Stranded with my mates: Rejected & Claimed

Chapter 75: Chapter 75

The internal battle over abandoning my powers and mastering them, despite the consequences, raged through me. The day dragged on with a painful upset. The others didn’t let go of their rude awakening and I hid inside myself to avoid any snapping.

It was just so frustrating. I absentmindedly rubbed at the necklace again until a headache formed from my overthinking. They worked around me throughout the day, pretending I wasn’t there as they busied themselves with different tasks.

Marek had enlisted Jax in helping him build a contraption whose purpose I hadn’t yet learned. Grayson worked on patching the hole in the side of the bunkhouse where they had fallen through in their wolf forms.

A pout set on my upper lip the longer I was ignored. The air had turned sour and I sat thinking about the morning’s memory as I watched the space where I thought Julien was hiding beyond the trees. It wasn’t fair that I not only had no control over myself, but was also treated like a child from the men that surrounded me.

I wasn’t under Dominic’s claim here, I shouldn’t be treated so unjustly. Sure, I turned them into wolves while they were sleeping, but it wasn’t like I had tried to kill them.

I folded my arms over my chest. I was just trying to help them. If anything, I should be the angry one. At least all of them had been taught about who they really were.

Having had enough, I stood and moved to the table to collect a bowl of food. My finger trailed my initials in the engraving as I walked to the edge of the forest. I took a few steps in and heard Marek grunt in anxious disapproval behind me.

I set the food down, just out of sight of the other but not far enough that I would trigger Marek to change and hoped Julien would find it and know I was thinking of him. I bet he wouldn’t be mad at me if he had been here. I stuck out my tongue at Jax as I passed, upset by how much attitude he still held towards me.

As I went to sit by the fire again, a hand curled around my arm, pulling me upwards before my butt hit the ground. Grayson yanked me along, half dragging me to the single hut. Glancing back with a pleading look, I saw Marek and Jax share a look before Marek left to work as far away as he could while Jax moved closer and pretended not to care.

Grayson pushed me in, swinging around to close us in the small space. The room grew darker and his eyes lit up the shadows as the gold flared in his glare.

"What are you doing?" He scolded. "A luna shouldn’t test the authority of her alpha."

He spoke through his teeth, my disobedient behaviour trying his patience. I thought of Dominic and his punishments and wondered if Grayson would do the same. Would he tie me to his bed and try to force his way through my enchantments?

"I’m not a luna, I’m not a wolf, and I do not belong to you." I bit back.

He snarled through his teeth but I wasn’t afraid of him. I puffed up my chest and tilted my chin at him.

"I’m tired of you and all of your demands and rules. If I can’t train with my powers on my own then I’m not waiting any longer. Julien joins the pack." I declared.

His lip curled up into a half-smile and his head dipped slightly down, shadowing his eyes beneath his brows.

"You think you’re in charge?" He asked and I stepped in closer.

I brushed my finger around the skin that dipped below his pants lining and let my look linger up, batting my lashes as seductively as I could. Hooking my finger, I pulled hard forcing his crotch to connect with mine.

"I do," I said, challenging him to disagree.

The smirk spread and he licked his lips hungrily.

"We had a deal," he told me and moved to pull at my bottom lip.

Heat fell between my legs. I wanted to uphold that deal as much as he did but I still didn’t know how. After the last day and a half, I did feel closer. If I could just concentrate, I could...

One of my hands gripped the back of his neck, pulling him down to me as the other wrestled with the hem of my shorts. His hand immediately fell to my breasts, groaning into my lips as he squeezed and pulled at the fabric.

It gave way under his touch, falling away to expose myself to him. I gasped in excitement, the warmth of his hand on my bare skin sending electric warmth through me.

"My shorts," I told him hurriedly and began kissing his neck while he tugged at the ribbons that wrapped themselves stubbornly around me.

He leaned down to suck at my nipple, relishing the free skin that he now had access to. The barricade still didn’t budge making me wonder why only half of me was liberated. Could it have been the control I commanded?

Pushing him back, he looked down at me in heated confusion at my denial.

"On your knees," I demanded.

He paused before the smirk rose with a single brow and he dropped one knee at a time. He gripped my waist in his large palms and pulled me to his mouth. He nibbled at my navel while his palms circled my hip bones.

Fuck I wanted him so bad. If this didn’t get my pants off, I didn’t know what would. His fingers toyed with the edge yet the curse stayed persistent.

"It’s not working," I whispered to myself and squeezed my eyes shut.

I wanted to cry with the frustration that rose inside of me as Grayson’s fingers trailed lower down my curves and his kisses pulled tight down my middle. His lust was growing as mine was faltering. I would do anything to remove this curse.

A light tapping came at the door and I instinctively grabbed my breast as cover.

Leaning back, Grayson smiled as he hit the door open while holding his place at my hips.

Jax peaked around the frame and my cheeks grew red hot. What was he doing here?

"It sounded like you needed help," he said innocently and closed the door behind him.

Grayson turned his attention to me with the most ridiculously pleased look at my horror.

"I think you’re right, she does need help."

I glared down at him, speechless. Wasn’t he supposed to be possessive? Yet he was allowing Jax to see me this... vulnerable.

Jax stepped behind me and placed his hands over my shoulders. His grip was warm and comforting. I had spent so much time cuddled up to him, it was hard to feel anything different.

Until his mouth touched the side of my neck.

A shock jolted straight down through me to where Grayson’s hands anchored me down.

"You need to let go," he whispered into my skin. "Give in and let it become a part of you."

His kisses moved up my neck towards the base of my jaw. His hand slid across my collar bone sending shivers over his touch. Graysons hand reached up, pulling at where mine had blocked the usually covered area.

Grayson was a king, I reminded myself. The first night I met him he was fucking a woman in front of his guards without a care. He was much more...experienced than I was and I wasn’t sure how to react.

I let my hands fall away and gripped into his fingers as he clutched the material at my waist. Our fingers interlaced together, dipping under the ribbons and gently tugging downwards.

Jax’s mouth was unbelievably soft where it touched me. A slip of his tongue left a cool spot as he stepped a little closer, the heat of his chest grazing my back. His hand moved from my collar bone, up my neck and rested on the side of my jaw. The tip of his index pushing below my ear.

His other hand moved down my arm from my shoulder and slid across my breast with a confidence that made me feel like he had already done this in his mind before.

I kept pulling at the hem of my shorts, with Grayson’s help in one hand, and moved the other to place over Jax’s where he groped at my chest. I moaned at the sensations surrounding me, this couldn’t be real.

My mind was buzzing, the energy that resided inside of me sending shockwaves at every touch between the two men. I listened to Jax and let go of my control over the power. It grew chaotic as I felt Grayson and my fingers inch slowly down my side until they reached my thighs.

His breath was hot at the now untrapped depth between my legs and Jax pulled at his hand that rested on my cheek, turning our mouths to meet.

What in the hell was happening?

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