9. Killing me softly

Jason POV

This was too good to be true.

Alpha Cain loosing his mate and just possibly a child.

Alpha Kelian to loose a daughter, and an ally.

And this Andrea person loosing her mate, her child, her family and her life.

Oh how I love a good intrigue.

Lexon my wolf was itching with anticipation "can we kill him now? It would make a good story if this all plays out well for us"

He wanted Cain dead as much as I did.

"Patience, we have to wait for the opportune moment , to justify his death. Perhaps if we are the one to catch his mate and kill her before his eyes" I was beaming now.

Its not everyday I get to bring down two powerful packs.

I had to discuss this with Alpha Marcus, he would definitely be on board.

We have wanted larger territory and this was a way to get our enemies off our back and gain all the territories we needed for expansion.

I needed to find the Gamma of Blood Rain.

He was a former member of our pack, but when he found his mate he ran and joined her pack.

I was just on my way to stir up some trouble but I got a whiff of another familiar scent.

This one was the most welcoming.

As soon as I turned around the female rounded the corner.

"I have news that will make you the most pleased man tonight!"

I had been trying for months to get rid of her.

But I must say she always does know how to satisfy me.

"Tell me."

I pulled her into an empty room.

"I've learned so much. First off. Eclipse Crests and Ebony packs have both agreed to link their packs with Blood Hunter by the end of the next year."

"How dare they! With Blood Hunter being the second largest pack we won't stand a chance. They will force us to obey every law of the Were Council."

I was getting furious.

"I have more news. That is if you are able to handle it."

Devilish she wolf.

"Tell me."

i demanded.

"Well, I have found my mate, but you will never guess who it is."

She was smiling a big smile.

She was definitely attractive.

Long legs and a rack to go with the a**, but I wanted to know how this news would benefit me.

I could care less what male filled her holes, or who wanted to claim a slut wolf as a mate.

"So? If it can not get me what I desire I don't want to hear of it."

I was turning to leave but she grabbed my arm.

"He is a soon to be alpha, and he really hates being told what to do. You sure I can't intrigue you with a little plan to help him side with us."

Now this had my ears ringing.

I needed all the allies I could get.

I didn't care if I had to threaten, bribe, or kill everyone to get what I wanted.

I wondered just how many leaders I would get to eliminate.

Surely, the council members.

They really had to go.

And all the alphas.

I hated the fact that they made things up as they each ruled.

Most likely half the males.

But that would mean three times as many females for each male.

Oh that was a though.

I grinned.

"Meet me after the hunt, I'll hear what you have to say."

I told the little she wolf.

My night was ten times better with just this bit of news.

I got to attend a hunt, rip someone apart.

Possibly kill an Alpha, and plan for a war.

All in one night.

Oh the tingles I felt as I enjoyed holding life in my hands.

I started to get hard just thinking about how many deaths I could take before dawn breaks.

I wanted the hunt to start early, this waiting was killing me.

Cain POV

Hunted. Until death.

My mate and her child-dead.

'Ryker, come forward. Our mate is here and she is going to die by the end of the night. If you want to say goodbye now is your chance.' I tried communicating with him.

If there was a time I needed him now would be it.

Now was the time to get pissed off, it was now or never.

I couldn't defend my mate without him.

Pregnant or not she is my mate and it is my job to protect her.

She was taken to the cells so that she wouldn't run early.

I needed to persuade the Alpha to allow me to claim her and as for Beta Jason , I'm hoping he will aide me on freeing her if it comes to that.

I hate the idea of asking him for anything but that is his child after all.

Nick and i headed for Alpha Kelians office.

"Here goes nothing" i told him.

*knock, knock*.....*knock Knock*....

"Nothing!" Nick said "I hear nothing"

He was right.

The Alpha was no where to be found.

I decided to go straight to the cells to see Andrea myself.

