Past or present
"Hey mighty Alpha look here I'm one and only for you. So you better get yourself engaged with me or I will find someone else", she said. "If that's the case I hope you find someone far more good looking than me", I smirked at her. Her face fell and I chastened myself for hurting her. I pulled her into my arms embracing her and said, "Do you think I can live without you? You are my mate. If I don't get to marry you I will live alone the rest of my life waiting to see you again ".
I was brought back to the present by a sudden knock on my door. "Come in" , I said. I registered the smell of Annabeth; it was an OK scent for me but never appealing as my mate. "So I hear you announced our engagement to my grandma. Hardly romantic. You might be losing your touch ", she said coyly. "I didn't know you expected a romantic proposal considering you had rejected your mate", I threw back at her. There was a sudden pain in her eyes at the mention of his name. "I never asked for anyone to be my mate. I always wanted to be Luna and lead the pack. I can't let anyone take that away from me", she breathed.
"Sorry I was harsh Beth but the truth is that love is the last thing I wanted from our relationship", I said. "You might not want anything from me but I want a normal relationship with you. I want you to give me babies". I felt a pang of guilt thinking about the nonexistent children I was about to bring into this marriage. "I never thought you were a mother type ", I said deflecting her attack. "Wrong again Alpha I wasn't ready before now I'm. I won't ask you for her place in your life but I will have my own", she said. Her words left me speechless. Where's she going with this? I thought.
"If you really want me to marry you show you will make me a happy wife especially where it really matters to me in bed". I rolled my eyes at her. "Is this why you came here to scratch an itch we are not engaged yet. You can go anywhere. Leave me be. I have work to do", I said disinterested. "Is this another way of saying I'm not over my mate yet"? She asked. She walked around the table and I leaned back on my chair. She sat on my lap and placed her hands around me. If she is going to be my wife I better get used to this I reminded myself. I held her chin between my fingers and pulled her face to mine. I kissed her hard, my tongue lapping her tongue she moaned. I'm sure the entire building might have heard her. She tore her mouth away for breath and started to rub her body over mine. I gently pushed away and told her, "I guess I have demonstrated my prowess I think you should go now ". She smiled at me and nodded her head. I never thought a kiss could shut her up for good. The kiss wasn't that great or very bad average if I could put a number for it. I wondered how it would be to kiss her, my mate. Now that I have seen it's hard not to imagine her face kissing me, especially a part of me. Gosh! It was getting hard just thinking about kissing my mate. I haven't got a clue where she is right now. She could be dating someone for all I know.
After she left I called Li again and asked about her security. He said everything went smoothly. The guy he picked was perfect and had been working with humans for so long he sometimes forgot he wasn't one. I know Liam does his job well. His only fault is that he is too angry to be sad. He lost his parents to a war between the tribes. He wanted to wipe out every tribe so only Northern tribes exist. I think he believes in that fucking prophecy too. Everyone believes it except me.
Endless meetings are the ones I hate about my job. I just wanted to sleep through it. I got a file named private before me. I slowly opened it to find the most beautiful face looking at me. I slowly ran my fingers on her bangs. Her face is half hidden by her bangs. How she sees anything is a miracle. I went through it quickly. Her name was Angela. Her mother died when she was 14 years old and her father was alcoholic so she moved away to a friend's place then to the ghost house building. I felt a sudden anger at the dickhead father who I will surely meet some day. I hope it's not our last meeting.
I gently pulled her photo from the file and placed it in my pocket. I casually looked at the watch and saw that it was time for combat training. This is the only exciting part of my life. I know there will be questions on my interest over the girl and I have my answers only if they are able to get it.
When I reached there everyone was already on the ground, some were sparring the others were demonstrating. I was immediately joined by Li and Tony. "So what's the deal with the girl, is she your new pet "? Tony asked. "Wouldn't you like to know? ", I countered back. "You aren't going to tell us ?", he asked. "If you can land at least one blow I will tell you everything or I will make it interesting if you beat me without shifting then I would tell you whatever you want ". Tony came forward and asked , " Can we shift "? I nodded my head. First Tony wanted to come at me. I rolled my sleeves up and thought this could get messy. If I could shift this would be over in seconds but then no one will fight with me. So I had to make some compromise. There is one issue that I could bleed: my wolf body doesn't bleed since we are blessed by easy healing and strength. On the other hand the human body has its own limitations.
