Reject Me Again, My Alpha
Chapter 115

I hadn’t slept , not really. Penny was wrapped around my body sound asleep, it seemed, after years of not sleeping well. I say that because she slept like the dead. I sensed my mate outside , all night long. I wished to be with him but Penny needed me. Her mate was out there too , waiting for us. I felt sorry for Ryken , his mate was broken. She would need time to get over what had happened to her. But Ryken was a good man. I knew that , I had seen that. The fact he was still here , helping us. He and his hoard could have flown off now, gone into hiding and kept themselves safe. They were exposing themselves , dargaons were the most poached shifter. But he trusted us all to help keep them safe too. Penny would be safe with him.

When we went out of the bedroom the next morning , they had both been propped up asleep against the walls. The sound of the door opening had woken them. Both jumped to their feet and I could not help the small smile that graced my lips. For how powerful and dangerous these men be , for how much fear they could strike in others. They were nothing but puppies for their mates. My parents saw that as a weakness, but they did not see the strength behind it. The power that they love with , is also the power of what they protect with. Paranormal morals were far stronger than anyone I had ever known , they protect. They do it with everything they have for those they love. Family , friends and, most importantly, their mates.

It was why I took pity on Rykens’ lost look as he gazed at Penny. She would not be safer anywhere else than by his side. ” Ryken , I need to speak with my mate alone for a minute. Any chance you could take Penny for breakfast , she is still weak ” he looked at me , and I winked at him. A small smile graced his lips and his smile became a little smirk. He knew what I was up to. If not forced, Penny would most likely hide behind me for a while. I had to show her Ryken was the one that would save her from the inner torment she felt.

Looking at her, she looked terrified. Grabbing her hand, I took it up to my cheek and leaned into it. ” You will be fine my dear cousin , Ryken is your mate. He will protect you like no one else could. Our coven’s hatred towards mates is barbaric. There is no other feeling that is more powerful and free. Trust me. You are safe ” she smiled at me. She was hesitant but she did ” Do you know why I want to be called Penny ? “she asked me and I frowned, confused.

” Because who names their children Penance and Sinner ? I have not done anything sinful , I have nothing to punish myself for or confess to. I have never believed in their beliefs. I was scared to admit it. Curiously, I would ask you . You were so much like me and you were not scared to voice the fact you disagreed. I have always been so scared to follow you in your footsteps “. She looked between me and Devon and smiled. “But I have believed in mates a long time , and I am not scared to follow you into this belief. ” She looked at Ryken and blushed. ” Maybe a little ” she admitted.

Ryken stepped forward , he slowly took a hand up to her face and ran it down her cheek, not frighten her, I guess. ” My fire , I will take this at your pace. But I promise you will never suffer such ill treatment again ” his thumb brushed against a bruise on her cheek that was fading. ” I will breathe my fire against anyone that dares to and they will suffer as it scorches their skin “. She took in a sharp intake of breath. Both of them staring into eachothers eyes. It felt almost intrusive being here to witness this , but I couldn’t look away.

” I believe you ” she whispered back. He smiled. Letting out a small laugh and then his face grew serious again as he noticed her eyes were drawn to his lips. He studied her face before he painstakingly slowly leaned in his lips and softly touched her with a barely there k**s. Before he pulled back. And studied her face again. She smiled shyly ” Breakfast then ? “he asked her and she nodded. Without even a second look back at us , they walked off.

” Nicely done ” Devon whispered in my ear as his arms circled around my waist from behind. I smiled, leaning my head back on his shoulder. ” She needs her mate to heal her, not me “, I told him. His lips nuzzled at my neck. I felt myself relaxing into him, he started walking us backwards back into the bedroom and I didn’t stop it. I missed my mate last night. Once in the room, he moved my hair from my neck , his lips kissing where it once was. ” Close the door ” he whispered , kicking my leg out. I closed it with my foot. His hands roamed down my body.

” Mmmmm ” I g*****d as he rubbed me through my thin cotton trousers I had put on. His other hand squeezed and grabbed my breasts. I felt him sucking on my neck, bringing up marks. ” Devon ” I gasped. Pulling away from him , I turned around and grinned, pushing him back, so he landed on the bed.

