Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 17

Dawson’s POV

We are leaving the Golden Moon pack, and I am holding my mate’s hand. I feel the tingles where our hands are joined, and I can’t keep the smile off my face. I feel like I am being watched and look up and meet dad’s eyes in the rearview mirror. He is smiling too. It is a comfortable quiet in the car, but I know my mom. She will be worried about Sloan until she makes sure that she is comfortable here with us. She will already love her because she is my mate.

I smiled at Sloan as I saw my mate was trying not to be obvious as she looked at me. I see her blush as she gets caught again and then looks away out the window. I am going to give her a little time to get used to us, and I look back up at my dad again and said, ‘When we get near Ever Green. I would like to stop and get Sloan a cell phone so she can call her brother. I want her to be able to keep in touch with him.”

“Yes, Tanner, I agree. I want her to have a phone too. I would also like to stop and get her some new clothes as well. I remember leaving Red River myself with just one bag, and I want her to have what she needs. They haven’t taken care of this sweet girl, and I want her to know that we ARE going to take care of her. So, I already mindlinked dad, and he said something came up that he had to do with Alpha King Hunt, and they are running behind because of it. We have time to go to a clothing store as well. So, if you could stop at a mall on the way there, maybe you and Dawson can get her phone with our carrier added to our plan, and Elena can come with me and we can get her some clothes and shoes, maybe a haircut, if she wants to get one. Then meet up again after we are done to finish our trip to Ever Green, how does that sound to everyone?” My mom asked us all.

“No, I want to go with Sloan, mom. I don’t want to be separated from her” I said, and I realized that I sound whipped already, but I am, and I could care less. She is my mate, and I love her.

“Dawson Wyatt Wright, I know you love her, but for the Goddess’s sake, she will not want to be picking out underwear with you there, it would embarrass her. I probably just embarrassed her by saying it anyway. You know that Elena and I will keep her safe, and we won’t be apart more than an hour. Just be patient and stay calm, I can let you know exactly where we are, and what we are doing while we are apart, OK?” mom said, and I knew when she used my whole name like that, that I was not going to like what she said. Plus, she was right. I saw Sloan blushing and looking down, and she was so cute. I wanted to reach over and pull her into my lap and hold her to me while I sniffed her neck, but we can’t do that right now. Dad is driving, but tonight after dinner, she will be fair game for me.

“Son, I understand. I was like that too when I met your mom. But she ran from me, she was scared. We have uprooted Sloan from her home, and the least we can do is take care of her and let her be able to stay in touch with the one person, besides us, who loves her. Rob would appreciate it too. He was just as upset at her leaving as she was. He loves her, and he will have to bear the wrath of both of his parents over allowing her to leave, so at least let him get a picture of her, and maybe a call from her after we get her phone set up. Look at it from her point, she doesn’t want to be away from you either, but we need to get this done. It will only be an hour. You know that your mom is very efficient, and your mom needs to see what size she is to be able to get her clothes. She can’t do it without Sloan physically there with her” my dad said, talking to me as he kept his eyes on the road.

“I can’t wait to introduce her to Percy and his mate, and to Von and Heath. I can’t wait for them to see you. You are so beautiful”, I told her. I take her hand to my lips and k**s the bad of it, and her blush deepens even more. I am charmed by her, and I wish she would talk, but I don’t want to pressure her. I lightly rubbed the back of her hand with my thumb as we started heading to the mall.

I mindlink dad and said, “After we get the phone, I want to go to a jewelry store and get her an engagement ring, and maybe a necklace for her. I want everyone that sees her to know that she is mine”. I see dad nod in approval at my idea, and I sit back in my seat, happy to hold her hand as we get closer to our stop.

When we get there, I don’t want to let her go, but I know I can’t stop us from being separated right now. I look down at her while I give her a hug and I see her smile up at me and I take the moment to quickly lower my face to hers and give her a chaste k**s. But I feel like the luckiest man in the world. I feel the tingles take over as our lips meet and I can hear her heartbeat increase, and I know that the k**s has affected us both. I let her go, but I told her, “I will be close, mom will link me if you need me. I love you. I will see you in about an hour, Sloan”. I can’t help looking back at her as dad and I split up from her, mom, and Elena. I am happy to see her looking back at me before they went round the corner.

