The Rogue's Redemption: His Scarred Mate

Chapter 6.

Zodiac POV.

I watch as alpha Renko disappears from my sight. I turn and lean against the sink and look around the kitchen. It looks like mom has been here to keep the place clean, but it looks like it hasn’t been cleaned in a while.

“What are you planning on doing?” Ċarnage asks me. I push off the sink and walk through the house. The house that holds nothing but painful memories. Then again, everything in this pack holds nothing but painful memories.

“Renko wants us to be his luna. He will wish he never set eyes on us.” I tell my wolf, and she chuckles.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way, Zoe. But can I say this? Maybe try to play nice. He seems like a good wolf.” Is she losing her mind? Or is it the pesky, stupid mate bond that is making my savage wolf go all goo-goo eyed for the tall, brooding alpha?

“Not on your life, Carn. I am not going to give in to the bond. We were naïve back then and look where it got us.” I say to her and she sighs, knowing I’m right.

The fact that I am mated again to an alpha is one thing, the other fact is he is the alpha of my old pack, then there is the fact that he f*****g claimed me and I’m now stuck here until I reject him or he rejects me. Which, given the fact I tried to reject his ass, and he stopped me, tells me he will have to be the one to do it.

Oh, you clever little b***h Zodiac Jones.

“That’s it. We get him to reject us.” I say to my wolf and she rolls her eyes.

“He won’t and you know it. He is not like the other alphas we have met on our travels. He looks sad, lonely, dare I even say guilty.” Ċarnage says to me and I think about what she is saying and she is right.

I wonder why, though? From what I have learnt over the years, everyone has secrets. No one is a damn saint. They have skeletons and I am usually the one to dig them up.

That is the joys of being a lone wolf. You watch and notice so much more being away from others. That you learn to read body language and now that I think about it, Renko has a lot of secrets. Maybe I can use this mate bond to my advantage to uncover the truth that he is so desperate to keep hidden. But that would require me to play … nice and I don’t do nice.

“No, we don’t. But we could act it? So no more scowling, no more being a meany. Head high, act like the other luna’s we have had the misfortune of being around. Be sickly sweet, nice and gen …” she gags before she finishes. “Gentle. Goddess, that word makes me feel sick.” She says and I chuckle at her because she is right. We are anything but gentle.

“Make him weak, make him secure, then when we have him where we want him, he will expose those dark secrets of his. Then we get him to reject us and leave.” I’m actually quite shocked by her attitude.

“I thought wolves should crave their mates, and you are just wanting to steamroll over him.” I say to her and she sighs in my head.

“One alpha hurt us, Zoe. I am not that stupid to give into the bond again. We were both hurt, and if I have to go against everything Selene has put in place for us, then so be it. You are too important to me. I came to you early because you needed me. You need me now and I will always be by your side. I love you, my girl. So if we have to do this, then so be it.” I feel the emotions bubbling up inside of me because of Ċarnage’s words.

She is right. I was alone and needed a friend and so she came when I was sixteen. Which is unusual. The other thing that is unusual is that she has the same scars as me. I know she is special, but she never told me how. Whatever she is, I’m grateful to her. She is bigger than a beta, hell I think she is slightly bigger than an alpha.

But the thing about my girl is she is savage. No matter who we face, they are no match for her. Anyway, back to the problem at hand.

“How do we do this? If we suddenly just change, it will raise suspicion. We need to do this without that. So how do we do this? And don’t even think of saying the word girly. I hate it and what it stands for.” I tell her and she pushes images of me in a pink dress and my hair blonde wearing make-up. f**k, she is making me look like Barbie. Gag.

“f**k off Carn. I will never be like that and you know it.” I say and she laughs in my head.

“You should see your face. Ooooh priceless.” b***h.

“Focus. How do we do this?” I say to her and wait for her to compose herself.

“Ok, sorry. But you would look ridiculous. But anyway, you act friendly. You walk around like nothing is bothering you. This pack will expect you to wallow in self pity. They will think they have broken you, so we show them they haven’t. We get out there in the morning and join training. Show them what we are, what we are capable of. Just look at them like Caroline and her group. We like them. Don’t show them that being here is bothering you. Get to know alpha Renko. Let him trust you and you him, then he will spill his guts, then we can tear his throat out and destroy this s**t hole.” She says with a growl and I smirk and it makes me look sinister, especially as my smile pulls on the scars.

“Girl, I f*****g love you. Tomorrow, we will begin this plan. But the longer we are here, that black wolf will think I’ve given up and hopefully he comes out of hiding and then we can find him and kill him.” I say, and Ċarnage growls in agreement.

We head up the stairs to my old bedroom, and everything is as I left it. The room is clean, and the bedding has been washed and changed. The lingering scent of my mom is in here. I grab my shorts and a vest top and head to the bathroom, which is at the end of the hallway. I walk past each room and stop at one in particular.

Meghan’s room.

I push the handle down and open the door. I walk inside and move to her little bed by the window. I see all her things are still in place. The room, this house, is a living shrine of what happened that day. I reach for her stuffy, her pink rabbit. Clover.

I pick it up and hold it to my chest. The sting hits my nose, my vision blurs as the first tears fall.

“I’m so sorry, sweet pea. I will avenge you and daddy. I promise you I will. Sleep tight, little sister, you are always in my heart. I love and miss you so much.” I say into the darkness as I fall on the floor and sob, clutching her rabbit.

I will find the black rogue wolf and as Selene as my witness, I will destroy him the same way he destroyed me.