Chapter 10

**Finn**

I am always the last to arrive at the pack house and for once I am the first. Last night Caleb told me everything, what his dad was telling him about picking on Elena and also Elena's suspicions about Eric. Honestly, I didn't say anything to Cal but I've already thought about it and I know I'm not the only one. This whole rogue thing is too suspicious especially since it never happened before and it never happened again. As I work in my office with the door open, I finally see Theo arrive he is in a very good mood and he smells...

I walk into his office right after him and close the door behind me. He is sitting behind his desk and I walk up to him.

"You slept with her," I tell him.

"Yes." He doesn't even bother to duck.

"I want to know everything." I sniff the air. "There's still her scent on you so that means you slept in the same bed."

He sighs, running his hand over his face. "She's amazing. Best sex of my life! Of my life! She woke me up with a blow job."

"Fuck! You're the luckiest bastard on earth." I tell him as I crash into the chair across from him.

"Why is he the luckiest?" Caleb asks as he walks into the office.

I stare at Theo to see if it's me or him telling him the good news.

"I slept with Elena. Twice." He replies.

"And she woke him up with a fucking blow job," I add excitedly.

"Okay," Cal tells him with his jaw contracted.

"Okay? Would you stop being an asshole for two minutes? If it wasn't for you, you and she would have made a move by now. You're the only ones who don't realize how much sexual tension there is between you." I tell him.

He sits down next to me and Theo drops another bomb.

"I think she's my mate."

"Why because she sucks well?" Cal asks annoyed.

"No jerk it goes much deeper than that. She makes me feel things I've never felt before."

"Wow I wasn't expecting that one," I tell him.

"It's simple, go for a run together. You'll be set." Caleb suggests but he still has his jaw and fists clenched.

Theo sighs. "She's leaving tomorrow for New York but when she gets back I'm going to suggest it."

Cal snorts. "You bet, you're going to wait for her while she bangs her Matt."

"Are you jealous?" I ask him.

"Of who?"

"Of the guys, she's banging, Theo included."

"Theo is like a brother, I would never be jealous." Theo and I exchange a look.

"So you're only jealous of Matt because you can't share her with him."

"You're both crazy." He abruptly gets up and walks out of the office, slamming the door.

**Elena**

I'm in the elevator of my building and I think back to my nights with Theo, which was incredible. I wasn't supposed to feel anything for him, I was just supposed to satisfy a craving, a desire, that I've had for years but not this. Our bodies were in tune, completely as if we were meant to be together, which is crazy. The doors open and I find my home which seems empty. Theo told me that he talked with Finn and Caleb. They both know we slept together and he is sure they both want me too. The weirdest thing is that he didn't seem to be bothered by the idea. I make myself comfortable and clutch a glass of wine. The doorbell rings and I already know who I'll find on the other side.

"Hi, Matt." I open the door wider for him to enter.

"Hi babe. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, and you?"

"I'm fine." He sighs and goes to pour himself a glass of wine. We both sit on the couch. "I went to see Arthur yesterday and he's getting worse, he wanted to see your mom." He places his hand on my thigh. "I took the liberty of having him sign all the papers. He would have wanted everything to be yours."

I nod. "I'll go see him tomorrow." I pinch the bridge of my nose. "When is this going to stop?" I ask with my eyes filled with tears.

"Hey." He sets his glass down, puts mine down and hugs me. "I'm here me. I'll always be here."

"Thanks."

He steps back. "I think I'm not the only one, by the way. You smell like an Alpha. So which one is it? Don't tell me... Theo!"

"Won," I reply with a chuckle.

"Is it serious?"

"No. You know me, you know that..."

"That you are desperately hoping to find your mate. Yeah, I know." He picks up his glass again and drains it in one gulp.

"Don't take it like that. You know what it means to me. I don't want the same thing to happen to me that happened to my Uncle Arthur."

After decades of being alone, he finally found his mate except she was already married, with children. She rejected him and he went ballistic. I had heard stories before but it's already so rare to find your mate so it's even rarer to be rejected. I don't want to cause anyone else this pain. The three generations before me all found their mate so I figure it must be fate and I too will find mine.

"He's an Alpha so when you go back you should go run with him so you'll know."

"I thought about it but...I don't know...I'm a little scared. Afraid it might be him, after what they did to me..."

"Oh goddess I never thought I would say this ever but..." He sighs. "They were teenagers and now they are adults. They have matured, changed and they are most certainly sorry for what they did to you."

"Theo is the only one who has apologized."

"Just because the others haven't said anything doesn't mean they don't think so...well maybe not Caleb, from what you've told me."

He may be right about Finn but about Caleb, I don't believe it for a second. He hasn't changed with me, there's still the same animosity in his eyes. And it would be a lie to say that there is nothing on my side because I still feel resentment. Every time he looks at me with those green eyes I feel like I'm that scared teenager again and I hate that. I hate him.

Tonight I fell asleep alone in my king-size bed, Matt tried to join me there but I felt a twinge of sadness as if I was betraying Theo. I'm fucking developing feelings for him. I'm so fucked up.