The Mate's Prophecy

Chapter 4

(Parker’s POV)

Seeing Julia standing at the door made me feel a rush of sadness for the kid. The games that Jackson and Julian have played with her were awful. I was still apprehensive when I found out that Julian had suggested Cassie had control of Julia. I couldn’t quite see the angle but I was sure as hell gonna find out. 

I watched as Cassie surveyed Julia. I knew that it looked bad. Jackson had taken a particular liking to Julia six or seven years ago and she had willingly gone to his bed. I remembered the hopeful look in her eyes back only to know it was going to end badly for her. Only it never ended, she kept coming back and he kept taking her and treating her like trash, along with his other harem collection.

Maybe Julia serving Cassie with give the girl some space away from the pair of evil b*stards. And maybe Cassie would see the less shiny, charming side of Jackson that he was laying on thick for her.

***

It was two weeks ago that I found out the truth of what was happening. I had walked into Cassie’s room to find them both asleep in her bed. She was laid there in his arms, like some cute couple in one of those sappy movies. I’d made a swift exit but I didn’t like what I saw. Yeah there was some jealousy there. I really thought that Cassie and I would be perfect together, but I’d resigned myself to the fact that she would never see me that way, and I was happy to be the one in charge of her protection.

But jealousy aside, I knew that there had to be something going on here. Cassie wasn’t that kind of girl. She was dedicated to Hunter so passionately that she rejected him for his enemy, just to save his life. So to see her so relaxed in Jackson’s arms all of a sudden, told me that something was wrong. 

Later on that day Cassie had told me that she was annoyed at Jackson and what he had said to her. I didn’t understand. The man had been waiting and planning for years to be the King in that damn prophecy. So to hear that he had turned Cassie down for the very thing that he needed to get what he wanted was highly suspicious. I decided it was time to have a word with my fearless Alpha.

I found him in his office with one of his girls under the desk. He grinned at me as I walked in the office.

“Parker!” he exclaimed happily “how are you doing?” I could see the dark head of hair bobbing on his d*ck while he leaned back in his chair with his hands behind his head. 

“Not as good as you I see” I nodded to the girl and his grin widened, he reached down and ran his fingers in her hair before grabbing it and thrusting into her. I immediately heard gagging but it was quickly followed by moaning.

“You’re welcome to sample some of the Blood Stone delights” he said “I’m sure your new Gamma status will allow many legs to open for you, and I’ve heard that Eden has been sniffing around you again” 

I clenched my fists to contain my anger. I knew he would bring that b*tch up. 

“I’m actually here to talk about Cassie” Jackson's eyes shot up at me as he growled, all signs of cheer disappeared. He grabbed the poor woman's hair and yanked her off himself, she fell back on the floor looking confused.

“Get out” he growled at her,

“But Alpha, you didn’t finish” she whined giving him those big puppy dog eyes.

“I said GET OUT!” he roared, his Alpha tone ringing through the room. The girl squealed and stumbled over herself to get out of the room as fast as she could. I watched as she went with amusement before turning back to a very pi*sed off Alpha. 

“First off, do not talk about Cassie when I am-” he started to hesitate at the end

“-getting your d*ck sucked by some random she-wolf?” I offered, and he growled again.

“And don’t go running to her telling her either” he snapped

“Wouldn’t want our future Queen to know what kind of person her King is now, do we?” I growled back.

“Back off mutt! You are not invulnerable just because Cassie has attachments to you” he glared at me “now what the f**k do you want anyway?”

“Cassie told me about this morning” I stated “I wanna know what you are up to” 

The corner of his lips quirked upwards slightly “and why is mine and my Queen’s s*x life such a concern of yours Parker, not jealous are we?” I growled and his smirk widened

“As her Gamma I am vowed to protect her” I growled

“Actually as MY gamma” he hit the emphasis on the word ‘my’ “you are to protect my Luna, for me, not from me” he said “so whatever goes on between my woman and me is none of your business” 

“You have waited your whole life to claim this title” I tried to use a different way in “so why is it when Cassie willingly offers her neck, you are the one that shuts it down”

“Because she isn’t willingly offering it to me, she is willingly offering it to save her f**king mate” he hissed and then the smirk retuned “and I have no intention whatsoever of removing that curse”

I couldn’t keep the shock off my face “What the f**k? But you promised her”

“I used what I had to get what I wanted, but there is no way my mother’s death will be for nothing” he snarled again “That f**king pack will be dead, and if that mutt Hunter actually manages to break the curse, then I will decimate them anyway”

“Do you really think Cassie will stand by while you destroy her family and friends?” 

