Winter Rejected By One Alpha Love By Another One
Chapter 26

Nicholas got up early the next morning he was standing in his bedroom window. He's wondering why the rogues haven't attacked. "What in the hell are those sons of a bitches waiting for?" He mumbles and rubs his chin. There is a knock on the door. "Come in" he doesn't bother asking who it is. Hayden and Blake walk into the room. He turns to look at them. "Do you have an update on those bastards he points in the direction of the rogues are camping?

Blake sits down. "No, but Hayden found out something about your Cuddle Bug and Shane."

Nicholas's head snaps, looking at Hayden.

Hayden tells him that when Winter left there she and the twins drove to Shane's pack. Her Aunt Ciara is mated to Clayton Atkinson. Shane's uncle. He stops and looks at Nicholas

"Damn she ran straight into his damn arms. " Nicholas yells and rubs his hair back roughly and plops down in a chair.

Hayden shook his head. "No, from what I heard she only went there for her aunt. But you're not going to like the rest of it."

Nicholas closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. "Okay tell me." He opens his eyes, looking at Hayden.

"My friend is a member of Shane's pack. He said that she and Shane were close when they were going up. Everyone thought that they would have been mates." Hayden cut his eyes at Blake, then at Nicholas. "Okay, that's not bad." Blake shook his head.

"No, it not. But I have a feeling that there is more. A hell of a lot more. Nicholas narrowed his eyes.

"Yep. The word is that Shane and Winter have always loved each other. They mated a few days after Loose Legs pulled that damn stunt." Hayden pauses and braces himself." Your Cuddle Bug and Shane aren't true mates" "What? Are you sure?" Nicholas stands up looking at Hayden.

"Damn" Blake yells

"That's what my friend said. He has no reason to lie." Hayden sits back on the sofa.

"So that bastard mated with my mate because of who she is?" Nicholas yells, clenching his fist.

"Wait a minute, I never said that." Hayden repeatedly shook his head. "Shane didn't know about her being the Princess either. No one knew until after they had mated."

"s**t. So, either Winter truly loves Shane, or she accepted him because of the pain that I caused her. I want to know for sure which one." Nicholas stormed out of his bedroom.

"Oh s**t. What is he about to do?" Blake looks at Hayden as they are walking behind Nick.

"Hell, if I know. But I know that he's angry as hell". Hayden is looking at Nick

Downstairs, Irving and Sabrina are at the table having breakfast. He's thinking about last night. "Were you serious last night? You're withholding s*x from me."

She takes a couple of sips of her coffee. "Irving, you should know me by now. I never joke about intimacy. What you did was foul. Our son was supposed to be the King. The most important thing is that he and Winter loved each other. I had never seen him that happy before. You took all of that away from him" Sabrina shook her head. "Penelope Stonewall. Did you know that's her last name? You mated my son to a f*****g rogue's daughter."

"Stonewall? Rogue? Damn it. Every time you or Nicholas tell me more about Loose Legs it gets worse." He yells.

"Oh, you think" Nicholas walked into the room. "Mother, I'm going to the dealership. It's some important business that I have to take care of. Blake will be here with you. Hayden will be with me. But we'll be here if anything happens. I need some air." He cut his eyes at Irving. “A f*****g rogue."

"Well, anyone can make mistakes", Irving mumbles.

Nicholas just looks at him and shakes his head. "You took away the only person that I loved. I'll never forgive you for that" he walked out of the room.

"f**k", Irving mentally yells and throws his napkin on the table.

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At the palace, everyone has just finished eating breakfast. Shane and Winter are walking out of the breakfast room. He and Gage are driving to the television station this morning. Winter isn't feeling good about him and Gage traveling today. But she knows that he has to go to the station for an important meeting. "McDreamy be careful. Do not block me" She points at him.

Shane pulls her into him and wraps his arm around her. "It's my beautiful Star Eyes worried about me?" He kisses her forehead.

"Yes, I'll always worry about you." Winter lays her head against his chest. "I have an eerie feeling that someone among us is a traitor. I have given a lot of thought to the day at the mall. That wasn't the first time something like that has happened to me and the twins. Before we left to go to the university it happened several times. At first, I thought that it was a coincidence. But after listening to you I know now that it wasn't."

"We'll replace the bastards. I'll keep our link open. I don't want to worry you" He's looking at two women standing down the hall staring at them. But Sacha calls him and breaks his thoughts. He put his attention on his brother-in-law.

He wants to remind Shane don't be late because they're playing Scramble against Winter and Autumn and he wants to win.

Shane takes one more look at the two women. "Sure man, tonight you and I will beat my beautiful mate and sister-in-law. But we can't beat them too bad. Star Eyes might not be too happy about that." He winks at Winter.

She chuckles. "Don't count your win before it happens. Autumn and I are not taking it easy on you two." She notices that Shane is looking at the two women.

He narrows his eyes. "Star Eyes do you know their names? I don't feel comfortable with the way they're watching us. But mainly you. I don't like that one damn bit."

"No, I can't remember their names. They became members a couple of months before I left to go before school." She turns her back to the two women. "I'll get the twins to check them out while you're out. You just be careful and hurry back home to me." She pecks his lip.

Gage and Patrice are walking toward them." Keep your eyes and ears open. Shane has a strong feeling that we have some a*****e lurking around. But be careful" He kisses her

"I will. Don't worry we got this" Patrice laughs, and pushes him toward the door.

"Darn woman. You sure are in a hurry to get rid of me." Gage picks her up.

