A Mother Before A Mate

Jack's Point of View

My mate is standing in front of me, her scent is so intoxicating, and I can't think clearly. I want to touch her, I want her. I's the first thing that comes to mind, “I'm Jack.”

She's staring into my eyes, ” Lexi’

The way she smells, the way she looks, the way she sounds, I can't even help it, I move closer to her. My body takes over, and my fingertips graze her chee. I feel sparks erupting on my fingertips. This feels much more intense than I thought it would. She starts moving closer to me. Is she going to kiss me? I move into her, and my fingertips gently pull under her chin, and I can't help that I'm movng into kiss those delicious lips.

f**ki I've been with other women and nothing has even remotely compared to just this kiss. She's mine! I want more of he I pull away, and I see the disappointment in her face. I pull her into my side, holding her close and I guide us to a dark private corner of the room. I move her against the wall, and she leans against it and lifts her beautiful face to me. I know she wants more. So do I. She grabs my shirt roughly and pulls me into her, and kisses me. I love that she can't keep her hands off of me either, which only fuels my desire.

I want to touch that a*s that I've been admiring all night. My hands make their way down, and when I firmly grasp her a*s she moans into my mouth. fk! I feel an overwhelming feeling of love and desire for her. I stop kissing her, and 1 look into her eyes. I know I can't tell her I love her. I just met her 5 minutes ago, so 1 just tell her how perfect she is. She bites her I and fki I want to take her right here.

I contain my urge, and slowly pull her lip from her teeth with my thumb. They're so f*g soft, and I need to kiss them. I pul her closer and kiss her again. I move from kissing her lips that taste so damn good, down to her neck. As I kiss her neck I can feel she’s panting. I can smell her arousal and a soft moan slips from her lips. I feel a jolt of electricity surge through me.

“f**k baby, you're turning me on,” I whisper in her ear. I see her once blue eyes are now black with desire.

“You're really turning me on,” she admits in a breathy voice. I grab her and kiss her again with more urgency, lifting her of the ground. She wraps her legs around me. fk. I feel her heat on me. I love the way every inch of her feels. I want her. I wa all of her. She has a hand in my hair, and when she gives it a light pull, it drives me wild. I groan in pleasure. She deepens the kiss, and she pushes into my erection. fk, we need to get out of here.

I can hear someone calling her name from behind me, and I'm pissed. Get the hint. After the 4th time, Lexi pulls away fro me.

I can't even help it. I growl. Why is someone interrupting us?

“What?” She says, and I can tell by her tone she’s pissed too. My mate is 50 f*g sexy.

“You closed off all mind link," the girl complains.

507" She questions, still annoyed.

“Stella was trying to get a hold of you. It's Molly. She's in the infirmary,” she says. Lexi's whole body language completely changes. I can see the panic on her face, and she lets go of me, and unwraps her legs from me.

“Ym sorry, I have to go” she says while running off.

Stunned, I stand there for a second and put myself back together, so I can chase after her. I see some guy following her o the door. Who the hell is he? He's a big guy. Definitely a higher-ranking wolf. Who's Molly, and who's Stella, I wonder? I ma my way towards the door, and I'm stopped by Sophie, and she's pissed. I'm guessing she’s seen at least some of what happened between Lexi and me tonight. I don't even care.

“Who's Molly? And Stella?” I ask her.

“Molly is Lexi's kid, and I don’t know who Stella is," she shrugs with a proud look on her face. Her kid? What? Even though Lexi is long gone, I follow the scent. Soon 1 find myself at a green building close by. I open the door and bypass the nurse and follow her scent.

I can hear a screaming child, and I wonder if it's true. Does my mate actually have a child? I turn the corner and my heart drops. I see my mate holding a little girl in her arms. Worry all over her face. My first instinct is to go to her and comfort her. I hate to see her upset. Lexi is holding her little girl and swaying with her in her arms.

“Shhh... I's okay, baby,” she says calmly to the child.

“What happened?” I hear her voice is calm but firm.

“She was in her crib sleeping. She must have woken up and tried to climb out of the crib. I didn’t hear her crying or anything, but then all of a sudden I heard a bang, and I went up there and I think she hit her head on the corner of her to bin on the way down,” the woman explains. She is really upset.

