Chapter 5
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*Jayden’s POV*
“Marc!”
I raised my eyebrows at how Corey didn’t even bother knocking before he shoved the door to this person’s house open.
“I love how all of you kids just blatantly ignore the fact that I need privacy,” a sarcastic voice from the kitchen made me smile.
“Glad I can make you happy!”
Corey’s reply was astonishing. My mom would never let me speak to people that way.
The tall man narrowed his eyes as Corey and I entered his kitchen. He appeared to be cooking and was currently chopping some vegetables.
“Why are you using a knife? It would be so much faster to just –” Corey pointed to a carrot and it was sliced into perfect little circles in an instant.
I wasn’t surprised. I knew Galaxy wolves had a magic element to them since Kaden had told me their deceased Luna, the wife of the current Alpha Ian, had been part witch.
“Because, Corey,” the man spoke as he grabbed another carrot and began cutting it, “sometimes chopping this way is just better. It’s calming and I have the time.”
“Still renovating?” Corey asked as he hopped onto the counter beside the fridge.
“Corey, off,” the man frowned.
That almost made me laugh. It was like he was speaking to a dog.
Corey rolled his eyes as he hopped off the counter and settled for leaning against it, which still seemed to bother the man, but he just returned to chopping.
“Humans are very slow renovators, I’ll be here for about another couple of months before they’re ‘almost finished’.” The man looked past Corey at me. “You’re rude,” he said pointedly to Corey who frowned and motioned to me.
“Marcus this is uh… Jayden. Jayden, Marcus.”
My breath caught when I heard him say my name. That was literally the first time he had said it.
“Hello, Jayden. You’re from Inferno?” Marcus asked.
“Yes, Sir,” I replied.
He smiled.
“Anyway, there’s a reason we’re here other than imposing on your privacy, Marc. I needed to ask if you can use your ‘superior magic’ to do something,” Corey said.
I looked at him, but he wasn’t looking at me. Did he mean what I thought he meant…?
Marcus chuckled.
“I’m not upgrading your car again, Corey,” Marcus said.
“It’s not that, I love my car,” Corey smiled before it fell. “I need you to fix something the Gods have mistaken,” he said.
No. I felt my heart drop as my chest tightened.
“A mistake made by the Gods…?” Marcus drifted thoughtfully before letting out a breath through his nose as he turned to my mate. “Corey, if this is about the mysterious mate that everyone’s talking about, meeting your mate doesn’t always go smoothly, it’ll blow over –” he was saying.
“No, no it won’t. You don’t understand –” Corey began.
“Corey, as strong as I am, it’s not enough to undo something done by Gods and I’m sure that if you do find someone that can do what you want, you’ll regret it. It’s your mate. Think this through slowly, nothing can be that bad that you –”
“He’s a fucking guy, Marcus,” Corey cut him off.
Marcus’s eyes widened and he glanced by Corey at me. I fought the urge to step back at having his attention on me suddenly as Corey continued to lean against the counter, fuming while still appearing desperate.
Marcus cleared his throat before speaking again.
“Uh… Jay…den?” he asked, slowly.
“Yes,” Corey spat.
I almost cringed at the amount of venom that covered just that one word.
“Please, Marc. I need you to fix it, I’m begging you.”
The helplessness in his voice devastated me, but what was worse was what he wanted.
Marcus looked at Corey and then back to me.
“And you’re okay with this ‘fixing’ thing?” he asked.
Of course not. But Corey seemed to hate our pairing so much, he had not even spoken to me once apart from the things he had said the past couple of days.
He hated the idea of being with me so much he didn’t even want to find out if he might like me if he spoke to me a little more, even just as a friend. Well, not many people ended up favouring me anyway, so maybe it was better he wasn’t interested in getting to know me.
I didn’t speak, the lump in my throat would have made it impossible to anyway, so I just shrugged. Marcus sighed.
“Corey, I wish I could help; I really do. But like I said, not even I am strong enough to undo something done by Gods.”
I saw Corey’s jaw clench, I could feel his frustration and hoped to God he couldn’t feel my pain.
“I… I might know someone though… But I think you two need to be on the same page about this for her to be able to do anything,” Marcus added.
“We are. Who is she? Where is she?” Corey asked.
I looked down. I guess there would be no point in trying when he desperately wanted a new mate.
“The –” Marcus began, but my phone went off.
Corey shot me an icy glare that I tried to ignore while tapping the screen to answer the call. I barely even managed to lift it to my ear before the person spoke.
“Jayden! Where are you? What’s going on? You leave with Corey – who practically wakes up pissed at you – and you don’t tell anyone in the pack where you’re going?! Are you okay?”
I glanced at Corey to see his face confused as he glanced at his watch. I figured he was baffled by why Alpha Joe seemed concerned about me. We had only been gone for about an hour.
“Uh… I’m fine. We’re at Galaxy,” I mumbled, glancing at Marcus who, like Corey, was listening to my phone call because all werewolves had superhuman hearing abilities, some even better than others. They would have been able to hear the call, even if I put it at the lowest volume.
“I haven’t killed him yet, Joe,” Corey called. “Not worth my energy,” he muttered.
I looked away from Marcus as he lowered his brows at Corey.
“Corey, I don’t care who you –” Joe began, his voice stern and angry.
“We’re about to head back. I’m okay. See you soon, Alpha,” I said.
I heard him sigh.
“Fine. See you. You better be back before dark.”
“I will be.”
We hung up.
“What’s with the babying from Joe?” Corey frowned at me.
“It’s not…” I drifted. “Let’s just go.”
“Where is she?” Corey looked at Marcus.
“The Apocalypse Peaks.”
My eyes widened at how casually he said that as Corey gasped.
“What? Why? Why would anyone live there?!” Corey asked.
“She’s very… eccentric,” Marcus chuckled to himself.
“You mean weird –” Corey stopped when Marcus’ eyes narrowed. “Sorry, Marc. Talk to you later. Thank you so much.” Corey smiled.
“Uh-huh. By the way, Cole and Ian are looking for you and Sean, Beta,” Marcus said.
“You never saw me!” Corey hissed, running from the room.
Marcus began laughing and I tilted my head feeling amused despite the situation. He was trying to hide from his pack’s current Alpha and Beta.
Well, at least I wasn’t the only thing he hated.
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