Her Second Chance Mate

Stolen Kiss

Carson’s POV

There is no way we are getting her back! This is all your fault, i have the worst human. My wolf Eric has been screaming in head for the past hour. 

We have a mate Eric! I have chosen Shauna as our mate.

I do not want her, neither do you for that matter! She’s always been just an easy lay. 

She is our mate, we had the ceremony.

Which is just screen and smoke since we have not marked her. You know damn well that if we do not mark her by the next full moon the ceremony will be for not and the bond she has with the pack as Luna will be gone, unless redone.

We will mark her. 

When? Because you were pretty quick to get rid of her once we were alone. 

I just need time to think, Nikki rejected me two years ago. So why when i see her and smell her i feel, we are still being pulled to her. 

I do not know, i’m confused as well. 

That stupid Alpha Connor wouldn’t leave her side. Thankfully, she agreed to meet me for breakfast tomorrow. 

We will win her back.

I nodded my head at him. I spent so much time fighting the mate bond I had with her when we were younger. I felt it the second she turned, but she didn’t. I was confused, I wanted her but at the same time i wouldn’t allow myself to be ruled by her. So i pushed her away, every way I knew how. I never meant to hurt her and I still had no clue how she knew what I was doing the night of her 18th, when our pack was under attack. I didn’t even know there was a fight going on. I just know that when I found out, I was there fighting while she was with Jake claiming to be passed out.

Laying down for the night, i couldn’t stop thinking about her. About how she’s grown not only as a leader but as a woman since the last time I saw her. Sleep slowly took over me as i thought about getting her back, no matter what I had to do. 

~~Nikki’s POV~~

I woke up around 5am and quietly made my way from the tent. I had agreed to meet Carson for breakfast, just the two of us. We had a lot to talk about, to catch up on. I’m sure he would want to have his mother leave my pack. But that wasn’t up to me and i would not force her. 

I stretched and watched the sun rise as members of my pack met me in the clearing next to the tents. 

We did a group stretch and yoga quietly. I saw Connor leave his tent and walk around talking to his warriors. He brought his group out to the field with us. 

“Morning.” He said loud and with a smile. 

I glanced at him and placed my finger to my mouth for quiet. He looked at raising an eyebrow.

“Morning.” He said again with a whisper and came closer to me, trying to take my hand. 

I gave a quick whistle and hand movement and my warriors quickly fell in line and headed towards the treeline. 

“Nikki?” He whispered behind me. 

“She’s not the friendliest in the mornings.” I heard Hannah whisper to him. “Plus, she doesn’t really talk much before morning training.” 

“I feel like she’s pushing me away.” Connor’s worried voice carried to me before i started to jog away. I pushed him to the back of my mind. I needed to focus, we were on unfamiliar territory and surprisingly I had a few preteens with us this morning for training. Usually everyone over the age of 10 and under the ago of 70 had to participate in training. But it wasn’t required while off territory. The small group of girls were all around the age of 10, so they were beginners. I decided I would stick with them for the morning run.

“Why didn’t you speak to Alpha Connor?” One of the girls asked me as we followed the warriors into the woods. 

“Quiet Sasha! Alpha doesn’t need to answer your nosey questions. Dad said to be quiet this morning remember and to not ask Alpha all of your questions.” 

I stayed quiet as I listened to the girls argue back and forth about talking to me, making me smirk. 

“I just want to know what it’s like to have a mate. Dad isn’t going to tell us. Alpha Carson was her original mate, I just wanted to know if she hurt when he left.” 

*Continue with the run, I’m taking the four girls with me.* I mind-linked Jake.

*Yes Alpha* He quickly mind-linked me back.

“Girls, follow me.” I spoke to them, causing them to quickly look up at me and turn to follow my lead. 

As soon as I came to a stop in a clear field one of the girls started “Alpha, I’m sorry she is so nosy and i keep telling her to not be…”

“It’s ok.” I stated before I took a seat on the ground. “Sit, let’s talk. I have an hour before I have to meet Alpha Carson and then get ready for the first event.” 

“You’re meeting with Alpha Carson this morning?” The one with all the questions asked as she sat down. Followed by the three other girls.

“Yes. He requested we have breakfast together.” 

“Do you, is that...weird?” She asked. 

I took a deep breath, “Yes and No. He is the Alpha of the territory we are on. I expected that all Alpha’s would meet together more than once. But i did not expect him to request just the two of us to have breakfast together.” 

“Why did you say yes if your mate is Alpha Connor? Is Alpha Carson still your mate?” 

I smiled at her, “There was a time when Alpha Carson was more than just my mate. We grew up together. Trained together, our father’s forced us to be around one another daily and with him being a few years older than me it was bound to make us have some sort of conflict. I didn’t know he was my mate till I shifted. He had already known for a year who I was to him, and yet he continued to have relationships with other girls.” 

