Fallen - Re

Chapter 17

Damien's POV

I stood outside with Brent, Joel and Maximus. What are we going to do about Mason? Then on top of that nonsense, we had to deal with another mate. Why would the gods give Rose an incubus for a mate? There's still too much that doesn't make sense. Now we know Rose is a vampire, scratch that, she also smells like witch. Is she a hybrid as well? This is becoming one large supernatural mess.

"Quit whining and deal with it!" Max told Joel. Now he's suggesting staying at the safe house with us so he can bond with Rose. Needless to say, none of us were too happy to share our mate.

"Why don't we ask Rose? If she says no, then you have to go." I suggested.

Joel huffed and stomped off towards the house.

"I thought it was a good suggestion bro," Brent assured me. The rest of us followed Joel into the house. We could hear Colten and Rose talking amongst themselves.

"This jerk thinks he can hang around here with us, what d'ya think, Rose?" Joel blurted out when we entered the room they were in.

"I think it's a fine idea." She said in her cute little Texas accent as she blushed.

Joel cursed under his breath and walked out of the room. "Don't worry about him, he'll get over it." I told her. None of us were happy about having another guy to share our mate with but it was what fate wanted.

"I want to mark you." I blurted out suddenly, shocking the room.

"You want to...what?" Rose asked confused.

"I want to mark you. It's normal for mates. That shows that we belong together, that we're soulmates. It's safest for you to be marked. Through the bond we would be able to feel each other's emotions and communicate telepathically as needed." I explained.

She seemed to calm down after I explained how the bond works.

"How is marking different than when Colten and I bit each other earlier?" She asked.

"This is the part where I need you to not freak out..." I started, "we have to have sex while you get marked."

"What?! This is too sudden!" She cried out.

"I know honey, but none of us would ever hurt you and I promise you won't regret it." I tried to reassure her but she was freaking out.

"There's another way." Joel interrupted coming back into the room.

"What is it?" Rose asked intrigued.

"We can have Abigail perform a mating ritual and we can bite you during that."

Rose's shoulders loosened up and she quickly agreed.

"I need a food break." Rose told all of us. I understood. This was a lot to ask and a lot to digest.

"I got them!" Sophie came bursting into the room with an arm full of blood bags.

"Sophie!" Rose threw herself into Sophie's arms, making the squishy bags fall all over the floor.

Rose picked one up, tore open a bag and sucked down the liquid in just a few gulps. "I guess I was hungry." She giggled. We all laughed with her as Max approached Rose cautiously.

Maximus's POV

"Rose can I speak with you in a private for a minute?" I asked her earning some growls from the others. Possessive damn wolves.

"Sure," she happily chirped up at me.

I gently grab her hand and led her out back to walk through the garden.

"I don't want you to feel pressured to mark and mate with me. I know we've barely met and that you've been through some trauma lately. So I'd like to wait, for us." I told her honestly.

She seemed shocked for a moment and then asked, "don't you want me?" Silly girl.

"Of course, I want you, but your mental wellbeing is more important than the temporary pleasure. I don't want you to see me the way everyone else does. As a happy-go-lucky playboy who screws without a second thought. I promise I'll be faithful to you, if you'll have me."

Rose giggled a little and reached a hand up to caress my cheek. "I'm very attracted to you but if you think we should wait before performing the ritual together then I'll follow your lead. I also never had a chance to thank you for saving me. Although I was wondering why you were able to enter the castle while none of the other boys could."

"I actually know the king through social events. I always thought it was weird that he never took a date but now I know why. He was around plenty of women but he refused to get serious with any of them."

"Oh." She said. "I just want to know why we were betrothed in the first place. Who were my parents? And why did they give me up?" She continued.

"I'm not sure sweetheart. Unfortunately, you may only be able to get answers from either the witch who originally sealed your powers or from Mason himself." I could tell by the scrunch of her nose that she wasn't too fond of the latter.

"Ok, and thank you Max."

Mason's POV

I'm beginning to grow frustrated. I went to her house, in fact I went to all her mates' houses and couldn't find any trace of them. I can't believe that she escaped before we could mate. I was so close to getting a taste, now I'm more frustrated than ever. I decided I needed to go take care of my carnal needs before I continued on. I called Madam O and asked her to send over one of her girls. "Make it a red head with big breasts." I told her on the phone. "Quickly."

I waited in my office in my castle for the redhead to arrive. Tapping my foot in frustration.

"Hello, sir." A confident voice said from the doorway.

"Get in." I commanded. I could hear her gulp and her footsteps slightly falter as her heels tapped forward.

"Strip and get on your knees." I commanded of her. The redheaded complied and I let my mind wander off to a different little redheaded vixen. I'll have you back soon, Rose.

Joel's POV

"Where's Rose?" Brent asked me.

"Just gave her a few minutes of privacy is all. Her mark is pretty cool. There's three wolves howling at a red moon. What does that even mean? I've seen wolves howling at the moon but never a red moon." I said.

We had just completed the ritual and Rose bore all our marks, minus the incubus'.

"Maybe we can ask Abigail," Colten suggested. That wasn't a bad idea actually.

"Why don't you go ask and she may know. Now that Rose is with us, marked, I don't feel as anxious but we're not completely in the clear yet. We still need to take care of Mason. We can only stay on vacation for so long. You guys still need to graduate from high school and I'm sure the pack is missing it's alpha and betas. A gamma can only do so much on their own." I told them