Big Bad Wolfie

"Isaiah, please gently escort these girls, back to their homes," Wolfie finally conceded.

"We know the way," Manda, Tessy's thirteen year old sister, snapped.

We all looked to her.

I sighed, "Manda please. Go. Stay safe. Take care of your little sister. I'll handle all of this."

She looked at me, wariness in her eyes.

  Manda's not the type to be wary or worry. She's tough and doesn't like people seeing her as anything but. Which is why even her small expression of uncertainty is saddening.

"I promise. Your parents will be back soon, and everything will be alright."

I didn't coo it to her. She's not the kind to buy that. Her little sister, who I'm still holding close to my side, eats it up, but her? No. I looked her in the eyes and promised her, and thankfully, I could tell it made her feel a little better.

She sighed, "c'mon Tess," she glared at the wolves while taking her sister's hand and going in the direction of their home with her nose up.

I smirked, you go girl.

Isaiah only followed behind them, glaring at their backs. The other guards that were chasing Manda, dispersed and wandered off. Off to find some other little girls to hunt down, I'd assume.

•••Jason's POV•••

I watched Isaiah trail behind the young girls.

I shook my head silently, but made sure Maria was still turned the other way while I did.

This isn't what I wanted.

  I don't like hurting people. Especially not kids.

Especially not my mate.

  I hate that there are little girls being chased around by. . . By "monsters".

  And. . . And I hate how close Isaiah just got to Maria. He got too close to her, right? I'm not just being unreasonable, right? When he was in wolf form, he was growling way too threateningly, right? And then I put a stop to it — like the knight in shining armor that I am, well. . . That I am most of the time — right? But then in human form he got even closer. Way. Way too close. . . . . . . . . . .

  Breathe.

  Am I right?

But she can't know that.

  She has to see me as the ruthless leader that I truly am willing to be, to keep all the power.

  'You sound like you're trying to convince yourself,' Malaki budded in.

  'Did anyone ask you?' I snapped back.

  'Chill man, and don't worry, when you lose your will to keep control because of our breathtaking mate — like I know you will — I'll be there to snap you back into it.'

  'You're alright with our mate hating us for all eternity?' I sent an image of me raising my brow to the back of mind, where he resides. 'And never actually mating with us?'

  'Oh please, she'll give up and come crawling to us in due time.'

  '. . . I don't know Ki. I've heard things —'

  'Forget about all that. Besides I've got a plan.' A picture of his wolf grin flashed in front of my eyes. 'It's for the next time we get her alone in her room.'

  'Wait, you're not gonna —'

  'Don't be stupid, of course I'm not gonna mate with her.'

  I let out a small sigh of relief.

  'Not unless she says please.'

  'Ki!'

  'What?!'

  'I can't even with you.'

  . . . Oh goddess, please get that image out of my head. I'll lose my mind.

  'No, keep it there as long as possible.'

  'Malaki!'

  'What?!'

  'Stop being such a creep!'

  'She's our mate, and don't pretend you don't like it just as much.'

  'I know, but you don't have to say it out loud. I half mumbled in my head, checking around us for any eavesdroppers.'

  'I didn't! I'm in your head! And stop looking around, no one can here us.'

  'Y'know what, just shut up and go to sleep.'

And he actually listened to me.

For once.

  Which is. . . Weird,

  Why did he

succeed in catching Maria

What the heck?!

  She fainted?!

down she went.

'You were

well we're lucky I noticed, or else you

turned to the more pressing

I don't mind, but the first, I

  Now.

quickly. A woman I half recognize from the momentary introductions, came running out her door and

shouted, eyes wide,

I understand

Malaki cleared his

mean, no I don't. I've never been

forehead and cheeks, and I did the

  She's freezing.

  REALLY, freezing.

She's always

But now she's

let a growl rip out of him at the

at me, her

get the doctor," she

we both let it slide

  "Where is he?"

corrected. "And where

  Breathe.

Don't

I turn to Zach and nudge my

off running and soon, I'm doing the same toward the master house. I don't have time to think about what happens to the lady behind me, but I hear her yell something before I slam the front door shut with the hand that's

Rose and Brandon with you!" She yelled to Zach, "you're gonna

he even did. All I can seem to think

multitask, but all my attention is on her. I can't seem to tear my eyes away from her lid covered ones that I can see Jolt and dart in different directions, even

on my bed. I don't know why I brought

started pacing the floor, but before I knew it, Zach's voice filled the mind link, "where are you

  "My room,"

"On

Ki growled through

  "Yes alpha."

shook my head, what did I do to deserve such a

you got lucky," I heard through the

  "You weren't supposed to

heard him chuckle, then it gradually faded away. He left

Not five seconds later, he came running into the room, Maria's friends, and who I assume to be the

  The doctor is a middle aged looking woman with light brown hair tied up in a messy bun

and other bodily functions are supposed to start depleting. Well, not for us, so this 'middle aged' woman

  Yeah. Old.

do to my girl?" The doctor glared at me, rushing to Maria's side and checking her vitals and temperature and everything. She somehow didn't look stressed or panicked. She just had a

  She worked on Maria with the expertise only someone with centuries of

But Malaki and I were still

We scowled at her, "what

everyone's girl. You've pissed a lot of people off by coming here and messing with her," she shook her head, directing her attention back to

  Malaki growled

wrong

  She looked at me, "She's starving. Not to mention exhausted. Skipped last month's feeding, and only the moon knows when the last time that child

"You told all that by feeling her temperature and pulse?" Zach raised a

just thinks she's slick skipping

"And Doc, we're convinced she didn't even have a full portion the month before either," one

"Jeez, what is wrong

months and she refuses to let anyone else skip a feeding.

Oh no. . . That's why she's in this

  Malaki stirred.

stared me down. "And on our last round we found someone had been

There was a pause. A sliver of tension

"It's been going on for the past few months," she finished, her

. .

  The doctor took a deep breath, presumably trying to restrain herself. Maria's friends on the other hand, are making

opened my mouth, but

. are so lucky Mari is an angel on earth, and it's not what she would want, because if that wasn't the case, I would rip you to

us like how

matching marks on his and Rose's necks, along with their scents — they must be mates

  Just a little

  "Yeah," Rose voiced, "And then, when he was done, it would be my turn," she glares right through my entire

  "Then mine," the doctor threw over her shoulder

  Jeez, these vampires are

dangerous, a subconscious, more logical part of my mind thought. It definitely wasn't Malaki. It was me, the part of

blah blah blah medical stuff." The

took off, followed by

started to get impatient, "Well then, what do we do?" I

doctor took a whiff of the air. She rose an eyebrow and scrutinized me. "0 positive

second to figure out what she was talking about, but once I

to me. A small conflict going on in her brain, it