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–ZANE’S POV–
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“Did you hear her?” Ajax laughed. “Zane said his friends won’t bother me. What a liar.”
I clenched my jaw, swiping my tongue over my teeth.
“I don’t understand why she would think anyone would believe her,” Sheila commented.
“Yeah. Everyone knows Zane wouldn’t even glance at her,” said
Aaron.
“She’s just a bitch for attention,” Warner said, and a growl left my lips.
I grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall, my eyes turning black.
“Speak with respect,” I growled out, glaring at him.
Warner immediately lowered his gaze, his eyes wide.
A heavy silence fell upon us,
Grunting, I let go of him, and stepped away, calming myself down. Once my eyes returned to normal, Aaron dared to speak
to me.
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“Alpha,” he said softly, still not having the guts to address me by my name. “Is she our future Luna?”
“Yes,” I replied, then paused. “Possibly.”
“Possibly?” he asked.
“Lia is my mate,” 1 announced.
Their mouths fell open.
“But she’s human,” Sheila said softly. “Our pack is one of the strongest in town. How will a human girl lead us?”
I shot her a look, and she immediately lowered her gaze. “I don’t mean any disrespect, Zane. I am just voicing out what each of us is thinking. Even if we ignore the years of pranks we’ve pulled on her, why would she want this?”
“Because she’s a nobody,” Ajax said softly. “With all due respect,
of course.”
I rolled my eyes.
“Her humanity is the least of our concerns,” I said. “There is another problem.”
“Blake Walker,” Warner said softly, frowning. He was still slightly shaken up by my outburst.
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“Right,” Sheila said. “Why is that guy so interested in her? We thought maybe she is his mate.”
I clenched my jaw
“She is.”
“What?” Aaron said incredulously. “You said she’s yours.”
“She is.”
The four of them glanced at each other, then at me, waiting for me to elaborate.
My mind drifted off to my birthday.
I’d spent the last sixteen years of my life waiting for this moment. For this day. The day I’d turn sixteen and finally find my mate. The one who would go on to rule beside me, the one who would become my strength and my weakness, the one who would be my queen, my Luna. I had spent long nights wondering what she’d look like, what she’d sound like. And most of all, how she would make me feel.
The second I’d turn sixteen, if she was anywhere closeby, our hearts would call out to each other, draw us towards each other until our gazes would meet.
If she was a werewolf, which was the most common and likely
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case, and she hadn’t turned sixteen, she would feel half the pull. If she was already sixteen, she would have already found met and informed me of our bond. But she hadn’t, so she had to be younger than me, or she had to be human.
Having a human mate wasn’t preferred for Alphas like me. It wasn’t opposed, as no one could dare to question the Goddess’s decisions, but it wasn’t entirely appreciated. For Alphas, human mates proved to be a vulnerability, a liability, and most Alphas turned their mates. Some of them did it by force, which worked out fine for them, because as soon as the human became at werewolf, they felt the bond too and did not want it any other way. Others took their time to convince their mates for it. Sooner or later, they agreed.
But there were some who left it completely up to their human mates. And I had decided I would be one of them. If I had a human mate, I wasn’t going to kidnap her or force her to be with me. I wasn’t going to lock her in a room and visit her and spend time with her until she’d fall for me. I would let her be, stay close and be good to her, until she wouldn’t be able to resist and finally give in to me. Until then, I would respect her choices. Protect her, not coerce her.
But never in a million years could I have suspected what actually happened.
The second the clock struck twelve, a face flashed before my eyes. A scent filled my nose, one I recognised immediately. My heart went into a wild frenzy, my wolf taking over my body
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without giving me a chance to retaliate.
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I was out on the streets, rushing towards the scent, towards the aura. Towards the presence.
It brought me to a house. A normal, simple house, on a normal, simple street.
I tried the door, and it was open.
My mate was not just human, she was also naive.
And I had a very strong idea who it was.
But I couldn’t be sure. Not until I saw her. Not until I looked her in the eye and sniffed her neck.
I marched inside her house, the pictures on the walls confirming my suspicions. It was her house. It was probably her.
But no, how could that be? Lia Snow could not be my mate. Because if she was, getting her to fall for me would be much harder than I’d thought.
I heard and felt her upstairs, and made my way up, stopping at a
door.
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