Thorn's POV
"MATE."
Jake's eyes darkened as he looked at me, "MATE." He just continued to stare. It was as if both of us were locked in place. Neither of us knowing what to do with this utterly unexpected development. The moment didn't last long though. Jake suddenly pushed me to the side and took a blow that was clearly meant for me. Alpha Ezra was off the ground now and he was furious.
The blow knocked the wind out of Jake and I could almost feel his pain as if it were my own. He was doubled over slightly when Ezra attempted to land another blow that was captured by my own father's hand. My father used the grip he had on Alpha Ezra's arm to swiftly turn him towards himself as he landed a blow of his own to Alpha Ezra's face. This blow left Alpha Ezra in a bloody heap on the ground. His Beta and Gamma quickly gathered him up and headed for the pack hospital.
I rushed to check on Jake. Without thinking I pulled his shirt up to expose the ribs that were clearly broken. The thought briefly crossed my mind that Jake may have just saved my life. That blow would have landed at the base of my skull. I would have been either rendered unconscious or killed. As I reached up to touch the spot that was rapidly turning nasty shades of blue and purple, I felt the intense sparks once again and was pulled from my rage. It seemed as though Jake was pulled from his pain as well.
I gathered myself and turned to my father. "Well father. It seems as though both you and the counsel will be pleased this summit. It seems as though I have met my mate." I shot my father a cocky grin but faltered when my father pushed past me and landed a blow to Jake's jaw. A monstrous growl erupted from me as no one was going to hurt my mate, not even my own father.
My father raised his hands in surrender as he made a declaration, "That, dear boy, is for knowing this long that my daughter was your mate and telling no one." To my surprise, Jake chuckled.
"Alpha," he bowed his head, "Not only did I want her to discover this on her own so that she knew it was fate, I also knew the high risk of rejection due to our previously difficult relationship. I didn't want to risk getting anyone's hopes up if she were to reject me."
At that moment I rushed to Jake's side and placed a hand on his cheek. "Jake. You are my fated. I would never reject you. Do I think the Moon Goddess has potentially made an intentionally difficult pairing? Yes, however, as long as you are all in on this, so am I." Another thought occurred to me as Jake pushed his face further into my hand. "This is why you turned down the Beta position and told me to wait, isn't it? You already knew what was going to happen this weekend?"
Jake chuckled and nodded slightly. He removed my hand from his face but didnt' drop it from his own. "This does complicate some of your plans though Little Wolf. Maybe we should talk."
Unfortunately, I knew exactly what he was talking about and even though he was my mate, if he thought he was taking the Alpha position from me, he would be very sorely mistaken.
Unknown POV
Watching the situation unfold in the yard of the pack house had been interesting for sure. When that little b***h called Jake her mate though, I nearly lost it. I had to turn and walk away. This couldn't be happening. This was going to ruin all of my plans. It looked like I was going to have to figure out a way to kill that b***h of a future Alpha.
Jake's POV
After Thorn insisted I be checked out at the pack hospital we went to her room to talk as she prepared herself for the day. She had to know what it was going to do to me to have to sit just steps away from her open bathroom door while she took a shower. She was my mate and I still didn't know if it was okay to touch her, yet there she was, only feet away, naked and wet. Her scent mixed with the steam from the shower was going to drive me insane if she didn't hurry up.
"Are you almost finished in there Little Wolf? You're killing me out here." As the last words came out of my mouth she abruptly shut the shower off and stepped out. No towel, open door, standing before me in all of her glory. Her body was a work of art. The curves, her breasts, her perfectly toned body. No. This was intentional. She was testing me and my self control and I was failing. I caught myself standing up to walk towards her when suddenly I was being slammed backwards onto the bed in a whirlwind that smelled like the sweetest latte I'd ever dreamed of.
Her mouth was on mine before I could speak as if she needed to kiss me as she needed to breathe. My clothes were soaked and I could smell her arousal. When she finally pulled away from me, I could see that her eyes were dark and her wolf had taken over. I stopped her. I held her upper arms as I spoke, "Lillith, I need to speak to Thorn. This has to be her decision and you know that. As much as Cesar would love to mark and mate you immediately, I need to know that Thorn wants this mating too."
Her eyes slowly shifted back to her beautiful dark chocolate brown and I was staring directly into the eyes of a very naked, and now, very aware, Thorn. She hesitated for a moment before crashing her lips back into mine again. I let myself be drawn in this time knowing that it was the woman and not the beast who was in control. She ripped my shirt open throwing buttons at random across her room and as she was trying to reposition herself I saw my opening and took it. She was off balance and I used that moment to grab the back of her thighs and pull her up and onto my face. I quickly found her little bundle of nerves and took it into my mouth.
Her moans of pleasure were instant and she was quickly bucking against me. I switched from sucking on her bud to running my tongue over it and dipping it deep inside her walls. She tasted as delicious as she smelled and I only wanted more. But first, I needed her to reach her peak. Only then would I be satisfied.
I continued licking and sucking for only a few more moments before her moans turned into screams and she finally fell over the edge into a beautiful o****m. As she was coming down I flipped her over onto the bed on her back. I stripped out of my pants and boxers and I thought she was going to choke when my massive c**k stood erect in front of her. Her eyes widened but there was nothing but lust in them.
Before there could be any hesitation I was on top of her and at her entrance. "This is going to hurt Little Wolf. Tell me to stop if you need me to." With that final word I slammed all the way into her, breaking her barrier and making her scream out in pain. I held still momentarily until she gave me a small nod to continue. I began moving in and out of her. Slowly at first until I was sure that the only sensation she was feeling was pleasure. At that point I picked up the paced.
Thorn clawed at my back and moaned out her pleasure. It didnt' take long before we were both getting close to our c****x. Then suddenly there was a searing pain in my shoulder and then the most intense o****m I had ever felt in my life. She had marked me. She had made me hers. She was accepting me as her true and fated mate. I had no intention of letting this moment end too soon so I quickly pushed her head to the side and bit down where her neck meets her shoulder, throwing her into an intense o****m of her own.
Once we had both come down, I slid out of her and rolled over, pulling her close. "You marked me Little Wolf. I would say already, but for me, it is finally. I've been waiting for this my entire life."
She rolled to look me in my eyes. "What do you mean your entire life?"
I sighed before I responded. "Thorn, I have known since we were kids that our bond was special. I could feel it, even then. It was like our little wolf pups even knew we were fated but they just couldn't tell us. Then, when I turned eighteen, it was confirmed for me. That's why I kept distance. I didn't want you to ever feel like I was manipulating the mate bond. I needed you to figure it out on your own."
She seemed to accept my response as she giggled slightly. Then she looked into my eyes again and just said, "Finally."