Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 30

Percy’s POV

Ever Green

Things had been messed up here lately and I never got around to marking Peyton. After what just happened, I will be marking her tonight. I just need some time alone with her, and I think with what that woman said to her, she will be good with me marking her. The woman was taken to the cells and Beta Reese went down to question her. She was pretty tough and said nothing else that we could use. She just sits there on her cot, staring at the wall. I don’t know how he has such loyalty from his pack members, with him obviously disturbed about him trying to claim a girl that was only 13 years old. He really has some issues.

I decided to bring up the subject when we all sat back down to get a plan of attack for Jasper coming to the pack in the next few days. I will not be letting that sick Alpha get his hands on my innocent Peyton. I would die protecting her and wouldn’t think twice about it. The table was quiet as everyone was thinking, so I went ahead and thought about what I was going to say and how I was going to phrase it. As mates, most people go ahead and mark their mate when they find them, and complete the mating process. I couldn’t do that with Peyton after all that she had been through. She was rejected by someone that she had known for a while and had liked at one point. With her fresh off, her rejection and hurt. I just couldn’t do that to her, until she was fully ready to accept me as her mate. She has even known me for a week, so I can have a little patience.

I got all my ideas straight in my head and said, “I have an idea. I just want to put it out there to you all, but know that Peyton is my mate and ultimately it is her decision. I would like Peyton to stay with me in my room. She still needs to be secured on the Alpha floor, as obviously we are not as secure as I thought we were. I believe I can speak for Dawson as well, in allowing him and Sloan to share a room too, as she is his mate. Since her family is here and they could be worried about her, I think it would be good for him to be on the Beta floor with Sloan, to be able to protect her. I know that she will rest easier with me being her, and I will feel better having her near me, and knowing that she is safe”.

I looked down at Peyton and saw the blush staining her cheeks, and then over to Dawson and Sloan, with Sloan also blushing. I saw Dawson smiling at me like I am the most brilliant person he knows, and said, “I think Percy has a great idea, and I am in agreement that our mates would be safest here, in a room with their mates”.

I see my parents, Heath and Von, and Vincent and Beth all trying to keep from smiling at my statement, and Moira and Elena look at each other and burst out laughing like it was hilarious to them.

“Look Romeo, none of us are against you claiming your mate. You don’t have to announce your intentions to the whole table. We are all aware that you love your mate, and Dawson loves his. Your moon eyes have escaped no one’s notice. Even Vincent and Beth have seen the show, and they just got here a few hours ago. They are probably surprised that you two HAVEN’T marked them yet. Even with the trauma that they have both experienced, they love you two idiots back. For whatever reason, I guess that mate bond must be strong as hell. They will be even stronger with your marks on them. I believe that they are both ready to be marked, so stop dragging your feet and do it for the Goddess’s sake” Elena said, and then leaned back in her chair in a huff, as her rant was now over. The table of adults erupted in laughter and Moira piped up, “Yea, what she said”.

I thought I was being stealthy, so did Dawson, and we weren’t. They all knew and were totally OK with it. I suddenly realized that I was grinning so big that my mouth hurt from it. I looked down at Peyton and she was even redder now if it was possible. I leaned down and put my mouth to her ear and in a low tone said, “Are you ready to bear my mark, my beautiful mate?” I could feel her shiver against me, and I lifted her up and placed her on my lap. Which was a mistake, as I realized that now she could feel just how much her cute little shudder of anticipation got to me. I could care less, everyone at this table knew I loved and wanted her, and I would just wait until the problem eases up to stand.

I looked over at Dawson and he had done the same thing, as Sloan was now on his lap, and she was looking at him like he hung the moon up in the sky, just for her. I am excited that I will get to mark my mate, but I may have to work out my issue while she is packing to come to my room. I will run and take a shower, and then come over to carry her bags across the hallway to my room for her. Then she can shower in my room. I can feel my pants getting tighter now at just the thought of her naked in my bathroom and all kinds of naughty thoughts came into my head. Yes, I will need to work out this problem in the shower, and then I will be calmer when I mark her. I don’t want to take it too far, and I want to make sure that she marks me too. I want to carry her mark proudly, for all to see. I am going to take her shopping to get more clothes and make sure to get some shirts that will show off her mark to let the world know that she is mine, and not available to anyone else.

