Chapter 11 Jazmin's POV
Roman was way faster than I expected. He was right, the wind hurt as it hit my face so I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and put my face into his neck where his scent made me dizzy but also made me feel calm. The tighter he held me against him the more I became aware of the rock-hard hard-on he had in his jeans. I tried to not think about it which wasn't easy but due to his scent making my head fuzzy I caught myself almost falling asleep a couple of times but pulled myself out of it.
As his scent washed over me I felt the urge to lick his neck. I didn't know where that thought came from. I've never licked anyone anywhere before. I've never wanted to until now. I tried to fight the urge but I wasn't able to completely.
I pushed my face into his neck and let my lips graze his neck. He let out a low growl and tightened his grip on me. I could feel his breath quicken as he pushed his neck into my lips. I felt him stiffen as I pulled away. I felt like I was going crazy and I didn't want to push my luck yet I couldn't help myself from letting my lips graze his neck again. He let out a loud groan and his running came to a stop.
"Don't start something you can't finish little mate." Roman purred.
"I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose; I was just shifting my head to keep the wind out of my face. Wait did you just call me mate?" I asked in confusion. Roman set my feet down on the ground and looked me in the face. He looked like he didn't understand why I was questioning his choice of words.
My wolf never woke up. I can't have a mate, I thought to myself. That's when I realized my wolf hadn't woken up due to my mother suppressing me. I'm a full blooded wolf so I have to go into heat as well as deal with a wolf who should have woken up when I was around thirteen. She was probably going to be pissed. I've never shifted before and didn't even know how.
"I called you my mate. Don't you feel it? Doesn't my scent draw you in?" Roman asked, watching me closely.
"Uh well no I don't feel any mate bond but that's probably because my wolf is still asleep." I replied.
"Asleep? When you first pulled up to the meeting spot you smelled like you were a little less than half wolf. Now you smell like you're almost a full of blood. What are you not telling me?" Roman questioned sniffing the air. "What are you starting to go into heat?"
"Heat? I don't know. I've never gone into heat before. I don't know how it feels. Is that why your scent makes my head all fuzzy? Is that why I can't keep my head out of the gutter?" I answered, rubbing my head.
"Wait let me get this straight. Your wolf has never woken up and you've never gone into heat. But you're eighteen years old already. Was someone suppressing your wolf?" He asked in shock. He looked angry but I didn't understand why.
"Yeah! How did you know?" I asked. I said it a little too loud and caused a sharp pain to shoot up my neck. I reached up and grabbed my neck as I started to cough up blood.
"I'm sorry. I asked you not to talk and here I am asking you all these questions. We can talk about this later. I want you to think about what you want to do once we get you back in the United States. You're free to go where ever you want but I'm hoping you will stay with us and come back to the protected lands of our Clan. You're my mate. As well as the mate of my pack brothers. Wherever you choose to go I'll go with you. I've dreamed of finding my mate since I was a kid. I won't lose you now." Roman said, as he pulled me into a hug.
"Okay." I whispered into his chest. I've only known him less than a hour yet I didn't want to be separated from him. My heart skipped a beat as I heard him say he would follow me. I was sure he was my mate. This feeling is the same I had with Tony except it was a hundred times stronger. How strong would this bond feel once my wolf fully woke up? Would it feel the same with Tony making me forgive him just to not lose him?
"I want to stay with you no matter what. That's all I can tell you for now." I told Roman, wrapping my arms around him. To think I was trying to escape from him only twenty minutes ago.
"Thank the Goddess. I swear I'll make you happy. I'll protect you and give you anything and everything you want. Just never leave me. I didn't know the matting bond would be this strong. Once we get to where the others are you will have four of your five mates. We can look for the fifth if you want." Roman said, kissing the top of my head.
"I already know where he's at. But his father is teaching him the rogue way of doing things. I don't think he'll change. If he finds me his dad will have me kidnapped and locked up in some hidden room." I whispered so I wouldn't hurt my throat anymore.
