Chapter 24: Chapter Twenty-Four

**Jaxson**

I’m having a hard time finding the right frame of mind and the right words to say to my beautiful little mate and I think John can see that I am trying to find the courage to talk to her. He slaps me on the shoulder to shake me out of the mindless fog I found myself in and he tells me that I’ve got this, and to mind-link him if I need anything, he also mentions that he and Annie are going to head back to the party.

Then Annie and John turn to leave and I finally have a moment to get to know my mate, I'm a bit breathless right now at her beauty but I manage to get a few words out.

“Are you alright?”

She looks surprised at the sound of my voice, but she gives a slight smile and responds with, “Yea, I think so, I have a slight bump on my head but other than that I think I’ll be okay.”

Her voice is the most beautiful sound I have ever heard it takes my breath away for a moment but then I manage to respond.

“Good, I’m glad you okay.”

I need to remember my manners with this one, she is such a beauty, and I am having a hard time keeping my mind straight, she flusters me and that has never happened before, I have never had a problem with my words, but this one…. she makes me forget everything.

I reach my hand out to shake hers and I introduce myself.

“I am Alpha Jaxson Thomas of the Red Crest Pack.”

She puts her hand in mine and says, “I am Alexandria Wilson, of the Blue Moon Pack.”

When her hand touches mine, I feel it, there is the shock that runs from my fingertips up my arm and throughout my whole body, then I realize that we have been standing in the hallway for far too long and I want to find out who did this to her, so I mention, “we need to go find the Alpha Robert and find out what happened to you, and who is responsible. I will not have my mate being mistreated and disrespected this way.”

She reels back for a minute due to her shock at what I just said, “Wait, I'm sorry, your what?”

She is looking at me like she doesn’t know I am her mate, but I just heard her an Annie talking about it a couple minutes ago when Alex told Annie not right now. I need to figure out what she was talking about.

She looks at me like I have a second head, does she not realize she is my mate, and I am hers. I reach for her hand and when we touch there is the shock again.

I repeat myself again for her, “My mate, do you not feel it?”

She looks deep in thought for a minute before she responds, “Yes, I felt it too, but I didn't think it was possible.”

“You didn't think what was possible? To have a mate?”

“No, I… never mind.”

I need to figure out what is going inside her beautiful mind. But when she looks up at me and says, “Would you like to accompany me back to the party and we can find Alpha Robert tomorrow and settle what happens tonight.”

I can’t help but give her my best smile even though she looks a little unsettled about the whole us being mate’s thing, I need to find out what she meant by thinking it wasn't possible. But none the less I look into her beautiful blue eyes.

“It would be my pleasure to accompany you back to the party, let us go and enjoy the rest of the evening together.”

As we make our way back to the party we are now in the grand entryway and James the future Alpha of this pack comes strolling up to her like he has a claim on her, and it instantly puts my wolf on edge yet again.

He looks at her like she is his moon and stars, I slightly growl as he approaches us and I notice Alex tenses next to me, and that puts me on more alert when he approaches.

“Alex, I know you don’t want to see me or talk to me but please give me a chance to explain, I just want to talk for a minute….in private. I would like to try and explain everything about what I did on your birthday. I think it was a mistake.”

What the hell is he talking about? On her birthday? What is he thinking, what did he do that he thinks was a mistake? I need to get some answers and fast.

I look from him to her, and she becomes even more tense, and she looks as if she is going to break down into tears and a low growl makes its way through my chest and out of my throat. She reaches for my hand, and it instantly calms me, I look to her and she makes eye contact with me and gives me a small smile, I return the smile to let her know I will support her no matter what and that I am not going anywhere.

She then straightens her shoulders, sticks her chin out showing him that she will not be affected by him.

“James, you may NOT have a word in private, if you have anything to say to me, you can say it right here and right now in front of my true mate, Alpha Jaxson.”

He looks a little surprised when she tells him that I am her true mate, I wonder why he seems so surprised, he is acting like they were dating or something, Goddess I hope not, especially when I saw him with that other, she-wolf over the last day and a half that I was here.

“Also, you and I both know after tonight it will no longer matter what you say or do that will change what you did that day. So, if you will excuse us, I have a night to enjoy with my mate. Goodnight, James.”