head, gripping my hair. ¡°Did you fuck him?¡±


    I don¡¯t know who this person is, it¡¯s not Connor. Not my friend, he would never hurt me. ¡°Connor, it¡¯s me. Stop.¡±


    His grip tightens. ¡°Did you fuck him?¡± He growls the question.


    I whimper in pain. ¡°Yes.¡±


    He pushes me back. ¡°Fuck Mad. What happened to waiting for your mate? That¡¯s why you made me wait.¡±


    I look away from him. ¡°I have decided to let him be my chosen mate.¡±


    He grabs my hair again, pulling me back to him. ¡°Over my dead body. You are my mate.¡±


    ¡°Connor, what happened to you? This isn¡¯t you.¡±


    His facees closer to mine. ¡°My mate was just fucking someone else, how the fuck do you think I feel?¡±


    ¡°I am not your mate Connor.¡±


    His grip on my hair gets tighter. ¡°Yes, you are. If you utter those words again I will kill your lover. Is that understood?¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± the wordse out as a whimper. I don¡¯t know who this guy is, but it isn¡¯t Connor. Connor wouldn¡¯t hurt me, he wouldn¡¯t kill anyone, not if he had a choice.


    He kisses my cheek. ¡°Good girl. You will have a chance to fix this little mistake of yours. As soon as we get to camp you are going to wash that disgusting scent off you. Then you are going to sleep for a little while. You look exhausted.¡± His hand lessened his grip but he pulled my head to his chest. Holding me close. ¡°Everything is going to be fine now. I¡¯m going to fix us. Fix all this. No matter what it takes.¡±


    He holds me like that as we travel over back roads. I decided to try to get information, that way I know what I am getting into. ¡°How did you find the cabin?¡±


    ¡°A spy had put a tracker on his truckst night when he went to the pack house. We just had to wait for him to be alone. Turns out he wasn¡¯t even living at the pack house. Now we know why. He wanted to keep you all to himself.¡±


    ¡°Who is this new Alpha?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ll meet him when we get there. I already linked him. I had to make a call when I found your scent at that cabin. Thankfully I didn¡¯t piss him off. He seemed pleased with the call.¡±


    ¡°So you are ap dog?¡±


    ¡°Watch your mouth Mads. I am not too happy with you at the moment.¡±


    ¡°Sorry.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t be sorry Mads. We are going to fix this.¡±


    ¡°Do you have a lot of spies?¡±


    ¡°No, just a few. It paid offst night that is for sure. Now the Alpha¡¯s son can¡¯t hide from our forces. That cabin can keep us off for a while, but not long. I am sure he is going to be headed to the pack house now.¡±


    ¡°I am sure he is. At least that is what I told him to do.¡±Copyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.


    He looks down at me. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me that you feel for that dick.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± I am lying and he knows it, but I can tell that he doesn¡¯t want to hear the truth.


    He pulls me closer. ¡°I missed you, Mads. I thought it was going to take longer to find you. I am so d that the goddess led me to you.¡±


    ¡°I did miss you too Connor.¡± That is the truth. I did miss him. Not this guy, but him.


    ¡°We will never be separated again.¡±


    I kept quiet for a while. I didn¡¯t know what else to ask. I can¡¯t get too into details because then he will know I am fishing.


    When the SUVes to a stop I stiffen. I don¡¯t know what the hell I am walking into. Connor pulls me out his door. He keeps my arm tight in his grip. I¡¯m not sure if he is worried that I am going to run or if he is trying to affirm that he is in charge of me. That I am in his custody.


    However when we move to the front of the SUV I know that I am screwed. ¡°Justin.¡± I re at him.


    He smiles at me. ¡°Hey there Madison. He didn¡¯t seem to get around to marking you. It seems it is my lucky day.¡±


    Connor pulls me closer. ¡°I told you that she was my mate.¡±


    Justin justughs. ¡°It would seem that sentiment is going around. I was told the same thingst night. Only it was Ethan that said it. How is Ethan by the way? I assume he was left well.¡±


    ¡°We left him.¡± Connor grumbles.


    ¡°Good, I know losing this little vixen will drive him a little insane. Now, Connor put her in my cabin.¡±


    Connor growls. ¡°No. She goes to my cabin.¡±


    Justin waves him off. ¡°Don¡¯t be silly, you have other duties. How are you going to watch her? I can keep an eye on her better. Put her in my cabin.¡±


    Connor growls again. ¡°All due respect Alpha, but I don¡¯t think so. I don¡¯t like the way you talk about my mate.¡±


    I grit my teeth. ¡°How about you two just fight it out? Or better yet, I seem to be causing a division. I could just leave.¡±


    Justinughs. ¡°You are funny. I like this side of you. Last night you were all docile and political. I like this fire. You should show it off more often.¡±


    ¡°Oh, you have no idea.¡± I re at him.


    He looks at Connor. ¡°As your Alpha, Imand you to put the prisoner in my cabin.¡±


    Connor turns and bares his neck. ¡°Yes, Alpha.¡±


    I can¡¯t believe I just heard that. Connor is going to hand me over to this psycho. He starts dragging me towards the back of the camp. I am assuming it is Justin¡¯s cabin. That is absolutely thest ce I want to be. ¡°Connor, what the hell? This is your Alpha. What the hell are you thinking? He is crazy.¡±


    ¡°Shut up Mads. You just remember who you belong to. I will mark you the first chance that I get. I will keep you safe. You have my word.¡±


    That is notforting. My wolf is on edge. Trying to find a way to fight our way out of this. But as I look around, I see way too many guards for me to fight through alone. So even though I fight it, I know I am going in that cabin. Two other men help Connor pull me inside. It is a one room thing. Not much to see. A bed, a table with a couple of chairs, a dresser and a bathroom. That is it. Ethan¡¯s cabin is a hundred times better.


    ¡°Tie her down.¡± Justin¡¯s voice calls from the doorway. ¡°To the pir. Standing. She needs to be weakened.¡±


    Connor growls. ¡°No she doesn¡¯t. She needs to be imed. As soon as I im her, she will follow directions. Just let me take her back to my cabin.¡±


    Justin finally growls back. ¡°Don¡¯t defy me again Connor. Follow orders. This wolf has to be broken. You don¡¯t have the heart for it. Now tie her down.¡±


    I can feel the tears starting to slide from my eyes. Connor may think he is doing the right thing, but he is doing the absolute worst thing in the world for me. One of the guards that brought me in started tying my hands around this pir that is at the end of the bed. Another ties my legs as well. I am forced to stand. The pir is wide enough that my grip is tight and my face has to rest against the wood.


