Winter Rejected By One Alpha Love By Another One
Chapter 52

Gage and Patrice are walking behind Josey and Malcolm. Winter and Shane had sent them to bring the couple to them.

Macklin is looking out the window at them as they enter the palace. "What is that about? Why just those two? Shane's a*s is up to something. I will be so damn glad when my brothers teach him and that damn Winter a few things. "He chuckles. Macklin doesn't know that Jackie had come back into the room. Jackie walks beside him. "Your brothers? I wasn't aware that you have been in contact with Manny or Manuel." She gives a stern look. "Explain"

He looks her up and down. "I don't need to explain a damn thing to you." Macklin walks out of the room.

She turns to look at him and mumbles "bastard"

Malcolm and Josey have been talking through their links on their way to Winter's office. They are wondering why do the Queen and King want to see them.

When they walk into the room Shane and Winter are sitting on the sofa in the sitting area of the office. Shane points at two chairs that are across from him and Winter.

"We'll get right to the reason for this visit. How did Macklin know that you were alive." Winter looks at her.

The question throws Josey off for a few seconds. "The day of the fight. When Malcolm and I were leaving, we weren't aware that we were being followed. We thought the only ones that knew were my nephew Madron and my parents. That s until five days later. Macklin showed up at our door saying that he was tired of living as Manny wants him to. Then one day he showed up with Jackie. Mardon has always told us not to trust Macklin. He had always thought they were still in contact. But he never had any proof. " Malcolm takes Josey's hand. "I've always had my doubts about Macklin's intentions. That was one of the reasons we moved out of the cabin. My mate gave him a number that belongs to a prepaid phone. We didn't want him to become suspicious and notify his damn brothers. I had to leave our home to keep my family safe. As you know firsthand my mate's brother doesn't believe in doing any damn thing fair."

Shane nods his head. "I totally understand. Family comes first. I'll do whatever it takes and kill any assholes that come at what is mine. You did the right thing."

Winter rubs Shane's shoulder. "Macklin has been lying to you two. I suspect that he was planted with you to keep your brothers if you two comings and goings. We can't leave traitors alive. He was also involved in your parent's disappearance and selling all of their properties and money." She's looking at Josey.

Josey jumps up and yells. "His fake concerning a*s. I can't believe that I fell for his bullshit."

"Calm down and hear us out." Shane motions for Malcolm to go to his mate. "We'll deal with him and his damn mate. They are being moved to better accommodations as we speak. We hope that you four will raise their children. Teach them to better a hell of a lot better than their parents."

Malcolm wraps his arms around Josey. "Let's sit down and hear what the King and Queen have to say." He turns to look at Shane. "Four? What do you mean the four of us?"

The door opens and Nesib and Malanie walk into the room. Josey runs over to her parents. She's crying while her parents are consoling her and kissing her head.

In the dungeon, Macklin is looking at Jackie sitting on a cot in the cell across from him. Dimitri nor Yolanda would inform them why they are being arrested. Dimitri would only say that they are following Queen and King's orders.

"I told your stupid a*s they can't be trusted. But now you were so headstrong about seeing Shane again that you put our family in jeopardy. " Macklin yells

Jackie looks up at him. "You are so f*****g delusional. They would have found us regardless of where we went. Believe me, I know Shane. Once he has his mind set on something or someone he always gets his way.

Manuel tried to warn Manny and me about your no. He was right about your a*s being so damn hot between your f*****g legs. I should have left your a*s to die. Believe me, if we didn't need your worthless a*s I would have never bothered marking your a*s." She walks over to the cell bars. "Need me? What the hell do you mean if you all didn't need me?"

He waves his hands at her. "Take your a*s to sleep or use your damn brain to come up with a way to get us the hell out of this mess."

"Tell me what you meant by that." Jackie yells while shaking the bars.

"f**k you" Macklin smirks and waves his arms at her.

