Winter Rejected By One Alpha Love By Another One
Chapter 27

"McDreamy and Gage are okay. He said minor scraps" Winter is talking to Shane through their link. But her thought is on the two women that she and Shane saw earlier. She stands up to walk out of the room. Ace and Bronson are walking behind her. They look at each other. Both know that Winter isn't going to be happy. Bronson motions for Ace to tell her.

She turns to look at the two men. "Where are you two going?"

"Well, Shane told us to stick with you like glue" Ace frowns waiting for her to go off.

But she starts back walking out of the room.

"Damn, I thought she was about to flip out" Parker mumbles.

Harper is looking at her and her sister's mates walking behind Winter. "Yeah, I wonder why Win didn't. Where is she going in a hurry?"

Patrice and Yolanda are looking at each other. Both of them are wondering about the comment that Harper made earlier about Nicholas fighting.

Winter is walking down the hall. She's looking for the two women. She replaces them walking and peeping around before they walk into a large storage room. "Well, now I wonder what that's about. She's walking over to the room.

Ace and Bronson walk in front of her. Bronson is about to open the door.

She looks at him. "These two are mine. As your Queen, I command either of you not to follow me in there." Winter points at them as she mind-links them.

The two men nod their heads but are looking at her concerned. They are thinking that Shane isn't going to be happy. But they couldn't go against Winter's command. Bronson and Ace step away from the door looking at her opening the door "What do we have here?" Winter is looking at the two women. One is on the phone. "Give me that" She extends her hand.

Both women are looking at her nervous as the dark-haired woman hands her the phone.

She points at the two women. "Don't move" Winter put the phone to her ear. The man is still talking. So, she listens as he tells them to look for a blueprint of the palace to send him. Also, to keep him informed of her and Shane's itinerary. Do you hear me?" He yells through the phone.

Winter laughs looking at the two crying women. "Yes, I heard you loud and clear. But it would be nice to have a name with the voice of a dead fool."

The man doesn't reply.

"It doesn't matter I already know who you are. Manny Stonewall." Winter heard his name through the blonde-haired woman. "Now that you know who I am. Who in the hell are you?" The man yells

"I'm Queen Winter Firewalker. I was right I was listening to a dead fool. Just know that you'll be looking into the face of my mate soon." She reaches for the dark-haired woman's neck and starts squeezing it. The other woman falls to her knees begging for her life "Which mate would that be?" The man chuckles

"Does it matter? I think not. Just so you know these two traitors don't exist anymore." Winter hangs the phone up and puts her attention on the woman that she's choking. "The King and I knew that you two were trouble. I also knew that I was going to kill you. I didn't expect it to be so soon."

The woman is gasping for air and dangling in the air. Winter tightens her grip and digs her nails into her neck until the woman stops breathing. She drops the lifeless body to the floor.

"Please I was only doing what King Stonewall commanded me to do." The woman looks up at her.

Winter looks at the woman as she walks closer to her. "No amount of begging will save you. King? King my a*s. There is only one true King. That is my Mate. You know the one that you and that b***h put in danger." She pats the woman's head. "Now tell me how many more did that a*****e send here?"

"Just us that I know of. But_" The woman stops in mid-sentence.

"Don't stop talking now. But what?" Winter cups her face and squeezes it.

"Taffy has joined him. That's all I know. Are you still going to kill me?" The woman is looking at Winter placing her other hand on the opposite side of her face.

Winter doesn't answer the woman. She snaps her neck. " That's your answer," Winter smirks

When she walks out of the room she isn't only met by Ace and Bronson. Parker and Harper are waiting for her also. Harper has the phone in her hand.

Parker walks over to look into the room. "Who were they?" She walks into the room looking at the two dead bodies.

"I have no idea what their names were. I never asked." She looks at Ace. "Double check all members here. These bitches worked for Manny!" Winter looks at Harper she's holding the phone up and pointing at it. "Sabrina Forrester wants to meet with you today" Harper mind-links Winter."

Winter sigh and nods her head. "Damn this must be a day for Forresters to call me" She's thinking, looking at Shane walking toward her. Winter smiles and runs over to him.

"Star Eyes be careful." He runs to meet her with his arms out.