“And that is why we wait, once Samson has worked his-” 

“Samson?” I exclaimed “the sorcerer?” I had heard rumours that he was still associated with the pack, but didn’t know he was still active, then it dawned on me, the way Cassie had been acting recently. How she seemed to be more welcoming to Jackson. Hell even the fact that she had rejected Hunter in the first place. It wasn’t her! 

“You’ve had Samson working on her the whole time she has been here?” I growled and Jackson chuckled

“I’ve had Samson working on her since I knew who she was” he gloated “and by the time Samson’s spell has run its course Cassie will be so in love with me that not only will she not care about that mutt mate of hers, or the blasted curse” he stood up from his desk and stalked towards me “but she will also very willingly open her pretty little legs for me, and yes, as I said, she will be screaming my name in ecstasy as I thrust my-” I lost it, the anger hit me and I lunged at Jackson, ready to tear out his throat. But I wasn’t a match for him and he saw me coming and counter attacked me and I ended up on my back on the floor with Jacksons claws extended and by my throat. 

“How will the spell work if she knows about it?” I spat up at him and he smirked at me.

“You tell her Parker, go ahead” he growled “but if that spell breaks, I will still mate her, and I will still claim her as mine, by force if needed” I growled and he increased the pressure on my throat

“But then she will spend her Queen's reign locked up in her own private dungeon where the only company she will have will be me mating her when I see fit and ready to welcome my magical heir into the world” he let go of me and jumped up while I laid there gasping for air.

“So the choice is yours Parker” he said staring at me with that sickening smirk on his face

“Do you want your Queen to live out her life in pain in the dark, or feeling love in the light?”

He held out his hand to me and I glared at him before getting myself up off the floor. 

“Oh and Parker?” he called as I barged passed him to the door. I stopped with my hand on the handle “The scenario where our beautiful Cassie lives in the dark, will also see you put down like a mangy mutt” I growled in response before throwing the door open and storming out of the office. 

I stormed out of the building and into the woods, and stripped my clothes off as quickly as I could before the shift that I could feel brewing ripped through me. Once I was on four paws I allowed Kajo, my rusty coloured furred wolf, to take over. He set off running through the woods, as if we could outrun the mistakes I had made. 

All I ever wanted to do was to protect Cassie, even when I didn’t know that was what I wanted. I wanted to take her away from the Black Stone pack, the pack that was cursed and doomed to die. From the mate bond with Hunter that would put her in the direct sights of Jackson and Julian and their evil ways that I knew only too well, both from my own experiences and from their complete disregard of the mate bond, be it Cassie’s and Hunters or even mine and-. 

It still hurt too much to say her name, I still felt the pain of not only losing my own mate but being manipulated into being the one to strike the killing blow to the one I was actually made to love, no matter how much she betrayed me.

I only ever wanted to protect Cassie, and I truly thought that if she wasn’t with Hunter, wasn’t in Black Stone that she would be safe. If she could bring herself to love Jackson, and him to love her that she would at least be safe.

I was naïve to think that Jackson would play fair, that he would be the man that he professed to be to Cassie, that he would be worthy of the great power that she was to hold. In persuading her away from the ones who truly loved her, the ones who really had her best interests at heart, I put her in the greatest danger of all. 

I finally collapsed in exhaustion somewhere near where I had left my clothes, and had fallen asleep in wolf form right there for a few hours. Eventually I awoke already shifted back and found my clothes. I pulled them on with a fierce determination. I had to right the wrong that I had created. I had to do it the safest way possible. 

I picked up my phone and searched through my numbers until I found the one that I needed. Once again diving head first into the world of lying and spying I phoned Andrew Salo, future Beta of the Black Stone pack, knowing that this move almost certainly secured my death. But then my vow from when I was only seven years old rang through my brain. I would always give my last dying breath for my beautiful Queen.

***

“Parker!” I was brought back to the present by Cassie looking at me funny “Hello, earth to Parker” she said with a smile on her face. I returned her smile

“What's up, beautiful?” I said, noticing that Julia was now sitting on the sofa, although still looking nervous. 

“We are gonna restart the movie” Cassie said out loud but then whispered to me “I don’t know whether to trust Julia but I also think she needs my help” I nodded, smiling. Cassie was one of the sweetest naïve people I knew. I still couldn’t see the angle Jackson or Julian were playing but, I was watching Julia. I was watching them all.