Chapter 2

'I'm hungry,' I mind linked Ash bored more than actually hungry but then again I am always hungry, 'for waffles.'

I could hear Ash giggling through the mind link but she didn't respond.

Huffing laying on my bed I tried again, 'Ash I am bored what are you even doing that has taken you away from fabulous me?'

More giggles and still no answer but someone else did answer me which was a growling Brendon. Wooh what did I do wrong?

'Stop making Ash laugh we are in a meeting.' Brendon's Alpha tone boomed in my head making me whimper slightly. It's not like I knew they were in a meeting they never told me that.

Huffing out a sigh I sat up in my bed reaching out of my phone that was on my white side table. It was four pm now which meant the pack meeting was in an hour. I had one whole hour to waist before the dreaded meeting.

Taking another sniff of the beautiful scent I have been surrounded in since this morning I got up out of bed. Well, I am not going to just hang out in my room for an hour so might as well go check out the warriors practice out in the field for an hour.

With that thought in mind, I pocketed my phone and headed down the hall enjoying the smell of waffles by a fire in the woods. All the things I love most in life in one whole sniff. How is that even possible. Are others smelling this awesome shit too or am I officially going mad?

When I made it outside the scent got dimmer but it was still there for me to enjoy while I watched the warriors practise. I enjoyed not just the hot guys working out shirtless but also watching their form and fighting techniques.

If my wolf wasn't so timid I wished I could be a warrior but I was cursed to fight with less of my strength.

Watching the familiar men fighting, I sighed in relaxation taking mental notes of how they fought. Some of the men stopped fighting to wave at me happy to see me back watching them. I have been watching the warriors practice since I was a little girl so they pretty much know now to position themselves so I can watch them without them blocking my sight from them.

"Oof." A man grunted coming from the closer pair of men. I recognised the man that grunted but to my shock, the man that hit him was no one I recognised.

My wolf freaked out suddenly aware that there were three men practising that I did not know. Taking in the men's scent ignoring the beautiful scent I realise that these men are not from my pack.

My wolf went into full panic mode cowing inside me. My anxiety kicked in making me feel like I could not breathe. All the noises seemed louder. There smell stuck in my nose. I couldn't move all I could do is whimper hoping that the feeling would go away.

I know I was being irrational but I could not help but be frightened.

My eyes were glued onto the fighting men until one of my pack members looked my way with smiles only to get his smile smacked away with worry when he realised what was happening to me. My whole pack knew about my condition so I was glad when he saw me.

He screamed for everyone to stop before walking over to me. All the other men just watched me but the men I did not know stared at me too much it made me chock back a cry lodged in the back of my throat.

My pack member slowly walked up to me cautiously not wanting to frighten me further. I remembered his name being Kian the third best fighter in our pack. He will be able to keep me safe from the men for sure if they tried to hurt me even though I knew the men looked like they wouldn't hurt me. It wasn't like they were rogue.

Bending down to my hight Kian spoke as slow and softly to me as he can, "Alexa breath in and out very slowly you are having a panic attack."

I tried to do as he said but my breaths became hiccupy as I tried not to cry. "Bad men?"

He knew who I was questioning about when he looked back to the three strangers. He sighed heavily now understanding what got me worked up. He truly looked sorry for me as well did my other pack members. The other men, on the other hand, looked confused and unsure.

"They are not bad men. They won't hurt you and even if they did I won't let them hurt our Alpha's cousin." As he said this, I tried once again to take a slow steady breath. To my success, I gave Kian a wavering weak smile thanking him for my embarrassing episode.

I looked at the three men once again before quickly rushing off in a speed walk.

I never did well with strangers, especially werewolf strangers.

**

My mind went crazy with thoughts of why those strangers were here but my only end result was that they had to be the reason for the pack meeting announcement. Why else would there be a pack meeting and them here at the same time.

They looked like warriors and practised with our warriors. Maybe Alpha Brendon was going to announce a new alliance with another pack. It would be great if that was the case we are a small pack after all and needed all the help we can get if any rogues ever came back again.

'Where are you the meeting is starting in five minutes and you are the only one I don't see in the crowd?' Brendon boomed in my head madly.

