My Older Mate

Jealousy

Annie

I would be lying if I said I wasn't sexually attracted to Marcus. I have never felt this way about anyone other then Matthew in my whole life. I am a thirty year old woman with young children lusting after this twenty year old beast, literally, of a man.

What makes him even more desirable is how he takes care of my boys. While we were preparing to leave he would often take Benjamin when he was fussy so I could finish what I was doing. He played with Joshua right down on the floor. He had a lot of talks with Elijah about being a wolf and mates specifically. He made sure Elijah knew that mates often saved themselves until they found their fated mate and Elijah should think of that as packs are not like the human world. I knew he was having these talks because his brother is Elijah's mate.

I was exhausted by the time we reached the pack and I was very nervous. I come with a lot of baggage and I was worried that the pack would not accept me. I was more nervous that Marcus' parents would not accept me. As per our deal, though, I could leave at any time.

When we pulled up in the mini van to the Alpha mansion I felt my jaw drop. The place was HUGE. Far to big for us. I had no words. I could hear the kids making gasping noise, well Joshua and Elijah. We all got out of the van, the front door of the house was thrown open and the cutest couple came running out.

They cooed at my boys then yelled "Welcome home!"

They rushed around the younger boys while Mikey and Elijah were grabbing some things from the van.

Looking at me Marcus' mother said "You can call us Mom and Dad."  Looking at the boys once Mikey brought Elijah over with his arm slung over his shoulder she said "Call us Grammie and Grampie!"  The smile on her face looked like it would break her. 'Dad' had a adoring smirk. When I glanced at Mikey he was beaming with pride while he looked at Elijah, who was wiggling trying to remove his grip on him.

When mother returned with Alexandra during this I cleared my throat "It is nice to meet you. My name is Annie, this is my mother, Lilian. These are my boys, Elijah, Joshua, and Benjamin. I hope you don't mind that we are moving into your space."

'Mom' beamed and shushed me then grabbed the two younger boys to start towards the house. I leaned over to Marcus, who had a weird smile on his face as he watched his mom walk away with my children, and said "Um... what are your parents actual names? Am I just expected to immediately start calling them mom and dad?" He just smirked and walked away.

That is when I noticed he was walking towards Alexandra who was speaking with a very beautiful woman close to 6 feet tall wearing very revealing work out clothes. I flinched when Marcus gave her a very intimate hug and her hand lingered on his arm. He let her hand linger for a moment then moved away. The spark of jealousy I felt made me uncomfortable. This woman smiled and looked me straight in the eye while giggling at whatever they were talking about. When the woman excused herself she looked over at me with a self satisfying smirk on her face. I definitely did not like her!

Marcus ran over and stopped when he saw my sour face. "What is wrong?  Are you okay?"  "Who was that?"  "Oh Courtney?  She is an old friend of mine. We grew up together. She is training to be a warrior and was just stopping by to say hi after training."  I scoffed. "She stopped by to say hi but didn't even introduce herself to me, your mate and the future Luna?  She also lingered near you far to long and gave me an unpleasant look as she walked away. I do not like her."  Marcus looked like he was in thought and sighed. "She is a bit touchy for me and does have an air of superiority. I can see how she could make you uncomfortable. I will keep my distance from her. Thank you for letting me know how you feel."  He smiled and kissed my forehead.

It took about a few days to settle in. Mikey let his parents know that Elijah was his mate and they were excited. Even though he hasn't shifted yet Derick, Marcus' dad, said he could sense an Alpha on him. That is worrisome but I expected as much. Naomi, Marcus' mom, started taking him with her every chance she got. She said she needed to get to know her new son even if he wasn't aware yet. Courtney stopped by a few times, never looking at any of us, and tried to get Marcus to speak with her privately. He respected my feelings and only talked to her in the open. When she would move in for a hug or touch him he would gently turn her down or move away.

The night before we were to be officially announced to the pack Courtney cornered me. "Marcus and I are meant to be together. Why would the Goddess ever give him a weak human for a mate? Not only are you human but you are unclean. He will never accept your mutts as his own. Good thing he didn't wait either! Best lay I ever had. He is very experienced.  Us girls talk about him often."  She cackled and walked away. Marcus had stated over and over that most werewolves saved themselves for their mates so her comments made me angry. Much more angry then I ever thought I could be. I was no virgin but, other then an incident in school that still gives me nightmares, I had only ever been with Matthew. Andre and Marcus both think he was my human equivalent of a mate so how could I be 'unclean'?

Confused and angry I stormed into the house and slammed the door. Elijah flinched but just continued to watch his show. "Where is Marcus?" I asked with more vinegar in my voice then I intended.

Elijah turned to me with shock on his face because I never spoke with such malice in my voice towards him before. "He is reading Joshua a book as he just got Benjamin down." I huffed and stomped my way up the stairs. I peaked in the room and Joshua was dozing next to Marcus while he read him a fairytale. He noticed me and smiled. I glared at him and headed to my room, again slamming the door.

Marcus sought me out and knocked on my door. When I didn't answer it he slowly opened it and popped his head in. Before he could say anything I spit at him "What the hell do you want? I am not staying here so go find someone else." He looked shocked and stood there with his mouth hung open. This is not like me at all. I do not like who I am right now but my jealousy was taking over my mind and my heart ached.

Marcus raised his hands as if in surrender but stayed planted just inside my bedroom door. "Get the hell out of my room. I can't even look at you right now. What a hypocrite you are. I bet Mikey isn't as he says either. You can bet your ass I will not Elijah anywhere near him. I don't usually swear so listen well...fuck off!" I entered my bathroom and slammed the door.

I heard Marcus whimper but I ignored him. I can deal with a lot and I am fine if he has had previous partners but why sprout off about saving yourself? Was it all a lie to try and make me fall for him harder? I don't know if I can trust him anymore. I feel like this huge lie has turned the tides. Tomorrow morning I will speak with the kids and tell them this is just not going to work out. They will be sad but they will get over it.