Chapter 9 - Leaving

Carson POV

                  I held Marly with one hand, while grabbing the hand and snapping the wrist of the man who had just dared to touch my mate.  I heard him scream in pain, as I released him and watched as a woman ran to his side.  “How dare you!” she screamed as she tried to help the man.

                  “She cannot be your mate.  She is Maxwell’s mate,” the man bit out, as he held his hand to his chest.  “She is no longer his mate; he rejected her,” I stated to the couple.  They gasped in shock looking between me and Marly.  “She is just an Omega.  Why would a man like you, want her?” the man spit out.

                  I set Marly on her feet and stepped in front of Marly protecting her from these evil people.  “Who the hell are you?” I commanded.  The man cleared his throat, “We are her parents.  And we apologize for the chaos she has created,” he said, as if somehow pacifying me with his words.

                  “Apologize for what?  Being rejected?  That is hardly her fault,” I reminded them.  “It is entirely her fault.  She does not even have a wolf,” her mother spewed out.  “I have a wolf.  She just has not come forward yet,” Marly snarled behind me.  She was right.  I could detect a wolf, but it was currently dormant for whatever reason.  Perhaps because she was an Omega.

                  “The fact that your wolf has not come forward is an indication of more wrong with you than we first realized,” her father bit out around the pain of his swelling wrist.  “Reject her, and we will take her home,” her mother said, as if this was a normal occurrence.  I stared at them for a moment, before looking to Marly.

                  “Well, are you staying at Red Pines Pack or coming with me?” I asked her.  She looked to her parents, the pain and hurt she was experiencing on her face.  She then looked back to me, “I am going with you,” she replied quietly.  “Are you out of your mind?  Do you know who this man is?” her mother scowled at her.

                  I felt Marly put her hand in mine, “I cannot stay here and be a breeder for my ex-mate and my sister,” Marly said to her parents.  Her mother had the grace to gasp when she heard the plans for her daughter.  “You would do well to accept the offer, Marly.  This man will simply do the same when you get to his pack,” her father added.

                  I growled, as Marly looked up at me.  I could see the fear in her eyes, but there was something else as well.  Resiliency.  She may have been weaker, or beaten down, but I could see her strength coming through.  “It has to be better than what is for me here,” she replied to her father, before looking back to me.  “Can we go now?” she asked.

                  “With pleasure,” I replied.  “Do you want to get your things?” I asked her.  “I will grab my bag,” she said, as she left to get her stuff.  “You better get that wrist taken care of.  I am quite certain there were multiple breaks,” I said smugly to the arrogant prick standing in front of me.

                  “Do not bother sending her back, when you are done with her,” he muttered as he walked past me.  “Say anything else, and I will break the other wrist,” I promised him.  He scurried off with his wife.  Not surprising that they have nothing to say to their daughter before she leaves.

                  Jeff came up behind us, “Well, Marly.  It is certainly nice to meet you,” Jeff stated as he kept my little secret.  I did not want Marly to know I was the Alpha Lycan for the kingdom just yet.  I sensed she would panic even more than she already was, and I wanted a chance to get to know her without the formalities that would come soon enough.

                  “What is keeping her so long?” I asked nobody in particular.  Suddenly I hear a scream, and I know immediately it is Marly.  I race off in the direction she left, wanting to get to her as soon as possible.  What else would this poor woman have to endure at the hands of the Red Pines Pack members.

                  Jeff and his mate were close on my heels.  I got to a door that had a tight staircase, which led to a door to the basement.  I stomped down the stairs, enraged to see a woman now beating up Marly.  “What the hell?” I yelled as I pulled the woman off my mate.  She had torn Marly’s dress and left her standing there half dressed.

                  “Who the hell are you?” I demanded.  I heard more footsteps coming down the stairs and immediately removed my jacket and placed it over Marly’s shoulders.  “I am her sister.  And I am telling you Marly, I will kill you, if you do not leave Maxwell alone!” she yelled.

                  “No worries there.  She is coming with me,” I replied as I tucked Marly under my arm.  “Do you have everything?” I asked her.  I looked around the room and saw the filthy mattress on the floor, and wondered how Marly had managed to live in these conditions.  Rage filled my body, as I looked to see Maxwell join his Luna, with Alpha Luke not far behind.

                  “Yes, I have what I need,” Marly replied around a swelling lip.   “You can’t be serious,” Marly’s sister said with a smirk.  “Why can’t I be serious?” I asked, stepping closer to her.  In her arrogance, she had no visible semblance of fear.  “You cannot want this useless Omega,” she said with a chuckle.

                  “I dare you,” I said to the woman.  She replied arrogantly, “Dare me to do what?”.  “I dare you to insult my mate one more time,” I said coldly.  Her smile dropped from her face as she looked between us.  “What is the Alpha Lycan going to do with an Omega?” she questioned as I felt Marly gasp beside me.