Chapter 13

**ELLA**
"And why not?" He said smiling.
In the back of my mind, I think that his head will decorate the wall of our house if Jonathan sees that we are here and we speak alone.
"I have to go back," I told him politely and started walking in the other direction. But he came and stood in front of me, blocking my way.
"Why are you in a hurry?" He had a small smile on his face, which I did not like at all. He touched my shoulder with his hand and I automatically took a step back.
"Come on, Jonathan is still busy, you can stay with me a little longer."
"Sorry, but no." I took a step to the right but copied my movement, then to the left but again the same.
"Let me go," I said through my teeth, leaving a small growl at the end.
"Oh come on now, it is so unfair for such a beautiful girl to rejoice only by one." I did not believe what I was hearing. Jonathan was right about him.
"Do you hear what you are saying? He is my mate."
"It doesn't matter at all." He winked at me and leaned a little towards me, with his eyes always fixed on mine.
His hand goes through my hip and I can not contain the feeling of disgust I feel. I pushed him with all my might but he did not take a step back, it was like pushing a wall. He grabbed my hands just as they came in contact with his chest and held them both with one hand while with the other he started stroking my cheek with his finger. I turned my head from the other, and he grabbed me by the hair bringing my face close to his.
"Let me go now, I will scream."
"Scream as much as you want." He said sarcastically.
*Call mate*, Aria said in my mind.
*No, he does not even have the mind link open.* I answered her.
He put his face to my neck and started kissing me and I hit him with my knee where the sun does not rise.
As a result, he left me. He bent down, leaving a cry of pain
Before I could take two steps, he grabbed me by the neck.
"Bitch, you will pay." He growled and slapped me, and I found myself on the ground, with my head hitting a stone. I started to feel dizzy and put my hand on my head where blood was coming out. He fell on me, closing my mouth. I tried to keep my eyes open and concentrate on my power, but at the moment I feel so numb that it seems impossible. But before he could put his mouth on me again, a loud roar was heard, which made the ground shake and I felt the weight of his body leave me.
Without wasting time I tried to get up fighting the dizziness. I did not look back, I did not pay attention to the voices, nor to the intoxicating smell of my mate that he must have lifted him above me.


**JONATHAN**

I am rubbing my forehead for the umpteenth time today, this meeting is endless but we are not going to stop until it is over. I wonder why I let them convince me not to kill him and continue with the meeting. But no, it was not my loyal friends, Blake and Cole, it was her facial expression, I do not want her to be afraid of me, ever.
I paid attention all day to all the absurd demands they have. There is no salvation, as if I need them, they need me. It is evening and yet no one dared to ask me to stop from the moment I announced to them that we are not going to get out of here if we do not finish.
George cannot even look me in the eyes, I see him sweating, again and again, every time I look at him. At least he knows who is in command here, I thought satisfied.
My mind travels to Ella, I am sure she will already be out in the garden and having fun, how much I would like to be with her right now, to have her in my arms. I have closed the mind link so that I can concentrate but my mind seems to travel to her without my consent.
*Finally ended this shit, to go near her.* Zeus growled in my mind and I can not disagree with him.
I got up abruptly and everyone turned to look at me in fear. Zeus enjoys the horror they have in their eyes.
"Well gentlemen, because this comedy has to end, the terms I put are the following. First…"
Piercing pain in my temple made me stop talking. I grabbed my head and sat back in the chair, immediately Blake and Cole got up and came over to me.
"Are you ok?" Cole asked, putting his hand on his shoulder.
*Mate is in danger.* Zeus growled and I was immediately struck by all her feelings that I had been trying to ignore until now. Fear. Oh my god someone is trying to touch her against her will.
*HE IS DEAD.* He growled again and I let him take control and find Ella faster. Everyone took a step back when I got up and saw that I was ready to shift.
Zeus wanted to go out in the garden, but why waste time going by the stairs. I opened the window and jumped out shifting in the air. When I landed on the ground everyone stopped talking and looked at me. I ignore them, all I do is run to the side where her scent comes.
What I see in front of me makes my blood boil, Leo is on top of her and he keeps her mouth shut, and I can see that her head is bleeding.
I roar with all my might. Without a second thought, I fall on him and he ends up a few meters away. I go over him and I press him with my front paw on his chest.
"No, it's not what you think."
He has the audacity and justified, but what he did, not fit any discussion, they had to know what happen once you decide to touch what is mine. With a quick movement, I bit his throat and I enjoyed it as much as anything. I threw his head at his father's feet who is standing behind me.
His face was white as the cloth, unable to say a single word. He knows that if he dares to speak he will end up like his son. I took my human form again and wiped the blood from my mouth with my hand. I still feel my blood boiling but at least the one who should have died is now dead.
"Do not dare to set foot here again. And take your son." I shouted. Not that he has much to take from him, but I do not want his corpse to be in my garden for long.
"Make sure they will leave as soon as possible," I told Blake.
"Of course." He answered and I turned to leave.
I noticed that Ella is not here, for a while now, so I followed her scent back to the house. I did not care to dress, I was walking naked among the people to whom I told to continue normally with the celebration, so many preparations not to be wasted.
I entered the house and went up to our room, I stood outside the door to hear any sound. Only the water from the running bathroom could be heard and her heart was beating fast. I tried to relax my nerves before I enter. Entering the bathroom I saw her rubbing her body with a sponge furiously as if she wanted to take off her skin. I held a grunt before it was heard and I went into the bathtub with her. She turned to look at me in horror but calmed down when she saw me. Fortunately, she did not cry because this is my only weak point, I can not even see her sad. She wrapped her arms around my neck and rested her head on my shoulder, but this faint scent from the bastard on her made me clench my jaw and for a moment I did not hug her back.
"Sorry," he mumbled and turned her back and started rubbing again.
I wrapped my arms around her waist.
"It's not your fault, my love, the soap will not help you get rid of the smell, of this dog."
"Then how?"
I smiled at the idea and started kissing her on the shoulders slowly, paying more attention to the points that he had touched her. I did not leave a single bit on her that I did not pass my tongue, and I was proud that now only my scent has on her.
When I knelt and started kissing her closer and closer to her private area, I heard a moan coming out of her mouth and made me even harder than I already was. As much as I wanted to taste her down there, I respected the fact what she lived and I did not want to push her for anything, today at least.