"Nick can you keep an eye out for Beta Jason and Alpha Kelian, i need to talk with my mate before anything else should happen" i told him.

"Of course, be vigilante, I don't know who we can trust with this matter" he warned me.

"Always am" I whispered back.

I made my way to the cell entrance, there were too many guards to sneak pass.

"I'm here to speak with my mate" I demanded

"Sorry Alpha Cain we are on orders that she is not to be approached!" One guard responded.

"YOU DARE KEEP ME FROM MY MATE! I WILL RIP YOUR MEASLY HEAD FROM YOUR BODY, NOW LET ME PASS!" This time using my alpha voice.

They both submitted by showing me their necks, and I walked pass.

I was starting to get upset by the amount of guards I had to threaten just to get a few words from my mate.

When I finally reached the second level, I was hit with the conditions of the cells-it was putrid.

The walls stained with blood from who knows how long ago, there were sharp smell of old urine and feces on the floors.

Caked on, unable to see the cell floors, it wasn't the place for the daughter of an Alpha but yet she was down here somewhere.

"Mate?" I heard.

I wanted to embrace her, I wanted her out of here, but when I finally saw her she was holding her tummy and it all came back-as to why I HAD to visit her down here.

"Why?" I asked.

"Why what?" Looking confused.

"Why did you run from me at the club?" I started to get upset.

She left me and ran.

I looked for her in the club and still she didnt want me to find her.

And why she decided that Jason would be a better companion for the night.

"The club? I didnt even know you were there!' A shocked expression on her face.

"I was there! I found you and we danced. I got to hold you and just when I thought you were a mate fit for me you ran off. And I want to know why"

She had silent tears coming down, and looked straight into my eyes.

"I...Im sorry..I don't...remember anything that happened that night....I..I was in a very emotional situation and I am very sorry...Can....." she was on the verge of a full out cry, but i was angry.

I wanted answers not excuses.

"I looked for you, I wanted you. And you have betrayed me. This pup that you have I can not accept this. I thought I could. But you are reckless, you have no regard for your safety. You are not a Luna I want for my pack." I was ripping myself apart.

I tried to hold it together, but this needed to be done.

There was only one thing to do, but if i do this it will cause her pain as well as myself.

I'm sorry I have to do this.

Breaking our bond is the only way I know she will be able to survive tonight's run.

She needed the bond severed so that our bond doesn't pull her back to me.

I'm longer fit to be her mate and Ryker still hasn't shown himself so I guess this is better for us both. If I can't save myself then I will save her, it will be the last thing I will be able to help her with.

Once it gets word that I was even down here her father Alpha Kelian will surely break pack treaty with us and we will be at war.

Ryker doesn't want to show himself so I will be killed first, since it is the only way to end war quickly and take over the pack.

I wanted to hold her just one last time but I knew if I did I would kill anyone who tried to separate us. And the last thing she needed was to watch me die.

Please don't hate me.

She looked like she was accepting what I was saying, its good she doesn't care.

I should go through with it.

Then I ended with "I, Alpha Cain Jax, of the Blood Hunter pack reject you Andrea Fray of the Blood Rain pack as my mate and future Luna." I was hit with the most gut punching pain, but I didn't show it.

I didn't wait, I just turned and walked away as I heard her cry in pain.

No matter how much I was hurting, I will forever know that the screams she made came from me.

I turned my back on her, I was pissed off but not with her.

With myself, a true test of our mate bond and I turned my back when she needed me the most.

"Priestess, if it is your will and my fate, kill me now" I begged staring up at the ceiling.

I was broken in more ways then one.

My wolf Ryker is silent, my mate now my ex mate, my pack on the verge of collapse, and me-well I have no will.

I am a broken Alpha and I can't keep this up.

I can still hear Andrea crying, and that enraged me.

If I am to get over this, one thing was sure to end my suffering in more ways then one.

