Chapter 4

Her name was Sawyer, and I couldn't get her off my mind. From the moment she bumped into me at that diner, I had felt the sparks.

My wolf was going crazy. Mate! Mate! He kept screaming into my mind. It couldn't be. I was next in line to be Alpha. I couldn't be mated to a human. But there she was, perfect in every way.

No, I wouldn't allow it. Then, Elizabeth had to notice that necklace of hers. That wolf with the full moon in the background. It was obviously charmed and from a wolf pack. How did she get it? I had to find out.

Max, he was to become my Beta, and Elizabeth was our closest friend. We went everywhere together. Plus, Elizabeth's dad was head of training, which she would probably take over eventually, too. She was damn good at it.

They both insisted that I leave Sawyer alone, but I told them that I couldn't get that necklace out of my mind. I lied and said I had seen it before in one of my Alpha studies and had to know how she possessed such an item when it could potentially belong to a pack. They agreed it seemed strange and agreed to help me get to the bottom of it. I couldn't tell them she was my mate. What would they think.

So we came back to this little town of Hope Springs. We went to the diner again, where we overheard some of the teens talking about a party. Sawyer wasn't working, so we followed the teens and wound up at this fancy lake house. We blended in just fine. Even made some friends.

They were the right friends because as we approached them after grabbing a drink, there she was. But she was wrapped in someone else's arms. I had to control myself. Not only did I not want to give myself away to my pack mates, but I didn't want to intimidate any of the humans.

What did she see in this guy anyway? I could take him no problem. These humans were weak. They wouldn't be able to protect her. She was mine.

Fuck! There I go again. Losing myself in my stupid thoughts that this human could actually be my mate.

"She is, though, and you want her just as bad as I do."

"Shut up, Tye."

Tye's my wolf. We can speak to each other since he's constantly in my mind. We act as one and respect each other.

"Make her! Take her as ours!"

"I can't. That would scare her."

"Why? She's a wolf, too. Can't you catch that faint smell of wolf from her."

She's a wolf! She didn't act like it. She also didn't display any of the signs. I couldn't catch the scent that Tye was talking about. However, she did smell really good.

"I think you're going crazy for a mate, Tye, I can't smell anything off her."

"It's there. I wouldn't lie to you."

I mindlinked Max and told him to get out of here with Elizabeth so I could chat with her more privately. He agreed and left us to speak on the dock alone. I wanted to touch her again and feel the warmth from the sparks I felt the other day. So when my arm finally brushed against her, I could feel my dick get hard. I moved to Iean against the railing facing the other way, but she was leaving. Why was she leaving?

"Tye, what did I say?"

"You were being a creep. You've scared her. Stop staring! She can sense it. Follow her!"

So that's exactly what I did. I kept my distance, though. She headed out front and onto a bike before heading off down the road. I saw the forest across the street, so I made my way over before shifting and followed her home in the shadows.

She kept looking back every so often. She really could sense me. Maybe Tye wasn't lying after all. Maybe she was a wolf. It had to be that pendant she wore. There was something off about it. Why would she wear a pendant with a wolf and a full moon. What pack could it be from?

"Ask your father?"

"Tye, I couldn't do that. You know what he's like. If that necklace means anything, he may not like it being in the hands of a human."

"But she's not human!"

"Okay, okay! She's not human."

"Thank you."

She got off her bike and walked it up a driveway somewhere on the other side of town.

"You just going to keep staring at her?"

"I need to know more."

However, once she went inside, she was gone. Until anyone light came on in the upstairs bedroom. She peaked out of her window, looking directly into the forest, as if she were looking right at me. So I stared right back. I don't know how long we stayed like that for but she was the one who then closed her blinds and turned the light off.

"We have to find out more about that necklace."

"We have to bring her back home and mate her!"

"Tye, stop being a horn dog and think straight."

"Fine, fine. Eventually, we get her home and mate her. In the meantime, I'll play your game of finding out a out the necklace."

"Thank you."

We retreated back to the lake house, where I shifted back and got dressed before looking for Max and Elizabeth. As I walked through the party, I saw that idiot Tom making out with another girl. It made me so mad that someone would treat my mate like that. I walked up to him and grabbed him by the shoulder.

"What the fuck man!?"

"I thought you had a girlfriend?"

"Do you see her around," he laughed, "Now can you leave me alone, I'm a little busy?"

That's when I punched him. No one treated my mate that way.

"What the hell was that for?!"

"Krewe, let's get out of here."

Max pulled me away before I could cause any more damage.

"Sorry about that. He must have drank too much and mistaken you for someone else!" Elizabeth said as she tried to cool down the situation.

"Get your fucking friend out of here and don't come back!"

We took off and got into the jeep before speeding off back towards the pack grounds.

"What was that all about?" Max asked.

"Honestly, I don't know. Just felt like causing a little trouble."

"Well, great job laying low," Elizabeth said.

Yea, I may have just fucked up.