CHAPTER 5

Arianna's POV:

My chest tightened as the woman placed a kiss on my mate. He didn't react, his face showed no expression. She spoke about a Luna ceremony, so he had a Luna, that's why he didn't acknowledge the mate bond or me.

In cases where one partner has a chosen mate before meeting his fated mate. He rejects the fated mate on their first meeting. She left after she spoke about the Luna ceremony. She glanced at me before she left. The look was one of curiosity. It was either she didn't see me as a threat or she didn't know I was his fated mate. The thought made my wolf whimper. We haven't been noticed by our mate. 

The guard tugged the chain slightly which forced me to raise my face up. I stared into his brown eyes. They reminded me so much of my mum. I took her features but not her eyes. I found myself drowning in them until he spoke. 

“Release her.” 

The chain loosened, his aura was commanding and the urge to submit was strong but I needed to leave this pack. I didn't have a place here and not even my mate wanted me. Dad and Austin will be so worried. I assisted dad in some areas especially with the pops and tennagers, since it wasn't against pack laws. Their grip fell away but I didn't move. 

“Excuse us,” he said. The guards left. I feel his arms lifting me. I could feel the gaze around us. “Come with me.”

I felt tingles on my skin from the place he held me. I wish this mate bond didn't exist. It made you crave someone who had his selfish interest at heart. He

He led me inside the pack house and to a huge oak door, carved with the crest of the pack. As the door opened, the scent of leather, pine and something- uniquely him. The office was spacious, dark shelves lined the walls and scrolls. A broad desk at the centre.

I could feel my wolf happy at the thought of finally being alone with our mate. Maybe he will acknowledge us. I willed my wolf to focus on what's at hand, leaving this place to Dad and Austin. Our mate already had a chosen mate that was preparing for Luna. It hurt at the thought he didn't even give us a chance.I stepped away from him.

“I want to leave.” I said and crossed my hands as I faced him. “I want to go back to my pack. They need me, not like I am needed here.”

He stared at me for long, for a moment I wondered if he heard me. He coughed and walked around the desk looking conflicted. 

“You have to stay here,” he started and paused. “Until we figure out who attacked your pack and why?

“I can't stay here and get it all figured out. I am sure the alpha can handle the pack just well”. I said and rolled my eyes. I was getting irritated with the whole you have to stay here thing. 

My skin burned, I took my hands to my face in an attempt to fan myself. My wolf clawed at me from inside and howled for him, for our mate. 

I bent over and gripped the edge of his desk, my nails digged into the polished wood. The air was thick with his scent and it made the ache worse.

He froze across the room. He tightened his jaw and squeezed his palms. 

“You're in heat. I should leave,” he said. 

I struggled to control my wolf, but with him here it only got worse. He paced around and weighed the option. I can't go outside because it's easy for the heat to be sniffed by other unmated males and the pack members don't know yet that I am their alpha's fated mate. 

“No!” I said, I hated how desperate I sounded. My body trembled with raw physical need.

He stepped closer before taking himself back and curled his hands to a fist. His eyes changed from their usual brown to golden colour. He was struggling with his wolf. His gaze darkened and I could feel it on my skin.

Then I whimpered.

In one step, he was in front of me. His hands gripped my waist, his mouth crashing against mine, it sealed our fate. I should have pushed him away. He had a Luna,he didn't acknowledge our bond officially, he won't let me leave and he is the alpha of an enemy pack.

At this point I didn't care. My wolf didn't care. Heat flooded me and I just needed him, our mate. His scent, his touch,the weight of him pressing me against the desk.

It was rough. Clothes ripped off and he growled when he took me. Everything seemed blurry and nothing else seems to matter at this moment.

His eyes were brown as he moved away. He picked the pieces of clothes from the floor and seemed to mind linking someone. I rubbed my arms as I looked down. I was suddenly feeling cold. 

I looked at him as he paced the room. Heat is something that's supposed to help mates bond more, but it just seemed to worsen things between us. We hadn't accepted each other and now have mated. He seemed very conflicted, I could feel him a lot more. How will Luna take this? Why was he in a hurry to get a mate? Will this change anything? 

I looked around at the office. It reminded me so much about Dad, it's just that his seat was larger than that of my mate. I just realised I didn't know the name of my mate. I don't think he knows mine as well. 

There's a knock at the door. The both of us are still without clothes. We exchanged looks, careful not to look for too long. A female voice is heard behind the door and she turns the handle but it's locked. The way he froze when he heard her voice. 

It's her. 

His chosen mate.