Now I understood where he was coming from . As I was taking in everything he just told me he picked up a framed photograph from his desk and handed it to me. It was a very ornate frame but as I looked into the picture and looked at her she was very beautiful indeed. She had long gorgeous brown hair that hung just her shoulders. Facial features were elegant and breathtaking. But when I looked into the eyes of his daughter in the picture my wolf went completely bonkers and was dancing in my head. As I set the frame down I looked at Alpha Drake and said "I would like to meet her and I am not worried about her not having a wolf."
"Very well." Alpha Drake replied with a smile. He quickly mind linked his daughter and we sat there quietly tell my wolf all of sudden started going crazy in my mind. I looked around the room and asked "Do you feel that or smell something?" Him and my beta looked at me confused when the most delicious smell I ever smelled started filtering in from under the door it was faint but it was there. It smelled of fresh flowers and vanilla and I was so intrigued. As the door opened in walked the woman in the photo. But she looked pissed as if she was about to blow her top at her father for trying to set me up with her as a chosen mate. I couldn't help but chuckle at that thought for if he hadn't called me here I probably wouldn't have found her either. As she looked at me she immediately calmed down and I stood to properly introduce myself and walked up to her, her scent was causing for my wolf come unglued and I was having a hard time from holding him back from marking her already. I reached for hand kissed it softly and the words that I thought never heard came out my lips. "Mate, I finally found you. Mine!"
Her father looked at us with a surprised expression on his face. He wanted his daughter to have a chosen mate but with him inviting me here to meet her he had inadvertently allowed me to find my fated mate and her fated mate. She smiled at me and I returned the smile. I was a wolf doing flips in my head over contact with her. Mark her make her ours now! He was almost screaming at me in my head. I told he it is not the time she wasn't ready. She asked her father to leave us so we could talk and get to know each other. As I was telling her about my pack lands she said that needed show me something. She quickly left the room and came back with what looked like a painting. Upon seeing it I was shocked. It looked just like the mountain chain within my pack lands along with the lake as well. I was surprised that she had painted a picture that looked just like my territory.
I looked at the time and stood up. She walked up to me to see me off. My wolf is purring in my head. "I have to go to my Aruna. I have a pack to run. I will be back for you in a week's time. I will be getting the pack house ready for your arrival." I handed her my number and told her to call me anytime. As I was walking out the door I took one last look at her beautiful face, smiled and left. My head was swimming as we drove back to the pack house. My beta is smiling big at me.
"What?" I knew what he was smiling at me for. "Oh you know what." My beta said with a smile just as big as mine.
I can already feel my wolf getting stronger but something told this was just the beginning of how strong he would become.
When we finally got back to the house I had the staff start preparing for my mates arrival they were excited that we were finally going to have a Luna after I had been searching for years to find her. They were doing their work that was given to them with excitement. I went to my office to get my paperwork done and started a meeting with some of my pack members when I heard the speaker on my desk buzz. "Yes Sophia?" I asked. Sophia was my secretary she had been working for me years. She was like a little sister to me. "Alpha, Luna Kara is on the phone asking for you should I forward her call through?" she asked. I was excited that Kara had called me it had been days since I left her pack. My wolf perked up in my head as I relied "Of course Sophia!" Trying to not show my excitement myself but too let my voice come out eager to speak to my mate.
"Right away sir." As the phone on my desk started ringing with Kara's call. I picked up the receiver "Ah, Kara my Aruna, so glad that you have called me, but such bad timing though I was in the middle of a pack meeting with my ranked members. Would there be any problem with me calling you back after my meeting, love? I hate to be on the phone with you for such a short period of time, but I have things that need to be dealt with as soon as possible," I said to her.
"Of course not, talk to you later," she replied.
"Until then, my Aruna," I said to her as I hung up the phone.
Three hours later my meeting was over so I looked at my watch and saw that it was already late. Would she be up I thought to myself. I picked up my cell and called her number and to my surprise she answered on the second ring.
"Hello Alpha," she said as she answered the phone.
"Kara my Aruna, you don't have to call me by my title. Atlas is just fine." I told her.
"Sorry Altas, it's like second nature to me doing that. It will take some getting used to," she said.
I told her that it was fine and that it will come naturally to her in time.
I had called her cause i wanted to know why she had painted a picture of the lake that was on my pack lands. When I asked her that I could tell she was a little hesitant on answering me but she did and told me that she had dreamt of it and wanted to put it on canvas so she wouldn't forget it. When I asked her if she did this often, she told me she did and that she loved to paint and put places she had been to or seen on to a painting. I quickly mind linked my beta and told him to go to the art store and as much painting supplies he could get and to set up a spare bedroom with good lighting as an art studio for Kara. He did as was told and left without a second thought or question. As we continued to talk I had told her that we only had three days left till I came and got her. She continued to tell me how she had been busy getting her things together that she was going to bring with her and I could hear the excitement in her voice as she was telling me this. And then she asked me why my secretary had called her Luna.
