The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 85
The Alpha & Beta's Regret
Jack POV
âWe need to talk about a lot of things tonight to catch you up. West and Terence, Brad and Cooper are all arriving tomorrow lunchtime. They all know about Luci and the boys. Also, Alpha Addison.â
âAlpha Addison?â Rafe questioned instantly.
âYes, she and Orien are sort of on the outs, itâsâ¦â Jack shook his head âGoddess Rafe, where do I start with all this?â
âAt the beginning,â Rafe stated simply.
âItâs going to be a very long night. I feel, your head is going to hurt a lot and first thing in the morning, before our allies get here, I want to put you face to face with Luci and the boys, though Luci is not comfortable with us, just a heads up. But I think this will solve the issue youâre having.â
âHow?â
âThe more time we spend with Luci and the boys, the more we feel disconnected from whatever it is our so-called Mateâs did to us back then. Did to you again tonight as well.â Watched as Rafe nodded slowly.
âLet me have it Jack, the good and the bad. All of it.â
âJack, when are you coming to bed?â His tale was interrupted by Mariaâs mind-linking to him.
Jack added Rafe right to that conversation before answering her âIâm not.â He stated flatly âYouâre not interested in me Maria. I understand this now.â
âWhat? Youâre my Mateâ¦we just had a silly little fight was allâ¦I know I was harsh before I left.â Heard her huff and then her tone changed completely âIâm sorry Jack, I just get so frustratedâ¦I want us to have a pup and I donât understand why we canât.â
Didnât understand it! What a crock of horse s**t. He knew now she was paying some old hag to make sure she didnât get pregnant, she wasnât even his bloody Mate, had ruined his bloody life and for what?
âWeâre not having any.â He told her point blankly âGo to bed, Iâm not joining you.â
âWell, if youâre going to be like that, perhaps Iâll just go back home.â She threatened him, didnât yet realise it wasnât going to work.
âMake sure to reject me first.â He shot right back.
Heard her scream furiously down the mind-link âYouâre with Rafe right this minute, arenât you?â
âYes!â he smirked âAll snuggled up with someone that actually enjoys my company.â He wasnât about to deny it, hell took it a step further âin Luciâs room. Perhaps your sister should have thought through it a bit more, burning down her house out in the pack.â
âIs she there with you?â Maria grated out.
âWhere else would she be, seeing as the Luna tried to harm her, she needs the Alpha and Betaâs protection from her own Luna. So, yes, Iâm with Rafe in Luciâs roomâ¦Oh, by the way. What the hell did Melissa do to Rafe? Lost all his memories.â
The link was severed, and he smiled âLets just see what they do now.â
Rafe sighed âYouâre playing with fire.â
âWell, I donât want either of them two knowing Luci and the boys are elsewhere in the pack. Likely have another fire, only this time theyâll actually be there for it. Better she think they are here.â
There was a furious ringing of the doorbell to the room. âOh, let me.â Jack smiled and stayed Rafe. âThatâs Maria, I can feel it through my tether, you.â he pointed at Rafe. âStay here away from them.â
âAnd if they dose you like they did me?â
âCall Allen and reach out to Terence before morning, to see if his mother Belinda will come to play inside my mind and hopefully yours, Titanâs too. But I have a feeling it wonât work on me.â And he did. He was their biggest concern âsomething is blocking the Beta.â Titan had heard that old hag tell them.
He heard Flare snort inside his mind âWe love Luci, Kali and Alari.â
âYes, we do. Hang on to that at all cost Flare, you might be needed more than me.â
âI got you, I will never give up my Mate.â
Jackâs foot fall stopped as he closed the bedroom door. âWhat?â but there was nothing but pure silence coming from his beast now, but deep down he now wondered if that was it.
Shook it off, had to go out there and deal with Maria, could come back to that one. Stalked over there and yanked open the door. âBack the hell off.â He and Flare snarled together âThe children are already scared.â He played at Luci and the boys being in here.
âYou come out here, I wonât stand for you being with another.â She yelled right at him.
Really? He thought, but you can, probably have considering he felt nothing at all when she touched another. Likely had been Goddess only knew how many times. âGo back to the suite and you and your sister stay the hell away from Rafe.â
He saw Melissa in the background and his anger flared over what sheâd done to Rafe, made him lose all his memories. Shoved right past Maria and stalked towards her âWhat the hell did you do to him?â he snarled and watched her back up, though he could see she was carrying a handful of petals herself. Getting ready to do to him, just what she had done to Rafe, he thought.
Maria put herself between him and Melissa, then a moment later he watched as those petals went flying through the air. Flare shot him out of the way at full wolfen speed, they pivot turned on a dime and snagged her, before she could react to him. Shoved her up against the wall. Flare snarled right down at her.
They felt more petals roll over them, actually land right on him. His anger only increased even more, their anger did not abate with the petals as he suspected they should, but only incited more rage within him. He leaned right down to her, pressed his face to her neck and smelled her.
Yes, she smelled different to him, that scent she wore only seemed to make more anger roll off of him, yanked the collar of her shirt aside and looked at the Mark on her neck. It was there still.
