Chapter 15 Chapter 15 POV Jake
We travelled with no words and the silence was deafening between us, I could see the trauma etched in her face. Her inner conflict of wanting to run but she just trudged on besides me. I was taking comfort in her being by my side as her wounds were healing as we walked that were barely visible now. Our energy from our wolves flowing between us, healing her. I sighed knowing that I could not allow myself to feel content with this. We climbed the top of mount george when i decided to break the silence.
“When I was a child I would find the war and the fighting between the packs too much so I had then“, I suddenly said.
to retreat. I found this place when I was 15 years old, you would have been 13
She shifted uncomfortably, clearly toying whether she should ask a question or not but then resigned not too.
“I heard the screams from the Jenkins pack that day, and it rang through our village. The cries from a girl losing her mother and the howls from the father who lost his wife,” I continued.
I saw her eyes grow large as the realisation of what I was saying was about her.
“My heart pumped so fast that day, I could hear the beating in my ears that I needed to run away from it all. so I came views of the packs below.
here“, I said as the wooded area opened up to great
There was a cabin nestled within the trees, “I came here so often that it made sense to build a cabin“, I said when I saw her with a questioning look that screwed up her face. This woman was really going to make me do all the talking, this annoyed me that I couldn’t just command her to talk to me.
“Liberty I know you can feel our pull together and soon you will be 18 and you will know that we are mates. However we can not act on it!“I scorned, I felt the dryness in my words but even I couldn’t fight the feelings of hurt that coursed through me.
“You are the Alpha, you do not need to protect me especially when you were just going to give me back, I felt it too but I hate it might be true” she spoke quietly. Again a pang of guilt pulled at my heart,” Liberty, I can only apologise for my actions, for all of it because I have not treated y
just been honest from the start we would not be in this mess now I wondered.
She nodded in agreement which annoyed me, no forgiveness was given, “How did you do that?“, I asked.
As we walked to the cabin door, “Do what?“, she asked.
Ou well from day 1“, I spoke sincerely. If I had
“I could hear you through our link even though I was out of boundaries, I was here healing so you really shouldn’t have been able to reach me“, I said.
It was playing on my mind the whole time, I was here away from everything and yet she managed to get through and if she hadn’t I would never have known she was in danger.
“There is a Tale that only a Mate can reach their mate anywhere and from any distance, but it is only a tale, I have never seen it happen before!“.
She simply shrugged, “I do not know, I have never heard such a thing I just called you“, she conceded
“actually It wasn’t me calling you, it was Carissa,” She added after thinking.
I couldn’t help the disappointment that settled within me, Even though I knew that she hated me just as much I couldn’t help feeling the pain from her words slice inside” There’s two bedrooms, you can pick whichever. We will be staying a few days,“I said pointing up the stairs.
She nodded and walked up them slowly when all of a sudden she stopped, “I thought I died today, I saw my mother in my death and I thought she came for me“, she said. I could feel her sadness and I went to step forward but she raised her hand to stop me, “Whatever you do to me, I know I won’t be alone in death as I am in life. You told me I had to commit to the pack. I wanted to be part of it for protection but then your betrayed me and now I know I am alone regardless if you are my mate or not“, she said as she continued up the stairs.
As she disappeared from sight I could help the surge of anger that flooded through me so I hit the wall then I opened the door and stormed out.
It was a couple of hours later when I started looking for her through the cabin, I realised that she was asleep on the bed in the main room and I couldn’t help but stare at her sleeping. She was beautiful, sweet and looked completely comfortable laying on my bed as if she had always been there. I couldn’t help but notice she held my pillow between her arms and her face nuzzled deeply into it. She can’t think that it’s true, that it would work as being mates? I wondered,
Hope flooded me but I pushed it back away
“Time will tell, it is nearly full moon and her 18th“, Zeus said with a low rumbled growl.
I huffed at this,” You know we must reject her!“, I answered him.
He whimpered and I could feel the anger surge him, “She smells so good, “Zeus whimpered.
“That may be but she hates us, I don’t like her either” I rejected him.
“Plus she is impossible to get along with!“, I added.
I could feel Zeus Pace within my mind and as I was about to leave I heard Carissa moan, “Zeus“.
Zeus pushed forward but I gained control and pushed him back, “They are asleep Zeus, Stop!“I ordered him.
I couldn’t help wondering why it was Carissa and Zeus that bonded but Liberty and I human form despised one another. I couldn’t help wondering why we were so separated from our wolves that this could happen.
I couldn’t help but find her smell intoxicating so I moved towards the bed and sat beside Liberty just watching her chest rise and fall with each breath.
