"It's nice to meet you Jax."

He buries his face into the crook of my neck and sniffs. "You're so beautiful Maya." Jax rubs his cheek against mine and places light kisses against my skin. "Can I meet your wolf?"

"Yes you can but can I talk to you before I pull her out?"

He nods and kisses my collarbone. I already have like 3 hickeys, good Goddess. "Of course my mate."

Though wolves can see everything through their human's eyes it is like a whole new experience to them. To him he's smelling me for the first time, to Jax he's touching me and kissing me for the first time. And my wolf is going absolutely crazy, she wants to meet him so bad. "I want to tell you the reason why we're waiting for you to mark me." Jax pulls away from me and looks devastated, "Jax I'm not rejecting you." I grasp his hands and inch closer to him. "I have a lot of information to tell you and Josh and in case you don't want the baggage I come with I don't want you to be stuck with me." I barely make out that last part, my entire stomach churns at the idea of Josh rejecting us.

He growls and steps closer to me, "We will never reject mate. I love mate." He rubs his face all over mine and on the junction of my shoulder and neck while I'm frozen. That's a big word. "Love mate." Oh there it is again except this time it is in a whisper. I guess that makes sense wolves love their mates before they've even met them.

"Do you want me to pull out Amber?" I question in effort to change the subject, he smiles like a giddy child and says 'yes'. "Please refrain from marking me for this week okay?" Though he's obviously upset about it, he agrees. I give him a small kiss on the cheek and step back.

'Alright Amber, come out to play. You have control. DO NOT DO ANYTHING STUPID.'

'When have I ever done something stupid?'

'When you took down a bear… alone."

And after getting the last word in I surrender control to her. It's like I'm in the backseat and she's driving the car. I can see and hear everything but until she offers me my conscious state back I have no control over what she does. "Jax?"

"Amber?" He asks with a smile. "Such a beautiful name. You're so gorgeous. Even when you take control your eyes are bright blue." Jax is absolutely mesmerized, I can't wait to see his reaction when he sees her fur.

She shyly looks at the ground, I've never seen her act this way before. She's always a confident female whenever we're in wolf form. I guess as a human we are physically weaker, maybe that means for her emotional state as well. "Thank you. It's a family trait." He cups her face and rubs their noses together. "Thank you for waiting to mark us."

"Anything for you. Just stay away from males." Both Amber and I laugh, "I can't wait to see your fur. I bet it's stunning."

Such a charmer. "I'd shift but we're not fully healed."

Amber drops her head and no matter how much I try to convince her to be confident and proud she won't. She's scared and ashamed, "You don't need to be embarrassed. Thank you for protecting us and though you shouldn't have, thanks for punching Eric. But we won't ever let you do that again."

Amber blushes and glances up at him, "Those two actions were not because of me. Maya reacted before I could, though she thinks otherwise." My lips part from the certain revelation, I didn't even know that and I'm sure Josh is eating this up. "Punching Katie was all me."

'Give me back control.'

'No.'

I gape and watch Jax's eyes shift from amber to their normal brown. Josh is back in control but I'm not sure if Amber is aware of that. "So Maya herself did that not the mate pull?"

Oh Goddess. 'Lie Amber, lie your ass off.'

'No! It's the truth, he should know you care about him. And not just assume.'

'He knows!'

"Yes, our human side is developing strong feelings for Josh." Ugh, she doesn't know she's talking to Josh! "I'm about to give her control back, but please know that we aren't rejecting you. In fact we both are hoping the opposite, but we want you to have a choice whenever we tell you the truth."

He cocks his head to the side and cups our face, "We won't leave you. Ever."

"We truly hope not." And with the finality of her words she gives me back control. Goddess I'm terrified to even look at him.

"Maya?"

I hesitate to look up at my mate, but I do and give him a sheepish smile, "Yes it's me. I know you regained control during the last bit of our conversation you sneaky male."