I am glad that we are getting it done. I don’t want Jasper to get here and even think he has a snowball’s chance here with her. He was never her mate, and I will be glad to point that out to him. He is an i***t if he thinks that he can take what is mine. He will be at war with several packs, and he cannot win against us all. I will make sure that I am armed at all times now, as I don’t know when he will arrive, but Heath taught me the same thing that he taught my parents. In a fight, you need to get your opponent’s numbers down as quickly as possible. If I need to, I will make sure that he will no longer take a breath if he even tries to get on our pack land.

While I was thinking about it, I mindlinked our top warriors and the elite team. I asked for the patrols to be increased, and for anyone on our land to be a pack member or escorted to the packhouse to become a member right then. I do not want any more people with bad intentions to be wandering around my pack. I will not allow anyone to be hurt because he has an issue and wants what is not his.

The elite team told me that they were already notified to be on high alert, along with the gate guards, and warriors, by Heath earlier tonight. I should have already assumed that, knowing Heath. The lead warriors said that they would be increasing the patrols by adding 8 more warriors to patrol for each shift, so even if they knew our previous schedule, that wasn’t going to matter anymore. I was advised that both Heath and I would be notified if anything suspicious came up during the night and assured me that they would continue the 8 extra warriors making up 4 extra patrols, with each shift.

I was also notified that a jeep had been found along the southwest perimeter, with the keys in it. The paperwork in the glovebox was noted as being registered to Jasper Kershaw. We left it there, so he could get it back, plus he wouldn’t know we had already found it and knew where she had entered our pack. They may even try to enter from the same location.

We all start heading up to our rooms, and Peyton and Sloan go to grab their clothes to come to our rooms tonight. To say I was excited is a true understatement. I told Peyton that I would come back for her and that I was going to go take a quick shower and then come over. She nodded at me and entered the room with my sister, who was making another smart-a*s comment about me announcing plans that no one cares about, and I jogged across the hallway. I needed to get this problem of mine worked out quickly and get back to her, so I could relax and not just want to mate her tonight as well. I get excited just thinking about that and I am off to a good start already.

I go ahead and step under the water and lather up. I am able to get this done quickly just thinking about her pink lips stretching around my member, and I come undone. I clean the evidence off the glass door and then wash up quickly. I had already brought my clothes into the bathroom with me, lounge pants, and a t-shirt, and I was ready to go. I am a lot more relaxed now than I was earlier. I didn’t have to wait long, as Dawson came up right after me, and his hair was wet from his shower too. I am quite sure we were thinking the same thing. Two minutes later, the door opened, and Peyton came out into the hallway with her two suitcases, followed by Sloan and her duffle bag. They both smiled at us but seemed a little scared of being with us alone for the night. I knew Peyton would relax as soon as I hugged her, but I wanted to get away from all the prying eyes, as Moira was hanging out in the room with Elena, and they were speaking in low tones and smiling at me and Dawson.

Dawson grabbed Sloan’s bag and threw it over his shoulder and then took her hand in his and led her to the elevator to go one floor down. Peyton went to grab her luggage to go across the hall, but I stepped up and grabbed them both and she followed me to my room. I put both her bags in my closet. I only used half of it anyway and the other half was free. I want her clothes to be in there with mine. I want her to stay here at Ever Green forever, and this would be the first step in getting that done. As soon as I marked her it would be a done deal, and I was praying to the Goddess that she would allow me to do that tonight.

I could tell that Peyton was nervous, so I didn’t push her. I was going to take this slowly. I suggested she grab her night clothes and go grab a shower or bath. I just want her to be happy about staying with me. She grabbed her clothes and went into my bathroom. I heard the tub running and then realized that I had made a mistake. Peyton was going to be on the other side of the door, naked, taking a bath. The thoughts I was having, wanting to go in there with her. To offer to help her wash her back, or basically anywhere really. I tried not to think about her naked right behind the door, but I could hear her getting into the tub, and sighing as she settled into the warm water. I needed to go take a cold shower.

I realized suddenly that she didn’t even lock the door, and I am almost sweating with the effort of not going in there to help her. My wolf, Aramis, is driving me nuts as we smell her scent all over my room. He is not leaving me alone, he wants his mate to bear our mark. He wants everyone to know that she is ours, and he is trying to encourage me to go into the bathroom and do it now. But I can’t. I am going mad with him insisting on marking her and arguing with him to be patient and not scare her. I thankfully heard her get out of the tub, and it had actually helped me by arguing with him for the last 5 minutes. I can hear her drying off, and then getting her clothes on for the night.

