The Rejected Traitor

Chapter Seven

*MELANIE*

I don’t know how to explain what it’s like to be around Lazarus. I am cautious because this little dream could be over in a flash. But why not just enjoy what is happening in my life now. I can’t keep dwelling over my situation. I just need to make the best of it. And right now the best of it is looking at Lazarus. He has some beautifully long lashes laying softly against his cheek as he sleeps. I literally slept all night long on his chest.

I didn’t have any nightmares and I feel like a brand new person.

His tanned skin glows as the sunlight from the morning is shining through the window. His golden hair lay loosely on his head, and I can hear his heartbeat with my head on his chest. It’s even and steady, and strong. Something you can believe in, the heart. But not too many let you into those. And I am one of them. I go to remove my body from his, but I suddenly feel his grip tighten on me.

“Please don’t leave me just yet.” He says in the sexiest morning voice I think I have ever heard.

I lay my head back on his chest at his request. I don’t think I could deny him, even if I wanted to.

“I was going to make us breakfast.” I whisper as he runs his fingers through my hair.

“I can help with that. I just don’t want you to leave yet.” He whispers. His fingers touch my scalp and run down a group of my strands. Tingles run through my skin, giving me goosebumps all over my body. This feeling… It’s almost too much to handle.

“You seem like you slept pretty well.” I whisper back to honestly make myself feel less awkward.

“The first night in many years I didn’t have any nightmares. Thank you for that.”

I can feel my heart rate picking up. My body temperature is warming like crazy.

I jump from the bed cause I know what it means. “I am going to get breakfast started. You rest.” I say as I dart out of the room.

Catching my breath in the hall before turning to leave I look back into the room at his perfect form. He’s laying in bed with his eyes open and staring at the ceiling. But the biggest smile is laying on his lips. As if this little bit of interaction between us is making him happy.

Don’t be stupid… Don’t be stupid.. Don’t be stupid..

That’s all I can tell myself.

Right as I make it to the kitchen, agony shoots through my whole body. Setting me completely on fire. I feel as if I am being burned alive from the inside out. “AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!” I scream at the top of my lungs, and in two seconds flat Lazarus has me in his arms.

“What is it, Mel?? What’s wrong?” I feel the pain lessen slightly in his arms. Tears falling faster down my face. “I… don’t…. Know…. It just… f*****g hurts!!!” I cry out. Unable to take the pain anymore, my hands have a mind of their own and they begin clawing at my pelvic area. The shooting pain could be compared to being stabbed a million times with a knife that has been stuck in the fire…

“LAZZZ!!” is the last thing I can get out of my mouth before my body goes limp in agony and I black out completely.

*LAZARUS*

Fucking dumb ass. I’ll f*****g kill him.

I can’t help but think murderous thoughts as I carry Mel back to the bed and lay her down. She doesn’t seem to be able to feel the pain anymore when she is unconscious. So thank the Moon Goddess for that.. But I am literally going to kill him…

*Ring Ring Ring*

A breathless Sorren comes across the line. “What do you want? Finally tired of my mate? Ready to give her back?” His cocky attitude and mouth send a fire through my veins. The fact that I didn’t answer right away quiets his remarks.

“What did you just get done doing?” I growl. I hear him gulp audibly, and I can tell he is sweating. “Umm.. I have a girlfriend. And we both have needs..” He says, annoyed.

I take a long pause for it to finally hit him. One… Two… Three…

“Oh f**k!!!!” He yells into the phone. I hear him facepalm harder than when we were in the sixth grade and he threw a baseball that hit a parked car at school.

“Is she okay?” He asks in a whisper. “You have no f*****g right to ask about her. And if we were on pack grounds, you would already be a grave… You have no regard for her but you want her so bad? Right…” I growl. I don’t even give him the chance to respond to me and I hang up the phone.

‘I will rip his spine from his body and he will literally be a whole asshole, Laz. I am not joking.’ I can feel that Ivar is not playing around. Nothing pisses him off more than disrespect. And he has taken a liking to Melanie. He knows she isn’t his mate. He knows she has a mate.

‘It doesn’t matter that she isn’t my mate. I am drawn to her. And that sack of s**t soon to be Beta of yours has ruined her… He rejected her in private before knowing her. And then let that assault happen to her. And now… NOW THIS!!’ He growls. He hasn’t even met her wolf yet. I have to do this correctly.

‘Ivar. We have to do this right. You seen that warning we received. If this anonymous person knows of our plans, what is going to happen when Melanie finds out? We have to figure out how to help her. Not just with the rejection and healing but also with the name that has been given to her…’ I say and realization hits him.

‘We have to figure out what really happened for her to be called the child of a traitor.’ I look at Melanie’s sleeping form. I just watched her be contorted in pain from a man who gives literally no f***s about her other than the fact that she is his mate who has someone else’s attention. Except she doesn’t even know she has my attention that way because of the way this whole damn pack has her brainwashed.

‘Call him… He can help. I know you don’t like to call him… But he has more resources than your father. And we can get more information on Melanie’s family.’

‘I know.. But he doesn’t even live in the pack, Ivar. What if he doesn’t answer?’ I am becoming skeptical.

‘Any chance to take down your father with facts, after everything he has done, he will take. You know that, Laz. But for her… For her I would kill your father myself, without a second thought..’

And with that statement he retreats into my mind, keeping a close eye on Melanie. Her wolf will be awakening tonight.. And when that happens s**t is going to get real.

Not just for her, but for Sorren as well.

Fuck…