Queen Takes King, Checkmate.

Chapter Two.

Charlotte's POV.

So when I finally stumbled out of his car, together we ran up the stone footpath to the small front porch and out of the rain. Hugging the already soaked jumper of Marks' closer to me, I breifly looked behind us at the fluroushing garden I had planted for Markus earlier on in the year.

Smiling with pride, I turned when Markus finally found his house key amoungst the hundreds of keys he had to carry with him at all times; some were for the packhouse, prison cells, other rooms and buildings that were only for alphas' eyes only.

"Home sweet home" Markus sighed as he allowed me to step inside first, my soaked shoes squeeking against the polished timber floorboards as I leaned against the wall to untie them and leave them by the door.

I hung Mark's Jumper on a hook beside the front door and ran a hand through my damp hair again, knowing that I probably looked a complete mess right now.

I sure felt like I did, shivering slightly because of how cold I was, my face still throbbing and my body ached all over from the very... dangerous fight I had gotten into with my father...

"I'm gonna go for a shower" I said simply, not even having to ask Markus for permission or wait for a reply since I was so at ease here.

"Sure, I'll make us something to eat and we can watch a movie or something afterwards" He offered, standing by the base of the staircase with a hand on the banister and one foot on the bottom step, as if secretly asking if he could join me for that shower.

I smiled slightly, "sounds good" I said before turning back around and continuing up the staircase, knowing that Markus would understand that I didnt want him to join me.

I always did everything I could to not encourage his affectionate behaviour and to avoid any chance of us sleeping together again, that was the last thing I needed right now; Markus thinking that we were a couple again and everything was okay when clearly, it wasnt.

So once I was in Mark's ensuite, I made sure to lock the door behind me to ensure that I didnt have a surprise visitor whilst showering because the last time he joined me for a shower, I didnt stop myself from screwing his brains out.

A warm shower was what I needed right now, anything that could possibly wash away all this pain and sadness inside of me and the memory of my father beating me...

Unknowns' POV.

I followed her to the home of the alphas eldest son, who's name was Mark or Markus if I remembered correctly and I was here because my mate had gotten into his car and they'd driven here.

I had seen her go to this boy's house multiple times, my heart shattering on the few times where I heard the sounds of him making love to her, my mate crying his name out in pleasure as he drove her higher and higher.

I remembered seeing her at a pharmacy once, her skin as pale as parchment and hands shaking with fear as she walked in to buy a pregnancy test, heading straight inside to get it because she knew exactly what she was there for.

The relief I felt when the test came up negative was unexplainable, I saw her smile brightly and throw the stick into the trash can in her room before she stood up and did a little dance of happiness.

I sat there on her balcony, at the small table and chair that was out there, cloaked by darkness and unseen because of the sheer curtains she had as I watched her with a bright smile on my face as she too was relieved.

If that boy had impregnated my mate, I would've slit that mutts throat and left his bleeding body at the borders of vampire territory.

Those memories were only a few months old but eversince then, my mate hadn't been intimate with him since and I was ever so thankful too.

She was mine and mine only, just the thought of another man with her was torture and seeing her now, back at his house, it made me frown darkly when she turned around to look behind her with a huge smile as the boy fiddled with his keys on the front porch.

I knew that she thought she was looking at the garden I had watched her put so much effort into, but unconciously, her body forced her to look behind her because it sensed my presence.

The presence of her soulmate.

But I made sure that I wasnt seen as I stood within the treeline if the forrest around this boys house, the dense black clouds and heavy rain was also working to my benifit so neither my mate or the keen eyesight or smell of the alphas son would find me.

And my heart broke again when I watched helplessly as she hastily stepped into the house and the boy closed the door behind him.

Growling in frustration, I slammed my fist into the trunk of the tall spruce tree I stood underneath, the wood splintering and giving way slightly to my strength.

I stared at the front door angrily for a few seconds, water running down my face from the rain as my soaked hair covered my eyes completely, my jacket and jeans were completly wet also and I was thankful that I wasnt wearing shoes or a shirt because to carry those with me when I was in my Lycan form would be a great difficulty.

Feeling the rain fall even heavier then before, the water that was now practically pouring over my bare chest and onto my feet became uncomfortable and I finally pulled myself out of my dark thoughts about that boy my mate was so close with...

I swore aloud before turning away and heading back to her house, where I knew the beast that was her father was and I needed to let my anger out on someone and who better than the feral dog that had beaten his own daughter within an inch of her life?

I was forced to watch on helplessly as she fought against him, occaisionally landing a deathly hit to his face or stomach that caused him to double over.

Sure my mate was strong, fueled by her hatred for him and her anger, but even that wasnt enough to sheild her from the fists and claws of the fully grown Lycan that was her father.

She put up one hell of a fight and rather than keep going, she knew when she had no chance at winning and eventually left; I was thankful that she didnt kill herself trying to defeat him...

So now I was heading to her house, where I'd beat the absolute crap out of him for revenge, payback for what he had done to my mate and because I needed to blow off steam as I prayed that tonight would not be the night where my mate gave in to the alphas son and let him make love to her again...

I pleaded mentally to her not to break my heart again, if anything was to happen to her, I'd break down that boys door and physically take my mate from his house and to a place where he could never lay a finger on her again.