Madison, Julius's rejected mate above

Danny POV

The time wasn't merciful for Madison I think as I sit in front of her in one of the town's diners. I offered her and Trist a meal together, and she accepted. It was very awkward, to say the least. Trist didn't utter a word and was only looking at me very concerned, she was very busy with her plate. To tell the truth, she looks starved and unhealthy. Her hands are shaking when she tries to convince me with a smile that she is alright. When we finished eating, I sent Trist to wait in my car because I needed to have a word with her alone.

"When did you come back?" I ask.

"A couple of weeks ago, it took me some time to find Trist and..."

"How did you find him?"

"I contacted my former best friend; she showed me his photo."

"And you were waiting for him in front of the school waiting for the opportunity," I finish, and she nods.

"Did you ask him for money?"

She actually looks at me, surprised. I want to feel some compassion toward her, but I simply can't. She was gone for so many years and now suddenly she is back and Trist is in need of money so much that he decides to steal.

"You probably think I'm cruel, but I was in need, and he wanted to help me and..."

"Of course he did," I interrupt her again "So you came for what, to use him?"

"I'm his mother, I couldn't stick around because of Julius. He made it clear he didn't want me around my son. "

"And I presume calling even from another part of the country was impossible for ten years," I say. I know I'm harsh with her, but I don't care. Neither of us is important in it.

"How much more do you need?"

She bites her lips and glances at me, and I'm sure she is trying to figure out how much she can actually ask of me.

"5 thousand and I presume I must stay away from my son to get it?" she smirks.

"No, I'll pay you gradually but you will stay close, give me your number. You will keep seeing Trist if he wants to see you and don't tell him about money. You will treat him right and make sure he will not feel that he is only a cow to milk for you."

"You think you know me and have any right to judge?" she spits angrily.

"He cares or he wouldn't try to steal for you, I won't let you hurt him more."

I take her number and leave the diner, but honestly, I wonder why she is back. Money may be the reason but why now, after so many years? I don't know all the details but I doubt Julius would ever make it impossible for her to see her son if she was persistent on it. But if he really did it, I doubt it was because of the cheating. Julius lost his legs, his brother and Luna Thomas died, and she left. The timing is just too good to be a coincidence.

Trist looks at me timidly as I enter the car.

"Can you tell me everything from the beginning?" I ask as gently as I can, I don't want to upset him more.

"She was waiting for me in front of school two weeks ago, at first I didn't know who she was but she told me, and she knew some things about me and Dad so I was sure she wasn't lying."

"Ok, how often do you see her?"

"Every other day, she said she needed money, and I gave her all I had, but she needed more, and as a lone wolf, she said that she had debts she had to pay, so I... I..." I see tears in his eyes, and I wrap my arm around him and pull him to me.

"I will take care of the money problem. Nothing bad will happen to your mother. But no more secrets Trist, we will not tell Julius, at least not yet, but I need you to always text me when and where you are with her, okay?"

He nods, and I start the car. At first, I drive in silence, but soon Trist says:

"I miss you; it was fun when we were sharing the house. Dad misses you too; he has been always angry recently."

"I miss you too, Trist and your father. Your moving out didn't change anything, I'm sorry I was busy with painting and didn't have time for you. But I will fix it, I promise."

"My mother, it was strange to see her finally. Do you think she will stay longer or she will leave soon?"

I glance at him, I know he needs some hope that his mother is here for him, not because of a different agenda.

"I don't know Trist, but I hope she will. I understand that you wanted to help her but stealing was a very bad idea."

"I was too scared to tell dad, and I still am. I once heard someone saying that if he saw her again, he would kill her."

I smile, trying to give him some reassurance.

"Your parents are true mates; even after rejection, your dad can't do it no matter how much he may or may not want it. They may not be bonded anymore but still can't hurt each other."

"Do you know why it happened? Has my dad told you why he forced her to leave, she said that... he had refused to give her another chance. But what she had done in the first place, she had to ask for another chance?" his voice is trembling.

"That is something you should ask your dad, Trist. I know he doesn't talk about your mother, but I think it's because he hasn't wanted to lie to you. You are growing up, I think he waits for you to be mature enough to understand."

As I park in front of Chen's house, I see both him and Julius talking, they invite me for dinner, and I accept more than eagerly. I don't want to go back home to Brandon, especially since I see pure joy in Julius's eyes. Why must everything be that complicated? Why I can't just hold Julius in my arms every night?

Yet the dinner is funny, even though I still feel guilty that I keep another secret from him. How many more will I have to keep?

"How is the situation with the hunter going?" I ask, and both Chen and Julius don't look happy.

"Not going, no trace, but it doesn't mean that he is gone. Nightingale should never be underestimated," says Chen

I gulp as I ask the next question:

"Despite what happened 10 years ago have you ever had any encounters with Nightingales?"

"Not that often since our pack is quite isolated, so hunters, in general, were more interested in the north part of the state where Black Moon pack is located, but they used to come here from time to time mostly hunting rogues, but they also attacked us a couple of times. Julius had with them a very close encounter because he did something extremely stupid." Chen sends a meaningful stare in the Head Warrior's direction.

"Dad could do something stupid?" asks Trist in pure disbelief and we all start laughing.

"Actually yes I did, I was 17 at that time and some hunters come here to hunt, Natasha order us not to get engaged because she was sure they don't know the exact location of our pack. The pack borders were protected and we all were forbidden to leave the territory, but since hunters used to come every day closer to us, I got impatient. The trackers managed to report that the main base of the hunters was in a human city where they had rented an isolated house for hunting parties. And some youngsters from the pack got an extremely stupid idea that it would be okay to attack them there. And why was it such a stupid idea, Trist?" Julius looks at his son.

