Chapter 84

Maya and Thomas had been sitting with the others inside Alpha Christopher’s office for an hour now, and the silence that followed Maya explaining everything to them had begun to be suffocating. Eli was still dealing with the guilt of what had happened when he was held by Maya’s father, and Tommy seemed to not have quite forgiven him yet. Even after his father explained what had been done to Eli, it didn’t seem to quite the anger he still felt. Noah was deep in thought and Maya sat watching them feeling a pain in her chest. Their silence was screaming at her that they were going to refuse to go with her.

She expected as much from Tommy, because she knew he was still needed with the pack, but she didn’t expect this from the other two.

“I guess it was a mistake to come back here.” Maya says when the silence becomes too much, and she really doesn’t want to cry in front of them.

Thomas reaches for her hand and squeezes tightly, and she looks up at him and he can see the hurt in her eyes.

“Let’s go.” He whispers to her, and she nods subtly.

The two of them stand to leave, but when they turn their backs on the other three a growl echoes through the room.

“You are not taking her.” Tommy says, his voice deeper than Maya has ever heard.

Maya and Thomas turn and find Tommy standing in a threatening posture.

“Tommy, what…what are you doing?” Maya asks trying to swallow the sudden fears he felt.

Tommy was letting low warning growls slip out as he looked at Thomas. He was seeing Thomas as a threat, and Maya could not understand why.

“Let her go.” Tommy says then and Thomas looks back at him but does not let go of Maya.

In fact, he tightens his hold on her and pulls her close to him.

“Tommy enough! You are scaring her.” Thomas says slowly moving Maya behind him.

This earns a more aggressive growl from Tommy and he takes a step forward.

“I said let her go!” Tommy says again.

Noah and Eli are both looking at him with expressions of both surprise and confusion. Noah stands and rests a hand on tommy’s shoulder.

“Tommy what’s gotten into you? You know Thomas won’t hurt Maya.” Noah says trying to calm Tommy.

“He is trying to take her away from us just like everyone else! Well, he can’t take her! I won’t let him! She is mine!” Tommy growls out.

Noah looks to Maya and she could see the hurt in his eyes as well, but she couldn’t understand why they suddenly felt so hurt. She had come for them, to ask them to come back with her. So, what happened to make them look so hurt? Maya stepped out from behind Thomas, and he turns to keep her back, but she shakes her head. Tommy wouldn’t hurt her. She slowly walks toward Tommy and reaches out to him. Her hand gently rests against his face and his eyes flutter shut.

“Tommy, I love you. I would never want to hurt you. This is something I have to do, but you belong here, and I understand that. I just came to tell you what I needed to do now.” Maya says softly.

Tommy lets out a shaky breath and wraps his arm around Maya’s waist pulling her against his chest.

“Please Maya, don’t go. Stay with me. I need you.” Tommy whispers into her hair.

She could feel her heart shatter at his words. She didn’t want to leave him either, but the council made it seem like she needed to be in the Fae world for the foreseeable future. Tommy buries his face deep into her neck and kisses her mate mark gently, which makes tears well up in her eyes. It felt like so long since she was held by Tommy or the others, and as if they could sense her thoughts, Noah stepped in behind her and lowered his head and nuzzled into the other side of her neck and let his hands rest on her hips. The scents of her mates were surrounding her and creating a protective cocoon around her. Eli stands and takes her hand and turning it, placing a gentle kiss to the inside of her wrist.

The sensation sent a shiver across her entire body and her mind began to become cloudy. She was falling deep into the feeling of them being there, all of them together. A soft voice begins to break through the fog in her mind and speak soft reassurances.

Thomas…

“Maya, they need you. You can’t go now.” Thomas says to her. “Stay for now, let’s figure everything else out tomorrow”

“Ok…” She whispers softly in reply.
She didn’t want to leave, not now.

“I’m not going anywhere right now.” She says pulling herself from Tommy’s grip to look up at him. “Not tonight. Let’s go home.”

Tommy smiles down at her and pulls her in for one more hug before taking her hand and quickly heading for the door, with the other trailing behind them trying to keep up. Tommy led them straight to their home, not stopping or even acknowledging anyone they passed. When they finally did arrive at the house Tommy had built for them, the others were a good distance behind them, and Tommy took this opportunity to pull Maya close and kiss her. The kiss was deep and possessive, which Maya had not felt since the night they mated. It took her by surprise and couldn’t help the gasp she let out form how unexpected it all was.

Tommy didn’t slow down either. He ran his hands down her waist to her hips and let them creep under her shirt. They didn’t break form the kiss even as they stumbled toward the main bedroom, her room. She gave in and let Tommy take control, and just enjoyed the feeling of being so close to him after everything. She craved this closeness with him and the others, and when Tommy broke their kiss to work his way down her neck, she realized Tommy hadn’t closed the door to the bedroom. In the doorway stood two more very hungry looking men, who were breathing erratically watching Tommy and her together.

Slight confusion entered her mind because she expected that Tommy would want to be alone with her, but realization sank in when Tommy looked down at her and gave her a smirk. A smirk!

“You don’t mind if the others join us, do you Maya?” Tommy asks in his deep voice.

Maya’s eyes widen and she glances over Tommy’s shoulder to see her three other mates’ step into the room and begin to shed their clothes piece by piece. She gulped and tried not to let them see her hesitate as she shook her head.

“Good. Let us handle everything.” Tommy whispers in her ear as he laid her down on the bed.

Maya shivered in anticipation as her four mates stood looking down at her.

“Take your clothes off.” Thomas says in her mind, and Maya let’s out a shaky breath.

This was going to be a long night.


[Author note: Hello everyone! I am so sorry for any delay on updates. I wasn't feeling well over the holiday last week and then there was some issues with the coins, but I will do my best to update more regualrly again! Thank you for your patience!]