Four.

Logan’s POV

“I have a meeting and you're telling me this now!” I was already so angry with my father.

“I didn’t want to worry you but…”

“But what?”

“I can’t link them either.” 

“Why didn’t you tell me? They are my sisters too!” I lean against his desk, the one that would be mine soon as he chucks another drink back his throat.

“I didn’t want to worry you Logan.”

“Are you serious? There is someone out there that has been killing wolves for the last two years and you expect me not to worry! How long?””

“I’m sure they are fine.”

“How long?” I repeat my question, getting more and more frustrated. He was expecting me to be some great Alpha when I take over and yet he wasn’t telling me everything.

“Five days.” He groans, shaking his head.

“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“They are sixteen, you know what you were like at that age. You were the one who turned my hair grey!” He wasn’t wrong, I looked up to the grey flecks of hair running through his once dark hair. I hadn’t exactly been a golden child.

“Let me search for them!” 

“Logan, you made a promise to me and your mother that you would not use your abilities. This is no different!” He slams his glass down on the mantelpiece and turns to frown at me.

“You know I can do it!” I fidget with the silver bracelet. The one Aunty Kendra had given me a few years back. It helped a bit to drown out the sound of wolves needing help and it sometimes stopped me doing things I shouldn’t. When I became Alpha of Lonecrown, I wouldn’t be able to ignore those cries, with or without the bracelet.

“Kendra has already warned you that whoever is killing the wolves might be able to track you, if you tune into them by mistake.”

“It might not be a wolf. What if it is some glorified hunter that's chasing them?”

“We have already discussed this son. It is unlikely that they are human, not at the rate they are killing wolves.”

“Fine, but if something happens to them, I am holding you responsible!” Storming from the room, I go to look for mom. She was always the person that could make my father see more clearly and I was certain she would back me. Her daughters were the ones missing!

“No Logan and that’s final!”

“Huh?” It was not the answer I was expecting.

“Logan, you will be Alpha soon and you know what that means.”

“Yes, you have mentioned it once or twice.” I try to keep the sarcasm out of my voice when mom throws the dish cloth at me

“But if I can’t protect my sisters, what kind of Alpha does that make me look like?”

Her eyes glance to the door and I see my father leaning against the frame

“There are some things that we agree on Logan. You are twenty now. You are not a kid. This isn’t the first time this has happened with the twins. Now we will be here, waiting. I thought you had a meeting to go to anyway.”

My father was right. I bought out a hotel chain over a year ago. My way of keeping an eye on wolves around the country. This whole business of being an Alpha of Alpha’s was daunting and I had already put in place some things to help me for when the time comes. Including my identity.

My purple eyes were a dead giveaway but mom had got me some green contact lenses. They were great when I was out and away from the pack. People would do a double take, recognising the Alpha aura around me, but as soon as they saw my green eyes, they didn’t say anything and carried on.

Lonecrown is also under strict instructions not to share my identity with anyone outside the pack. As far as other packs are aware, I don’t exist and at the moment, I would like to keep it that way.

“Seth will go for me!” I volunteer, hoping that my best mate would agree. He always wanted to do more favours, ever since he learnt that the Beta position would become available.

“Honey, what are you going to do when you’re Alpha? Seth is human, he won’t be able to be a Beta.”

“Seth’s my best friend.”

“I’m not saying that. He might be able to help you conquer the business world but he won’t be able to break up a wolf fight.”

“Fine, I will be more thoughtful.” 

“Don’t be sarcastic to your mother!” My father has a slight curve to his lips but mom misses it. Sometimes I think my father enjoyed how I handled things, not that he would ever say anything to mom.

Pulling my phone from my pocket, I quickly dial Seth. He answers on the first ring.

“Hey Logan. What can I do for you?”

“I’m supposed to be in a meeting in twenty. Any chance you can run it for me?”

“What’s it for?”

“Not really sure. They're sending a girl to show me some examples, just listen to what she has to say and then I will send a rejection email tomorrow. Pretty straight forward.”

“Is she hot?”

“How the hell am I supposed to know?!”

“Just saying, seems like a job for you.” He laughs down the phone, amused by his own comment. He was another one who was always on at me about finding my mate..

“Seth. Will you do it or not!”

“I guess I can take some time out of my busy schedule.”

I give him the location and he hangs up on me. 

Everyone else gets annoyed with the way Seth speaks to me, but I liked it. He didn’t treat me like I was the most important person ever, he didn’t bow to me like the others. If anything, he helped to keep me grounded, constantly reminding me of my faults. But my mother and father didn’t agree on him being my future Beta because he was human.

“Seth’s going”

“You’re not even bothering to meet that girl?” Mom asks with a frown on her face. She had been waiting for me to find my mate for as long as I could remember. Any chance she got she would remind me that I am already mated, randomly introducing girls to me. But I didn’t need her telling me. The large blue crescent on my chest was enough of a reminder.

If only they knew that I already knew who my mate was. There had never been a right time to tell them. Besides I wanted to find someone who actually wanted me for me, not because of some dumb mark.

Just once I had spoken to her. I still don’t understand how and I haven’t been able to since. I wasn’t the Alpha of Alpha’s yet and somehow a link had opened up between us. I had felt her fear, her racing heart. I didn’t even know if she had survived whatever had been happening.

“Mom it’s fine” She opens her mouth and I hold my hands up. “I won’t send a rejection email, I will ask her to meet me again.” I roll my eyes as I walk away, sometimes it was hard work pleasing my mother.

Mom smiles as I make my way outside, letting my black wolf free. Training was about to start and now that Seth was taking my meeting, there was no chance I was missing it. Plus I needed to think of something other than my sisters.