HAVEN
Jensen groaned as his eyes fluttered open wondering why his head hurt. Realizing he was in his truck everything came rushing back to him.
"Arandi." He murmured and fought to get his seatbelt loose. He got of his truck and everything tilted for a few seconds before he made it to the other side of the truck. Relief filled him when he saw that Arandi had managed to jump out of the way of being crushed but still lay unconscious close to the front of his truck.
He kneeled besides her tapping her face until she stirred. "Hey Arandi it's Jensen are you alright?"
"Yeah, yeah just got the wind knocked out of me." She said sitting up slowly.
"I can get you to the hospital if you need me too." He said helping her stand.
"No, no." She said hurriedly suddenly remembering why she was out is such weather in the first place. "I need to go." She tried to pull away from Jensen but felt dizzy.
"Jared told me what happened let me give you a ride out of town; I'm heading out of here myself." He offered.
Arandi looked unsure but seeing a car coming she nodded and hurried to get into the truck with her bags.
Jensen checked the damage on his truck but it was nothing he couldn't fix later. Climbing in the truck he pulled back onto the road and headed out of town.
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Jensen kept glancing at Arandi to make sure that she was alright. She stared out the window worrying her thumb nail and suddenly stiffened up.
"Pull over please." She managed and was throwing up the instant he did as she opened the door.
Jensen sighed, reaching for a bottle of water from his back seat and waited for it to pass, his hand out in case he needed to keep her from falling out.
Once she sat back he handed her the water and she took it rinsing her mouth and then drinking some.
"Arandi look I know that you need to get away from Hunter trust me I'm all for that but you shouldn't be alone right now. I'm going to my family's cabin come with me."
"I can't, I shouldn't."
"Listen it's going to snow hard for days and if you're stuck in some hotel it will make it easier for you to be found. No one will think of looking for you at the cabin. I know I kissed you and all but it was innocent just wanted to see how it felt to kiss someone else and all I want to do is help you." He said sincerely.
Arandi thought of her options and she really didn't want to be alone and right now she felt pretty crappy.
"Ok I'll go with you." She caved.
Jensen smiled and got back on the road.
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They finally reached the cabin a couple of hours later and Jensen parked his truck in the barn off to the side. They grabbed their things and headed toward the cabin.
Jensen unlocked the door and they walked into a nice warm living room a fire going in the fireplace.
"Someone else is here?" Arandi asked nervously.
"No we have people that tend to the cabin for us when we don't use it and they knew I was coming." Jensen said adding a couple of logs to the fire. "Here let me show you your room." He led her down the hall to a room and turned on the light for her. "There you go get settled in and I'm going to warm up the food they made for me and you join me when you're ready." He smiled sweetly.
Arandi smiled back and blushed when her stomach grumbled loudly.
Jensen laughed. "I second that." He left her to her privacy and headed to the kitchen. His mouth watered seeing the lasagna waiting to be warmed with fresh garlic bread and a tossed salad.
He was just pulling the lasagna out of the oven when Arandi walked in freshly showered in light blue warm ups.
"Anything I can do to help?" She asked.
"Grab what you want to drink we have everything." He said as he made their plates.
"Wow that smells wonderful." She said.
"Wait until you taste it."
He took the food out close to the fire and they sat on the floor using the coffee table.
They ate talking about the food and the cabin, both of them pretty much avoiding the subject of why they were willing to be trapped in a cabin rather than home.
They grew quiet until Jensen huffed. "Wow now I know what they mean by the elephant in the room."
"You came here to relax you shouldn't have to be dealing with me and my issues." Arandi rushed.
"I came here to escape just like you Arandi." He told her everything that had happened.
"You never loved her?" Arandi asked.
"No I really never did I just since I've never been in love I couldn't tell I guess until I started hating being around her then I knew it couldn't be love."
"As an unmated alpha she can so easily trap you."
"That's what scared me." Jensen sighed. "And you could accidently trap Hunter."
"Hunter just wants to have a slave at home so that he can ass around." She bit out bitterly.
"I can't believe he can't see how lucky he is." Jensen said softly.
Arandi blushed deep. "Yeah so lucky." She got up grabbing the dirty dishes and heading to the kitchen.
"You don't have to do that." Jensen said as he followed her.
"I'm not going to be a moocher." She said with a smile. '"I intend to earn my keep."
"Well in that case scrub the floor with a toothbrush Cinderella." Jensen laughed.
"Sorry I left both glass slippers at home and I don't like mice."
Jensen looked at her seriously. "We're going to get through this one way or another; I won't let Hunter hurt you." He said brushing a stray hair behind her ear.
"You barely know me Jensen." She whispered.
"I know enough to know that you don't deserve to be bonded to that ass wipe." He growled.
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The next three days went by with relative ease and they got along great. The snow was high outside while they were toasty warm inside.
They cooked meals together finding they both had cooking skills. They played games and kept up with the news to see if Arandi had been reported missing.
"My dad won't report me missing it would be too scandalous for him but I know him and Hunter are looking for me." She sighed sadly.
"I hope I'm not being too nosy but how long can you avoid them."
"I don't know I just need a few weeks." She sighed not wanting to talk too much about her heat cycle.
"Well if you're not ready to go back when I do then I can arrange for you to stay here as long as you need. I won't give you up I promise." He smiled genuinely.
"Thank you, you have been wonderful to me." She smiled back feeling a little flustered at the intensity of his green eyes on her, she already knew what his lips felt like and it made hers tingle now.
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It was so hot, too hot and Arandi kicked off the covers breathing heavy.
It was the middle of the night the snow still heavy outside and she shouldn't feel so hot. Maybe she was running a fever, had gotten sick because of the cold.
She turned restlessly on the bed and felt the tight rub of the mattress against her nipples and she gasped. They were so sensitive it hurt.
She sat bolt upright when realization hit her. "It can't be not yet, it's too soon." She muttered to herself.
She knew that it was true though she prayed hard it was just a fluke. Every part of her was on fire and she was fighting the need to rut against something anything, what was the point nothing but an alpha male would satisfy the intense heat burning through her core.
She gasped leaping of the bed to lock her door putting a chair under the knob and buried herself under the covers hoping to hide her scent.
She trembled in need and fear, all she had tried to do was get away to keep this from happening with Hunter and now here she was trapped in a snowed in cabin with another unmated alpha male.
TBC
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