His Arrogant Human Mate novel Chapter 64

Dominic was now shaking. Furious. And I was just plain fed up. Dominic's advisor stood to put his word in, but I jumped up from my seat. "No. Sit back down. I am not going to sit aside and let you guys fight this for me," I snapped. The advisor, who had yet to introduce himself to me and so had to remain nameless, nodded meekly and plopped down in his seat.

"Caroline..." Dom warned me.

"No, Dominic. I'm doing this." I took a deep breath, trying to ignore the number of eyes on me. "I was invited to the party shortly after Dominic advised me to start meeting members of the pack. Was it my wisest idea? Obviously not. I will admit my fault there because unlike a certain pompous, rich asshole on the other side of this table, I am not afraid of accepting responsibility. If you want to start blaming the victim, let me quickly dispel all of the arguments. I wasn't in revealing clothing. I stayed away from the room of drugs. I only drank water. I moved outside because there was questionable activity going on inside. And besides, Dominic had already presented me as his mate to you in that ceremony. It didn't occur to me that people thought I was a random human teenager strolling into that party."

I heard someone giggle behind me and felt myself waver in the little confidence I had in this environment. "Regardless of all that, when Scott came onto me, he said something that made me curiously. I may have spent many years living in a pack, but I wasn't taught much. Scott said there was a way to reverse a mark. I didn't know that was possible. So I became curious. I asked about it." I felt Dominic touch the palm of my hand, silently asking for me to shut up. "Scott. I apologize if I lead you on for a fraction of a second. But what matters here is that when you made a physical advance on me, I said no and told you to stop, and pushed you away. And you didn't.

"I am a human being. Not that much different from any of you. We have the same rights as each other and we all have the right to say no when we do not want something sexual. I made it very clear that I didn't like what you were doing and you told me, 'no one can touch me. I couldn't care less who your little boyfriend is'. I have made my mistakes in this situation, but I will not stand to see your involvement be ignored. Not for my sake, but for the girls that you could harm in the future and the girls you have most likely assaulted in the past. I know guys like you too well to think I am an isolated event. And so should everyone else here. This isn't about me. This is about the girls in the pack getting hurt and the young males being taught that it is okay to treat women that way."

With that, I lowered myself back to my seat and covered my blistering cheeks sheepishly. Dominic stared at me with wide eyes for a long moment before leaning in and kissing the skin by my ear affectionately. "My girl," he hummed.

The elder presiding over the meeting clapped his hands several times and cleared his throat. "I have made my decision. Everyone please take their seats."

Dominic scooted my chair closer and captured my hands in his. "I messed it up, didn't I?" I whispered. "I rambled on. I should have kept my mouth shut."

"I am so proud of you, sugar. That was so brave." He kissed the apple of my cheek and then my temple. "You did it."

He pulled me to sit on his lap and crushed me to his chest. "Scott is pompous. Girls have been gossiping about his attacks for years, but no one would come forward. You saved them and future girls, Cara."

I laughed lightly, pushing myself as far away as possible. "You told me to be quiet and I didn't. Aren't I supposed to be in trouble for being disobedient?"

Dominic snickered, cupping my face tenderly before pulling me in for a chaste kiss. But the small kiss was just to hide his next statement. "I'll save that punishment for the bedroom, sugar," he hummed.

The mark on my neck throbbed at the thought, but I found myself giggling at it. The two of us laughed softly at the moment, and I momentarily let myself go and wrapped my arms around his neck to hug him. "I am proud of you. Thank you for not listening to me today," Dominic told me sincerely. "You are everything I want in a mate and more, and I am so lucky to have you."