Mated Redemption

Rocky Start

Cassie

    I wanted to tear my own hair out and give up. The prick didn’t even wait a full 30 minutes before taking Cherry back up to his room and to add insult to injury I could hear every sound coming from his bedroom, which just happens to be conveniently placed across the hall from my own. “f*****g asshole” I groan, pulling a pillow over my head trying my best to filter out the sounds of of passion coming from my mate and his w***e.

    This was just what I needed, a complicated mating situation: one mate that rejected me completely and another that wants me but can’t keep his d**k in his pants. If I wasn’t still wounded and embarrassed from our fight outside I’d storm into his bedroom and ruin both their nights or at least head down stairs to attempt to enjoy the rest of mine, but of course here I am cowering in my bedroom, licking my wounds like a hurt animal. How was a girl supposed to come back from all this to begin with? Even if he stopped seeing Cherry after tonight no one would believe us being mates since he’d basically tossed me to the side in front of everyone.

    I was determined though not to be the girl who cried over some man so the moment I heard his door open and shut back I got up and started to collect a pair of pajamas from my unpacked bags. I wasn’t in the mood to party any more, but I could at least get a shower and eat something before I went to bed.

    Sticking my head out I checked to make sure that the cost was clear before stepping out into the hallway and making my way to the bathroom down the hall. I stepped into the bathroom and locked the door behind me before turning on the shower and waiting for it to heat up. I was kind of surprised that for such a large house there were only 2 public bathrooms, one upstairs and one downstairs, but there was a good chance that at least a couple bedrooms had an in-suite though I wasn’t one of the lucky ones. At least the doors locked though, the last thing I needed was someone busting in randomly at times.

    The room was heavily steamed before I finally undressed and climbed into the shower, welcoming the scalding water that ran down my body and eased my tensed muscles. Showers and baths were always my relaxation time and what I needed when I needed to destress and think, and now was definitely one of those times. In a matter of two days I’d had more things happen to me than I’d ever had happen in my entire life. Leave it to me to be the one to cause the most problems out of our pack and now this one. I was always told I was hard headed and strong willed. The situation with Axel was just a slip up due to shock, but now I was ready to fight back and stand my ground instead of just letting these men just push me around and bend me to their will.

    Once the water ran cold I climbed out of the shower, it wasn’t my problem if they didn’t have hot water when they came up for their shower. it's not like they cared about how my first night was going. Grabbing one of the towels nicely folded in the closet I dried off before slipping on a pair of underwear, some short pink pajama shorts, and a white tank top. I looked cute, but It was easy to tell I’d had a rough day when I looked at myself in the mirror, that couldn’t be fixed at the moment though. Gathering my clothes and towel I made my way towards my room, dropping off my clothes, before heading down stairs to find something to eat. I just hoped I could slip in and out unnoticed, because I didn't feel like fighting with anyone else today or seeing Cherry wrapped all around Dominic. I got lucky with one of those at least,

    Cherry was nowhere to be seen when I entered the living room and made my way towards the kitchen, but I could feel Dominic’s eyes following me the whole way there. I hate that for once I wasn’t invisible and I could feel the tension in the air due to it. I wanted to collapse into myself, but I refused to as I held my head high and jerked open the fridge. If he thought I’d fall to my knees and beg for his forgiveness he was poorly mistaken.

Dominic

    I hadn't expected to see her again that night so I was a little surprised when I saw her making her way down the stairs in a barely there outfit. I swore the girl was gonna make me lose my s**t. It shouldn’t have been a big deal, most of the men’s wives wore similar outfits during the hot times of the year, but it was very different with Cassie. She was supposed to be only mine to look at and now most of the men in the room’s eyes were following her into the kitchen, glued directly to her perky little ass. “You look like you've gone mad” Ren chuckles, breaking me from my thoughts.

    “I just don’t like that she’s prancing around the house barely covered” I grumble while taking another drink from my warm beer.

    “She’s hardly prancing and she's in a tank top and shorts. You're acting like she walked down here naked” He laughed, keeping his eyes on her the whole time.

    “Well she didn’t have to seeing as you all are taking care of that in your heads, you included” I started with a slight growl, not happy at all with the situation.

