Neil’s POVOne moment I was enjoying this delicious cupcakes and teasing Alice and the next moment I was on the ground with a growling mate straddling my hips and growling in my face. Now this kind of position could make a mans imagination go really wild.It looks like I underestimated a woman’s passion for ger cupcakes. She looked kind of pissed, and I only took one bite. Now let me tell you one secret that not many people knew about me since I had to maintain my reputation as a heartless and cruel Alpha. I loved cupcakes and judging by my mate’s response to me taking one, I would say she loved them as well. And even though I was in a really weird position I could not help it but chuckle at the realization that hit me, but my mate seemed to not understand what was funny in all this, “What are you chuckling at mutt? I will chew your head of your neck if you dare to touch one more cupcake. Those cupcakes are mine. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. You need to realize this is not your pack
Alice’s POVThe only explanation I could find for the words I have just heard, was that my hearing was not ok. Maybe I should go check it out with our pack doctor. Sheila was a good friend of mine, and she would sure tell me the truth. Since I made up my mind I stood up and only then did I realize everyone was gone. A moment later Neil stood up as well with a weird look on his face. Well, weird since he was looking at me as if I was a crazy person, so I only raised a brow in his direction to let him know he better speak up because I was really not in a mood to lose words, and thank God he understood the hint, “Where are you going?”Now who was crazy? In what universe does he even have a right to control me and ask me where I was going? Not in this universe or more precisely in my pack. I was not obliged to tell anyone my whereabouts and maybe that was only one more reason why I did not want to be mated. Having a mate meant that someone always knew where you were, what you were doing a
Neil’s POVWell, honestly, I was bluffing when I said I would mark her against her will. I might be a werewolf, but some things were simply against my believes and marking your mate was one of them. I do have to admit though that when I was only inches away from the spot where my mark would be placed one day, that is if I manage to convince her we belong together, it was hard to keep Zane from taking what the Moon Goddess meant to be his.But the thing that surprised me the most was the fact how heavily I reacted to her words, especially when she was mocking me or making assumptions. Even insults to which I was usually immune it seemed got to me when they were coming from her kissable lips.As I was rounding the corner I almost bumped into my Beta, “Hey man, I was looking all over this huge mansion for you. Where have you been and why do you look like you ran a marathon?” you could say that nothing escaped Ryan. One thing was for sure because we grew up together and he knew me like th
Alice's POVOk. We have everything in place and ready for our ball this evening and most importantly, my first time without a mask around Alpha's of other packs. Ever since our pack has been attacked and my father lost his life just like many other of our wolves, not once did I leave our territory without a mask on my face.Our community was still patriarchally oriented and that meant that not many accepted the fact that I was our Alpha. So, it was better if I stayed hidden behind a mask even though they suspected I was a woman since everyone called me the ruthless princess, but they had no proof, until tonight. Tonight, everything will change. And I did not like the fact that my mate was here because he would pull my attention from everything. And that was a bad thing because I knew how the Alpha males were thinking. And once they realize I am really a woman, they would see me as an obstacle to claim and as an opportunity to make their pack bigger and stronger, but sadly for them, I w
Neil’s POVI knew exactly what I was doing when I gave Alice the necklace. Thank God her pack was as open minded as mine was, so getting to a witch was not that difficult. The hardest part was to explain why I would need the necklace to contain my smell, so I had to come up with a story.As my Beta so kindly reminded me, Alice would be a target of every Alpha male desires tonight if she did not have a smell of a male on her, or a mate mark that would let everyone know she was off the market.Since she was not willing to accept me yet as her mate, my only other option was to make sure she was cowered with my smell. At first, I could not think of any idea but than it just clicked while I was walking around the castle and stumbled upon witches’ wing. So, I ran to the nearby market and bought a necklace that had stones the same color as her eyes were so I knew she would find it hard to resist. And since I was her mate, she would not find it weird that she smelled me as long as I was the o
Alice’s POVWell, the whole dinner was as expected and full of unexpected at the same time if that makes any sense. I was expecting people to rebel against the fact that I am a woman and an Alpha, but at the same time as the male population was shocked in a bad way, I could see all the female population looking at me with shock and kind of admiration.Now the unexpected part was when Neil stepped on the podium next to me and defended my or technically my pack and my honor but at the same time did not brag with the fact that I was his mate or anything like that. I was also surprised when I realized how much he knew about my past and present life.So, the rest of dinner went by without a hitch and no one else dared be disrespectful to me or my people, I guess they managed to put two and two together and realized I could ruin them without a problem, especially since Neil was on my side and his pack was known to be as dangerous as ours.Now it was time for talking and dancing, maybe makin
Neil’s POV “Ryan! Get your ass out of the ballroom this second! I am waiting by the front door!” Sometimes I was really glad to be a werewolf, so I had the ability to use the mind link, like right now. I know I must look like a complete douchebag for running out of the ballroom and leaving Alice standing on the dance floor all on her own, but honestly, I was pretty much on autopilot. Not even a moment passed when my Beta showed up next to me and not even breathing hard, so I guess he was following me before I even mind liked him, “What is going on Neil? You never sound frantic, but a moment ago I could swear there was a hint of panic in your voice.” Well, pretty much there was no argument for me to tell him on that note, because I truly was panicking inside my head. In a way everything would make so much more sense if my suspicions were correct but on the other hand it just complicates everything. I can remember all my dreams vividly. They were speaking about a woman it would be har
Alice’s POVNo! fucking no, no and once again no! this can nit be true! No one ever cared for me, and I doubt this man standing in front of me could be any different…But as I looked at him cautiously, I could not lie to myself. He looked sincere. And he most definitely looked troubled by the things he just admitted out loud.I knew that as an Alpha female I was going to be in danger my whole life, my father knew as well so he prepared me for the life I would be living extremely well. Even though my mother was always against me training and gaining strength, my father always found a way to make sure I was in good shape and knew how to defend myself. After the attack that my mother arranged it also made sense why she was against me training. But I was glad my father loved to go against her wishes. I always thought maybe he liked to provoke her but lately I started thinking, maybe he always knew about her evil side and that was why he made sure I was ready to take over the pack even tho