Broken Mate by Norisha May

Chapter Twenty Six

*Warning- Triggering Content. * -Rain POV

I can't let him break me again, I won't let it happen. I close my eyes and think of the best thing I have in my life now.

I whimper as Even continues to hit me but I block it all out with thoughts of Kayden.

(His beautiful olive-green eyes. The sweet smile he gives me when he looks at me. The way he makes me feel.... he is the only one who has ever made me feel safe. I think back to the day I first saw him at the moon festival. That gorgeous man standing in front of me and me claiming him as mine. I never thought that he would accept me as his mate, but he did and he made the little time that we had together, worth living.)

Evan grabs me by the hair taking me from my thoughts and makes me look at him but I close my eyes. I don't want to see him.

"Look at me!" He shouts but I keep my eyes closed. He breathes hard looking exhausted.

He gives a low irritated growl and kisses me forcefully. He doesn't stop until we are both almost out of breath.

"You are mine." He says.

"No... I'm not." I say back. I am exhausted and in much pain, but I will not let him have that.

That makes him very angry.

"Fine, on to the main event then." He says as he starts licking the blood off of my body. "Mh, do you see how hard I am for you right now?" He asks.

He pulls his zipper down and takes his fully erected member out. He gives me a smirk and licks his lips. I close my eyes and turn my head away.

The door opens abruptly. "s**t! Evan, Trent just died. His wounds were too much." One of the guards says walking in.

"And... I care WHY?!" Evan says growling. "Get the f**k out!" He shouts.

The guard closes the door immediately but not even five seconds pass when we hear shouting and loud noises coming from out of the room.

"What the f**k?" Evan asks now fixing his pants. He walks towards the door but the door flies open hitting him and almost hitting me too but it doesn't.

I look up and my eyes lock with those beautiful olive green eyes I've been missing. "Kayden?" I whisper. I'm afraid to believe that this is actually real and not my imagination. "Rain!" He shouts and runs to me with Grant standing at the door behind him. "It's really you." I say. He looks at me, inspecting my body. "Yea baby, I'm here." He says but his voice is low, he is angry.

He breaks the shackles from my hands and holds me so I don't fall. He leans me on the wall sitting me on the ground and cups my face. He looks at me with pain in his eyes and leans into me giving me a soft kiss.

(I am his and no one else's.)

I don't want this kiss to end.

He pulls away. "Give me one minute." He says caressing my cheek. He walks back to where Evan is under the door and lifts the door up. Evan is in and out of it. Kayden

"Look away Rain." Kayden says making me remember my father's words.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes and alli hear are Evan's agonizing screams. He screams over and over...and then, nothing. Athud sounds on the floor and then I hear footsteps coming towards me.

"He won't hurt you ever again." Kayden says. I look up at him as he takes his shirt off and puts it over me. He then carries me out and I hug him, I hug him tight.

"I thought I would never see you again." I say softly as I start to cry.

"Never, I'm never letting you out of my sight again." He says holding me tight.

We make it outside and we are in the middle of the forest with an old hidden bunker that goes underground

"Alpha, they are all dead and we kept one alive as you instructed." One of our warriors says and Kayden nods but keeps walking.

"Grant, take care of this." Kayden says.

Grant nods. "Of course."

Kayden keeps walking into the woods and I start to cry harder feeling emotional. I take his scent in but it doesn't do much to calm me. I keep crying all the way to the car where Kayden sits me in and crouches down to look at me. "He can't hurt you anymore." He says cupping my face.

I shake my head. "What scared me the most was the thought of not seeing you again." I say whimpering and he looks at me surprised.

"No one will ever take you from me again my love." He says trying to make me feel better.

"I love you Kayden." I say and his eyes go wide. "I mean it, you are all I thought about in there. Nothing he did to me could compare to the pain I felt of thinking that I would never be with you again."

He gently hugs me and kisses me. "I love you Rain, I love you so much." He whispers and I hold him tight.

"Let me take you to the pack hospital." He says but I shake my head. "I want to go home. Please." I plead.

"Aright but, you have to let the doctor see you at home." He says and I nod. (I just want to go home to our room where it feels safe and comfortable.)

Kayden drives home holding my hand the whole way there as I close my eyes and rest. I must have fallen asleep because I wake up when Kayden is laying me on our bed.

"I'm dirty, I should take a shower first." I say trying to get up. "I know but the doctor is coming up now." He says and at that moment, we hear a knock on the door. "Come in." Kayden says. "Alpha." She says lowering her head. "Luna, how are you feeling?" "Tired." I say weakly and she nods.

She checks my body thoroughly and while she does, Kayden leans on a wall watching and looking tense.

