"Is this her, your mate?" She asks in a nasally voice. I already don't like her just by the tone of voice and the way she spat the words at him. I raise an eyebrow at her.
"Melinda you're not on duty, go home" Tate says his hand wrapping around my waist and I realise just how tense my body is as I relax under his touch. She growls challengingly and I step forward Tate's arm tightens around my waist when she pales suddenly her eyes watching my face.
"She isn't even a wolf" The girl spits.
"I said go home Melinda" Tate says using his Alpha's voice and she turns on heel walking off muttering under her breath.
"Please tell me that isn't your ex"
"That isn't my ex" He says automatically. I look over my shoulder at him.
"You told me to tell you she wasn't" He shrugs.
"So she is, how long ago?" I demand. I haven't been with anyone since meeting them and well haven't been with anyone entirely, so the thought that he was prancing around with another woman after he met me appalled me.
"Before I met you, I haven't been with anyone Lana, I swear not since I met you" He says, pulling me against him and wrapping his arms around me, I rest my cheek on his chest loving his warmth, until I feel something growing against my stomach, I step back looking down before my eyes dart to his.
"I'm still a man, and naked with you touching me, Lana" He states while my mouth hangs open. My face heating. He suddenly shifts back into his black wolf and I let out a breath. Nudity wasn't a big thing in packs. You were bound to see each other naked at some point but that didn't mean I wanted him walking around naked especially after meeting this Melinda. I follow him home and I open the front door. Tate shifts back when I find myself suddenly pressed against the wall. His lips on mine, I wrap my arms around his neck kissing him back before he pulls away.
"What happened with Drake?" He asks, looking down at me, his body pressed against mine still.
"His father banished him and stripped him of his title" I tell him. Guilt hitting me, none of this would have happened if I just kept my mouth shut. Tate gasps shocked,
"I don't understand, why would his father do that?" He asks and I look away. Tate grips my chin forcing me to look at him. "Why would his father do that?" He asks again, his eyes softening when he realises, I am on the brink of tears.
"His father is an asshole, he tried to make me submit so I challenged him" Tate growls low in the back of his throat at my words and I thought he was mad at me too.
"Drake left" I whisper. Tate steps away, "He will come here, don't worry about him Lana. This is a good thing. Drake should have challenged him as soon as he tried to make you submit to him. You did the right thing" Tate says, yet it didn't make me feel any better.
"But he is a rogue now" I tell him, and Tate shakes his head.
"I won't let him be rogue, we are mates, what is mine is yours and his" Tate says. I nod before stepping forward and wrapping my arms back around his waist and hugging him.
"Everything will be okay Lana" I nod. We hear a car pull up, the door slamming making me jump. Before hearing his voice.
"Why did you leave, I have been looking for you?" Drake growls.
"You left me on the side of the road, I didn't know you were coming back" I defend myself, he never said he was coming back just told me to get out.
"You left her," Tate growls at him. Drake sighs.
"I needed to cool off, just forget it" Drake says, turning toward the door to leave again.
"Drake" Tate says angrily before composing his anger. Drake turns back to look at him.
"Where are you going?"
It was clear he had no idea where he was going either as he doesn't answer.
"Your place is here now" Tate tells him.
"I ain't being your fucking Luna" Drake snaps at him.
"I don't need you to be that's what she is for"
"I'm not submitting to you Tate" Drakes says angrily, his body trembling as his fists clench.
"I never said you had to, the pack can have more than one Alpha, you're my equal just like she is" Drake looks at me in his arms before looking away.
"Please Drake don't leave" I beg him, and his eyes snap to me before suddenly realising Tate was standing there naked, Drake's eyes trail over him before looking at me and I try to suppress my smile. He steps forward and I reach for him, but he freezes.
"I'm going to have a shower" He says walking up the stairs. I look up at Tate and he sighs before looking back down.
"He will come around, just leave him be for now, it would be hard being thrown away like that"
Lana's POV
Walking upstairs, I could hear the shower running as I walked past the door in the hallway, his scent wafting under the door as steam billowed out. Tate walking in behind me stops watching me for a second before walking into the closet and retrieving some clothes for him. The doorbell ringing downstairs and Tate looks toward the stairs.
"That would be Mariah, Elias's sister, she was bringing groceries over" Tate says before walking out to greet her. I take the clothes Tate got out for Drake placing them on the bed so he could easily find them. Drakes scent hitting me before I even have a chance to turn around, I could feel the warmth of skin he was that close. Turning around he was directly behind me, his hair wet, a towel hung low on his hips as I look down at chiselled abs and V line. I swallow before I even realise what I was doing. I run my fingers down his chest and the lines of hard muscle of his abdomen. He inhales deeply before grabbing my wrist as I reach his towel. My eyes snapping to his and I feel my face heat at my actions.
"I wouldn't advise teasing me love" He whispers, and I shiver as his breath fans over my neck.
"What if I'm not teasing you?" I ask him, looking up at him under my lashes. His lips part slightly before he lets go of my wrist and raising an eyebrow, his eyes darkening to those of his wolf making me gasp at the pure hunger in them.
His lips turning up slightly at my shock before he steps closer, his hand going to my hip pulling me flush against him, his grip tightening almost bruising.
'I fuck you; I will mark you. Is that what you want my mate?" His voice deeper, rougher as he leans closer, his tongue running over my neck and I shiver, sparks moving over my skin, my heart pounding in my chest painfully at his words.