All Chapters of Twisted Mates.: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

By now, Zoe was gnashing his fangs out of piercing anger. "Jame might be away, but he gets here soon," warned Zoe. "He'll come for you."Dante laughed. "Oh, I certainly hope he does." With that, he flung the guy who'd been blocking him away and signalled for Theo to release the second guy he was about to devour. He then turned his back on them, communicating his lack of fear, and snaked his arm around Freya's waist to pull her tight against him. "Time to look mesmerized by each other while we have a little chat," he whispered in her ear.Wrapping her arms around his neck, she locked her gaze with his and fixed a smile on her face. His answering smile was devilish. "By now, everyone should have felt my connection to you.""I think Alpha Duke's already on his way here. When the enforcers first tried interfering, one of the males from his pack announced to Ariel that he was going to call him. Are you going to be okay watching what happens next? I don't want to battle with Ariel's father

This whole thing hit too close to home, making Dante think of his own father. His dad for one day did not see him as a son, but as a tool to continue his lineage. He was ruthless and would unnecessarily punish Dante for every little mistake. What he was after was the pack more than his family. He would never seek Dante's opinion but made decisions on his behalf. Right from time, Dante had opposed the idea of being betrothed to someone. He knew he was young and might not like who he was, yet, Alpha Hero still went ahead to do so. While his father was alive, he tried to play along with what he wanted but now, he could make his own decisions without interference since he was dead. Was it not better to go for who would give you power over people? "Get the hell off me!""But I'm comfortable here." Watching Duke try to glance around, Dante smiled. "No one's going to help you. Unlike you, they know better than to try to get between mates. Says a lot about you as an alpha if no one is willi

All Dante wanted right then was to trace both with his tongue, but he doubted he'd have the self-restraint to take things nice and slow when his lust for her was like a fever in his blood. His wolf was eager to come inside her–another way to mark his mate. But both he and his wolf knew that this was about more than just consummating the claiming. Freya needed to acknowledge, accept, and admit that she was his mate, putting aside whatever ill feelings she might have had for him.They weren't mates of the soul or even the heart – both of which made it possible for it to be temporary – but she had to understand that this didn't make the mating any less real. They were still mates in the physical sense, which meant that she still belonged to him. If he didn't make her understand and admit it, this would never work. He wouldn't have her always throwing in his face that he wasn't her true mate, implying that he didn't have any rights to her. She was his now. Or at least for a short while an

Maybe it would be fair to say that if she hadn't fought him so hard on the issue of belonging to him, then she wouldn't be in this state. Yeah, but that only applied to the first time. After that, she had conceded belonging to him as his mate, although she had snarled at him with every concession. He hadn't had any need to keep it up.She wondered if maybe the drive behind it had been that he had sensed that her admission was only half-hearted. Once she had belonged to someone and when he had broken up with him, it destabilized her for a while. She locked her heart after Jake in a bit to concentrate. Moreover, it will take more than fucking, mating and branding for Freya to open up her heart to Dante. She hadn't forgotten what he was like in a hurry. And that was okay because that was not his chunk to take. But she wouldn't give that much of herself to another person again. Her soul wouldn't survive the loss a second time, as there wouldn't be enough of her left to allow her to live.

Dante was just ending the call when the sound of a loud crash hit his ears and had him cursing in surprise. He raced into the kitchen and stared, confounded, at the vision before him. Lori was very ungracefully splayed out on the floor after obviously having smacked her head against the wall if the trail of blood was anything to go by. Everyone at the table had risen from their seat and was staring down at her, wide-eyed. And Freya...well, she was leaning against the counter calmly biting into a slice of bacon as if there weren't a woman moaning and bleeding all over the floor."What the hell happened?" he demanded. Freya's expression was perfectly serene when she peered up at him. "She fell." The sound of muffled laughter had his attention returning to the table to find Oswald, Jodie, Maya, Cameron, and Wyatt chuckling so hard they were shaking. Although the others were silent, none of them – not even Margaret – had been able to hold back an amused grin.Freya sighed. "I think I'll