Chapter 2

---XAVIER--

I am Xavier, the Alpha king of all Alphas. It has been more than a fucking decade and I haven't met my mate. Since I turned sixteen, I have always yearned to meet her, but I guess luck was not on my side like that of my parents who met each other at sixteen years.

Every year, balls are organized on my behalf to find my soulmate in different packs.

I have been going to the balls for nearly a decade and I vowed not to go again if I don't find my mate this year. My Wolf is always sad because he claims he is lonely without his soulmate. I always have to shut him out when he nags, because it also hurts me as well.

I do not want people to mock me that I am weak because I have not met my mate yet. By which I continue to prove them wrong that not having a mate by your side to rule does not make you a weak Alpha.

People always bow when they hear my name. They all want to be in my good books to prevent having problems with me.

Scumbags, do they think I don't see it all. The ball is about to start again and I'm always dreading the outcome of it, but I have to go to make my mom, the previous Luna, happy, because her greatest wish is to see me to find my Luna.

A knock came on the door in my office. I was awaiting my Beta, Nathaniel, to bring me the names of the pack we would be visiting in a few days to come.

"Come in" I replied.

Nathaniel and I have been friends since we were children. He met his mate, Sophia, when he turned eighteen. I sometimes feel jealous of them when they go out for dates and sometimes when I see them cuddling on the sofa.

He has two young pups and Sophia is expecting her third child. How lovely.

Nathaniel walked in with a file in hand. He is about 5.6 feet tall and very muscular, but not as muscular as I am.

" Alpha, Luna Gabriella said I should hand this file to you" he said, taking a seat on the chair in front of my desk with his hands lifted in front of me. I took it and thanked him. The room fell in a comfortable silence and only breaths could be heard.

"Xavier, how do you feel", those were the words Nathaniel said and I felt my whole world crumble down.

"Nat, I feel empty as always when we are about to go for the search. You know that is what I call it, because it's actually just a search disguised in the name of a ball", I replied, looking through the file.

"Don't say that Xavier, you will one day find her" he reassured me, but my hopes were not lifted up because I had heard that a thousand times but still no mate.

I wanted to get my mind off it, so I asked him a different question to divert the issue.

"How are the girls doing? and Sophia" He smiled when I mentioned his family.

"They have been naughty as the days go by and Sophia is also in her fifth month of pregnancy" he answered warmly with his eyes looking directly at me.

I looked through the files to know when we would be living.

"So, Nat, that means, on the appearance of things, we will be leaving in two days". I asked to get the correct information.

"Yes, in two days Xavier" he said, distracted, probably, mind linking with Sophia.

A knock came from the door again and I knew who it was because of my extremely heightened sense of smell. Amelia walked in wearing a dress that left little to no imagination. What the hell? I heard Zain say in my head. He hates Amelia, who is practically the Pack's whore.

Always wanting to enter into people's pants when she gets the opportunity to. Sophia hates her also because she tried hitting on Nat, which caused a fight between the two.

I know she just wants a chance to enter my pants and pin me down with a baby so she can be Luna, since I did not have a mate.

"What are you doing here Amelia", I questioned sternly. The moment Nathaniel saw her. His facial expression looked angry at once. She was a gold digger and only chased after men who could provide for her needs.

I also heard she rejected her mate because he was just a common pack member with no rank or whatsoever.

She was dressed in a bodycon dress that showed no curves at all, since she was practically a stick with her breast spilling out of her dress and not to mention how she heavily wore her make-up.

"Oh Xavier", I immediately cut her off at once when she mentioned my name.

"It's Alpha for you Amelia", I replied sternly, with a laughing Nathaniel by my side.

" What do you want, Amelia," I questioned again, because I wanted her out of my office. I had more important things to do than to waste my time on this good for nothing.

"Alpha, I came to ask when you will be leaving for your balls since I would like to come along " she answered, making flirtatious signs with her body which left me unattracted at all.

"What do you mean you want to join us" I asked. I did not get her. I guess she is dumb.

" You know that only males and females who are not mated can go along with me to those balls to find their mates. And I heard clearly that you had already found your mate but rejected him some months back, so you are not eligible to come along with me to the balls", I answered angrily at her.

She looked lost for words when I talked about her rejecting her mate. How stupid is she? Of course, I am the Alpha, and nothing goes on without me not hearing about it.