He clasps my hands in his and walks backwards towards the bed, "My wolf is the happiest he's ever been." Josh whispers while slowly removing my leather jacket. "Do you have blue eyes even when you shift into a wolf?"

I nod my head and let the jacket fall to the floor, "It's weird because they'll turn that golden color when I'm fighting for control. But any other time they're blue."

He begins to unbutton my sleeveless maroon top, his eyes flicker to mine for a few seconds seeking approval and when I don't say anything he takes that as a yes. "Don't worry Maya I won't do anything tonight, I just want to lie with you." His eyes remain locked on mine as my shirt pools on the floor. "I can't believe how lucky I am baby girl." With that his eyes trail down my frame. They linger slightly at my bare chest since I can't wear a bra yet and a small growl rumbles through his chest. His arousal is immediately replaced when he sees the scar running down the center of my stomach. Josh grips my hips and pulls me in between his legs as his lips trail down the scar.

A sharp intake of breath earns me a satisfied growl, "How'd you get this one?" He questions breathlessly.

I shudder at the memory and fight back the tears, those seem to be reappearing more often than not. "I um, I had just shifted and fell asleep in the woods. I didn't have his dinner ready on time."

He growls and grips me even tighter, "I'll kill him Maya. As soon as I find out who it is, I will rip his throat out and enjoy every second of it." I'm unsure if I should say 'thanks but I have it covered' or just say 'thanks' or ignore it.

Lucky for me he continues to kiss at different areas on my torso. "W-what are you doing?"

"Kissing your scars to make them feel better." 20 minutes later, he's done. 20 minutes of pure ecstasy good Goddess. I knew I had a lot of scars but it wasn't until I glanced down that I realized what it was that he was doing. He eyes my body with a satisfied smile, "I got tired of seeing scars." He sighs filled with content and joy. "So I covered them with love bites."

It's true, my entire torso is coated with hickeys. "My body is so focused on my back, these aren't going to go away for days." He frowns and cocks his head to the side like a confused pup, he's too cute for his own good. "Don't take that the wrong way." Possessive male. This is just another way for him to stake his claim.

"I will leave as many hickeys on your body as I want." He snaps and saunters towards his bathroom, "Once your back is healed, we'll just start from scratch." Not that I mind that in the slightest, that was the most intimate moment I've ever had. "Speaking of your back." He holds up a container of cream that Riley's been using on my back. "It's time to lather you up gorgeous." I lie on my stomach and grip the sheets, the medicine has a numbing solution but the initial touch will hurt. "I'll be as gentle as I can."

And he was. He worked around the scars first and waited for the numbing to take effect so I wouldn't feel anything. Big bad Alpha Josh is the sweetest man I've ever met and he's an Alpha. Arrogant? Yes. Stubborn? Yes. But this right here cancels all of that out. His touch, his scent enveloping me since I was in his bed and the pure bliss I was feeling made it more than easy to fall asleep.

So I did.

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The bright sun rays peeking in through the curtains awakens me and effectively burns my retinas at the same time. I'm still lying on my stomach, I'm still not wearing a shirt and my arm is draped across a hard surface, oh that hard surface is abs… yummy. I look up and see a very handsome Alpha. It is a good morning, I quip to myself and stifle my snicker. His plump lips are slightly parted as he steadily inhales and exhales, I'm so close and notice the freckles running across his nose. They're so faint, I'm surprised I could even see them. His long, dark lashes rest against his prominent cheekbones. I raise my arm and run the pads of my fingers against his jawline.

I don't really know what I'm doing, but it feels right. I slowly retreat my finger lower and rest it against his muscular chest. I draw small, random patterns across his chest and lament. I love the way it feels when we touch, and I love waking up to him. I stop tracing patterns on his skin when I realize I didn't have a nightmare. "I didn't ask you to stop." Oh, his morning voice. And I didn't think he could get more attractive. "Good morning baby girl."