Her eyes fluttered open and she frowned at the sight of me and she looked around the room and then she rubbed her head, “sorry I didn’t mean to fall asleep in here“, she
said.
“I just found it.“, she continued.
“Calming“, I questioned finishing her sentence.
“Yes“, she agreed as she sat up and threw my pillow at me.
She pulled herself from the bed and then she looked at me, “I suppose we need to talk?,” she questioned.
I nodded in agreement, “Well let’s do that with food then,” she answered.
It was as if the sleep had woken a completely different girl before me and I marvelled at her as she moved through the cabin, down the stairs and into the kitchen and she started pulling the pans out of the cupboard.
“So the moon goddess has played a joke on me then,” she said as she cracked eggs into the pan.
“How so?“, I asked
“Us being mates“, she stated matter of factly.
I pulled a chair out from the counter and sat down, with nerves on edge. I needed to know what her thoughts were, I licked my lips and said,” But we can’t stay mates “, I
stated.
“I have not long until I am 18 and I will definitely know then, however I already feel it don’t you?“, she said as she pulled two plates from the cupboard and placed them on
the side.
“I’m lost, I feel nothing“, I lied.
She stopped momentarily and looked at me quizzically, “Really?“, she said, raising an eyebrow and then she bit her lip.
The pain that rippled through her wasn’t lost on me and I sensed guilt bubbling inside.
That look alone surged unfamiliar heat around my body and I couldn’t help shift uncomfortably in my chair.
“For an Alpha you like to play dumb don’t you!“, she said.
Then it hit me and I couldn’t help but smile, “Carissa?“, I asked.
“Yep that’s it“, she said as she passed me the plate.
“How are you doing that?“, I asked.
I had never seen a wolf speak within human form, every now and then you see them flicker in the eyes but not speak.
Liberty’s Secrets
“How are you doing that?“, I asked.
I had never seen a wolf speak within human form, every now and then you see them flicker in the eyes but not speak.
“I do not know, to be honest I think Liberty is just giving me control for a while as she sorts out what is going on in her head“, she said as she sat in the chair beside me. “You smell amazing, I can smell you“, she says as she leans in to take a big sniff.
“This is wrong!“I started pushing back my chair and standing up. “Love my human, love my wolf, what is the difference?“, she asked. “You know Carissa, part of finding a mate you know “Fine then bring out Zeus and you go away“, she spat.
well the human is a big part of that!“, I snapped.
Zeus, hearing this, pushed forward but I pushed him back. “No“, I said.
“Don’t you like me Alpha“, She said pouting her lips.
“Yes☐☐. No☐☐ no I don’t“, I lied again.
Carrissa smiled at me and I saw that her eyes were not shining like Libertys did, I sensed the raw attraction from her but not from Liberty.
“Why did you give Liberty back? And cut the crap she isn’t even listening,” Carissa said.
I couldn’t help but stare at her dumbfounded that this meek wolf was now a hardarse and horny at my breakfast bar. “It wasn‘ like that‘, I started to speak.
Carissa moved from her chair and pushed me against the wall, she pushed her nose into my neck and breathed in my scent as well as running her hand down my chest to my groyne that had grown quite uncomfortably, “So you do want me?“, she giggled.
I grabbed her hands and swung her around so her back was against the wall and I leaned in to her pinning her against it. I couldn’t help but breathe in her warm scent and her arousal filled the room making it harder for me to control myself.
She smiled as she whimpered at the strength from my hands locking her wrists in place. “You know I wasn’t giving her back, you saw it, you said you saw it,” I whispered in her ear.
A sharp intake of breath as the images flashed through her mind, as if she was reliving her nightmare she went limp in my arms and I released my grip and she slumped to the floor. Her devastation etched every part of her body, her pain relieved as the images flooded her, her feelings were deep and it scared me to death to see such intensity for me.
I knelt beside her, “Carissa, let Liberty come forward“, I coaxed.
There was hesitation then a nod and that’s when Liberty came forward and silence fell once more, “I felt the pain you endured, I saw the chains they tried to wrap you in. I saw you fight even with Wolfsbane riddled through the chains, the knives and teeth. You cried in agony but you never surrendered“, she said shakily.
I cupped her face and tilted it to face me, “Do you see, I realised they were not going to keep their word so I fought for you“, I said.
A Moment of honesty and rawness had filled my words and I realised what I was saying and stepped away from her masking any feelings that were bubbling away She waved my hand away and said, “But why call them in the first place?“.
“Because I thought I was going to kill you“, I answered honestly.