    “And you care why? You have Cherry, she’s unmated, and she’s not a child. The way I see it is she’s fair game, especially when she has made it clear that she thinks you're an ass” He smirked pointing out all the obvious reasons as to why I shouldn't be upset. I hated that I hadn’t made it clear when we first walked in that she was mine, but that was my own mistake that I was going to have to live with. Now I was fighting for my little wolf’s attention and put myself into a position where I'm gonna have to answer to her about my actions. 

    “I care because I don’t want her coming in messing up things in the pack.” Yet another lie on my part, and it couldn’t be the furthest from the truth. I didn’t think she’d mess up the pack. I honestly believe she’ll be what fixes it.

    “That’s not fair to her. You’ve already condemned the girl without giving her a chance” Ren signed beside be, obviously annoyed by my actions. 

    “I can’t always be fair, especially when the pack is on the line” I state as I stand up, setting my beer on the table. 

    “And where are you going?” He asks looking up at me.

    “Going to tell her to put some clothes on before you all start fighting over her” I explain before heading her way leaving him shaking his head at my actions.

Cassie

    Of course there wasn’t anything that looked good in the fridge, so I settled on a Dr. Pepper and a handful of grapes deciding to look in the pantry for more options. I didn’t get the chance though as I closed the door and saw an obviously pissed off Dominic on the other side of the fridge door. “Ugh, now what?” I groaned, wanting to pitch a fit like a little girl over the fact that I can’t seem to find peace in this house.

    “I’m gonna choose to ignore your tone so I can touch on your clothes for now” HE stated, looking me up and down.

    “What’s wrong with my clothes Dominic? I’m in shorts and a tank top” I state, sitting my stuff on the counter before crossing my arms over my chest.

    “What’s wrong is the fact that you have every man in there about to fall out of their seat craning their necks to look at your ass. You need to cover up more” he explains matter of factly.

    “So I need to cover up because your friends like my ass. Let me think about it… yea I’m not gonna be doing that. If they can’t keep it in their pants that's on them and if it pisses you off go f**k off some steam with Cherry I’m sure she’ll love it” I scoff at him before turning to head towards the pantry, being stopped by his hand wrapping around my arm.

    “Now Cassie that’s not fair” some gentleness making its way to his voice.

    “No Dominic what's not fair is you staking some wolfy claim over me and then throwing me to the side for your butt buddy” I snap back pissed off by the whole thing. “Also just a heads up you may want to try and be a little quieter if you're gonna screw some girl across the hall, especially if you're gonna try and deny it all later on.”

    “I’m not gonna deny it and I’m not going to lie to you Cassie. Like I told you at your house anything you ask I’ll answer truthfully” He says in a quiet voice now, trying to keep the conversation between the two of us.

    “I know that’s what you said, but I don’t believe a single word that’s coming from your mouth. You’re a hatful man Dominic no matter how badly you want to pretend differently” I state shaking my head at him.

    “I’m really not though. I haven’t been able to prove that to you yet though” he explains, moving his hand from my arm down to my hand.

    “You’ve been given the chance too though and you chose not to. That’s the point Dominic YOU chose her, no one forced her onto you. You chose her over me on the very first day.” I say defeated and just wanting him to let the conversation end. It hurts too much knowing that even the mate that wants me wants someone else more than me.

    “Listen Cassie I know I f****d up, but I did tell her to leave and not to come back” He explained, practically pleading with me. “I don’t want a life with Cherry, she’s one of those girls you like to f**k but wouldn’t keep around for a long time.”

    “You’re really not helping your situation” I groaned, images of him and cherry playing in my mind

    “s**t Cassie, I don’t know how to do this anymore. It’s been years since I’ve had to play house with someone. I obviously care about you, I just don’t know how to show you that” he explains defeatedly.

    “Well I can definitely tell you that this is not the way to do it” I stated slightly surprised by him. “I need time Dominic… to decide if I can be okay with this and if I want to stay with you after it all.”

    “And I can give you that if you need it. I just want you to give me a second chance to show you that she means nothing to me and that you're the most important person in my life right now” He says, squeezing my hand.

    “Thank you” I state, pulling my hand away from him, leaving him standing there as I make my way back towards the stairs, my appetite gone and my food forgotten. Leave it to Dominic Reed to yet again affect my mood and add something new to the night.