26 ⋆ Mistake

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Jimin's POV

Thursday

I woke early, sitting next to his still sleeping form and watching as he took steady breaths of comfort. Carefully, I tugged my clothes back on after the events of last night and looked back at him.

I kissed him on the forehead sweetly and slowly left the cabin, walking back to the home I was staying at through the snow. Jungkook's mom was asleep still when I got back, so I managed to sneak upstairs to my room before she got to say anything. I sighed and laid down on my back, knowing today was the test run.

Would I see him today? I figured not if we were supposed to be kept separate, but still, my heart thumped wildly inside of my chest. I didn't sleep, but rather, paced my room and thought about all of the possibilities that could happen on Saturday. What if his wolf rejected me? I was human after all. What if his wolf hurt me? Would I die? Jungkook's mom was knocking on my door before I knew it, startling me.

"Hey, you're up. When did you get back?" She asked softly as she opened the door and leaned against the door frame.

I shrugged, "I got here a few hours ago. I didn't want to wake you up." I told her with a smile, sitting up.

She nodded and looked around. "Test run today." She finally said, walking over and sitting down next to me. I nodded and looked up at her with worried eyes.

"What was yours like?" I asked, hoping her story would provide some comfort.

"Well, my husband and I started this tradition when we made this pack. It was new and the rules were new and everything was new. We had already been mated for years, but we figured... new pack, new traditions. Like all the other packs do."

"And it was really romantic. I remember I found this pond deep in the woods and I thought if I stood in the water, his wolf would get thrown off and it would be funny. The water was freezing, even for werewolves. Instead of getting thrown off, he found me immediately and he dove right in." She laughed, her eyes wrinkling, recalling the fond memory.

"But it was nice. I was nervous, he was nervous, I think everyone was nervous. But it went according to plan, a few of the non-ranking wolves did it for themselves. And it's been that way ever since for all of the high ranking wolves. Now, it's your turn." She smiled at me.

"I think I'm ready to go." I nodded.

She turned around, whistling. Yoongi hurried in carrying the jar of paint and grinned. I raised an eyebrow at their little trick and shook my head.

"Time to get you all dressed up." He said happily.

I groaned and got pulled to the bathroom where Yoongi replicated the design I had chosen, Jungkook's mom styled the crown on my head, and I pulled on the clothing, or lack thereof, onto my hips.

They stared at me, smiling before I turned and looked at myself in the mirror. "Wow," I said, surprised at the look of myself as I raised my eyebrows.

"Beautiful." Jungkook's mom murmured in delight. Yoongi just smiled wider at his accomplishment.

"Alright. Let's get you down there!" Yoongi cheered as they took my hands and led me out of the house.

We walked next to each other to the clearing where the group of girls were waiting and all of the decorations had been set up. I blushed at the sight of their eyes on me, staring at what I had become.

"Okay. Let's start this, why don't we?" Jungkook's mom said, walking over to the throne. I nodded and followed her lead, kneeling before her, and waiting for her to start her speech.

"Tonight is something special. Tonight, we celebrate the mating between Jeon Jungkook and Park Jimin. Jimin, do you accept this crown as the future Luna to this pack?"

"Yes, I do," I said softly.

"Then let it be known Park Jimin accepts this crown and Jeon Jungkook as his mate. Jimin here is your blindfold and you may now run with the girls."

I stood after grabbing the fabric, laughing as the girls and I all began to run in our different directions. I heard Jungkook's mom start to talk again in the distance, the sound of Jungkook's name running through my mind. My heart picked up the pace at the sound and I ran a little harder, finding the clearing I had chosen.

I slowly walked to the center and knelt down, wrapping the blindfold around my eyes and waiting. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be waiting for something, but soon, I heard branches snapping behind me. I smiled softly, listening closely as he walked forward. Jungkook's hands went onto my shoulders as I sighed contently, missing the touch.

I could feel a breath on my neck as lips slowly kissed up my skin, a soft moan escaping my lips.

"Jungkook, we're supposed to wait," I whispered.

He pulled away and undid the blindfold. I turned around, and my smile instantly dropped at the face of Jackson, Jungkook's Beta.

"Get away from me." I hissed, quickly scooting away from him with shocked wide eyes.

He was too fast though as he reached out and grabbed my ankles, pulling me back to him. "But you just loved what I was doing." He growled. I whimpered, tears forming in my eyes as he hovered over me, his hands holding down my wrists as the feeling of his breath on my neck made me squirm.

"Let me go!" I cried, trying to pull my hands out from under him.

"Shut up. You're practically begging for it, you little slut. Anyone can smell the whore on you from miles away." He snarled. I cried harder at his words as he dipped his head down and began to kiss on my neck once more. I struggled as hard as I could, trying to get out from under him.