She giggles "The sooner you leave the sooner you'll come back home"

Shane and Winter are locked around each other kissing. He has picked her up and her legs are wrapped around him. They're moaning.

Sacha is giggling, looking at her sister and Shane kissing.

Autumn walks behind her brother and covers his eyes. "Little boy, you're too young to see this" She smiles and looks at the couple still kissing.

He's hitting her hands. Autumn doesn't take her hands off his eyes until Shane and Win have released each other.

Winter and Patrice are looking at their mates walking out the door. Neither one are happy about this.

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Yesterday Taffy didn't go back to her father's pack. She's spending the night in an apartment in neutral territory that her mother hides from her father.

She can't get the conversation she had with Nicholas out of her mind. She has been running his comment about him and Winter will always be connected. Also, Winter has the right to contact him anytime she wants. She's trying to figure out why Nicholas was so calm when Cassy announced that Winter is pregnant.

"I can't let that b***h have my mate's pup." She yells and starts pacing and throws everything that is on the table. "No hell no. That b***h can't have his pup when I can't. I'll raise his pup. Yea that's what I'll do. "She picks up the phone. "I'm in. I have one condition. I want her pup." then she hangs up. "Nick will come back to me if I have his pup." She mumbles.

****

"My niece is so damn stupid. Yep, ignorant as hell just as her damn mother was. Thinking too damn small. Why would she want the Queen's pup? That arrogant Alpha still wouldn't her as the time of day. Shane will die for killing my brother. Same as Nicholas, he will die for killing my son." Manny yells as soon as he hangs the phone up.

Mabon and two other rogues are in the room all three are looking but are scared to say anything. Because Manny will kill them if they say anything that he doesn't like. So, they decided the best thing is not to say anything at all. Let Manny do all the talking. After several minutes of cussing, he looks at Mabon. "It's my plan in motion?"

"Yes sir. As we speak." Mabon nods his head.

Manny sits down smiling. "Good now once I have those two assholes. Their, Mate or whatever the hell she is, will fall right into my hands."

****

Shane and Gage are a couple of miles before they reach the city limit. "What the hell is that?" Gage is pointing at a roadblock.

"I have no idea. All of this land is part of the palace. Star Eyes and I sure as hell haven't authorized it. " Shane sniffs the air looking at the four men. "Rogues. f*****g rogues. s**t, Star Eyes just contacted me. I told her to stay home. I hope she listens" Gage smiles, looking at the rogues as they are approaching them. "They don't think too much of us since they only sent four fuckers after us.

Shane is stepping out of the car. He looks at the four rogues than at Gage. "Four assholes brought their nasty asses to us. Just so we can kill them."

Gage looks at the men and smirks.

None of the rogues said anything before they start to shift.

****

Nicholas and Hayden have only driven a mile from the gate to the packhouse. Nicholas is dialing Winter's number. When they see four men standing in the middle of the road with their arms folded.

"I have to call you back. Some rogues don't seem to know their places." Nicholas said as soon as Winter answered the phone. He stops the car looking at the men. "Now, we know why they never attacked the pack. It's me the bastards want." Hayden is looking at one man pointing at Nicholas. "Yep, you're right. His stupid a*s just called you out. Can we hurry up and kill these jerks?"

Nicholas steps out of the car. "You all are fools. Not to mention that I was on a very important call."

The one that had pointed at Nicholas. He points at him again as he and the other three rogues shift.

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Sabre Gage's wolf and two tan wolves are growling at each other. One of the wolves is trying to get behind Sabre. But Sabre jumps at him and clamps down on his neck. The wolf howls while trying to get out of his hold. The other wolf jumps on Sabre's back and tries to stick his claws into him. But Sabre fell backward on the ground. The wolf whined for a second, looking up at Sabre's large teeth coming closer to his face. Sabre swings his claw at the wolf's face, leaving five long bleeding marks. Sabre swings his sharp claw again at the wolf's neck, slicing it in half.

Optimus has a brown wolf in his mouth by his side. He bites down, looking at the other wolf leaping at him. Optimus bites the wolf one more time before he spits him on the ground. He catches the other wolf in the air by his head. The wolf's head is in his mouth. He clamps down, ripping the head of the wolf off. The other wolf is trying to crawl away. Optimus shakes his head while walking over to the wolf. The wolf turns over on his back, swinging and kicking at Optimus. Until Optimus jumps on the wolf and rips him to pieces.

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Hayden wolf's Spitfire has one wolf pinned against the side of the car with his sharp teeth in the neck of the wolf. Another wolf is jumping over the car at Spitfire. But Spitfire growl and the wolf lands on the car. He tries to run in the same direction that he came from. But Spitfire bites down on his leg and slams him on the hood of the car. Spitfire drags the wolf off of the hood. The wolf howls when he slams the wolf on the road. He leans over the wolf and claws his chest. The wolf looks at him until he stops breathing. Wilder has one of his large front paws on that of a black and white wolf and is biting down on his nose. The wolf is swinging and kicking at him until Wilder rips his nose off. As soon as the other wolf is close, Wilder turns around and charges at him. Now they're on two legs trying to bite and claw at one another. Wilder swings his right claw at the wolf's head when it connects, he bites the wolf's neck and rips half of it off.

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At the palace. Winter, the twins, Patrice and Yolanda are in the den. They are waiting to hear from Shane and Gage to finish fighting. Winter has been howling from pain in her right arm and right leg.

"Didn't you say that Nicholas was fighting some rogues also? "Harper yells, looking at Winter rubbing her leg