Blue meets Brown: The mate's mark

Chapter 11

Jeremiah:

Shock. I got up and stormed over to her, practically flinging Alex aside without care. “You know Madeleine? Is she here!? WHERE? I didn’t scent her”. God damn it! Scar, get hold of yourself, you are making us appear weak.

“Scent her? What are you talking about?” she asked.

Shit. I stayed silent. I looked over at Alex, glaring at him not to say anything to his newly found mate regarding my situation.

“Wait… Scent her… The same way you would, a mate? ARE YOU MADDY 'S MATE?” Now she was jumping up and down in excitement. “I need to tell her, wait, why doesn’t she realize that she can smell him too?”.

“NO!” both Alex and I said in unison.

“Baby, Madeleine hasn’t met her wolf yet. The fall out of finding a mate before sensing them is known to be horrific if things don’t go well. You can’t tell her yet. It’s too much for a newly found she-wolf to go through the emotions of a first shift and the backlash of finding a mate. You know how that feels now. Imagine doing that at the same time as meeting your wolf. The question as to why she doesn’t realize, I can’t answer. We think it’s probably the hormones?”. Alex said to Charlie as she stopped jumping up and down and pondered on the thought.

“Well, I can’t go back out there and pretend like nothing has happened. She’s going to want to know what took me so long and the obvious… I need to tell her I met my mate, she’ll want to meet you” she said.

“OK then, take us to her, and she’ll introduce my beta as your mate”.

“Ok…” She stopped mid-sentence and then went ridged. “Actually, why don’t I just go and get her? At least then it will be less of a shock. You know, hearing I have a mate, and um, seeing you again. Yes… That’s what I will do. You two stay here, get some drinks and I will be right back”. She spoke.

Panic and nervousness were all I could sense from her now. Just as she left the room, I looked over at my Beta, who shared the same thought. Once you meet your mate, there is next to no reason why you would want to leave their side, at least not for the first couple of days, let alone hours. I smell something fishy. As if sensing the same, Alex and I make our leave and follow Charlie.

We make our way past the toilet, Alex leading the way as he can now sense Charlie’s whereabouts. We passed the room we spent hours in, and down the corridor into the next room that was filled with drunk people. The blonde head we could barely see moments ago, was running up to what looked like a couple. Pressed against the wall in a heated moment, arms and legs mingled together, sharing a passionate and drunk-fueled kiss.

Freshly baked bread and rosemary hit my nostrils. I froze in place, as did Alex as realization hit both of us. That couple lent against the wall practically dry humping each other. It was Madeleine, my Madeleine… My mate. NO.

Madeleine broke apart from this man reluctantly, as Charlie shouted something in her ear. Looking at her, she instinctively turned her head to scan the room until her eyes landed on me.

Lips swollen, eyes like a doe in headlights. Beautiful. The dress she was wearing hugged her every feature and her t**s were practically out for all to see. Small droplets of sweat could be seen sliding down them, only sexualizing them more.

I saw red. My chest started heaving up and down in pure anger. Livid I was. Alex turned to hold me back, but my wolf came to the front. I needed to get to them. NOW. I stormed past, throwing Alex and everyone else around me aside. I stormed my way over to her, and with one good punch, her lover was on the floor. The music stopped and people turned around to see what the commotion was. My aura is on fire, causing people to cower, and acknowledge me as an Alpha.

“What the f**k is your problem? You don’t own me. I am nothing to you! Just some stranger I f****d, who I now spend my time with is not your concern!” Madeleine screamed in my face as she pushed against me.

I cornered her into the same wall she was leaning against only moments before, dry humping and making out with that man who was now unconscious on the floor, with his brother at his side. “The f**k did you just say to me? You might not know it yet, but I do own you, little pup”. I said in a deadly voice, tempting fate. I was losing control, and I couldn’t afford to do that. I needed to reign in Scar and get the f**k out of here before I did something stupid.

I feel hands on me, pulling me away, as Madeleine and I stand there, inches away from each other, glaring and standing our grounds. It was Alex and a security guard. I could hear Alex trying to calm me down via the mind-link, but I wasn’t moving until I was done. “You listen to me now, if I find you with another man again, I will not just knock them unconscious, I will kill them. Do you hear me? That is only an example of what I can do to those who disobey”, I said in a pure animalistic voice, as I pointed at the unconscious man lying sprawled on the floor.

Madeleine was… Laughing. Wow OK, that was the last straw. I picked my fist up and punched the wall beside her head, leaving a hole behind whilst my knuckles cracked and bled. Not bothered, I took one more look into her blue eyes and stormed off, leaving behind a very apprehensive crowd, and my mate.

Why? That is the only thing running through my mind right now. Why had I just done that? I’ve f****d everything up, and possibly for good. Not only that, but I had split up my beta and his mate.

My beta Alex came running out of the pub, Charlotte, or Charlie, whatever her name is, not with him. Probably inside comforting Madeleine. My Maddy… She will never forgive me now. I let my jealousy get the best of me. She was right, of course, she doesn’t belong to me, but it was like a smack in the face when she said those words, and to watch those lips kiss another… I just could not bear the pain in my chest.