Unlovable but Unbroken

The Closet

Gio POV

Kate ran her hand down the front of my pants on our way to my car. It wasn’t like this was the first time we had come out here to mess around, this was a pretty normal thing for us. We had slept together many times before and I thought nothing of it because everyone is sure she will be my mate. Even me.

We have been together for three years now. Usually, her doing this would arouse me and we would hurry to the car so she could take care of it. But this time I just grabbed her hand and pushed it away. “What the hell Gio”, Kate said in her whiny voice that she would use to get whatever she wanted from everyone. Usually, I thought it was cute and would give in to her pouting and puppy dog eyes, but not today. Today her touch did nothing for me.

Kate’s touch not only didn’t turn me on, but it made my stomach turn, because I could still smell her... I could still feel the sparks that shot between us when I grabbed her hand. I could still feel how soft her lips were as I ran my thumb along them. I could still hear how sweet and beautiful her voice sounded. Anya, I am almost positive she is my mate.

I needed her to come to my party because I needed to know for sure. My wolf would know right away if she was ours. I just needed to wait until tomorrow to find out. I have never felt so drawn to someone. When that douche bag came in and claimed her as his own, it took everything in me not to rip his head from his shoulders. Who the hell did he think he was?

I guess she won’t be at my party, so I will need to find her. I must know her; I need her to know me. I have never needed anything more in my whole life.

Kate POV

“What the hell, Gio?” I asked as he shooed my hand away. He always loved it when I got handsy with him at school, but I didn’t even see his bulge harden at my touch. What had changed? What has gotten in to him? It couldn’t be that nobody from the library. What was her name? Arya? Annie? Who cares, she was just that, a nobody.

I was his girlfriend, his mate. We are destined to be together, but the way he looked at her, he never looked at me that way. I am almost certain I am starting to feel the mate bond. When we were in the library, I scented him. It was the most amazing smell of sandal wood and vanilla. It gave me chills and was gone as quickly as it came. But the mate bond must be starting to show since he will gain his wolf tomorrow.

We will find out tomorrow at the party and he will announce to the pack that I am his mate and his future Luna, just as we have planned for so many years. Then we can forget that whole little mishap with Anita or whoever she is. Then in 2 months, when it's my birthday, we will mate and mark each other and we will take leadership of the pack, together the way it is supposed to be.

Jax POV

I was driving to school to have lunch with my little pup and I couldn’t help but think about how she looked this morning. I wish she had changed. I don’t want any unmated wolves looking at what’s mine. I wish she would just let me mate and mark her already. Everyone would be able to scent that she was mated and with my mark proudly displayed on her neck, no one would dare come near her.

Thinking about her in that little skirt made me painfully hard. I couldn’t wait to see her and kiss her and cover her in my scent. She didn’t have any idea why I kept her away from everyone. I just couldn’t have her find out, not before I marked her.

My thoughts were cut short when I walked into the library where she usually was during her free period. I smelled the most intoxicating smell, it was like apple pie and peaches. When I saw that she wasn’t in her normal spot, I started to panic. I looked around and the sight I saw pissed me off and had me growling.

She was talking to some d**k and he was close too close. But behind him was the most gorgeous she-wolf I had ever seen. I felt the urge to go to her and mate her right there on the spot. No no no this can't be happening. She must have been underage because she didn’t seem to notice.

I quickly shook the thoughts from my head. All I wanted to focus on was my beautiful Anya, only her. I couldn’t hear what they were talking about but I saw him reach up and pull her lip from her teeth and my wolf, Jessie, almost broke through and tore his body to shreds. I saw him get tense and he began to look angry, then he said “Who the hell is your boyfriend?” In an instant, I was behind her.

“I am. And I would appreciate it if you would back away from my mate” “Hey babe, you’re early for lunch” Anya stated sweetly and rubbed my arms gently. “Yea, I thought I would surprise you and come early, I didn’t want you to be lonely” I smiled down at her and said. “Your mate?” the ass hole asked giving me an irritated look. “How old are you gorgeous?” he asked her with a smirk that I wanted so badly to wipe off his face.

I forced out a menacing growl and stepped forward and pulled my girl against my body. “She’s 17, but I’m 19, so the goddess has already shown me the bond. We just need to wait two weeks until her birthday and she will feel it too” I said, without hesitation, “I am sure this lovely lady can answer for herself. So, you haven’t felt the bond yet at all?” Okay, who was this asshole and why was my mate and our bond any of his damn business.