'Sorry, Alpha, I had a panic attack earlier and lost track of time calming my wolf down.' I whimpered feeling truly sorry as I scurried out of the kitchen and to the main hall.

'Why didn't you tell me you had a panic attack?' Brendon's concerned voice calm me down while I hurried.

'You were busy.'

Closing my mind off not wanting to hear anymore worries from him I stood in front of the main hall doors. I took in a deep breath of the sweet scent that seemed stronger now letting it calm me down. I knew behind those doors that strangers will be in there and I can not let that set off another panic attack.

My wolf hid inside of me with her tail in between her legs letting me push my confident self forward to open the door. Now that I know those people were there I was ready to calm my emotions down. My whole pack was in this large hall so the men can't hurt me anyways.

I shakily push open the doors earning attention from my pack as I pushed my jelly-like legs to the nearest seat to the back and waited for the meeting to start.

Brendon stood at the front looking over his pack with his Luna on his side. The three men from before sat in chairs looking towards us and more than once I saw multiple people from my pack look at me ready to help me if I had another panic attack. I gave my pack a weak smile reassuring them I was fine now and stayed focused on our Alpha.

"I know you are all wondering why were are here tonight as we, the Blue Moon pack, don't do many of these pack meetings. We are a peaceful small pack after all." The crowd cheered at our Alphas words. "But being so small we need alliances so we have agreed with the Midnight Warrior pack to help them with anything for their alliance as they are the largest Warrior pack in the world."

I knew it!

"They already need something from us today so I am glad to introduce all of you to their current Alpha Maxwell Black." Brendon introduced a man as he stood up from the front row and walked to the stage. Bredon and Ash sat down at the front letting the Alpha Maxwell have the stage all to himself.

"Hello, Blue Moon pack it is wonderful to meet you all tonight." The Alpha greeted us with a warm smile. Something was wrong with this Alpha and it was nagging at the back of my head. Why was he so different to most Alphas?

Then it hit me. He was too old to be Alpha.

He looked like he was in his late forties with grey hairs springing out on his dark brown hair. He had laughter lines and other forming wrinkles. I'm not saying his age was so old he should be a granddad or anything. I was saying he was too old to be Alpha.

Alpha's usually pass on their role to their oldest son when they have found their mate. This Alpha looked old enough to have a son that should have their Luna by now. Maybe he has had family issues. Maybe he had a child in his late twenties. Who knows why he was still Alpha.

Most werewolves have babies in their early twenty's though. It can't be helped when you have the heat and so on making you want to mate with your mate. All the feelings you get with your mate ensures that werewolves breed properly as well with the heat.

"As your Alpha has said we do need help from you all today. I know you are all probably thinking 'why is this old man an Alpha still?' Well, that's our problem today. I am becoming too old for this status and wish to pass it to my oldest son but he has a problem." He frowned pausing before continuing. "He has not found his mate yet and you all know he needs his Luna before he can become an Alpha. He is twenty-three now and his mate has not sent her signal yet so we have taken it upon our selves to go to multiple packs in search for her. I would like all over eighteen-year-old unmated females of this pack to please stand up."

My mind buzzed with a million thoughts as I shakily stood up with ten other girls before me. I was the only oldest one there standing. I looked at my hands knowing everyone was looking at me. They knew that I knew it was more likely my fault for their problems.

"You!" A new voice that sounded like maple syrup on waffles spoke loud in my direction. Slowly and terrified to look I was forced to listen to the delicious voice, he sounded so much like an Alpha my wolf had no chose but make me look.

When I finally looked up I saw a man standing next to Alpha Maxwell with beautiful dark grey eyes, dark brown hair well maintained, well kept sexy stubble giving off a manly vibe, maple syrup coloured skin that you just wanted to eat up with your waffles. He looked like a sex God as he stood there in black jeans and white shirt that clung to his very muscly body. He was what you thought about when you think of a sexy warrior man. I wanted to run into his large arms so he could protect me from all evil.

My wolf whimpered so loud it came out of my mouth. Everyone looked at me knowingly and sorrowful. They knew just like me that no matter how much I wanted him I was broken and my wolf won't let him near me to get hurt again.

This explains the sweet smoky scent I have been smelling all day.

It was him.