    ¡°Now leave us.¡±


    I can sense that Connor hesitates, but the other guards follow with no problem. Connor leaves after a minute. I am sure he is contemting if he did the right thing, he isn¡¯t.

 Chapter 14

    As soon as the door is closed, Justin clicks a lock. ¡°Alone atst. You knowst night, I thought of you, right here, like this. Only for a little while. Then you were on the bed, under me. Do you care to live out my fantasy?¡±


    ¡°Go to hell.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you want to know what I want?¡±


    I can feel his body heat behind me. He is just short of touching me. ¡°What I gather you want is to take your father¡¯s pack back from your uncle. You thought you had a better chance before he got his mate pregnant. Now that you are pushed out as second, you have to bring up your timeline.¡±


    ¡°Close. I knew he would get that bitch pregnant. I have been building my army. Only I am missing one thing. I need a Luna. My own heir. Do you care to take a guess on who I have chosen?¡±


    ¡°Do I look like I give a shit?¡±


    His hands grip on my hips. ¡°You should. I picked you. Last night. The way you acted at that table was the most regal I have ever seen a woman act in my life. Youmanded that table. You had Ethan wrapped around your finger. That is what I need in a Luna. A woman who willmand any room that she walks into. A woman who will not allow anyone to control her. You will be my woman.¡± He pushes himself forward, I can feel his erection behind me. ¡°I am just lucky that my men found that damn cabin before he marked you. I figured you would run and they would bring you back. I figured he would fight and get free. But the asshole didn¡¯t even fight for you. What the hell kind of a man doesn¡¯t fight for his queen?¡±


    ¡°One who listens to his queen and lets her go. Because she isn¡¯t a weak bitch that can be broken.¡±


    ¡°Well, still, he should have put up some sort of fight. Unless you two have a n. Is that it? You have some rescue n. Do you have a tracker on you?¡± I remain silent. I know if I say no then he will think I am lying and if I say yes then he is going to look for it. ¡°Hum, that is interesting. You probably do have a n. But will he find you in time? Will his father even help? You are just a pack wolf. No one special. He didn¡¯t even step in when that son of a bitch held you captive.¡±


    ¡°What do you want Justin?¡±


    He puts his lips next to my ear. ¡°I told you, you to be my Luna. I won¡¯t force you though. But at some point you are going to be on that bed, naked.¡±


    ¡°I will never be your Luna.¡±


    His hands move off my hips. ¡°We will see. Actually I would have been disappointed if you just agreed. So, here is how this will go. You will have water, when and only when I say. No bathroom breaks. You will stand there until I say. You will have no food. Depending on how long this takes, we shall see if we need to add physical pain.¡±


    ¡°Connor isn¡¯t going to let you take me as your mate.¡±


    Heughs. ¡°Connor is a weak little shit. I can get a new second to follow directions if I have to. Already he handed you over to me. What the hell did he think I was going to do?¡±


    I figure I have a while on my bowels at least. I went after I got up and I haven¡¯t eaten or drank anything this morning. I lean my body towards the pir, taking as much tension off my legs as possible. ¡°Well, that is a poor way to run a pack.¡± I point out. I am not scared of Justin. He can do what he wants, but I will not break.


    ¡°Oh, before I forget, We need to brand you.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°A mark. One that you will always bear. One that will mark you as mine. I am thinking a perfect J on your back will be good.¡± Then I feel my shirt and sweater being cut right up the back, now my bare back is exposed to him. All that he can see is my bra strap in the back. ¡°Your skin is beautiful. It is a shame I will have to mark it. But I can¡¯t have you forgetting who you belong to, now can we?¡±


    I feel the burn starting at my right shoulder de. It continues down my back and I feel it curve back up after reaching just above my waist. At first I tried to keep the pain to myself, but as the burning continued and got more intense, I started screaming. I could even hear Connor banging on the door. He knew I was being hurt. Good, his dumb ass needs to feel bad for this. He delivered me here.


    ¡°Now, that is going to burn for a little. Silver is not very agreeable with our skin. I just sliced open your back in the shape of a J with a hunter¡¯s knife. You are probably going to pass out from the pain soon. Don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t think you are weak. It is a reasonable response. I will be here when you wake up.¡± He pats my left shoulder and I want to scream even more. Especially when his lips make contact with my neck. But as the pain starts to ebb away I do drift off to sleep. At least I don¡¯t have to think about it in my sleep.

 Chapter 15

    ETHAN


    I made it back to the pack house as quickly as I could. I skid out when I hit the breaks out front. Curt and Sam came running out. ¡°Your father wasn¡¯t expecting you for another couple of hours, what is going on?¡±


    Sam shows me his phone. ¡°This says you are in the next county. What the hell is going on?¡±


    ¡°They took her. Some assholes took her, we have to get her back.¡±


    Curt looks pale. ¡°Someone took Madison.¡±


    ¡°Yes, where is my father?¡±


    Sam answers. ¡°In his office. He is in a meeting with the Alpha fromst night.¡±


    I charge into the pack house and keep charging until I am in that office. My father looks at me irritated. ¡°What are you doing? You can¡¯t charge in here like you are in the middle of a battle.¡±


    I growl. ¡°We are in the middle of a battle. I was attacked. They took Madi.¡±


    Both Alphas look me over. Alpha Tyler is the one to ask. ¡°What exactly happened?¡±


    ¡°This morning a pack of wolves surrounded my cabin. I was going to fight them off, they wanted me at first, but then something changed. They caught Madi¡¯s scent and took her instead. She told me not to fight so that I would be safe. I can¡¯t let them keep her.¡± I am pleading with my father to understand. She is my life, I can¡¯t let her stay with those wolves. Not if I can save her.