I was starting to lose my patience and needed to get Anya out of here and quick. I grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the library with me to head to my car.

The entire time we were sitting in the car she was zoning out. What is on your mind, my sweet pup? We were eating and talking about the movies we were going to watch when we got home tonight. She loves movie nights with me. “So, popcorn with extra butter?” I asked her and she just continued to stare off in the distance.

“Earth to Anya!” I snapped. She apologized and said that she hadn't gotten enough sleep but I know she slept like a rock last night. No, she was thinking about him. This was not good. This can’t happen, not over my dead body. I needed to do something about him, and that she-wolf he was with and quick. I can’t have my plans ruined and all my hard work destroyed.

Anya POV

We spent the rest of lunch talking and eating lunch as normal, but I couldn’t help the feeling in the pit of my stomach that something was off, something was wrong. When the bell rang, I grabbed my backpack to go back to class, but before I could walk away, Jax pulled me into him, hard. He kissed me with so much urgency and force that I was panting when he finally let me come up for air.

He nuzzled my neck and rubbed his scent all over me, then made me put his hoodie back on and finally let go of me so I could go back to class. I’m not sure what’s gotten into him today, but he is being more possessive and dominant than he ever has been. “See you after school babe” he yelled after me as I hurriedly walked back to class.

Walking down the hallway, I inhaled the deliciously calming scent I had smelled all day of forest air with a hint of rain. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was being followed, but when I looked around, no one was there. I was already late, so I decided I would take my time strolling the halls on my way to my English class. I was already a whole semester ahead of everyone else because it is my favorite subject, so my teacher doesn’t really care if I show up to class or not.

As I rounded the corner and was passing the supply closet, something hit me and pushed me into the closet, knocking the wind out of me for a moment. When my head stopped spinning, I looked up to see that Gio had pushed me into the closet and was now pressing my body against the supply shelves with his own. He was breathing heavily and looking down like he was trying to calm himself. “What the f**k?!” I asked while trying to push him from me. He backed away and threw his hands up in mock surrender. “Just hear me out, please...” he said with a solemn look but still with a glimmer of hope in his eye.

My breath caught in my throat when I looked into his endless emerald eyes and he made his way closer until there was no space between us. He really was gorgeous and the way his body felt against mine gave me chills. I couldn’t resist reaching out and brushing my hand against his cheek. Once again, I felt the static shock that I had felt earlier and winced back in surprise.

“You can feel it too?” he asked, surprised at my reaction. “Of course, I can feel it” I stated as if it were obvious. “That is kind of how static electricity works” I ended while rolling my eyes. “It’s not static electricity.” He said. I just stared at him for a while, trying to decipher what he meant. I hadn’t even known I was biting my lip until he reached up and drew it from my teeth with his thumb and then caressed the spot I was biting before pushing his hands against the wall by my head, so I was trapped there with nowhere to go but straight to him.

“You can’t do that little wolf, please stop” He pleaded breathlessly. I heard him audibly gulp and his heart rate pick up to an inhuman speed. “Do what?” I squeaked” Only now just realizing how flushed I was and that my own heart rate had picked up as well.

“You can’t bite those sweet little lips of yours around me...” he inhaled through his nose as if he were trying to take my scent into memory “And I can smell your arousal little wolf... You have no idea what you are doing to me... How much control it takes...” Before he could finish his sentence, he crashed his lips into mine. The kiss was passionate and hungry and I found myself compelled to deepen the kiss.

He brushed his tongue against my lower lip asking for access and I wantonly granted it to him. My hands made their way around his neck and drew him closer, I needed him closer. I could feel the bulge in his pants harden against my stomach and wiggled against it, wanting to feel more. He quickly wrapped his hands around the back of my thighs and placed them around his hips. I wrapped them around him eagerly and started grinding my weeping core against him, hoping for some kind of release.

His hands drifted to my waist as I clung to him like a life boat in a stormy sea. He moved his hands up towards my waistband, under my hoodie. No wait under JAX’s hoodie. I quickly pushed him off and separated us. Panting, I looked at him and said “What the hell was that?” He looked at me with hurt in his eyes that quickly turned to amusement.

“You didn’t seem to mind little wolf” There it was again, that little crooked half smile. I was swooning. As I tried to steady my breathing I gasped “I can’t be here, we can’t do this, I have a boyfriend, a... a mate!” I started to panic and he grabbed me and pulled me into him. “How can you feel what I feel and not know?” I looked up at him, confused by his question. “Know what?”