"I won't let that happen. It sounds like his dad is the problem so maybe if we got him away from his dad he may have a chance. Let your mates take care of it. You just worry about healing. Since your wolf's not away your healing will be slower. If she's upset for being kept asleep for so long she may not want to heal you till you let her out. With how hurt you are you can't let her out till you heal. Come on let's get you to the extraction point." Roman said, lifting me up to carry me like he had before we stopped.
I wrapped my legs back around him and rested my head on his shoulder. I had so much to think about. I tried to fall asleep but my mind was racing. In order to not worry Roman after a couple of minutes I pretended to fall asleep making sure to slow down my breathing to make it more realistic. It seemed he believed me because his grip on me tightened in order to keep me from falling.
Roman ran for what seemed like another twenty minutes. He slowed down every so often to check on me. He stopped running and began walking.
Roman moved my legs from around his waist placing an arm under my knees. He placed my arms in front of me on my stomach and tilted my head to keep up against his chest. He was so careful with me.
We walked like that for about five minutes when the smell of smoke, burning rubber, and burnt meat reached my nose. The smoke smelled awful. The smell of burnt hair and charred meat made me want to vomit. I knew that what I was smelling was burning bodies. There was heat coming from my right side and the back of my eyelids turned a bright reddish orange.
"What happened? Why is the car on fire? I didn't tell you to set it on fire yet." Roman asked, still holding me.
"We couldn't find anyone with the bruises you were talking about. So, we had to burn the bodies to hide that. I figured that's what was best. Why did I fuck up?" Said the voice from the phone. His voice was a little higher than Romans but still had that ruff texture to it. He sounded excited. His scent hit me and he too smelled like a tree in a forest.
"No you did the right thing but I wanted to set it on fire after we got her into the van so she wouldn't have to smell the bodies burn. I didn't want to scare her but what's done is done. I'm just glad she's asleep right now." Roman said, rubbing my arm.
"Oh sorry. Can I see her?" The man asked, taking another step closer to us.
"It's fine. Yeah you can see her, just move her hair out of her face gently. Her Step-Father did a number on her. You smell her don't you?" Roman replied.
"I do. I have no doubt she's our mate. Are matting bonds always this overwhelming?" He asked as he brushed the hair out of my face.
"Careful Damien. I think it's stronger now because her wolf is just now waking up. I'll explain everything in the van so I don't have to repeat myself." Roman told Damien.
Damien took one of my hands and kissed the back of it. He moved my hair to take a closer look at my neck before stepping away from me.
"Thank the Goddess you found her first. If your replacement found her we probably would have to fight another pack for her. But how are we going to convince her to stay with us? What if she picks someone else's pack anyway? I can't just hand over our mate to another pack." Damien said.
The pull I feel towards Damien is just as strong as how I feel about Roman. I have to feel like this with five men. I missed his warmth as soon as he pulled away. This desire I feel toward them is so strong. I can feel a pull toward two more people. I can pick out their scents through all the smoke. It's making my body heat up and my mind go foggy. Is this just the matting bond or am I going into heat?
My mother should have at least given me a heads up on what to expect. I feel like she didn't tell me on purpose. She was mad I wouldn't let her suppress my wolf anymore and this is payback. So childish.
"One step at a time Damien." Roman said. "Hey guys, are you all done? If so, come meet your mate."
Suddenly I was surrounded by the other two scents I'd picked up. Their scents were like Romans. My scent mixed with theirs perfectly. The only way I can describe it is that I was standing in a forest smelling the scents of four different trees that all belonged together. They all belonged within the same forest. I was the vines that wrapped around each of the trees holding them together. Like they were born just for me. It made me feel extremely safe.
A warm hand that didn't belong to Ramon brushed my hair out of my face. The side of my face that was exposed was the bruised side. And I heard three deep growls coming from the men surrounding me. I so badly wanted to open my eyes, but something told me it would be better to keep focusing on keeping my breath low and long and my eyes closed.
"Please tell me you killed the fucker who did this to her." a new voice said.
"Don't worry Gabe, Juan is taking care of her step-father. Although I would have liked to rip his heart out and shove it down his throat, she was my first priority. Is everything ready for extraction?" Roman asked.