"You bastard tell me what you meant. What are you not avoiding telling me?" Jackie yells again. But only to be ignored.

"Now that is a good question. So Macklin, tell her that you and Manny drew straws to see which one of you would trick her into doing a horrible task." Winter walks between both cells. She looks at him than at Jackie.

Shane is standing beside Winter. "Jackie, I should have listened to my first insist when I found out we were mates. That was to reject your a*s. But since the Moon Goddess had designed you for me I gave you a chance. I have only regretted two things in my life. The first one is not finding Star Eyes after she didn't come back to visit my pack. The second thing is that I accepted your a*s."

Winter walks closer to the cell where Jackie "Girl they played your a*s like a fiddle. Did you know they drew straws to see which one would convince you to betray my McDreamy? Both brothers said they loved you. But when it came to choosing love or my mates' properties they choose properties, not you. What do you think of that?" She looks her head and looks over her shoulder at Macklin. "Am I lying?"

Macklin looks at her and smirks.

"Pure greed. Let's not forget kidnapping." Shane looks at Macklin than at Jackie "you were on a pawn for getting revenge on me in the end. Thank you for being wicked as hell. If not, I wouldn't be mated to the love of my life." Shane kisses Winter's cheek. "You both will die the same time we will Manny and Manuel. Yes, my Star Eyes wants them to see you die. So she will."

Macklin turns his nose up and looks at Shane. "How did you find out?"

Shane narrows his eyes and gives him a stern look. "Your parents told us. Oh, that's right you don't know. They're here. I and some men killed the son of bitches that was holding them." He takes Winter's hand. "We have a meeting to go attend Gage said that Nicholas and the others have arrived."

"If my calculations are correct then you two will be free from the hear and dead before dawn." Winter looks at Jackie "This right here is real love. Not that fake s**t that you two have. To be honest I don't know what to call whatever it is you two have or call it." Jackie is crying looking at Shane's hand entwined around Winter's as they are walking out of the dungeon. "I hate the day that you marked me." She wiped tears from her cheek and screamed.

Macklin sits on the cot. "To be honest after I marked your a*s, I realized that I never had true feelings for you. I only wanted you because Manny did. Hell, once I thought about it that has always been one of my problems. That is, I had to be like my big brother. when I came to my senses and was ready to reject you, we discovered you were pregnant. I couldn't leave my pup. So, I stayed." He lays back and closes his eyes.

She frowns looking at him thinking "I threw my life away for this worthless piece of s**t. Damn, I can't believe I'm that gullible."

*****

Denzel and Zylus are on jogging back to the pack house after a run. They have been discussing the attack that Manny and Manuel have planned. Both men know that the brothers aren't telling them everything. They are wondering if the reason is the woman that has arrived. They know her from somewhere but can't seem to place her.

Tomi is on the patio doing jazzercise when they return. She stops and looks at them. She tilts her head "Why can't I remember who the hell they are. One damn thing I'm sure of is they weren't rogues when I met them." She walks off the patio toward them. "s**t, here comes trouble," Denzel mumbles while pretending not to see her.

"How do you want to handle this trouble? " Zylus bends down to tie his shoes.

Denzel looks down at him. "If she remembers still pretend. Make sure no one is around then we will grab her a*s. We can't let our hard work go down the drain."

Tomi walks up to them then she walks around the two men looking them up and down. "Have we met?"

Denzel looks at her "I'm damn sure if I would have met you I wouldn't forget you. You are one stunning woman." He smiles and winks at her.

She giggles "Well I must say one thing for you. You have wonderful taste." Tomi sticks her hand out toward him

Denzel takes her hand and kisses the back of it. he looks at her and winks. "I'm only speaking the truth ma'am"

Tomi starts twirling her hair. "Well, I better be on my way." She turns to walk away and almost falls from throwing her hips too hard.

"Well done. Mr. Charmer" Zylus elbows him in his side.

