Easton wanted to hit his head really hard against a wall but then again, it wouldn't stop the scene unfolding before him. He, at that moment, knew that nothing would be worse than being stuck between two lovers.

"Wait a minute, Blake isn't my lover"

Oh yeah, dumbass 'cause he's our mate!

"Ugh!"

"Oh, let me do the introductions" Emma spoke in her sweet chummy voice. Blake had his hands stiffly folded to his chest and stood with his hip out. "I'm Emma McCarthy, Easton's girlfriend" she finished with scooping her arm into Easton's. Easton cursed the moment he asked the woman a favor. He wished he could rewind the time when Emma offered him help three years ago.

"Oh?" was all Blake can say as he glared at the connected arms. Blake was well aware of his own adventures of sleeping around. And it was obvious that Easton would have also been in relationships looking at how attractive he is. But, to actually witness it now, it kinda hurt.

Easton hit the palm of his hand to the forehead.

"Ow, why are you hitting yourself, babe?" Emma removed the hand and interlocked their fingers to which Easton rolled his eyes.

"You aren't my girlfriend, Emma. More like you were?" Easton tried to make her understand that she didn't have to do it now. Easton smiled apologetically towards Blake who was still glaring his way.

"Oh? Oh! So I didn't have to pretend? Oh, sorry" she grinned unlocking the arms.

"Pretend?" Blake was indeed paying attention regardless of his wolf growling at how less the distance was between the two.

Easton sighed out loud and sat back in his chair and left everything to Emma to explain, 'cause of course, Mr. Perfect had work to do. "Uh, yeah. Actually, I always pretend to be Easton's girlfriend for his convenience. You know, this man here attracts men a lot or more like boys. You know, the "twinks". So I thought you were also one of them" she chuckled and sat on the armrest of Easton's chair.

"Excuse me?" Blake was annoyed now. Did she just call him a twink? He was growing, okay? He just turned eighteen yesterday and already has a few cramped muscles after the sudden change in his body and it was painful as fuck but then again, he was nowhere near to a "twink". And why the hell is she sitting so close to his mate?

She just smiled a little and then made herself comfortable. Easton was quietly observing everything. He muttered at Emma to get off the seat before things go wrong which she ignored. He kept looking at Blake with pleading eyes which were of no use right now.

"Emma, get down. Let me work. Em-"

Get her out. Now. I don't like her. Out. Out.

Blake's jaw was ticking in anger as he walked to the duo. He plucked on her arm and removed her from his mate's side. He sat on Easton's lap, straddling him, and took his face in his hands. He glared at Emma who was watching dumbfounded at what was happening. He turned back to Easton and kissed him hard on his lips.

Easton's eyes went wide at how bold his mate was behaving. Easton was not a big fan of PDA, but the thing happening now turned him on more than anything ever could. He pulled his mate closer by his waist and bent his head to the side to deepen the kiss. Blake's hands traveled from the face to Easton's brown locks as he gripped onto them tightly. A growl escaped Easton which made Blake put his tongue in the mate's mouth. Easton had his heart beating fast. Sure, they have kissed a couple of times before but there was no tongue involved.

This was so new. This was so fucking sexy.

His mate was sexy.

Putting all thoughts aside he continued the kiss with the same passion. With tongues lashing for domination and Easton caught off guard, Blake took over the kiss. He kissed the older alpha for a good long minute with occasional groans and moans from both the alphas. He withdrew from the kiss and pecked one last time before watching the woman, who was bewildered.

Emma had her mouth open as her eyes showed her dead soul. "If you just "pretend" to be his girlfriend and got nothing romantic to do then how dare you, come that close to my mate?"

"M-mate?"

"I don't care if you know anything about us or not. But, if I find you anywhere within one meter to my mate, I swear you won't be able to wear heels anymore" Easton was still in a daze and was looking at Blake with all the admiration he could gather. Blake just got up from the seat with a smirk and walked away from the office.

"Blake?" Easton was now out of the daze watching his mate walk out the door. He looked at Emma who still had the same expression and then at the door. Unaware of anything Blake said earlier, he rushed out of the door. "Blake!"

"What!?" Emma stood there stomping her heels.

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"Blake! Blake, wait" Easton was running after the boy who was sprinting in the ground behind the packhouse towards the woods. "Blake"

Blake didn't listen to a single plea and ran with his full speed. He was hurt. He did show what he was for Easton but he wanted Easton to tell that to the world. After this morning and all the merging talk, he thought he could give this relationship a chance 'cause Easton was his only mate and Moon Goddess must have thought it through before pairing them together. But, no. Easton didn't stand up for him when he wanted him to.

He needed nothing else but to tell the woman to not come near him because he has a mate now.

"Blake, stop" finally Easton caught up to Blake and pulled him by his elbow. Blake jerked away from the touch with anger raging his nerves.

"What!?" he almost yells above his throat. He was furious and an angered alpha could give you the worst death ever. Thank God, Easton was his mate.

"Why are you running? Why are you so angry?" Easton had no idea of what was going on with his mate. He was used to Emma being that close to him, it did make him uncomfortable and he did complain about it but that woman was one stubborn bitch.

"Why am I angry? Do you even hear yourself, Knight?" Blake pushed Easton by his chest which the Aziel replied with a growl. Grown wolf ego. "Don't growl at me, Easton. Even I can growl if I want to"

The pair were now somewhere into the woods where no one but wild animals had their living. But, now all the rabbits, wolves, monkeys, deer were hidden. They wouldn't want to be in front of two angry alphas. It would only bring them death.

