Chapter 4
Aiden Pov
I had been in my office for so long. Being alpha is no easy job
I work tirelessly to ensure my pack is okay and safe.
It's hard taking care of almost five hundred werewolves by myself, all the stress and hard work I go through on a daily basis sometimes wear me off.
Sadly, I have no one to go back home to.
At 26 my life is so boring, mainly because the other half of me is not here, yet.
I have traveled to every pack I know of looking for her but I always end up with zero results.
My wolf and I have been frustrated lately but there is nothing much we can do.
Just keep hoping and wait, even though we are running out of time.
My pack needs a Luna and I'm afraid I won't be giving them one, yet.
I know of she-wolves who have been trying to get that position for themselves but I feel it's not right, maybe later on if my mate doesn't appear.
I've had sexual relations with a couple of them but that's just that, nothing more.
My wolf had been nagging about going out for a run, so I left my office to give him that. It's the least I can do for him.
Two of my pack members are having a birthday party and everywhere is crowded and noisy, I hate it.
I pass through the crowd ignoring the females undressing me with their eyes and head to the forest. I think they're trying so hard and it's sickening.
I'm in the middle of the run when my gamma (third in command) Ace, mind links me that there are intruders in the pack, which forces me to go back.
As I said, I barely rest.
Pulling on my grey sweatpants, I don't mind putting on a shirt because nudity doesn't bother werewolves that much.
I hastily walk to the party where the supposed intruders are.
With so much crowd, an enemy can easily take advantage of that and attack. That's why we don't take things like this lightly, even the little ones.
My wolf has been uneasy since morning and as I near the crowd, he becomes more restless and alert.
I don't know if it's because of the possible threat or if it's completely something else.
The crowd becomes silent parting way for me and giving me the respect I deserve.
Leading so many people makes me harsh.
To make sure these wolves remain in shape, I'm forced to be formal, strong, and fierce, that's why my presence demands attention.
It's not a position for the soft heart or weak. Unless I want them to challenge me with every chance they get, or disrespect me.
I make them understand I'm the Alpha, I don't joke or laugh with them and I love how submissive they are.
In the middle of the crowd, are my beta and gamma in their wolf forms.
Before them, are Liam and two strangers, who by their scents, are wolves and they are standing protectively in front of a person who isn't clear in my line of view. Yet.
" What are outsiders doing in my pack?" my voice comes out loud and firm.
"Am sorry alpha I invited them?" Liam says timidly submitting to me.
"With whose permission?" how can he invite people into my pack without my consent?
How sure is he that they are not a threat?
I'm about to order them to be taken to the cells when the sound of a soft gasp catches my ears, and that's when I see her.
The girl they are protecting, her scent. The moment I gaze into those eyes my heart skips a beat, the main reason my wolf has been disturbed all day.
Damn.
The wait was indeed worth it.
Words alone can't express how beautiful the girl before me is, I take slow steps towards her gaping at her beauty.
Her long silver hair falls effortlessly down her waist. She has clear baby blue eyes which are staring at me in amazement.
I hope she finds me attractive.
I have never been insecure with my looks but looking at the angel before me, I feel not worthy.
And she was sent from the skies just for me.
She has long dark lashes that caress the skin of her face every time she blinks.
Damn, she's gorgeous.
Her long legs stand in a perfect posture like she's posing for a photo, and her tiny waist leads to her small curves, perfectly enhancing her figure.
Her skin is clean, with no blemish at all, no flaw just perfect.
She's insanely beautiful.
And mine, only mine.
Within seconds am holding her, lost in her scent.
"Mate" my wolf keeps chanting happily.
I hear gasps of shock from my pack members, I know it's surprising to them because I had lost hope too, but here she is.
She's worth the wait.
This is what I have been missing all my life, the other half of me. My mate.
Created for me, just for me and me alone.
Finally.
Her scent is like fresh air, taking away all my stress and worries, calming my head and nerves.
It's soothing to my soul, a gentle caress to my heart.
It's promising, I wonder how I have been able to survive all my life without this.
I can stay in her arms just breathing her in for the rest of my life. This is the best feeling I have ever had in my entire existence.
I feel her relax in my arms inhaling sharply and that makes me smile. She feels the same way.
All mine.
She tries pushing me away but I hold onto her tight.No way in hell am letting her go now that I found her.
I have been waiting all of my life for this moment and I will be damned if I let anything happen to her.
She's mine to protect and care for, from now on.
"Get away from her" a voice booms from the crowd.
Who else if it's not alpha Gabriel sticking his nose where it doesn't concern him, and what is he doing in my pack, to begin with?
I growl at him and he growls right back making my mate stiffen in my arms. Scared?
"What's going on?" her voice is low and almost breaking.
I look down at her glossy eyes only to realize one thing, she's human and doesn't understand what's happening here.
Shit.
I'm so stupid.
She must be freaked out by the sight of wolves and here we are growling at each other and scaring her more.
" I said let her go" he shouts again angrily
"No, she's my mate" Who is he to tell me what I should and should not do in my pack?
"She's my daughter" he yells louder
Shit.
Now looking at both of them, they look exactly the same.
I didn't know he had a daughter.
Alpha Gabriel lost his mate and family ages ago to a rouge attack and that changed him.
We are not friends, just allies but I know his current luna and son.
From the look of it, my mate is shocked too, meaning she doesn't know him, or him being her father.
I don't understand how they can relate because she's human and Gabriel is an alpha wolf.
She becomes more scared but I'm not letting her out of my arms.
He promises to explain himself later through the mind link and I nod.
After explaining to her we are a pack of werewolves, she becomes more frightened and that breaks my heart.
What will happen if she rejects me?
All my life I have never been terrified of anyone or anything.
Nothing fazed me but this girl in my arms, she's my world and I knew the moment I looked into her eyes and inhaled her scent, everything changed.
Gabriel persuades me to let her go because apparently, she's upset.
She didn't know she had a dad who is a wolf, her best friends, and her guards are wolves too. It breaks my heart to see those tears.
I understand she needs time but I need her.
I can make her feel better but I know she won't let me because I'm still a stranger to her.
She's human and doesn't know how werewolves work.
When we find our mates, we become one instantly, complete the mate bond and everything else falls into place, but with humans it takes time.
I don't think I'm willing to give her much time. She's like my breath now and I can't let her go, because it might kill my wolf and me.
That's why when I let her out of my arms and watch her drive away, it crashed my heart.
And even though she doesn't know anything about us, I'm getting her back.
I finally found her.