I see the door open, and Peyton steps out of the bathroom and I can’t breathe. She is wearing a little short set, tank top, and shorts, and she takes my breath away in it. She is always beautiful to me, but how am I going to be able to sleep with her AND keep my hands to myself tonight? I hear myself g***n out loud and freeze. I saw Peyton give me a sweet smile and then come over to me as I was sitting on the side of the bed. It is weird that she is so calm about this, and I am so excited. Usually, the women are the ones all happy and wanting to be marked, but not Peyton. She is absolutely serene sitting next to me and looking up at me. She is trusting and sweet and I could kick my own a*s for messing around with Stephanie.

I could have lost my mate for a stupid reason, and I am so glad that she is willing to accept me, even after the horrible welcome wagon that she got here from Stephanie. I kept staring into her eyes, before she finally cleared her throat and said, “I believe you wanted to mark me and let me mark you tonight, right?”

I have to shake myself as I am the luckiest man alive. “Yes, I do. Do you want to mark me first? Or do you want me to mark you first?” I asked her and I cannot believe how nervous I was about doing this. I want my mark on her, and yet I feel like a 14-year-old about to get his first k**s.

“You can mark me first, Percy,” Peyton said and tilted her head away from me, bearing her neck to me. I feel Aramis taking over as that was all the incentive he needed. I feel my jaw elongate into a muzzle and I bite down on my little mate’s neck. I feel my teeth break her skin and feel the taste of her b***d in my mouth. I hear Peyton with a small inward gasp for the pain, before she gives a low m**n, as I retract my teeth and lick her wound clean. She gives a shudder as I clean her, and suddenly, I need her mark on me right now. I want to feel our connection grow, and for us to be linked together, forever.

I tilt my head over, exposing my neck to her, when I hear an alarm going off outside, and I hurry over to look out the window. I see a number of people at the gate, and I leave my room and get stopped in the hallway by Heath and my parents.

“I will come with you to the gate,” I told them, as I already assumed who it was.

“No, stay with Peyton. Your mom is getting Dawson and Sloan, and Vincent and Beth up here with you on the Alpha level. They are coming up now, and Elena and Moira are across the hallway. Stay here, I have a feeling that the people at the gate are not the only ones here. Protect Peyton, you are safest up here on the Alpha level. You and Dawson are in charge, along with Vincent. You can trust him, do what he says. Take care of Von, we will let you know what is going on. I have half the elite team protecting the pack house, and the other half will be meeting us at the gate”, Heath told me. Mom and dad looked really serious, and mom had two guns on her. One was tucked into the back of her pants, and the other in her holster. I saw she had a holster with several sections to hold magazines and a thigh clip on it to make it totally secure. They both gave me a quick hug and headed to the elevator. When it opened, I saw Dawson getting off with Sloan, Beth, and Vincent.

Mom and dad hugged Dawson too and got on the elevator. Heath gave von one more hug and a k**s and headed to get on the elevator himself. I see their game faces all in place as the doors close. No one is speaking, it is pretty stressful in the hallway.

“Come along kids, we are going into the safe room,” Von told us, and we headed to her bedroom, which I had been in a thousand times, and had never seen a safe room there. She heads for a far wall and pushes a painting to the side and keys in a code and a section of the wall moves over. We all entered, and she closed it behind us. There are no windows in the room, and I can see the door is pretty thick steel.

I see four 32-inch monitors sitting on a desk, with a file cabinet next to the desk, and a computer chair. Each one is set up in a quad, with four camera shots on each monitor, for a total of 16 camera shots showing at this time. We can see a lot of what is going on outside, from where we are. Everyone else sits down on the two sofas in the room, except me and Dawson. We had never been here and we went over to look at the cameras, and we saw our parents, and Heath, walking up to the gate. I pray that they will be safe out there. I already know it is Alpha Jasper trying to get Peyton back. I need for her to mark me too, so we will be connected completely.

I turned to Peyton and saw her staring at the monitor from the couch and I saw her start to shake. Von reaches over to her and tries to comfort her, but I know the shock of seeing Jasper here to take her away has done this. Before I could step over to comfort her, I noticed who was standing next to him, acting like she was in charge. Great, Stephanie is here and involved with this. This is much worse than I imagined it was. How did she know Jasper wanted Peyton?

I went to comfort her, and I saw her pull away from me. I see she has noticed Stephanie out there, and Elena gets up to come and sit next to her. I don’t know what to do to make this right for her. I only wanted Peyton, I marked Peyton, and now I can feel all her emotions flooding through her; anger, sadness, frustration, and a large dose of fear. I know the fear is all Jasper, but the rest of the emotions are all because I made bad choices. I guess I will not be getting marked tonight.