Necessity

Not Your Mate

After the visit to the church, Lisa, my mom and I went home. James wasn't home so I decided to go to the gym and workout a bit. I ran on the treadmill for a bit still thinking about the blood and that priest. His eyes and his demeanor. He was a strange one and the church is in our land of protection. The neighboring wolf packs and ours divided the human zones within our packs so we could protect them and ensure they didn't find out about us. So if there is something strange going on with the priest, it is my job to figure it out. I moved on to weights and then Jack came in grinning.

"Hey, Jack, what's up," I said to him.

"Nothing, I am just thinking," he said.

"About?" I asked him.

"What do you think would have happened if I had taken your virginity," he said.

"Seriously, your brother would have killed you," I laughed.

"Right," he said.

"So, what's up, why ask me that now," I said.

"Well, I met someone and I was just wondering how things turned out for us," I said. "I thought that maybe if you didn't find a mate maybe we could have."

"Well, Jack I am happy for you," I said to him. "But she isn't your mate is she?"

"No, Julie is not but I don't care about that anymore. I am 21 and mateless so I need a girlfriend and I got one," he explained.

"Okay," I said softly. I put down my weights and headed back to my room to take a shower. I let the cold water run all over my body when suddenly I knew I had an audience.

"James, you okay?" I asked.

"Much better now," he answered. He took off his clothes and jumped in the shower with me. I grabbed my soap and lathered up his chest.

"I'm going to smell like pomegranate," he joked.

"Just like me," I smiled. He kissed my forehead and I continued to massage his upper body. He grabbed his soap and started putting some on my neck and chest.

"Really," I said.

"What, now you will smell like a rainforest," he laughed. James started to kiss me on my neck and bite a little. " I WANT YOU SO BAD." James lifted me up and pushed me back up against the wall. He pushed his member inside me and I was slammed up over and over by his force.

"James!" I moaned. I put my fingers in his hair. I wrapped my legs around his body and he just pushed himself faster inside me. He suddenly slowed down and brought my face to meet his.

"Aria Silver, I love you with all of my heart," he said before he kissed me slowly at first but then hard and rough. He held me in his arms for a bit and then put me down so we could get out of the shower and get dressed. As I was choosing an outfit I decided to tell James about Jack's new friend.

"So you hear about Jack's new lady friend?"

"Oh, Jules or Julie something," James answered.

"Yeah, isn't that stupid and reckless of him," I said.

"It's not that bad but we should try to be nice," he said.

"mmhmm," I responded.

"Well she will be joining us for dinner so be nice," he said again.

"What, really," I said a little annoyed.

"Yes, he wanted us to meet her sooner rather than later," he said.

"I swear," I said agitatedly.

"BE NICE," James growled. I finished getting dressed and he took my hand to lead me to the dining room. His parents were already sitting there waiting.

"Let's get the show on the road," Mr. Silver said. I started to laugh and knew with Mr. Silver here it would be a fun show indeed. A few minutes later Jack and Julie came into the room.

"Hey everyone," Jack said. "This is Julie." We all greeted her and she just kept a simple smile on her face. Whenever we had dinners, James and I would sit at either end of the table but when his parents came over we would let them sit on the ends. I sat next to Jack and Julie and James sat together on the other side. James was in front of me and I would make faces at him when Julie would insistently touch him whenever she laughed. We obviously knew she wasn't a wolf so she couldn't understand my anger towards her touching my man. James tried to keep a smile on his face but it was hard because he sensed my annoyance. Every time James would say anything, Julie would laugh like a hyena. I looked over to Jack a few times and he was just grinning. He was obviously oblivious to the fact that his little friend was flirting with his brother, my husband. I tried to calm myself down but every time I managed to do so she would touch him again and up went my anger and fury.

 The minute dinner was over, I got up and told the kitchen staff that I would wash the dishes. They normally only came over for fancy dinners and such. We did all of the cooking and cleaning unless it was too much. The kitchen staff mostly worked in the packhouse. Leaving those men to cook or clean for themselves would mean trouble. Mrs. Silver came to help me.

"What's wrong dear," she asked.

"Don't tell me you didn't see that," I said.

"Oh I did," she said. "But you know James would never."

"I know but I feel like Jack is making a mistake," I told her. "Don't you?"

"He is my son and I want the best for him but he is not a child anymore," she told me.

"I guess you right but she is pushing her luck," I snapped.

"She is only human," Claire joked. We both laughed and finished washing all the dishes together. I told her thank you and then headed to my bedroom. James was already inside getting ready for bed.

"I love you," he said happily.

"I know," I said back. He came over to kiss the back of my neck. "Let's go to bed."

"Okay," James replied. "Tomorrow we have to visit with alpha Simon, he has something important he wants to tell us."

"Okay, great more news," I answered back.

"It can't be that bad," he said.

"Wanna bet?"