Chapter 15

ZANTE POV

 

Throwing the door of the pack house open, I stumble in the door and roar to alert the staff I was back. I take Maggie from Kodan and pull her close to my chest and carry her through the house. 

“Welcome Home” Stacey sings behind me as I’m climbing the stairs.

“Not now Stacey” I grumble back at her, moving away and I could feel her eyes piercing the back of my head.

“No I am sick of being told not now Stacey, be quiet Stacey, go home Stacey. You will talk to me. You can’t say all that on the phone and NOT talk to me” she whines. I feel my blood boil and I spin around. Stacey had been unable to see Maggie as she was hidden by my size, but Stacey 

had to drag her mouth off the floor when she saw her. She steps towards me, and I growl as she 

reaches out for me.

“You do not come anywhere near her. You understand?” I say quietly to her. Kodan and Zev appear next to me and guide her away. I look down at Maggie who was still unconscious but had a subtle smile on her face. 

I take her to my room and lay her in the bed, I slowly undress her and look at the marks healing on her body. Jase’s and his mate’s marks had almost disappeared, but I could still smell him on her. I run my tongue over her mark, and she quietly purrs and curls up into a ball. I pull the blanket over her, completely covering in a make-shift den. 

“Bring me something you two have worn recently” I mind link Zev and Kodan and within seconds they were in my room removing their shirts. “I’ve made her a den in here for now but she will need to smell us when she comes round. She’s going to be confused and probably angry when she wakes” I tuck our shirts under the covers and watch as her fingers grab my t shirt, pulling it closer to her. I sigh in relief and quietly leave the room, with the other two.

We stop at the stairs when we hear shrieking and china breaking. We Look between each other before throwing ourselves into the snug. Stacey was stood there with staff, shifted blocking their way out. I roar and Stacey instantly cowers and lowers her head. 

“OUT” I shout and all the staff scurry away not even glancing at me on the way past. They knew better with the mood I was in. 

I stalk towards Stacey, who keeps her head down and backs away from me into a corner. I sit down on the sofa and shake myself calm. This was not the way to deal with this, but Heath was right under my skin. She had threatened my staff and shifted out of pure jealousy. I understood why, but she was not going to get anywhere acting like this. She is, after all, an Omega and I have an instinct to protect any Omega, even one who isn’t mine. 

“Now we can talk” I purr towards her, trying to hide my anger. She looks at me and shifts back before slowly joining me on the sofa. Now I had marked Maggie I would have to be extra careful, having another Omega in the house could cause some issues. I wasn’t heartless enough to send Stacey back to the school, so needed to think of something.

STACEY POV

“HOW DARE HE…” I thunder at the staff that were in the snug with me. I hadn’t intentionally trapped them in there but here we are. They all look at me petrified and I walk towards them. 

“Did any of you know about HER” I say jabbing my finger at the door. They all shake their heads silently which only angered me more, causing me to shift right at the moment Zante walked in the room.

I glare at him, but his aura crushes me to bow my head. I try to look at him but the pain searing through my body from trying was excruciating. He walks towards me, and I back up through instinct. If I could, I would hurt him for this, but of course he has his command which stops me from doing anything. 

Zante beckons me to the sofa, and I shift back and move slowly towards him. He hands me a blanket from my den to cover myself. I sigh, he wouldn’t have asked me to cover up before he met her, he can barely look at me. 

“As I said on the phone, Maggie is our destined mate” Zante starts, and a growl leaves my lips causing him to glare at me. “There is nothing we can do about this Stacey; this is from the Moon Goddess” My claws extend and rip of the cushions I was holding to my chest as comfort. Fuck the Moon Goddess.

“You can reject her. I was here first” I say deadpan. All he needed to do was reject her and we could go back to normal, I also needed to keep my deal with Jase, and it would help if I stayed in the pack.

