Capítulo 4: Chapter 4 - The Encounter
We sit near the pond, Tim sitting to my left, Luis sitting a little further to my right and Brian trying to catch fish two steps further to the front.
After what seems forever, the four of us catch up onto many things we missed out on for years. Apparently, Tim has a mate, Luis is single and Brian just screws around.
I mean these boys did grow up to be good looking. More than good looking now that I observe them. Tim is well built with lean muscles and light brown hair that complements his light brown eyes and a killer smile and that could make any girl melt. Luis has chocolate brown hair and is slightly shorter compared to Brian and Tim but doesn't fall short in the body department, his ripped body under the maroon shirt he's sporting just screams 'come eat me'. And Brian just straightaway looks like he walked out of a Vogue magazine cover. He has lean muscles and a toned but bulky figure and his curly dirty blonde hair complements his hazel eyes and pink lips any girl would die to get a taste of. No wonder he has an unlimited supply of vay vay.
"What if you find your mate?", I ask Brian after he told me he kept screwing a girl with a tight vagina.
He shrugs, "we agreed to 'no strings attached', sorta relationship", he quotes with his fingers before turning back to the water.
I nod with a 'o' expression formed on my lips.
"It's not permanent anyway", he shrugs again before stirring the water.
"How about you Tim, how has beta duties been going on?", I turn to Tim remembering when he had told me that his father, the beta of the pack is training Tim to take on the role of the beta in the near future.
"Great but tedious, hehe", he scratches the back of his head, "I guess at some point I was dragged to the job", he says looking at a distance.
"Do you like being the future beta?", I ask softly noticing a shift of mood. "Yeah definitely, it means I get to work closely with Jax and that's something we dreamt of little kids", he lets out a chuckle.
"But?", I ask feeling like there's more to it
He sighs, "but sometimes it also means I have a limit when it comes to spending time with Vanessa", he confesses.
I place a comfortable hand on his shoulder giving it gentle pats, "I understand".
"How about you Luis? Being the pack's strategist is no joke either", I ask.
"I'm doing alright, it's not like there are wars everyday, I'm summoned only when I'm needed", he sits more closer to me.
I nod.
"At some point we all grew up", I say staring blank at the sunlight hitting the water. I felt Tim letting out a deep breath, "yes indeed", he says.
"But the most fucked up thing is what happened to you", Luis's voice was calm but was laced with anger.
"I don't understand why alpha decided to banish me", I say.
"If anything it should have been that bitch", Luis replies.
"It's alright Luis, what matters is we found each other and we are here now, together", I wrap my arms around the boys nudging them playfully.
He nods in understanding
"By the way, where's Julien?", I ask
"You mean this Julien?", a smug voice speaks and we all turn back.
I gasp with surprise as I get up and run towards him, he catches me easily and twirls me around as we crush each other in a hug, "God, I missed you", I whisper as he puts me down and hugs me even tighter.
"I miss you too, little nutcracker", he rubs my head and hugs me even tighter.
He pulls out to look at me better, "You've grown so much, it was like yesterday you kept chasing us all in your tiny onesie".
Julien has been the eldest and the big brother in our group while the rest of us were younger and about the same age with months apart. He has matured more than the other boys but looks younger than them at the same time. His hair is the lightest shade of brown from the boys, his body is bigger and bulkier but his innocent smile defeats his scary build. That's Julien for you.
"Took your sweet time", Tim chirps in, "where's Jax?", he asks.
"Right here", another voice booms.
Suddenly, my body goes stiff and my heartbeat rises pounding on each second my life has yet to live. I turn around and there he is walking towards us with a killer smile that is ripping me inside and his black hair that glows against the sunrays making me feel a different kind of way.
He comes closer and stands behind me, taking a deep breath, inhaling my scent.
"This reminds me of old times", Brian speaks.
"It's so refreshing to be out here", Luis says.
"Right? We should go for a run", Tim exclaims.
"Oh yeah!! It has been forever we got to stray from the pack house", Brian jumps in.
Before we could say anything Brian transforms into a creamish golden wolf and darts off towards the forest followed by Luis who chased after him in a beautiful dark brown wolf.
"Wait for me!", Tim screams in delight before transforming into his light brown wolf and speeding up to them. And then my senses come to light realizing it's just me and Jax.
He is still rooted in his spot and his arm travel up securing me by my arms before I could turn around. His head dips down and I feel his warm breath fanning my neck, "Jax-", I whisper, my knees turning wobbly and my core getting drenched little by little.
"Oh, he smells so good", Elisa purrs in the back of my mind
"Why didn't you come for me?", I ask in a whisper and notice his shoulders get tensed.
He swallows and whispers, his warm breath fanning my ear,"why should I come for a sinner?",
My heartbeat picks up painfully, "I– I'm not a sinner, Jax".
"Shhh", he leans his face to my hair and inhales.
