Emma looked great, they watched her saunter around serving champagne. That dress hugged her curves just right and the peak of her thigh when she walked they couldn’t help but stare. It was on you second trip around the room when it happened, they watched her serve Alex and his mate Shelly. As soon as Emma turned his smile morphed into a evil sneer and they watched him rock back on his heels and forward to his toes and shove Emma. Everything started happening in slow motion Emma scrambled to catcher herself turned into a failed attempt, the twins were across the room watching. They heard the sound of teenage girls laughing at her as she fell but once Emma hit the floor the smell of blood flooded the room.
Her screams had turned into a broken howl and the scent that followed was magical. It was her it always had been, her wolf exploded into the room full of people to protect its human form, and the smell of gardenias and jasmine filled the room. They were at her side before they knew it. Dom was rubbing her face and whispering in her ears to relax and morph back while Ashton was currently screaming at the blonde boy, who’s laughter had been cut short.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Yelled Ashton.
“Teaching the w***e a lesson duh,” the blonde boy had the guts to take a tone with the Alphas let alone call their mate a w***e.
Before the twins had a shot to respond Alpha Grady had ordered everyone to leave and go home before anyone else got hurt. All except that blonde boy named Alex, he needed to answer for what he had done and what he had said. Once the house was empty the EMTS came for Emma the boys had managed to calm her down enough for her to slowly change back and they had her wrapped in a blanket to make sure she wasn’t exposed. The EMTS loaded her in the ambulance and the twins’ wolves howled for her, they wanted so badly to be with her right now but punishing the boy who did this was more important.
“Mom, will you please go with her?” Dom asked.
“Take a pair of my sweatpants and one of my big shirts for her. She’s gonna need something comfortable to come home in.” Ashton said to their mother.
She smiled and nodded and rushed up the stairs to grabbed a grey t-shirt and black Columbia sweatpants and stuffed them in a small plastic bag. She dashed downstairs and grabbed the keys to the blue mustang in the driveway and floored it. The hospital was maybe fifteen to twenty minutes away from the house depending on how you drive. Lucinda was determined to make it there in less that fifteen minutes because she didn’t want Emma to wake up alone.
She had always liked Emma, because not every child would agree to work hard in someone else’s home in exchange for her mother to have excellent medical care. She knew she didn’t always treat Emma very well and felt guilty for it now. Things were different now that she was the mate of her son’s. Her life would be different now and her mothers care would be free of charge now that Emma would soon be family. The guilt worsened when she thought about the fact that she had not even given Emma a bed to sleep in.
Meanwhile back at the house the twins and Grady had taken Alex out to the old barn on the edge of their property where the pack often met. Grady sat on the large hay bales and watched as the twins took turns beating Alex. They wouldn’t let him speak mostly because they really didn’t care what he had to say. Grady was watching his boys hand the situation and contemplating what he would do if it would have been his mate this boy had disrespected.
He didn’t think hard on the subject because he knew he would probably kill him if it would have been Lucy. The boy was now gasping for air in between blows so it was time for Grady to step in.
“That’s enough boys,” he parted the boys, “ now why don’t you explain your actions Alex.”
He was gasping like a fish and Grady was being patient for him to catch his breath. “So what? I pushed some girl that works for you guys. Yeah she got hurt so what!? I pushed her to show my mate I didn’t ever care about her. I dated Emma for two weeks, before she let me sleep with her! She’s just a w***e!” He was still being disrespectful.
The twins looked at each other in shock, they wouldn’t have thought she was the type.
“I remember when you took her on the date you returned her bloody. What happened then?” Grady pushed further.
“Uh, I don’t know maybe she fell. I don’t really remember.” He shrugged like it wasn’t a big deal.
“Boys I’m going to call your mother I’ll be right back don’t do anything I wouldn’t do while I’m gone.” He smiled when he said that last part because he knew the beating would resume.
He was only on the phone for a short time and waited maybe fifteen minutes and Lucy called back telling him what she had been told, she also mind linked what Emma looked like while she was telling the story to him.
It made him even angrier when he saw how broken the poor girl looked. He would wait until the boys we’re leaving before I mind linked them what he saw and heard. He walked into the barn and he was right the beatings had resumed.
“That’s enough your mother is leaving the hospital with Emma, wouldn’t you like to be there when they get home? Give her a proper greeting?” His voice was smoother than butter and the opportunity to see their mate was too much they nodded.
They turned to leave but before they did Dom looked at him over his shoulder and said, “if you ever look at her, or speak to her, let alone touch her again I will end your life.” His deep voice was gruff as he made this threat.
“And it is not a threat, it is a promise.” Added Ashton.
They morphed after they were outside the building and started running to the house. Their family’s personal property was ninety five acres so they needed to run quickly if they wanted to clean up first. They were about one hundred yards away from the barn when their father mind linked Emma’s story.
Ashton whined while Dom howled at the moon, apart of both of them wanted to turn back and finish him but the other really needed Emma. That need and want over ruled their want to harm Alex. They got home before Emma and their mother so they showered quickly and decided that she deserved some flowers and gifts from her experience and pain.
They dressed quickly and texted their mother what they were doing. Ashton drove his black Range Rover and Dom rode shot gun as they ran to the closest store. Which of course was maybe an hour away living in a small town in the hills of Pennsylvania was nice but had its downfalls for sure. They took all the back roads to the store in order to speed the whole way, and the only store that was open was a twenty-four hour supermarket.
Ashton parked the car and they both went in different directions to buy their love gifts. Ashton grabbed a cart and threw two dozen red roses in it, followed by two big plush fuzzy blankets, a stuffed teddy bear. A huge pillow that was covered in fleece it was red. He walked by the jewelry section of the store and couldn’t help himself he asked the clerk to take out a beautiful pair of opal earrings and bought those as well. He didn’t even care what the price was for anything in his cart it didn’t matter it was for her.
Dom walked straight into the electronic section and bought a new iPhone 14 pro max that was purple, an apple iPad with a keyboard and a new teal phone case and screen protector. On his way to the front counter he picked up two dozen red roses, and a cute little teal mini back pack.
They both checked out and met up at the car and headed home. They had decided to go into Ashton’s room to wrap all the gifts and the surprise her in the morning.
When they got home their mom told them that she had gone to bed and not to wake her so they went upstairs to Ashton’s room and wrapped gifts. Ashton was better at gift wrapping than Dom.
“I wish dad would have let us kill him,” Dom complained.
“Well I do too, but I’m kind of glad we didn’t. Now his mate has to baby him and nurse him back to health and with the damage we did to him he’s gonna be hurting for a long time. Might even need some plastic surgery.” Ashton was chuckling at that.
By the time they had finished wrapping gifts it was late probably close to one thirty in the morning and they wanted to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for Emma in the morning so they decided it was time for bed. Dom left to go across the hall to his room while Ashton got into his boxers and started to climb into bed. That is however, until Dom came running back into his room.
“What the hell man?” Ashton complained.
“Shhh! She’s in my room! Sleeping in my bed it looks like she fell asleep cuddling my pillows and she’s wearing your clothes! Come on!” Dom was far to excited.
They both snuck into Dom’s room quietly to not wake her. They shut off the light and Dom stripped to his boxers and got into bed first. He adjusted her ever so slightly so that he could hold her and when he was set Ashton slowly got into the other side of the bed and slide over to her. He put her face on his chest ever so slightly as to not wake her slid his hand on her hip and nestled his face into her hair and enjoyed her. Just being there with her touching her, smelling her was enough to make their wolves whine and cry for her.