Winter jumps up on him into his arms and plants kisses on his face. "You're stuck me. Where you go I'll go from here on. Your arm and leg must have healed" She leans back a little looking at his arms

Shane looks at her confused. "My arm? There isn't anything wrong with my arm. One of those bastards scratched my leg."

Winter is looking at him concerned and confused. She's thinking about Nicholas.

"s**t" Shane mumbles. "Do you think you and he still are bonded in some way?" He's talking to her through their link.

"It has to be because of the pup," she says back through the link.

"Maybe Star Eyes. Maybe. But I don't like this s**t. Not one damn bit." He looks at her worried.

****

Sabrina is looking at the phone when Nicholas and Hayden walk into the house.

He and Hayden are walking to the den where his mother is. The two men sit down. Nicholas is looking at his arm which has healed. But he's furious about being attacked. But he was more furious about his and Winter's call being interrupted. Blake runs into the room. He's looking at the two men. Hayden looks at Blake. "We were ambushed by some f*****g rogues."

"Those bastards were waiting on us. Damn it, someone here informed them that we were going out. Whoever the damn traitor is will die." Nicholas yells and hits the chair with his arm. He storms out of the room.

"He and Winter were on the phone talking when we were attacked. We also never made it to the dealership" Hayden glances at Sabrina while he's walking out the room behind Nicholas.

She's looking concerned. Sabrina turns to look at Blake. "I need to go out."

Blake shakes his head. "You might need to speak with your son about that. He just linked me that he's locking the pack down.

Sabrina walks closer to him. "It's important. You'll have to go with me." She looks down the hall. "I'm meeting with Winter."

"Oh." He frowns looking down the hall. Blake rubs his head. "Okay but tell Nick that you commanded me as the Luna. But we have to take a few more warriors to secure you more. If something happens to you, I'm a dead man." "Thank you. this means a lot to me" She's walking out the door.

Nicholas is cussing and pacing in his office when his phone rings. He answers it without looking at the caller ID.

"Phone Conversation"

Hello

Shane: You and I need to talk

Nicholas: Sure, tell me when and where

Shane: Tomorrow, I have a meeting at eleven at Cooper Bottom. How about there at 12:30?

Nicholas: See you then.

Shane: Watch your back f*****g rogues are every damn where.

"End of call"

Nick hangs up the phone, thinking about the last thing that Shane said. "s**t, rogues must have gone after him and Winter also."

"Who must have gone after Shane and Winter?" Irving is standing in the doorway.

"This doesn't concern you unless you're behind any of the damn rogues' attacks." Nick folds his arms

Irving walks into the room shaking his head. "No, that's the one thing I would never do." He looks at Nicholas staring at him.

Nicholas smirks. "Yeah right. What do you want?"

"I came to see if I can be of any help in getting you your mate back" Irving sit down.

"Winter is Shane's mate now. I sure as hell don't like it. But there isn't a damn thing I can do about it." Nick looks at him "Is there anything else? If not, I have work to do. I need to replace out about those damn rogues." He points at the door. "No that's all." Irving stands up looking at him

But Nicholas is pretending to be reading a report. he put the paper down as soon as Irving walks out. "Help me? You must think that I'm a fool. You only want to get your foot inside the palace. That will never happen. I'll make sure that you don't hurt Cuddle Bug again."

****

Manny screams when Madon informs him that the men he sent to kidnap Shane and Nicholas are dead.

"That b***h was so f*****g cocky on the phone. She must have known that those two arrogant bastards were safe." Manny yells then he points out of the window. "Why in the hell is her a*s here?" Madon walks over to the window to see who he's talking about. "That's a good question" He's looking at Taffy carrying a suitcase in her hand. "It sure as hell looks as if she's planning on staying." "That's all I need is her lovesick a*s here," Manny yells looking at the door opening. "What the hell are you doing here?" He yells as soon as she walks into the room

She sits the suitcase down. "I told you I want and need that b***h' baby. So I came here to make sure that I get it."

