“Here let me, he can’t command me to do anything.” I said firmly. Hitting the accept button, I said “What do you want Damian? We are busy living our lives away from you”, I said calmly.
“Why didn’t you guys wait! We wanted to speak with you.” Damian sounded angry and he was spitting the words out. I saw Zach flinch. He was still affected by Damian.
“Oh, quit the drama, you cannot command me and Zach isn’t in ear shot for you to command him (I bluffed in hopes he wouldn’t try) and I honestly don’t want to speak with you two.” I finished holding my breath. I have never spoken to him or anyone like this and it was unnerving and exciting at the same time.
“I will send warriors out to get you two and bring you back! Mark my words, you will not leave me, Nina, even if you are not my mate, no one else will have you. Be careful with what you do darling. I am always watching you. I will not hesitate to lock you in the cells, so let me make myself clear. You have one month to mourn your parents and get this little trip out of your system and I expect you back here. You will be my beta and serve me. If you even think of touching another male, I will come down and get you myself and will him whoever he is. Do you hear me?” Damian finished with a little smirk at his threat. I can hear Holly in the background yelling at Damian to let me go that I am not needed or wanted here and she is all he will ever need. I can hear the venom in her voice.
“Excuse me? Who do you…”?
“One month darling, then you are mine and I bought another red dress like the prom one for you to wear”, Damian said, leaving me speechless. Before he can hang up, I hear him threaten Holly. ‘She is my first love and will be my last, you might be beside me because of appearance but she is.. will be my mistress and nothing you can do to stop me. I am commanding you to never tell a soul about this to anyone. Know your place’. The phone cut off there and I was left stunned.
The fuck did I just hear? I had to pull over and process what I had just heard. Zach came around and pulled me from the vehicle and placed me in the passenger seat and got back into the drivers’ seat and started to floor it. I knew we needed to get as much space between us and the pack territory but my mind was stuck on the threat. Make me his mistress? Keep me locked up? If I ever came back, I would be locked in a cellar or another bedroom and the only other face I would ever see would be Damian as he came in to rape me. Suddenly I felt stronger. The fuck he was going to keep me as a sex slave, the fuck he was going to scare me into anything, the fuck he was going to put a time frame on my grieving! I knew I was never going back there.
“Are you okay” Zach asked softly.
Pulling me from my thoughts, “yeah, I am fine. The fuck if I am going to sit back and let him use me and expect me to obey him like that. I am never going back to that pack and I will die fighting before I let anything like that happen to me” I said firmly. My dad did not raise a daughter like a warrior, for her to end up like that. He raised me to be strong and independent with my own head. He can’t even force me to be Beta, he can’t command me to do anything, so fuck off Damian, I said smugly in my head.
“Girl, I will die before I let that dickhead touch us. I will rip off his dick and feed it to himself and watch him bleed out”, Raven said firmly.
I lifted my eyebrows and just chuckled at Raven. That’s my wolf.
Damian POV
Okay, I didn’t really mean that. Shutting my phone and returning it to my pocket, my mind is reeling. She fucking left, she actually left me. I do want her as my beta, but I wouldn’t actually rape her. I know I marked Holly too soon. She is so whinny and annoying. No wonder I never really paid any attention to her. Turning, I started walking back to the pack house and Holly was trailing behind me crying and fuming. I know what I said hurt her, but damn, why can’t she understand this isn’t easy for me. I can feel her anger and I am assuming it is towards me, but I know she is jealous of Nina. I do expect her to listen and return in a month. That should be long enough for her to accept this reality and I will tell her I didn’t mean it in a few days. I don’t think she will answer my calls right now anyway. I am hurting too and I said things I didn’t mean, but Nina is a very forgiving person, so I know she will accept my apology and take her rightful place as my beta. I will forever love her, even if I need to reject Holly. I know my parents will be upset about my decision, but they love Nina and know she would be a great Luna. I am sure she will want an upgrade from beta to Luna eventually. I will keep working on my plan. Shutting my office door, I lock it so Holly can’t interrupt my plan to get Nina to be my Luna.
