His Chosen Mate (Complete- Standalone)

Chapter 11

He left. I immediately got up to grab my phone.

5 Unread messages.

Kingston: Mate?

Kingston: Ashleigh, if you want to pursue your mate bond, I would understand.

Kingston: There is no greater physical pleasure outside the one granted by your fated mate.

Kingston: I didn’t even think about that being a possibility. I would give caution that I’ve only ever heard bad stories about the Alpha of the Venice pack.

Kingston: Do you still want me to come?

Ashleigh: YES!!!

Ashleigh: He doesn't want me to be his mate, he wants to breed me. I can tell. He isn’t interested in me having my own life. He wants to use me. I mentioned rejecting the bond and he said that would never happen.

Ashleigh: He is letting me go to work in the morning. I am being guarded in the hotel.

Kingston: How many guards?

Ashleigh: Just the beta that I know of.

Kingston: He wouldn’t leave you with just one guard.

Ashleigh: I was thinking about asking my Uncle to reject me from the Ventura pack. I could join Full Howl. Since they denounce fated pairings. Would my bond break then?

Kingston: I dont’t know. I'm not sure that is how it would work. It’s worth trying.

I swiped opened my text history with my mom

Ashleigh: My sorry its late, can you give me Uncle Mac’s number?

Mom: Sure, why?

Ashleigh: I am in LA for work. I ran into a few pack members, wanted to reach out.

Mom: Is there trouble?

Ashleigh: No, no. Just figured he would hear about it. Wanted to get ahead of it.

Mom: *contact details for Mac Ventura*

Ashleigh: Thanks mom. Hope everything is good. Love you.

Mom: Love you too, let me know what he says.

I swipe and open a new message to my Uncle.

Ashleigh: Hey Uncle, this is Ashleigh Craven. I know it's been awhile but I am hoping you could help me.

Mac: Ashleigh, it has been a long time. I just asked your mother about you a few weeks ago.

Mac: How have you been?

Ashleigh: Yeah, I saw her on the Fourth, she told me. She gave me your number and said I should reach out. I’m actually down in LA for work.

Mac: Oh, that's great to hear. Where are you staying? What do you do for work these days?

Ashleigh: I work for J&C. Opening a*****e down here in Culver City, staying at The Shay.

Mac: Ashleigh, that's Venice territory. You could get in trouble down there.

Ashleigh: Well, that's the thing. I kind of already am.

Mac: What's going on?

Ashleigh: I hate to ask anything of you. But I’m mated to Alpha Troy. I didn’t realize I was still part of the pack. I was hoping you could exile me or break the pack bond. So, I can try joining Full Howl. I am hoping that will break my mate bond.

Mac: Where are you right now?

Ashleigh: I am in my hotel. I am being guarded by the Beta.

Mac: There is no way Vince is there alone.

Mac: You need to get to the packlands. Do you remember your way here?

Ashleigh: I think so.

Mac: Why didn’t he take you to his house?

Ashleigh: I asked him if I could finish up my work in the morning before giving them notice. My boyfriend is a member of Full Howl, he is on his way down.

Mac: No!

Mac: You give your boyfriend our address, you tell him to come here. He doesn’t want to get tied up with Troy and the Venice pack.

Mac: Ashleigh, I was an asshole to you. A lot has changed in both our pack and with me. I am so sorry for the things I did to you growing up. I need you to trust me right now when I say your life is in danger. I will help you, but you gotta trust me.

I swipe back to my conversations with Kingston.

Ashleigh: My uncle says my life is in danger. He says it's too dangerous for you to come here. He wants you to go to his packlands.

Kingston: Do you believe him? Do you trust him?

Ashleigh: When I grew up around here. Both packs treated women terribly. I had heard horror stories about the Venice pack. It was honestly used like a threat in my pack, just be thankful you are a Ventura not a Venice. But I hadn't really thought much about it since.

Kingston: I’ve heard some pretty f****d up things as well.

Ashleigh: I don’t know what to do.

Kingston: Give me your uncle's address.

I swipe back to my conversation with my uncle.

Ashleigh: You’ll have to forgive me for not immediately trusting you. My boyfriend said he was willing to meet with you.

Mac: I understand that. I do. When everything went down with your dad, I was only 16. I was susceptible to peer pressure. Growing up under Daemons Alpha rule was difficult, he has cost our pack a lot over the years. I challenged him a few years back and took over as Alpha. I have been trying to right a lot of wrongs. I pushed back our territory lines, giving Venice the whole city. I didn’t want to engage in conflict with them anymore. We operate a few businesses in the city still but for the most part, we moved out of the city entirely, selling business, transferring ownership to civilians. The process has been long. But I prefer peace in the pack over the constant violence of pack rivalry.

Ashleigh: So, you are Alpha now?

Mac: I am, again I am sorry for how the pack treated you and your mother. I’ve been in contact with her for awhile. Trying to make up for lost time. I feel so guilty about how the two of you were treated, how you fled in the middle of the night. Leaving your home. It kills me.

I swapped back to the conversation with my mom.

Ashleigh: Do you believe Uncle Mac has changed?

Mom: I do.

Ashleigh: Why?

Mom: Well, he came out to visit me right after you left for Cali, he has been sending me money for the past year. Depositing 50k every few months into a trust for you. I didn’t know how to talk to you about it. You’ve always held on to so much hate.

Ashleigh: Mom, you know why!

Mom: I do, but I also think people can grow up and mature and understand the mistakes they made and try to make up for it. I think your Uncle is trying his best.

Ashleigh: I guess.

Ashleigh: I don’t want you to worry but I am mated to the Alpha of the Venice pack, he seems like a real asshole. Like he wants to chain me up and make me a breeder, that was something their pack does, right?

Mom: Oh Ashleigh, be careful. They do. I will talk to your uncle.

Ashleigh: I already talked to him, he has offered to help. I just don’t trust him.

Mom: Accept his help and keep yourself safe. I know you are strong, but that pack is no good.

Ashleigh: So was ours.

Mom: It wasn’t always, your father was a good Alpha, it was under Alpha Daemon that things got bad.

Mom: I really believe your uncle has made changes to return the pack to how it once was.

Ashleigh: Ok. I am going to accept his help. If I go missing, you know where to find me. Lol

Mom: It is not a joke Ashleigh, keep yourself safe.

Ashleigh: I will. Love you.

Mom: Love you too.

I swipe back to my uncle's conversation.

Ashleigh: What is the address?