3 Alpha Meeting- Spain 2

Ashton POV

What in the holy h3ll was that?! All I wanted was a meal to get to know her... HER... fack she is something else. Definitely a force to be reckoned with!

I watched her, like the creep I am I guess, for a good 15 minutes. She was deep in conversation with a man that could be her father. Whatever the conversation they are having it seems as though she's getting reprimanded, and it appears as though, based on the exasperated look on the guys face, this is a common occurrence. I had walked over and introduced myself. Beta Callum explained that she was the oldest daughter to the Alpha, and he was pulled to an urgent matter so she was asked to come in his stead. After watching her, and looking at her face now, I can guarantee that she does not want to be here!

Seeing her up close she can’t be more than 20, maybe that’s her issue? The age gap? I’m only 33 though 13 years isn’t that bad, not the best I admit, but still not horrible. Beautiful though, absolutely beautiful! Red hair! Curly, bright, red hair cascading down her back to her waist, I’m sure if she straightened it would be well past her knees, and those green eyes. Emerald green eyes with a few hints of... purple? Did I see that right?! I’ll have to ask Beta Callum about that later on. 

      'Our mates are absolutely beautiful! Her Lycans name is Tyche, isn’t that the most wonderful name ever?'

      'Janus, don’t get too excited, or attached, I don’t know if we can convince them to stay with us. She seemed ready to reject us.'

      “Beta Callum, would you mind if I ask you a few questions about Alaina? Mainly... what am I supposed to do?!”

Callum scoffed, “I am scunnert with that insolent child!”

      “You’re what?... never mind haha. Is she normally like this? Or is it me?”

      “Oh, Laddie that lass is something else I tell you! She is wild, independent, strong willed, and believe me when I say that girl will not do anything she doesn’t want to, and once she gets it in her head that she wants something she gets it! She also doesn’t know how to hold her tongue, as you have seen.”

      “I have never been spoken to like that before, my Lycan, Janus, and we, oddly, didn’t mind! There's no way to convince her to spend time with me before the meetings are over is there?”

      “I’m sorry Alpha Lupin, I highly doubt it,” Callum paused with a faraway look, “you know, she has been captivated with our hosts castle, El Calero de Brañosera. If I know her, she likely ran up the hill to the gardens behind the castle. You MIGHT find her there, and if Tyche is in control, you just might have a little success getting through to her. Tyche is the reasonable one out of the two of them, get her on board and...” 

He doesn’t finish his sentence, rather just gets up and walks away. What is with the Scotts and walking away from me? I would really like to know what the rest of that sentence is! Is there something special that I could say, or do, to get into her good graces? Is there something that I really shouldn’t do, at risk of her hating me even more? 

Leaving the convention hall, my mind is on her, I am stopped by several other Alphas, wanting something or other from me, and I am distracted thinking about HER. One thing I HATE about my position is that everyone always wants something from me. It’s never a ‘hey come for dinner’ or ‘how was your weekend’? No... all I ever get is ‘your majesty, I am having issues with this other pack’ or ‘I have an unmatted daughter around your age’ -that one is THE worst for Jan and I! Don’t get me wrong, we have had girlfriends, and one night stands, before but nothing ever really felt right and I REFUSE to settle for anyone other than my fatted mate. To try and keep myself from having a stage 10 clinger, I had a set of very specific rules. The main one was having the woman repeat ‘I will never be your Luna’, so she knew without a doubt it wasn’t anything serious, and the second most important no sleep overs. If that meant I never met her and was the perpetual bachelor then so be it, but I was not going to go against the moon goddess and choose someone that wasn't meant for me!

Getting across the highway, if that’s what you want to call it, I quickly let Janus take over shifting us into his big black, hairy body. Janus is completely black with the exceptions of his markings. He has a white waxing and waning moon, facing each other, on his forehead, and a white full moon on his chest. While Janus takes off towards the castle, I am left stuck in my own thoughts. All of my thoughts right now revolve around Alaina, this woman is going to be my undoing.

There is no scent to follow, per say. Everyone has their own distinct smell, just like humans. Sometimes it’s the specific mixture of shampoo mixed with, body wash, and laundry detergent, but it’s not like Alaina smells like unicorn farts and mint chocolate covered bacon, and I didn’t get quite close enough to fully get her scent. Knowing you’re mates is simply your wolves connecting, when looking into your mates eyes the human counterpart feels the bond snapping into place, and once you touch each other you then get this current that goes between you, some explain it like feeling a tingling sensation, others it feels like a warmth surrounding the place that is being touched. You crave to be around them, you have a pull towards them... like a really bad GPS. You can get a general direction but, unless you're marked, I doubt you'd actually find your mate in a forest, unless you got lucky and literally stumbled on them. 

Once you find your mate, it’s almost impossible to stay away from them. I say almost because it has been done in the past. Usually, the Lycan, or wolf, part goes a little crazy. It takes a strong human, and ever stronger wolf to go through that. It gets harder the more you are around your mate. So, if you meet and walk away, you’d do better than if you met, spent a week together, and then parted ways. Growing up we were always told that doing something like this could kill one or both mates, especially if there is no formal rejection, or if one of them doesn’t accept the rejection. That gets us into another world of h3ll there. Because of the bond, once you meet your mate, if either one cheats the other feels it. I have been told that it hurts so bad you wish for death, and it gets worse as time passes and worse each time the other cheats. You end up with bruises, internal bleeding, broken bones, and even if you work things out the marks never fully heal.

      'Ok Janus, let's go see if we can find our mates. I am counting on you to persuade them to at least go for dinner with us. I’m not asking them to move with us, at least not now, I just want dinner!'

      'I'll try Ash. It appears you may have met your match though, Alaina seems to have a fire in her that’s brighter than that magnificent red hair!'

      'I am right with you when it comes to her hair, but I want to know about them, Alaina’s hair colour doesn’t tell us much. What do they like, does Alaina like flowers, what’s her favourite flower, what’s her favourite book, how many pups does she want, what goals does she have for her life... for OUR life... Jan, I NEED you to get through to Tyche! I NEED Alaina, I will do anything, agree to anything, for her to at least give me a chance!'

The trip up to the castle it less than a kilometer, so it doesn't take that long, and wouldn’t you know it, Callum was right, maybe? There’s someone there, but a pure white Lycan? Alaina couldn’t be... could she... is she my literal queen???!!!

Janus and I sit and just watch them, at least we are pretty sure its them, how many other Lycans left the meeting? Tyche is rolling in the grass, I wonder if she realized they just cut the lawn and she’s going to be green? I have to say I wouldn’t mind, I actually like the smell of freshly mowed grass, Jan, however, is not a fan. He prefers the smell of the forest floor where there is moss, sticks, leaves, and an obvious lack of any real grass. As we watch them, I can’t help but think about what Callum said before we left the hall ‘She is wild, independent, strong willed...that girl will not do anything she doesn’t want to and once she gets it in her head that she wants something she gets it, she also doesn’t know how to hold her tongue...’ She intrigues me, to have someone that can push me to be better, who questions me and makes me think twice about even the smallest thing could be really good for our pack, and for our kingdom! 

      'Hey Jan, what do you think Callum meant when he said ‘Tyche is the reasonable one out of the two of them, get her on board...’? Get her on board and then what? I get that we might have a better chance, if she were to be able to convince Alaina versus us doing it ourselves, but do you think there is something more behind that?'

Silence, great. Thanks Jan, nothing like leaving me in the lurch there buds! 

      'They are shifting, shit JAN shift, or hide, or some...'