"Yeah, it's done. Let's get her home." said a fourth voice. "Here pass her to me so you can get in the van."
"That's okay Tristan. I got her. I don't want to wake her just yet and freak her out with the smell of burning bodies." Roman said, tightening his grip on me.
"Right, that's probably for the best." Tristan said, sounding a little disappointed. I felt a hand graze my cheek and brush some of my hair behind my ear. "I hope this heals fast. I don't like seeing it on our mate. It makes me angry just looking at it. She's beautiful even with the bruise. I wonder how much more beautiful she'll be when it's gone? Do you think she'll like us?"
"We're all drawn to each other because we were all meant to come together just to protect her. I'm sure she'll feel the pull too. It's fate that she ends up with us. But let's keep quiet about her to the high Alpha for a little while to give her a chance to bond with us first. I want her to choose to stay with us instead of staying in the boarding house for new females." Roman said with authority. "Understand!"
"Yes sir!" three voices said all at once.
"She already told me she wants to stay with me no matter what. She's feeling the bond." Roman said reassuringly.
"How do you know?" Tristan wined.
"Within twenty minutes she went from trying to escape from me to not wanting to let go of me. Only a matting bond can do that. As her wolf wakes up she is going to feel it more. She's also going to have her first heat. A heat she should have had four or five years ago. Expect it to be strong." Roman said walking away from the heat of the car on fire.
"Are you serious? That's not good. She may not be ready to be intimate with us so soon. But if we don't help her during her heat she'll be in a lot of pain. How long do you think we have?" Gabe asked as he and the others followed Roman.
"Not long. We need to get her across the border ASAP. The border is only three hours from here. Our guy is working gate three at the border from midnight till noon. If we leave now we'll get there by midnight so we're fine. Just pray she doesn't go into heat before then. We can finish talking in the car. Let's go, she needs ice on her throat." Roman orders.
I slightly opened my eyes to see three men standing in front of Roman. The man on the left looked to be a Native American Indian. He's the shortest of the bunch at six feet. He has long black hair and amber colored eyes.
The man in the middle is a light skinned Hispanic like Roman. He's about Ronald's height at six foot two. His hair has the same color as mine which was dark brown, almost black. It's wavy and came to his shoulders. His eyes are a light shade of brown.
The man on the right was a white man with blond hair and bright blue eyes. He's standing maybe an inch shorter than Roman, so my guess was six foot five. He's tanned like he spent a lot of time outdoors but not an orange tan. It has a nice glow to it.
They all have one thing in common, they all have amazing bodies. That was good cause that's just my type. Especially if they had a couple of tattoos. It would look so sexy on their toned bodies. I quickly closed my eyes again so I wouldn't be caught peeking.
"She's got a really sexy body. Thick legs, ass, and tits. Beautiful to top it all off. How did we get so lucky? You know other packs will be looking at her as soon as we get her back home. They don't care that she's our mate. They'll want her just for her looks alone." Gabe said, taking the key out of his pocket.
"I knew you'd like her, she's just your type." Roman laughed.
"My type, she's everyone's type. Look at her. We really got lucky with her?" Gabe laughed. "Let's go home as slow as possible so she can bond with us before we get there. That way we know she'll choose us. I'm not hanging her over to anyone else."
"That's the plan Gabe. I don't think any of us can watch her go to another pack. Lets try our hardest to get her to like us so she'll bond with us before we get there okay? Did you all hear me?" Roman asks the men standing around me.
"Yes Sir!" the three other men said at once. Excitement in their voices.
I heard a van door opening so I went back to keeping my breathing slow and steady which was getting hard due to the swelling in my neck. Roman carefully climbed in and sat down with me still in his arms.
Someone sat down on the right of him and put my legs in his lap where he started gently rubbing my legs from my knee to my ankle. There was a soft purr coming off Roman as well as the man rubbing my legs. I nuzzled into Romans neck getting a groan in response.
I felt someone lift my feet and place them in their lap. The man took my shoes and socks off and began to rub my feet. I felt like a queen as the van started and pulled onto the road headed for the United States.