I motioned him to come at me. His weakness is that he makes a lot of noise that would normally give him away but his advantage is that he had superhuman strength from his wolf form. I'm in my human body but I do have certain strength because of my Alpha stature. I easily moved away from him but he was quick he came at me again this time nabbing me I shifted away from him but not before a scratch on my face. We were attracting an audience. I quickly held him by his waste and threw him away earning myself huge claps from the audience. Tony was now limping away. I had to laugh seeing his antics. "Do you want to spar"? I asked Li in response he held up his hands in surrender.
"What's next on my list" ? I asked Li. Being an alpha I rarely had any time for myself. "I think you have a brief meeting with the border patrols ", I nodded my head. I can't postpone that but I ordered a meeting soon. Li left to inform the guards. Tony decided he wasn't going to get any more sympathy so he jogged towards me. There were several whispers around me which I could hear easily. How could he beat a wolf in human form. It's unheard of. I knew he was the chosen one. He could easily take on four wolves a time. No Alpha in other tribes is that powerful. If only the moon goddess is as kind to him by giving him a worthy mate. But he is not supposed to.
Hearing these always irked me. "Show is over '' I barked at them. They dispersed quickly. Why do they have to remind me of her. Especially when I was trying hard to forget her. I got called for a meeting soon. They had to endure my sour mood I guess. My prestigious border patrol group was headed by four trustworthy guys. They updated me on everything. But they had sightings of rogue wolves here and there. They were worried that an attack was coming. It seems as though these rogues were found in a pattern which was unusual for them. I understood their worry that we can't lower our guard not even for a second. I asked them to find me a rogue alive soon so we could know of their plan.
They were worried that other tribes were behind the said rogues but something wasn't adding up. Now the peace treaty has been signed between us. What was the need for a war now? We all were healing from the last war which helped in signing a treaty. A war was the last thing other Alphas wanted. But if my team had a doubt I better get it sorted out. I always listened which made me different from other Alphas. When the others shut their team I valued them instead of forced loyalty I got their undying allegiance. My head is now roaming with all the information I wanted to unwind. There is a bar in my place I could visit but another pleasing way to unwind was calling out to me far more dangerous really tempting. I put on my best pair of jeans and a black t shirt. I noticed deep wound on my face it's not going to be a great impression but I can work with that.
I took out my favorite ride and sped on to my destination. I only stopped when I saw the board of that seedy diner. I noticed the name hell's kitchen for the first time seems fitting. I was given a wide birth because of my appearance it looks as if this place is reserved for gang leaders and criminals. How she survived here is a miracle. I looked around for waiters but unfortunately she didn't come to me. Another girl came to take my order. I tried to rebuff her ," I'm here to see her I looked at her meaningfully". She smiled in return and said, " Everyone is here to see her". I had to laugh at this ,"Are you her guard dog?", I asked. "Much worse her best friend ", she hissed. She was talking to a couple but I could see her attention was here. She casually walked towards me and said, " I will take it from here Lis ". Lis looked at her doubtfully and moved away from us.
"What do you want?", she asked. "I'm here for dinner ". But she rolled her eyes at me. She has got some spunk after all I thought. "I just wanted to make sure you are ok", I said. "I'm OK. Don't hang around here it's dangerous ", she said. "You worried about me"? I asked her. Is she serious after everything she had seen. She should be running for her life. I also didn't want to see myself with her Li and Tony hadn't made a connection yet but soon we will be caught. Especially because of the security I have heard I cast around my eye for him if any wolf of my tribe or the enemy's I could detect easily but he is not here yet I guess.
"I won't come back here if you promise to meet me outside. Give me few minutes ", I literally begged her. She bit her lips making me go beserk. She nodded her. "My shift will be over at 9". Did she plan on going home walking she is a walking disaster. If I hadn't come to her aid that night I shudder to think what would happen to her. I cared for her already she is a stranger to me but also my mate. I have known her before in her previous births but every time it was a different feeling. As if I'm falling for different person each time. But one thing hadn't changed my feelings for her.
