Chapter 20: Chapter Twenty

**Jaxson**

This little she-wolf doesn’t give up, so I feel like I need to make things crystal clear for her and I hope that my bluntness to her won’t get me into any trouble.

“We are going to go just the two of us because there is Pack business we need to discuss and to be honest I don’t want to be on the bad side of your little boyfriend over there.” I say as I tilt my head in the direction of James as he watches her try to flirt with me. I lean down in her face and scowl a little harder, so James knows I’m onto her little act.

“Besides, I know what game you like to play and I’m not into that, so why don’t you run along to your little boyfriend and go playhouse with him while THIS big bad Alpha and his Beta run off into the woods. Because your little act doesn’t fool me at all.”

She has a look of shock and hurt all over her face, but I could care less, she is just trying to find her meal ticket and latch onto whatever Alpha will take her on, but it won't be this Alpha that’s for sure. She turns away and huffs out a breath and stomps off like a two-year-old that just lost their favorite toy. I turn back to John.

“That right there is going to be trouble tomorrow night, let’s try to keep our wits about us and stay away from those two. I just want to go to the Ball tomorrow and see if my mate is here, if not we are leaving early the next morning.”

John has a huge grin on his face. And seems to be having a hard time holding in his laughter after what I just told this chick.

“I agree with you there brother, those two are going to be trouble in the future no matter what, did you catch the look on his face when you mentioned anyone should be excited to find their true mate?”

“Yea, that was a bit odd, almost like he had a bit of regret or something.”

John nods his head as he replies.

“I know what you mean I got the same vibe, I'll be sure to keep an eye on him tomorrow, something with the way he was acting at lunch just rubs me the wrong way.”

“Come on let’s get out here and go for our run and check out the lake.”

We make our way into the woods and strip down and hide our clothes in a bush near the tree line and shift into our wolves.

My wolf is a big dark chocolate brown wolf with bits of white and honey brown flakes throughout, I have one bright white paw and deep brown eyes, John’s wolf is a lighter color brown with darker brown spots throughout his coat and has a black paw, where my front left is white, his back right is black, this must be why we are so close and have been best friends since we were kids.

Our wolves seem so similar but in small ways, we have some differences. As we are running through the woods, I can feel the wind whip through my fur and I hear all the animals scurry about and some running away as we make our way around and towards the lake, it feels so good to just run free for while without a care in the world.

We make it to the lake and the water is so clear and not a ripple in the wind can make it look better, it is so smooth and calm that it looks almost like glass sitting in the middle of a forest, but it doesn’t last long because before I know it, John is in the air about to land in the water, he starts swimming around and yapping at me to come in too.

So, I take a few steps back and make a run for it, leap off my hind legs and jump in right next to him and then we start to swim around and before we know it, we hear more chatter and that means that more people is coming, I mind link John asking him if he wants to take off back to the pack house and relax the rest of the night before the ball tomorrow.

He says yes and we make our way back to the shore and climb out and dip into the woods before anyone can see us and make our way back to the Pack house.

When we reach the Pack house, we grab our clothes we stashed in the bush and throw them on then head inside and make our way up to our rooms and when I make my way to my room and when I walk in, the same girl is sitting on the end of my bed waiting for me to return.

I roll my eyes and groan because sometimes it feels like I have this sign on my head that says I want any female to throw themselves at me no matter what I tell you. I can't catch a break, first, it was Ashley at my pack, and now it's this girl.

“You need to leave, NOW!”

She stands to her full height and struts towards me with a sway to her hips that she seems to think is sexy, but she is far from anything called sexy. I like my women with curves and on the smaller side. My perfect mate would be at the height of around 5’3” and a big chest and a big ass, something for me to hold onto as I go at her from behind. And…. I mentally shake my head at the image of what my perfect mate would look like, and I remember what’s going on in front of me.

“But Alpha, I was hoping I could show you around the pack territory and we could grab some dinner.”

This girl needs to get a clue, she thinks she is hot shit just like her little boyfriend James.

I hold my hand in front of her face.

“First of all, I am NOT INTERESTED, and as I said before, you need to leave, I can't stand little girls like you that are only trying to leech off an alpha just because you want to be Luna. You will never be a Luna, so cut the shit and get out of my room. I know your type, I have one of you in my pack, you may have James fooled into thinking you are this innocent little she-wolf, but I know your act, it will only get you so far. So once again, GET OUT!”

I say the last part with a little more authority and use my Alpha tone to make her understand. She slouches down a bit and offers her neck in submission, she doesn’t really need to go through all these theatrics because I’m not her Alpha, but she must obey my command because none the less I am still an Alpha.

I know it’s part of her act, but either way with slumped shoulders she makes her way out of my room, and I’m finally left in peace to shower and relax the rest of the night.

I just need this weekend to be over already so we can get back home. After my shower I climb into bed and fall asleep almost right away, and dreams of what my little mate would hopefully look like. I really hope she will be as close to my dream girl as possible.

Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day. I drift to sleep hoping that she could be as sweet and innocent as I want her to be.