Nina POV
Well, it is close to a 13-hour trip to the Smoky Mountains. We decided to make it one day. I will drive half of the trip and Zach will drive the other half. It is a nice spring day in May and I am thoroughly enjoying this weather. Driving at a Sunday’s cruise speed with windows down and letting my hair blow in the wind. Zach is in the passenger seat with a map trying to figure out the best way to go. I have found that Zach is easy to talk to. He is a good person who may have been babied a bit too much by his parents but has a dark side he can bring out if needed. He aims to please and will make a great mate to someone.
I am way too sarcastic and abrasive for him. We decided to stay on the main roads to avoid entering a pack unaware and creating issues for ourselves. Last thing we need is to get killed by trespassing on claimed land, but it is law that if you stay on main highways or interstate, it is not trespassing and no harm can come to anyone. That is assuming you’re not causing any trouble. We decided to stop at Shawnee National Forest and let our wolves run a little. Raven has been patient but I know she is wanting to get out and spread-out her legs. Zach researched pack territories before we left and only half of Shawnee National Forest is claimed as the Redwood Pack. They are deep in the forest tourists and regular travelers don’t stumble across them but close enough that the pack does protect the whole forest from rogues.
Pulling into a parking spot, I turned the engine off and got out. It felt so good to stretch our legs. Zach was being dramatic and slid out of the car and acted like his legs were jelly. “Oh fuck! I can’t even feel my legs! I have to pee so badly, hurry up, we need to go!” Zach whined.
“Don’t get your panties in a twist, I am coming. I had to lock the car!”
Zach just rolled his eyes as we made our way to the forest and walked about a mile in before we decided this was as good as any to shift and let go. We each chose a tree and took our clothes off and shifted. Although it is common to be naked in front of people, we still choose to be discrete.
“This is so much better!” Raven said as she stretched her legs and widened each paw and clawed the dirt. “All this fresh air and new pine smells amazing! I could really get used to this.”
“You know, I could too. Everything is so beautiful here.” I agreed. Coming out from behind the tree I saw Zach’s wolf, Max, waiting for us. Max is not quite as large as me, but he is impressive. He is dark grey with patches of brown on his legs. We each grabbed our clothes in our mouths and ran. Every now and then, Max would stop me and tell me we were getting too close to the boarders and we would change directions. I never got a bad feeling so I didn’t think too much about it. Raven smelled and heard a waterfall ahead, so we decided to stop and get a drink. Laying down, we were just basking in the sun and enjoying some peace and quiet when we heard a twig snap.
Raven’s ears perked right up and so did Max. They were instantly alert and ready to attack. “What was that?” I asked Zach via mind-link. We hadn’t really mind-linked this whole time just to enjoy being free.
“I am not sure….” Zach said, uncertain.
I got the scent of foul body odor and swamp and I heard that smell, rogues. “Rogues, 3 of them, to the right”, I replied to Zach. He didn’t even question how I knew and, honestly, I didn’t know exactly either, but I did.
At that same time, we saw 3 smaller rouges emerge from the brush, heads down and teeth out, telling us they were not here to talk. Instantly, I crouched down and answered them with a deep growl and let my domance expand to them. I am of beta blood and I can make them submit, but if they are too far gone, they won’t obey directly.
As they lunged forward, I jumped and caught the first one by the throat and clamped down. Tasting blood, I whipped my head and ripped the wolf’s throat clean out. Without missing a beat, I turned to the second one that was circling Max and grabbed him by the hind leg and threw him against the tree. Hearing a snap, I watched as the wolf slumped to the ground. It’s next was snapped. I saw Max finishing off the third. I had been training from a much younger age, so I knew I was stronger and a better fighter than Zach, but I was unsure how his wolf was, plus I wanted to see Raven in action and she did not disappoint.
“What do we have here?” A deep voice rang out.
Snapping my head to the sound, I saw 3 males and female standing there with an amused and annoyed look on their faces at the same time.
“Go ahead and shift, I will be here when you are done. I am Alpha Alex of the Redwood pack and I mean you no harm.”
I glanced over at Max and he gave me a nod. Walking backwards towards our clothes, Max stood guard as I shifted and got dressed and I did the same for him. Once we were changed, we walked up the Alpha.
“I am sorry, Alpha Alex; I did not realize we were on pack ground and I promise you we mean no harm. We were letting our wolves run and somehow got the attention of these rogues.” I finished strongly.
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