The Jaguar's Mate

SEVEN

Aiden felt her leave as he spoke. He watched as all the males followed her with their gaze, unashamed, they looked at her like she was a piece of meat ready to be dined on. The men had not been listening to him the entire time, and no one bothered to hide it. Aiden had never been ignored before, and his anger of being so blatantly disrespected increased when she walked away.  

So he changed the pitch of his voice and used his Alpha tone to bring the males back to him. It worked, and though he had everyone’s attention, he didn’t feel better. He wasn’t sure if he was angry because she left, or angry because all the males watched her, simmering lust lingering in their eyes. He concluded his talk with cordialities. 

...

Sam had been standing next to Aiden, paying no attention to anyone but Tamara, who stood in the crowd smiling at him. She giggled and looked at him intently until her expression darkened. She looked away quickly but Sam's wolf eyes caught as her eyes glazed over. He had seen the expression before and knew exactly what it was. Seconds later, Olivia had walked away.

They are communicating Sam! Are they telepaths? Maybe witches? 

Leo spoke with excitement in his head and Sam wondered the same.

Maybe? Wait... Why is Aiden using his Alpha voice?

Sam's head jerked sideways and he stared at Aiden in disbelief. He rarely used his Alpha voice, even with their own pack. He honestly never needed it. This was twice in less than 24 hours. 

“Aiden, what was that?” Sam asked as soon as Aiden dismissed the crowd.

Aiden turned to face Sam and practically barked “Where is SHE?”

“I am not sure, and I don’t know--” 

A group of she-wolves cut Sam off as they approached him and Aiden, introducing themselves. Soon they were both surrounded by the female werewolves, to their disappointment none was their mate, they would have known instantly. It bothered Sam slightly, but he cared more about finding Tamara. He answered the she-wolf's questions as he looked for the jaguar among the crowd, but she was gone too. 

Meanwhile, Aiden was masking the need to run away, but the number of she-wolves was vast and he took the opportunity to distract himself and personally smell each of their scents. He mostly just tried to shake hands but the she-wolves were very forthcoming, greeting him with a kiss on the cheek, something very common in their culture. 

Aiden was starting to regret his choice of one-to-one introductions and Helios was outraged that he let so many she-wolves near them instead of chasing after Olivia.

Go find her NOW

WHY? She left while I spoke and has been nothing but dismissive and rude. I won’t tolerate it anymore.

I don't care! FIND HER OR I WILL.

Aiden fought for control, but his usual calm was fading away as his Wolf tried to claw his way out. Scared to lose the battle with Helios, Aiden excused himself, cutting off an eager she-wolf. He pushed through the crowd, ignoring other eager humans and wolves.

Sam took the opportunity and followed after him. “Wait, Aiden!” he hollered, soon matching Aiden's long and quick strides as they left the crowd behind. “Where are you going? What’s going on? Talk to me.”

Aiden stopped in his tracks, without facing Sam but looking around. “I need to find her, where did she go?”

“I don’t know Aiden, but if you need a translator half of those she-wolves spoke perfect English.” Sam sounded reasonable, but reason was far gone for Aiden. 

“HELIOS DOESN’T WANT ANOTHER TRANSLATOR!” Aiden roared, a vein in his forehead nearly popping. Sam visibly paled, his eyes wide and his mouth dry at the show of force his best friend always kept in check. 

Watching Sam's horrified reaction, Aiden pushed down the temper that was quickly taking over him, speaking with calculated restraint. “I am so sorry Sam, I can’t seem to be able to control Helios, he has been hounding me about this woman since we arrived because he can’t smell her scent." Aiden looked around again, resuming his fast walk. 

"He is having a hard time since we haven’t found our mate,” Aiden admitted, he sounded reluctant, and though he was honest, Sam wasn't sure who he was trying to convince. But the Beta knew exactly how Aiden felt. Except it was worse, he not only needed a mate but a Luna for the pack. 

“I completely understand, you don’t have to apologize. Let’s try to figure this out.” Aiden just nodded at Sam's words and they walked around, searching. But Aiden was sure she had gone into the jungle again, it seemed to be where she spent most of her time. 

