Not everyone gets a mate

Skye's POV

Walking down the street of the town, my mind wandered through a lot of things. The death of my father and Natasha leaving for New York a few weeks ago and I couldn't get it off my mind. Maybe Natasha leaving for New York was a good thing. At least I'll get to concentrate on things like my role as the Alpha since the passing away of Father. Father's death had occurred right after he banished Andrew from the pack. Andrew was my best friend, but still yet betrayed the pack. His loyalty was to someone else whom we did not know. Andrew joined the rogue pack and it looked like he was the leader of the pack. Since then, the rogue pack has made us know no peace. They were quite undefeatable. My mind wandered off course, going into the long hatred between my pack and the crescents.

Centuries ago, the son of a blood moon alpha was trying to take advantage of a girl from the crescent pack in a drunken state. The said girl already had a mate and in an attempt to save her, her mate ended up murdering the blood moon. Ever since then we've been on hate with the crescents. This happened centuries ago and I still wondered why it hasn't been resolved. The people to which the event happened to were long gone but still, the hatred spread through their generations like wildfire. At least for me, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with a crescent especially not after the death of my mother. I also have a grudge against the crescent. There was no need resolving the enmity.

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Ava's POV

The scorching sun blazed from the sky onto my back. It was blinding as I shielded my eyes with my hand heading towards the river. Fernandez grinned when he laid his eyes on me.

"The mighty warrior has been defeated by the sun," he teased. I rolled my eyes at him. Not only was Fernandez my opponent on the training field, but he was also my best friend.

"I must tell you, my good friend, the weather in time of history, has not been said to be battled with," I replied, taking off my shirt and leaving on a tan top. I saw his eyes travel down my body and I could swear he had eyes on me. "You're looking too intensely at me, Fernandez," I said as a matter of fact.

"Hell no," he laughed uneasily. "I do as much love my head on my body." He added.

A smirk tugged at the corner of my lips. "Scared of my uncle uh?" I asked.

"Beta Phil?" he asked raising a brow. "Far from that," he said as I dived into the water. 

I swam towards him feeling the water soothe my skin. "Then who?" I asked, a few inches from where he was.

"You," he said plainly.

I raised a brow in curiosity. "Me?"

He nodded. "It will take not less than a second for you to behead me." He replied, throwing me into peals of laughter.

"You're such a coward," I said, splashing him with some water in the process and he chuckled.

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Seated side by side at the bank of the river, we watched the sunset. The atmosphere was still between us until he broke the silence. "How do you want to meet your mate?" he asked.

The question threw me off guard as I looked at him. "What do you mean?" I asked.

"Your mate, Ava, have you met him?" He asked. I was still dumbfounded by the question. Honestly, I haven't thought of that since I turned a teenager. My life has been filled with anger, war, and vengeance that I haven't given my girlish fantasy a thought anymore.

I shook my head. "Haven't met him and I don't think I would," I said.

"Why do you say so?" He questioned.

It was very simple. I don't think I'll ever have a mate. I just did not have the time for such things and besides, no one from my pack interests me.

"It's obvious. If I was to meet him, I should have a long time ago. Besides, I really don't have the luxury of time to spare for someone that barely exists." I responded.

He objected. "How would you know that?"

"Not everyone gets a mate, Fernandez," I pointed out flatly.

"Everyone has a mate, it just takes some time to find one," he said.

I shook my head in disagreement. "Not everyone gets a mate, not at all. Take uncle Phil for example, he has been alone all the years I've known him."

"Maybe you don't know much about him," he said.

"I do," I argued.

"You think you do, but you don't," he argued with reasoning. "That could be one thing you don't know about him and he doesn't want to discuss it," he said.

"All I know is I've got no mate in this universe," I replied, standing firm on my previous statement. 

"Well, I can't say," he shrugged. "All I know is, he's gonna be one hell of a lucky guy," he said.

I gave him a playful punch on his biceps and chuckled. "You teaser,"

He laughed. "I'm serious, Ava,"

"Tell me, why all these questions? Have you found your mate?" I asked.

He looked over at me and smiled. "Ayy, I think I might be in love," he replied. 

I laughed. "Are you serious?"

He nodded, still smiling. "Who the bloody hell is that girl who wants to take my best friend away from me? Is she in this pack?" I asked.

"Yes," he said, rising to his feet. "I better get going now. We'll meet tomorrow," he tried to avoid further questioning.

I held him back. "Hell no. You're going nowhere till you tell me who this love of yours is."

He laughed, walking away and pulling me along. "It's a mystery."

"I wanna know this mystery love of yours," I replied, not giving up.

He stopped in his tracks. "Alright," he sounded defeated. "I'll tell you soon enough, I promise," he said.

"On your word, Fernandez," I made him promise. and he nodded.

"On my word." He promised.