Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 46

Fallon’s POV

B***d Claw Pack

I am sitting in my cell when I start hearing a commotion going on out at the entrance to the cells. Oh, please, please let this be Chris coming to get me and take me away from here. I start praying that we can make it to the truck before we are caught. One thing about the mindlink is you can quickly call for help if needed, I hope they didn’t have time to do that. We don’t need a bunch of reinforcements heading our way to stop us from getting out of the B***d Claw pack. It used to be a great pack, but with Alpha James not caring anymore, it was up to my dad to fill in for him, and although dad is a great Beta, he really didn’t know how to be an Alpha.

Don’t get me wrong, my father is a very smart man, but his training was just for his own position, not for ALL of the positions, and he did his best. The pack managed to do pretty well and did not need assistance, monetarily or training wise because the training was dad’s specialty. But dad didn’t get the same respect that an Alpha would. The whole pack knew what the problem was, but no one wanted to risk their life calling Alpha James on it. Even mom had to step up and do things that she didn’t know how to do to fill in for Luna’s position. I am really going to miss them, and my brother, Daniel, but if I wanted to live, I have got to get out of here.

I heard footsteps running down the hallway toward me and I see Chris with a few bruises on his face, but no cuts or broken bones, and I breathe a sigh of relief. He had to take out at least 3 men guarding the cells. Two on the outside, and one on the inside. I still can’t believe my luck with him being willing to risk his life to save me. I am so thankful that he cared enough about me to help me out as he is. I can never repay him for all that he is doing for me. He unlocks my cell and threw the door open and I ran out of my cell and run towards the entrance of the jail center. Chris is right on my heels, and I came to a complete stop when I got outside. The light is blinding me, and I have to close my eyes. I can’t see anything.

I have been in the dark for about 2 and a half weeks and the pain from the sunlight was literally blinding me. I can’t see to run, and Chris just picks me up like I was nothing, puts me over his shoulder, and runs to the area closest to his truck. I feel tingles on my stomach and back and I realize that Chris is my true mate. I gasped in surprise. How did I not know this? I realized that he has only ever seen me from afar for the last 2 years. I was away for a while with Timothy, and when I was back, I usually ate with my parents or out at a restaurant, and not at the packhouse. Since Timothy was not here, I didn’t feel like going back to the packhouse, unless it was to mess with Peyton, because what was the point? The whole pack knew that I was wanting to be with Timothy, so I guess he left me alone for me to do that, or maybe he didn’t know either. I felt him grab me tighter when I felt the sparks.

Chris makes really good time running even with my over his shoulder, and I am admiring just how strong my mate is. He was the head trainer for the pack and the top warrior. My dad was always impressed by him, and I have to say that I am too now that I am seeing him in action. He ran with me like I was nothing all the way to the wall. The wall is 9 feet tall, and I already know that this will be a problem. I can’t fully open my eyes, but I was disappointed when he put me down, so I huffed in annoyance. I wanted to be back in his arms again, and I heard a low laugh from Chris at my disappointment at being put down.

“Don’t worry, you will be back in my arms again soon” Chris said to me, and I felt the heat on my face as I blushed. I still can’t open my eyes, but I can hear him move back from me and then go at a run at the wall. I heard his foot connect to it as he uses his momentum to push himself up to get to the top of the wall. I then hear him tell me, “I need you to move closer to the fence. Keep coming closer, Fallon. One more step, OK, now reach your arms up towards my voice” I obeyed all his commands and stretched up as high as I could before I felt his hand grab mine and I put my other hand on top and felt myself being pulled up to the top of the wall. Chris then gets me to the other side of the wall and carefully lowers me down the other side.

“OK, I am going to let you go, just bend your knees a little, you are about to drop the last 4 to 6 inches to the ground, the drop won’t hurt you,” Chris tells me, and I trust him and believe what he is telling me. I hit the ground and stumble a little forward, but I don’t fall. I hear Chris drop to the ground right next to me and scoop me back up and over his shoulder again. The tingles are back, and I am so glad that I have my true mate, and I let out a little sigh of happiness. I already know that he will take perfect care of me, and now I know why he was so willing to help me escape. He must have known that we were true mates.

I feel Chris slowing down from his full-on run, he opens the passenger side door for me and gently places me in the truck. I still can’t open my eyes yet, as I am not accustomed to the bright light. Chris buckles me into my seat, and I hear him running around to the other side of the truck. He quickly starts it and takes off to get us as far away from here as he can before they know we are gone. We are both aware that if they catch us, we are dead. I release a breath I didn’t know I was holding at the border of the pack and Chris stops to renounce the pack, and I do as well. If it weren’t already known that I have escaped, they will know it now.

We both heard a roar of anger as we take off, and I don’t know who did it, but it was loud and frightening to both of us as Chris speeds up and headed quickly away from our pack. In case we were seen, we are heading South, and then we will change directions in an hour. We will be doubling back and going the long way to get there, I haven’t felt clean in a long time, so we will stay in a hotel the first night. I HAVE to get a shower as soon as we can. I also know that I need to send Chris in to get me a bottle of hair color at the local store, so I can change my appearance. I hate getting rid of my naturally blonde hair, but I don’t need the people looking for us to be able to find us easily because of my vanity. I don’t want Chris to be hurt, and I am shocked that I actually care about that. This bond thing is already way too powerful to me and is already making me want to slide across to sit right next to him. I need him to touch me and tell me that everything will be OK.