    My father shakes his head. ¡°Sounds like maybe her mate took her. If they caught her scent and took her instead of you, then she refused to fight.¡±


    ¡°No, you don¡¯t understand. We have a n. I hid my phone on her and sent the location to you and Sam. She is only there until I can get to her. They wanted me, they are attacking our pack. She is a pack member. You have to protect her.¡±


    ¡°I can assess the situation and decide the next course of action. But as I said, it sounds like she found her mate.¡±


    ¡°She couldn¡¯t have found her mate, her birthday isn¡¯t for another twelve days.¡±


    Alpha Tyler looks at my father. ¡°It sounds to me like they are taking her for bait. They intended to take your son, but he was probably more than they could handle. But they knew that he wouldn¡¯t be able to let her be taken. If you don¡¯t respond then they will kill her. She is only valuable if she brings them Ethan.¡±


    I started pacing the office. ¡°It was more than that. The guy that caught her scent said that he knew it. It is someone that already knew Madi, but didn¡¯t know she was there before they got there. They took her for another reason. We have to get her.¡±


    My father shakes his head. ¡°I can¡¯t risk sending in wolves into an obvious trap.¡±


    I lean on his desk and make sure that he hears mepletely. ¡°Then I will do it myself. I will not allow my mate to be killed like somemon dog because you are indifferent to her.¡±


    He doesn¡¯t even flinch. ¡°You said that her birthday isn¡¯t for another twelve days, she isn¡¯t your mate.¡±Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°We decided to be chosen mates. I wasn¡¯t going to wait for her birthday.¡± I growl back. ¡°I already picked her.¡±


    He leans back in his chair. ¡°My hands are tied. I will try to send in a spy, but I will notunch a full attack on this hunch.¡±


    I growl and leave the office. Time for n B. Marching back out, I see that Curt and Sam are waiting. As well as several other wolves. ¡°We are ready.¡± Sam states with a nod to me.


    ¡°Follow me. Make sure that location doesn¡¯t move. Note where it is, we are getting her back.¡±


    At least fifteen wolves follow me out to the vehicles out front. I know it isn¡¯t what she deserves, but I will make it work. She is my mate and I will be damned if I am going to leave her in their clutches for a second longer than I have to. Deimos is in my truck and he can sense that she is in danger too, he has been whining since she was taken. I know he will fight to get to her too. So I guess that makes our number seventeen to the goddess only knows how many.

 Chapter 16

    All through the drive through the woods, all I can think is that I should have marked herst night. I shouldn¡¯t have let her doubt cloud what we had. They probably wouldn¡¯t have taken her if she was marked. Or maybe it is better this way, they might keep her alive a little longer since she isn¡¯t. Fuck, I don¡¯t like these thoughts, she should be in my arms, not held captive by some assholes.


    Sam links me. ¡°We are going to need to pull over, they will spot the vehicles if we drive any further in.¡±


    I pull over. I know that a couple of the guys have been trained in tracking, I am assuming that they can slink in there and see what is up in the camp, get us numbers. Getting out I pull Deimos out, on his leash, because I don¡¯t want him taking off without a directmand and direction. ¡°Alright, Kevin, James, can you two get in that camp and get us numbers. Maybe a location for my mate.¡±


    They both nod and take off towards the camp. Sam waves his phone at me. ¡°The location just went down. They found the phone.¡±


    ¡°Fuck. Alright, as long as they don¡¯t move her then we are fine. I am really hoping that this is some rogue and all they have is this camp. If it is someone with more connections then they will move her and we may never find her.¡±


    Curt nods. ¡°All we can do right now is wait for the link on what we need to know. I suggest that night fall would be the best option. Most of us have dark fur. If we attack like that, using shadows and dark to our advantage then we could get the upper hand. Not to mention, we have time to cut the power.¡±


    I like that strategy. ¡°As long as it looks like they aren¡¯t moving her, then that is a good n. Now I want another n if it looks like they are going to move before nightfall.¡±


    We all hear the cracking of limbs off to the right. We crouch and look in that direction. One manes into the clearing. ¡°I knew you woulde.¡±


    I growl. ¡°You were supposed to be her friend.¡± I recognize him from the pictures in her scrapbook. He was the one kissing her.


    He puts his hands up. ¡°I am. She is my mate, I don¡¯t give a shit what you think. But that son of a bitch hurt her. He is going to die. I have the information that you need to get in.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t fucking trust you.¡±


    ¡°There is a tracker on your truck, that is how we found your cabin, and how I found you now. I am the only one with the app to locate it. Check my phone, it is in my left pocket.¡± I nod to Curt and he checks the left pocket and tosses me the phone. Then he proceeds to check all his pockets.


    ¡°Why did you take her? Why didn¡¯t you take me?¡±


    I can see on the phone that he does have an app that shows the exact location of my truck. ¡°Because she is my mate, asshole. I have known it since we were twelve. I have known her far longer than you. You may think that you have some connection, but it will never be what we have.¡±


    I nod. ¡°Agree to disagree. I would have never let her get hurt.¡±


    ¡°Only you did when you handed her over.¡±


    ¡°Because she wanted me to.¡±


    He nods. ¡°To keep you safe. She was always one to sacrifice herself for the ones around her. My Alpha has her locked up in his cabin. It¡¯s on the West side of camp. There is blood on the two pirs on the porch as a mark. That wasn¡¯t my intention when I put them there, but they will work now.¡±


    ¡°Who is your Alpha?¡±


    ¡°His name is Justin.¡±


    Sam, Curt and I all growl in unison. Sam mutters. ¡°I knew something was off with that guy.¡±


    ¡°Curt, hand me your phone.¡± He tosses me his phone and I dial up my father. He answers after the first ring. ¡°You better get your ass back here Curtis, my son and this whole little trip is going to get you all extra training at the least. I want you all back here now.¡±


    I growl in the line. ¡°I am not going back, Father. Not without her. Alpha Tyler¡¯s nephew Justin is the one that took her. He was trying to get herst night. If you need more proof that this isn¡¯t a mate thing, then I have one of his wolves. He was from the pack that we just absorbed. Apparently the wolves that escaped didn¡¯t go rogue, they just found a different Alpha. Justin is building his own pack.¡±


    My father is quiet for a minute. ¡°Hang on.¡±


    I wait, I can tell that he is rying this information to Alpha Tyler. Hees back on the line. ¡°Where are you? I don¡¯t have the signal any longer.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll send the location from Curt¡¯s phone. Follow it this time. We have her exact location. Numbers would be good.¡±


    The guy looks at me. ¡°We are at one hundred. Give or take a couple.¡±


    I ry that to my father. ¡°I sent in Kevin and James to verify. I should have information back by the time you get here.¡±


    I ended the call with him and sent the location of the phone from Curt¡¯s. ¡°You do know this is betraying your new Alpha.¡±


    The guy looks down. ¡°He shouldn¡¯t have fucking hurt her.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡±


    He huffs. ¡°I thought you knew about me.¡±


    ¡°She never said your name. Just that you were dead and she was sad about it.¡±


    ¡°How did you know who I was then?¡±


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    ¡°Connor.¡±


    ¡°Well, Connor. Any damage that she sustained in that cabin, you will get in return. It¡¯s your fault she is in there.¡±