An interesting thought crept into Sam's mind, and he had to voice it. “Aiden...Maybe they take something to mask their scent? Remember what the elders said about the female jaguars?”

The evidence hit Aiden in the face like a rock-hard punch. “For f***s sake why didn’t I realize before?! I am such an i***t, it's too obvious.” Aiden covered his face with his hand, shaking his head.

Sam looked around, hiding his surprise at Aiden's cursing. He hated cursing and the thought of this woman was causing mood swings he had not seen since they were hormone-ridden teenagers. “Don’t blame yourself, I only thought about it after I saw Tamara’s eyes glaze over in the crowd. Seconds later Olivia left, so that helped me figure it out.”

“If they are jaguars, they must be able to communicate like we do.” Aiden snorted the words as unexplained anger rose, bubbling at the center of his chest like a hot cauldron. He decided it was time to confront Olivia as an irrational thought pushed at the walls of his mind: she had no right to deprive him from her scent. 

Aiden shook his head, trying to clear it up. One second he wanted her, the other he couldn't stand her. He did not understand what was happening with his brain. “Let’s separate, search for Tamara and I will search for Olivia. Let me know if you find either.  I’ll meet you at the lunch place if we haven’t found them by then”

“Will do,” Sam said as they parted ways.

...

Olivia ran as fast as she could throughout the jungle floor. Even in her human form, she moved with grace and deadly silence. She didn’t dare let Killari out and risk her going into camp looking for Aiden, it would be a disaster. Olivia ran for nearly an hour, but she couldn’t shake away the unreasonable erotic hunger and seething rage the Alpha wolf caused in her. She was annoyed that she and the jaguar now needed to find someone to help ease the urges before their meeting. 

She circled back to camp, and once she was close enough to see the crowd gathered around, she sniffed around for Aiden.

Our mate is not here 

Killari said in between clenched teeth

Quit it. I’m done with you.

If you mate with someone that is not our TRUE MATE I swear to the Goddess--

YOU KNOW JAGUARS DON’T MATE FOR LIFE!

Olivia went on ignoring what she thought was Killari’s delusion. She assumed the jaguar needed to mate with someone, anyone.

She walked in and out from the jungle line, trying to remain unseen and unheard, an easy feat considering her cat-like movements. Olivia spotted a cute human male, he was the one standing closest to the tree line, reading a book. She approached him slowly and with quiet precision, quickly reaching forward and grabbing ahold of his arm. She jerked him up and pulled him into the bushes with a single hard snatch. 

“WHAT THE--” the human started to say, but Olivia covered his mouth and dragged him further in. 

“Shhh--it’s just me,” She whispered, still covering his mouth and pushing him against a large tree with what the human considered unexplained strength. When she saw recognition in his eyes, she lowered her hand but kept him pinned against the tree, her breasts touching the lower portion of his chest.

“Oh Olivia hi! Umm, my name is Daniel, it's so nice to meet you face to face” He stammered nervously, trying to move away and hide his arousal as his senses went on overdrive at the allure of the jaguar. He thought she was sexier face to face. All the guys talked about her, but no one dared to ask her out unless they wanted to be heartbroken. Daniel also heard rumors that she would only be with someone if she was the one to initiate contact. He felt extremely important at this moment. 

“Daniel…” Olivia lowered her voice to a seductive murmur, raising one of her arms to the back of his neck, impeding his movement. 

Daniel's eyes widened and his mouth watered at the thought of her wanting to kiss him. He leaned forward eagerly, attempting to meet her halfway. Instead, she pulled him down into the nook of her neck.

“Kiss me right there.” her tone dropped again,  and though Daniel was confused, he didn’t care one way or another that she wanted him to kiss her neck. She was hot as hell and she had begun to lower her hand towards his crotch. He placed gentle kisses over her neck, his body temperature rising as her hand hovered above the bulge in his shorts. 

Olivia moved her head, exposing her neck further as she guided his kisses right to her marking spot, an extremely sensitive erogenous zone for jaguars, just like it was for wolves. Since Daniel was human, he couldn’t mark her or even know what marking was, so it was a low-risk situation and a definite win for her. 

She encouraged him by stretching out his workout shorts and sliding her hand inside, taking out his hard length and squeezing lightly as she moved her hand up and down, jerking him off.