We drove in silence the first hour of the trip, with both of us thinking and staying to ourselves, more than a little concerned about pissing off the Alpha King. He is the most powerful Alpha in the four sections that the United States were currently divided into. He ran the whole west coast basically, and we would have to travel far to get away from his reach, but never safe, as just one slip up could result in an Alpha ratting us out and turning us in. Now that I know that Chris is my mate, I need to rethink my plan. I had really wanted to hurt Peyton for getting me in so much trouble, but I realized that my actions were the ones at fault. I also realize that if I do try to get Peyton back that I would be putting both me and Chris in danger. I will need to rethink my plans, as I don’t want anything to happen to Chris, especially as a result of my actions.

“Did you know that we were mates?” I blurt out. I feel the truck slow down, and then pull to the side of the interstate.

Chris put the truck into park, and I can feel him turn toward me. I keep ignoring him. I feel my face getting hotter and I already know that I am blushing like a 13-year-old girl who just got embarrassed in front of her crush. This is so embarrassing, and I refuse to look over at him. I wish I could melt into this seat. Goddess, why I am so embarrassed?

“No, actually I didn’t, not until I touched you. Then I knew that you were my mate” Chris tells me honestly. That explains why he didn’t confront me or Timothy. I was wondering why he hadn’t.

“Why did you agree to help me then? Why would you put yourself at so much risk? It was really dangerous to have helped me escape” I told him.

“I have always had special feelings towards you Fallon. Since we were young teenagers together I always felt like something was always pulling me towards you. Like we had a bond together. I felt like we were destined for each other. But I knew you wanted Timothy, as you were chosen mates. I wasn’t going to mess things up for you, since you chose to be with him. I volunteered for the night patrols and stayed to myself so seeing you together wouldn’t bother me. I never realized that the feelings that I had towards you were because of the mate bond. You have just always been special to me, Fallon ” Chris tells me, and I felt even more guilty.

This changed things for me, I know that if something happened to me, Chris could die. If something happened to him, I could die, and the bond is already so strong for me. I may need to rethink my original plan. Instead of me coming for Peyton myself, I will have to work behind the scenes, like I did with Alpha James. Chris is a good man, and I have very real feelings for him. I want to be with him and have a happy life, I don’t feel like pressing my luck by going forward with my original plans. I think I know what to do, but I need to talk it over with Chris. He is driving again, and he looks happy with us being mates and I don’t want to ruin that for him. But I know he has to know how I am, I have been like this for years, and I can be devious. I mean I thought up this whole escape plan, he just carried it out as I instructed. He did make changes to it though, he refused to hurt his friends, that is why he got the injections to make them go to sleep so he wouldn’t have to fight them. I think that he forgot how vindictive I am, and that I have a lot of faults, he is smiling happily at being my mate, and it is making my heart melt. I will do whatever I need to for him to continue being happy with me.

I am trying to not do it, but in my mind, I start making plans for our pups, and our lives together. I think we only have time for a quick additional stop for me to get the ball rolling, and then we will head across the country. Far away from the reach of the King. He will be even more pissed off if he finds out what I am about to do. I hope Chris doesn’t get pissed off if he finds out why I needed him to stop. I need to tell Chris that we are not heading for the Red River pack anymore, to request sanctuary. I just need to make a quick stop at the Dark Savage pack for just a few minutes. I will make sure that Chris parks up the road, so he doesn’t hear what I am about to do. I don’t care why Jasper needs her, I just want her to feel the same way that I felt. I was humiliated at being embarrassed in front of my whole pack, and separated from my chosen mate. I want her to be taken away from her mate too. For everyone to find out what I had done, and for my parents to disown me. Everything was taken away from me, so I will give my final gift to Peyton before we head to greener pastures.

“Chris, honey, can you do a quick detour to the Dark Savage pack? I just need to pass a message on to someone really quick and then we can head far away from California. I was thinking of Colorado as a great place to find refuge or Georgia. What do you think, baby?” I asked him

“We are twenty minutes away from Dark Savage. We can stop there and then head into Nevada. We can figure out where we need to go after that when we stop tonight” Chris tells me, and I have to put my hand in front of my mouth so he can’t see my smile. He should know me by now, as we went to school together, but he seems to think that I am a nice person, and I don’t want to disappoint him. I like him doting on me and thinking the best about me. I will straighten up and never do anything else wrong after this. But as far as I am concerned, Peyton deserves this after all the shame and humiliation that I suffered. I mean how in the hell could I have known that she had people looking for her? For her boring, vanilla a*s? I mean there was nothing special about her, as far as I could see. Timothy may have seen something in her, but we all have to think well of our mates, don’t we? It was probably that pull making him drawn to her even then.

I settle back in the seat and think about what I am going to say to Alpha Jasper, he won’t have much time to make a plan, so my gift to him will be handing it ALL to him at the same time, on a silver platter. If I play my cards right, I would like him to give me money for my information, but even if he doesn’t, I am good with it. Nobody embarrasses me in front of over 500 people and then gets away with it. I can live with leaving B***d Claw, and my parents behind, I am as done with them as they are with me. But I will not allow the slight of my total humiliation to pass, Peyton deserves a comeuppance, and it is my pleasure to give it to her.