Nikolai POV:
I could feel Paige's distress through the mate bond before she even got to the office. When she came in I seen her relax a little bit. When she got over to me and climbed in my lap I could feel the sadness and anger through the bond. I didn't think she wanted to talk with everyone there so I sent them away. My office is sound proof so they wouldn't be able to hear her. As soon as the door closed she fell apart and the pain she felt radiated through me.
"Shhh... Shhh... My love. What's wrong? Did something happen?" I ask her while rubbing circles on her back. It took her a minute to reply but when she did it broke me. "Of course something happened.... -sob- I married that monster like the fool I was.-sob- All he saw was a voulnerable young woman and he prayed on me.- sob- He... He... He bro... brok.ke m..ee and -sob- I hate him!" She sobbed for a while until finally I felt her start to relax.
After a long while of me holding her she spoke. "I'm sorry." She whispered her voice a bit rough from crying. "You have nothing to apologize for my love." I soothed her. "Yes I do. I married a psychopath and now I know he won't give me a divorce. How am I supposed to be completely yours if I am still married?" She says lifting her head to look at me. Her sweet golden eyes were red and puffy from crying and it made me want to go to the cells and torture him some more.
"Actually, I looked into that. It seems you were never really married. He faked the license and never filed for a marriage certificate. The one he had was just a fake from a local document forger." I tell her slowly watching the relief wash over her. "Really?" She asked her voice brightening a bit. "Yes my love. But also I. I uh. Have. A confession to make..." I say hesitantly. I saw her brows knit together and she leaned back to look at me fully.
"What is it?" She asked tilting her head a bit and raising an eyebrow. I could hear the uncertainty in her voice. "Trevor is in the cells." I whisper out quickly. "Huh? Wait I don't think I heard you right. He is where?" She asks with shock on her face. "He is in the cells." I say again a little above a whisper. At first I thought she would be upset but then I felt it through the bond... joy? "I want to see." She says standing from my lap. 'Absolutely not!' Kaelen, who has been quiet, roars in my head.
'He will never lay eyes on our mate again! Я убью его первым!(I will kill him first)' He continues. "What is Kaelen saying?" She asks. Before I can answer Kaelen pushes me to the back taking control. All I can do is watch even though I'm fighting to get through. "No." He answers her using his Alpha tone. Instead of her submitting she crosses her arms over her chest and cocks her hips to the side. "Excuse me? I know you didn't just try to command me!"
"You promised. You promised you wouldn't and here you are doing it anyway!" She yells throwing her hands in the air and stalking towards the shelves on the right side of the room. "I'm sorry little mate but I can't allow it. He will never lay eyes on you again." Kaelen said making sure there wasn't a hint of Alpha tone. Guess he doesn't want to piss her off. 'No I don't.' he replied to my thought.
"You will take me or I will make one of the pack members to take me. It's your choice." She says in a no nonsense tone and again crossing her arms over her chest. "I don't want to fight about this Paige but I will. I forbid you to see him!" He growls. That was the wrong answer though. She stalked over to him and started poking him in the chest.
"I will see him because I want the satisfaction of him seeing the mark on my neck. I want to see the anguish in his eyes when I slap him and have him beaten! He will pay for what he has done to me d**n it! He will! You will not take that satisfaction away from me!" By the time she finishes her statement she is screaming and angry tears roll down her face.
"I don't want to taint you like that little mate. That kind of thing can effect you more than you think." He says quietly grabbing her in a hug. 'She is so sexy when she wants revenge.' I say to him and he chuckles back. 'Yes she is.' We were interrupted by Paige speaking. "Please, Kaelen. I need this. I need to. Not just for me but-" she paused and I feel her pure grief come through the bond. I can tell Kaelen feels it too.
"But for who little mate?" He asks gently lifting her face to look at us. "For my baby." She whispers and tears streak her cheeks again. The rage boiling inside us is only contained by the knowledge of her in our arms. What does she mean her baby?