Saved by a Cupcake

12. Mia

Mia's POV

James got done drying off to put on a pair of grey sweatpants. I snuggled into his queen-sized bed. I was engulfed in his smell. "You smell fantastic," I told him, and he laughed as he shut off the lights.

"You too, Miss cupcake." I smiled as he climbed in next to me. The bed dipped as he climbed into it, and I could feel myself getting warmed even though he said it would be chilly.

My eyes adjusted to the darkness, and I found his face. I snuggled closer to him, and he grabbed my waist. "You are beautiful." He told me as he kissed me tenderly. I was itching to jump him, but I was patient.

I melted into the mattress as James shifts to being on top of me. He was careful not to crush me, but I didn't mind. I entangled my fingers in hair, loving how soft his hair was. We were getting into a rhythm when his door burst open.

I pushed James off of me and got into a defense position. James fell off the bed from me pushing him. The intruder, Zoey, was laughing at her brother. I immediately rushed down to apologize to him. "You better have interrupted us for something important," James grumbled as I helped him up.

"So, I was researching alphas, and I came across something you might not like." She said and bit her lip. I rushed over to hug her. "What is it, Zoey?" James asked as he hugged her as well.

"I don't think you can mark Mia." I turned to see James's reaction, and his jaw was clenched. We all three sat on the bed, with Zoey leaning on her big brother.

"I was talking with some of the people at Oxford. They uncovered some ancient text about a second chance luna that stepped over as alpha for her passed mate. She tried to mark her new mate, and they seized to be mates anymore. Their connection was lost. They believe it because the alpha mark is too strong." I saw James touching my mark and wondered if he regretted having me mark him. I know he wanted to mark me as well, but this is too much of a risk.

I look at James as he absorbs this information. I could tell he was fighting with his wolf. They want to mark me; I know they do. But with this, they wouldn't would they? Would James risk it since to have claim on me? It worried me that I considered he might.

"How are you feeling?" Zoey asked him, and he sighed. "I don't know; I guess stupid for having rushed in with my mark." I felt a stab in my heart. I would never really be his equal; he still wants some claim on me. Noticing Zoey looking at me, I put my mask up and seemed sad for us. He looked up and noticed my mask but said nothing. That hurt twice as much.

"I'm grabbing a drink of water," I told no one in particular and went inside the house. I was so mad right now; I wanted to hit him. My wolf inside of me was steaming, but I held her at bay. I put a lid on my feelings so he wouldn't know how truly I felt.

I decided that I wasn't spending the night here. I refused to be in the same room as him with his bull crap. I believed he changed for the better, but he hasn't. He still wants to own me; I'm still his luna. I'm never an alpha to him. I texted Isabella to pick me up. She said she was on her way with Ben ten minutes later.

I sat on the couch and waited for them. Zoey and her brother were upstairs talking. I didn't hear his mom come in. "Honey, what are you doing up?" She sat down next to me.

I typed to her what happened on my phone, and she read it. Her jaw clenched as she realized what her son is doing. Maybe I would be willing to stay and talk to him about the marking situation, but the robot mask thing pissed me off.

His mom hugged me and gave me a sad smile. She knew I wouldn't and shouldn't budge on this issue. If James really wanted me, he would choose. Loose me or his "masculinity." Isabella texted me that she was here, and I rushed out to her car. He caught me before I left and pinned me against his truck.

"You aren't going anywhere." He told me, holding me against his truck. His eyes were changing from hazel to green; his wolf was trying to take over. Isabella went to rip him off, but I told her to back off. "You are just too afraid to face your problems, Mia." He told me, and I flinched.

"Maybe cause I'm tired and want to focus on my pack and Broken Light pack right now. I don't need to deal with this crap."
"Oh, so you don't want to fight for me cause I don't fit in your cookie-cutter life. You can't compartmentalize me, and you hate it."

"That's because you can't choose anything." He titled my head up as his canine teeth came out. I let get within an inch of marking before kicking him in the groin. I needed to know that he was for certain going to mark me without my permission. He was on the ground, and I was running for my getaway car.

Ben split from the driveway as his whole pack seemed to wake up from the commotion. Isabella held me as I cried all the way home to our pack. My dad was wide awake as Ben carried me to our apartment.

"What happened?" He asked, and I stopped crying to tell all of them what happened.
"I'm going to kill him!" Isabella said immediately, jumping to run back to his pack. Ben pushed her down, and she sighed. "I'll write him an angry letter." She promised, and I wanted to laugh. He was willing to risk losing me for his ego- low blow.

Isabella promised to hold me as we curled in my bed together. "You don't deserve him sweetie." She told me but I wasn't too sure. I wasn't a saint either, why did I act like I was one? I try to be a strong leader but maybe I'm all wrong. I wrestled with these thoughts all night long.

The next morning I woke up and Isabella helped me get dressed. I wanted to stay in bed all day but knew I couldn't. I had responsibilities. My dad made me eat my breakfast while Isabella assured him she would stay by my side all day. He left for work while we went downstairs to work.

I was immediately swarmed with all of our women and some men pack members. "Listen we want you to know that you are one the road to becoming a great alpha. You are just the right amount of caring in between seriousness. We need that in an alpha, we don't need a friend in an alpha. Now he doesn't deserve you. And that's all we're saying on the manner." My aunt told me and everyone agreed.

"Thanks guy I truly appreciate it, I do. I'm going to try to forget that loser and focus on you guys. I'm going to be that alpha you deserve."