Daniel tried to move away to search for her lips, but with one hand still in the back of his head, she kept his head locked on her neck. 

“I want a hickey Daniel, suck my neck” Olivia breathed out the words in a soft moan. Daniel couldn’t deny her anything as she was the sexiest woman he had ever seen, and she was eagerly jerking him off like a seductive maniac. 

Daniel began to suck the spot she had his head pinned on. He used his tongue to lick in circles around that same spot as she rubbed him vigorously. Daniel felt the urging need to burst, so he sucked her neck harder, fueled by her soft moans and the fact that she still wouldn’t let him move. 

Olivia’s moans escalated at the intense pleasure she felt at someone sucking on her marking spot. She felt herself nearing an orgasm just from it, the familiar tingling rose, and her body began to bubble up into a sharp orgasm at the stimulation of a usually untouched spot. She gasped in a satisfying pleasure, the orgasm extending as he continued to suck her neck. She bit her lip to hide her explosion, but the climax only lasted a couple of seconds. 

She became irritated, but continued to rub the unsuspecting Daniel faster so he could climax too, she was not that selfish. When he did, Olivia gave him a kiss on the cheek as his body exploded, so she let go. "Keep this to yourself, Daniel." She walked away and left him standing, his body still shaking in pleasure. 

You were thinking about him, weren’t you?!!

Killari was seething in heinous fury, she knew Olivia had been thinking about Aiden. She didn't understand why Olivia wouldn't just go to him but instead dared to touch someone else.

“Shut up Killari…” 

Olivia muttered out loud.

...

Aiden had looked for her everywhere. He couldn't trace her, so he was using only his sight and asking around, but no one had seen her. 

As he searched through the crowd he smelled something he had never smelled before, a faint animal scent, but on a human?

“Excuse me, I think we haven’t been introduced, I’m Aiden Conley. What’s your name?” Aiden asked as the man turned to face him. 

"I’m Nicolas but just call me Nico. I am Olivia’s brother, Tamara is my twin. They told me about you this morning, nice to meet you.” Nico spoke with fluidity, charm, and natural enchantment in his voice. He stretched his hand and waited for Aiden’s handshake. 

“Oh I did not see you before, I am looking for your sister Olivia have you seen her?” Aiden asked, taking Nico's hand. His strong grip matched the Alpha's.

“Nah, she must be bossing some poor dude around.” Nico laughed until he noticed Aiden’s murderous expression, was he angry at Olivia? “You ok bro? Why do you need my sister?” Nico questioned, an inflection to his voice that made Aiden, an Alpha, slightly flinch. 

Aiden quickly recovered and utilized the same domineering stance and tone, taking one step closer towards Nico, looking down at him as he was just a little taller. “I need to speak with her about a private matter.” Aiden’s response set Nico off, who began to growl, not bothering to hide it.

“Whoa! There you are Nico! I’ve been looking for you everywhere!!” Out of nowhere, Tamara and Sam arrived, she pulled Nico towards her as she spoke. But Nico didn’t stop his growling, and the flicker in his eyes gave him away. 

“Nico!” Tamara reprimanded, outraged and in a panic as she realized both Aiden and Sam were watching Nico with intent, but not much shock at the realization that he wasn’t human. 

“Well, I guess it’s true.” Aiden said with indignation but then shifted his voice to a condescending tone “Jaguars do have a short temper. It explains much.”

Nico growled, "And wolves don't?!" It was only his sister who kept him held fast to his human form. Tamara held Nico to her side as she looked from Sam to Aiden, back and forth. An apologetic smile from Sam did not make up for Aiden’s dark expression.

“Where’s Olivia? She has a LOT of explaining to do.” Aiden looked right at Nico, who was obviously using every ounce of self-control in keeping Rio leashed, he only managed to do so as he felt Tamara's insecurity, she clung to him terrified of what could happen if they fought. 

Aiden didn't notice Tamara's fear as Nico's rage fueled his own. Aiden's own mind was a fog of anger and an unknown feeling of desperation that clung to his soul. 

“You are all Jaguars." Aiden made his declaration between clenched teeth.

Silence.

"This is the last time I ask. Where, is, Olivia??”