“Sorry, I’m making you all wet,” I say through hiccups as I wipe at my tears. I eventually look up to find him looking down at me with angry eyes. His arms still hold me close but they’re stiff. His hands reach up and gently he runs them across my jaw.
“Who did this?” he growls, his eyes turning dark.
“Where are your clothes?” Talon asks from beside me as I feel a warm jacket laced with Talon’s scent being placed over my shoulders. Tyler helps me put my arms though the sleeves. I turn to look at him and his eyes search my face, a growl forms as he stands up straighter.
“Who hurt you?” He says in a deadly tone. Talon takes a step in Jax’s direction.
“You do this to her?” Talon says, glaring at Jax with his fists firm at his side.
I hear the questions but I can’t seem to form a response. My mind is still reeling from the fact that the twins are here; my mates are here… in Jax’s territory.
“Wait. How did you find me?” I look between the two of them, but before either has a chance to speak Jax opens his mouth.
“You two do realise you crossed territory lines without my permission?” Jax’s response pisses me off and I pull away from Tyler glaring at Jax as I attempt to find my voice. I’m cold, tired, hurt and fucking starving. All I really wanna do is get the hell off this territory and go home.
“Your Beta just tried to kill me, almost killed his mate and you’re standing there chastising my mates for crossing territory lines to look for me? Jesus, Jax. You need to get your shit straight. Drake is probably already on the run and you’re standing there giving them attitude!” Tyler looks back at me confused.
“Drake tried to kill you?” He heads for Jax, but Talon stands in front of him pushing at his chest.
“You allowed your Beta to hurt our mate! I’ll fucking kill him for touching her! I’ll kill you too!” Tyler yells, making the gathered wolves growl and bare their teeth.
Jax turns to look at his pack members and calls out, “Head towards the east of our territory, there’s a small cottage hidden there, Chelsea says he was keeping her there.” He points to the group on our right.
He looks at the group to our left and orders, “You see if you can track him, follow his scent or footprints, anything you think is out of the ordinary follow it up. Spread out, but make sure you stay in at least packs of three. He’s unstable and he’s capable of anything. Bring him back to me in one piece!”
The wolves are reluctant to leave, they continue to look between the twins and their Alpha. Georgina, doesn’t want to leave either and she stands looking between me and the twins.
“I’ll be fine here. We need all our able wolves out there searching for him! Go! Now! You too Georgina.” They all hurriedly scatter into the woods, some changing into their wolf form in plain sight and some heading into the forest in their human form. Georgina passes me and rubs my arm as she walks past. “I’ll find him, sweetie,” she says in assurance
After I watch her disappear into the woods, I run up to where Talon is trying to calm his brother down. I gently tug on Tyler’s arm. His black eyes look down to me and his posture slackens as he lets out a breath; changing his eyes back to their perfect blue.
“Calm down, Ty. I’m okay,” I say softly, looking up at him.
He cups my cheek. “This shouldn’t have happened, no one has the right to put their hands on you. We should have protected you. I should have protected you. I let this happen to you again. I let him hurt you…again.”
“These are your mates?” Jax spits out, looking between the twins.
I turn to look at Jax as Talon grabs my free hand and holds it tight in his.
“Yeah, I’m sure I’ve mentioned them before? Talon and Tyler.” Understanding reflects on his face.
“Holy shit! I thought they were your dogs?” Ronny’s voice pipes up as she heads down the porch stairs and in my direction. Tyler and Talon move to stand in front of me in a protective stance. I squeeze through the middle of them and reach out to give her a hug. She grips me tight and holds me close.
“I shouldn’t have left you alone like that. I didn’t think Drake would try anything now that he had a mate. I’m so sorry, honey. I swear I won’t let him get away with this.”
“Dogs?” I hear Talon say.
Ronny pulls away from me. “Yeah. Ya know, the tattoo on her ribs? The one with the roses and names. We asked her about the names Talon and Tyler and she said they were her dogs.” Ronny crosses her arms looking at me with a raised eyebrow.
“Of course she did,” Tyler mumbles at my side.