Rejected, My Jaded Love
Episode 66

I cannot believe that treasonous tramp set up my mate. I thought that there was no chance that he had been telling the truth, that maybe he got a few things right, just enough to convince us that he was telling the truth. Yet, I just watched her pull up and park at the store in the time frame we were told. I thought since I Alpha Commanded her to not speak to me or Jade, ever again, and for her to not cause any problems for any Stone Moon pack members, that she would be bound by the Alpha Command to not cause us any more problems. Plus, I didn’t like that Calvin got to swoop in and be the hero in this. I am glad he did tell us, really, but to see her hug him, her ex-mate, killed me. I didn’t want him to be anywhere around her ever again.

Did the Alpha Command not work because I hadn’t actually taken over the pack Yet? I was going to have to ask dad, I need to get this taken care of because I could see Jade across the street from me but it seemed like the distance between us was way greater than that. I had tried to talk to her, I know she was upset, but I just wanted to talk this through with her. I didn’t want to have to kick a family out of the pack, without proof, and I knew Ashley, I didn’t know Calvin. Maybe I just didn’t want to trust him because I knew that Jade had liked him for two years before she was mated to him, it could have been jealousy, but I needed to confirm that Ashley had done what he accused her of. I knew I had messed up, but I knew if I could just explain it to her, she would understand because Jade is smart, and would see what I was trying to say.

I saw her start crying and I was wondering what was going on in the truck, to make her cry, for her brothers and Dixon to try to give her comfort. I just need to stay calm and watch this play out. The bad news was Ashley was already here, just like Calvin had said. She had gone inside for a couple of minutes and came out with a Coke. She sat down on a bench and was obviously waiting on someone. We had to wait almost 10 minutes before Eric and Kyle showed up. Now I knew for sure. Ashley had indeed set Jade up to try to get me back and to be Luna. This meant that it was basically all my fault, I started this ball rolling and my mate was almost kidnapped and r@#$d because of this hateful slut. She is gone. I will get with dad tomorrow. I need him to banish the whole Conner family over this. Ashley was warned and even Alpha Commanded, and she still did it. Her parents were warned by my father the night before last, they probably spoke to her yesterday, and she still did it. I cannot imagine what she was thinking. I would have never stopped looking for Jade. I would have gone to war with the Howling Wolf pack, and I would have gotten Jade back. The problem would have been the heavy emotional scarring that would have come with whatever she had, had to have endured. I was furious, how dare Ashley have the audacity to have pulled something like this. How could she have possibly thought that she would have gotten away with it, I would have thought of her first, she would have been the obvious choice to have done it. I would have thought of Eric second, but at no time would I have ever thought of her going to Eric to get rid of Jade. That was pure evil, it was brilliant on her part, so she could play innocent, but a totally evil act for her to have done.

I watch Eric fill up the tank, and Kyle runs into the store. I see Ashley slowly get up from the bench and come out to the SUV and then get into the back seat. Kyle comes back a short time later and gets into the front seat. Eric stops filling the SUV up and goes inside the store himself. When he comes back a short time later, I see him look up into the rearview mirror and I guess he speaks with Ashley for a minute. They pull out and head in the direction of the rental house. Aries wants b***d. That slut set my mate and Luna up. I want to kill all three of them right now as they pass me, I had put my head down, so my SUV looked empty.

I don’t even know what to do right now. I want to speak with Jade, but the look of betrayal on her face isn’t giving me warm and fuzzy impressions. Jade is pissed and I can’t blame her. She already knew it was true and I was the one who had doubted. I tried to speak to her when she left the living room, and again when she came out of the bathroom. I stood there just outside of the hallway so I could hear her when she came out. I could hear her in there crying, even with the water running. I just wanted to hug her and comfort her and remind her that she is the only girl for me and that I will take care of this for her. I just needed proof, as I couldn’t believe that Ashley would have done something like this. She had never done anything like this before, I mean other than when she got her sister to harass Jade at school when she twisted the truth before. But I mean it has only been two times, I felt I should cut her a little slack.

“Or like when she grabbed your face and kissed you in front of you mate,” I hear Aries pipes up in my mind, he continues, “or maybe when she approached you and Jade and tried to break you up by lying about being pregnant with your baby maybe those times too Asher”.

Shit, I forgot about that, I am not thinking clearly at all. I guess I am so focused on not allowing those idiots to kidnap jade, that I am forgetting all that Ashley has done to break us up. Now I am slowly figuring out, why I am so late to the game. They all remembered both of those incidents because they were there each time. I am done. Why did these two examples not pop right up in my head before? I am not stupid, why am I continuing to allow Ashley leeway on my account. She truly doesn’t deserve it. She deserves no grace or kindness from me.

I will go to Jade and explain to her that I messed up, I made a mistake, and beg her forgiveness tonight. I love her and I don’t want to lose her.

“You better not lose her Asher, I saw how hurt she looked, it was just like when Ashley pulled your face down for a k**s. You didn’t even try to stop her you have allowed Ashley to hurt my mate, Ivory. She is angry and blocking me now, I swear if you have messed this up for us by being stupid, I won’t forgive you. I am serious, just try phasing without me, you need me to graduate from your Alpha Training, you want to repeat your year? The game you are playing I will not play. I will not lose my mate Asher, get your head straight. You told Jade that she was number 1 in your life, and then the next day, showed her that she wasn’t. She tried to get you to see, everyone else at the table did, except you. You didn’t Asher.” Aries said in the mind link.

“I will fix this Aries, I love her, I know she knows that I love her. I will show her what I meant to say. I just said it wrong. You know that she is the most important thing in my life”, I tell Aries. I cut our mind link short as I get one from Dixon.

“We are going to go back to the house now it had been about 14 minutes since they left, and we will make sure that they see Jade when we get home. She will be safe with us. We have it tonight, we are going to shower and take turns keeping watch over Jade, to make sure that she is safe. When they leave, we will mind link you, so you won’t worry so much. But it may make Ashley and Eric madder to see you come to visit. Bree is taking the first watch, and each of us guys will take over the watch for an hour each throughout the night. You can talk to her tomorrow, Asher”. Dixon mind links me. I guess I will go home then, I see that they don’t want me there and Dixon may have a point Eric and Ashley might get madder if I come by. I will just talk to Jade in the morning and fix this. I said it wrong, but I always believe Jade, I just needed the proof to be able to pass it on to the Council, and I verified it for myself. I just wish Jade had come with me, holding her hand, or smelling her scent would have kept me calm. Right now, I am very anxious as I can feel how sad and upset Jade is right now and I know that it is all my fault.