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Each of the men stood firm. Not a single one chose to walk away.
“Very well. Rick, see to our new pack members. You know what needs to be done.”
“Yes, sir,” Rick said and set off on his task.
TWENTY-SIX
Mason carried Jane out of the warehouse and away from the gore. He had to get her back to his place, but she would never be able to walk that far. Not in her current condition. Then he had to figure out what the fuck to do about the bite on her neck. He wished he could go back and kill Jax all over again for marking his mate.
A sigh of relief passed through him when Giles pulled up in one of his blacked-out SUVs.
“Sir,” Giles said as he jumped out of the driver’s seat and popped open the back door.
Mason carefully set Jane on the back seat before he climbed in and pulled her back into his lap.
“The hospital, sir?” Giles asked.
“No. I’m afraid not. What we need are a witch and a healer.”
“A what?” Jane blinked up at him. “I’m sure if you take me to the emergency room, they can stitch me up, and I’ll be fine in no time. But I might need a rabies shot. Or several,” she tried to joke through the pain.
“Sorry, baby. What you’ve got, no doctor or nurse can help with. When he bit you as he did, he basically mystically marked you to be his mate,” Mason explained, unsure if she realized how serious the consequences of Jax’s bite really were.
“That doesn’t sound good,” Jane whispered.
“It’s not, but I swear to you, we will get you fixed. I will not lose you,” Mason said, trying to keep the tremble out of his voice. His heart had never hurt so bad as it had when he watched Jax sink his fangs into his mate. If he had only been a few seconds quicker, he could have saved her from the pain she was in and the pain that was to come.
“I know you will. I’m sorry,” she said.
“For what?” he asked.
“For not listening to you and staying put. I should have never thought that I could take on a shifter or three. I’m just a weak human compared to everyone in your world.”
Mason wiped away the tears running down her cheek. “You are not weak. You are the bravest human I know. To lash out and kick Jax as you did, it was the only reason I was able to take him down so quickly. Otherwise, I would have been in for a hell of a fight. Plus, you saved me. If you hadn’t yelled my name when you did, my dad would have ripped my throat out that time.”
Mason could only imagine the thoughts running through that pretty head of hers. It had to be hard as a human to see so much violence in such a short amount of time. To feel helpless compared to the deadly force of his wolves. He didn’t want her to feel like that. He wanted her to feel just as powerful as she was in her own right. He wanted her to know just how much he truly needed her.
“You’re just saying that to make me feel better,” she said with a sigh.
“Is it working?” he smiled down at her.
“A bit,” she laughed. “Ouch. Don’t make me laugh. It hurts too much.”
“Sorry, baby.”
They pulled into the driveway a few seconds later. Gerri ran over to the SUV and popped open the back door.
“What happened?” she shouted.
“Jax fucking bit her!” Mason shouted.
“He what?” Gerri asked, astonished.
“You heard me.” Mason slid out of the SUV, careful not to bounce Jane around too much.
“I really hope you killed that fucker.” Gerri was shaking, she was so angry.
“He’s dead. So is my father.”
