Warring Twin Wolves

Chapter Four

Danny's POV:

        As we were getting out of the car, I started to try to extricate myself from Cindy's tight grip.  I could get mad and just use my Alpha voice that will get her to cower and run, but I don't want to embarrass her in public.  She might be extra annoying, but she is a member of my pack and does not deserve to be berated in front of all these people.  I noticed that Jaycie had left the vehicle very quickly, so I look to the car with our warriors to see if Marnie saw her hasty exit from our vehicle.  Marnie is small, so it takes a minute to realize she was already out of the car and tracking Jaycie's trail.  I mindlink her to check if she found her and she said she had.  With that taken care of, I mindlink the guys for help to separate me from the parasite at my side.  I hear quiet Joel come up and ask Cindy if he could see her moves on the dance floor.  I know he was doing it to help me, but it still shocked me, and looking at Cindy's face she shared my sentiment.  He ignored our hanging jaws and wide eyes and held his hand out to Cindy.  She seemed frozen, so I cleared my throat, and she snapped out of it.  With a small smile and a slight blush, she took his hand and he led her away.  I have to think of a way to repay him for taking the hit for his Alpha.  

      I look around the room, and I feel zero interest in all the women I saw.  I wondered what I was doing here.  I would love to meet my mate, but I was almost at the point of giving up on finding her.  She could have died or chosen to live among the humans with a human husband.  That thought alone angers me, and I let out a low growl.  Jason comes strolling up to me and said, "Why are you over here by yourself growling?  Is everything okay?".  I was pulled out of my mind, and I looked around the place.  We were in the main common room of the Blue Crescent Pack's packhouse.  I looked around at the room, and once you got past the drunken idiots who are hanging over the banister, you would see that the wood on the banister is intricately carved with a design I couldn't make out yet.  It was beautiful, though. The wood had been carved and then had been covered with a substance that made it all shiny. 

         As I went to take a closer look, I felt a hand snaking around my bicep.  I turn my head and see Cindy trying to wink seductively at me.  I fought not to roll my eyes, or snap at her.  My wolf wanted to teach her some manners.  I did not want to cause a scene, so I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.  That's when I smelt her.  I couldn't believe it.  My wolf started to frolic around as if he were a puppy.  I opened my eyes and they started darting around looking for the source of that gorgeous smell.  I could smell peaches and wildflowers.  I took a deep sniff and I clapped my eyeballs on the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.  

        I wanted to spend the rest of my days with that girl.  But before I got sidetracked, I needed to check on my sister.  I haven't seen her since she ran away from the car when we got here.  I mindlinked with her and asked where she was, and if Marnie was with her.  She answered back that she was with her mate and yes, Marnie was with her.  Feeling relieved, I thought back on the exchange.  Wait...did she say...she was with...her mate?  I figured I could congratulate her later, right now I have my own mate to deal with.

        I tried to walk to her, and I realized I was still trailing an anchor behind me.  Cindy followed my gaze to the angelic beauty, and she scrunched her nose and said in a very condescending voice,"  I know her.  You would not believe the rumors I have heard about her".  I froze.  This was dangerous territory, but I know that Cindy hears and tells a lot of gossip, and my sister always says she's usually right.  She doesn't know how she does it, to gain true information, and just pass it along to other people.  As much as the act disgusts me, I have to know.  I sigh and say, "Okay, let's hear it".   She clears her throat and flips her hair looking quite confident right now.  She licks her lips, and says, "Well Alpha, she puts on this act of her looking pure and like she is an angel, but that is the farthest thing from the truth.  She really gets around the packs.  I bet there is not one pack that does not have a male who has tapped that", she finished, looking like she was just doing her duty.  

        My wolf wanted to come out immediately and kill any and all men that have touched my mate.  I struggled for a minute trying to control him and push him back.  I was furious; I had to deal with all of this drama, and I was just told that my mate was a slut.  The kind of woman that I did not want.  I was considering how to broach the subject with her when I look over and she was hugging the Gamma of the Dark Moon Pack.  He was looking at her with eyes that did not suggest just friendship.  He wanted her.

        "Mine!", I yelled like a three-year-old wanting his toy back.  I stormed over to her and pulled her away from the Gamma.  She looked up at me annoyed and then softens as she looks into my eyes, and we both say, "Mate".  

        She motions to follow her to a quieter place to talk.  I followed her to an empty room.  How did she know this room would be empty?  Had she already been in here tonight with someone else?  I stiffened at the thought.  She was chattering on, telling me about herself and her name.  She turned around as she sensed my change of mood and said, "What's wrong?".  I was stressed out trying to keep my wolf at bay, and all the things that Cindy said kept swirling around in my brain.  I said tensely, "I have heard some things about you, and I was wondering if any of it was true". 

         She immediately put her arms down to her sides, letting them hang there like she was deflated.  She narrowed her eyes at me and said in a clipped tone, "Are you kidding me right now?  And what things have you heard?".  As she was saying the last part she started to approach me slowly, taking purposeful steps.  I swallowed and figured I couldn't back off of this; I needed to know the truth.  "Well, I guess that you have slept with guys all over the packs.  I just need to know the truth", I finished as I looked deep into her eyes.  Eyes that were flickering back and forth between deep green and amber.  She is struggling with her wolf too.  

        She started laughing.  Laughing!  How dare she laugh at me!  I said to her coldly, "And what is so funny?".  She stopped laughing and looked at me very seriously.  She made this transition so fast, I was worried about her mental status.  She furrowed her brows at me and said, "I am laughing because you are acting like a fool.  Do you believe everything you heard from this person?  Let me guess.  The person is a girl who wants to get with an Alpha and possibly become Luna in the process".  That gave me pause.  I started to try to talk again, but she put up a hand and continued.  "I do not have to explain anything to you.  All you need to know is that the moon goddess matched us together thinking we were perfect together.  That is the truth that should matter", she said with a hand on her c****d hip.  My anger started to rise again.  

       I yelled at her in vehemence, "Excuse me, just who do you think you're talking to?  I am a future Alpha and I deserve respect!  The information is pertinent to my decision-making process right now!  I need to know so I can decide if you are worthy to be my Luna!".

        She looked like she had been slapped.  "If you don't trust me and you don't want to put the time into this, there is not much more I can do", she said quietly.  I yelled with frustration, "Just tell me who you've slept with!".  She got very quiet and said in a very soft voice, "Well, it seems you have already made your decision if you just assume they're true".  She looked so crestfallen.  I stopped yelling and said in a calmer voice, "I didn't mean-".  I tried to backpedal, but it was too late.  She just stood there looking disappointed, and I lost my temper.  She had riled me up and I feel like my emotions have been all over today.  I looked at her and said, "I, Daniel Ravenwood of the Blood Fang Pack, reject you, Gabrielle Stone as my mate and Luna".  As soon as I finished, she let a scream and clutched her chest, and fell to the floor.  I was experiencing very conflicting feelings.  I wanted to hold her and comfort her, but I was battling with the massive disappointment.  I couldn't deal with anything else, I was heartbroken.  I know, I was the one who rejected her but she did not turn out to be who I thought she would be.  I had to get out of here.  I couldn't breathe.  I ran to the side door and shifted.  I ran to the woods and my wolf let out a howl at the loss of his mate.  I mindlinked Jason really quickly to tell him I would not be needing the car for the return trip, but he would need to remember to bring Cindy and maybe Jaycie back, depending on what she and her mate decide.  After using my last bit of sanity to send that message, I closed the mindlink to everyone, and I ran off into the woods.