Manny sits down and leans back into this chair. "Oh, so Miss Cocksure wants to play a rogue now." He laughs

She's looking at the dartboard with the pictures of Nick, Winter, and Shane. Taffy walks over to the board and points at it "Why are there darts in my Mate's head?" She turns to look at her uncle. "Because I'm planning to kill your so call Mate. You too if you have a problem with it. Do you?" He's looking at her with his head leaning to the left. "Do you?" He's looking at Madon and Noble staring at her. Taffy is about to say something but she looks around to see what he's looking at. "No, I don't" She's talking to Manny but is looking at the two men.

The two men are walking closer to her.

"That's good. I thought to were about to become a prisoner. Your mother isn't here to protect you anymore. Now we're playing by my rules again." He lets out a loud evil laugh.

Taffy walks over to her suitcase and picks it up. "You know I think I'll be leaving now." She mangers to put on a fake smile.

All three men laugh

Manny stands up. "My dear stupid niece. You're not going anywhere. Show her to a room. Place a guard on the door. Just in case she feels lucky and decides to take a chance to run. " "Uncle Manny," She yells

"Oh, so now I'm Uncle Manny. What happened to you calling me a stupid a*****e? That is what you have called me for years. Don't stop now." He turns this back to her.

Taffy drops her head and holds her suitcase out for one of the men to take. but neither one did. As they escort her out of the room.

"Dumb a*s girl. She's just like her mother. Always wants a man that doesn't want anything to do with her." He's thinking while throwing darts at Winter, Shane, and Nicholas pictures. "Soon. I'll never give up until you three are dead."

****

Winter tells Shane about her killing the two women and her conversation with Manny. She tells him about Sabrina's call and about her coming there to see her later. She's sure that Nicholas has told his mother about her being pregnant.

Shane agrees with her. He tells her that he and Nicholas are meeting tomorrow. He feels that they are targets of the Stonewall family. Shane doesn't have any dislike for Nicholas as a person and respects him as a great warrior. He just wants him to stay away from his Star Eyes. Winter frowns and narrows her eyes looking at him. She shakes her head. "Why do you have to meet with him?"

Shane cups her face. He looks at her arm before he looks into her eyes. "Star Eyes as much as I hate to say this. You, Nick, and I are targets now. I don't know why Nick is. But he is. Maybe it's because he was your first mate." He takes a deep breath. "He is the father of one of our pups" Shane pulls her into him.

She wraps her arms around him. "I love you so much"

"I love you too, Star Eyes. I love you too." Shane is looking at Parker walking into the room with Sabrina and Blake. He leans back and looks at Winter. "Your guest has arrived."

Winter nods her head and kisses him. "Don't go too far, McDreamy."

He smiles. "Never Star Eyes. Never." Shane kisses her forehead and rubs her stomach. He winks at her

Winter giggles

Sabrina and Blake are looking at the happy couple.

"Blake, would you like to join me for a drink in the den?" Shane is walking out the door.

"Sure" Blake looks at Winter one more time before he walks behind Shane.

Winter looks at Sabrina and points at the sofa. "I must say that I wasn't expecting your call. How have you been?" She sits down on the sofa beside her.

"I have to admit that I have been better." Sabrina is looking at Winter's stomach. "Are you carrying my grandchild?"

"Excuse me?" Winter looks at her thinking "straight to the point. I like that about her."

Sabrina takes Winter's hand "I can understand if you are still angry with my son for rejecting you. He did and still does love you. He has a right to be part of his pup's life."

"Are you still mated to Irving?" Winter looks into her eyes

"Yes, I am" The woman nods her head.

Winter is looking at Yolanda walking into the room with two glasses of mineral water. "Thank you" then she waits until she and Sabrina are alone again. "I'm not saying that I am carrying Nick's pup. But hear me out. Let's assume that I was pregnant by Nick. I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that your mate never comes anywhere near my pup. Now as far as being angry with Nick, no I'm not. I was at first but not anymore. I am mated to a wonderful man that I love and loves me. I understand now why your son rejected me. He should have talked to me first before he made his decision. But if someone is threatening my mother, I would do whatever I have to do to protect her also. That's what Nick did." Winter takes a few sips of her water. Sabrina is looking at her confused. "Who was threatening me?"

"I thought that Nick had told you. After Irving saw that nothing else would work to force Nick to reject me. He threatened you." Winter sat her glass on the table.

Sabrina is frozen with her mouth open.