'Ryker, if you can hear me, I'm sorry for all of this. But I will get our revenge, for our mate for our pack' I walked out of the cells seething, fuming and I was directing it all to one person.

"Beta Jason, it would be my pleasure to kill you slowly", I said as I walked into the night sky.

Andrea POV

I cant believe this.

One minute I am welcomed home by both my parents and the next I'm tossed in to the second floor dungeons.

Beta Jason was of no help, he was busy smiling away and I don't think it had anything to do with the fact that he's the father of my baby.

"Let me pass, I'm Beta Aarons daughter and I have no problem kicking you a**"

The yelling echoing off the walls.

I knew who it was already.

"Nessi, you really shouldn't be here, your dad is going to be furious" I told her.

"I can't let you stay in here, your my sister. Your family and family never suffers alone" she cooed.

"I'm sorry you have to be put in this situation, but I need you to go, I don't want anything happening to you as well." I tried to convince her.

"Bulls**t! I said we are in this together. And I meant it."

She sounded angry.

I guess I couldn't blame her, I was basically telling her to let me die alone.

Something we swore we would never do.

We swore when we were 9 years old that we would die in battle, together, and we never let the other forget every time we exercised together.

"Ill be waiting for you, when they come to get you for the hunt go south, and keep heading south. I will find you and we will run together. Do you understand me?" She asked searching for a hint of acknowledgement.

Just as I was about to answer we heard the cell doors again.

She was able to run a few cells down and hide from whoever was dropping by.

I smelled him, it was subtle with all the body excrements around me but it was there-fresh rain and mint.

Mate?" I called out to him.

Siaya started to purr in my head.

'He's coming for us, I knew he would.'

But the look on his face seemed like he had a different agenda.

Like he wanted me to grovel for my appearance and shame.

Instead I stood fast waiting for anything he was going to throw at me.

"Why?" He asked.

I didn't understand so I needed to ask.

"Why what?" Looking confused.

"Why did you run from me at the club?" He was clearly upset.

But I didn't even know that he was at the club.

He must have me confused with someone else.

I only danced with two people and I didn't even see their face.

I sure as heck would have remembered if someone told me that they were my mate.

'I don't understand you found our mate and you ran from him?' Siaya asked.

I tried to share my memories with her but it was harder to do seeing as how I was very drunk that night.

"The club? I didnt even know you were there!' A shocked expression on my face.

"I was there! I found you and we danced. I got to hold you and just when I thought you were a mate fit for me you ran off. And I want to know why"

He WAS there?

Why didn't he tell me he was my mate?

I needed to know as well why he didn't claim me or even tell me.

Then I remembered, I was dancing with someone before I had to use the restrooms when I had to elbow someone to let go of me.

That was most likely him.

I only remembered laughing with Nessi and then Darrin came into the club and from then on it was hazy.

But he claims he was there.

I can't believe I let my emotions get the better of me.

My mate was there and I didn't even notice because I was so drunk.

Before I could stop them silent tears started streaming my face and looked straight into his eyes.

"I...Im sorry..I don't...remember anything that happened that night....I..I was in a very emotional situation and I went a little overboard...Can....Can you....." I couldn't talk right and it was starting to get to me.

I was trying not to seem fragile but I couldn't help it.

Stupid pregnancy hormones.

I was on the verge of a full out cry, but I was angry and hurt and upset, still, I wanted to get answers too.

'Just try honey, what's the worse he could say to us' Siaya tried to help but i couldn't form any questions.

Before I could think of one he growled and said.

"I looked for you, I wanted you. And you have betrayed me. This pup that you have i can not accept this. I thought I could. But you are reckless, you have no regard for your safety. You are not a Luna I want for my pack." He seemed pained by this but I couldn't tell with all the tears in my eyes.

I was going to agree that what I did was reckless and accept full responsibility, but what he said broke me even further.

"I, Alpha Cain Jax, of the Blood Hunter pack reject you Andrea Fray as my mate and future Luna."

