Chapter 17

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Leah’s POV

The next morning I was woken from my sleep by a knocking at the door, “Leah, are you up?”

I stood up, still in my clothes from yesterday and went to open the door. 

“Woah, what happened to you?”  Alpha Mark laughed, “How are you holding up?”  He looked at me sympathetically.

“I’m fine.”  I said as I put my hair into a high ponytail, obviously it is a mess.

“Alpha Bill hasn’t contacted surrounding packs yet because we haven’t been contacted.  I can’t lie to him though, if he asks if you are here I have to tell him.”

I nodded my head, understanding.  Alpha Bill’s pack is the biggest pack around and Alpha Mark’s pack didn’t stand a chance in a war. 

“Alpha!  Alpha!  We have visitors!”  A strong, male voice yelled up the stairs.

“Stay here!  No matter what you hear!”  Mark turned, leaving my room running down the stairs.

Jeremy’s POV

Me and the ten strongest wolves from my pack; including Kyle and my father, went onto the Midnight Eclipse’s territory.  We got a tip from an old friend in Alpha Mark’s pack that a girl was brought into the pack house yesterday.

Several wolves tried to stop us, or at least slow us down, but they failed and were quickly killed or taken out of commission.

When we approached the pack house, Alpha Mark and twenty other male wolves stood in human form.  My father, Kyle, and I were also in human form, unlike our other pack members.

“Where is my daughter-in-law and my pack’s Future Luna?”  My dad bellowed across the yard.

“Who are you referring to?”  Alpha mark calmly replied.

My wolf was raging.  A terrifying growl escaped my lips and everyone responded; my pack looked at me and Kyle tried to calm me down.  However, Alpha Mark’s pack looked ready to turn wolf on Alpha Mark’s command.

“Where is my mate?  Where is Leah?”  I roared across the yard.

“Leah?  Oh, you are referring to the girl who came to my pack crying?  If you didn’t mark her, she would have been killed for trespassing, but I noticed the mark and found out you were her mate before I was going to punish her.”  My wolf took control at the mention of killing our mate.

“Where is she?!”  I stepped forward and no one dared to try to stop me.

“She doesn’t want to talk to you.  You might want to give her time.”  Mark was trying to keep me from her!  How dare he?!

“Tell me where she is, before we kill off your whole pack until I find her!”  I know I had no right to declare war because my father was still Alpha.

“I will allow your friend there,” He said pointing to Kyle, “to see her, but without her permission I won’t be allowing you to see her.  You hurt her.  You hurt her bad.”

At the mention of the pain I caused my mate, my wolf retreated and calmed down.  “Okay.”  He allowed one of his men to lead Kyle inside.

Leah’s POV

I heard footsteps come to my door and someone knocked, “Come in.”  I said, expecting to see Alpha Mark walking into my room.

Instead, I saw an unexpected friend, Kyle.  “I’m not going back.”  I bluntly stated.

“I’m not asking you to, but you have to understand Jeremy didn’t kiss her.”

“Why are you standing up for him?!”  Tears started springing to my eyes.

“Because he didn’t Leah.  I know Jeremy, and I know when he told me he didn’t kiss her, he wasn’t lying.”

“It’s too much.”  I said sitting back down on the bed, “Can you leave now?  Also, tell Jeremy that I give him permission to mark her, he doesn’t have to pretend he wants or wanted me.  I’ll try to move on too.”

Kyle didn’t know what else to say to me, so he left the room.

My wolf felt crushed, she felt alone and hurt.  Her mate wanted someone else and even after more than a week he wanted someone else more.  I laid in the bed and started to cry.

Fifteen minutes later Alpha Mark came in.  He sat at the foot of my bed, “I’m sorry.  He wanted to see you, so I compromised.”

“Thank you, Alpha Mark.”  I sniffled and wiped my eyes.  “Thank you so much.”

“Please just call me Mark, Leah.”  He gave me a pleading look, “You know, he looked really worried about you.”  Mark said, I could tell he was serious and not just trying to cheer me up.

“It doesn’t matter, we are over.”  Mark’s face was shocked.

“What?”  He said.  “How can you leave him so easily?  When I lost my mate, it took all I had to move on.”  His face was curious.

“I don’t want to keep getting hurt.”  It was really as simple as that.

Jeremy’s POV

When we got back to the pack house I demanded to hear everything Kyle and Leah said.

“Dude she is hurting.”  Kyle said looking at me sympathetically and accusingly.

“What did she say?”  I was dying to know how I could fix this mess.

“Honestly,”  He said looking uncomfortable, “I don’t want to tell you, but she said she gives you permission to mark Lexi and to move on because she is going to try to.”

“WHAT?!”  My wolf exploded with rage.  He was in total control now.

We had to get out of the house before we hurt someone.  My wolf took off running and before I realized it, it was dark and we were in Alpha Mark’s territory.  I went back into human form and gained control again.  ‘Go get our mate! ‘  My wolf commanded.

I put on a pair of shorts and went to the pack house, undetected, knocking on the door.  “I’ll get it.”  I heard Leah’s voice, she sounded happy and she had been laughing.  My wolf wanted to be the only one to make our mate laugh.

“Hello?-“ She stopped dead in her tracks when she noticed it was me.

“Who is it?”  Mark said walking behind her and wrapping his arm around her waist and she tried to step away from him, but when he noticed it was me he stiffened.  His grip was holding her in place against his side.

This drove my wolf and I nuts!  “Can I talk to you?”  I said through clenched teeth.

She reluctantly needed her head yes, “Alone?”  I added and Alpha Mark got the hind, leaving us alone.  He must have known my pain because he didn’t question why I was trespassing on his territory.

Leah stepped out of the house, shutting the door behind her.  “What’s with him?”  I almost growled, recalling his arm around her waist.

“Nothing, he was being a friend and was helping me keep my mind off you- and NO not in a sexual way!”  She crossed her arms over her chest.

“I’m sorry, Leah!”  I don’t know if my apology will be enough his time.

What if I lose her?

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