Caught Between Multiple Mates

Chapter 8: Zack POV

I burn with jealousy and desire. Despite my treatment of my mate the longer I am away from her the more pain I'm in. I used to be numb to it but it has come back full force since my 18th birthday a few weeks ago. I can't ignore it anymore. I need to either take back my rejection and mate her or tell her to accept my rejection. I know what I’d prefer to do.

"You're an idiot." My father's words startled me.

“What?" I asked as I watched him button up his uniform shirt.

“You're unbelievable. You actually thought you could keep your mate in Limbo all this time and just fix it now that you're horny? That girl deserves better."

I felt my jaw clench. "She is lucky I'm willing to forgive her. She let some bloodsucker mark her!" I yelled, annoyed.

I knew I was being unreasonable but I didn't care. I never liked admitting I was wrong. He looked at me like I'd said the dumbest thing he ever heard.

“Goddess, I raised a dumb child." He looked up to the sky as if speaking to the Moon Goddess herself.

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever, I'm going to take back my rejection and claim her. She is mine." My wolf growled internally. He had been upset with me for a long time. He wanted his mate. He was a lot more forgiving and understanding.

I used to be only slightly uncomfortable when I saw Annalise in school or at her house during our welfare checks. It was like an annoying itch that I could not scratch. Now as I watch her interact with the bloodsucker or her Alpha bestie I feel an intense vibration in my blood. My wolf wants to call out to her like he did the night of our first shift. I’m ready to let him act on his instincts.

I followed Annalise down the hallway before math class one Friday afternoon. Her brown hair was down in waves. During History I’d watched intensely as the redhead curled her hair with a pencil and then ran her hands through the gorgeous locks to create the wavy effect. I grabbed her arm and sniffed her hair. Her raspberries and cream scent about drove me crazy. She froze in place. No one noticed or acknowledge us.

“Go straight into the boy’s bathroom or else!” I whispered into her trembling ear.

She followed orders as expected. I pushed her through the door and against the divider between stalls.

“Listen up and listen good!” She flinched away and kept her eyes closed. I gripped her forearms. “Hey! b***h! Open your eyes and look at me!”

Her chocolate orbs snapped open and her nearly teary eyes gave me both pain and satisfaction. At least she was listening!

“Annalise you are going to be my mate as you were originally intended by the Moon Goddess. You will fulfill your role as my mate in every way possible, do you hear me?!”

She just looked up at me with big eyes. She looked dumb yet adorable with her confused expression.

“Am I being unclear?” I screamed in her face.

Her eyes widened with an intense fear and she grabbed her phone from her pocket. She was trying to text someone! I smacked the phone out of her hand and pushed her harder into the stall door, forcing her into the stall.

“You ready to mate already?” I asked, laughing at her frightened expression. I began to approach and unbuckle my pants. This was too easy.

Annalise slid to the floor and put her hand to my mark. She looked like she was in pain. I felt something inside me stir seeing her touch my mark. Then she caressed the small puncture mark and an annoying itch ran through my body like I was being rejected.

The itch was annoying but tolerable. I continued my ascent on my mate. I got down on my knees and went in for the kiss she had owed me for years. Then I would get a quickie and explain everything after my wolf was satisfied.

My mate’s lips were soft and plump like raspberries. She was so perfect even with those hideous scars blemishing her skin.

“Get up, Mate, or I will just f**k that pretty mouth of yours.”

As quickly as the alarm showed in her eyes I heard the door slam against the wall and felt another presence. That damn bloodsucker!

“What in the f-? Get off my ma-I mean student now!”

The new math teacher AKA the bloodsucker hybrid was there glaring at me. I looked at Annalise who looked at him like he was her knight in shining armor.

“She is mine. She will never be yours!” I screamed with my beast roaring in my voice.

The vampire werewolf wannabe looked unaffected by my rage. “Get out. You’re suspended.”

I looked back at Annalise. She was still on the floor with her knees pulled up to her chest.

“Annalise, look at me. Yes eyes up here!”

She looked miserable as she looked at me with glassy eyes.

“I, Zachary Westin, future beta of the Moonhigh Pack rescind my rejection and accept you as my mate. This is a binding contract that does not require your consent. You are now mine and mine alone.”

I felt a warmth engulf my body as the rejection evaporated from our bond. I had rescued her and myself from Limbo.

“Get the f**k out of here!” The hybrid pulled me out of the bathroom and right into my father’s arms.

“What the heck?!” I asked annoyed.

“You really screwed up Son. Assault really?”

I decided to keep my proud face and informed him of my actions.

“You’re an i***t, Son.”

“Excuse me?” My anger was building. Even my own father was being insolent.

“Accepting her and releasing her from Limbo will only make it easier for her other mate to claim her. She won’t be numb to the bond or pull to him now that she is no longer numb to yours. You just opened the floodgates.”

I looked back at the bathroom door. The vamp had gone back inside to where my mate was. My father dragged me out of the school and informed me of the consequences and infractions I had incurred.

Whatever the consequences I could now claim my mate. And I knew she was weak to my commands no matter what. She had always been, rejected or not.

No worries, Annalise, you’re mine now.