Denzel is still looking at Tomi "Thanks but now I know where we have seen her. She was one of the rogues that we ran off the property a while back. This isn't good. Let's just hope she doesn't remember. We need to find a way to move the attack up." Tomi is humming when she walks into the study thinking "that is a hunk of a man. Hell, he's right about one thing. If I would have met him before I sure as hell would remember his sexy a*s too."

Manuel looks at her wondering what has caused her mood to change so quickly. He rubs his chin thinking back to when she stormed out the door not too long ago calling him everything but his name. Now she is humming. "Just what in the hell has she done that she's humming now." He walks over to the window and his eyes land on Denzel and Zylus sparring. Manuel is about to ask her about it when Manny walks into the room

"It's time. The attack will be tomorrow night. So be ready. Tomi if you're still here then be ready to fight. Everyone here fights." He walks out of the room.

She chuckles. "He's playing right?"

Manuel is walking out the door "Nope. I suggest you take those fake a*s nails off"

Tomi is looking at her fingernails." He's such a douche bag"

*****

After the meeting, Shane and the men are on the patio. Winter, Nayla, and the other women are laughing and talking about their pups. Parker, Harper, Roe, and Angie are looking forward to having pups.

"I can't wait to have another pup" Winter smiles "Maybe a little McDreamy to go with our Little Star and Gem."

The way you two be on each other. I predict your a*s will be pregnant as soon as Dr. hackle releases your a*s." Parker points at Winter

"I have to agree with my sister. Star Eyes and McDreamy can't keep their hands off of each other. Sometimes I believe they are made of custom magnets. that only attaches them." Harper holds her hands up and then brings them in quickly together. "Pup number three is on the way"

Nayla laughs "I'm so proud of my five little ones. Sometimes I think I want to have one or two more. Then one of them would do something to change my mind"

All the women laugh looking at the men walk into the room. Shane sits beside Winter and kisses her cheek. "They have just arrived. Star Eye I hope your plan works." He looks at Nicholas

"Well, I told my father to play nice. Let's hope he listens to me" Nicholas kisses his Gumdrop on the side of her head.

Blake glances over at Autumn then he looks at winter. She's looking at him with a stern look and shook her head. He nods his head and picks up his glass of juice.

****

"I can't believe my daughter told me to play nice with Irving" Reese is thinking as he, Irving, Cooper, and Clayton are walking into the Savage Beast.

Irving cut his eyes at Reese and Copper, thinking. "Play nice. Play nice Nick said. I still can't believe I'm on the same side as Cooper Atkinson."

Cooper roughly rubs his chin thinking "if my granddaughters weren't in danger I wouldn't have agreed to this. Irving if you do one damn thing I'll kill your a*s"

Clayton is walking behind the three men wondering 'which one will kill Irving"

The four men are looking around the pub. Irving touches Reese's arm and points at a secluded table that is in the dark.

Reese looks in that direction and motions for them to walk over there.

The four men are drinking whiskey and beer. They haven't seen Irving and the others when they came into the pub.

"Are you sure that is the only way to go in there unnoticed? Hell, I've never been a good swimmer" a blonde-haired man is shaking his head.

"Neither am I. "The older brown-haired man looks at Dollar Bill. "You both know that."

Dollar Bill points between the two men "You both will live. I'm sure that Reese has forgotten about that entrance since King Cypress and Queen Lillian retired. I'm sure King Kristoff doesn't use it."

Gus is sipping his beer. "Reese was right when he said that building that cave was a good idea. He's about to find out just how good of an idea it is."

"Tell me Gus just how good it is" Reese pats Gus's shoulder.

Gus looks up at Reese about the same time Dollar Bill is looking up at Irving. Cooper and Clayton are standing behind the other two men.

"Long time no see" Gus scratches his head still looking at Reese.