    ¡°dly. You have no idea how much I love Mads.¡±


    ¡°Not nearly enough.¡± I state. ¡°You left her in danger twice.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re right, but it doesn¡¯t change the fact that I love her. I will do anything for her. Now are you going to save her or not. Because if you are here just to dick around, I¡¯ll find another way.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re staying with me. I will be the one to rescue her. You will be lucky if you live to see tomorrow.¡±

 Chapter 17

    MADISON


    Shock spreads through my body as the cold drenching water soaks my body. Gasping I do my best to look around, but all I see is Justin in front of me, holding a phone. A broken phone. He is kind of waving it at me. Not only that, but he is only wearing a towel. ¡°This was a bad girl, Madison.¡± He looks over my shoulders. ¡°I want her facing the bed, back to the post.¡±


    My body aches as the guards rearrange my body. I scream in pain again, when they press my injured back up against the pir. My legs feel like they are on fire. My back feels worse. Once I am secure again, he addresses the guards again. ¡°I want you to find Connor, he has been too quiet.¡±


    The guards leave us alone. Justin looks me over. ¡°Well, I have to say Madison, you are starting to look a little bit like crap. But I think it has to do with those clothes. I think we need to remove them.¡±


    ¡°You are a sick son of a bitch you know that.¡±  I growl.


    He smirks. ¡°Still so full of fire. I like it.¡± He grabs a knife that was on the bed, thankfully not a hunter¡¯s de. ¡°Now, I really hope you can grow to at least admire me. Like me at least. It would be better for the two of us, if you will just go with the program.¡±


    I re. ¡°Over my dead body.¡±


    ¡°Oh, I get it.¡± Hees closer and starts cutting off my sweater. Since he already cut open the back, he is cutting up the arms so that he can pull it loose. ¡°You think Ethan is going toe rescue you. Oh, isn¡¯t that sweet. But if you honestly thought that I didn¡¯t know he was going to pull some stunt to rescue you, you are a little dumb.¡± He finishes cutting up one arm and is now moving to the second. ¡°My men are already on high alert, about ten minutes ago, they caught two spies. Which means he is already trying to get in, but he won¡¯t. I am ready for far worse than him to attack. Not to mention I had my own spies. His father doesn¡¯t believe that you didn¡¯t just run off with your mate. He refused to send anyone. So he is here with just a handful of men. He will be dead after the first attack.¡±


    He pulls the fabric of my sweater and ites sliding off. A little of the shirt is still attached so he has to cut that still. He starts working on it. ¡°You are quiet. Worried about the man that was almost your mate?¡±


    ¡°No, because I know he will be the one killing you.¡±


    Heughs. ¡°Not likely.¡± My shirt hits the floor. The front of my bra is still covering my breasts, but it is hanging loose since he cut open the back. ¡°I think we will leave that there for a minute.¡± He bends to cut the jeans up the sides. ¡°You know this will go so much easier if you just ept me as your mate. If you were my Luna you would be treasured beyond anything you could ever imagine. I think if you gave me a chance you might enjoy it.¡±


    ¡°That will be a cold day in hell. If this is how you treat your Luna, then I¡¯m scared to see how you treat your pack.¡±


    He chuckles. ¡°See, you are a Luna. Caring about the pack.¡± He moves to my other leg. ¡°Too bad it is in the wrong fashion. You don¡¯t seem to see that I am going to be an alli here.¡± The dees close to my skin as he cuts thest section of my pants. ¡°Or I could be an enemy, it is really your choice.¡±


    ¡°You are a talker, you know that. Too bad it sounds like shit.¡±


    He stands and smiles at me. ¡°Yet, you are practically naked in my cabin.¡± He tosses the knife. ¡°I wonder if I can get you wet.¡±


    I roll my eyes. ¡°The only wet that you will give me is when you have your goons soak me in water.¡±


    His fingers start to glide over my stomach. ¡°Well, let¡¯s see if that is true.¡± Both his hands start to explore my body. ¡°You really are a beautiful creature Madison. It was such a shame you were wasting it on Ethan. He doesn¡¯t deserve it.¡± Now his lips have joined in. I am going numb, just waiting for it to be over. ¡°Watch me Madison. Watch what I am doing to your body.¡± I had closed my eyes. But it would seem he doesn¡¯t want that. Because when I refuse to open my eyes, he pinches my nipple, hard. I let out a gasp and opened my eyes. ¡°I will not have you shutting down on me.¡±


    He steps back and removes the towel. I look away, ¡°Look at me Madison. You need to see what you do to me.¡± He lets out a growl, so I look. His manhood is impressive, but Ethan¡¯s is better.


    ¡°I¡¯ve seen better.¡± I smirk.


    He growls but grasps his shaft. ¡°This will be thest dick you ever see. I suggest you get used to it.¡± He starts stroking himself, while looking at my body. ¡°I can¡¯t wait to have you spread out on my bed.¡± He steps closer, still stroking his cock, but he puts the head against my leg, rubbing it up and down my leg. ¡°Your skin feels good.¡±


    ¡°I think you need mental help.¡±


    As an answer to that he pulls down my bra. ¡°Fuck you have an amazing body.¡±


    ¡°This is as close as you will ever get.¡± I growl.


    ¡°You know I can do anything to you that I want. You are tied and at my mercy. Your body is only covered by a thin piece ofce. As a matter of fact, I am going to have to cum all over you. How do you suggest I do that?¡±


    ¡°Go take a cold shower.¡±


    ¡°Or,¡± He grips the top of my underwear, I hear it rip off. ¡°Now I said that I wasn¡¯t going to fuck you until you were ready, but I can hump the shit out of you.¡±


    ¡°You are really sick.¡±


    ¡°You are still at my mercy.¡± His hands grip my hips. I feel his dick push between my legs. He pulls back and spits on his dick before sliding back between my legs. ¡°You are going to feel so good around my cock.¡±


    ¡°That will never happen. I will never consent.¡±


    ¡°Time will tell.¡± He pumps into my legs. ¡°I could just take it. I don¡¯t think anyone will fault me. Right now, I could just change the direction of my trusts and I would be inside you.¡±


    ¡°You are a dick.¡±


    ¡°I am using my dick.¡± He smiles.


