Ryan’s p. o. v
A few minutes went by with us calming her down. The guy who was with her was quietly watching us carefully and with caution.
“Do you now feel better?” Evan asked softly after she had pulled back.
“Yes.” She answered in a cracked voice.
“That’s good.” He whispered then wiped off her tears.
I looked at the guy coldly then patted her shoulder lightly.
“Who is he?” I asked coldly.
I saw how the fucker was looking at her all this time. He even tried risking his life by protecting her. I couldn’t forget how he pushed her behind him and called out her name.
“He is August, Whitney’s friend.” She answered.
I smirked then grabbed her hand.
“We should formally introduce ourselves brother, don’t you think?” I asked Evan knowing fully well how he must have noticed his eyes on her as well.
“Of course.” He answered.
I glanced at Lexi then smiled softly.
“Come along mate.” I whispered then walked to where the guy was.
He stood in a fighting stance and his expression was cold and deadly.
“Sweet.” I muttered under my breath.
If it was a fight that he wanted, then we were going to accept. We could easily put him in his place because he was a weak Beta.
It took an Alpha to force us into submission and a very strong beta to kick our ass. He was neither of the two so that was a green light for us.
“Who are you?” He growled loudly.
“Us?. Well, we are….” I trailed off then pulled Lexi in my embrace and kissed her deeply before she could react.
At first she was tense and frozen, but after a few seconds her body relaxed and she kissed me back wrapping her arms around my neck.
When I pulled back, she was staring at me in a daze and her breath was slightly labored.
“Does this prove anything to you, because I’m sure you know how cold she acts towards the males?” I asked seriously.
If Lexi was cold towards us her mates when we first met, then it meant she was cold to most males of this territory, if not everyone.
“Are you perhaps… her lover?” He asked as Evan burst out into laughter.
She turned and faced him seriously.
“They are my mates.” She answered proudly.
“Mates?” He asked in disbelief.
“Yes.” Evan answered.
We all looked ahead when we noticed Whitney and Uncle approaching us with a few warriors behind them.
“Going unannounced to a different territory is surely a pain.” I muttered under my breath when they got closer.
“Well, we did expect a brutal welcome. Luckily it turned out different.” Evan answered.
“Ryan, Evan, what brings you here?” Uncle asked in a surprised tone when he stood in front of us.
“Did you follow her all the way here?” Whitney asked on top of her voice.
“Of course we did. Did you think we were going to let our mate be alone in this territory full of males?” I asked back.
“She’s not alone okay, she has us!” She exclaimed.
“Yeah right, did you know she was here with this douchebag?” I asked while I pointed a finger at the beta warrior.
Whitney looked at Lexi seriously then at the guy.
“August, why the hell did you bring Lexi here?” She asked.
“Well, I wanted to get to know her better.” He answered, annoying me.
“And why is that?” Evan asked loudly.
“Because I have interest in her. Also I didn’t know that she was already mated.” He answered as I chuckled softly.
“Brother, let’s kill him. That way we won’t have competition or unwanted drama.” I mind linked Evan.
“We can’t, Lexi would be terrified of us and Whitney would call Alpha Ian as a way of getting rid of us.” He answered.
Damn he was right!.
“Well now you know, she’s mated to these two.” Whitney answered, then pointed at our motorcycles.
“Get those things moving. I’ll inform our warriors to stand down since you pose no threat.” She said then turned and walked away.
“Welcome to your new territory I guess.” Uncle said with a smile.
“Thank you, we are happy to be here.” Evan answered.
“Alright then, I’ll take my leave.” He said then turned and went back.
I looked at the remaining Beta from head to toe.
“Why the fuck are you still standing here?” I asked sarcastically.
“Lexi, let’s go back.” He said, pissing me off.
I was about to move when Evan lifted his hand stopping me.
“I’m sorry but I guess you didn’t hear us clearly. Lexi is our mate and our responsibility. We can’t let her go back with another male no matter what.” He answered.
“But I came here with her because I was telling her something important.” He said seriously.
“Is that so?” I asked then moved my hand around her waist pulling her closer to me.
“How about you choose who you want to go with?” I told her.
She glanced at me for a second then at the Beta.
“I’m sorry August, but I’m not going anywhere with you. I’m grateful for what you told me but that ends here. I want to spend time with my mates, today and forever.” She answered as I grinned.
He angrily stumped the ground like a kid then turned and walked away muttering something to himself.
I and Evan burst out into laughter, startling her.
“Lame.” I said between laughter.
“Super lame.” He answered back then composed himself.
“Sorry about that.” He whispered to Lexi.
She giggled softly then grabbed both of our hands squeezing them tightly.
“I’m happy hearing you laugh.” She said calmly.
I looked at Evan who nodded at me. We both moved and wrapped our arms around her.
It felt so nice having her in our arms again after what felt like forever.
“Would you like to ride with me?” Evan asked softly.
I looked at him with a raised brow. He really was going to take this chance to spend time alone with her.
“Sure.” She answered then tilted her head to look at me.
“It’s okay, I don’t mind.” I said softly and meant it.
After all we had a lot of days ahead of us, if I wanted to be alone with her it wasn’t going to be hard.