Running in Fear: Abandoned (3 page)

“We'll work with you. We have lots to talk about, but she needs to be cleaned and we have guests waiting. Lunch will be served in a half hour, so get her cleaned up, and meet us in the living room,” Dane said, Remi nodded his approval.

Mark carried her up a back stairway she didn't know existed. He entered their room and walked straight to the bathroom. He lowered her to the bathroom counter and sat her down on it.

“I'm sorry I can't let you take a shower, Jaycee, but I can wash your hair and body if you'll let me.”

She smiled and cupped his face. “That would be fine.” He helped her off the counter and she kneeled next to the tub.

He pulled the attachment out, setting the water temperature. Jaycee stuck her head over the tub and he washed her head and neck. He grabbed a towel, drying her hair.

“Hope back on the counter. I'll wipe the rest of you down so you won't be sticky.” Mark grabbed a clean washcloth and proceeded to clean her body. He paid more attention to her pussy. He brought her to two more orgasms before he was done. Grinning like a fool, he carried her into the bedroom so she could get clean clothes.

Jaycee walked to the closet and grabbed a skirt and blouse. If she was going to be fucked every time she turned around, she might as well be ready. She came out, buttoning her blouse. Mark had a fresh pair of jeans on along with a jean shirt. She walked into his open arms and hugged him tight.

“I'm really sorry, Mark. I didn't know.” Jaycee kissed his chest and looked up into his face. He cupped her face and kissed her softly.

“It's over, baby. Let's go eat lunch. You haven't eaten all day.” Mark pulled her out of the room and down the stairs. Dane and Remi met them at the bottom of the stairs and smiled at her. Remi pulled her into his arms and hugged her.

“We're proud of you, Jaycee,” Remi stated. He and Dane walked her towards the pack dining room. Mark followed behind her and grabbed her ass. She squealed and jumped.

“Mark, cool it.” She laughed as he swatted it again.

“I can touch you anywhere I want, baby.” Mark gave her an evil grin. They walked into the room and it was packed.

She hadn't realized so many people would be there. Jaycee slowed her pace and looked around. The men were huge and the women beautiful. Where she stood five feet and four inches in her bare feet, these women stood tall and skinny. Jaycee had a tire around her waist and her breasts were too big. She looked down at her body, then at one woman who stared at Remi. She was a goddess, so perfect. Jaycee watched her slowly move up to his side and rub her body against him.

“I've missed you, Remi,” she purred and ignored everyone around her. Jaycee snarled and glared at her. The woman stepped back and looked her up and down. She laughed and shook her long blond hair.

“Please tell me this isn't your mate.” She laughed.

Mark stepped up to her from behind and held her around the waist.

“Remi, I don't need to deal with this bitch. Please get her out of my face, or I will rearrange it.” Jaycee stomped away from them. Shelly waved and she headed towards her. Two males stepped in front of her. Both of them growled and checked her out. Jaycee rolled her eyes, put her hands on her hips, and glared at them. She was just about to say something when Remi and Dane grabbed her from behind and gently pulled her behind them.

“Do you have a problem with our mate?” Remi demanded. The two males lowered their heads slowly and backed away.

Jaycee sighed and tried to push on towards Shelly, but her mates held her and ran their hands over her body. Dane's hands slipped under her blouse while Remi's slipped under her skirt.

“We're going to have to keep you close. You're just too hot.” Dane frowned and bit his mark again while he pinched her nipples. Remi's fingers pushed into her pussy.

Jaycee tried to push them away from her. Everyone watched.

“Dane, everyone is watching!” Jaycee pleaded while he held her still and played.

“We want them to watch, to see that you're our mate and that we're yours,” Remi said. Mark lowered himself to his knees next to them and pushed his fingers into her ass. They sent her body into another orgasm.

Jaycee couldn't believe this. If they kept this up all day, she wasn't going to be able to walk for the next week. They slowly pulled their hands away and held her up. She gathered her wits and her face burned with embarrassment. She shoved her face into Remi's chest and tried to hide. He laughed and picked her up, then carried her to their table.

“There's nothing to be ashamed of, baby. Wolves are very territorial, and we often show affection in groups. Even though no one will be touching your body except us, of course. Unless they have a death wish.” Remi looked over at the packs and placed her down in her seat.