She sounded like she was shocked at being called that. I told her that she will be in time but for now I needed to go so she could get some rest. I told her goodnight and before i hung up I may request. I had asked that the next dream that she had was to put it on canvas. I ended the call and fell back on my desk chair and sighed heavily. I couldn't wait for her to come here. I decided that when she got here and was settled I was going to show her the lake and mountains that she had painted. I sat there and smiled as I thought of her being here with me and my wolf was spinning with excitement as well. With that thought I got up and went to get a shower and go to bed. As I slept I had this dream that seemed so real. I dreamt that I was in a brightly lit field in the middle of a forest. The ground was covered with soft grass and bright fragrant flowers all around me. Standing in the middle of the field was a beautiful woman. Where have I seen her before I wondered. Then it hit me she w
I could tell that my words hit her like a ton of bricks after hearing what I told her, she began to cry. I reached to hug her and she pulled away from me. The look on her said it all. I was a mixture of hurt, anger and disbelief all in one. I let out a soft sigh and this time I pulled her to me and didn't let her push me away even my weakened state I was able to hold her to me and held her tight as she sobbed into my chest. I let her cry till she couldn't cry anymore. let's go tell the rest of the pack then after she collected herself together and grabbed my hand started heading towards the door. As she pulled me to the door of the dining hall she was quite and when we got to the door she stopped let go of my hand turned to me before opening the door and said." I sort of understand why you didn't want to tell me dad. But now that I have my fated mate you need not to worry about me anymore, but" she said she opened the dining hall doors, gestured her hands out and moved it in a sweeping
"Aye, you're finally awake. I thought I might have given you too much." He said as he walked closer to me.``What do you want from me?' I asked shakingly. Still feeling the effects of whatever he had given me. "You know what I want?" He hissed as he came closer to me, placing his hand on my arm. " I will get it one way or another.""I have no idea what you are talking about!" I almost screamed at him."Is that so? I guess I will have to tell you then. You see, I want your Alpha rank. And do that, I need you and your father out of the picture. So I came up with this plan to kill your father by poisoning him with wolfsbane and then you commit suicide because you couldn't live with yourself anymore because you were the one who killed him."So that's why my father's wolf couldn't heal him from this because he had wolfsbane in him. I need to get out of here and save my father before it is too late. I thought to myself. "You know too much now to keep you alive, so I need it to be like you took y
"You look so beautiful my daughter, I am so proud of you," she told me. "Thank you mom." I replied, now trying to hold back tears myself. With most eyes on us, I started up the stairs and walked to the right side of Atlas. As I did, he turned to face me and took hold of my hands, but I wanted more from him. So I leaned into him and started to kiss him in front of everyone. Atlas was grinning from ear to ear as he returned the kiss. When the kiss started to become passionate, we began to tune everyone and everything around us out. We got so caught up with our kiss that we didn't hear his throat till he did it louder and when we heard it, we finally pulled away from our kiss and I began to blush from embarrassment. Atlas chuckles at me lightly. His father approached the podium and began his speech. "Good evening everyone and thank you for coming to this special occasion. I would like to begin by saying that I am especially proud of my son and his mate for taking on the rules of your next
I woke up too. Atlas slid out of my bed so he wouldn't wake me up, or so he thought. He looked at me and smiled and said to me, "Get up and get ready, your father has been asking for you all morning. I will also tell you what the council's plans are for Seth." I hurriedly got dressed and left with Atlas to go see my father in his bedroom. When I got to my father's bedroom, I quietly knocked on the door and when my mother answered she pulled me in for a hug. It was tight. I could hardly breathe . "Mom, you're smothering me," I said, trying not to laugh. She finally let me go and opened the door fully to allow me and Atlas to enter their bedroom. "Father, I am so glad you are alright." I said as I walked up to his bed. He turned to face me and still looked like he didn't feel well. I reached for his hand and he tried to squeeze it but was still a little weak. He looked at me and smiled at me. I leaned over him and kissed his cheek and smiled back at him. He tried to talk but was too weak
I woke up but I didn't have time to process anything that the moon goddess had told me. I needed to get to Kara as quickly as possible. Apollo was howling in my head and yelling at me to move faster to save her. He was pulling me as if he already knew where she was. I ran out of the packhouse and let Apollo take control. He shifted and we ran into the woods. As I shifted to Apollo. I mind-linked my beta and gamma to follow me. Apollo led me to Seth's house on the edge of our territory. Apollo kept running. Finally, he ran up the old porch. He didn't even stop. He busted through the front door and headed to the stairs leading to the basement. "She's here, I can smell her." He stated as we ran down the stone steps. He slowed down so no one could hear us coming. We made our way down the corridor and came up to a door that was closed but a beam of light was emanating out from underneath the door. Without saying a word, Apollo busted through the door and gave me back control at the same tim
We walked up to the bench and before taking our seats, Atlas motioned with his hand for everyone to take their seats. Everyone sat down and you could hear quite whispering amounts in the crowd. As we were waiting, I noticed Atlas standing up and starting walking towards the front yard. "Atlas, where are you going? We need to start soon." I called him and he turned towards me quickly and replied, " The High Elders are here. I need to greet them and bring them here." He said as he turned and walked away. He returned moments later with two older gentlemen. We didn't really have time for formalities right at that moment, but I would meet them later after the hearing. After Atlas showed the High Elders their seats were in the front row beside his family and mine, he began to address the crowd. Clearing his throat, Atlas spoke. "Good afternoon everyone, I know you all are wondering why the High Elders are here. They are here to make sure that this hearing goes according to the laws in our pa
I want you to feel loved and appreciated. I love you, Kara, and I do want to take this to the next level, but I want you to be ready. I don't want to rush you." All I could do was look at my handsome mate and smile at him. He pulled close to him and held me tight, peppering my forehead with kisses. All I could do was giggle. I started to shiver a little because the water was starting to cool down, so Atlas got out of the tube first and I hid my eyes bashfully and laughed at my silliness and grabbed a towel and held it out for me to step out of the tub. He placed the towel around me as I stepped out and I walked to our closet to get ready for bed. Atlas was already dressed and in bed by the time I went to bed. He pulled the covers back and helped me settle into bed and not long after that we were both After Seth's death, the packhouse was once again bustling with people who were getting everything ready for my marking ceremony. I was starting to get very nervous and was pacing my bedro