Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 50

Peyton’s POV

B***d Claw

He told me he loved me. He said the words to me this time. Not that he loves everything about me, but me. He loves me. I am so happy. He makes me happy, and I can focus on getting back to Ever Green and feeling safe again. Fallon had taken that away from me by escaping. I wish I could say that I thought she would disappear forever, but I know she won’t. She is a bad person, and she can’t pretend to be otherwise for long. It is in her nature to be a vindictive troll, and that is what she is at her root.

We are heading back to the interstate to go back to our pack when the accident happens and then everything goes in slow motion. Tanner is a great driver, and that is the only reason that we were not involved in the accident. I am confused and scared when I see the vehicles that had been on the other side of the overpass appear and we are blocked. Heath and Gabi get out of the SIV and are ready to protect me with their lives and Gabi made Percy get back into the SUV as he was going to get out to protect me too.

I am scared, and I get even more scared when I hear Jasper call out that he just wants me, and everyone else can live to fight another day. I didn’t even entertain it. That is not going to happen. I already know he wants my dad’s position. My dad and my brothers are a threat to him getting what he wants, and he will kill them all for it. I need to get some help here to us, and as fast as I can get them here. I grab my phone from the floor of the truck and lay down across the seat to stay down.

“Hey, Peyton, are you OK? Are you on your way back now?” Sloan asks me.

“No, we are under attack. Is Vincent and Beth with you?” I said quickly in a low tone because we need them right now.

“What!?” Sloan yells out and then I hear her say, “Dawson, Vincent, Beth, please come here it is an emergency” I hear movement getting closer, and then Sloan said, “You are on speakerphone Peyton go ahead.”

“Guy’s we just left B***d Claw, and Fallon escaped. She went and told Jasper where I was, and he attacked the convoy. It is bad, They have way more weapons than we do, and he just said that he is giving us three minutes to decide what to do. I already know that he will be killing my dad, brother, and Percy. I can see it, the Goddess just showed me a vision. I am so scared, and Jasper is out of his mind. He really thinks killing Percy will make me want to be with him.”

I heard gasps and then Dawson said, “Vincent can you locate King Sebastian, and get us there?”

“Yes, I can feel him, and we can transport. Beth, get Moira here, Sloan hasn’t been taught to transport, so she can’t go. Dawson, I can take two of you with me, Beth and Moira can each take one. Get the men you need to go with us in front of the packhouse now. Time is of the essence. We will need to leave in the next three minutes.” I can hear him calling out instructions as Vincent walks away from her phone and heads to the door. Dawson is quiet as well and was probably mindlinking as I waited. My heart is beating so fast, that I am sure someone can hear it outside of the SUV. Please, Goddess, take care of us all. Jasper is insane, and I don’t want to go anywhere with him.

“Peyton do not worry. They are about to leave now. They had to get some of the elite team members armed and ready to go. Hudson and his son Jamie are the best sharpshooters, and they grabbed their jump bags and are coming now. Vincent will be bringing Dawson and Hudson. Beth will bring Jamie, and Moira will be bringing Xavier. He is Easton’s middle child and Brendan’s little brother. They said that at 16, he is one of the best shots that they have here too, so he is coming. As soon as they are here in front of the packhouse, they will teleport right where King Sebastian is. Tell the King’s warriors to stand down, and not shoot them” Sloan said, and I know that she is worrying about Dawson, and all of her family potentially getting hurt trying to help us.

“I will go tell them now,” I said and climbed under the bench seat to pop off the latch cover and hit the lever to open the back door manually and I slide out the back of the SUV. I hit the ground running, and I already know that I will not be shot at. He wants me, and only me, and he won’t do anything to jeopardize my safety. I heard Percy call after me once he looked to see what the tailgate was opening, but I had to go. I didn’t want Dawson, or any of them hurt for coming to help us.

“Peyton, what are you thinking?” dad said to me, and I take a deep breath and speak quickly because I already know that they will be here in the next minute.

“Dad, Vincent is transporting in with Dawson, Hudson, and more people to help us. I called Sloan. Jasper is going to kill so many people. I had a vision. He is lying when he said he was just going to disable the vehicles. He and his Gamma are going to kill you, Christian, Bryson, Percy, Gabi, and Heath. I couldn’t let him do it. It would kill Tanner to lose Gabi, and Von would be crushed too. He was going to use mom and me to heal his army as he tries to take over other areas. He needed to kill Percy to break our bond thinking that I would then accept him. We have to stop him” I said and then put my hands on my knees and took a deep breath in.

