Chapter 36

Nathaniel

It has been two days since Mila has left and the pack is in full swing of getting prepared for the upcoming war. My father has been in the office with George, trying to persuade other packs to help us. We have one pack confirmed that they will be help us, The Black Stone Pack. They are the second largest pack to ours as we have been growing our pack over the years. They were more than happy to help; they told my father and George they will be arriving in a few hours’ time which was the best news of the morning.

Ox and I have been pacing the floors throughout the day and nights staring out the window, waiting for our mate to come back. We have now come to common ground; we are going to find a way to get our mate back. My mind has been full of thoughts of Mila. I haven’t gone anywhere near any she-wolves. Most know that Mila is my mate but the girls Alyssa bothered with, have been trying to get with me but haven't succeeded.

Alyssa was banished the same night with her parents. I took the liberty of throwing her over the border crossing myself. I hate her for what she did to my little brother, but also Mila. She actually told me that she found her mate 3 days prior. She was sleeping with the both of us. He rejected her in front of me when he found out what she had done. He was one of the warriors of our pack who was out looking for the last few months into other packs. He told me that he would stand right beside me.

But yesterday around midday, we found their bodies slaughtered by the river, we couldn't even recognize Alyssa as she was in pieces. They must have stopped for something before the rouges got them. There was no love loss here on my part only the longing for my mate.

“You need to go to the office, Dad has something he wants to talk to you about” Sam says suddenly, I look towards Sam who looks more cheery. I nod but still look through the window. Sam comes to my side “Brother she will be back soon” he says leaning on my arm “She will” he kisses my arm. I nod and give a slight smile.

I head out of my room, more like Mila’s old room and head straight to the office. Once I walk in, my father was sitting in his chair looking through something. When I close the door, my dad looks up at me and gives me a small smile “How are you doing son?” He asks.

I look at him “I’m fine dad; Sam said you wanted to talk to me about something”

He looks at me and nods “I was talking over with George and we think you should go to meet The Black Stone Pack half way, to show willing.”

I looked at him baffled “Why would you send me out there? You know I have been waiting for Mila to come back.”

God I sound desperate.

“I know son, we don’t know how long she will be. You haven’t left her room since she left. I know it’s only 2 days but I think it will be good for you. Besides you are the next Alpha to this pack” he says now standing up and coming up to me. He looks me in the eyes and his eyes become softer “Son, we are worried about you please.”

I take a big sigh and nod “I will go but I’m taking Dane, Emily and Eric with me. You also have to let me know when Mila comes back”

My father smiles at me and gives me a hug. I hug him back. He lets go of me and moves away but says “Mila will have to do some training with her dragon friend.”

I nod “How you feeling about the whole dragon thing” I ask, I don’t mind the whole story that George told us. I think that is cool that someone took the time to protect Mila, especially when she lost everything and even her life.

My father looks at me for a moment “Honestly I'm humbled. I know I sounded power crazy about hearing about Mila and the dragon but talking more with George helped. I will have to apologize to Mila when I see her” he says smiling.

He looks down at his hand; I just realized that he was holding something a photograph. I know this photograph too well, the night when Mila left, and my mum found a photo of Faith, in the photo was my dad, Faith and her mate Peter. Mila is the extact model of Faith; she follows her down to the the nose. She was the most gorgeous woman I ever let my eyes fall on. I remember my mum showing George and Sybil the photo the both of them were in shock but also I could feel the heartache.

I leave the office and find my friends.

Dane, Emily and Eric were waiting for me and we all headed into Eric’s car, I sat in the passenger seat while the love birds had the back seat “Nate, she is close but I can tell you, she seems really happy at the moment” says Emily as she touches my shoulder for reassurance. I smile at her through the mirror.

We drove past all the pack members and the town people. All the town people have moved into the pack territory. The different shifters have been cautious about us, we all try to get along but we do have some issues especially with some of the bear shifters but Barry their leader handles it. I think they might stay. They know we have help coming in form of Mila and some other packs. But due to the serious of the matter, we have to rely on some other packs to help us. I just hope they can get over the fear of wolves even if it is for the safety of everyone. We never mentioned anything about Archer to the pack members and the town members as we want to make sure both Mila and Archer are safe.

Eric starts the car and heads down the long drive way. The large gates open and we are on our way. We have a two hour drive.

“What do you know about The Black Stone Pack?” asks Emily suddenly, breaking the silence in the car.

“All I had heard is the Alpha Mitchell is a hard ass. He likes to dish out punishments when they need to be” says Dane.

“I've heard that too, I'm just wondering why they wanted to help the pack out” she says while looking between the three of us.