"Jungkook!" I screamed helplessly, trying to kick and flail as hard as I could.

"He can't hear you or get to you. Stop trying." Jackson growled, his canines raking over my skin as if he was going to mark me.

"Jungkook!" I wailed, sobbing loudly as I tried to escape. "Let me go! Get off!" I screamed, but his lips latched onto mine. I groaned in horror, trying to thrash my head from side to side, but his lips stayed.

"Stop fucking moving!" He yelled, reaching back and slapping me hard across the face. I whimpered and closed my eyes tight as he continued to kiss my neck.

With a final cry, I screamed, "Jungkook!" At the top of my lungs. He groaned, slapping me again. My vision went dizzy as I sobbed lightly.

Suddenly, the feeling of Jackson's body was lifted off of me, and the sight of a small brown wolf attacking him filled my eyes. I sat up and crawled backward as far away from him as I could, holding myself as I stared with wide eyes at the wolf I had never seen before. Jackson slowly stood as the brown wolf circled him.

"You chose the wrong wolf, bitch." He shifted quickly into a sand-colored wolf, running after the brown one.

The brown wolf did some sort of maneuver underneath him, latching its jaw onto Jackson's neck. Jackson's wolf howled as the brown wolf took him to the ground, clamping hard on his flesh. Jackson's wolf cried out in surrender, but the brown wolf bit harder, and eventually, snapped his neck with a sickening crack.

I yelped and looked away, covering my body as best as I could with my hands, shivering, and the feeling of him all over me making my skin crawl.

"Hey, hey, are you okay?" Yoongi's voice said, his human form running over to me. He had been the brown wolf. I shook my head quickly and sobbed, my hand covering the bite mark on my neck he had managed to get in.

Jungkook's mom suddenly ran into the clearing, staring with wide eyes at the scene. "Get Jungkook. I don't care what the rules are. Get him." Jungkook's mom commanded.

Yoongi growled over his shoulder at the dead form of Jackson, then picked me up and rushed me back to the homes. I cried, still covering the bite which was not Jungkook's, as it was bleeding terribly and stinging horribly.

"It hurts!" I cried, the red liquid running down my chest.

"I know. Jungkook's coming. You'll be okay." Yoongi tried to comfort me with his scent while bursting into the house and carrying me upstairs. He quickly took the crown off and the excuse for pants, tossing them into the closet and slamming the door.

"Stay here." He commanded, running into the bathroom and starting a bath as I cried.

"Get him off, get him off!" I wailed, feeling his lips and skin and saliva all over me. My hands wiped the skin of my neck over and over, only making the bleeding worse and the feeling of saliva more spread.

Jungkook suddenly burst into the room, his eyes going wide as I laid curled up in a ball, my hands over my bleeding neck, crying bloody murder. He rushed over, picking me up in his arms as Yoongi came out of the bathroom.

"What happened?" Jungkook growled with dark eyes, holding me tightly against his chest.

"Jackson tried to mark him," Yoongi informed him. Jungkook looked down and tore my hand away from my neck, his face hardening at the sight.

"Leave. Now." He growled at Yoongi as I cried and placed a bloody hand on his chest. He quickly grabbed my hand and held it tight as Yoongi fled the room.

Jungkook quickly took us to the bathroom and pulled us into the hot water as I cried softly.

Jungkook petted my hair and grabbed soap and a washcloth, dragging the soap across my skin to get the remains of him off of me. I whimpered lightly, trying to snuggle as hard as I could into his chest.

"Let me see, let me see," Jungkook whispered soothingly, trying to take my hand off of my neck. I gently lifted it, not wanting to know how bad it was.

"Fuck..." He breathed, grabbing the washcloth and dabbing at the dried blood to get it off. I closed my eyes, holding myself as my body shook violently, the memory of him over me running through my mind continuously.

Jungkook lightly touched the bite wound, but stopped after a while and decided to focus on holding me. I kept my eyes closed, shaking in his arms.

"It's okay. I'm here now. I'm not going any-."

"I don't want to do it anymore." I whimpered, cutting him off. I could feel him tense up but he continued to rub my hair.

"Don't want to do what?" He asked carefully.

"The ceremony. I don't want to do it anymore." I said. Shivering nonstop.

Jungkook swallowed. "Okay." He whispered, holding me tight.

"Just mark me now, I don't want to do it." I cried, furiously wiping tears off of my face.

"No, Jimin. We can't do it like this." He gently shushed me, and his words just made me cry harder as I curled in on myself. I had never felt so helpless. Nothing good has happened to us since I got here. Maybe this was a mistake after all.

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