    His thrusts became more erratic. He starts to get dangerously close to mybia. I grit my teeth and struggle to pull back. I do not want him to prate me. His teeth graze my neck. ¡°I could so easily mark you right now.¡± He groans. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t fuck around about it, if I said I was going to mark you then I would do it. As soon as you ept me, I will sink my teeth into you in the next second. Do you understand?¡±


    ¡°Go to hell.¡± He thrusts more upward. ¡°Don¡¯t you fucking dare.¡±


    He groans. ¡°It¡¯s just right there. Just sitting there. I can make it feel so good.¡±


    I struggle. ¡°No, I don¡¯t want it.¡±


    Justin ms his mouth over mine and keeps thrusting. I try to fight him, but the most I can do is move my head from side to side, he just follows. Still he gets close to mybia. Then I feel him coat my legs, he lets out a grunt as he bites my lip. He releases my lip but doesn¡¯t move back. ¡°I will fuck you. It is just a matter of time. For now, this will do.¡±


    He pulls back, picking up his towel off the floor he cleans off his dick. He tosses it to the floor and walks towards his dresser. ¡°I n on doing that again in an hour. So, what shall we do until then?¡±


    ¡°Die.¡±


    He gives me a pouty face. ¡°Oh, are you upset because I didn¡¯t get you off. All you have to do is say the word. I would be more than happy to let you cum.¡±


    ¡°Just let me go, or kill me, because I am never going to ept you.¡±


    ¡°How about some water?¡±


    ¡°No, I don¡¯t want shit from you. I would rather die.¡±


    He is quiet while he pulls some shorts from his dresser and slips them on. When he turns he looks disappointed. ¡°Madison, I think we are getting off on the wrong foot. I think you think this is some dalliance. I don¡¯t think you realize that I am serious about being your partner. I don¡¯t want to hurt you. I want to untie you. I really do, but I know you will run. So I have to leave you tied. So you see, you are in this situation because you won¡¯t ept me. You won¡¯t ept my hospitality. Just let me mark you Madison and this can all stop.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t give a shit what you think you are saying to me. All I hear is that I have to do what you want or else I will suffer. Do you honestly think that I would want to live my life with a man like that?¡±


    Hees towards me, he gives me a tender look. Cupping my check and cing his hand on my hip. ¡°You have no idea how crazy you make men do you? Maybe you will be better if I just mark you. It wouldn¡¯t hurt anything really, because I am not going to let anyone else have you. Maybe if you felt my teeth in your skin you would feel how serious I am.¡±


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    ¡°I heard how he took you. How is that different from what I did?¡±


    ¡°He didn¡¯t cut up my back with a hunter¡¯s knife. I wasn¡¯t tied to a pir. He didn¡¯t hump me to get himself off. He took care of me. He made me feel loved. He didn¡¯t hurt me. Not once. He allowed me to move around the cabin. I had a choice. You haven¡¯t given me any choice.¡±


    ¡°Yes, I did. The choice to choose me. Just pick me.¡±


    ¡°Really I haven¡¯t seen anything that I like.¡±


    ¡°I can be tender. If you just let me mark you then you would see. You could see the other side of me. You will see the mate that you will get.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want it.¡±


    He pulls back. ¡°Well, let¡¯s give it more time.¡±


    ¡°Time isn¡¯t on your side. He ising.¡±


    ¡°He won¡¯t be enough. He will never get to the center of camp. Let alone here.¡±


    He turns his attention to the door. ¡°Come in.¡±


    A guardes in. But doesn¡¯te past the doorway, thank the goddess, I am still very much naked. ¡°Connor isn¡¯t in camp. He left.¡±


    Justin growls. ¡°Where did he go?¡±


    ¡°We don¡¯t know. All that we know is that he left the camp about an hour ago, maybe a little longer.¡±


    Justin is silent. ¡°He is ignoring my links. That means he has betrayed us. I want everyone on high alert. He is going to be telling them everything. He wants her.¡±


    I can¡¯t help but be satisfied. ¡°A little hole in your n there Justin.¡±


    ¡°Shut up, it changes nothing. He still won¡¯t get through. Neither of them will have you.¡±


    I hear the door m shut. ¡°It looks like we might need to move you. Tonight. We will move you to a more secure location. Just to be sure.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you think that Connor knows that you will do that?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you think that I thought ahead. Connor doesn¡¯t know all he thinks he does.¡±


    ¡°You didn¡¯t even trust your second. Boy you have issues.¡±


    ¡°My Uncle was my father¡¯s second. He didn¡¯t hesitate to kill my father. I will not be in that same boat. I believe that everyone will betray me.¡±


    ¡°You do need mental help.¡±


    ¡°Or am I right? Connor betrayed me for you.¡±


    ¡°Well, if you weren¡¯t a dick.¡±


    ¡°Or maybe they are just trying to take what belongs to me?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t belong to you.¡±


    ¡°You will.¡± Then I hear the door open and close again. I imagine that he is nning for the uing battle. I know Ethan is more prepared than he thinks. Justin is not going to win this one. No matter what he thinks.

 Chapter 18

    ETHAN


    As twilight approaches I am getting antsy. I need her back. Now our forces are numbered in the three hundreds. My father didn¡¯t fail. Since Alpha Tyler¡¯s nephew is the one that caused this problem he poured in some troops too. There is no way his one hundred wolves will take us down. I will get her back.


    Now it is my turn to make sure that she is safe first and foremost. I pull Curt to the side. ¡°I need you to do something for me. I know you don¡¯t approve of Madison, but I am trusting you here. I want when we infiltrate for you to go straight to Justin¡¯s cabin. I want her to be safe. Don¡¯t fight, just get to that cabin. He might see thising and try to move her when we attack. I need you to keep that from happening.¡±


    ¡°Dude, isn¡¯t there someone else? You know I am better in a fight.¡±


    ¡°I do know that, but I also know that there is no one that can protect her better, except me. But he is going to be counting on me to run in guns zing. His focus will be on me, I know Sam won¡¯t leave my side. That means I need you. I am depending on you. You have to get to her and keep her safe.¡±


    He rubs the back of his head. ¡°I¡¯m not so sure I am the best guy to do this, but I¡¯ll follow your lead.¡±


    ¡°I trust you Curt. Keep her safe.¡±


    He nods to me. That is as much of a response as I will get from him. I know I can depend on him.


