My Runaway Mate

Chapter 22

Bailey's POV

I was livid when I opened the door to Jax's office and see a naked Rachel jump up in his arms and kiss Jax. She's even trying to mark him.

My wolf takes over. I move fast, as Kip and Ben are trying to stop me, and I grab Rachel by her hair and yank her off my mate.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" I yell. "Keep your filthy hands off my mate." I yell as I lunge for her.

Ben grabs me and holds me back, as Jax also comes up to me to help him. I'm so angry right now, and have lost complete control of my wolf, it's taking both of them to keep me from killing Rachel.

"Kip, get her out of here NOW!" Jax yells at Kip.

"I'm trying" Kip says back as he's holding Rachel back, and pulling her out of the room.

"Bailey, you have to calm down." Ben tells me. You have to get control."

"I'll kill her! She tried to mark my mate!!" I snapped at him.

I'm growling and I can feel myself starting to shift. The rage flowing through me is unlike anything I've ever felt before. If Jax and Ben weren't holding me back right now, I'm pretty sure I would of killed Rachel.

"Bailey, look at me" Jax says as he's holding my face. His tone is soothing me. "Sweetheart, look at me. You need to control your wolf right now. You can't let her get the best of you. Rachel is nothing. She is nobody, all that matters is me and you. Come back to me."

I start calming down as I'm looking into Jax's eyes. I stop shifting and I'm in more control of my wolf.

"That's my girl." Jax says to me with a smile. Then he leans in and he kisses me. The kiss is too short for my liking. I wanted more. I wanted all of him.

"Ok, well. That was quite a day." Ben says to try and lighten the mood.

It didn't work too much. I was still very angry that, not only was I attacked, but then saw her try and mark my mate. On top of all that, I lost control of my wolf. I have never done that before and I was a little embarrassed by it.

"I'm going to go see if Kip needs any help." Ben says as he leaves the room.

Jax walks me over to one of the chairs and sits me down. He's now kneeling in front of me. I can't bring myself to look at him.

"Are you feeling better?" He asks me softly. I just nod my head.

"Bailey, look at me." he asks and i just shake my head 'no'.

He lets out a small chuckle, "why not?" He asks me.

He then tilts my face up with his finger under my chin and looks me in the eyes. My eyes are filled with tears. I'm trying to fight them from falling. He wipes them away as they fall.

"Hey, look at me. Bailey. Why are you crying?"

"I--I--I'm angry. I'm so angry that I can't stop myself from crying. I'm angry that she tried to mark you, I'm angry that she kissed you,that she attacked me for no reason. But I'm most angry that I lost control of my wolf." I say as the tears keeps falling.

Jax takes my hands in his one hand while he wipes tears away with his other.

"You have every reason to be angry about that. If it were me, and I saw some guy trying to mark you, I don't know what I'd do." Jax says."You don't have to worry about Rachel anymore, I've banned her from ever stepping onto pack lands again."

"Really?" I asks.

"Really. Bailey, I swear, I didn't mean for any of that to happen." Jax says.

"I know."

"What were you coming in here for anyways?" he asks

"I wanted to talk to you, and I didn't think you were still in here with everyone."

"What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Well, I was in my room thinking about what Rachel said to me..."

"Bailey...don't..." he started to say.

"No, just listen." I interrupted. "And I wanted to talk to you anyways about this. I--I want to be an official member. My brother already is and I've been here longer than him."

His smile is so big and he leans in to kiss me.

"Bailey, this is exactly what I wanted to talk to you about earlier, before all this stuff happened. I wanted to set a date for your Luna ceremony, if you were ok with that?" he asks me

"Of course, I'm ok with that!" I exclaimed.

I wrap my arms around his neck and hugs him. I almost knocked him down with my excitement.

"Ok, then. Let's make it official. How does next Saturday night sound?" he asks me.

"Perfect".

"Great. Then we'll get started with the planning and I'll make the announcement first thing in the morning. For now, let's get you some rest. It's been quite a day." he says as we start walking to my room.

I stop and look at him.

"What is it?" he asks.

"Jax, I'm..."

"What, sweetheart, what's bothering you? You can tell me."

"Nevermind." I say and started heading back to my room. He stops me.

"Hey, are you still upset about Rachel?"

"No, Just that she was right about a few things."

"Like what?"

"Like, you still haven't..."

"Oh. It's not that I don't want to. Trust me, I'm dying to. I didn't want to rush you into anything you weren't ready for." he says.

"I know that, but it still bothered me that she said it. I know it's ridiculous."

"No, it's not. It's perfectly normal. Bailey, I love you. I just want everything to be perfect for you." he tells me.

Standing in the hall way, just me and Jax, I can't help but think how perfect everything already is. And he just said he loves me.

"I love you too" I say as I place one hand on his cheek and the other on his chest.

He looks down at me, his breathing beginning heavier,and his eyes changing to a darker color. My heart is pounding so hard right now.

I stand up on my tippy toes to try and reach him, as he crashed his lips down on mine. The kiss is hot and hard and passionate.

He pushes me back until I'm pressed up against the wall, and lifts me up and wraps my legs around his waist. He grabs my arms and pins them up over my head.

His tounge is seeking entrance in my mouth and I open to let him in. A small moan escaped my lips and Jax completely loses it.

His hands start roaming my body and he softly moans.

He pulls me away from the wall, still wrapped around him, and takes me into his bedroom, kicking the door shut behind him.