“Okay, it's okay Stella. It's fine. It's not your fault,” Lexi tells her. Lexi moves to the side, and I now can see the little girl's face, and there is a lot of blood. No wonder everyone is panicking. “It's okay baby, Mama's here,” she comforts the crying baby.

“Where the hell is the doctor?” The blonde guy asks, and he’s pissed off. He has blond hair, and so does her child. Is that: Are they together? I watch closely and study the body language between them.

“He'll be in s00n. He was at the ball," a nurse admits.

“Lev holds her, let me get a good look at it,” Lexi says.

He grabs the little girl, “Come here my little princess,” he coos, and Lexi is examining her cut.

“The cut isn't even that deep. The crown of the head just has a lot of blood vessels, which is why she is bleeding so much She's fine, it's not deep. If she were older and had her wolf healing, this wouldn't have been an issue, it would have heale so fast,” she determines. She looks at the nurse, “I need a light to check her pupils!”

The nurse hands her one, and she checks her daughter's eyes with it. She seems to know what she’s doing and talking about. “She not concussed. Pupils are fine."

She puts her light down. “Come see mommy,” she coos to her little girl. Her daughter isn't crying much anymore. They see to have calmed her down a lot. She's really sweet with her child. I feel a pain in my chest thinking about the fact that my mate has a child with someone else. This should be my daughter, and we should be doing this together.

I see her look at the baby's father, and she smiles at him, “I think you were more afraid than Molly was,” she teases, and I can feel the rage bubbling up.

I see her look at the baby's father, and she smiles at him, “I think you were more afraid than Molly was,” she teases, and I can feel the rage bubbling up.

“Hey you might have stayed calm on the outside, but I can tell you were freaking out on the inside too," he rebuts. “You're the Gamma, shouldn't you be better at staying calm in high-stress situations?” she smiles.

He's the Gamma. Hmm. I knew just by his size, and the way he carried himself that he was a ranked wolf.

“Pack stuff is easy compared to hearing my princess crying and face all bloodied” he puts one of his arms on Lexi's back, and the other on Molly's and leans down to kiss Molly's head. And Lexi didn’t pull away from his touch.

“Il know,” Lexi agrees.

Even when he comes up from Kissing Molly, he leans his head against hers and keeps his hand on Lexi's back, rubbing it. What the fk? I turn around and walk out. fii I'm not in much of a partying mood anymore. 1 pull my clothes off and shift. I shift into my huge pure black wolf. I need to run and deal with the urge to rip that Gamma's head off. I'm pissed. I waited these years to find my mate, and we share this intense moment, and 1 believe she’s mine, but she must have gotten caug up in the moment, because she chose a mate, and they have a child together. It feels like my heart is being ripped out. Lexi's Point of View.

Lev and I are comforting Molly, and I hear a growl and a door slam. Now that I'm calmer, I smell my mate. Did he come here? “Excuse me, who just slammed the door like that?" I ask a nurse.

“Ym not sure who he was.’

“Did you get a look at him?

She nods, “Tall, very large, dark hair, very handsome, blue suit,"

“s**t” I whisper, while instantly feeling the tears sting my eyes.

“What's the matter?” Lev asks in a panic.

“I found my mate tonight. 1 didn't have time to tell him about Molly. He obviously saw though, and that was him slammin the door. He left. He doesn't want me,” I say and a sob escapes me.

“Ym sorry Lex," Lev pulls me into a hug.

I nod, “It was easier to think about losing him, when I didn't know him, and smell him, and touch h-"

“Okay, too much, Lex," Lev stops me. “If he leaves you because of Molly, he isn’t worth it. Even now that you know how he reacted? Would you drop her off at the fire station if you could go back?” he asks.

“What? NOY" I spit out.

“Exactly! Forget about him. Its his loss. Look for a good man whose mate died, or rejected him or something. As you've said, Molly is your destiny. If that's a problem for him, he's not meant to be part of yours. Right?" He's right, and I nod. “You're right. Thank you,” and I wipe away my tears. We cleaned Molly up and put a band-aid on her, all before the doctor even showed up. “I'm going to get this little dolly to bed. You go back to the ball. Have fun."

“I don't want to leave you both!”

“Lev, I'm going to 0 home and go to bed. Go have fun!” I demand and use my hands to do a shoo motion.