Chapter Twenty-Four

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This chapter is dedicated to blazin_blue for being a complete sweetheart and the author of the awesome 'Wishful Thinking' which everyone should check out!  

Chapter Twenty Four

Mason's POV

I couldn't sleep.

My body was still on edge, filled with adrenalin that hadn't been released. Damn. I hated having this feeling and not being able to run it off. Normally when my wolf had taken control without my permission, letting him blow off some steam usually calmed him down enough for me to push him back.

Not this time.

This time he was still pissed. We both were. 

Of all the people that douche could have turned to, he had to pick her, didn't he? The last person I wanted to be brought into this mess, to see that kind of crap. There was a pounding in my head that was mirrored in my chest. As I lay in bed, on my back with my arms under my head, I couldn't push the feeling away. It was like someone was sitting on my chest, suffocating me. A constant weight pressing down and I had no idea what it was or why I had it.

It's because you hurt them. My wolf didn't hold back and this wasn't the first time he had called me out. They were scared of you.

That irked me off. No, you scared them. You took it too far, you shouldn't have taken control and maybe things would have been different. I could feel him snapping at me, but everything I said was true. Now, thanks to you, your mate is scared of you and Rain hates me.   

I wasn't the one who pushed them away. He spat, his anger bubbling inside of me. I wasn't the one who rejected her, you did that. You've done nothing but hurt her and you keep on hurting to her by lying. I could hear the snarl in his voice. How dare he bring this up? I didn't have a choice, but to lie to her. 

At this point I wanted him to just leave me alone. I didn't need him going on about everything that had happened, what I needed was to get some sleep. Even that, something as simple as falling asleep was no longer easy thanks to the stupid feelings that thrashed around inside of me.

Not only did it feel as if I had a slab of concrete on my chest, but I was burning up. I was used to running at a higher temperature, but this was agonizing. Even with the covers pushed back and wearing nothing but boxers, I felt as if my body was on fire.

My wolf's quiet voice echoing in the back of my head surprised me. It's our reaction to her. It didn't take me long to understand what he was saying. It's so close, probably closer than she realises. Maybe one, two weeks before she's fully in heat and she won't be able to stop herself or her wolf.

I couldn't help but question why it was taking her so long. I mean, you could catch a scent off the femmes in my pack a few days before they were fully in heat, so why the hell hadn't it happened to Rain yet?

My wolf decided to answer my rhetorical question. Because she's fighting it. His voice sounded pained. She's strong, and stubborn. She's our little fighter. I chuckled; he couldn't have been more spot on. That's exactly what she was.

Having her so close to me, her scent so delicious and powerful, was killing us and as much as I'd hate to admit it, I wanted her just as much as he did. The fiery little brunette that haunted almost every thought I had, devoured every dream, was something I couldn't ignore any longer.

She can't fight us forever. Her wolf will want and need me in ways Rainie can't begin to understand. No matter how strong or stubborn she is, she won't be able to control her wolf.  

My body shook with anticipation and my heart was pounding at the thought of her giving herself to us, but no matter what reaction my body was having I didn't want Rain to get hurt, and I didn't want her wolf to be the one who done it.

If her wolf is in control and does something Rain doesn't want, she'll never forgive her. I won't break their bond. I know how much pain I had put both mine and her wolf through, but I wouldn't let that happen. Her wolf giving in to me would mean Rain giving in to me and if that's something she doesn't want, she'll never forgive her wolf for forcing her.

He stayed quiet for a while, giving us both time to think. Of course my body wanted Rain, it was natural for me to want to mate with her, but I wouldn't do it at the cost of her bond with her wolf. You won't have to. My wolf spoke up. As much as she wants to deny it, she wants you just as much as her wolf wants me. Her wolf's feelings will only make her realise that.

Maybe he was right, maybe something between Rain and I could work. After all, that's what mates are about, right?

Rainie's POV

This house was just as confusing as I remembered. Corridors led to doors which led to even more corridors. It was a maze, a huge expensive maze and it was driving me crazy. I tried to catch his scent, but it floated around subtly in the air. Of course it would, this was his house, his scent was bound to be everywhere. My sense of hearing didn't help in this situation either. Walking through a silent house in the early hours of the morning when everyone was asleep, my hearing wasn't exactly useful.

