Her step-brothers

“Welcome to the south pack, Rayton.” She said as the carriage where we are finally stopped in front of many people waving their hands as happily welcoming her.

 

It was so warm and lovely to see, she maybe did her best to have all the love from these people from the south. I am envious, there inside me asks what it feels like to be here but as I keep asking and asking myself, I can’t think of any answer for it.

 

“This is my pack, Rayton, that will be yours too in the short period. Take a look in their eyes, the happiness is all I want and I also want to see in your pack.” She glanced at me, “think about carefully if you want the best of your pack; chose me to be your ally and be careful to my brothers.”

 

Like what she said, I carefully look at their eyes one by one. There is no doubt in it, she’s telling the truth about how she wanted peace and happiness for her people.

 

I want it too, this is the way I want to see the people in north pack.

 

“But I am not the leader of the north pack and I will never be. My brother is dominant Alpha who can do anything, his first son who receives his dominant trait will be the next leader.”

 

“I understand now why you did not achieve the leadership position, you easily let your brother be the next leader because he is dominant. You can’t be a good leader if you see the people by their ranks, try to see all in equal rank from now on; only then you will realize that ranks are not important.”

 

There is something in her tone that makes me feel like I did say something wrong, try to see the people without ranks and I will see that ranks are not important?

 

Can we set aside the ranks in the pack to achieve real happiness and unity?

 

“Ah-ah.” My attention grab by someone who is pulling now my jacket, it’s a small child with green eyes.

 

“Why, do you want something?” I asked. His innocent eyes sparkled and slowly tilted his head.

 

“Ah-ah.” He again said, trying to say anything but I really can’t understand. Why he can’t speak for his age?

 

“Raven, where is your father?” The eyes of the child shifted to her and smiled.

 

“Ah-ah hmm!” He pointed his finger at the man running toward us.

 

“Raven! I thought I lost you, why did you suddenly leave me? Don’t do that again.” He hugs the child before bowing his head to the woman beside me. “Bea, sorry. I’m trying to help in the shop but Raven suddenly leaves and walks toward here.”

 

“No, it’s okay, you don’t need to say sorry. Raven is a good child, maybe he just wants to play because you are too busy.”

 

“Is that real, Raven? Then I will play with you now, don’t leave again like that.” He said to the child, “thank you again. By the way, congratulations your mate is on your side now.”

 

He finally left, but it made the surroundings awkward suddenly.

 

“Well… The ceremony will be held after one month, first I will make you familiarize yourself with everything here and make people here recognize you as my mate.” She explains, “don’t worry, they are already aware of you, we only need to let them see what the face you have and talent.”

 

“They accept me easily?” I suspiciously ask her.

 

“Even if they don’t, what can we do if you and I are fated, mate?” Her eyes lingered in the surrounding like she was looking for something.

 

So, people are just aware of me but some of them won’t accept me as their leader’s mate.

 

But that thing is not bothering me anymore, in my pack; most of them don’t want me.

 

“Let’s go?” He again said and started walking in the middle of the crowd that I never tried back then when my father is still in the high rank and our pack was considered as powerful as South.

 

Back then, every second we fear someone will attack us from behind or in front of another pack to eliminate us or vampires who want our territory but this woman did not bother with something like that. Walking like this is like, she was a simple one.

 

Finally, we arrive at the gate hall of her house. A simple one as I expected but others will still see how luxurious this family is.

 

Servants were already at the front door waiting for us to enter and greet, but one thing that I noticed is the man on the side who look at me intensely. As if he wants to kill me in front of these servants, the hostility from him is so familiar; I can’t be wrong because I know that very well.

 

“Is he your mate? So, it’s true that you finally find him, but are you in your right mind to accept a low-class Alpha to our family?” He finally speaks, like how the other man back then, he looks like he doesn’t want to let this woman get married.

 

“Byron! Watch your language, why do you have to insult him in front of our servant?!” Alpha Gregor shouted, his white faired skin becoming red, that even I felt a shiver down to my spine when I see his eyes glaring at his son.

 

“Brother, this man is interesting. I already talk to him and I realize why Beatrix wants him even though he’s recessive Alpha, well in our pack there is no rank should talk about, right?” The man who once talked to me when we were still in the North said.

 

“Then why are you even saying his recessive, Beltran?” Once again, Byron said.

 

Now that I am here in their territory, I should be careful with my every decision and move. I clear my throat and bowed my head.

 

“I am sorry to disappoint you all for being a recessive Alpha but I promise to be by her side from now on, brother-in-law,” I said with a smitten smile plastered on my lips.

 

Wants to be hostile? When then, let’s see who will be the two of us will be crushed first.