Reese is looking at the blueprints of the palace that is on the table. "That's an old draft. My beautiful Pilar and I have remolded the palace since you two bastards were there. As for the cave. No, I haven't forgotten about it. All four of you would be dead before you made one step on the platform. My son-in-law isn't a fool he's on top of everything. Especially when n it comes to protecting my daughter and our grandkids." Cooper looks at the blonde-haired man "Ron, I thought I warned you years ago about hanging around those two. I have always said they will be the death of you. It seems that I was right."

Ron takes a deep breath and drinks the rest of his whiskey.

Clayton looks at the other man. "Hell man I don't know you but one damn thing for sure I know that I'm going to kill you" He pats the man's head.

"Jerry. My name is Jerry. We'll just have to see about that." He looks at Clayton.

"I'm sure we will see in a few minutes." Clayton pat Jerry's head again.

Dollar Bill picks his beer up "In case you have forgotten this is neutral territory." He raises the bottle at Reese

Reese chuckles." In case you have forgotten all territory is mine. We can end it here or outside. But it will end tonight."

Irving pushes his sleeves up. "Reese is right. No f*****g body will ever hurt our grandkids. So what's it going to be?"

"Yeah right. I'm not going any damn where. I'm going to enjoy my drink" Dollar Bill winks at Irving and takes a sip of his beer.

"I was hoping one of you bastards said that. I'm King Reese I'm seizing this place. If it's anything left I'll give it back to you. If not Hell I guess I'll just have to buy you another one. Everyone but these mutherfuckers get the hell out of here." Reese is looking around the pub. Jerry, Ron, Gus, and Dollar Bill are looking at everyone running out of the pub

Cooper chuckles right before he grabs Ron out of the chair by his head and yanks him out of the chair. He throws him across the room and shifts into Alpha wolf Taurus. Now Taurus is staring down a brown wolf. Taurus and the wolf charge at each other, and the wolf jumps into the air. Taurus stops running when he is under the wolf and jumps up with his mouth open. He clamps down on the wolf's stomach and slams him to the floor. The wolf howls while Taurus is mauling him. Taurus doesn't stop until the wolf stops howling. Bandit Clayton black wolf has Jerry's average size tan wolf shoulder in his mouth, He's dragging the wolf across the floor. The wolf is kicking and snapping at Bandit. Bandit swings the wolf into the drums that are on stage. The wolf tries to stand up. As soon as he does he sees the large black wolf land on him. Bandit sinks his teeth into the wolf's neck and bites down until the wolf stops breathing.

Igor has already jumped on Kort. Kort looks at Foggy than at Igor. But all he sees is Igor's large black claw coming at his head. He flies into the table. Igor is now standing over him growling. Kort swings at Igor. But Igor catches the wolf's claw in his mouth and rips it off. Kort starts whining and snaps at Igor. Igor claws the wolf's chest before his sharp claws slice Kort's throat.

Spartan and Foggy are on two legs. Foggy tries to bite Spartan neck but howls when Spartan's sharp teeth sink into the right side of his face and tear the entire side off. He spits the flesh on the floor. Blood from Foggy's face is dripping on the floor. Foggy is looking at Spartan and is breathing hard. Spartan lets out a loud growl before he rips the wolf's head off.

After killing the four jerks and shifting back into their human. Reese, Cooper, Irving, and Clayton are sitting at the bar drinking whiskey to celebrate their victory.

"Damn I have to admit it felt good to fight again." Reese chuckles

"Yes, it did. After I retired Shane didn't like me to join in the battles." Cooper is pouring everyone another round of whiskey.

Clayton sips his whiskey. "Nothing like killing some rogues."

Irving chuckles. "Clay old buddy you're right." He looks at Cooper. " As much as I have to admit it was a pleasure to fight beside you."

Cooper nods his head." I'm glad that we were on the same side. After all, we are family now because of our grandkids. Let's try to get alone for their sake if nothing else."

Reese and Clay are looking at Irving waiting for his response.

"Irving holds his glass up in the air. "To family"

"To family" Coop, Clay, and Reese raise their glasses up.