"Most of the wounds are healing already, I'll give you some antibiotics just in case but I don't see anything major." She says and then she looks at Kayden and back at me."So, I have to ask this, did he "

"No." I say cutting her off and knowing what she's about to ask. "He didn't, Kayden got there in time." /

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"Ok, well you need rest and drink lots of water." She says and then leaves. I get up to go to the bathroom but Kayden quickly walks over to me and picks me up.

He sits me on the edge of the tub. "Rain, will you let me help you?" He asks. I look up at him and think about it for a few seconds.

"Could we take a shower instead then? I'm tired and it would be faster than a bath." I say and he nods looking surprised that I actually said yes.

He starts the shower and takes his clothes off first. Even though I am really tired, I still admire his body.

(Goddess, he looks like he belongs in a museum. It's perfection.)

I get up wobbly while he tries to steady me and then he helps me take my clothes off. I cover myself with my arms because even though I agree with this, I still feel embarrassed.

He helps me inside and as the warm water hits my skin, I close my eyes feeling it all wash away.

He turns me around facing him and starts to gently wash my skin. Once I am clean, he holds me close and now that I feel more relaxed, I remember Layla. My heart breaks and I start to cry. "Oh, Layla." I whimper.

"I'm here. Cry as much as you need to my love." Kayden says softly. I cry and cry and I don't remember stopping. I must have fallen asleep in Kayden's arms because I wake up the next morning in bed next to him. He holds me tight in his arms. spooning me.

I turn my head and look up at the ceiling feeling sadness run through my body. (I can't believe she's gone. She was like a little sister that I felt I had to protect. And I failed her.)

I feel his erection pocking me on my butt cheek. (Do men always wake up with erections?) That's all I can think because it's pretty often for him.

I move my hips away from him but he pulls me back close to him. I pull my hips away again but he does it again and then I hear him chuckle.

I sigh. "Your awake." He chuckles again. "Yea." He says in a sexy raspy voice and holds me tighter. My eyes go wide as I realize something. (.... Am .....am I naked?) Chapter Twenty Seven

Rain POV (....Am.... aminaked) I look under the sheets and yes, I am completely naked, Itake a deep breath, "Kayden?" "Mmh?" "Why am I naked?" I ask, Hechuckles, "Because you fell asleep in my arms while you were naved, I could have put clotheson you, but I liked you like this."

"And... why are you maked?" I ask now noticing his bare member on me,

My face turns all shades of red.

"Because I like how our naked bodies feel against each other." He says and i can feel him smiling,

I take a deep breath. I feel his bare warm body on me and I do like it. He holds me tight and lives my shoulder and I shiver, making my breath hitch,

"Don't worry, I won't try anything right now." He says resting his nosed on my neck, (Right now? Oh goddess.) "Just let me hold you." He whispers. Alter a few minutes like that he pulls away and I feel his hands on my back,

"What are you..." I can't finish because my body shivers when I feel him kissing my skin. Heruns gentle kisses down and up my back and I don't know what to do with myself.

"Kayden?" I manage to say softly. "I'm trying to kiss all your wounds away." He says and continues to kiss, I think about what he says for a minute and then smile. "You are silly." He chuckles. "Why?"

"You've already healed most of my wounds. The ones I got yesterday are superficial. There's nothing worse than he could have done than taking me away from you." I say.

He stops for a second and then abruptly turns me around to look at him. He stares at me with a serious expression,

I look at him confused. "What."

He covers my mouth with his lips, cutting me oll, and kisses me with hunger. And he doesn't stop. He keeps kissing me and it turns heated. Ho gets on top of me and starts exploring my body with his hands. My body makes no attempt to stop him, in fact, my skin wants more.

His hands graze my walst and my hips all the way to my thighs where I can feel his grip tightens almost in a scratching manner but it doesn't hurt. His hands stop and he stops kissing me and then he lowers his face to my shoulder, I can feel him breathing hard. I feel grateful that he stopped but also a little disappointed.

"I love you." He whispers.

It makes me happy to hear that. I put my arms around his neck and pull him towards me in a hug crashing our bodies together. He holds me but doesn't move a single inch.

He takes a deep breath. "You are... really making this hard for me, love." He says with his voice muflled as his face is buried in my hug.

(And I know I am but I wanted to hug him.)

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Chapter Twenty Seven the arawers. He is completely nakea ana i can t stop staring at him.

(... Perfection... and that butt.)

To my disappointment, he puts his pants on and walks over to the door. I remember that I am naked and sol quickly hide in the covers. Kayden speaks to someone outside the door and then walks back over to me.

He lowers the covers from my face. "Baby, I have to go downstairs and take care of some stuff. I'll be back ok?" He says.

