Saving Us *Mate Astray*

Chapter 24

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Elektra's POV

The smirk on his face sent a shiver down my back. He was overpowered and essentially helpless yet he had a triumphant grin as if he knew something we didn't.

"Why did you get close to Lex?" I ask as Jake is far too angry to speak, barely keeping his wolf at bay. Ryder's grin grows wider.

"He is my mate, why else? I want him with me."

He says rather casually, seemingly forgetting there is a very angry soon to be Alpha not five metres from him that has certainly imagined a dozen of different ways to kill him for touching his mate.

"I don't think so." Came the deep and powerful response from Jake or more so his wolf, as his eyes were not his own.

"Lex already has a mate. The very pissed off Alpha to my left. He didn't like you touching what is his..." Twin growls were heard, one from Jake, the other from Ryder.

"LEX IS MINE!" Ryder yelled, harshly grabbing at the hand that was around his collar, removing it from himself and simultaneously throwing both Jake and I across the room.

Where the fuck did that strength come from?

I thought as I grimaced from the pain as my body collided with the desk in the corner. Jake handled it far better than I, he did not even flinch as he was thrown and collided with the closet. He was back on his feet within seconds and making his way to Ryder.

"HE IS MINE, NO ONE ELSE'S." Ryder yelled once more.

An earth shattering growl followed that statement, one so powerful I could see for a second as fear crossed Ryder's eyes. The Alpha within Jake had had enough, his mate being claimed by another forced whatever humanity to be squashed, replaced by an insatiable hunter who had set its eyes on its prey.

"Jake!"

I called out to no avail. My words were met with deaf ears as Jake grabbed Ryder by the neck with his left hand and proceeded to break every rib in his body with his right fist. The sound of cracking bones was unnaturally loud, as if there was no meat and muscles in the way, as if Jake was breaking bare bone, unprotected by layers of skin, muscle and joints.

Ryder heaved as blood fell from his mouth in great quantities, his eyes wide in excruciating pain.  In contrast Jake's eyes were animalistic, a sense of enjoyment barely crossing his features as he watched the weaker shifter suffer, pounding against his rib cage as if it were a punching bag.

He is going to kill him

As the words appeared in my mind, Ryder used his left arm to block the soon to be Alpha's incoming punch and his right leg to knee him in the stomach. As Jake fell forwards, Ryder elbowed him in the head assuredly making Jake's mind and eyesight to become unfocused.

In the span of a second the roles had reversed and Jake was left exposed and vulnerable to an attack. Instead of taking the opportunity however, Ryder made for the window and without regard for his injuries threw himself out the window and onto the grass below.

As a shifter, a second floor jump would be nothing however when taking into account the abuse Ryder's body had taken, it becomes more of a risk. A risk he did not care for and probably did not think about as there was no hesitation before jumping.

"AFTER HIM!" Jake ordered.

But it was not Jake giving the orders. Just then he had used his Alpha tone which came with an overwhelming wave of power that forced me to obey. Jake never would have used it on me... his wolf was in command at the moment and he cared for very little except getting revenge.