A Rose Between Two Thorns

Chapter Three

Looking around the large basement, Brandon allowed himself a small smile of pride. It had taken him over three years to finally be able to open the door to this room but he had finally faced his demons and set about refurbishing the room that held his worst memories.

Until that moment he had kept the door tightly locked, banning his family from ever trying to go down there, he just wasn’t ready to deal with his past and the skeletons that the room had kept.

When he had finally unlocked the cellar door, his wife, Jayden had followed him down the steep wooden steps, her whole body going into shock as she stood at the bottom and took in the patches of dried blood that still stained the floor.  That was the moment that Brandon had finally found the courage to tell her all about his past, his father’s cruelty and the lengths he had needed to go to just to protect his little sister.

The young Alpha had broken down against him as he spoke, clinging to him desperately whilst he tried to console her, murmuring into her hair over and over that he was fine and nothing would ever hurt him or his family again.

Standing together with his wife in the middle of the room, the male Luna had decided that is was time to let go, remove the last remnants of his past and make their house completely their own.

The first thing he had done was pull the hook out of the ceiling, using his bare hands as he had roared in anger, letting his emotions go. Next, he had emptied the space of all the clutter that had been collected by his father over the years, disposing of the chains and other items that his father had used to hurt him. Once the area was clear, Brandon had taken a sledgehammer and smashed the concrete floor, carrying out the remnants of his abuse from his family’s home, laying a new floor that held none of the previous memories.

Carpet now covered the concrete, the walls were painted a bright pastel blue, the dirty, cracked window had now been replaced with a new one, allowing the bright sunlight to shine over the area.  Two comfortable leather couches were set up in an L shape with a coffee table between them. A large TV was fixed to the wall with a games console underneath.  To the rear of the room was a unit full of plastic boxes that held games and toys, three bean bags placed in front for the boys to sit on.

Photos of the family adorned the walls and a small fridge was sat on a table in the corner that held beer and soda’s.

Letting out a breath, his smile widened as he felt the familiar tingles just as his mate’s arms slipped around his waist and her head came to rest against his back.

‘You OK baby?’ Jayden asked softly, holding him tightly.

Nodding, Brandon turned around, pulling the she wolf tight to his chest, ‘I am now’ he murmured, kissing the top of her head.

‘It looks amazing down here, you did such a good job’ the Alpha mused as she looked around at the space.

‘This place just had so many bad memories, I want it to have good memories now, and it will, our boy’s will know this room as where they had so much fun, no more will it plague my dreams’ Brandon replied easily.

Pressing her lips gently to his, Jayden smiled up at him, ‘I'm glad you could finally get rid of this last piece of your past baby, our family are going to fill this room and your mind with so many good memories you’ll never have to think about what happened ever again’ she promised.

Running his fingers around the she wolf’s waist, he gently cupped the very slight bump that was already starting to protrude from her stomach.

Placing her hand on top of his, Jayden grinned, ‘so where are all the little girl toys?’ she asked, eyeing the many boxes crammed full with trains, action figures and the like.

Brandon laughed,’hey, there is nothing saying that our angel won’t want to play trains with her brothers’ he protested.

‘It better be a baby Lily, or we will be having words Mr Luna’ the Alpha growled back with a wink.

Rumbling in his throat, Brandon pulled his mate closer to him, kissing her forcefully as she purred in agreement, pulling back, he rested his forehead on to hers, ‘I promised you that I would make us a daughter Mrs Alpha, and I fully intend to keep putting babies in there until she turns up’ he murmured, ‘I may even put a couple more in there after she turns up’ he added cheekily.

Shaking her head, Jayden pulled away slightly, looking up at the warrior in amusement, ‘who said I am going to let you keep impregnating me?’ she asked archly.

Brandon gave a look of fake surprise, ‘Aww baby, you know you can’t resist this, all I have to do is suck just here’ he murmured, leaning over and brushing his lips across her marking spot, illiciting a groan of lust from the young woman, ‘and you just want me naked’ he added as his tongue slowly trailed up her neck to her ear which he captured between his teeth, sucking gently.

‘Ughhh, why are you so damn irresistible’ Jayden moaned, her head moving to the side to give him more access to her as her core started to heat up from his close proximity.

‘I can’t help it baby’ Brandon replied huskily, ‘something about you just makes me want to taste you every second of every day.’

Grabbing his shirt, Jayden fisted it as her black eyes held Brandon’s, ‘upstairs, now Luna’ she growled, starting to pull him toward the stairs, ignoring his deep chuckles.

‘Where are the kids?’ he asked, following his mate willingly.

‘My brother’s place, they wanted to play with Keeley and Kaiden’ she replied distractedly, dragging him up the stairs to the first floor and through the living room, up to their room.

Suddenly Brandon’s phone started to ring, groaning loudly, Jayden released her hold as he fished in his pocket quickly, his face paling as he saw Blaze’s name flash up.

Answering quickly he shouted, ‘Hello? Blaze? Is it Elise, is she OK?’

From the other end he could hear Blaze laughing as he replied, ‘Chill man, she is fine, though I am ringing about her, mate. You able to leave your mate for a few days?

Swallowing his panic, Brandon put the phone on speaker so that Jayden could hear, the she wolf looking equally worried at the sound of Blaze’s voice.

Meeting her gaze, he smiled as the Alpha silently nodded, telling him she would be fine while he went to Blue lake.

‘let me guess, my little sister is getting antsy and is demanding you bring her to our pack?’ Brandon asked as Jayden covered her mouth trying to stifle her giggles whilst Blaze admitted it was true.

Agreeing to come and visit as a surprise, the pair decided not to tell Elise or Lily about the visit and hung up after a few more pleasantries.

‘Lily is going to kill you when she sees you’ Jayden said poking his chest playfully.

‘Yeah, but it will be worth it to see the shock on her face, no-one ever gets the drop on the big bad Alpha of Blue Lake’ Brandon replied with a chuckle.

‘True, but don’t be ringing me up when she decides she needs to prove herself to her pack and drags your sorry ass into the training ring for one on one sparring! You know how much she loves the no tap out rule’ Jayden replied shaking her head in amusement.

‘Talking of my ass, were you not taking it somewhere before Blaze interrupted us?’ Brandon asked, raising an eyebrow suggestively.

‘I believe I was’ Jayden replied as she continued toward the stairs, the warrior close on her heels, admiring her back side as she climbed the stairs in front of him.

‘Stop checking out my ass’ she called over her shoulder, looking down at him as he blushed at being caught. ‘Still so cute’ she muttered as she grabbed his hand and pulled him up the stairs quicker, dragging him into the bedroom and shutting the door.

‘How long have we got until the tearaways get brought back by Uncle Jordan?’ Brandon asked huskily as he began to pull his mate’s clothes off her body.

‘Well if you do it right, at least two mind blowing orgasms’ Jayden replied as she ripped open his t’shirt and began to pepper his skin with kisses,

‘Babe! This was my favourite shirt’ the warrior groaned, ‘how many times, just pull it over my head.’

Leaning back, Jayden smirked as she rested on her hands, placed on the bed behind her, ‘and how many times have I told you to just give up and go shirtless around the house?’ she replied, ‘now you are entirely too overdressed for my liking, so get those clothes off before I rip those from your body as well’ she warned, making Brandon growl loudly as he pushed her onto the bed and attacked her mouth with his.

 ‘You will be the death of me woman’ he groaned against her skin making the Alpha laugh as she relaxed into his attention, her only thoughts being for her mate and the pleasure they were about to experience together.