Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
For a moment, I thought I saw a resemblance of pity or compassion coming from Jackson, but instead he punched my mate in the face to knock her out. I had to stop Franz from shifting until I relayed what was happening.
I told my brothers what was going on, and linked Damian. Buck ended up being the one to reply and said they had their hands full. He told me that the doc was on his way, and to do what we had to do to make sure she was safe. He would release a howl to distract those inside the cabin.
I was thankful at that moment for the blood bond all of us higher ranks between the two packs had made. Otherwise, communication would’ve been fucked.
Just as he said, he released one of the loudest howls I think I had ever heard. I continued to watch through the window, and his distraction worked. Jackson sent the two idiots outside to see what was going on, and as soon as they saw us, they shifted. George and Phoenix shifted into their wolves, and they towered over the two who came from the cabin.
Any wolf with common sense would have run, but not these two. They fought George and Phoenix as if they were as big as they were. As if they were just as strong.
I took the opportunity to go into the cabin and face Jackson. Riley was now on the floor in the fetal position, and she was still passed out. I had to distract myself from it and concentrate on the man who was responsible for her being in this place.
“Jackson, what the hell were you thinking? Did you really think taking my very pregnant mate was going to end well for you? Haven’t you heard the stories of how I am different from my fathers? I don’t negotiate with the enemy. You are my enemy, so where does that leave you in this situation?” I asked.
He laughed at me and said that he obviously misjudged me. He said being raised by weak and compromising fathers did me no good, and that I definitely carried the same genes as my birth father. Ruthless and uncaring. When those words came out of his mouth, I shifted. Franz took over completely, and came face to face with Jackson’s wolf.
They started to fight, and I tried to move towards the outdoors. I didn’t want Riley getting caught in the scuffle. As I moved one way, Jackson started to move us another way. Straight towards my mate.
*Maddix POV*
George and Phoenix come rushing in after killing Jackson’s accomplices. I linked Phoenix begging him to get Riley out of there. No matter what I did, Jackson was not moving away from her. George shifted again into his wolf, Denver. He sent me a mind link asking if I was able to use my destruction power like I had during the battle that day.
I told him that I couldn’t, because Jackson was of a higher rank. It would be no use. Franz spoke to me and said, “There is another power I can use, but it could be of dire consequences to you and me, Maddix. I have the power of poison. That is part of the reason it is so dangerous for us to try and turn our mate into one of us. All we would need to do would be to get our fangs into him. It would have to be near his neck or stomach. Anywhere there is a major vein. The hardest part would be to keep him held down to release enough of the poison,” he said.
He went on to explain that the reason it is dangerous to us was biting into Jackson’s wolf, and causing him to bleed would cause his blood to enter our system. Therefore, causing the poison to also enter. If we ingest too much, we will have basically committed suicide.
As Jackson and I continued to stare each other down, I linked George and told him to have one of my dads bring my mother. We were doing this, but I needed a healer close by. My mom was one of the strongest I knew. He informed me shortly after that she was already on her way with my dad, Loki and the doctor. I should have known.
I started to taunt Jackson, swiping at him with my claws hoping he would move far enough from my mate for Phoenix to get to her. After toying with him and making sure he was good and aggravated. I faked being tired. Knowing that if he thought I had tired myself out, he would make a move.
Sure enough, he was just as predictable as I thought. He started to stalk me like prey. When Franz saw that Phoenix had Riley, and was rushing her out the door, he made his move. He lunged at Jackson, and sank his fangs into his shoulder, just beside his neck.
Jackson started to thrash about, and try and kick Franz off. Franz was too strong for him. While Franz released the poison into a profusely bleeding Jackson, he put out an aura that caused any wolf near us to cower. Including Jackson.
I begged Franz to stop because I could feel us burning inside. We were taking in too much of the poisoned blood. It was almost as if the poison was making Franz feral.
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