Shelly was three seats down. She grinned at her, but Jaycee noticed Shelly's mate was still angry at her. His gaze would have shot daggers at her from his seat if he could have. He pulled Shelly into his arms so she couldn't say a word, but not before Jaycee noticed a faint bruise on her cheek. It had been covered with makeup. Shelly avoid his eyes and looked down into her lap.

A twitch started in Jaycee's eye, claws sprang out of her hands, and she got up. She stomped over to Shelly. She grabbed her arm and tried to pull her away from her mate, but he held fast, growling.

Jaycee snapped, and her beast growled right back. She knew something wasn't right. She could smell it.

“Release her now! Shelly, let's go. I want to see you in the restroom now. I don't want to make a scene, but I will,” Jaycee ordered.

Shelly's so-called mate stood, growled but Jaycee didn't back down. Her beast broke free, she shifted, and her clothes torn to shreds again.

“Jaycee, release Shelly and back down, now!” Remi ordered.

Shelly's mate shifted into his beast. She was terrified to face this beast, but she wouldn't back down. Her friend needed her.

“Shelly needs to come with me now. I'll back down as soon as he lets her go!” Jaycee demanded, but Remi picked her fingers off Shelly's arm and pushed her back against the wall, cornering her.

Jaycee kept her eyes on Shelly to make sure she didn't leave, but Remi grabbed her face, making her look at him.

“What the hell is wrong with you? You can't confront a mate. He would rip you apart,” Remi demanded. Dane stood next to them.

“I am going to ask this nicely and for you to trust me on this. Please, I need Shelly now in the bathroom. I have to make sure of something before I say anything.” Jaycee waited, but watched out of the corner of her eye.

Shelly's mate squeezed her arm hard. Shelly cringed and that was all it took. Jaycee jumped out of Remi's arms and attacked. Shelly's mate pushed away from Shelly. Jaycee sent her claws across his face and he stumbled back.

Everyone just stared at her like she was nuts, but she didn't back down as Shelly's mate came at her. Her mates just stood there and watched. Adam growled, facing her. His claws swung out and scratched her arm, but she jumped back so his attack didn't do the damage it was meant to. She knocked over the table.

“You drew first blood, alpha. Your mates can't help you now. I knew you were a bitch, but this goes too far. You'll learn not to interfere in my business,” Adam snapped and jumped, trying to pin her down, but she moved too fast and jumped out of the way.

“Actually, I didn't draw first blood.
You
did when you hurt my sister,” Jaycee yelled, and her right claw swiped at his stomach.

Her mates growled in the background, a little too late.

“You lie!” Adam said, and tried to jump on her again, but Dane stepped in and grabbed him around the throat. His beast stared up at Adam as he held him in the air.

Dane shook him in the air. “Did you hurt my sister?” he demanded.

Jaycee ran to Shelly, who sat there with tears in her eyes.

“It's okay, Shelly. He won't hurt you again. I know the signs. I saw and smelled the makeup,” Jaycee said, taking a napkin and wet it. She started to remove the makeup. Sure enough, the whole side of Shelly's face was black and blue. Jaycee continued to clean Shelly's face.

Mark and Dane threw Adam towards the outside door. They stalked him. Shelly's mom came over. Tears fell down her face.

“Shelly, why didn't you tell us?” she asked and knelt down near her daughter.

“She was afraid and ashamed,” Jaycee answered.

Shelly looked up into her eyes and nodded. “I know, Shelly,” Jaycee said. “I'm still that way sometimes, when I think back. I keep telling myself there could have been a way to get away, but it wasn't the case.” Jaycee sighed and grabbed Shelly's hand. “Listen to me. I know what I'm talking about here. No man has the right to ever touch you like that and he won't again. I don't think he was your true mate. No true mate would hurt you like that. If you need to talk, you know where I'm at,” Jaycee said.

She got up, turning to go back to her home. Remi stopped her and pulled her into his arms.

“You're hurt.” He frowned, but Jaycee didn't listen. She pushed out of his arms and stomped towards their home. She needed to get new clothes before she shifted back. Jaycee turned into her wolf form and ran for her bedroom. Tears ran down her muzzle.

It all brought so many memories back, and her mates hadn't even asked, or trusted her judgment again. Jaycee shifted back to her human form and walked into her closet. She grabbed another skirt and sweater, and all three of her mates came into their bedroom.