"Okay alpha " she said, leaving my office.

"Is she that desperate to lure you into bed, Xavier" Nathaniel said, laughing loudly.

" I guess so", I answered, arranging files on my desk.

--ALYSSA--

I woke up to the sun's rays shinning on my face. I remember clearly closing it the night before I went to bed. I guess grandma opened them this morning. I got up from bed.

My room was average-sized. everything was painted blue. I painted the walls blue. I had a gray bed set, a window next to my bed. I walked towards my closet.

I opened it and grabbed my underwear and bra and played it on my bed along with my outfit for the day.

I decided to wear a leather skirt and a grey shirt. I grabbed my white towel and made my way to my bathroom. I stripped out of my pajamas, which was a white cotton tank top with shorts. I got in the shower and washed my hair and body with my favorite lavender body wash.

I got out of the bathtub and walked up to the sink and brushed my teeth.

I looked in the mirror and saw my blue eyes staring directly at me. I wondered if I looked like my moon or dad and why they had abandoned me in the woods.

" Don't think about it, girl." my wolf Andrea said, reassuring me.

" We have a grandma. We don't need them" she kept rambling on and on.

" You don't understand, Jess, I wished I had my parents like everyone around me has" I answered, crying.

"I understand you girl, but you don't have to be crying over spilled milk. You have grandma and me. We will protect you as long as we are alive. Keep that in mind", she said, and she was gone.

I walked out and saw grandma sitting on my bed holding a tray of breakfast.

"Oh, grandma, you don't have to do this. I could have joined you at the dining table ", I answered worriedly, taking the tray and placing it on the table located in the corner of the room, and went into the closet to dress.

" Oh, dear you know, I love to do this" she answered warmly to me.

" No grandma, I have told you that you are growing, and I am not a small girl anymore, your Alyssa is now a big girl, so leave most of the household chores to me" I yelled, putting on my bra and underwear in the closet.

I went out of the closet dressed. I went over to the tray in the corner of the room to eat. Grandma was still seated on my bed and, as usual, with Ollie sleeping beside her legs.

These days grandma seems down, and I guess it's from me meeting my mate very soon because I will be turning 16 in two days.

But I have vowed to always be close to grandma, even if I find my mate, because I owe my life and what I have become because of her. I continued to munch on my breakfast, which consisted of sausages, egg, bacon, cheese and toasted bread with my coffee.

I love this combination very much.

I turned my head to look in the direction of my bed where grandma was seated and noticed she was not there. I guess she left when I was so preoccupied with my meal that I failed to hear her footsteps leave my room.

I was done with my meal. I made my way through the rooms to the stairs and turned into the kitchen. I washed the dishes. I decided to check up on grandma before I went back to my room to watch a movie.

Her door was left open with her singing while folding her clothes in the wardrobe.

I decided not to disturb her lovely time and made my way back to my room. I grabbed the laptop on my nightstand. Immediately, it turned on the picture of grandma and I popped up.

I remember using it as my wallpaper two years ago when we visited grandma's sister in Silvermoon Pack in Chicago.

Oh, how time flies fast, I tapped on Netflix on my desktop and searched for the series Jane the virgin.

I cannot seem to get the series out of my mind. I always see a movie called 365 days after just seeing the trailer. I really want to watch it because I do not know much about sex stuff and, from what I know, I was taught in Ed class.

I made a mental note to watch when I am done with the series Jane the virgin.

Two hours came fast like light of speed. Today is Saturday and I need to do some grocery shopping. I dread going out because I mostly meet Lucas when I go out to shop. I got out of bed and placed my laptop on my nightstand.

"Grandma, I am going grocery shopping", I told her as she was crunched up in bed with Ollie beside her.

"Okay dear, open the wardrobe, I made a list of things we need to buy to save you the hustle of going out again. she answered, gesturing her hand to the direction of the wardrobe.

"Don't stay out long Alyssa", I heard her yell as I closed her door.

I walked to Emily's house because we were both going grocery shopping together. I knocked on the door and it was immediately opened by Mrs. Anderson.

"Dear, come in, Emily will be right down in no time" she said to me as I sat by her in the Sofa.

I now knew why she and grandma clicked very much. She was also watching the same show grandma watches every single day. It was a show about cooking, more especially baking.