Easton takes a deep breath trying to control his ego and talk this thing out. "Blake," he takes a step forward this time and holds his mate by the shoulders. Blake glared at the hands but don't push them away. Even though they weren't comforting him, Kai wanted the touch as of now.

"How can you get settled only with a touch? You should worth yourself"

Even I want to but this stupid mate bond affects me real bad.

"Fuck"

"Blake, I seriously don't know what are you so angry about. Please, tell me. Please" Easton tries to make eye contact with his mate which Blake avoids with a passion.

"Why did you let her touch you?" Blake mumbled under his breath. If Easton didn't have the senses of a werewolf, he wouldn't even have heard that.

"She has always been like that, Blake. Touchy and close. I have tried to tell her not to but she wouldn't stop" Easton explained. The reply was still not enough for Blake. He still wasn't convinced. And Kai was still hurt.

"You could've pushed her off your chair or do anything but you didn't. You let her sit beside you or should I say, sit on you" Blake removed Easton's hand and stepped back.

"Blake, I-"

"Y-you denied us!" was now the only thing that echoed in Blake's mind. He was denied, Kai was denied by their only mate.

"I didn't deny you!" Easton yelled.

"YOU DIDN'T ACCEPT US EITHER!" Blake yelled back.

Easton flinched at the hurt that showed up in Blake's voice. He then knew the reason for his mate's anger. He then knew that Blake was angry because he didn't stand up for his mate.

"Blake," he stepped forward to take Blake's face in his hands but the other alpha stepped back.

"Don't" Blake put his hand in between them and kept stepping backward. "I thought you wanted to give this a chance" Though Blake's conscience kept shouting at him to listen to Easton's explanation, his wolf didn't want to now. He wanted to be close to his mate but then he was also hurt. He wanted to know the reason why his mate didn't stand up for them and why he let her touch him. "I'll cool off and meet you later" without listening to anything else, Blake took an off into the forest.

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Leaves crunched at the weight while the ground vibrated with every step. Taking on to the rocks and jumping off the low branches, the huge black wolf took on its speed. The mud tossed almost half the height of the wolf with every screech and turn.

Aziel was irritated. He was angry, rather furious at himself. He hated that he ignored his mate and concentrated on work. He knew he fucked up. But, he had no intention to hurt his mate like that. When Blake said they needed time to cool down, Easton took off to the other way of the forest. He also has to cool down.

All he has to do is "apologize". A simple "sorry", but that was the last thing on the alpha's mind. An alpha wolf's pride is its most important entity. He would die but not bend his head in front of anyone. And Aziel was a very stubborn wolf to begin with. He would never do that, he thought.

"But, he's our mate, Aziel"

And also another alpha.

"But, we hurt him"

True that is.

"So, we are going to apologize"

*growl*

"We are"

With that, Easton took over the wolf form and started sprinting towards the opposite way. He moved towards the place he left his mate at and from there to the direction he could go.

After running for almost a kilometer or two in less than a minute, his nostrils flared with the coffee beans smell. He took to that direction and scampered at a blinking speed.

His front legs screeched at the sight of the most beautiful thing he ever seen. There stood a big wolf, smaller than Aziel but still big. His fur was all pearly white as his eyes gleamed blue. He stood with his front legs top on the rocks while the rear set back down. The air blowing the woods flowed among the fur making the sight godly.

He looked at Aziel and turned away immediately. Aziel as if testing the water took a step forward which got ignored. He took two again and so on until he reached right to Kai's side. He rubbed off his head against the white alpha's.

Kai's anger was reasonable but persistent. He tried his best not to indulge in the touch and scampered to the side. Aziel was also as stubborn as the other alpha, he again rubbed his head against Kai's neck. And repeated it until he finally gave in and brushed back.

It was their way of saying "sorry".

Slow and steadily the wolves got settled on the ground. Aziel had his head rested on the other one's neck. With occasional rubs and licks the pair communicated without any growls and grunts.

But, now it was the time when the men meet again. Both of them shifted back into their human form, Blake was now settled on the ground with Easton's head on his chest. He blushed furiously and pushed away Easton from his body.

"Ow! That hurt"

"It was meant to"

"Ass"

"Prick"

"Twat"

"Ughhhh-" Blake got up from his sitting position and wanted to walk off but stopped when the sparks started erupting at the touch on his hand. He looked at his hand to watch Easton holding on to it with a smile.

"Sorry" those five letters were enough to break down the wall Blake built up. He never knew a small word as such would do things in his stomach. He looked at Easton with adoring eyes and less anger. "I'm sorry, Blake".

Let me reframe it, "Adoring eyes and NO anger"

"I promise that I won't repeat it. I knew I made a mistake by not standing by your side. But from now, I will always be there and I still want to give us a chance" Easton stated with all honesty. Blake was stunned at the sincerity of his words. He stared at the other alpha for a few seconds before getting back down.

He scrunched on his toes and stared in the brown orbs which held that sincerity. He let his hand remain in Easton's and with the other hand, he stroked the older's cheek. He smiled still looking at the alpha, who smiled back.

He leaned in and placed a soft kiss on those plump lips. He moved back with a blush on his cheeks and the same smile. Easton smiled back and stroked Blake's hand in response.

The pair stood and started walking towards the packhouse in silence, it was almost evening now. The sun was about to set, the animals were crawling back in their homes and calling it a day.

The couple kept walking with no words exchanged but only a smile. And to be surprised, no fight.

Until...

"Uh, you sure you aren't gay?"

*gasp*

*push*

*glare*

"Fuck you, Easton!!

Yep, the Mr. Perfect and the one who has problems shutting his mouth these days asked.

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