Her brother her… mate?!

Chapter 3

Della was a good twenty minutes in her run. She heard a wolf howl. Oh no. She’s never heard that howl. What if that was a rogue wolf? She started running back in the direction of the house. There were three brown wolves chasing her. She felt her heart start racing. She can’t outrun them. One went in front of her and snarled. She stopped running they started circling her. Oh no. She had no where to go. Another stronger howl pierced the air. Just then a huge black wolf showed up. She found comfort in that howl. There was a gray wolf behind him. Smaller than him. He was almost double the size. Then it hit her. That was Jared! One of the brown wolves jumped on her and grabbed her by the throat. The big black wolf grabbed that one off and threw it into a tree. She heard their bone snap. She saw Jared’s green eyes. Looked like nick had the other wolf. The third one jumped over Jared and grabbed Della’s shoulder and started dragging her. Jared grabbed the wolf and launched him into a tree. Jared got closer to Della. She was completely under him. They had to go through him to get to her. Even not in wolf form most guys were intimidated by Jared. All three wolves took off. Nick went into the woods and came back shirtless. Jared took off.

“I hate to be this person but he is so mad. I’ve never seen him this mad.” Great. Nick looked at her concerned. She felt the blood on her neck and shoulder. Oh Jared was going to kill her. Nick reached over to touch her. She hissed.

“Finally acknowledged the bond… you’re in for a treat.” He said it so sarcastically. She believed him though. It wasnt fun. Jared came back in just shorts. There was no way he didn’t smell her arousal.

“Please don’t leave me alone with him.” She whispered. Jared probably heard her. He has insane hearing. Nick laughed.

“He won’t hurt you… but he might hurt me if I don’t leave you two alone.” Nick took off. Jared looked at her. He looked angry. She could tell. She was slightly scared. She knows how strong he is. She didn’t need a reminder.

“Is your skin burning too?” She didn’t know what else to say. Although his wolf was gorgeous she’s never really seen him before.

“Yes. There’s a fix for that.”

“Oh?”

“It doesn’t involve running off. People know you’re my mate and people target you. What the hell were you thinking?!” She didn’t like Jared yelling at her. She could tell he was uneasy. His mate got hurt. He didn’t like her getting hurt. Even when she was younger before he even shifted he didn’t like it.

“I’m sorry. The cold air felt good.” She said so quietly. He reached out to touch her. She shrieked back. She didn’t want the burning feeling again.

“Trust me baby girl. Come here.” She did. He wrapped his arms around her. Her skin felt like it was cooling off. He was warm to the touch but he cooled her off.

“Were you this bad when you acknowledged the bond?” She is really regretting it. Once she called him her mate she felt like this. He laughed.

“Even worse. Mines been going on for 6 years. You will only have to deal with it til you shift.”

“Is this why you ask for so many hugs?” He laughed.

“It feels good doesn’t it?”

“Very good actually… I can’t imagine having to deal with this for 6 years.” She backed away a little.

“We really need to talk…” uh oh. He gently guided her to a fallen tree. She sat down on it. He sat on a large rock. “You almost shifted.” She started laughing. There was no way. “I’m serious. Your eyes started going from brown to black. Your wolf was going to take over.”

“Would that have been such a bad thing?”

“Yes. If you shift from an emotion, fear, anger, rage, sadness, you can get stuck and lost in wolf form. You won’t be able to come back.”

“You shift all the time when you’re angry. Why aren’t you lost?”

“I should have clarified. When you shift for the first time. I let mine naturally happen. I have control over McAllister.”

“Did you name your wolf? Or did he tell you?”

“He told me his name.” This was weird. She’s known about werewolves all her life but she’s hearing a lot of new things tonight. Almost like she was new to the world of werewolves.

“Your wolf is huge.”

“He has to be he’s alpha. Can’t have people thinking I’m weak.”

“He’s also pretty.” He smirked.

“I can’t wait for you to shift and see what color you are.”

“Oh? Any specific color you hoping for?”

“White.”

“Why white?”

“Shows you’ll be a great Luna. Also who doesn’t like a white wolf?” True.

“Well I guess hopefully that’s the color.” She knows she had no control over her color. Jared exhaled. “What’s wrong?”

“There’s more rogue wolves. They’re masking their scent. I need to get you home.”

“Need to call mom and dad?”

“Yeah. They should already be on their way home.” He got up and helped her to her feet. He noticed the blood on her neck. He pulled her close and sucked it and licked it. She felt it healing. Gosh he felt so good. It was all she could do to fight back a moan. He playfully bit her neck. He is so cheeky. She never would have guessed that. Nick or Matt or Paul. Yes. Jared... never. He always seemed so serious. She pushed him away. It was kind of funny to her that this side of him was showing up. Mates do bring out all sides of a person.

“We have to get back.”

“I guess so.” He sounded so disappointed. She laughed.

“You really don’t like sharing me with people do you?”

“No not really. If it was up to me we would be spending every day all day in bed.” What the hell?! She got so freaking turned on. Why was her body betraying her! He laughed. “I can smell your arousal.”

“Whatever.” She rolled her eyes. Jared laughed. She took off running in the direction of home. She heard Jared behind her. The closer he got the faster she got. She heard him growl. She laughed.

“Awww poor little alpha can’t keep up.” She took off even faster. She was inside the house and upstairs before she heard him come through the door. She stripped and hopped in the shower.