âGet off my sister.â He heard Melissa yell at him.
He shoved his whole body up against Mariaâs. âShe is my Mate, she just asked me to come f**k her. Seems Flare is in the mood to f**k the hell out of her.â he snarled right back.
âGet off me Jack.â Maria gasped, trying to shove at him. Had no hope he was ten times stronger than she was.
âWhy?â he asked her, âItâs what you want, isnât it? For me to f**k you, put a pup in you. Maybe I canât, because you never let us do it the way I want to.â He told her.
âGet off her.â Melissa yelled at him again.
His eyes moved right to the packs Luna. âWhy, I love the new perfume sheâs wearing, is riling me and Flare up so damned much.â He laughed, it didnât do anything to them, other than tick him off. Theyâd already lost him. Something heâd done had gotten him out from under their spell, it seemed.
âIâm going to f**k my Mate, till Iâm good and done.â His eyes moved back to Maria. âOh, baby, this new perfume, is going to have you screaming for hours, it wonât just be me, Flare is itching to have you himself to, all of my wolfs pent up needs and powerâ¦Oh, weâre going to give it to you, so damned hard.â He could feel Melissa pulling at him trying to get him off of Maria.
He and Flare could smell the fear coming off her, their so-called Mate. Tears were brimming in her eyes. âStop Jack, I donât want that.â She half sobbed.
âWhy not, as my Goddess Gifted Mate, your body is built to take everything I and my wolf can dish out. It wonât hurt, just give you immense pleasure, donât you want that?â
Watched her turn her eyes to her sister âHelp me.â She pleaded and he could feel Melissa pummelling him now.
He leaned right down to Mariaâs ear and murmured âBut I love the new perfume, isnât that what you wanted, for me to smell it, be all turned on by it. Well, I am, so letâs go and do something about it.â
Felt a full set of claws s***h at him across his chest and smiled down at Maria, âYou really donât want to? Why not? Youâve been begging me all night for it, now you donât want to? Why the change of heart?â he asked.
âSomething is wrong with you, Jack.â
He took a step back and released her, watched as she fled into the arms of her sister. âYouâve gone crazy.â
âHmm, it must be that new perfume of yours. Set off my animalistic side, real good.â Smiled right at her and her sister âI feel alive for the first time in years.â
He was standing watching them now, they were just staring at him, Maria looked terrified to him, and Melissa looked angry. He took a single step towards them and they both backed up very quickly. Maria darted right behind her sister and he smiled at them, really smiled at them.
âYou might want to rethink your ways.â He stated and turned and walked off to Luciâs room, banged the door shut behind him, but then cracked it open just a fraction of an inch to listen to them out there in the hall.
âCall father now, Jackâs gone insane.â He heard Maria sob, she was, it seemed, actually afraid right this very minute, and well she should be.
âCome on, something is very wrong.â Melissa stated, sounded worried âYouâre alright, take a breath.â
âRafe?â
âHeâs mine still. I have him under control.â She murmured.
âFor how long? If Jack is like that.â
âJack was always the problem, likely having that b***h in his sight has caused this, we can fix it.â he watched them go into his suite and close the door. Closed his own and stood there for a moment. Yes, they would have to leave to fix it though. And getting out of the pack might be that little bit harder right this minute. He could forbid it.
Jack looked at the wall. His anger, all the aggression he and Flare had displayed had come out of nowhere. It seems whatever they had done to Rafe was having the opposite effect on him right now.
That was good, he thought, he wouldnât lose his memory over those petals, and he didnât think that Maria or Melissa would throw them over him again. Wouldnât risk him wanting to mate the hell out of Maria with all he had, all animalistic and all aggression. If she was not his mate, it would hurt her.
Though Flare was now inside his mind, all quiet, and he knew it wasnât because they had just scared Maria or taken a full set of claws to their chest from her either. They were already healed.
No, it was Luci. That made his wolf quiet. Flare had called her his Mate, but they werenât mated to her. It was an odd thing for his wolf to state âFlare?â
âDonât know,â came the reply from his beast.
âYouâve made your decision then?â he asked.
âNoâ¦already knew.â Flare stated right back. Though even to Jack his beast sounded somewhat confused.
âI donât understand.â
âNeed time on it myself.â Flare huffed and then his wolf turned around inside his mind and stalked off to the back of his mind. Heâd never done that before. Something was really wrong, though he could still feel Flares annoyance right this minute. They were both confused about what his beast had said.
Walked back into Luciâs bedroom and looked at Rafe. âall is well, those petals only make me ticked off to no end,â shook his head âI donât think they are going to want them all over the packhouse, will be looking to get rid of them.â smiled big now âOh, I got a really good idea.â He laughed and climbed onto the bed âYou want to play with them a little bit.â
âWhat have you got in mind?â
âWe got their petals. Letâs tell them the omegaâs have already put them in the rooms, when they are game enough to come out of those rooms. I think Maria will hide from me now.â
âWhat did you do?â
âPlayed with her, all angry horny.â He smirked. âScared the hell out of her.â
âExplains the wounds.â
Jack smiled âWas worth itâ¦Now where were we at?â