Jaxon

Okay so I'm like half asleep right now and this hasn't been edited so I apologize in advance if it is crap.

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I still can't believe Angel managed to get through to Maia when even my mother couldn't. Though Maia has never really gotten along with her so I guess it makes sense.

Something solid hits my chest, jerking me out of my thoughts. "Yo dickwad! Are you going to just stand there all day?"

I turn to my aunt with a glare. "Did you just call me dickwad?" I growl.

She sneers. "Yeah. Why? Did I hurt your feelings?"

"What are you—nine?" I snap, shaking my head.

"On a scale of one to ten," she smirks.

Maia's cackle fills my ears. "Oh snap—"

"Okay all of you can stop acting like you're immature pups and get back to training," a new voice chimes in.

I look over to see Zella sitting on a pile of mats, her legs crossed underneath her. She looks pointedly at Angel who just scowls. "Way to ruin the fun babe."

Zella rolls her eyes. "It's my job Angel. Now bickering like a five year old is not training so I suggest you get back to sparring," she says.

Angel grins. "Why don't you make me?" she growls with a flirty wink and I groan.

"Oh my god please stop right now," I grumble.

Zella giggles, pushing her glasses further onto the bridge of her nose. "Okay that's enough baby, we don't need to scar your nephew."

"Okay fine," Angel sighs before turning back to Maia who has been watching with an amused smile the whole time.

They go back to their sparring and Maia finally succeeds in pinning Angel—for about two seconds before getting flipped flat onto her back. She lets out a groan, her face contorted in pain. "Don't get cocky Maia, you almost had her pinned but then you got excited a little too soon," Zella calls from her perch.

"Yeah I got that thanks," she mutters. I hold out my hand and pull her to her feet, chuckling at her exhausted groan. She takes a deep breath before turning to me suddenly. "Hey does this mean I can finally go in the ring?"

"Fuck no. Mom would kill me if I let you in there," I chuckle.

"You're completely useless now."

"What? How?"

"Mom's not even here and you're still scared of her so much that you won't help me break one tiny rule," she growls and I stare at her.

"One tiny rule? Maia, mom only has three rules. No shifting, no overthrowing her or dad, and no Maia in the fucking ring!"

She glares murderously at me out of the top of her eyes but says nothing more. She turns around and stomps back over to Angel, demanding to go again.

I roll my eyes at her childish behavior. "Am I the only mature one in this family?" I mumble, heading over to Zella.

She scoots over so I can climb up to sit beside her. She suddenly leans over to me. "You know I'm supposed to be training the warriors right now but this is so much more entertaining to watch," she tells me.

I look over at Maia who is arguing with Angel. Angel's eyes suddenly go dark and she lets out a growl that makes my eyebrows shoot up in surprise. "Damn," I mutter.

Zella grins. "That's my girl."

I can't but smile a little as I watch Zella's face. She stares at her mate with so much love and admiration, it makes my heart pang a little.

Dragons choose their mates, and they typically choose another dragon as a mate but I am rarely around dragons anymore. It is unlikely I will find one anytime soon. I hope I end up with a relationship like Angel and Zella's though.

Well unlike a wolf you have the ability to make that happen. But it will never happen so long as you are constantly surrounded by wolves, Azazel growls.

"Jax are you okay? You keep staring off into the distance." Zella's voice brings me back to reality and I shake my head to clear my thoughts.

"Uh yeah I'm fine, just thinking," I assure her.

Her hazel eyes are full of concern but she slowly nods and doesn't push it and instead returns to watching Maia train with her mate.

Honestly she is very beautiful, with dark skin, black curly hair, and freckles across her nose and cheeks. I remember Kaine would always flirt with her because it made her laugh and Angel would get all protective and it was so funny to everyone. Kaine always got along with Angel and Zella. Actually he got along with a lot of people despite his rough attitude.

You miss him? Azazel asks and I internally snort.

Why would I miss that asshole?

He is your younger brother Jax, you are closer to him than you are with Maia and it is already messing with your head.

How is it messing with my head?

Well you keep spacing out and you have had a shorter temper since he has been gone. You should see if you can go to the circle, I need to shift anyway, she says.

Yeah no my mother said to stay here while she's gone and you know that.

Fine, I was just trying to help, she growls and I sigh in frustration.

She's going to sulk for the next week now and only open her mouth to be sarcastic or point out how much of a dumbass I am. Great.

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"Are you doing okay?"

"Really Jax? Are you going to ask me that everyday for the rest of my life?"

I sigh. "I'm serious. Are you doing any better?" I ask.

She lets out a heavy breath, finishing her braid in the mirror. "You mean am I doing any better after I asked your brother for help and he helps by killing my brother?" she growls.

"Taylor I'm sorry about your brother—"

"No you're not!" she snaps, glaring at my reflection.

I shove my hands in the pockets of my sweatpants and lean against the wall. "Okay fine, you're right. I'm not sorry that Kaine killed him. I think your brother was trash that deserved to be put in the ground a long time ago," I growl.

Her eyes are glassy but all I see is pain, not a trace of anger. "He didn't need to die, a beat down would have been good enough," she says.

"Tay I know what he did to you. Kaine told me everything. And I know that Kaine would beat his ass when he came near you but never did anything more than that because you asked him not to—because you begged him not to."

Tears roll down her cheeks as she turns around. I pull her into my chest in a tight embrace. I wrap my arms around her and kiss the top of her head.

"Every time that Kaine came back from confronting your brother he was messed up. He still cares about you Tay and it hurt him to know that your brother was hurting you and he couldn't do anything about it. He didn't want to lose your trust and so he never did anything more, until that night anyway," I whisper.

"I wish I never broke up with him, no one ever cared about me the way he did," she murmurs.

I shrug. "Well you turned 16 and he wasn't your mate. It's as simple as that."

She nods slowly. "You know you should be the pack therapist," she suddenly giggles.

I frown. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You're always solving everyone's problems, it's like you can't turn off the big brother instinct. You'd be a great therapist."

I roll my eyes. "You're a dork," I tease and she smiles a little.

She starts to pull away from the hug and I let her go, watching with a smile as she tries to clear away any signs that she was crying. "Am I good?" she asks.

I shake my head in amusement. "Yeah you're fine," I chuckle.

She narrows her eyes at me before disappearing into the bathroom. "You're a fucking liar Jaxon!" she yells. A few moments later she comes rushing out of the bathroom with a panicked look on her face. "Zella says to get home now, she needs your help."

My eyes widen. "Why? What the hell happened?"

Her eyes glaze over for a moment before she bursts out laughing. "Uh so Maia and Angel are currently chasing each other around the house trying to kill each other."

"Shocking," I deadpan. "Okay well I guess I have to go break up a fight so I will see you later," I sigh.

"Oh hell no! I'm coming with you! I wanna see this shit!" she growls, running out of her bedroom door as soon as I open it.

I run my hand through my hair with a heavy sigh. "Why is it that I don't know any normal people?" I mutter under my breath.

Azazel snorts, Because normal people are no fun.

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Okay so this chapter was just to fill in a couple of blanks as far as what was the whole deal with the wolf that Kaine killed.

What do you guys think of Angel's mate ZELLA?????? Who are my LGBTQ+ people?????

IF ANYBODY FUCKING ASKS ME WHETHER OR NOT ZELLA AND ANGEL ARE GAY/LESBIANS I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND SMACK YOU WITH A RAINBOW SHOE!!!!!! I THINK I MADE IT PRETTY FUCKING OBVIOUS SO DO NOT FUCKING ASK ME!!!!!

Okay sorry for the mini rant, COMMENT and VOTE if you want an update!!!!