Nothing looked familiar and I hadn't reached the huge picture that I remembered from last time either. I cursed, wishing I would have paid more attention to where we were walking when Jude brought me here.

With each step my anger and impatience where only getting worse. By the time I found his room, the whole house would be waking up. Every door I passed was the same and I didn't intend on knocking on each one hoping to hear Mason's voice on the other side. I also needed to get this done before Jude woke up. No doubt he would come looking for me and he'd be pretty upset if he found I'd left to ask Mason what was going on.

It didn't help that most of the corridors - thanks to having no windows - were still in darkness. I just hoped these weren't the type of people to have random tables and flowers pots dotted around otherwise I was sure to end up flat on my butt.

Blowing the bangs from my eyes, I stopped in the middle of the corridor and planted my hands firmly on my hips. You're being no help whatsoever. I scolded my wolf. I couldn't believe she had just curled up inside of me and kept quiet. Try and connect with his wolf or something, I don't want to be walking around like the Harbour House's ghost all night.

She tried reaching out to him, but I could feel that she wasn't putting any effort into it. Why aren't you doing it? You want to know what happened back there just as much as I do and the only way we're going to know is to ask Mason himself.

Her small timid voice echoed through my mind, I'm scared. She admitted.

Those two words didn't do anything to calm the anger I already had for Mason. How dare he scare my wolf? I was sick and tired of him being the tough, bad boy who didn't care about how much he hurt others. The stupid jerk.

He won't hurt you. I promised her, and if he tries I'll... I'll punch him. Okay, so it wasn't exactly threat of the year, but I'd do it, even if his stupid, strong jaw did cause me to break every bone in my hand.

I felt the soft rumble of her chuckle, but she didn't speak. Realising I wasn't getting any help from her; I decided to continue my pointless search for his room in the hope I'd magically figure out which door was his.

There was no way of knowing how long I had walked around his house, or how many doors I had walked past, but the lighting of the sky was enough to tell me I was running out of time.

Almost giving up and doing a 180 back to find Jude and his mom, the quiet voice of my wolf sounded in the back of my mind.

I'll take you to him.

Mason's POV

With heavy eyes and the pressure on my chest easing, I was close to begging for sleep. My mind drifted off on its own accord, piecing together images of a small button nose, perfect sparkling emerald eyes with hints of gold and soft, plump pink lips. Thinking of Rain didn't exactly help to keep a bulge from forming in my boxers, but it did put my wolf at ease and lifted the pressure of my chest a little. Keeping my thoughts from going completely off topic, I let out a deep breath and tried to relax my muscles.

It was working until suddenly, the sleep that was slowly creeping up on to me disappeared. My eyes widened and every hair on my body stood on end. I could smell it.

I could smell her. Vanilla and roses. 

My wolf instantly went on high alert, calling out for his mate and whatever he heard from her had him purring in delight. I sat up and switched on the bedside light. Where is she? I asked, fighting to keep the excitement from my voice.

He didn't answer, but then he didn't need to, the uncontrollable urge to open the door told me she was close. Each step I took, the more her intoxicating scent wrapped around me, until I opened the door and saw her tiny frame in front of me, facing away.

I caught the sound as her breath hitched in her throat before she slowly spun around on the balls of her feet to face me.

A smirk easily slipped onto my lips as I took in her adorable, shocked little face. "Looking for something, sweetheart?"

It wasn't long before the look of shock wore off and was replaced by narrowed eyes and a snarl. "Don't 'sweetheart' me, you idiot." She whisper yelled, hurrying towards me and pushing me back through the door into my room.

Letting her push me all the way in, until the back of my legs hit the bed, I let out a low whistle as I fell back. "Whoa calm down there little kitten. You want me, I'm all yours." I winked.

A frustrated growl slipped past her lips, "I don't want you, I want you to tell me what happened to Jude's mom." I could see she wanted to believe what she was saying about not wanting me, but her eyes flickering to her wolf's colour told me something different. "Are you going to tell me?"