“Garrison, link your men, we will have visitors coming, my friend is a warlock, and they are bringing in reinforcements to help us. They will be coming in right here near me. Do not allow them to be hurt. Tell the team” my dad called out orders and my brothers are both furious as they are both now aware of Jasper’s real motive for wanting me. He wants to be King, and his actions will not be rewarded. Christian pulls his cell phone out and runs up towards Gabi and Heath calling out as he got closer to them to tell them that he was approaching so he wouldn’t be shot. I know that he will also tell them that we had help arriving any second.

“I am serious King Sebastian. Your time is up. I will give you one more minute, after that, we WILL start shooting. I don’t want Peyton hurt, send her out to me, and we will spear you” Jasper yelled out to us.

“Jasper, I think you are lying to us. I heard that you want my position and are willing to kill both my sons to get it” dad called out to Jasper, and we can see his face from here. He is shocked that we know he is lying to us. I can see him talking to his Gamma, and I told everyone in a loud tone, “Get down!”

Bullets are flying all around us and I am thankful that we are partially covered out here, but that doesn’t mean that we will be safe. A ricocheting bullet could hit any one of us. I scream out in fear and when Jasper hears my scream he is suddenly scared that I have been hit. He has his men stop shooting and I am glad because any second our backup will arrive, and I don’t want any of them hurt.

“I am sorry Peyton. I didn’t mean to scare you. You will be safe with me, I swear it to you” Jasper calls out, and I know what he means. That I will be safe, but not so much for my family, or Percy. I stay quiet because I know if I reply back to him that he could lose his temper again and might start shooting. I can’t allow that. I need to stay quiet and wait, I know that they will be here any second. I can’t do something that could cost any one of them their lives.

I see a shimmer, and then I see Vincent, Dawson, and Hudson all appear near us. A moment later I see Beth appear with Jamie, who looks just like a younger version of his dad, Hudson. A few seconds later Moira appears with Xavier, and even at 16 years old, he is already making a name for himself in the pack. He is second only to Hudson at this point and his making the team, at least the way I heard it, was just a formality at this point. He is an excellent shot and all four men run over to take up a spot to set up in. I know that they are mindlinking with Heath on what to do, and I sag in relief of them getting here.

I expected them to just turn around and head back, it would be safer for them to do. But at my questioning look, Moira said, “It takes a lot of energy to bring people somewhere. We need time to rest before we can transport back. We are in it with you.” I didn’t know that. I hate that they are in danger now, and almost defenseless. But I am so thankful that they got some reinforcements here. I know that Jasper wasn’t anticipating this, and I want to help. I run back to where I was, and Percy pulls me down he looks furious.

“What the hell were you thinking? You could have been killed. I can’t live without you. Why would you take such a risk?” Percy hisses at me in a stage whisper.

“I had to get help here, and Vincent could get to dad, so I had gone to tell dads warriors not to shoot them when they went to appear. They were coming here to help us, and Dawson was with them. I couldn’t risk anyone ending up hurt from them just popping in. Everyone is nervous as they could have been killed.

Percy’s eyes softened to hear that our pack members, Dawson, and Sloan’s family were so important to me that I would risk my life to run to pass the message on. He holds me to him, and Heath is smiling at me when Percy lets go.

“Here, Hudson brought me my long rifle. I am going to need to help him, Jamie, and Xavier out. We will need to get set up and know who our targets are for us to neutralize them. Jasper will have to be one of the shots. He is obviously not thinking clearly and hasn’t been for a while to send a spy onto our land and for him to shoot me. I want you to have my gun to be able to protect yourself, and your family. Dawson told us what you saw. I am glad you were able to see the future and knew we need help. I owe Vincent and his family a large debt of gratitude for bringing help here to us” Heath tells me, and I am proud that he trusts me to use his gun. It stays on his h*p, and I know not many, besides him, have ever gotten to use it before. That is quite the compliment from Heath to let me use it.

Percy smiles at me and pulls me to him for a k**s. I was so worried that Jasper was going to kill him, and we aren’t out of the fire just yet. We will need to deal with the problem on the other side of the overpass now. I am calmer, and so is Percy with our k**s and hug, and I swear when we get home, I am having him complete the mating end of our bond. I won’t live another day without him, he has been so patient with me, and I get excited just thinking about getting to fully be with him. He has shown me his caring side. I don’t need poetry from him. I know that he gets upset that Dawson can express himself better. But Peyton makes me feel all warm and safe when I am around him. Like he would fight a bear to keep me safe. With all I have been through, that is what I honestly need. Not nice words, just Percy, and his strong loving arms around me.

