When You Were My Mate (Demetra and Emris) novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16

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I pull the cap from my head and look up at the house before me Just like the name of their ridiculous pack, the architecture screams an obsession with pride. I don’t know what their fixation is with lion statues, but they’re everywhere…guarding the entrance, flanking the stairs. And the house itself… it’s a ten-story monstrosity.

I’ve been here before. Once, when I was a kid. After I was rescued from the two years in that hole, my father brought me here to “make friends.” Slade was around my age. Back then, my wolf was so feral even as a young boy, I couldn’t control the shift so my parents wore an eye patch to hide the half transformation from bleeding through my eyes.

I remember one of the kids daring me to take it off. When I did, they pointed and snickered. I still hear the sound of it but I also remember the look on their faces when I broke the first nose

Now, I walk toward the massive pillars of the house. The windows glow with warm orange light which tells me that everyone is still awake in there. It’s not late…only 10 p.m.

As I climb the short staircase to the main entrance, the door open from the inside. A woman in a housekeeper’s uniform stands there and her eyes widen in instant horror.

“Uh… you….who are-?”

She stumbles back and slams her hand against a red button on the wall beside her.

A blaring alarm shatters the night. I shut my eyes and grit my teeth as it fogs my head like static. Shit. I hate shrilling sounds! So I stand still, just waiting to just let the horrific headache pass. If I grunt too much, it would ” that I have a weakness.

Within moments, their gamma security surround me.

Then, through the haze of that awful ringing, I see the family start to gather. One of the persons coming forward with alarm is Demetra.

She’s wearing a nightgown and robe of white silk, flowing around her as she moves like an angerl. It’s so similar to what she wore when I fucked her in my dream.

Demetra.

Emris.

Is it really him? This cannot be another dream.

I know this for a fact cause I was just about to put Amira to bed something about Emris being here, and I ran as fast as I could,

heard Slade’s voice as he passed Anura’s bedroom.

getting to even put on my shoes!

Now, he is looking at me, just as I am looking at him, but then de stands between us

The alarm stops, and the rest of the family runs towards the sec My dad, my aunts, and Fittany who gasps!

“How dare you!” Slade’s grow) echoes off the high walls. I’ve neve because of the things I said to him this morning? Is he here for

Dad looks at me first, as if he wants to make sure I’m okay

seen him this furious. How did Enris get in Is this venge, to make good on his threat to take slade’s hand

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“I know you do whatever you want and however you see it fit but breaking into our pack is a treasonous crime, Alpha Emris!” Aunt Allison yells.

Her too….I have never seen her use such a dominant voice before. My dad hasn’t said anything yet.

Emris, on the other hand, raises his head with an expression of bored lethality.

“Bring out my sister. She’s here. That’s who I came for.”

“Gammas!” Slade yells, and our gammas in their uniforms let ou electric stick prods from their sides. Those sticks have high voltage in them and can electrocute and paralyze even Alphas. Slade is not bluffing.

“Remove him.”

The gammas in black uniforms advance, but my dad’s voice stops them.

“Wait.”

“Dad-”

“Wait, Slade.” Dad says patiently. He is very patient, and the problem is Slade does not trust the other Alpha standing right in front of him.

“What do you mean, your sister?”

Emris walks forward, and the gammas are on alert. He glances at their weapons with utter boredom and chuckles. “I saw my sister enter right into your gates. She just turned eighteen and we all know, that’s when the mate bonds come alive. Little boys with tiny dicks tend to start pursuing young females. I’m here to take her home.”

Slade scoffs. “You think someone here is mated to your sister?”

“I sincerely hope not, Slate.” Emris butchers his name intentionally. “Believe me, I’d hate the all, what is the Lion Pack? A bunch of weak wolves-”

you

would. After

“Says the Alpha who spent years on a leash, learning to control s own beast!” Tiffany shoots back and her mom, Aunt Allison, watches with fierce pride.

“You hear that?” Allison adds. “An Alpha who couldn’t master his own wolf has no right to point fingers. It would be a tragedy for one of my nephews to be tied to yours. You’re mistaken. Leave.”

“Search your house for my sister or I will dismantle your proud tle pride, brick by brick, all in the next hour.” Emris has not raised his voice since he started talking, but I swear, something is vibrating in his throat.

“You know, if you wanted to see Demetra that badly, you couldve gone to her artist’s website as a true fan that you are. You would have seen enough pictures there.” Slade says. “Have you seen enough? Have you had your fill now!

I feel floaty when Slade says that, and all of a sudden, Eden appers at the edge of the hall with a slender, wide-eyed girl hiding behind him.

My breath catches. Teddy!? I recognize her. She’s Ennis’ younger sister No. This can’t be happening No way Eiris’ sister is really here? Mated to my cousin!?

“Guys.” Eden puts his head down, and I see the moment Emrists. His eyes gleam with a feral gold and lus canines elongate! Instinct takes over me and so I step directly in front of den

Teddy darts past us and goes to her brother.

“What the hell?” Tiffany murmurs.

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“You have found your mate?!” Aunt Scotty says, completely shocked that her son has found his mate. She has been so busy trying to find me an Alpha the moment my feet touched West Virginia that she forgot about her own.

“This is why I didn’t want to say anything.” Eden murmurs.

“Reject my sister. Now!”

This is the first time Emris raises his voice. It isn’t a yell but a vibrating command that shakes the walls. Eden is breathing fast as he looks at me and I can tell a sob is caught in his throat because of Emris’ intimidation. It’s hard for one to not get crushed by his will.

“Emris, I don’t want him to reject me-“Teddy tries to speak.

“Are you talking back to me?!” He hisses at his sister and that’s it. That’s the moment something in my chest snaps. Who is he to try and break something so new and fragile?

“Demetra, please….say something.” Eden whispers, looking to me so lost.

I walk over, past Slade’s protective arm and stop right in front of Emris, so close I can see the storm in his dark eyes.

“Why don’t you start first? You’re married. You have your own family, and I have mine. Since our families are enemies, why don’t you lead by example? Reject me. Right here, right now, in front of everyone. Cut this miserable bond off!”

I yell in his face and wait. My heart is pounding, but my mind is clear. The only hurt I’ll feel when he rejects me is the severing of a wolf tether and nothing more!

I’ve survived worse pain because of him already.

“You hear her?” Slade growls.

Emris stares into my eyes, as if he’s actually thinking about it. What is there to think abo than I can remember. Why hesitate now?

“Reject me. Now!” I command.

ed me aside more times

A hard resolve settles in his eyes but he steps forward. He raises His hand in the formal gesture and parts his lips.

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