“We heard he was a man-whore.” Another girl voiced.

Laughing, I nodded. “That he was.” 

“Why did he leave our pack?” 

“A lot of things happened the night of my 18th birthday. All of you were 8, but I do remember seeing you in your dresses at the dinner and early on for the party.”

“We hid in the safe room with our families.”

“Our mother died that night.”

“Yes, I am sorry for that.” 

“Why didn’t you fight?” 

“Something that you will learn in mate class, that I never knew happened and i still don’t think Carson fully understands today. When you meet your mate, even without marking each other your wolves start to build a relationship. I had shifted early and learned that Carson was my mate when i was 16. But he didn’t want a mate at the time and pushed me away. On my 18th birthday, the night of the attack. I was fighting alongside our father’s with Jake. Carson was no-where to be found. I was told to gather a team and head around to trap the rogues in. Jake had just started his training 6-months earlier, he was to be my Gamma. So he naturally joined me. Only, i passed out from the pain one has when their mate is intimate with someone else.” 

The girls gasped, “Alpha Carson cheated on you?” 

“He was never mine.” I replied. “But, the didn’t lessen the pain I felt. Gamma Jake brought me to safety and when I woke, the fight was over and our father’s were in the hospital and Carson acted like I hide away.”

“So he doesn’t know? Why did he leave?”

“He left because I name Max as Beta and rejected him as my mate.” 

“YOU DID?!?! Didn’t it hurt?” 

“Yes, but my father, our Alpha was dying. I needed to be strong for the pack. Carson was my weakness.” 

“What about Alpha Connor? Will he be your weakness?”

“I won’t allow the pack to suffer and if I need to I’d reject him as well.” 

“For the pack?” 

“For the pack.”

The girls all looked up at me. “I hope Alpha Connor doesn’t become a weakness. He seems like a nice Alpha.”

I smiled at the girl, and nodded my head, “me too.” 

Looking around I could hear our warriors coming back from their run. “Come on girls, our secret meeting is over. We shall do this again tomorrow morning if you’d like. Any questions you have I will continue to answer. No secrets among OUR pack.” 

They smiled at me and nodded their heads. “Can the other girls join us?” 

“Other girls?” 

“Yes, there’s five more girls our age that were too scared to join in this mornings training.”

“Yes.” 

We got up as the warriors came through the tree line and joined in the rear. The second we got back to the tenting area I headed for the showers and then made my way to Carson’s packhouse. Passing Connor along the way.

“Morning.” I said to him as he caught up with me walking towards the packhouse.

“Morning!” He smiled at me. “Hannah filled me in on your morning no talking. I’ll be sure to remember that when I wake you in the early morning hours.” He said with a wink, causing me to flush and my thigh muscles to tighten. 

“When were you going? We’re about to have breakfast by the fire.” 

“Alpha Carson asked me to join him for breakfast this morning.” i replied not looking at him. 

He grabbed my arm, “What? Alone?”

“Yes.” I replied looking up into his eyes. “We have a lot to talk about. Just the two fo us. There’s a lot of….history there.”

“Mate history.”

“We were never each other’s mates.”

“You wanted him to be.”

“And yet it never happened. Connor, you have to trust me.”

“I do, it’s him I don’t trust.” 

I smirked up at him as we reached the packhouse steps. I took a few steps up and then turned towards him.”I’ll see you at the running challenge. Good luck.” I quickly kissed his lips and stepped away from him. 

I wasn’t sure why, but after the talk with the girls this morning I couldn’t settle. My nerves were all over the place. I kept thinking about Carson and our past and how much I loved him before we realized we were mates. I rejected sure, but there was no denying the pull i still felt for him.

~~Caron’s POV~~

Her scent filled the room before our eyes met. I felt my d**k twitch as she walked towards me, our eyes meeting. 

“Good morning Carson.” she said to me as she sat down at the table. “A lot of food for just the two of us.” 

“Nikki.” I replied back to her with a nod and small smile. Our eyes still locked on one another. “I saw your yoga session this morning. Still doing the whole no talking morning routine?”

Of course I knew her routine, it was the same one I did every morning. The same one our father’s had us do growing up. I loved those mornings with her in silence. 

“Do you?” She asked me, a look in her eyes. Was it longing, sadness? I wasn’t sure. 

“Yes.” 

“We should do a training session together, for old times sake.” She replied. “Especially if our packs to form an alliance.”

“An alliance?” I questioned her.

“Yes, this is the reason for your breakfast is it not?” She seemed nervous as she asked the question. Almost like she hoped it was for so much more. 