“You can not ask that of me. You have no idea what we and her have just been through. She was force marked by Jase and her mates…” he explains. My eyes widen when I realise what he is trying to say.

“You marked her, didn’t you” I growl viciously “You fucking marked her, knowing you have me at home and been dragging your heels on marking me. You don’t even know her” the cushion slowly being reduced to shreds. Zante removes it from my grasp and looks me dead in the eyes.

“Yes, I am allowed to mark my own mate. You knew when you first came here that I hadn’t met my destined mate, that is why we asked for you” I shake my head at his words, I knew that was the reason, but I didn’t expect for him to meet her after all this time. I was still here first, and he cannot deny that.

I stand and storm out of the snug letting the blanket drop to the floor. I needed to see her and needed to see her marks to make sure it was true.

MAGGIE POV

I’m suddenly awake and I open my eyes and see nothing. Flash backs from Alpha Jase start circling in my mind and I clutch at my neck feeling the mark there. How dare he mark me and try to force the mating bond on me. I start to move, and the scent of Zante hits my nose, I grasp around in the dark trying to find the source. I pull at a blanket, and I am suddenly blinded by light. I blink looking round the room and realise his scent was everywhere in this room.

Trying to get out of bed I realise how sore I was and glance down. Anger bubbles inside of me when I see two more marks on my thighs. I managed to pull myself out of the bed and fall to the floor. My legs were too weak to move. I sigh and slowly pull myself up as the door opens. I growl and turn expecting to see Jase, but I’m hit with Kodan’s gaze. He moves towards me, and I hiss slightly, unsure of what to expect.

“What are you doing out of bed, you need to rest” He purrs while lifting me and placing me gently back on the bed. I cock my head at him as he rearranges the covers around me. “Zante…”

We both look to the door as we hear screaming from downstairs, following that was Zante’s alpha voice. I feel myself shudder and drop my head slightly as his voice echoes around the house.

“Where is Jase and his mates” I look cautiously towards the door.

“He’s not here, we are back at our packhouse. You are safe” he whispers, while running a thumb over my lips. I pull away and look at him frowning.

“He marked me didn’t he” I stutter and run my fingers over my neck.

“Yes, we were nearly too late, but we have stopped the change” He sighs, following my hand with his eyes. Zante’s voice echoes around the house again. I hear doors slam and rushing footsteps, the bedroom door flies open, and Stacey stands in the doorway with Zante right behind her. Just what I needed.

“Stacey” Zante grumbles as she enters the room. I move back against the headboard as she moves towards me, her eyes flicking threatening to shift. I didn’t have the energy to deal with this. Sensing this Kodan moves between me and Stacey and places his hands on her shoulders. 

“Leave, this is not the time” Kodan says using his command. I look at Zante who drops his head and escorts Stacey out of the room. 

“IS IT TRUE” She shrieks from the doorway, at me. I drop my head and slowly move from the bed again. “Show me the marks” I look at Kodan who nods and I move my head to the side revealing the mark on my neck.

“I’m going back to my parents; I’m causing too much trouble and to be honest I cannot deal with this. She is your Omega. You can’t have two Omegas” I sigh and shake my head, forcing my legs to take my weight and slowly pull on my shirt. Kodan looks at me with a soft gaze.

“You do realise those marks on you are from us, not Jase and his mates. We had to do it, to stop him changing the destined mates. We couldn’t have you live that life. He would have used you as a breeder” I look at him shocked and anger bubbles slightly in me. TWICE I have been claimed without my consent. I understand why they did it, to an extent but what about MY feelings.

“Get Zante and where is my phone” I grumble. I wanted to be happy that they saved me from that life, but I couldn’t get the markings out of my head. Kodan nods and heads back out the door, I start pulling on my jeans when a wave of tiredness threatens to engulf me. I blearily look around the room and stumble back onto the bed, strong hands wrap themselves round my waist and I’m guided into the pile of blankets, falling asleep pretty instantly.