Chapter 16

**Lana**

How dare him!
The metal chains rattled against the headboard as I yanked as hard as I could. “Hey, asshole!”
I’m pretty sure the cuffs had cut in my wrists and my voice was so sore from screaming for god knows how long.
The man who caught me in the woods told me that I was his mate and that I was pregnant with his child. He forced me back here and locked me up like I was a crazy person. He’s the crazy one, making allegations of being my mate.
I knew he could hear me screaming, but he never came. I just want to get out of here and stay as far away from him as I could. I heard the lock click on the door and in walked that cocky bastard. He had on a simple pair of jeans with the button undone and wasn’t wearing a shirt. My eyes trailed from his jeans to his chest and felt something in my lower region. A feeling I couldn’t understand.
He took slow strides towards me and hovered over me licking his lips. “So beautiful, and all mine.”
“I’m. Not. Yours.” I spit out each word venomously.
His hand cupped my breast and squeezed. “You are mine whether you remember me or not. ”
I tried to wiggle away from him, but it only seemed to excite him even more. He released my breast and raised it to my cheek. “If I release you, are you going to run?”
I spit in his face. “Fuck you!”
He froze and gripped my chin, forcing me to look in his eyes. “Careful with your choice of words, little wolf.”
His free hand rubbed up and down my thigh, “I might just flip you over and do just that.”
He released my chin, and I released a breath I didn’t know I was holding. This man has some serious anger issues. I yanked at the chains some more and he sighed. “I’ll take them off if you give me your word you won’t run.”
Maybe if I tell him what he wants to hear and get him to trust me I can escape from this place. “I won’t run.”
He pulled the key from his pocket and unlocked the cuffs. “Even if you do run, you won’t make it out of the house. All exits are heavily guarded after that little stunt you pulled.”
I glared.
He smirked.
I rubbed the red marks on my wrists and he frowned. “Are you hungry?”
Food does sound good. I nodded and he led me to the table in the corner of the room. He had a plate of hot wings and a glass of milk.
I put the last wing down and licked the sauce off my finger and moaned. Taking the last drink of my milk, I looked up to him and his eyes glowered crimson.
“Are you okay?” I reached over and put my hand over his.
Why were his emotions bringing me pain?
I felt a shock and a flash of me and him in a room and I was straddling him in a chair. We were having sex and he was sucking on my neck. I removed my hand and gasped. His demeanor went from angry to worried.
“What happened?”
I scooted back, standing up and snapped my eyes shut shaking my head.
“What’s happening to me?” I cried out in pain. I held the sides of my head and felt warm arms wrap around me and I could feel it inside my soul. A rage was battling with my heart.
Part of me wants to rip him to shreds, but another part wants to rip his clothes off. I wanted to hurt him and fuck him at the same time. I don’t understand why I would even want to have sex with him. I understand the hurting him part, but the fucking him no.
The next thing I know another bright flash and I see me taking a baby out of his arms.
Were we together?
Another flash shown in my eyes and we’re in a different room and he’s kissing me as I’m pushed against the wall. He looked at me and told me he loved me.
Did I already have a child with him?
These visions weren’t just dreams.
These were my memories.
I twisted to look at his pained face. “We were together?”
He flashed me a smile. “You remember.”
“Not everything, but enough to figure out we are mates. I’m sorry I can’t remember.”
His face inches closer to me. “I want to kiss you right now. Is that okay?”
I see another flash.
This time, I’m cleaning red off of him.
“I-I don’t know what it is about you that draws me to you, but I want to protect you.” He whispers as I clean him. “I want to kiss you right now. Is that okay?”
My eyes open and I breathe out. “Kiss me, Jaxson.”
He pulls me in and presses our lips together. My body burns with desire and his kiss is more demanding like he is trying to claim me. His hands roam down my back and grip my ass. Wrapping my legs around his waist, he pushes us to the wall. He pulls away and licks his lips as if he’s eating a dessert.
“Still so sweet.”
Everything comes rushing back to me and I remember everything. When I say everything, I mean every single thing. Someone had put some sort of spell on me to erase my memories.
“I remember.”
His face lights up like the fourth of July and our lips together. Our tongues collide. Fireworks explode. We pull away out of breath and he kisses my forehead.
“God I love you, Lana.” He unwraps my legs. “Now, I have some work to do.”
I stand on my toes and kiss him.
“He’s never going to hurt you again.” Jaxson promises.
***
**Jaxson**

I had my mate back and was acting as if I was some horny teenager just scored a date with their crush. My wolf was howling and doing flips. I was so happy to have her back.
If I’d known all it took was to touch or kiss her, I would’ve done it sooner.
I haven’t been completely honest with Lana. I knew it was only a matter of time until she questioned me about my fits of rage and sudden outbursts.
When my wife died, I became angry at myself for not being able to do anything to save Tara. Then, I became depressed and I was diagnosed with PTSD. Over time, I found it hard to keep my emotions in check. One minute I would be fine then the next I was out of control. When I would snap out of it, I had no idea what I did. That’s why Cole had to lock me up in the chains.
My wolf was a demon wolf.
When he got angry, I couldn’t control him.
He controlled me.
“Alpha, your father is here.” The beta filling in for Cole said, bowing his head.
“Send him in.”
My father stood before me and looked to be in a frantic state of panic. He was pacing in front of me.
“What happened?”
His pained expression said it all.
“She’s gone. Your mother was taken. I need you to send your best warriors.” My father was in pain.
“I got them on it. Just linked them. You have to stay here.” I stood and hugged him. “We’ll find her, and we’ll end whoever did this.”
I was so fucking angry that someone had spelled my mate to forget me, and now taken my mother. This was Lorenzo. I could feel it in my veins. When I do face him, I will gladly let my wolf take over and lash out on him. My father had fallen asleep in my office so I went to see how Cole and my sister were doing.
I was about to knock when I heard a moan. I sure as hell hope it’s just Cole getting a massage and not what it sounded like. I knocked, and I heard shuffling. Cole answered the door in only a pair of shorts. “I see you guys are feeling better.”
“Jaxson.” He stepped out and whispered. “She’s in heat. I can’t leave her side.”
“Okay. Just remember what I said. Don’t have sex with her while I’m here.”
Great.
Just something else to add to my stress.
I walked to my room and fell back onto the sofa closing my eyes. A pair of hands on my shoulders made me go rigid and then relax.
“Jax.” She purred, rubbing my shoulders, “Let me help you relax, baby.”
My head fell back to see her perky breast right in my face. I wanted to lick them all over as she rode me. I could smell her arousal and I smirked to her. “So how about a ride Lana.”
I wiggled my eyebrows at her, unzipping my pants. I fisted my cock, shaking my cock in my hand. She climbed over the sofa and stood in front of me, sliding her panties down and letting them fall to the floor.