Bring It On, Mates!

Not Yours, But Mine

~ Aylana's POV ~

What the heck is she saying? I was unconscious for a little while, but I was not able to believe my eyes. The man from whom I was trying to run away was standing in front of me and not only was he screaming at the triplets for trying to protect me.

I am not even able to hear my wolf's voice after I rejected Nathan. It's like the moon goddess was angry at me for rejecting the gift that she bestowed upon me.

Nah, if someone like Nathan is a gift, then I don't know what a curse is? He would have only brought darkness into my life and I have already lived in that darkness for quite a long time. I was abandoned by my father and my mother never said a word against him. Nobody in the pack had seen him and I lived my childhood being bullied by the other kids just because I didn't have a father.

I was so stupid to believe in something like a mate bond when I was aware of what my mother had gone through because of the same thing. I always believed that if Nathan would be my fated mate, then I wouldn't ask the goddess for anything else. The funniest thing is that I even prayed to her in the hope that she might hear my prayers.

These three called me their mate, but I don't believe them or their words. There might be a possibility that they are helping me out because they wanted something from me. Deimos was carrying me in his arms and when my eyes fell on his shoulder, I was shocked. There were marks all around his shoulder and the back of his neck.

Did this happen because of me?

"Give my mate back to me!" Nathan growled at them, but before he could touch me, Deimos kicked him hard around his groin. Nathan was wincing in pain and Alpha Jaycen… no, he is now the ex-Alpha of the Wind Winder Pack. So, ex-alpha Jacen and his wife begged the brothers to let go of his son.

Are they that powerful?

I have never seen the bastard and his wife lower their heads in front of anybody.

"Please… please let go of my son, Deimos. I know that all the North belongs to you and your brothers, but that girl belongs to our pack. She is nothing more than a slave, so why are you guys fighting for such a girl?" Jaycen asked the brothers while his wife was silently glaring at me with eyes filled with anger.

A slave, huh?

Well, he is not completely wrong. I was indeed a slave in that packhouse. The only solace that I found there was Nathan, but after seeing his true face, I could no longer believe in anybody or their fake promises. There is also one more thing that I am not able to understand… Why are these three fighting with the neighboring pack because of someone like me?

They could have ended all of this by giving me to them, but the way they were standing by my side was enough to tell me that they had no such plans.

"How dare you say my name? Are we that close? And what do you mean when you said that she belongs to your pack? Didn't you hear what me and my brother said just now, huh? Mate… she is our mate. The fated mate of the Maverick Brothers, so stop those useless chains of thoughts about taking her back.

I advise you… if you don't want your pack to vanish, then you had better stay away from her." He looked at them with a smirk on his face and when he gazed at me with his intoxicating emerald green eyes, I just gasped in shock.

Ares grabbed the throat of one of the pack members that was trying to approach me and Deimos, "Didn't you hear what my brother just said? Stay away!" He kicked the guy with all his might and the other person just fell on the ground.

Deimos kept his shoes on the back of Nathan and this infuriated Livia, so she jumped on Rowan, but he was able to dodge her.

"Don't you dare to even think about harming Aylana." He said to her loudly and Livia only gulped down hard when she looked into his forest green eyes.

I have to get out of this chaos. My mother must be waiting for me inside that cottage. I also have to get something for her that she could eat.

"Could you put me down? I am fine now." I said to him in a hushed voice, as I had still not fully recovered.

Deimos brought his face closer to me and that confused me. His warm breath and exquisite cologne were making it hard for me to breathe properly.

Wait!

I just realized that he was not wearing a shirt and before I could say anything to him, he touched my forehead with his.

Is he trying to check my temperature?

I won't lie. I was feeling extremely cold and I was not even able to stop shivering, so I tightly embraced Deimos. I could feel the warmth through his body and that was one of the reasons that I didn't want him to let go of me.

"You are not fine, love. So, I would like to suggest that you should stop struggling. Oh, before you can go back to your pack, I want you to give me the people who dared to harm my mate. If all of you are somehow involved, then I would love to tear you apart from limb to limb." Deimos growled at them and his conflicting personality was just confusing me.

He was acting sweet whenever he was talking to me, but whenever he talked with the pack members of the Wind Winder Pack, he was using his aura against them that was forcing those people to lower their gazes in front of him.

Does he want to punish those people, but why?

I mean, we have not known each other for that long, so why is he doing all this stuff? I am tired of playing all these games, so I just want to focus on my mother and the scholarship that I got from Silver Cross University.

If I don't have a mate then I won't be scared of losing my precious thing again.

"There is no need for you to vent out your anger at these people for my sake." I replied to him and all three of them were not only confused, but they were mostly pissed at me.

I could see a smile playing on the ex-alpha's lips and his Luna was no different. The shameless couple must be thinking that I have forgiven them. Deimos again kicked Nathan in frustration and when he turned to look at me, he started to laugh like a maniac.

"Hahaha, I knew… I knew that you would never choose anybody else other than me. So, what if I was sleeping with some other she-wolf… in the end you are my mate." Nathan shamelessly announced while he coughed out blood.

There was no guilt or shame in his eyes for what he did. He was proudly announcing to everyone how he cheated me and that just made my blood boil in rage.

"Don't get me wrong, jerk. I might have told them to let all of you go, but that doesn't mean that I am going to forgive any of you. Now, that would be stupid, right?

The one who will punish you won't be them, but me. I was hurt because of you, so how could I let anybody else harm you?" I confidentially looked into his deep blue eyes with my golden ones and that just made him stunned.

This might be the first time that I am talking with him in this tone.

"So, you want to punish him by yourself, huh? That would be quite a scene to watch. You seem quite interesting, mate. I could not wait to get to know you a little deeper than this." I could feel Rowan's eyes all over me.

"Get out of here before I change my mind. Next time, if you dare to approach Aylana, then you will find fewer fingers in those filthy hands of yours and trust me, I don't believe in giving empty threats." Deimos turned around to leave while he was still carrying me in his arms.

His people were still behind and they were taking care of the uninvited guests. Nathan was trying to approach us, but before he could get any closer to us, someone held him back and it was his father.

"No, father… I won't go back. She is mine. Aylana couldn't stay with those three. Say something, mom!" I could hear how Nathan was screaming, but nobody was ready to listen to him.

Before walking away, he turned to look at Nathan one last time and, with a smile on his face, he calmly said to him, "Not yours, but mine."

After that , he turned and continued to walk. We had come quite far from the borders, but Deimos was still in no mood to let go of me. I should quickly part ways from them before they could start claiming me as their mate. I have already left my mother for quite a long time and only the goddess is aware of her condition.

"Umm, thank you for your help back there, but I can walk on my own now." I tried to jump off his arms, but he just firmly held me, so that I could not escape from him.

"s**t!" He mumbled to himself when he took a deep breath.

I don't know what suddenly happened to him, but he finally kept me down on the floor.

Is something wrong with him?

No, not only with him, but also with Ares and Rowan.

Their eyes were shining differently and I could even see their canines and claws.

What exactly is happening here?

"Run… run far away from us. Don't stop anywhere." Deimos growled at me and I could see that this was something serious.

Why is he telling me to run away? This was something that I never imagined.

What should I do now? Running away from them was not a difficult thing for me, but how could I hide from those three?