His Inescapable Mate novel Chapter 19

In the bedroom was a tall female werewolf was blonde hair. She glanced at me over her sunglasses and snorted. "You Nora?" she asked in a monotone voice.

"Yes," I murmured. Was this Crystal.

The female werewolf looked at Danni. "Close the door," she ordered. Danni closed the door and led me over to the bed to sit down with her.

"Nora, this is Crystal, Reed's sister," Danni said, motioning at the werewolf.

I'm saved! This is the woman who's supposed to save me from Vincent and this pathetic pack!

Crystal looked me over and strained her ears, most likely to make sure no one could hear us. "You got the 500 dollars?" she asked.

"Not at the moment," I began, "but I can get-"

"Then go," Crystal interrupted, opening the door. "I'm not risking my ass for free. Come back when you can pay me. And make it quick. Your mate already scented you, you reek like Beta male."

That can't be it! Nonetheless Danni got up and led me out of the bedroom and into one that I knew was hers due to the double bed. "Sorry about that," she said, "Crystal can be a little irritable."

"It's fine," I lied. I have no idea how on earth I'm going to come up with $500. "What did she mean by Vincent scented me?"

Danni chuckled. "Seriously? It's a little hard to miss."

I cocked my eyebrow at her. "What do you mean?"

Danni stopped laughing. "He must have done it when you were sleeping then," she almost whispered.

"What do you mean?" I all but shouted.

"Well," Danni mumbled, shifted on her feet, "when a werewolf scents their mate, they have to get rid of the mate's original scent. The way they do that is by...um, I'm sure how to put this lightly, so I'll just say it. Vincent licked you head to toe and then rubbed against you to get his scent on you so that other werewolves would smell him on you, thinking of you as his property."

I was seeing red. Vincent licked my body while I was sleeping?! What kind of sick fuck does that? Oh, I know! A werewolf!

Sometimes I wish that, just once, I'd think something over before I act. Like now for instance. I was mad at Vincent for scenting me without my permission…and partly for scenting me in the first place because it just sounds frickin' disgusting. Therefore, I decided to strip down to my bikini and go outside, where Vincent went psycho.

As soon as I was outside, I felt arms wrap around my body, pulling me into him. He was trying to shield my body away from the unmated wolves, who still hooted and hollered for me to take my top off. Vincent started to walk into Danni's house, and because he's like so much stronger than I, I was practically dragged.

Once indoors, Vincent pushed me back at arm's length, keeping me in his clutches. His eyes were bright yellow and his body was shaking a little from his anger. He just stood there, staring me down for what seemed like an eternity, before he decided to speak up.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he snarled.

I had to clear my throat and swish some spit around my mouth to get it wet so I could respond. "It's uh, hot and I didn't want to overheat," I lied. Well, sure it was hot out, but I highly doubt I'd overheat.

"Then get in the pool," Vincent growled.

This one I really had a legitimate excuse for. "I don't know how to swim." I never learned. The main reason for that is being that since our territory is located in what used to be called North Dakota, there's not really any large body of water nearby where I could have learned. Plus pools were a luxury, which is amazing that Reed managed to get one. Well, then again I suppose he was compelled to please Danni, who always talked about swimming and junk like that. I'm fairly sure I could have learned if I was allowed to run away to Florida!