I couldn't help the shock that passed through me at Jimin's words. They were so at odds with how I had been raised. No one had ever told me that I had control over my own body.
I took a deep breath as I turned back around leaning back against Jimin's chest. "What you witnessed earlier, the violence, it's pretty common in my pack...my former pack. They don't believe that a female's body is her own. Once she's mated it belongs to her mate and before then it's pretty much up for grabs."
I felt Jimin's entire body stiffen behind me as he loosed a deep growl. "They...did they force you? I'll kill them, I'll go right now, I'll kill them all."
"No, no they didn't. I left before I could be forced to. So because of that, I was kicked out of my pack. That's why I was in that clearing when they found me."
Jimin's body relaxed once more as he buried his face in the crook of my neck inhaling my scent, calming the wolf within him. My whole body tingled as his lips brushed my skin. "No one is going to hurt you ever again. I'm here now and that's not how we treat our females here. As the Beta of this pack and more importantly as your mate it's my job to take care of you, protect you, and do everything in my power to make sure that you're happy."
I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face at Jimin's words. My whole life I had hoped and longed for a mate who would treat me as his equal, not as his slave. And apparently, in Jimin, that's exactly what I had gotten.