No, No i thought, not this please not this.

Siaya howled and whined, where as I fell to my knees and scream from the burning on my neck and heart.

It was way too much.

He can't, I didn't want him to reject me, I never did.

I wanted to be his mate, I wanted to have a life with him.

He truly didnt want me.

He didn't want me the night of the club and definitely not now with another mans pup.

I wanted to tell him how much he meant to me, and how much he still would hold a place with me.

But he turned, not checking on me or having any concern for me-he left.

Wave after wave I got hit with pain, unbearable pain.

'I don't accept your rejection, not until I get all the answers I want' I said in my mind.

'I couldn't feel him!' Riaya told me

"Feel who?"

'He didn't have a wolf' I was both surprised and curious.

I stopped crying long enough to hear Nessi come back to my cell.

"Andy I'm sorry for what you are going through, but you still have me and I still have a plan." Was the last thing I heard before I let the pain take over and put me to sleep.

A few hours went by and it was now just past midnight.

I am kind of glad that I passed out because I felt a little better and had a little more energy.

Soon the guards came to take me to the start of the hunting arena.

I was led thru the pack members and onto the stage that held my family.

I tried looking around but with so many wolves here it was hard to focus on where my mate was sitting.

'He rejected us why worry about him' Siaya asked.

"To make sure he doesn't go on the run" I told her.

I turned around and noticed that my mother wasn't at the gathering, just my father.

My own father decided that he wasn't going to stand up for me.

He announced to the pack and visiting packs that I had a forbidden pup and unclaimed by my mate.

There was an erupt of growls-from the men of course-, while some women scowled.

Most turned to each other for a hug.

It's not unheard of for females to participate in the huntings of pregnant she wolves.

I wanted to know why the males never have anything done to them.

Was I pregnant?

Yes.

By my mate?

No.

I was in a compromising position.

Should I have been careful?

Yes!

Should I have not behaved so reckless?

Yes!

But what of the men.

They got to get any female pregnant-50 if they choose to do so.

Yet we were the ones forced to deal with the aftermath.

Half the time when you say no to a male, their wolf tends to take that as an insult and they force themselves on you.

By saying yes at least you aren't injured or killed.

I was ready to yell at my father and to Beta Jason but I started to feel emotion again with so many people starting at me.

Bad baby.

I stopped feeling bad for everyone but rather focused on the stupid smile on Beta Jasons face, and his dumb Alpha.

It's like they are encouraging this to happen.

Now that was getting me very, VERY pissed off.

If I am to be hunted, so be it.

If I am to die so be it.

But for sure I was going to take some of these arrogant f****ng men with me.

No way was I going to be the damsel they thought me to be.

'I'm here to don't forget, I'm with you no matter what" Siaya told me.

"We are going to have to fight tonight Siaya" I told her.

"Let them bring their worse!' Siaya snickered.

Denise-Nessi POV

After I left Andrea I headed straight for the kitchens.

I needed to prepare for our run tonight.

I gathered as many snacks as I thought would go unnoticed.

That's when I smelled it, the mouth watering and panty drenching oh so sweet smell of poppy and pine smoke.

I dropped my snacks on the counter and followed it thought the house to the third floor.

Oh no, I thought.

Not now.

Andrea needed me and I can't get distracted.

But that smell, it was pulling me, guiding me to where I needed to go.

I wanted to be there for Andrea but my wolf Greer and I needed our other half.

Then, I came face to face with pitch black eyes.

"MINE" he said with such fierce it made me wet instantly.

Wow that voice.

Before I could think of anything to say he captured my lips.

The sparks that hit abruptly nearly brought me to my knees.

My body betrayed me and so did my wolf.

Greer was in pure bliss.

She waited to be claimed by our mate and now that he was here I knew she wasn't going to be on board for the plan that was suppose to happen.

Panting my mate stopped for some much needed air.

"Come with me" was all he's said and I idiotically went with him.

