Chapter 5

“Mate” I said “ As in friend? Yeah but we just met buddy, I think you need more than that for us to be mates. I'm grateful though that you saved my life don't get me wrong”

“Not mate as in friend” He said with a sigh“Mate as in soulmate”

Yeah all these people were on something I was sure of it.

“You okay?“ I asked “You aint on something are you because William was acting all weird just like you right before he tried to kill me”

“And everything he said was true just as what I'm saying. We are mates fated to he together”

“And you know this how?“ I asked skeptical.

He ran his fingers through his hair and went over to a cabinet where he pulled out a bottle of whiskey and poured a glass.

“You want one?“ He asked.

“I just had breaking”

“Oh right sorry” he said as he walked back and sat on the opposite sofa facing me.

“Listen, I understand this may be very confusing but I am not lying so hear me out”

“Go on” I said.

“We werewolves or lycans have a beast within us, a wolf to be exact, It's our other half, our lycan half. This part of us recognises it's soulmate the moment it senses them and that's how I know”

“You expect me to believe that?“ I asked not believing what I just heard “How is anyone supposed to believe that”

“I don't expect you to jump at the idea, yes. You're human so unlike me you cannot feel what I'm feeling, if you were a werewolf like me you would understand. To find your mate is to find the greatest thing in life. There is no greater achievement “

“Is that what Adam and Samantha are?“

“Yes,” he said, puzzled. “How'd you know they were mates?“

“I saw a couple of pictures on the wall as I was leaving my room and she also hinted to it at breakfast”

“I see, so you understand what I mean”

“That doesn't mean I accept it. I have a life and you've uprooted me from it to god knows where. Where are we anyway?“

“We're still in the states, in a town called Silverpine”

“Never heard of it”

“Good, and that's how it's supposed to be. This town mostly has werewolves and a few humans but they know of our existence and keep our secret so we live side by side peacefully. We don't want to attract outsiders as it may draw attention to us which is something we done want”

“So what is it you expect from me?“ I asked “You saved my life and I'm grateful but this mate thing. I've barely even dated and now I'm supposed to spend the rest of my life with you”

“I mean yes but you don't have to put it like that. I understand you don't feel the same way so at least give me a chance to win you over the old fashioned way. It's the least you could since I saved your life”

“Cheeky” I said with a smile.

“It's the least you could do” he repeated with a smile as well.

“I've got work a life, my best friend will be worried sick looking for me”

“You could call her tell her that you had an emergency and decided to leave for a couple of weeks but don't tell her about all this”

“As if she would believe me. Alright” I said getting up “But I ain't going to stay here forever“

“Just give me a couple of weeks and you'll fall for my charms trust me”

“If wishes were horses..“ I said walking out.

“This beggar is about to ride,” he replied.

Alex POV

I'd opened up to her, told her she was my mate. I had hoped she would have felt something at least but that was just wishful thinking. She was human so of course she would not feel the pull between us, but I felt it in full force.

I noticed every movement she took every smile, every crease of her brow, every blink. God I was already falling for her and we've just met.

I wished she was like me then we wouldn't have to do this dance. Courting wasn't a skill we werewolves perfected as we never really needed it when meeting our mates. The feeling was always mutual though of course before meeting them we would date in our earlier years.

A couple of weeks was all I had and that's when mom and dad would return from their little vacation.

I'd told them our mission of eliminating William had been successful but that was it. I wanted to win over my mate before I'd introduced her to my parents.

'Yes' I thought to myself 'That should give me enough time to win her over'

I hoped.

I finished my drink and went back to business. I was next in line to be the Alpha of our pack and with my parents away I was standing in, filling the role.

Being an Alpha was just like being a C.E.O . So much work was involved, paperwork, signing treaties with other packs, ensuring that everyone was okay, that the pack was safe and no one had tresspassed. Tracking and killing rogue vampires or wolves that hunted and killed humans on our territory.

It was a lot of work that's for sure but it was also an honour to do it. And it would be an even greater one when I ascend to the title with my mate. But winning her was easier said than done.

I'd need both Adam and Samantha's help if I were to have any chance to win over this woman. She didn't seem like she was going to make this easy and the fact that she's just experienced a traumatic event, almost dying and losing someone she held dear to her, she wasn't going to

be opening up so easily but I wasn't going to give up as well.

Let the games begin love.