    I leave him to prepare, he has to get in his own mind set. I know it. So I moved over to my father. He is talking to Alpha Tyler. ¡°What exactly was Justin thinking? It looks like a ton of rogues. How can he possibly think that he can control a group like that?¡±


    Alpha Tyler shrugs. ¡°I don¡¯t think he really thought that through. He is angry. He isshing out. I still have no clue why he took the girl.¡±


    I scoff. ¡°I do, he wants to have a Luna. An heir, to keep his pack together, even if he loses. Just like you did. He has been running this pack under your nose for some time. He has no n to be a part of your pack. I¡¯m pretty sure that he ns to take his father¡¯s pack back.¡±


    He looks thoughtful. ¡°That would make sense. I could feel him pulling away, I just was too busy running the pack to notice. I figured he would get over it.¡±


    ¡°Well, he decided to get even instead.¡±


    I feel a tap on my shoulder. Looking over I see Connor. ¡°Who let you wander around?¡±


    ¡°Oh, I am being watched, don¡¯t worry about that. I wanted to talk to you.¡±


    I follow him over to the side. Once there is some space he turns to address me again. ¡°I want you to know that I will never stop loving Mads. I don¡¯t care who her mate is, I just want to ask you to wait until her birthday, that way you and I can both be sure. Can you do that?¡±


    ¡°I care about what Madi wants. If she wants me to mark her then I will do it as soon as she asks. I am not waiting again. I should have marked her when she wanted me to the first time. I¡¯m not going to lose her.¡±


    ¡°Just please, Wait until her birthday.¡±


    ¡°Only if she wants me to.¡±


    ¡°THE POWER HAS BEEN CUT.¡± A call echos through our link.


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    He nods, but I can see the sadness in his eyes.

 Chapter 19

    MADISON


    Justin came back in and I am scared, he has that crazy look on his face. ¡°That bastard managed to convince more wolves to join him. I bet you are pretty satisfied with yourself.¡±


    ¡°Well, I did tell you that he wasing.¡±


    ¡°Well, little miss I know everything, Here is something you don¡¯t know. I am not letting you leave this cabin without my mark. So buckle up, this might hurt.¡± I can see him bare his fangs. His canines dripped with drool.


    I scream. Struggling against the binds. Then the lights go out. ¡°Fuck, what now?¡±


    He kisses my neck. ¡°I am going to take care of this, then I will be back. Don¡¯t even think you are getting out of this.¡±


    I can hear the door open and m shut. I don¡¯t know how long I sit there in total darkness, but it isn¡¯t long before the door opens again. The door closes again. ¡°Please Justin, don¡¯t do this. I don¡¯t want you to mark me.¡±


    I catch a scent but it isn¡¯t Justin. ¡°Curt?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, dude you look like shit. You should really talk to the hospitality management in this ce. It leaves a lot to be desired.¡±


    ¡°Curt, can you just please untie me?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m getting there. I can¡¯t see a knife. Hold still, I don¡¯t want to scratch you.¡±


    ¡°Couldn¡¯t feel any worse than I already do.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, but if I scratch you Ethan will kill me. It¡¯s bad enough he may blind me after this.¡±


    ¡°Please, like I would let him.¡± I can feel my restraints loosen. ¡°You are the one saving me. Why are you the one saving me?¡±


    ¡°Because Ethan thought his best warrior would be best suited to rescue you. Besides, he thought the others would focus on him. Leaving me free to focus on you. Turns out he was right, no one paid me much attention when I made my way to you.¡± I feel my feet clear. I rush to the dresser and feel for a shirt and pants. I need to be covered before anyone else sees me.


    ¡°Well, I appreciate the rescue, let¡¯s get the fuck out of here before Justin gets back.¡± I am moving and dressing at the same time. We don¡¯t even make it to the door before it is opened again.


    ¡°I told you that you weren¡¯t leaving here without my mark.¡±


    I cringe. ¡°Justin, just let me go. I don¡¯t want your mark. You can find another girl.¡±


    Curt pushes me behind him. Only I can see Justin aim a pistol right at Curt. ¡°You are going to have to die. I¡¯m sorry, but you aren¡¯t taking her. Actually, I¡¯m not sorry.¡±


    I don¡¯t even pause to think I push Curt to the side as the bullet fires. Taking the bullet that was meant for Curt. It hits my shoulder, but it is clear it is a silver bullet. I can feel it burn through my system. I am screaming while the sound of cracking bones sounds through the air. Another shot rings out and there is wing of flesh and screams that echo my own. Finally after one loud crack the other screams die down. Mine are quickly consuming me. I whimper and whine, begging for the burning to stop.


    ¡°Damn it woman, what the hell were you thinking?¡± My skin tears and I can feel fingers digging in my flesh as the burning continues. After a minute the burning starts to die down. ¡°Stay with me Madi, don¡¯t you dare fucking die. Ethan will kill me if you die.¡±


    I cough, ¡°Good to know you care.¡± I can hardly catch my breath. I feel like fucking passing out. Not only that, but I want to pass out. Or maybe die. Neither option sounds good at this point.


    ¡°Just stay the fuck with me Madi.¡±


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    ¡°Don¡¯t fucking say that. You can pull through. Just keep it together a little longer.¡±


    ¡°If I don¡¯t make it, tell Ethan it was him. It was always him.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you think he already knows that. Don¡¯t fuck with me Madi, you are not dying now. Why the fuck did you take that damn bullet? It was meant for me?¡±


    ¡°I will be damned if I will let someone die for me.¡± Ites out as a mutter.  Then it is all dark.

 Chapter 20

    ETHAN


    The wolves kept fighting, it¡¯s the rogue in them, they don¡¯t want to be conquered. However our numbers were too much for them. We lost a few, but with our at least three to one odds, we took down far more of theirs. Still I didn¡¯t see Justin anywhere.


    I charged to the cabin with Connor and Sam at my side. I can smell the blood when I am within twenty feet of the cabin. I pick up my pace, the door is wide open. I don¡¯t even take the time to tell whose blood it is. When I trudge inside I see Justin¡¯s dead body, but Curt is curled over Madi.


    I reach down to pull him back, he looks up at me with tears in his eyes. ¡°She jumped in front of the damn bullet. She took the bullet meant for me. She was already tainted with silver. I think it was too much.¡±


    I crumble. I was toote. I can hear movement, but it means nothing. That is until Sam¡¯s voice rings out. ¡°She is still here. We need to get her to a clinic, fast.¡±


    Tears are streaming down my own face, but I move quickly, pulling her up in my arms. Conner tries to take her but I growl and make sure he knows I will never let him touch her again. I run as fast as I can. My father is at the door. ¡°Go to the south, there is a cabin where our doc is looking after wolves. Push her to the front.¡±


    I listen. Because this is the fastest option. I can¡¯t lose her. I can¡¯t, she is everything to me. When we reach the makeshift clinic I push her straight to the doctor. ¡°Silver poisoning. She was shot.¡±


    ¡°Is the bullet out?¡± Fuck I never asked Curt.


