Only Mine

Chapter 16: Tall, Dark, and Broken as Hell

You'll be mine and I'll be yours~ Everything Has Changed by Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
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"She's my mate!" An Alpha barks and my head whips to him. It was Alpha Ethan Black, who was five years older than me. Ethan lunges at me, grabbing me by the arms. I jerk my arms free and step back from him. "Listen carefully, Ethan Black, because I will only say this once. I am NOT your mate, I will never be your mate, and if you ever put your hands on me again I will cut them off along with other body parts you might want to use one day. Got it?" I tell him with as much force as I could put behind my words.
Honestly I am petrified. Ethan was known for being possessive towards females. He hasn't found his mate in nine years and that can make a male lose himself in his darkness.

Blake takes me away from Ethan and sits me down. "Are you okay?" He asks. He looks at the red marks that are now appearing on my arms from were Ethan had grabbed me. He brushes his thumbs against the skin that was starting to bruise. I flinch and his eyes darken in sadness. "I'm sorry," he whispers, "I'm sorry I was not there to protect you. I should have been."
"Blake," I reach up and run my hand down his check, "this was not your fault. You were not allowed to touch him and how was anyone to know that psycho fur ball would hurt his so-called mate? You have nothing to apologize for so just knock it off. Got it?" I say and he nods. He presses his head to my neck and inhales. I know now that he had already claimed me. It was time for me claim him. "Are you okay to go back, or do you want to leave?" He asks. "If you want to go it's okay with me. I don't mind what we do." I answer and he helps me up. He slips his fingers into mine and we walk back.

We stand off to the side and watch as one by one the Alphas choose the other females, even as they put up a fight against them. One Alpha Male grabs his chosen mate by the ear and she yelps at the pain. "Behave." He snarls lowly and she trembles. I look at Blake fearfully and he shakes his head gently. Kane watches on with a blank look and I notice the way he continues to stare at the tall, green eyed, brunettes with defiant looks in their eyes. Then I recognize them. It was the twins Reagan and Kennedy Daugherty. Reagan had already been claimed by the Alpha Drake Summers. I know he was a good man and that he wouldn't hurt any female.

Kennedy was still standing tall and I see her look at Kane with a hurt expression. I look at my brother and he simply shakes his head at me. Blake rests his hand on my lower back, dangerously close to my ass. I move slightly so that his hand was on the small of my back. I watch on as Kennedy stands tall when Alpha Eli Davenport points at her. I look at her then Kane. "Stop!" I yell and Blake's hand squeezes my hip. "She belongs to my brother." I say and Eli snarls at me. Blake growls lowly at him Kennedy pipes up, "I do." Kennedy snaps and tries to jerk her arm out of Eli's grasp. He tightens it instead and Kane snarls when she whines at the pain.

Blake holds me and I struggle in his grip. Kane starts to shake and Eli throws Kennedy to the ground. Reagan helps me sit her in a chair. "Are you okay?" I ask her and she nods. Her eyes were all for Kane. "You two are true mates, aren't you?" I ask and she nods again. Now both men are shifted. Kane towers over Eli, but he doesn't let that bother him. He launches at Kane and Eli barely scrapes his teeth on Kane's shoulder. Kane whirls around and closes his teeth on Eli's throat. Blake shifts and pulls Kane away from Eli and I see blood welling up on Eli's neck. Eli shifts back and quickly pulls on a pair of boxers. "Listen here Sinclair, I'll make sure you fucking pay for what you did today. You little shit." He snarls and Kane snaps his teeth at him. Kane eases into a protective stance in front of Kennedy and Drake stands in front of Reagan when Eli glares at her. His eyes shift to me when I growl. Blake bares his teeth at Eli and I glare at Eli. He shifts and takes a step towards me. Blake gives him a savage snarl and snaps at his face. Eli backs away with a final snarl and he bounds off. Everyone looks at us and Blake snarls. He takes my hand in his jaws and gently leads me away. And I follow him, like the fool I am.

He shifts and I avert my eyes. "I'm decent Luna," Blake tells me. I walk towards him and my head is down with my hair falling in my face so I could not see anything in front of me. I reach out and try to hand Blake the clothes he dropped but he grabs my wrist and pulls me all the way towards him. I let out a shriek as I collide with Blake. "Sorry love didn't mean to pull you quite that hard," he tells me with a sly grin. "Uh-huh, sure you didn't," I says as I twist my wrist to get free from his grasp. Blake lets go easily but does not step away from me, so I take the initiative and stepped back. "What are you doing? Don't you think you need..." I begin to tell him he needed to be clothing himself but stopped in mid-sentence when I let my eyes wander over Blake's torso. He was finely muscled and it makes me bite my lip and look away. "Come on, let's go." He says and I look at him in confusion. "Your brother is taking Kennedy to the RedHill territory." He says and I slowly nod. "And I'm taking you home with me to the Gethen territory." He says and I still. "You're the Gethen Alpha?" I ask. "Not yet. My parents are still leading for a long time." He says and I let out a sigh. "Come on." He says and leads me down the path to the parking area. He takes me towards a gleaming silver '63 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. I stay staring at the car and I barely even hear Blake. "I-is this your car?" I stutter. "It's my old man's. He let me borrow it for today." He says and I blink twice. He opens the door for me and I stay looking at the interior. I run my finger across the shining dashboard. "You're in love with the car, aren't you?" He asks in a teasing manner. "I'm in love. I've never been in one." I say excitedly and he chuckles. "Then I guess you'll love his car collection." He says and I feel myself get bold. I lean across the console and buckle him in. His heart rate quickens and I know I have his attention. "You know now I won't have any control over myself when we get there." He warns and I look at him through lowered lashes. "I don't want you to." I say and he inhales sharply through his nose. His eyes darken with lust and desire and I know he can smell that I am almost heat.
Almost...