I hum in happiness and inch as close as I can as to not move onto my back, "Good morning Alpha Josh." His growl of approval is all I need to know.

He likes it.

Males love it when their female acknowledges their power. When I used to call him 'Alpha' it was in a sarcastic degrading way that's why he hated it so much. "We have school." I mumble with a huff.

"No we don't. We can just lay here all day, I don't ever want to leave here." And then I think of how great it will be whenever I can move freely. When he can hold my waist and pull me into his chest… just a few more days. "How are you feeling?"

I'm assuming he's referencing my back and I grin, "Better actually. Not too sore, take a look?"

He nods and glances at my back with a goofy grin, "It looks so much better baby girl. Soon Amber and Jax can go on a run."

'Mate loves us! Mate loves us!'

'He didn't say love. He wants to make us happy, which includes you as well.'

I cut her off and roll out of bed, "If you weren't injured Maya I'd pull you right back into my arms."

"Well good thing I'm not a hundred percent. We have school in-"I glance at the clock and sulk, "20 minutes. So lucky for you my hair is going up, I don't have time to shower." He claps his hands and after applying another coat of the cream on my back he jumps in the shower. But only after whining the entire time how I should join him.

One day.

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School is interesting to say the least. As soon as I step inside, a few of the females regard me with glares from the love bites on my skin and Josh's arm around my shoulder protectively… or possessively. Some look at me with approval. Males look at us with the upmost respect, they see a strong powerful couple. This is my second day back and the looks all remain the same, Katie keeps her distance but always has an eye on my mate as if she can really change anything that's happening.

Did she think I'd get my hand slapped and back off of him? She truly doesn't understand the mate bond, hell I don't even understand it and I'm going through it. "How're you feeling peaches?"

"Better. A lot better, still slightly tight on the 2 deepest ones but other than that I have free roam." I grin and shut my locker. Josh and Lucas both were having a small conversation with Farkle several yards away and seeing as I don't care I loop my arm through my best friend and stalk towards the cafeteria. I wonder where Zay is at.

My wolf has a very strong instinct. She knows when something is off, like she did with the 'Sepiente Wolves'. So I've learned to trust her wholeheartedly when she says, 'something's off. Do you smell that?'

I sniff the air and smell, Goddess what is that? It smells familiar. 'Rogue!'

As of right now Riley and I were the only 2 rogues in the school which was no surprise considering that the Twilight pack is so strict when it comes to rogues. You're captured, killed or ran off the land. I was lucky and didn't make myself known. So hearing from my wolf that there is another rogue around, makes me a little antsy. I casually grip Riley's arm tighter and look around me. When I notice some dark tight curls heading this direction I tense and throw her behind me. "Vanessa?"

She freezes mid-step and growls at me, "Maya?"

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Vanessa isn't necessarily bad… but we've had several run in's and none of them ended well. For her. I seriously think she fights me just to see if she's improving. The first time she tried to steal my deer I killed, and that's a big no-no you don't do that shit. The second time she eyed me for too long, but she knew what she was doing. The third time was about a week before school started and while I was on a run she tackled me while I was lapping up some water. Sneaky is what she is. "School." She snaps and saunters toward me, "You going here will make things much more entertaining."

I chuckle lowly and clench my fists, "How did the other 3 times work out for you?"

Her amused expression turns to a scowl instantly when Josh is in front of me protectively. "Stay. Away. From my mate!" He growls and a pool of heat collects in my core. That shouldn't be a turn on.

"Oh your mate and I go way back." She quips, "Don't we Maya? Seems as if you've scooped yourself up a mate. And an Alpha no less, congratulations. I was wondering when someone would pull that stick out of your ass."

I growl and try to move around Josh, but he's not going to let that happen. Not after last time, "You were asking for it. And you started it last time." She elongates her canines and growls, almost playfully. See what I mean she isn't necessarily 'evil' but she's annoying as hell. "Put them away, you are 0 for 3 don't embarrass yourself."