    Thankfully he is behind me. ¡°Yes, I removed it within five minutes. She said that he cut her with a knife too.¡±


    The doctor nods and starts an IV. I can see the red fluid pumping into her. ¡°This is synthetic blood, it is all I have on stock at the moment. It is designed to work with all blood types. Most wolves respond well to it. But we are going to need to watch her.¡± Iy her on a table in the middle of the cabin. The doctor hooks her up and starts treating her shoulder wound. After a moment he looks over her body. ¡°I don¡¯t see the cuts.¡±


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    I re at him. ¡°How do you know?¡±


    ¡°She was a little naked when I got there.¡±


    The doctor interrupts what I am going to say next. ¡°Help me roll her, I need to see the extent of the damage.¡± Carefully we rolled her to her side. He trades me ces and lifts the shirt that she is wearing. I can see the red puffy skin that is trying to heal. Arge J is sliced into her back. It is pretty much her whole back. What the fuck did that guy do to her? ¡°This is deep. He intended for this not to heal without a scar. She will heal though. It looks like he did this earlier today. So there is enough of a distance between the cuts and the bullet that her body can fight off the silver. We just need to give her time to heal.¡±


    I feel like my life is crumbling. She needs to wake up. I need to have her look at me. To let me know that she is safe. We roll her back over onto her back. She is still asleep, but at least it looks like her breath has increased. People begin to move off and leave me alone with her. Except Connor, he sits on her other side. I growl at him. ¡°This is because of you. She wouldn¡¯t have been here if it wasn¡¯t for you.¡±


    He res at me. ¡°This was not my intention. I love her. I wanted my mate. I didn¡¯t want her to get hurt. If the situation was reversed, would you have left her behind again?¡± I can see the pain on his face, but all I really care about is the pain that she went through because of him.


    ¡°I would never have brought her to Justin. He was unstable and you know it. He would have found a way to hurt her. If I found her, I would havee back after taking the prisoner and taken her somewhere safe. Away from Justin. I wouldn¡¯t have left her alone with Justin for a second.¡±


    He sighs. ¡°I was overwhelmed. When I caught her scent, I hadn¡¯t smelled it in four months. We have been inseparable since we were kids. To be away from her was hell. I didn¡¯t even really know if she was alive. When I caught her scent I knew her birthday was close, a day I had waited for for what felt like forever. I couldn¡¯t let her get away again. I didn¡¯t want to let her out of my sight.¡±


    ¡°Still you let your own selfish desires rule out her safety. I will never forgive you for that.¡±


    ¡°Well, maybe she will. That is what I can hope for. I love her, I always have. I won¡¯t ever stop.¡±


    ¡°Connor you are going to be lucky if she ever speaks to you again.¡±


    ¡°Then at least I will have that.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going to say this, if she doesn¡¯t wake up, then I will kill you.¡±


    ¡°Then I won¡¯t have to live without her.¡±


    I would rather kill him now. But he helped us save her. I can¡¯t bring myself to kill him yet. But I know I won¡¯t be able to control my wolf if she doesn¡¯t pull through.

 Chapter 21

    MADISON


    I can start to hear breathing. Two other heart beats. A beeping of a heart monitor. That matches my own beating heart. I wake and blink around the room. Connor is on my left and Ethan is on my right. They are both dirty and shabby, but sleeping. Both have their heads leaning on my bed. I am covered in a white hospital nket. I hear the door open, when I look over I see Curt walking into the room.


    I smile at him. ¡°I figured you still hated me.¡±


    He smiles back. ¡°Well, you sacrificed your life for me, I figured I owed you enough to check on you.¡±


    ¡°Well, I would do it again if that makes you feel any better.¡±


    ¡°Not at all. I am a warrior, you are supposed to be a Luna, you should never sacrifice your life for mine. It is supposed to be the other way around. At this point, I feel like I owe you my life.¡±


    ¡°It is your life, do what you want with it.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not that easy.¡±


    Ethan stirs. He looks up at me. ¡°Hi.¡±


    He leaps up. ¡°You¡¯re awake. You¡¯re here.¡± He starts peppering my face with kisses. ¡°Don¡¯t ever jump in front of a bullet again.¡± He smiles as he kisses me. ¡°You will never leave my side again.¡±


    ¡°Where am I?¡±


    ¡°The pack clinic, We moved you about six hours ago. You have been out for about twelve.¡±


    ¡°Justin?¡±


    ¡°Dead. Connor is not far behind.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t kill Connor. He was misguided. He trusted his Alpha. He didn¡¯t think I was going to get hurt.¡±


    ¡°He still hurt you.¡±


    ¡°He didn¡¯t mean to.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t really care.¡± Ethan seems firm.


    ¡°Let me handle Connor.¡±


    He sighs. ¡°If that is what you want.¡±


    ¡°I love you Ethan.¡±


    He cups my cheeks. ¡°I love you.¡±


    Curt clears his throat. ¡°Well, as cute as that is, we still have some things to deal with. Justin had several rogues in his pack. A few of them were captured. Your father wants to know what you would like to do with them.¡±


    Ethan looks at me. ¡°What do you suggest?¡±


    ¡°Obviously they wanted to live in a pack. Maybe see where their alliances lie. If they want to go back to being a rogue, then they should be turned over to the council, but if they want to live in a pack, get to know them and see if they deserve it. You can¡¯t fault them for following their Alpha¡¯s orders. If that was the case then your father would have killed me.¡±


    Ethan looks at Curt. ¡°Tell, father, that is our decision.¡±


    Curt nods. ¡°Oh, Madi, I still owe you my life. I will never forget it.¡±


    With that he leaves the room. Connor is still out. I don¡¯t know if I should wake him or let him sleep. I decided to go with thetter. I lean towards Ethan. ¡°How much longer do I need to be here?¡±


    ¡°Until the doctor says that you are well enough to leave.¡±


    ¡°I want to go home.¡±


    ¡°I know baby, I just don¡¯t know if it is safe anymore.¡±


    ¡°Justin is dead, we are safe.¡±


    ¡°There are still wolves that know where it is. Thatpromises the safety. I wouldn¡¯t feel safe with you there until we took better precautions there. I need it to be safer.¡±


    ¡°Then where are we supposed to go?¡±


    ¡°The pack house.¡±


    I groan. ¡°Great. Sounds fantastic.¡±


    ¡°I already told them to move your things to my room. I am going to pack up the houseter.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not the same.¡±


    ¡°I know, but we always knew that we would be moving back to the packhouse. We couldn¡¯t stay in the cabin forever.¡±


    ¡°I liked it there.¡± I whine.