We bought her phone, and her accessories were purchased quickly, and we then headed to the opposite end to find a jewelry store. I want her to know how much I love and want her. I don’t want her to have any doubts at all about me and my intentions towards her. I am glad dad is with me as I am nervous now. I don’t know what she will like. I had just met her, but then I saw a diamond ring, with deep purple amethysts flanking it, and they reminded me of her eyes. I get a wedding band with diamonds and amethysts in alternating order on it, and my dad nods in agreement. He also mentioned that when I gave them to her, to tell her why I picked the one I did. I saw a beautiful diamond infinity necklace that I also wanted to get for her. I am happy with my purchases, and we headed to where mom said they were.

I saw Elena in the hallway outside the salon, holding several bags, with a few heavier ones sitting on the floor. I look inside and see mom standing with her back to the wall and watching as the stylist cuts Sloan’s hair. I hope it isn’t by much. I love her hair. I saw only a few inches were cut, and it was still close to her butt, and I am glad that she didn’t get a major cut. I liked it long and I couldn’t want to grab a handful of it and use it to tip her head so I could bring her rosy lips up towards mine for a more thorough k**s. I can feel my pants getting tighter, and I need to calm down here before I scare her. She has had a long and stressful day already, so I stealthily grabbed the heavy bags from the floor and said, “How did you guys manage to get so many things bought in such a short amount of time?”

“You know mom, she works smarter and not harder. She sent me over here to get the hair appointment and knew she had 45 minutes to shop. So, she found out what size Sloan was and then had me pull out exercise clothes for her, while mom got her jeans, shirts, shorts, and then the OTHER stuff.” Elena smirked at me and I know she knew why I had to pick up the bags, as my problem was growing with the mention of other stuff. I really wanted to see if her other stuff matched or not. It really wouldn’t even matter, I just wanted to see her in it.

“Elena, stop messing with your brother, you will be 18 soon, and it is a real thing, wanting to be with your mate, so leave him alone. I am glad he found her. I think she is a sweet girl, who will make a great Luna. She was Goddess sent, and I know she is perfect for your brother” dad said, and she smiled at me again before looking at dad with a completely innocent face and saying, “What? I was just teasing him, dad, he’s a big boy, he can take it” and then got back on her phone with a smile on her face.

I looked back over at Sloan, and I saw her looking at me in the mirror before blushing and looking away again, looking guilty for getting caught looking at me. I couldn’t stop my feet from moving forward and telling her, “I am glad you kept your hair long, I like it long”. I see the stylist look at me in the mirror and then turn to look me in the face and say, “Hey, my name is Juliet. Would you be my Romeo?” I look at her name tag, and it does say Juliet, but she is barking up the wrong tree with me.

“I don’t think that would be appropriate considering you are cutting my fiance’s hair, do you?” I told her in a cold tone. She has the grace to blush, and I make a mental note to never bring Sloan here again. That was incredibly rude of her to say, especially in front of her. I am glad that Sloan was done because I didn’t want to stay there any longer after she said that. I would not have any woman put even a seed of doubt in Sloan’s head. I am with her completely and I have never found any other woman as attractive as I find Sloan.

Juliet then takes the cape off of Sloan for her to get up from the chair, and I see mom paying at the desk and speaking to the woman behind the counter. I know without a doubt mom is telling them what happened with the stylist. When Sloan stands up from the chair, I see she is wearing some jeans and a t-shirt in some type of light purple color, and she looks beautiful. The jeans fit her well, and I send thanks to the Goddess for choosing her for me, and to my mom, who always knows what she is doing. I think I might hang back and enjoy the view as we head to go back to the SUV.

I changed my mind pretty quickly when the third brave soul approached her and asked for her number. I quickly grabbed her hand in mine and walked with her to the vehicle. We loaded everything in the back of the SUV, and I took mom aside for her to put the ring and necklace boxes in her purse. She smiled up at me and put her hand on my cheek and said, “I am so proud of you, Dawson. I know that she will love these because you picked them out yourself, especially for her”. We all loaded up and headed for Ever Green, as we were going to have dinner there.