“Jaycee, don't bother getting dressed. Come here now!” Dane demanded.

Jaycee rolled her eyes and grabbed her clothes. She brought them out with her as she watched her mates. Blood ran down her arm, but it didn't even faze her.

“Sit down on the bed so we can take care of that arm.” Mark snapped and went into the bathroom. He grabbed the first-aid kit. Jaycee sat on the bed. Dane paced back and forth.

“What were you thinking, confronting him? He could have killed you! Why didn't you tell us? We would have taking care of it?” Dane demanded.

Mark cleaned and wrapped her arm.

“If you recall, when Remi pulled me aside, I did tell you to trust me. To get Shelly away from him, but did you listen to me? No! So don't go and blame this on me,” Jaycee yelled. She wasn't going to back down this time.

“You said to trust you, and I did. I asked you, but did you trust me? No, again you didn't trust my judgment,” Jaycee said and pulled on her skirt and blouse. All her mates faced her and stared at her.

“What are you doing? I told you not to get dressed.” Dane demanded. He jumped to her and pushed her back on the bed. He proceeded to take her clothes back off.

“Let me go, Dane. I'm not in the mood right now to fuck you,” Jaycee screamed.

He held her down and stared into her face. “We could have lost you. We need you, Jaycee,” “Well, I needed you, and look at what it got me. Again the pack won't trust me, because you didn't, not one of you did. You say to trust you, but do you trust me?” Jaycee sneered and pushed him off her body. She stood grabbing her clothes. She turned to look at all three of them.

“I am going for a run. I need to get some air. If you want to have some guards follow me then do it, but leave me alone, until you can face the fact you screwed up, not me!” Jaycee yelled and shifted to her wolf form. She ran for the stairs. A guard at the door looked at her, then up the stairs at her mates, but she didn't care. Using her powers, Jaycee threw open the door and ran. Anger boiled over each step she took.

Jaycee knew her mates followed from afar, letting her run. They wouldn't trust anyone with her life, she knew that, but they wouldn't trust her when it came to the pack business. This just pushed her harder. She ran, not paying attention to where she was going when Remi ran in front of her and blocked her before she could run off the cliff.

Jaycee lay down, panting. Her mates surrounded her, lying next to her. They licked her fur, nudged her with their noses, and tried to push her up. They whined at her to return home.

Jaycee slowly got up and turned towards their home. She didn't know what to think

anymore. Her stomach rumbled.

Jaycee and her mates reached the house. Not saying a word, she ran up the stairs to the bedroom and shifted to her human form. Her mates stayed downstairs. She got dressed and someone knocked on the door. Answering the door, she faced Dane's mom and some other lady she didn't know.

“Jaycee, may we come in? This is Remi's mom, Camille,” Dane's mother said.

Jaycee smiled and stepped back, letting the women enter her room.

“Did my mates by any chance send you up here?” Jaycee closed the door, walked over to a chair by the balcony, and sat.

“No, dear. We thought it was time to explain some things about being an alpha bitch. We know your mother didn't. So we thought maybe we could help,” Camille stated. She smiled at her and grabbed her hand. Jaycee fidgeted a little.

“You have to understand, Remi and Dane will always have to think of the pack first. It was bred in them. If they didn't, our society would fall apart. Now don't get me wrong, they would protect you with their lives, but when it comes to decisions about the pack their word is law,” Camille explained.

“I understand that, but shouldn't they also trust their mate to help? Twice they ignored me, not trusting my judgment. How does that look in front of the two packs? How am I supposed to do my duties as alpha bitch if every time I turn around they ignore my wishes?” Jaycee slipped her hand out of Camille's. Jaycee stood and moved to the balcony door. She stared outside as snowflakes started to fall once again.

“Jaycee, do you really believe they don't trust you? You're new to all of this. They're trying to protect you,” Dane's mother, Grace, said. She came up behind her and hugged her. Jaycee leaned back into her arms.

“I know they're trying to protect me, but at some point they have to trust me. Like with this thing that happened with Shelly. I tried to tell them but they ignored me. Was I supposed to ignore it, and let him continue to hurt her?” Jaycee turned and stared at Grace.

“Of course not. You did the right thing, protecting a member of your pack and family. But you must also see their point of view, dear. They thought you were just mad at him because of what he said to you the other day,” Grace explained.