"I thought I said it's Jaxon to you", his husky voice vibrates in my ear.
I look down, speechless.
"See you in the forest", he says and just like that he transforms into a big black wolf and darts deep into the woods.
I allow my wolf who has been dying to transform take form and follow the black animal into the forest.
I duck through branches and skim past the dark trees never feeling this alive. Soon I catch up to the boys and there they are drinking water from a river. I nudge on each one, playing a little and tackling with them in circles. But Jaxon is missing. I turn my snout to to all the directions but to no avail I cannot find him. I sniff the air for a trail and find one leading to the opposite side. My wolf feels giddy inside as she nears the area where his scent is strong.
Just then I see him, in all his glorious matte black fur waving to the wind as he stands in the big open area. His iridescent eyes swirls with the sunlight and lightens up every cell in my body. I walk slowly out from the shadows and towards him.
I stare at him in awe admiring his gigantic matte black wolf. The alpha blood does really run in his veins and it shows in how lethal this black beauty can be. He lets out a low deep growl making me sit in all fours. He comes close and sniffs my body, wagging his tail. I suppose his wolf accepts mine and she is happy than she has ever been.
Just then Jaxon goes towards the trees and shift, he comes out making sure to wear a pair of shorts. I look away as I gulp before ingraining his naked torso in my memory. God, he looks so good.
"Shift", he commands. My wolf whimpers taking a few steps back not liking his tone. I in the other hand growl at the back of my throat for treating her like that.
I show myself after transforming behind a tree and making sure to cover myself well.
"Why, now?", I ask, "after all these years why do you decide to show up now"
"This is my pack, remember? Which means I own you too", he replies.
"You don't own people Jaxon", I voice my thoughts.
He looks at me with rage and takes heavy strides towards me before grabbing me from my jaw forcing me too look up, "You don't get to say what I should do or not, you're nothing to me", he finishes and releases me face.
A pang of hurt surges through my veins, "That's right, you have Jessica don't you", I intrigue. But deep down it's as if I'm cutting my own self.
"Exactly, she has everything I want in my future Luna", his face void of emotion.
Elisa sits at the back of my mind with her little heart beating. I have to shield her or her emotions will pour through me.
"Oh really, and what's that your highness", I mock. Sporting a face void of emotion myself.
He looks at me with a smug expression, "you have no idea", he walks closer and closer as I back up step by step until my back hits the bark of a tree and he cages me in pining his hand on the tree to the side of my head.
"She comes at every call ", he starts, " ready to strip down bare naked", his eyes travel down to my body, "stretches her legs until it hurts", he leans down his breath fanning my face and his eyes focused on mine, "and I pound her senseless until she screams my name".
I look down with hurt and anger while the corners of my eyes sting with tears threatening to form, I grit my teeth, "If she is so great then why don't you reject me and get it over with", I ask, barely in a whisper.
He takes a second to talk, "rejecting you would be too easy, who knew you would be my mate", he smirks. "After all these years, after all the pain you've caused me, my dad and the pack, finally, I have a reason to have my way with you".
I look at him unfazed but deep down I wanted to say it did not only affect him and the pack. "I lost my mother too", I voice my thoughts a stray tear sliding on my cheek.
He stays quite for a little while.
"You should have known better before opening that damn gate", he speaks,
"I didn't open it", I look at him praying for him to trust me.
"Cut your bullshit, Aiyana", he corners me to the tree, "we all know it was you who opened that gate and it was you who killed my mother", his eyes turn black, "and I will never forgive you for that". He finishes with a low tone.
"I didn't kill your-",
I didn't get to finish that sentence when his fingers tightly wraps around my neck, "Don't you dare finish that sentence", he looks at me with red eyes threatening to form tears.
"Jax", I whisper, cupping my palms around his chiseled jaw.
Suddenly, he looks defeated as if he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. He observes me as I watch him trace every corner of my face with his beautiful green eyes.
"I want you to trust me", I look at him.
He looks at me, contemplating what to say, his face holds different emotions.
After a few seconds he masks all of them by an expression I know all too well, hatred. "Never", he whispers.
Elisa whimpers and her emotions with mine is ripping my stomach into two.
"I will never trust you ever again, you may be my mate but I will never accept you as my Luna, because once I'm done with you-", he didn't get to finish that sentence before he pulled away sensing the guys coming in.
"Hey guys, we gotta go", Tim emerges from the bushes, already turned back to human form and from the looks of it he did not notice Jaxon pulling away and making it look like we had a normal conversation.
"See you later, Aiyana!", he waves and so did Luis and Brian.
"See you later guys!", I wave back as they take their departure, swallowing my tears and lacing on a smile genuinely happy we reunited.
I gulp down once they vanished from my line of sight and I stare at Jaxon who is looking at me with an expression full of hate,
"we'll continue tonight", and with that he left.
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