    ¡°I promise we will have time alone. I will make sure that after the cabin is safe again that we get to spend a month there.¡±


    ¡°Really?¡±


    ¡°I would never lie to you.¡±


    ¡°What about my birthday?¡±


    ¡°What about it? You and I both know that it will change nothing. I hate the things that you had to go through. I should have marked you that night. You wouldn¡¯t have had to go through that if I did. He would have gone after me, not you.¡±


    I sigh. ¡°I know you were worried about my doubt. But what I didn¡¯t tell you was that I doubted that I was good enough for you. I still do. I don¡¯t doubt that I want to be with you. I just don¡¯t know if I will ever measure up. Now, I will have this gross scar on my back.¡±Copyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.


    ¡°Hey,¡± He stops me with a finger on my lips. ¡°I don¡¯t care about scars. I care about the pain that you had to suffer. You proved to Curt that you can be a Luna. I always knew that you would be my Luna. I knew it when my wolf took you. I was confused, but I knew. Our wolves were telling us all along. We should have just listened to them. I would have marked you then. But you know what? To erase any doubt. I am waiting until your birthday. You are just going to be attached to me until you bare my mark.¡±


    ¡°Why do you want to wait?¡±


    He sighs. ¡°Because Connor asked me to. I don¡¯t want him hovering around for the rest of his life, determined that you are his mate. You are mine, he needs to see that and move on. He was your friend once. I would hope that when he sees that you are not his mate that he can be a friend. Not some crazy weirdo.¡±


    I chuckle. ¡°That¡¯s it.¡±


    ¡°That is the only thing. Ok, and I want you to heal. I don¡¯t think your body can take any damage at the moment. Even a mate mark.¡±


    ¡°So for Connor¡¯s sake, we are waiting.¡±


    ¡°I want you to have your friend Madi. It broke my heart when you said that he was your only friend. I can guarantee that Curt is your friend now. He won¡¯t forget what you did. But I don¡¯t want you to lose Connor.¡±


    I nod. ¡°Alright, we will wait.¡±


    ¡°Eleven days.¡±


    Iugh. ¡°Eleven Days.¡±

 Chapter 22

    ETHAN


    Eleven days has been pure torture. I have kept her by my side, but that doesn¡¯t stop Connor from talking to her. Trying to drag her off somewhere. I put a damn stop to all that. I told him I didn¡¯t trust her alone with him. He might try to run off with her again.


    I think at this point I have been up all night. She shifts in my arms as the sun ising up. I feel like a kid, waiting for my first present to open. I know she is my mate, I just want to hear those words on her lips.


    She blinks open her eyes and smiles up at me. ¡°Good morning.¡±Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    I groan. ¡°Is that all you have to say to me?¡±


    She chuckles. Her body shifts so that she is straddling me. ¡°Oh, you mean, like mate?¡±


    My fingers dig into her hips. ¡°Don¡¯t y with me, woman. I am on edge.¡±


    She leans forwards, her lips brushing mine. ¡°Good morning, mate.¡±


    Smashing her body into mine, I will not wait another second to im what is mine. I have held off on even iming her body for thest eleven torturous days. I will never deny myself that again. I peel off her clothes, but keep her right where she is. She pulls down my shorts and impales herself. I sit up so that I can dig my canines in, right where they belong. ¡°I love you mate.¡± I let the words escape my mouth as I dug my teeth in her shoulder. She moans in pleasure. With a slight hiss from the initial pain. She bares down as we move together. My teeth release her. She moans again in pleasure. I bare my shoulder to her. She doesn¡¯t hesitate to bite down. ¡°That¡¯s my girl. im me.¡±


    We both ride out the bliss that our bodies are trapped in. Her ws dig in my back as we climb higher into ecstasy. Her pussy bouncing on my cock as we rock together. ¡°I love you Ethan.¡± She cries as her body throbs and pulses around mine. When I empty inside her, I know that she is mine from this day forward. I will never be without her.


    ¡°My beautiful Luna.¡± I coo in her ear as I pet her hair. She is spent and she just woke up. ¡°I love you.¡±


    She curls into my chest. ¡°Don¡¯t ever forget it.¡±


    ¡°Never.¡± Iy us both back. ¡°We should get a little more sleep. When we get out of this bed there will be people around that will want our attention, I am not ready to give it to them.¡±


    She chuckles. ¡°Alright. I agree.¡±


    The next time we wake up, we get dressed and leave the room. She wears an off the shoulder number that she bought just for today. She wants everyone to know that she is my mate. That fills me with pride that she is proud to be my mate. I don¡¯t deserve her, but I will work hard every day to make sure that she knows I love her.


    We walk out of the room hand in hand. I was right as soon as we walked out the door, there was a gaggle of people. It would seem that some women thought that she wasn¡¯t my mate and were hoping tofort me. They are on one side of the hall. Then on the other side of the hall is Connor first. Sam and Curt are behind him.


    Connor looks at our hands. ¡°Well, congrattions.¡± He passes some roses to Madi. ¡°Happy birthday Mads.¡±


    She takes them. ¡°Thank you Connor. I hope you find your mate soon.¡±


    He nods. ¡°I didn¡¯t want to say anything, but I did. Two days ago.¡±


    She smiles. ¡°Well, I am happy for you.¡±


    He smiles back. ¡°I am happy for you too. Still friends.¡±


    ¡°Still friends.¡±


    The girls in the hall are making pouty faces. Sames forward. ¡°I am d this little ¡®will she won¡¯t she¡¯ thing is over. Congrattions Luna.¡± He bows to Madi.


    ¡°Thank you Sam.¡±


    Curt pushes him to the side. ¡°You didn¡¯t even tell her happy birthday.¡±


    Sam rolls his eyes. ¡°It was implied, asshole.¡±


    Curt shakes his head. ¡°Happy birthday Luna.¡± He hands her a box. I will never get used to Curt like this with her. Jealousy res inside me everytime he does something like this. I know it is because he gained a huge amount of respect for her when she took that bullet, but it doesn¡¯t make it sit any better with me.


    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have Curt.¡± Still she opens the gift. A gold anklet with a little wolf charm sits on the satin interior. ¡°Wow, this is beautiful. Thank you.¡±


    He bows to her. ¡°You¡¯re wee Luna.¡±


    She hands me the anklet. ¡°Put it on me, please.¡±


    I smile and kneel down to do as she asks. She is wearing a skirt and heels so her ankle is avable to see. I sp it on and kiss her calf. She smiles down at me. I returned it. ¡°Happy birthday.¡±


    I stand, taking her into my arms. ¡°Don¡¯t ever forget how much I love you.¡±


    ¡°I never could.¡± She pecks my lips but I deepen it. I will never get enough of her. I don¡¯t care how long we live. When we pull apart, my wolf seems to agree because I let out a howl. One that she echos. Then we bothugh, knowing that our wolves are happy. As happy as we are.


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