“Alpha Leon is good friends with him. There were three of them altogether if I remember rightly. Alpha Leon, Alpha Mitchell and Alpha Peter” Eric says.

I can feel sad thinking about Uncle Peter, I can remember the stories about him that my mother and father told me about. I look through the window and Emily is staring at me with sadness in her eyes.

“Alpha Peter was Faith’s mate who died” I say sadly still looking at Emily. “He died protecting his family.”

She nods “Mila’s grandfather and mother” she says without hesitation. I nod.

The car is silent. The silence is enough to think about how hard my mate had it. Her parents died, I think we are all in deep thoughts.

“I can’t believe Mila went through so much” says Eric.

Eric came into my room trying to find out what happened why all the secrecy. I explained everything including the fact Mila was my mate. He was disappointed in me for what I did. He also said he had a feeling she was special and meant more to me.

“I know she will be ok. She’s strong and now knowing more about what she went through hopefully she can overcome everything” Emily says giving me a small smile. I know she wants us to be together but she also knows it will all be up to Mila.

“We nearly there” says Dane looking through the window. I look to where he is looking. There in a forest path, you can see three cars, lined up. They seem to be distracted. We pull over and stop, I step out “Stay here, I will go and hopefully we will be leaving soon.”

I stepped out of the car and feel my friend’s eyes looking everywhere. This is a strange place to park. I look to see a man coming towards me "Alpha Nathaniel, I assume” he says while sticking out his hand for me to shake.

“Name is Miles; I am the Alpha’s son. I'm here with my mate, and a handful of our best warriors. My father said that these men are the best we have as most of our men had to stay behind as you are not the only pack to have rouges problems” he says as I take his hand into mine to shake.

“It’s nice to meet you, we are just happy for your help” I say. The door opens and a woman steps out, she has the most distinctive curly blonde hair the flows to her shoulders and blue eyes. She looks at me and smiles.

“Ah young Alpha, My name is Anna. I am Miles guardian” she says with a rich voice.

“Guardian” I asked

“She not wolf” says Ox “She something different” I look at Anna who is looking at me.

Suddenly before I ask anything , “She looks out for me. My father appointed her my guardian when I leave the territory” says Miles really quickly but smiles at her and then looks back at me. “We had to stop as my mate just found out we are pregnant, sickness got the best of her.” I can't help but look around.

I look towards the man that is standing by a nearby tree and there holding onto the tree was the woman with medium length brown hair and brown eyes looking at me. She gathered herself and headed straight towards us.

“I am so sorry for the late delay, we had to pull over. The road leading up here was bumpy and the pup thought I should throw up. Poor Darrel, his shoes” she says looking at the man who is walking by the side of her. He smiles at her with a tight grin on his face. I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“It’s ok, the roads leading up to the territory are rough and we will leave once you are ready” I say.

Suddenly the car door behind me opens and Emily is looking at us.

“These are my friends, Dane, Eric and Emily” I say waving for them to come out of the car to greet our guests.

“It is nice to meet you all” says Miles “Oh my goddess, I forget, this is my mate Ella” he says looking at her as she makes it to his side and gives him a side hug. I wish Mila was here.

“I want mate too” whines Ox.

I keep my emotions in check, Anna is looking at me and then to Emily. Emily hasn’t said a word. She looks like she is fighting with her inner self, I know she is trying to control her magic as her hands are turnimg into a fist. I walk up to her “You ok Emily?” I ask as Dane puts his hands around her waist. She closes her eyes and settles into her mate.

She looks back at me with a small smile “I’m sorry about that Alpha” but she leans in, quietly saying so no one else can hear only me and Dane “There is something about the young Alpha and that woman.”

I look back at them and they all are staring back at us, with curiosity and confusing all over their faces.

“Sorry about that, Emily has been having a rough time for the last few days” I say.

“She’s a witch” says Anna suddenly walking up to us “It’s ok, magic is a hard thing to control when you trying to understand what is going on around you” as she made her way to us and grabbed Emily’s hand.

Both of the women are transfixed and stare back at each other. What the hell is going on?

Miles notices my confusion and walks up to me and places a hand on my shoulder “It’s ok, Anna can help Emily control her emotions, she is good like that” he says while looking back at them.

“Something is up, I can’t mind link with Emily” says Dane through our mind link. I can feel his anxiety through it.

After a few moments, Anna smiles and turns to both Miles and I, “I think we should go to the pack now.” She walks away and ushers everyone back into the cars. Miles nods “We will follow you” as he opens his car door.

Leaving us standing there in silence.