Life After the Storm
Chapter 45

IVANS POV

I must leave to come back to my pack. But I will replace a way of making Lilly be mine and only mine. It will be as simple as bringing Landon's pack and combining it with my pack and using Lilly as a condition. Knowing that Landon will do anything to protect his pack. So, it will be easy to make him forget all about Lilly. I don't mind competition, but I shouldn't have to fight for my own mate.

I met with him today and I'm not looking forward for 2 alpha's running this pack. Knowing if I want to get what I truly desire, that this is the only way. I need Lilly to be mine, and only mine. All those that she cares about will be the only way I will really be able to punish her.

I don't want her to have relations with anybody else but me. It might seem selfish of me. But I do not care, she will only belong to me. I know at first it will be hard for her to adjust, but eventually, she will. I will make sure that she will never have the chance of ever escaping me ever again.

If she wants any kind of freedom, she will follow the rules, or she will be locked up. I will not allow her to do anything or see anybody if she doesn't obey me. I know it might seem cold, But I don't care. I will do whatever it takes for her to only be mine.

I hear a knock on my office door. It is time to get all this over with and claim what rightfully is mine. "Come in."

"I have a proposition for you, and it will only cost you what is already rightfully mine."

"Ivan, just get to the point why did you call me here."

"We are strong Alphas, both of our packs were attacked, and we lost valuable pack members. I'm proposing that we come together as one so this way if one of us is gone the other will be here to protect the pack, so this way our pack will never be without an Alpha."

"What are your terms?"

"I want Lilly she is my mate, she is rightfully mine."

"I'm unable to make Lilly's decisions for her, she is her own person, I can't force her to be with you."

"She follows you, she won't have a choice but to follow you since she sees you as her Alpha."

"I can't make her choices for her, she will hate me."

"So you are willing to risk the lives of your entire pack for one. She is my mate, we are meant to be together, she will come with me eventually in time."

"I don't want anyone else to get hurt. My pack and I will benefit very well from joining your pack. But why can't you allow Lilly to choose for herself."

"This is our best option, I will get transportation for your entire pack to be moved to wicked falls we have plenty of room and I will even give you tonight to say goodbye to Lilly to do whatever you please." "I will let Lilly alone, but you must let her and Jayden continue their relationship as friends. Lastly, when it comes to both of us being Alphas, our power is the same, we make choices together. " "Fine, agreed. Enjoy yourself tonight, since this will be your last time that you ever spend it with my mate."

"You know Lilly is going to hate the both of us for doing this."

"She will get over it, I'll see you tomorrow bright and early."

As I watch him get up and walk out of my office. I know that Lilly is going to be furious. But I believe in my heart that she will forgive me at some point in time. I know that at first I did not want her as my mate, but now I changed my mind and I need her in my life.

I know that it might take a long time for Lilly to love me, but I am willing to wait as long as it takes. I am very determined to make her mine, and she will be. No matter the cost, I just hope that eventually she will love me.

As I rearrange transportation for his pack, I know that Lilly is spending time with him while all this is going on. I want to break it up, but I resist since we came to an agreement. As his pack is cleared out, there's nobody left but his housekeeper Jayden and Lilly. Since they will be picked up in the morning.

I cannot sleep, I tossed, and I turned all night, it's not long until it is time to finally leave to go get her. I know that she is going to be upset, and I feel bad, but this is what needs to be done, this is how things are supposed to be. I already lost the chance to be with her once, I will not lose a second chance.

As I leave to go get Lily, I take a few Warriors with me just in case trouble comes around. I do not go anywhere without somebody now, so what happened to me will not happen ever again. I see how empty Landon's territory is and almost make me feel sorry for him. He should be glad he is now the alpha of an actual pack.

As I begin to walk up the steps to his house, excitement runs through me. I can't wait to see her. As the door opens, and I walk towards her, when I see her face, I know she is disappointed. I knew that she would not be happy, but I did not think she would look at me the way she is.

As anger spreads through my body because of her disrespect, I want to punish her, but she is my mate. The tone that she uses and the reasoning of her not wanting to be with me. I forcefully made her leave, not giving her choice, this isn't how I wanted to do it. But I need to show her who is boss, she needs to understand she has to follow orders.

This relationship that she has built with Landon's son angers me, why must she care? She wants to talk to him, but I laugh at the fact that I do not give her the option to talk to him. As tears fill her eyes and fall from her beautiful face, I feel sorry. As the car pulled up, I then pushed her into the door. Not realizing that the other door was not locked as she storms out and takes off.

Anger that I have never felt overcomes me as I shift, and I take off after her, I know what I have to do. I know the only option is to mark her, so if she runs I can always replace her no matter what. Then all wolves will see that she already belongs to somebody. And when they see my marking, they won't dare mess with her.

When she tells me that she is carrying my child, anger consumes me. I see as her tears fall from her face that she is begging me to stop, but I can't as my canines come out there's no other way but to mark he I know that the child she is carrying will die but if I don't do this, it's possible that I could lose her forever she can always have another baby if I don't mark her, there is no way of tracking her if she runs it would be impossible I would never replace her again.

As I expose her shoulder I allow my wolf to take over as he bites down and cuts through her skin and I taste her blood, it's exhilarating. As her cries are slowing because of her body being so overwhelmed. She loses consciousness as I see the blood come from in between her legs. I pick her and rush her back to the car as I take someone's coat and wrap it around her, so her body isn't exposed.

I then see Landon running towards me. "Ivan, what the fuck have you done."

"I marked what was mine, she is not your concern so mind your business."☐☐☐☐☐