Feral Wolf
Chapter 12

The next morning, I woke up and walked over to Brontes’ room to check in on him but when I appeared there he was nowhere in sight. I walked downstairs and saw he was also not at the breakfast table. I was now a little worried. I made my way to the outside and scanned my opened territory. My eyes went past a group of people until I saw his tall form. My eyes flew back to him.

He was playing with a bunch of pups, including Achilles. I also noticed that Clara took it upon herself to also play with them but more like she was playing with my mate as she kept touching him. A possessive growl escaped my lips and the ugly jealousy inside of me twisted in my heart.

I walked down there but he still didn’t see me yet. He ran and grabbed Clara around the waist and lifted her up in the air. She squealed and the kids were jumping around. My feet stopped walking and now I suddenly felt out of place. I felt like a third wheel. What the hell was I doing?

I started backing up and was about to turn around when Brontes called out to me. I turned back to see him still having his arm around Clara’s waist. She was looking shy but I knew she was feeling smug because I could smell it off her. It was rolling off from her pores.

“Excuse me.” I muttered and turned back around and was about to head back up the hill when Brontes called my name again.

I didn’t turn around because if I did, he would see an ugly side of me.

“Well, well, looks like your mate is busy with another female.” Alpha Altair spoke as he sauntered onto the scene. He moved and put an arm around my shoulders and then leaned down to whisper in my ear. Brontes growled behind me.

Alpha Altair lifted his head to look behind him and arched an eyebrow at Brontes. “I’m sorry. Since you’re busy playing with another female. I’ll take care of this one. You don’t have to worry. I’ll take extra good care of her.”

Alpha Altair sent Brontes a wink before dragging me away. Brontes’s possessive growl vibrated in the opening and I heard clothes ripping. I turned around enough in my arms to peek at Brontes charging up to us in wolf form. Alpha Altair grinned and then cupped my cheeks. My eyes widened before I could register what he was doing, his lips smacked down on mine.

Brontes’s growl became deadly and was laced with a fearful rage. I broke the kiss and pushed Alpha Altair away before wiping his scent off my lips with the back of my hand. Brontes jumped on Alpha Altair and snapped his teeth at Alpha Altair who was holding Brontes’ big wolf up with his arms.

“Brontes!” I shouted.

“Brontes!” Clara exclaimed and came forward.

“Clara, enough! Take the pups back inside.” I ordered in my Alpha tone. She tried fighting my tone when her head did not lower immediately and when her wolf refused to not disobey an Alpha she gave up and turned around with a huff to round the pups back up into the pack house.

“Brontes!” I shifted into my wolf and ran towards Brontes using my body weight to push him off. He rolled off Alpha Altair and lowered into a fighting stance. His eyes red with rage. A part of me wouldn’t have minded ripping Alpha Altair to shreds at his blatant disrespect of me but I had to deal with an angry feral wolf first.

He moved to snap at my neck but evaded his attack by jumping out of the way and then pushing him back down. I didn’t want to kill my mate. I just wanted to tire him out enough but apparently he was too worked up that it wasn’t working the way I thought it would.

He knocked me down surprisingly and then his wolf snapped his jaw at my neck. A whimper escaped my lips as his teeth sunk into my neck. The instant pull I felt inside of me tugged hard and I felt my chest filling up more. I looked at Brontes and his eyes turned black. The redness was completely gone.

He released me after the effect wore off. He has finally calmed down enough.

I knew exactly what he did. His wolf has marked mine as his. I could feel his wolf distantly in the back of my mind as much as I am sure he could feel mine. It wasn’t a complete mating but it was halfway there.

I burst into a run into the woods. I could hear his paws hitting the ground chasing after me, his mate. His wolf loved the chase and had one goal in mind - to catch me. I jumped over fallen logs and when he was about to jump at me I changed direction and he fell crashing to the ground. A small snort left me and his head perked up from the ground and then he was back on his feet to come after me.

We chased each other and hunted for food for I don’t know how long until he finally nailed my back to the ground and him on top of me. He leaned down and licked my face gently. I shifted completely under him naked and when he saw that I did, he did it too. We stood in front of each other completely naked.

“You bit me.” I muttered.

“He kissed you!” His voice rose.

“Well, you were playing with Clara - pretty happily I might add - so what was wrong with him kissing me?” I replied nonchalantly as I moved behind a bush to replace myself some clothes to put on. I found a large t-shirt and I threw it over my head and handed him the shorts.

“Nobody can kiss what is mine.” Brontes growled out angrily as he snatched the shorts I gave him and yanked them on.

“You know, you have no right to do that.” I pointed at him angrily. His eyes widened slightly. “You have no right to lose control and try to attack an Alpha when you are being extra friendly with another female. You can’t keep me all to yourself when you aren’t going to be only mine. If you want Clara then I will let you go and I will replace myself another male who will only have eyes for me.”

Brontes growled and with quick speed had me pinned against a big tree. His hands were on my nape and his legs trapped mine between his.

“You will not replace another mate. You’re mine. I am not letting you go to another male. I will kill them first before they even lay eyes on you.”

“Tough luck. You have Clara so you have no need for me.” I retorted again.

“Why are you being like this?” He said with frustration.

Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes. I turned my face away from him. “Do you think you are the only one who gets possessive? I am an Alpha born. I am naturally born to be the most possessive of what’s mine. It kills me inside and all I want to do is wring that pretty little neck of your former lover. What would you do if you caught me in the arms of my former lover?”

His eyes turned black and a snarl escaped his lips, “I’d fucking kill him.”

“There. Now you understand.”

He sighed, “I’m sorry, Calliope. I am such a fuck up and sometimes I feel like I am always doing the wrong thing but you have to know I don’t mean it to hurt you.”

“Well, you better learn quickly or I will replace myself another male who can.”

He growled and kissed me hard. “That’s not going to happen.”

We finally headed back to the pack house but it was already dark. We were out in wolf form all day. We made our way upstairs without talking and entered our bedroom in silence. I think we went through a lot today and didn’t know how to end the night without it being awkward. I took a shower and crawled into bed.