He led me to a door, most likely his room and thats when I snapped out of the hold he had on me.

"I can't" and I let go of his arm.

"Your my mate, where do you need to be other then by my side?" He asked me.

I couldn't stop myself, "I need to help my friend, she's being hunted tonight and I need to go to keep her safe"

He just looked at me and I feared he would turn me in.

If he did Andrea would be punished because I gave in to my mate.

What seemed like minutes was only seconds.

"What does she need"

My eyes went wide with surprise.

He was helping me, he's going to help me.

Just as I was about to answer one of the kitchen workers came up to us.

"Excuse me Denise you forgot your pack in the kitchens" the she wolf handed me a bag.

To my surprise it was much heavier then the one I was previously going to pack.

When I looked inside I noticed that there was a map food, water, some clothes and keys.

When she turned away to leave I thanked her.

"What is it?" I almost forgot he was here.

A moment I was brought back to the plan.

"I needed to get this to Andrea" was all I said.

He nodded and was leading me to the front entrance of the house.

Just as we were about to leave I heard my dad.

"Nessi where do you think you are going?"

I was turning around to answer but my mate said "I'm sorry, but we are going to miss tonight's festivities. We found each other just now in the corridor and I wanted to get to know her away form the party"

All my dad did was smile and nod.

I returned his smile and blew a kiss to him. "I'll see you soon pop"

"Take good care of my firecracker you hear Gamma Noah"

"Yes sir"

Hummmmm.

Noah.

Well at least now i know his name.

As we got into his truck I just had to ask.

"Why are you helping me and my friend?"

"Because she is my Luna" was all he said and started to drive away from the pack house.

After about 45 minutes he pulled off the road and said "she should be coming through here soon, give it an hour maybe hour and half"

He exited the truck and I followed.

I didn't know exactly why, it was definitely warmer in the truck.

Not that we could get cold.

Before I knew it he was standing beside me and I could hear the rhythm of his heart.

Then he turned to me and pinned me to the passenger side door.

His hands on my waist and sending shivers up and down my spine.

I couldn't help but lean into him.

His grip was tight and I knew he was fighting to keep control of his wolf so I decided to ask something, anything.

"Your name is Noah and your gamma to which pack"

"Blood hunter"

Man of few words, nice.

"If Andrea is your luna and her mate rejected her does that mean you still accept her as your luna"

"Yes" he said this time through gritted teeth.

He was starting to get angry.

"Will you allow me to leave with her?"

"If that is your wish" he sighed

"What are you going to tell everyone if I don't return"

"Nothing"

"Do you have any questions for me?"

"No"

Really, I'm his mate and he just found me, and he has nothing to ask.

What a jacka**.

Well F**k he just made this 10 times easier.

I started to push him away when his grip on me tightened and he dipped his nose in my hair and just stayed silent.

He didn't try to speak or talk to me he just stayed there.

Well what ever works to get me to Andrea, I though.

'He loves us, can't you tell' Greer chimed in my head

'No he's letting us go he don't care if we stay or go' I told her

'Can't you tell how much he loves us by letting us go he's committing us to memory.'

I stood there shocked, she was right.

He was scenting me.

Making sure that no matter how far or long I left for, I would smelled like him.

I did the only thing I could think of.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and nuzzled him right back.

That definitely got a reaction, because he pulled me in closer.

I didn't think it was possible but he pulled me into him.

His arms started to roam all over my body.

He wasn't much taller than me maybe by 5 inches but I felt like I fit into him.

His hands traveling up and down my body making me quiver with such wanting that I started to kiss his marking spot.

He growled, grabbed my a** and lifted me onto him as he pressed me into the door again.

I wanted him to feel every inch of me, and I wanted to taste everything that he had.

Just as it was getting good I heard leaves and twigs breaking.....

"Shit your killing me b***h".

Was all I said as I got out of Noahs hold.