Inod. "Ok."

He kisses me and after he gets ready, he leaves. I lie there taking everything in and wondering about Levi.

(Him and Layla were really close. I have to see him.)

Despite everything that happened to me yesterday, I don't feel too bad, just a little tired. I get up and put on jeans, sneakers, and a sweater with my hair in a ponytail.

I start to head down and when I reach the bottom, I hear shouting from Kayden's office, "You want to eavesdrop?" I hear Preston whisper in my ear. I jump feeling startled. "Ah...what?" I ask.

He smiles. "Abraham feels entitled and is angry at Kayden for killing Evan." He says and then looks over to the office door and chuckles. "Kayden is handing his ass to him."

The door flies open and a very angry Abraham rushes out. He goes past me but not without giving me a death glare and he would probably do something if Preston wasn't there with me. I walk over to the office and cautiously open the door.

"Kayden?" I ask softly. He looks up from his desk. "Baby, I was about to go to you." He says motioning me over to him. "I was going to go see Levi, he took time off from the kitchen, right?" I ask sitting on his lap. "He's in the hospital." He says. "What? Why?" I ask with panic and concern. "The pain of losing his mate was too much for him." He says. Igasp. "So... they were really mates?" "Yea, it would seem so." I bury my face in his neck feeling like I'm about to cry again. "I'm so sorry baby." He says softly. Trub my head on his shoulder. "Her and Levi were all I had growing up." He holds me tight and we stay like that for a bit. "I'm gonna go see him." I say. "You want me to come with you?" He asks. "No, I'll go." I say. "Ok but... Rain, from now on, don't go into the woods without me and I want you to always have one of the warriors with you at all times, understand?"

Istare at his concerned face. (I know he is worried about me.) I nod and he looks content with that.

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Chapter Twenty Seven

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"Kayden, what happened here?" I ask him. He gives me an awkward smile and looks away. "I did." He mumbles.

I want to laugh at his expression. (He looks so cute looking like a guilty little boy.) I smile and keep walking.

Thead over to Levi and to my surprise, I find Avery there with him watching over him as he sleeps. "Hey, Rain." She says when she sees me. "Hey, how is he?" I ask her. "He's holding up. It won't be easy but I know he'll be fine." She says. (She lost her mate too so she knows how he feels. I'm glad she's here.) She looks at me and smiles. "I'm glad you're ok. Kayden was losing it yesterday." "That bad? Is that why the office is in that state?" I ask her.

She nods vigorously. "If something would have happened to you, I really don't know what he would do. I was a little afraid if I'm honest."

(He can be intense.) "When will the sending ceremony be? Have they said anything?" She asks me.

The sending ceremony is how we pay our respects to the deceased. We burn the bodies and then shift and go for a run in the woods in the middle of the night and howl at the moon. It symbolizes us sending the souls to the goddess.

I shake my head. "No, I haven't heard anything yet." She nods and we both look at Levi. "I'll stay with him." She says. Inod feeling grateful. T head back to the packhouse and go to the office where Kayden is talking with Grant. "Hey, are you busy?" ask.

He smiles. "No. Actually, we were talking about yesterday." He gets up and sits on the sofa motioning me to sit with him.

I walk over to him and sit. He looks at me with concern. "I know that it's soon but, we need to know what exactly happened when they attacked you."

"Oh....well..." I start but stop and look at the opened door. "Grant, close the door." Kayden says and Grant does that. I take a deep breath.

"Well, Layla wanted to go for a walk. She said that Abraham told her where to find the mated lovers well. He's the one that set us up." I say looking at him but he looks at me with an unreadable expression.

"What happened next?" He asks. "The rogues ambushed us, they surrounded us and...-" (I stop remembering Layla's scared face.) Kayden nods understanding. "And in the bunker, did anyone say anything else?" He asks.

I stay silent thinking back. "I heard something about a big boss and Evan said that taking me wasn't his idea but that was it."

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"What?" I ask shocked but he just looks at me waiting for my response. "No... she brought that upon herself. She chose to do what she did." I say still looking at him shocked. He looks at me confused. "Then... why? Why do you keep blaming Abraham?" "Because it's the truth." "How do you know that?" He asks.

"I... - I..." I look at him and I am so frustrated that tears start coming out.

"I can't say it." I say looking down.

"Why can't you tell me?.... Did he.... did he " Kayden stops and takes a deep breath. "Did he force himself-❞

"NO!" I shout cutting him off. "No that's not it."

He takes a breath of relief.

eyes hoping that by some miracle he would be able to read my mind.

"Why can't you? Why wouldn't you be able to te-" He stops abruptly and looks at me with wide eyes. "It can't be."