Josh growls and pulls me into his chest. There is a lot of effing growling, "If you so much as touch her I will tear you apart."

"MATE!"

I found Zay! Vanessa is in his arms within seconds and she's frozen in her spot. Why does the Moon Goddess like to play these fun little mind games? Hey Maya here's an Alpha mate, oh and his third's mate is going to be a woman who finds any excuse and moment to attack you. This should be fun, "Don't trust her." I whisper to Josh, "She's devious."

He cocks his head to the side and observes their moment before turning back towards me. "Are you saying they aren't real mates?"

I shake my head, "No. I didn't say that. I'm saying she randomly attacks people she sees as a challenge." I glance at Lucas and he nods to let me know he heard. I turn back towards Vanessa and scowl, "I'm happy for you two." I state honestly, Zay is beaming and keeps staring at her. Vanessa looks at me with a wolfy grin. "If you so much as look at anyone the wrong way I will drag you across the territory lines and end our ongoing battle." Zay scowls at me but I wave him off, "I'm serious. I'm not in the mood for your petty games."

"But they're so much fun."

I adjust my leather jacket and glance at Zay who has a curious glint in his eye. "Do you know each other?"

I smirk and stare at his mate who is staring at me, "We've had a few run-in's as rogues. She instigates a fight, I put her in her place but don't kill her out of the kindness of my heart, and I'm warning her Zay. Law doesn't say that two rogues can't fight, so keep her on a tight leash."

"I'M NOT A PUP!"

I step closer and get pulled back by Josh, ugh he's ruining the intimidation. "Then quit acting like one. You can't go around starting fights just because you think it's a good time. And I'm not going to tell you again to put your damn canines away." While she and I work through some issues Josh and Zay are having a 'moment'. Zay started to growl at me, so Josh is growling at him… there's so much growling this morning. "Vanessa, put them away." I warn again.

Her canines snap back up and she regains control of her wolf. "Seems as if you've come into your Luna status."

"I'm not a Luna."

"Not yet." Josh coos proudly and kisses my cheek.

I roll my eyes playfully and glance at Zay, I give him an apologetic smile and he nods before wrapping his arms around Vanessa again. "Peaches?" I turn to face Riley who is peeking out around Lucas. I truly believe Lucas loves the fact he has to protect her. Riley can fight, but she's a healer not a killer and I won't ever let her live with a kill on her conscious.

"It's all good Riles. Just stay clear of her." I gesture towards Vanessa, "If she comes near you let me know."

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"Just move in with me." Josh whispers against my lips before connecting them for a passionate kiss. We seriously kiss non-stop and I am more than okay with that. Each kiss has a spark and overwhelms me entirely. He brushes his tongue against my lips and I part them so he can explore the caverns of my mouth.

I've stayed here the past two nights and been nightmare free, the only thing I can attribute to that sudden change is my mate sleeping beside me. His hands graze my thighs as they slowly glide underneath his tee shirt I was forced to wear. Yes forced, he hid my clothes so I had to wear his. Apparently he loves me in it, plus it's covered in his scent. Possessive. "Please Maya I want you so bad." He nips at my neck playfully and places light butterfly kisses across my shoulder. "I can't sleep without you now. I can get a few pack members to gather your stuff and this room can be our room." He intertwines our fingers while we gaze into one another's eyes.

"Let's wait until this week is up in case you decide to-"

"I will not reject you!" He snaps and rubs his eyes, "Sorry." It's evident he doesn't say that a lot.

"Don't be sorry it doesn't bother me." I shrug casually and remove his hand from his face, "it's just a lot of baggage."

He smiles and kisses me softly on my lips, "Then we'll work through it together."

A high pitched voice rings throughout the pack house. One that sends me into a panic and Josh into a fright. "WHERE IS MY FUTURE DAUGHTER IN LAW!?"

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