Beta Mateo POV
I hadn't expected Rhys to go to such extremes just to prove a point. He linked me and Jett on the drive back from the Red Stone pack to tell us about his "brutal plan" for Kaori.
Honestly, I know how much of a jerk he can be, but I didn't think he would do all of this. I mean shoot the woman is pretty perfect for him if you ask me. He could easily just add her to our bond without marking her and I wouldn't complain about it. She's beautiful, like really beautiful. Her eyes are the most unique I've seen in a while and her body is insane. The best part about her was definitely her attitude though..
Jett and I knew how much Rhys hated shewolves because of their submissive nature and he never wanted a Luna because of it. He felt like a Luna by his side would ruin his pack, nothing would change for the better, but with a woman like Kaori by his side and Jett and I behind him, he couldn't lose anything. He could only gain from this situation.
Kaori challenged him a lot yesterday. In just the span of one day, I could feel through our bond that he was falling for her. Magnus was head over heels for her already and I think that scared Rhys. Magnus had never taken to someone that quick before, until it came to the bond between all of us. The last year has been rough since that one drunken night, waking up finding out that Rhys marked us but we all made it work. Even if our bond is hidden from the world, it still works for us and Kaori would just be an added bonus. Well for me anyways.
I'm bisexual, before the bond Rhys was straight and Jett has always been gay. So Rhys doesn't have to worry about Jett wanting Kaori before he marks her, but if he ever gave me the go ahead, I wouldn't mind giving her a chance. Like I said she's beautiful. If Rhys ever did mark her, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to keep my hands to myself. I would truly feel the bond with her, knowing how I feel about her already.
Rhys feelings for her have been flooding my head since he first seen her, so it's making it a little hard to keep my mind off her and now he's planning this crazy plan for her. Trying to break her emotionally with all these different things, breaking her spirit then wants to build her back up after? It's stupid if you ask me, really stupid.
What if he breaks her to a point of no return? What if she never returns back to the woman he met? What if he ruins her for good and she just becomes one of the timid, submissive shewolves that he hates?
He would hate himself if that happened and then what if she chooses to throw the challenge with Madison? He can force her to participate, but once she's in that clearing, he can't force her to win. She could easily throw the challenge to get back at Rhys and then he would be stuck with Madison as his mate and Luna forever.
Not to mention that.. Madison is his mate now, making me and Jett really confused. We can feel the pull to her through him, it's not as strong because we haven't marked her, but it's still pretty annoying.
I just hope Rhys doesn't actually go through with all of this. I have a terrible feeling that Kaori won't be the woman he fell in love with yesterday morning.