Failure.

It was an eight hours flight to Chicago and throughout the entire flight, Rain peeked at Ketra intently taking in every inch of her beauty. 

Ketra made herself busy on her iPad that she picked up from the ground where it had fallen and even though she advised herself to concentrate countless times, she still couldn't. She was continuously stealing glances at Rain who shot her a captivating smile whenever their eyes met.

Initially, Rain had thought of exchanging seats with the man on Ketra's side but his wolf surmised how mate wasn't too amiable for now. Even Carter his wolf was yearning to meet Ketra's wolf but he slowed down and swallowed his hype. Mate was still in their reachable sight and they would convince her after landing. She didn't reject the bond immediately and that gave him sufficient time to convince her.

When they landed, Alpha Rain hurried but he was careful because they were in the human city and unnecessary speed would make everyone turn attention to them. He approached Ketra and attempted to hold her hand but she ignored him and left his hand hanging.

"You can't treat your mate like this. At least let's find a place and talk." Alpha Rain reasoned as he followed behind Ketra.

He could see how elegant and classy she walked. Her slender body especially her waist area and her small curves. She had long legs and he imagined how she looked in a short dress as she was in denim blue jeans at the moment.

She didn't wear expensive brands but she still looked gorgeous and classy in his eyes. With those shades on and her hair bouncing with the rhythm created by her steps, she appeared like a fashion model on a runway!

"Talk about what Mr. Rain? Even though I won't reject you, I won't accept you either." Ketra's statement made Rain's heart flutter. She won't reject him? That was a huge step so far but what about not accepting him?

"Why can't you accept me then? We are mates and we are supposed to get to know each other. I know that you said you won't need any man to possess you but am your mate and we belong together." Rain spoke in almost pleading. Ketra didn't want to believe how right his words were and how it felt that way.

He wondered why this woman was bound on ignoring the fact that they were meant to be together.

Ketra closed her eyes for seconds to push away an invisible force inside her that called for her to turn around and bury her head in that chest. She wondered what his scent was since she couldn't inhale it yet. She knew that some werewolves were good at suppressing their scents every time they left their packs to join the human city.

There wasn't any big deal about that since humans couldn't smell them anyway but they did it in case other werewolves met them. Many werewolves were in the human city intending to take over their territories and resources and they saw their fellow creatures as a threat to what they wanted to do.

"Sir Rain, I would appreciate it if you take it as if nothing has ever happened between us as it is. Maybe you have things to do and I have important things to attend to as well." Ketra said and walked away immediately.

Rain had been trying to digest her words by the time he realized that she was walking away, he saw her entering a red limousine that seemed to have been waiting for her. He halted his steps when it started at a speed and was out of sight in seconds.

Rain sighed and jabbed his hand in his hair. Failure, disappointment, and incapability all shadowed his heart. Maybe the elders were always right when they said that he was incapable. He thought that he had trained and learned enough to deal with the pack matters. But now that he thought about it, he was a failure. He failed to secure the mate bond and watched as she left.

To his deepest defeat, he didn't even realize she was walking away. What a joke he made on himself.

Rain walked out of the airport dejectedly and headed on to find a hotel where he could be alone and find ways to correct this mess or even forget about the damned bond that couldn't let his mate be willing to even touch his hand.

He wanted to call his beta and inform him that he found her, the one he tried to find in every corner of the earth but he wasn't even sure of what to answer in case he asked about her whereabouts. As mates, the newly mated, they needed to be in each other's proximity as long as they could but his case was different.

Rain cursed inwardly as he remembered her scent of vanilla mint which made him crave to inhale it again. To his disappointment, he didn't get to hug her even for a second to get her scent all over him. He was dejected and disappointed in himself. At the moment, he doubted if a title as an Alpha of such a big pack deserved him. Leading wasn't about the title but one's capability and his incapability to keep his mate was a sign that he couldn't lead his pack.

......

Ketra buried her face in her palms as she tried to calm herself down. She felt like a part of her was taken away and the emptiness was intense. She had to walk a runway in a few hours but she felt like she was suddenly too lazy to take it. This was not her usual self and she knew the reason.

She was bound on leading her independent life that she didn't realize how it felt to meet the one that is meant for her. She had gone as far as ignoring her feelings but now she felt like traveling back to the time when they met and redo things.