"Because first, it was in a human territory so there was a big risk of involving humans. You had to do it very quietly or in human form, and both options made it impossible for you to use your full battle potential."

"Exactly, plus the intel wasn't as accurate as we thought, and we didn't know the place well enough to prepare for the ambush. We were stupid enough to think that because there were no hounds with them, we wouldn't be noticed."

"And you were?" I ask, and Julius nods.

"We were scattered around, I had to shift and was out of options so running I jumped into one of the rooms on the first floor of the house of hunters because the window was opened. I crawled under the bed and was faced with the boy, I think he was five. For a very brief moment, I thought about killing him, but I didn't, the door was opened, and hunters entered the room so the boy crawled from under the bed and... he told them that he was alone and because they were in a hurry they didn't check the room and left and the boy locked the window, and the door and I was trapped with him. He made sure to get rid of all the blood traces and was sitting there for a couple of hours just looking at me."

"He didn't say anything to anyone?" Trist asks, and Julius nods.

"I was in his room for the whole day. He must've been the son of one of the hunters, but because no one seemed to pay any attention to him, almost no one was entering his room. He told me that they were moving soon to a different place since we found them and that they would be gone in the evening and if I  had stayed still nobody would notice me. He brought me some water, and he was reading to me, I guess he wasn't sure what to do. They left during the night, and I waited for morning to come back home. It was a very closed call. Three of my friends died, Natasha was furious so she made sure to punish me. Luckily hunters didn't locate the pack that time."

I turn my eyes away as I try to calm my racing heart, I remember that day very well, and I remember the black wolf in my room. It was the first hunting party my father took me to, when I was four. Our leader wasn't happy when we came back because we were discovered so early. If I remember correctly we didn't look for the pack, it was hunting for rogues, to teach something to the teenagers in training from the clan. Was it why Drake got so close to me from the start because he recognized me?

I want to tell him, but once again, I can't. I'm a son of the Beta. Nobody in Howl Pack can know that I was born in the hunter's clan, because I don't want anybody to know. That is actually my biggest fear, in Black Moon everybody knew, but it took them some time to accept it. I don't wish to go through the same thing again here. No matter how much time has passed, all the lost lives still cause fresh pain.

Julius smiles at me, and we start discussing the celebration which will happen next week, the party is going to be big as I heard. But the fact that I could be so long in Julius's company was the most important thing for me. That's what I think as I enter the house I share with Brandon a couple of hours later, it's quite late yet I can hear people inside. I'm not mistaken as I see my mate and his three friends, the ones I heard once made trouble in Mae's bar.

TRIGGER WARNING

"Here is my mate!" Brandon smiles and comes closer; he grabs my jaw and gives me a rough kiss as his friends cheer.

I try to smile as he pulls me onto the couch to sit among them and they offer me some alcohol. They seem a bit drunk, I don't want to be so I decline. Brandon laughs as crazy as he pulls me onto his lap, my back is pressed to his chest, and I feel his hand on my crouch.

"My mate is so shy," he whispers, sucking my ear.

"But somehow he managed to make Julius lose some of his attitude before Danny moved in he was always as stiff as poker and now he smiles," one of Brandon's friends says, and they all laugh, all but Brandon.

"Your mate may be the human, but for sure he is not weak," another adds.

"Weak or not I'm here to protect him," Brandon says "And own his ass, and I ensure all of you, Danny's ass is beyond amazing."

"So, what is your favorite position?"

They start to discuss the parts of my body, what they like to do during sex, and with who. They tease Brandon a bit about liking women before me. I know that they are drunk, and yet I don't feel too comfortable around them, especially with the discussion that is going on.

"Well, I heard that double penetration is the best in gay sex," one of them says, and Brandon smiles.

"What do you think Danny, I would like to try and Trevor for sure doesn't mind joining us. Don't you think?"

His question makes me stiff as I start wriggling out of his grasp.

"No way, that's not a good idea," I say as I manage to stand up, but Brandon doesn't intend to let it go.

"Come on, it will be fun!" He giggles, looking at me with lust and reaching to grab my arm.

"I don't want to!" I scream, yanking my arm away from him.

There is silence; his friends stop talking and observe us as I see fury on my mate's face.

"You will do what I say," he snarls and takes one step in my direction, but Trevor intervenes.

"Brandon, man, I guess it was out of the blue suggestion. Danny isn't ready, so I think it's not the best idea to be pushy. Man, you both need to be sure that you want, chill bro; everything is good."

Nothing is good, I know that. 

Later when they are gone and Brandon shoves me into the corner of a room, I am painfully aware of that. I feel his belt on my back over and over again as he yells that I humiliated him in front of his friends. My hands are covering my head as I try to make myself as small as possible. At least he doesn't make me count his hits like my father used to.

I don't have any strength to stop the tears going down my face, and Brandon pants hard with every stroke of his belt. When he finally finishes I can't move because every muscle in my body hurts, my head is heavy, and I feel so weak. But it's not over, at least not for Brandon as he drags me upstairs into our bedroom, where he dumps me on the bed as if I was a bag of potatoes.

"Fucking, ungrateful bitch" he spits pulling my pants down and shoving himself inside me.

I bite my palm not to scream in pain, I don't ask him to stop, there is no point, and I know that. I feel his claws digging into my hips as he moves in and out of me.

"Learn your fucking place, Danny, Bruce needs you to stay strong, I marked you so you belong to me. I will be an Alpha of this pack one day, and everybody will obey me, everybody will respect me, or they regret it. Just like you Danny, I'll make sure you regret every single time you disobey me."

So I'm back home, and we are going back to the normal publishing schedule. 

And my trip was great; Marocco is a very beautiful country do visit :)

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