16. Mateo
Ivy was jumping up and down into my head, shouting 'Mate!' as I was frozen into my spot looking at the man in front of me.
He was taller than me with blonde hair that looked like he just woke up and blue eyes. He was looking at me as surprised as me rubbing his chin that was covered in stumbles.
"Hi?" I said, not knowing what else to do. My heart was beating frantically, and my breath caught in my throat.
Ivy was right. This bond between mates was strong. As strong as the one between the Alters was. But having an animal side made it harder to resist it.
Without saying anything, the stranger pushed me, so my back was now on the cold wall and kissed. I respond to the heated kiss, unable to resist. It feels so good, so promising that I do not want ever to stop.
When he pulled away, I noticed that his eyes were dark blue mixed with silver.
"Mate!" came a slightly distorted voice, and I knew it was his wolf.
'God! Mate is so hot!' Ivy said, drooling in my head.
'Oh my God, Ivy! You are so... ' I started saying back to her, but my mate cleared his throat, making me close the mind link.
"Who are you?" he asks now in a deep, serious voice. His eyes were back to ocean blue colour.
"I'm Amaya!" Amaya R..."
"That's enough! I do not need to know more than that, Amaya!" He said coldly.
"And who are you?"
He looked at me, smirking, but before he opened his mouth, my father yelled from his office.
"Alpha Mateo, would you come in today?! I have been waiting for you long enough.
He sighs, and I chuckle.
" Well, you should go, Alpha Mateo. I will meet you later."
"Yeah, I should!" he said and turned around, heading to my father's office.
'Hmm... something is off. Don't you think, Ivy?"
'What are you talking about? All I could see was just how hot he was. And his voice... God! It makes me want to jump his bones!'
'Ivy! Stop being such a bitch!' I said, laughing.
"What are you laughing at, Your Majesty?"
"Leon! What are you doing here?"
"What do you mean? I'm still Beta of this pack, Your Majesty!"
"Would you stop calling me like that?" I said, punching his arm.
"Only if you ask me nicely!"
I smirked at him and looked for some source of water.
My smirk grew when I saw a vase with flowers.
"Whatever you are planning to do, it won't be wrong on me. I am the..."
Before he could finish, I poured all the water on his head.
"You are the damp Beta!" I said sarcastically.
"Amaya Ricci! You will go to pay for this!" Leon shouts and starts running after me.
"Anna! Anna, help me!" I said as soon as I saw her.
She laughs at our behaviour before putting her hand on her hips.
"Leon Moretti, Beta of the Black Moon Pack! How are you daring to do this to your future Queen?"
We both stop running to see Anna looking so severe, and we all start laughing.
"Guys, I need to ask you something," I said when we decided to go into the kitchen to eat.
"Yeah?" Anna said suspiciously.
"My father asked me to take you two and go shopping."
"Really? I love shopping! I haven't done this in ages though! When are we going?"
"Hold on, Anna! It is not like the shops will disappear overnight." Leon said in a monotonous voice.
"We will go tomorrow. Today I have something to do." I said, blushing slightly.
"What is going on here?" Leon asks, starting to tickle me.
"Nothing!" I said, and he started tickling me more.
"Leon, stop! I can not breathe!"
"I will stop only if you tell me."
"Ok, ok! But promise you will not get sad."
I was afraid he would feel bad because he did not find his Mate.
"Mm... ok?" he said.
"Promise me, Leon!"
"Ok! Ok! I promise!"
I nod my head and look him in the eyes, then turn my face to Anna and do the same before turning back to Leon.
"My Mate is here! I met him before you found me in the hallway. "
"What?" he said, not believing what he just heard.
"Yep!"
"Who is he?"
"He is the Alpha of..."
"An Alpha? But the only Alpha here is... Mateo?!"
Leon interrupts me.
He doesn't look sad, and he seems angered by the news.
"Leon, what's wrong?"
"I will kill that bastard when I see him," Leon said before storming out of the kitchen.
I took two steps after him, but Anna stopped me.
"Let him be, Amaya! He will be fine," she said.
"But why is he acting like that?"
"Well, Alpha Mateo is not exactly what a mate should be," she said, looking away and playing with her fingers.
"What do you mean, Anna?"
"Remember when I told you about how Bianca is sleeping with someone..." she started saying, but the most annoying voice I know interrupted her.
"How dare you speak about me? Did you forget your place, bitch?"
"Bianca! I'd you won't stop behaving like this, I will throw you out of this pack in an instant!"
"So what? I will leave anyway. I will be a Luna soon, and I will not care about any of you then! So do whatever you want! Oh, of course, if you want! Because if I remember well, you are not a Queen or Luna, yet! You are just a poor orphan who Alpha Giovanni took as his daughter to fill the hole that whore of Talia left behind!"
"You fucking bitch! I will kill you! How dare you speak like this to my mother?!"
I said, and I ran towards her punching her in the face.
Her nose was bleeding, and her eyes were wide in surprise.
"What is going on?!" came the voice of my mate.
