Chapter 3

"Hello Alpha Atlas. I was wondering if you would be interested in coming over this evening for a meeting about strengthening the packs." He replied.

" I am too busy at the moment with paperwork and getting this set up for the Great moon festival we are having on the day of the great full moon. But I can make an exception this time for you. I'll be there around 1 pm." I stated.

"Great! See you at 1 pm Alpha Altas, enjoy the rest of your day." He stated.

I mind-linked Trevor, my Beta (I have a meeting with Alpha Drake of the Lunar Eclipse pack this afternoon and I need my Beta to attend")

(I will be waiting next to the car.") he replied back.

After hanging up with Alpha Drake, I was thinking of what could possibly be so important that he wanted me to come over this evening instead of another day.

I finally finished with my paperwork for the day and looked at my clock and it was already 10 o'clock in the morning when I went to go get ready to leave for my meeting.

We left for our little airport. At 11, if I drove instead, it would have taken me most of the day. We arrived at a small airport about 10 miles from Alpha Drake's territory. I picked up our rental and headed to his packhouse.

" I wonder what he wants to talk to you about?" my Beta said.

" He has been wanting an alliance with us for years, so I am wondering if this has to do with that, because during our phone call he did state something about strengthening our two packs." I replied.

"Strengthening the packs?" Trevor asked, confused. "We aren't under any threat of war at the moment. Why would he want to strengthen his pack more?"

"I had heard from other Alpha's that Alpha Drake was trying to find a chosen mate for his 17-year-old daughter. And he had been calling all the single Alpha's in the area to come and meet her, but he had never found one for her." I said.

" I can't imagine having a chosen mate. I would want to find my true mate, not have a chosen one. Your true mate is supposed to make your wolf stronger. But I will meet her if that's what he is wanting me to do to keep up appearances with him." I finished saying.

"What if she turns out to be your true mate, Alpha?" My Beta asked.

"If that is the case, then I will be glad to have her and our pack will finally have a Luna. But I am not going to push her to accept me if she does turn out to be," I replied. When we finally arrived at the Lunar Eclipse pack, we were greeted at the main gate by a guard shack with two tall wolves dressed like they looked like they were on the set of Men in Black. And I couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of them. They seemed so serious at the post, but when they saw us pulling up they were all friendly. "Such an overkill, on outfit choice your Alpha has you wearing while on guard duty, don't you think?" I asked them. They looked at me perplexed. I just smiled at them and we were waved on through the gate.

As we approached the front of the pack house it was plain to see that Alpha Drake had gone into overdrive to prepare for our arrival. Pack members were running around setting up an outside banquet area and setting up the dining area. I didn't really intend on staying here for supper so the Alpha was wasting his time setting this up. When the car came to a stop two of the Alpha's bodyguards walked up and proceeded to open my side door so I could exit the car. "Show off" I thought to myself. But when I exited the car and looked around, my wolf started to become uneasy and wanted out.``What's up with you?" I asked my wolf. "Can you feel it?" He replied. I didn't feel anything except for his uneasiness and eagerness to get out. I told him to calm down and pulled him back into my mind. "Good Afternoon Alpha Atlas. Our Alpha is waiting for you in his office. We will take you right to him." All I did was nod in agreement. I really didn't want to be here. But Alpha Drake really wanted me to come here and for his so-called alliance talks.

After walking up three flights of stairs and down a long hallway we came upon a large double oak door at the very end of the hall. The guard knocked on the door before opening it and announced our arrival to his Alpha. "Well them in you idiot." Alpha Drake said. Well that was rude I thought to myself as the guard opened the door fully for me and my beta to enter. My beta looked at me with a questionable look in his eyes and mind linked me. "Is this Alpha serious talking to his gaudy like that in front of another Alpha and this guy wants an alliance with us. If it were me I would have turned around and left." My beta said before shutting off the mind link. I looked back at my beta and smiled at him with what he said to me. I would reply back through the mind link to him but it is just as rude to do so during a meeting unless it was an emergency.

I introduced myself and my beta to Alpha Drake who looked at my beta and asked "Can he please wait outside the door while me and your Alpha discuss things?" Is he serious right now I thought to myself you want me to dismiss my beta from a pack related meeting not happening bud. And rudeness is really starting to get on my nerves. "Sorry Alpha Drake but my beta attends every meeting with me and is also my personal bodyguard so he will be staying with us. Now what sort of business are you wanting to discuss? Alpha Drake." I said trying to remain calm.

"Alpha Atlas' ' Alpha Drake began with my title. He must really want something from. I laughed to myself inside. He continues "As you may not know I have a daughter and I am looking for a chosen mate for her. Now this arrangement could work out for both our packs."Now that she has come of age to be married". Is this man crazy and not letting his daughter try and find her fated mate and is making her take a chosen mate."Alpha Drake why are you not wanting her to find her fated mate?" I asked, feeling really pissed now. I know that when a werewolf finds their fated mate it makes them stronger. And denying his daughter that is absolutely wrong. He didn't reply to my question right off hand but he continued saying "Well to be honest with you Alpha Atlas I am sick and whatever it is my wolf can't heal it. And I fear that I am not going to be around long enough for her to find her fated mate. Don't get me wrong, I would love for her to find her fated mate. But my time is near an end and I need her future to be secured. But I am worried that no male would want her considering that she has no wolf."