Chapter 36: Out of our lives
Logan
I had just had one of the worst nights of my life. Yes, I had touched her and seen her in her underwear, and part of me had enjoyed feeling her fear, the fear I had caused her. It made me feel big, important, a real alpha.
But I also knew that I had made her worry, and another part of me felt pain that she didn't appreciate us as mates. I liked her, damn it... I liked her too much.
Things got worse when I heard the sweet moans coming from her room and my wolf started to panic.
"We should be there," Morgan said. He was nervous, and then it was as if a wave of pleasure came from her room. I had no doubt what was happening: my brothers were with her, touching her, kissing her, possessing her.
The mere thought of her again in her underwear, ready for me... drove me crazy. I couldn't think, I couldn't concentrate, I felt like an empty shell of a person.
Before I knew what was happening, my feet were dragging me to the door of her room and I heard her and my brothers moaning.
My perfect hearing picked up the phrases they were saying, how they were describing her anatomy, the parts of her body, and the scent that must have come from right inside her, making it hard for me to breathe.
But I forced myself not to go in. What was I supposed to do? Take what was rightfully mine? If I came closer, it would be impossible to resist her, I knew it. That was how the bond worked. The more time we spent with her, the more she got under our skin.
I was aroused, scared, and angry; and so I found myself the next morning, still at her door, when my brothers came out, in boxers and smiles from ear to ear.
"You're a complete idiot, you know that?" Dominic said to me, grabbing me by the collar of my shirt and dragging me to my room. Then they left me there while they closed the door.
"'You have fallen into her trap, you are such fools!” I yell. They smelled of her, deliciously of her.
"We are the fools? We tested our mate, comforted her, she was upset, distressed, and you're an animal for not seeing it."
"Distressed?" I asked. Was it because of me?
"But you don't care, or rather, you care, but you can't take the step like a coward! You only think about yourself!" shouted Kurt, who never had any trouble saying what he thought.
"Coward? I'm the only one in control of this madness! You are stupid enough to give in to temptation. Now she's got you tied up like dogs, tangled up in her pussy," I said, but I hadn't finished before Kurt punched me right in the face.
I don't know if I was exhausted from the night, but I couldn't even react. This stupid younger brother of mine had really hurt me.
"What's wrong with you, idiot?" I said, holding my cheek. I think he broke my cheekbone.
"What's wrong is that you spoke ill of my mate, and I won't allow it," he replied, raising his voice. What the fuck?
"Brother, you better understand this: we're going to present Maddie at the ceremony. We have touched her, tested her, all we have left is to mark her. And unfortunately, we know that the marking won't be complete without you. So I suggest you start thinking of a strategy to get her to forgive you so we can all fulfill the destiny that's been set for us," Dominic said firmly.
Asshole.
"You don't know what you missed... she moaned and said our names, not yours," Kurt said with a malicious smile, and I growled. Then he pulled a pair of panties out of his pocket... her panties, smelling them.
"You... motherfucker!!"
"We're going to leave you here, miserable, to think about what you've done… or what you missed" they said, slamming the door, and I stayed on the floor thinking about what the hell I was going to do.
My brothers told me to think about my strategy, and I had one... but it was nothing like what they thought and had nothing to do with the stupid human.
I just can't stand it. I could imagine our enemies laughing when they knew we had a human mate, I could imagine Gerard laughing in my face. I couldn't let that happen, I had decided long ago that I would be the only Alpha in this pack, a strong one, the strongest one.
So I got up and went out to complete my plan, convinced that the moon goddess had made a mistake with our mate, and I was going to fix it.
I went down to the dungeons and spoke to one of my most trusted warriors.
"Arthur... is everything ready?"
"Yes, Alpha, the place, the way out, the accommodations, everything as you demand" he said. He was in charge of protecting the area, and many years ago my father had shown me a small door, just for me, not for my brothers.
This door led outside the territory of the pack, it was a weak point, if you will, in the whole structure of the pack house. And beyond that... I had prepared a place for her. Unfortunately, we had to keep her close, take care of her. Such a great weakness as she was couldn't fall into enemy hands.
She would be out of our sight...but here on our land. She would be fine, comfortable... right? Morgan howled, hating the idea, but I controlled my wolf, not the other way around.
At night, I would bring her here, confirming my plan. At least these idiots were in love with her... the pain they would feel when she broke their hearts would be immense.
I warned them, I really did, but they didn't hear me, that's why I'm the older, the strongest.
Tonight would be the ceremony, and I would remove the human from our lives forever.