“Can we be alliances?” I asked her, causing her to look me in the eyes.

“Why wouldn’t we be?” She countered.

“We broke each other.” i said, staring into her eyes. My eyes shifted to her lips and back up to her eyes. Hope, i could of sworn i saw it. 

“I did not break you.” she replied, shifting in her seat.

“I broke you though...didn’t i?” i asked her. “If it felt anywhere what it has felt like over the last year, I am sorry.” 

“What?” she asked me blinking rapidly.

“I never accepted your rejection.”

“Carson…”

“I never accepted your rejection and while you may not feel it when I am with someone, I have felt you with someone else this entire time.” 

Her face was pale with shock. “I’m sorry I hurt you.” I finished, our eyes locking one again.

“I...I..I didn’t know you didn’t accept the rejection. I figured that since I was Alpha blood you wouldn’t need to. I didn’t know you would feel the pain.” 

“Is that how you felt?” I asked her, taking her hand in mine. She looked up at me again. 

“Nothing hurt more than the night of my 18th, I’m not sure why. But I felt you with girls all the times before but that time, when I passed out, it was the worst.”

“It was my first time having sex.” 

“But all the other times.”

“Just foreplay.” 

She shook her head and pulled her hand away from me. “Nikki I am sorry.”

“Are you sorry only because you could finally feel what you put me through? You picked a mate, why prolong this? Accept my rejection.” 

“And you have a second chance mate.” 

“What?” 

“You said I picked someone else, but you have a second chance mate. There’s no chance for me...is there?” 

“What are you talking about Carson?” She asked, annoyance filling her voice.

“What if i told you I didn’t want her? That I just picked her so my pack would become stronger with a mate. But seeing you, watching you rule the pack. I miss you. I miss us.”

“There was never an us.” she replied back, anger laced in her words. 

“But there could be.”

“No Carson, there can’t. You decided a long time ago you never wanted me. I’m not giving up my second chance for you. Is this was this morning was about? You try to tell me you missed me and blah blah only for me to reject my second chance? In case you might not have noticed, but I haven’t needed you to rule the pack for 2 years. Sure we trained together, but Max and Jake have become the BEST Beta and Gamma any Alpha could hope for. I would never turn my back on them and they would never on me. This was a mistake I should of never agreed to have breakfast with you, alone.” 

While she looked at me with hate, I felt love in her eyes. I knew she still loved me. No amount of rejection could make her forget the times we spent together training. I’ll make her remember how I made her feel. 

“I’m sorry to have upset you Nikki. I didn’t realize you and Connor were so close till yesterday at the dinner. After our meeting…”I trailed off so she would understand what I was getting at. 

“You felt that?” 

I nodded. “While it didn’t last long, not nearly as long as i would make you.” She took a gulp and just stared at me doe eyed “I still felt you being intimate with him. Tell me, who have you been with for the past year? Whoever you were with then, also seemed rushed and over too soon.” I moved my hand and pushed a lock of hair behind her ear. 

“Carson…” She breathed out, closing her eyes as I cupped her check.

“I have never forgotten about you. The way it felt when we trained together. I wanted you then, but I was so scared to give in. I know how f****d up that sounds, to know your my mate but to push you away. But we were young and I was stupid and then our father’s died and you removed me as your beta. That crushed me, and then you rejected me and my entire heart shattered.” 

She stood up and turned away from me, so i stood up and took her hand in my as I walked around to the front of her.

“I was in love with you before you shifted. And when i realized we were mates I wanted nothing more than to claim you. To make you mine for everyone else to see.” her breathing was become heavy, i watched her chest move up and down. 

“Carson…” She started “that, that was a long time ago. Things have changed.” She pulled her hand from my grasp and took a step back.

“My feelings never have.” I quickly grabbed her face and placed my lips on top of hers before she even knew what was happening. 

She gasped and i pushed my tongue inside her mouth. 

~~Nikki’s POV~~

Before i knew what was happening Carson grabbed my face and kissed me. I gasped, shocked that at what was happening and he took advantage and shoved his tongue in my mouth. This was everything i ever wanted.

CONNOR!!! Rose screamed in my head, snapping me back to reality. I placed my hands on Caron’s chest and pushed him away. 

“Asshole!” I screamed and wiped my mouth. “Do not EVER do that again!” 

“Nikki, we can fix this.” He said, taking a step towards me.

“There is nothing to fix Carson. Accept my rejection and mark your chosen mate. I have Connor and I’m not going to loose him because of you.” 

I quickly walked out of the room and out of the packhouse. 

I got to the tent area in time to see Max and Jake talking with the runners. Just as Connor stepped in my path. 

“We need to talk.” His face was clam, but his eyes were anything but.