Percy’s head snaps to me and I realize too late that he can smell my arousal for him, and he is getting worked up too. He gives me a low growl that does nothing to stop my undies from getting wetter, it actually does the opposite. Percy then g****s as if in pain, and whispers in my ear, “Baby girl, please stop. You are killing me. I can’t focus on what I need to with you smelling like that. I swear I will take care of you tonight. We will complete the mating bond tonight, nothing short of one of us in the hospital will stop that. I love you, but we can’t do anything here.” He leans over and gives me a k**s and then motions me to get into the SUV and back where I originally was. I lay on the floor of the SUV and wait to hear what happens.

“Your time is up. I will give you no further time. Either surrender, or we will start killing off pack members. What are you going to do? Either send Peyton out, or we will start killing people right now” Jasper calls out, and I can hear the anger in his voice. He thought that catching us by surprise was going to result in a winning outcome for him. He was dead wrong about it. I already knew that Heath, Hudson, Jamie, and Xavier all had 2 targets each. After they took them out, they would then pick two more, until Jasper’s pack decided they didn’t want to play anymore.

“Jasper, as a sign of goodwill, we will allow you to give up now. Put your weapons down, and step to the front of your vehicles. You will all be turned into the werewolf council for trial for attacking us like this. As well as attempting to kidnap King Sebastian’s daughter, and kill him and his sons, as well as her mate. These are all punishable offenses. Surrender now or face the consequences” Heath calls out to him, and I know Jasper will not surrender.

“We will not be surrendering Heath, not at all. You will surrender to us, as you are outgunned, we already know that you didn’t come prepared for this, you will not be able to beat us. Stop drawing it out, and just give up. You will come to no harm, I swear it to you” Jasper calls back. I don’t know how he can keep a straight face outright lying like that to all of us.

“Then you leave us no choice. We are documenting this for the werewolf council and this action was necessary for us to defend ourselves as you were planning on killing a number of us, including the Alpha King. That alone is an act of treason, punishable by death. It was already seen in a vision, you cannot argue or deny it. You made the choice today, Jasper, I hope you can live with it” Heath called out and I started praying to the Moon Goddess herself that we will be able to not have any loss of life on our end. They have to know that Jasper is crazy to want to kill the Alpha King.

Four shots ring out simultaneously as they all fire at once. I heard Jasper start screaming out in pain, and frustration as the shots keep sounding. It stops for a minute for them to reload the rifles. The handguns are for closer shots, and although I am comfortable with the gun, I really didn’t want to have to kill anyone for following the orders of their Alpha who is not thinking correctly.

There is a lot of yelling from the other side of the overpass, and doors slamming. I then hear tires screeching as they drive away quickly. I also see 8 men dead on the other side of us, and I feel sick thinking of their families that won’t see them again. Why would Jasper do this? I mean, we are not mates, there was no reason for what he is doing except he wanted a higher position. He is so power-hungry it is affecting his brain.

Shortly after Jasper got away four SUV’s come flying up behind us and everyone takes a defensive position. Alpha James climbs out of the first SUV with a weapon and then sees that the threat is gone. “We got here as fast as we could. We are 8 miles away and we got packed up in three minutes to come to help. I glanced back at the SUVs and notice that Timothy was not there with them. He let them come alone to a gunfight. I swear, just when I don’t think that he can get any lower, he does. King Sebastian thanked Alpha James for coming to help us and advised him of exactly how Jasper knew we were here. I see the look of fury cross Alpha James’ face, and fear blooms inside of me. I have to take a step back. Thankfully, Percy saw it and came right to me to bring me into his chest and away from seeing Alpha James. I know he realized what had triggered me, and I know he means no harm anymore, but just seeing that expression took me back. Alpha James arranged for the bodies to be taken back to his pack to be buried, as we couldn’t take them with us.

“Jasper turned right when I fired and the bullet hit his cheek, and he managed to get away. He is going to be pissed with having that scar, he was always too proud of his looks. I think it will bring him some character, he will have to get over the fact that he will have an obvious flaw now. He is going to be mad, but he won’t have to suffer for too long. Christian got it all on video for the council. Jasper will be getting what he deserves too for attacking us. We definitely need to find Fallon as well, so things like this don’t ever happen again” Heath said as he secures his rifle. I wait and give him his gun back, and he winks at me. That lets me be able to relax a little. Heath letting me know that it is over and done, at least for the moment.