Big Bad Wolfie

***Maria's POV***

  I grunted as they placed me onto the bed in front of Doc.

  "That dog MARKED her?!" She gritted next to me, starting her examination.

  "Yes, we're currently thinking of the most gruesome way possible to murder him. Do you have any suggestions?" Rose spoke matter-of-factly.

  "I think I might have a few," Doc grumbled.

  I rolled my eyes with an almost nonexistent smile, because it hurts to move anything.

  They're not actually going to do that.

  But I love them for wanting to.

  It unfortunately didn't do much to fill the hole in my chest left by a certain alpha.

  "Well, I can't do much for the mark," Doc said regrettably. "If I try to do anything like stitches, your body will most likely reject it and it'll just put you in more pain."

  I feel like banging my head against the wall.

  Mating marks are so freaking confusing and annoying.

  And painful, apparently.

  But that might just be me.

  "How long until it's healed?" Brandon asked.

  Doc sighed, "About a week, maybe longer."

  All of our jaws dropped.

  Ow.

  "Why so long?" Rose questioned with a furrowed brow.

  Doc shook her head, "A number of reasons. The sensitivity of the area, it has to remain open long enough to create a scar, and it's a way to force the mates together." She looked at me sadly. "Closeness with a mate makes it go faster, but. . . I don't think there's going to be much of that going on."

  I almost laughed out loud, "No there is not," I rasped painfully.

  She nodded. ". . . So! About your side, that will be healed in a day or two with stitches."

  I tried to nod but froze, "Sounds good," I said instead.

  "Oh, and I'm gonna give you something for your hand to help the scarring," Doc looked down at me, very unamused.

  I chuckled nervously. She's referring to the one I sliced with a dagger. Oops.

This is going to be a long week.

~*~*~*~

  I looked into the mirror after getting dressed for the day, and my eyes went straight to the mark on my neck.

The ugly thing is finally almost completely closed!

Though, it's being replaced by a possibly even uglier scar.

You can see, very clearly, where his canniness plunged in and how they were torn out.

Cute, right?

Anyway, I haven't seen him in more than a week. I've heard him fighting with Rose and Brandon outside my door. But he never usually gets past that point.

Last night though, while I was pretending to be asleep, I heard him sneak in.

Brandon and Rose must have figured he had given up because he hadn't been showing up lately and

after me for the past week. They

I heard him ease the door open and tread lightly over to my bed. I

tears prick my eyes

I'm more hurt than I'll ever be

I heard him sniffle from

. . Is he

of smell and found the saltiness of tears other

He's crying. .

I had to hold my breath to prevent from

man confuses me

He makes my

"I'm so

tears escaped

Why would he be pretending if

he

and it took everything in me not to flinch. But his touch was gentle, and feather light. Almost like he was afraid I'd

He sniffled again. "I didn't mean to," he cried,

. . I hate how crazy he

The one person I can't read, the Moon Goddess

to come off as the tough guy, he didn't mean to

hand shaking on my shoulder. "He didn't mean to hurt you," he

Malaki. . . that

. . .

Um.

do I want to

on my neck, and this time I couldn't help

His

light, it triggered a chain reaction of fireworks and

Only to remind me of everything I don't

stability. I don't have a symbol of love on my neck.

I don't have anything this mark is

"If you're awake," I heard his voice the smallest it's ever been, "I hope someday I can earn

I let out a shaky

"And if you're asleep. . . There's no way you can stop me from doing

and for a second my mind went crazy over the worst possibilities, but everything went still when he placed

were practically hovering, the

first time in, however many days, I wasn't in

The hurt completely vanished and was replaced by the best

the feeling of ecstasy comforting me and rapping around

Then it vanished and I jolted back

pulled the rug out from under me when he pulled

He sighed, "Hopefully I'll see you

And now I'm standing in front of my

means his team's

And I already have

•••Jason's POV•••

I told Rose and Brandon at

back at their

the only reason I haven't thrown their @sses back in the

I called the closest warrior

immediately did as told and grabbed for Maria's

"Hey!"

wanna do

Before long, there was a big commotion and the

the sound of the door opening and what followed shut everyone

Brandon glanced at Maria

  "Huh?" They both

  She nodded. "Really, let him

by opening the door wider and stepping aside

confused expression and replaced it with

room over my apparent win, but guilt started gnawing at