Letting out a groan, I stood from the bed - not missing the fact her perfectly curved body was inches from my own - and walked towards the door. "Hey, you're not going anywhere!" She yelled.

I turned briefly to give her a flat look, "I'm shutting the door." I said, making sure to lock it. "What happens between my mate and I is no one else's business."

Rolling her eyes, she bounced down on my bed and folded her arms across her chest. The simple sight of her on my bed was enough to make my wolf purr in pure ecstasy and me to fight back a moan. "Well I want you to make whatever is going on between you and Jude my business as well."

"And why should I do that?" One thing I couldn't deny was that since I first found out Rain was my mate, she's done nothing but amuse me. Even now, perched on the bed with her face set in a serious expression I couldn't help but smile.

Swinging her feet back and forth, she gave me a sly little smile of her own. "Because I asked nicely." Her huge, puppy dog eyes sparkled as she held my gaze. 

"You didn't ask, you demanded that I tell you and I hate to break it to you babe, but if you think that was nice you should really work on your people skills."

Her serious expression had gone and in its place was a look that could kill. "You could have killed her Mason." The light heartedness of her voice was gone.

"Carmen deserved what she got." I snapped. Rain didn't know what the hell was going on. "Besides, I didn't lay a hand on her."

The red tint on her cheeks told me that what I said had only made her angrier. "You think that justifies what happened. No one deserves that Mason. Whether you touched her or not, I know that wasn't a rogue attack and that means you either let it happen or ordered it to happen."

My wolf snarled, neither of us liking the way she was speaking to us. "What if I did? You think because you hear a little sob story from him, you know what's going on? You don't know anything Rain and I suggest you leave it alone."  

Jumping up from the bed she stormed over to me, forcing me back against the wall. She looked as just as angry as I felt. "Can you even hear yourself? You're admitting to beating the hell out of someone for what, to prove you're the big, bad wolf of the pack? To show mommy and daddy that they've raised a bad little Alpha? How freaking proud they must be."

My wolf snapped inside of me. How dare she disrespect me like that? Grabbing hold of her arms, I spun her around, trapping her between my body and the wall. Slamming my hands against the wall either side of her head, I felt it crack beneath my palms. Her eyes burned into mine as her chest quickly rose and feel.

"Do you know what she did? How she almost destroyed my family and this pack. Did Jude tell you that, huh? No he didn't." I leaned my face closer to hers, so close I could feel her cool pants of breath across my face.

Being as stubborn as ever, Rain was relentless. "Your family seems fine and you've got one of the wealthiest, strongest, most feared packs in the country, so whatever she did didn't effect it too much, did it. What could she have possibly done that was so bad?"

Why couldn't she just drop it? There were things she didn't need to know, things no one needed to know. I kept my mouth shut because, other than my father ordering it, she considered that idiot a friend and I didn't want to take that away from her. "You can't begin to understand what Carmen did and what her stupid son did to my family. They could have ended this pack because they lied. They lied to everyone. Carmen deserves everything she gets, she's a liar and her son is just as bad. I warned you. I told you to stay away from him, but you wouldn't listen and now you're trying to get yourself involved in something you can't even understand."

While I wanted to rip Jude's throat out, my wolf, despite her disrespect, wanted to take his mate in only a way he could until she was left screaming our name. I couldn't lie, the anger surging through my body was almost unbearable, but her glowing eyes, flushed cheeks and plump parted lips had me as hard as I had ever been.

"Jude's my friend," She breathed. I knew having this proximity, her wolf was winning and Rain's anger was wavering. I knew, because I felt the same. "I'm always going to be there for him."

Both of my hands slid over her slender shoulders, my fingers brushing her collarbones and up her neck. One hand continued to her cheek lifting her face closer to mine, whilst the other brushed around to the back of her neck burying itself in her hair. "You need to choose your friends more carefully." I whispered, causing her little nose scrunched up.

"You're insufferable." She whispered.

"And you're sexy as hell, sweetheart." Then without thinking about it, I leaned closer and did what neither of us was expecting.

I kissed her.

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