Crawling on top of him , I couldn’t help but laugh as he put his hands behind his head, grinning. Enjoying himself. I went for it , I took control and he let me. By the time we were done , I was a sweaty, panting mess and he had a glazed look in his eyes. ” I should let you take control more often baby because that was amazing”, he said, laughing. Rolling on my side, I c****d my leg over his stomach. It was at that moment my stomach decided to rumble with hunger. He looked at me with his eyebrows raised. ” Worked up an appetite there baby ? “he asked me and I nodded. He had us washed, back dressed and down stairs in ten minutes.

Everyone was milling around looking like they had already eaten. Penny was sitting talking to Anthea , with Ryken sitting at the other side of her. Devon had piled mine and his own plate up before he started talking. ” I went and watched some footage last night. They know you’re alive now and tonight they plan on trying to find your location. It seems they are not all as harmonious as they once were “, he tells the room. Enzo had just walked in and had heard the conversation. Penny was looking terrified again, at hearing they were most likely coming here soon.

” We will go watch the tapes when you have finished eating “, Enzo stated. Anthea looked at Penny. ” Penny had just been saying that the coven had been divided for a while now. That your parents are losing supporters. Most now follow Wallace ” Anthea speaks. That shocked me. My parents had always had the coven on side , and always held the upmost respect. ” I saw that in the clip , Wallace’s coven no longer helps them either. And he only stays to try and get to you “, Devon said, squeezing my hand.

” Why did they decide not to help my parents anymore ?” I asked Penny. She shrugged ” I didn’t hear much , but what I did hear was that they fell out with the idea of becoming monsters. They tried to create them just using Wallace. They were using the dark witches that committed what they said were crimes. More like they just doubted the cause. The result was not a happy one , so I heard. Grusome actually. Your parents blamed it on not having you there. Others said it was a lost cause, mainly his coven. Plus, your mother became hell bent on attacking the paranormal. They were losing people after people. Taking them into a fight, they were not able to win. Sinner said your mother was losing it , your father becoming desperate because they were aging , he said that was what this was mostly about. Their mortality ” she stated.

” Mother had always said she would find a way to live forever ” I commented , so it definitely sounded like her. ” Your parents plan to kill the rest if they manage to turn into these things , everyone your coven and his coven. Wallace just plans to get you back , help them and become these creatures and then leave with you “, Devon says.

” If these people are in so much of a disaster , maybe we should just send them this video with them saying that and let the fight start within them “, Enzo commented. ” Who ever survived would still come “, I told him. ” It would buy time , half the threat. But also reveal that we are watching them. We would lose that advantage “, Ryken interjected. Samuel , Peter and their mates walked in. ” How’s mum ?” Anthea asked them. They smiled ” She is up and walking around , going back home to finish resting there now. Your dad is also on his way back here, Enzo , he has been discharged too, ” Peter told them. I saw the happiness on both of their faces and I envied it. Anthea hadn’t spent a lot of time being OK with her mum , but it seemed they had reconciled. Or atleast trying to. This fight would end up in my parents’ death , or mine. It would be the only way this stopped. My parents would not change. There would be no reconciliation. Devon squeezed my hand , I looked at him to see him studying me. He must have sensed my mood change.

” Are you OK ? “he asked me. ” Yea , I’m fine ” I lied. He gave me a yea right stare. But I didn’t want to get into what changed my mood. ” Shall we go watch those clips ? See if there is anything else. ” I was grateful that he agreed. Everyone followed us , and when I first laid eyes on my mum and dad after all of these years, I couldn’t believe how different they looked. How they had aged. Penny gasped at what they said about her and Ryken growled. When or if he came face to face with Sinner, he would be dead. I didn’t know how I would feel seeing them , but I felt nothing except pity. They looked aged. Funny how you could be related to someone and feel no loving feelings towards them , all of a sudden the fact that they would have to die did not really make me sad. Well, not sad like in the way you would think I’d feel. I just felt sad for them , they had so much hatred in them that they were deluded. They had let it consume them their whole lives when had they ever stopped this s**t to enjoy life , I can’t recall they ever had , we never did family fun days or traveling. Nothing, just plan , plan, plan.

They felt like strangers to me now. I think I mostly had the people around me to thank for that. Even dad talking of us all being together wasn’t really in a loving way , it was in a power-hungry way. ” We need to work on a way to kill them ” I said out loud, staring at the frozen image of my parents on the screen where they had paused it. I felt everyone looking at me , but my eyes did not leave them on the screen.