I was glad that Elena finally got off her phone, probably because the battery was almost dead, and started to talk to Sloan. “I think you have the coolest name, Sloan, I love it. Are you going to be missing your friends from Golden Moon? We are pretty close to your pack, so it would be nothing for them to come and visit”.

I was waiting for her to respond, as she had not said anything up to that point. So, I was really excited to hear her sweet voice answer, Elena, “No I don’t have any friends. No one there liked me except for Rob. My grandmother did, but she died when I was 12. I still miss her. Mom was mad when I was born because I am a hybrid, a wolf, and a witch. Mom hated me because she hated witches, so she gave me to my grandmother to raise. She was scared to show my grandmother her hate, but after my grandmother died, that is when everything changed”, Sloan said, and I went from being happy she spoke to being angry enough to go back to the Golden Moon, and rip her parents’ heads off.

“Oh honey, I am so sorry to hear about what you went through. We love you and we will take care of you. You do not have to worry about that at B***d Rose. You are the next Luna, and I will personally train you to take over for me” my mother said, .and I smiled in the darkness, as I was so glad that she said that. Sloan needed a mother’s love, and my mother stepped right into the void to tell her that we loved her and would support her from now on.

“Well, you have a friend now, I am Elena. You are mated to one of my brothers. He is part of a set of twins, but they are fraternal, not identical. So, you won’t get confused. As a matter of fact, my other brother, Percy, had just found his mate too, and I couldn’t have been happier for both of them. I hope I love Percy’s mate just as much as I love you. I don’t have a lot of friends either. Most of the girls in the pack just tried to befriend me to try to get close to my brothers. That totally sucked, but my best friend, Michelle Williamson, is also like me. We don’t take any crap from any of the girls in the pack, and we can handle ourselves. She is second only to me in the pack of female fighters”, Elena said proudly.

We all hear my mom’s throat clear from the front, and Elena then corrects herself, “OK, mom is at the top still, but I am a close second. Michelle is third, but we are all strong women. I think that it is super cool that you are a witch. I think your sister and mom are being jerks to you because they are just jealous of you. I think it is awesome that you are a hybrid, and I can’t wait to see what you can do when we get back home”.

“I didn’t get a lot of training from my grandmother. Dad told her not to train me because my mom was adamant about me not using my power in the pack. My grandmother was a really strong witch, and I was hoping that one day I would learn about my powers, but since mom hates witches, she avoided them. We have only had one come into the packhouse. They sealed my room with a spell to keep them from hearing me crying out to be let out. I learned pretty quickly to just stop asking for help, it made dad upset to hear me crying, then mom would yell at me”, Sloan said, and I couldn’t contain the growl that ripped out of me in anger at her treatment. I saw Sloan jerk in surprise and drop my hand, but we are now on Ever Green land, and I unbuckled myself, and then her, and carefully lifted her onto my lap and started sniffing her neck to calm down Steele, who was ready to go kill both of her parents right now.

Sloan did a little yelp of surprise before allowing herself to relax in my hold. I know Steele is communicating with her wolf, and hopefully, she will let me see her wolf soon. I am almost humming in pleasure at having my mate in my lap, we barely had to slow down to enter the packlands as they knew we were coming today, and we were waved right through.

I felt anger coming off of my parents in waves and I leaned over to look out the windshield to see what was going on, as it was more than what Sloan had just shared with us. It had grown a lot greater than it had been, and I knew that there was a problem in front of us at the packhouse. I leaned over a little more to see, as my view had been blocked, and I wish I hadn’t. I see Heath and Von standing side by side, with a beautiful blonde standing just behind them. Percy was looking pained, and Stephanie was trying to wrap herself around him. She was crying and clowning, and I knew this was going to happen. I just hope that his mate forgives him for whatever he ended up doing with Stephanie. She is a horrible she-wolf, and she knows that she is not his mate. I already know that mom is going to help Percy as soon as the vehicle stops, but he is going to deserve the lecture he is about to receive.