Page 15 of Rejected Mate

He came hard and suddenly inside of me, then he squeezed my ass and settled me on my feet as he pulled away from me.

There was no kiss or even comforting. If anything, he started shifting around his room looking for his pants.

"We're not doing that again. I'm not sure what happened when you went out, but when you want to talk, then you know where to find me," he said angrily.

He left me there, by the wall, with cum dripping between my legs. He was right; what I'd done wasn't nice and it was so out of character for me.

I kept thinking about Husk, something I'd never done before. I wondered what it would be like with him.

Would he be gentle like Winter?

Or fun like Sky?

Or completely different?

I'd never been curious till now. And I knew one thing—as much as I said that I didn't want to mate with him, I couldn't get him out of my mind.

I went to the bathroom, walking like a penguin so I didn't leave drops of cum all over the floor. Once I cleaned myself up, I did the same with the floor. I could have chased after Winter, told him that I regretted what took place, but I wasn't ready to tell him about my meeting with Mayia or the fact that I was losing my magic. He would worry and tell me that it would be all right, but if he'd seen what Dad had done and what Mayia had told me was happening to the other packs, he would use his power to make me mate in a heartbeat.

I decided to soak myself in the bath and think about how I would move forward with it all. It was too much to take in, in one day. For the second time since we mated, I'd hurt Winter. And I promised last time I wouldn't do it again. This time I wanted to be sure that I wouldn't dream of doing it again. I just didn't know how.

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Winter

I'd never mated with Fagua the way I'd done three days ago, and to make matters worse, she was acting weird and doing things like talking as if we were strangers and sleeping alone. Usually, Sky and I would have some fun with her, except lately she'd been going out for walks alone.

It didn't take much to figure out where she'd been going because I knew the scent well by now. She'd been seeing Mayia. It made sense in a way. No doubt Fagua probably felt comfortable with her. The idea of being with us brutes as being enough for her was probably a false reality in our eyes, but in hers, she craved female company. It was only natural.

There was also the issue of her father sending wolves to bring her back that concerned me the most. I had to protect Fagua because if anything happened to her, I would never forgive myself.

I know she’s a grown woman and can do what she wants, but fuck it if she isn't getting too lackadaisical regarding her safety. At least for now, her father hasn't tried anything else, though I wouldn't put it past him to strike when we all have our guard down.

"What are you doing up here alone?" Sky asked from behind me. I was sitting in the cinema room trying to figure out what to watch. It was the middle of the day and I had work to do, but ever since that pack came to see us and with Fagua acting all distant, it had been the furthest thing from my mind.

"Nada!"

I choked, "You started your Spanish classes again?"

He slouched next to me. "Nah. I really need to because it was tough last night. Nothing was going right, it just seemed to end in madness."

I nodded, half-listening, thinking it was nothing new that hadn't happened before, but that was the thing about casinos; it wasn't just the money and the music that got the staff excited, but the gossip too. This might come into play if Fagua's dad hired wolves who spoke Spanish, trying to hide what they were doing here and thinking we couldn't understand them.

"Yeah. Nothing new. Someone rubbing someone else the wrong way. Someone getting married, even though they were already married, and someone trying to steal and getting caught."

He laughed. I didn't find excitement or enjoyment with this sort of thing, but he did. Underneath that tough exterior was a teen just waiting to get out and relive his youth. He would go back to high school if they would have him.

"Don't look at me like that, as if you're better than me and I'm the big baby of the family. Speaking of family, where's the big, bad daddy wolf?"

I chuckled as he said it. He was right, Husk wasn't an easy-going wolf, but it was as if lately he was just a wolf with a sore head.

"Between Husk's disappearing act and Fagua keeping her distance, I feel as if it's all falling apart," I said.

We hadn’t spoken about that night, since we had a good habit of sweeping things under the carpet.

"I think Husk is dying and he doesn’t want to admit it," Sky replied sadly.

My chest constricted and I turned to Sky. I thought it was strange, the way Husk had been behaving, but it made sense. Why else would Husk be keeping his distance unless something was wrong? Damn him for not telling us. The pigheaded bastard! He was our brother. Did he think we'd just get over his death in a blink? I wanted to punch some sense into him.

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