Chapter 13

“Mom, I need to talk to you. It’s important.” I say and wait till everyone leaves the room. “Silas is my mate.” She looks at me dumbfounded. As if there is no way.
“A-are you sure?” She stutters.
“Yes, I knew once he walked into this house.” I say nervously not knowing how she will feel about this new information. I don’t know how even the pack would feel about this.
“That’s how you knew.” She says in almost a whisper.
“Knew what?” I ask in suspicion. “Knew that he can be trusted.”
“We need to be absolutely sure though. Will it be alright if I go and talk to him?” I ask with pleading eyes.
“Of course, I can’t keep you from your mate. You be absolutely careful though, alright?” She hugs me. “I’m also really proud of you. You are as wise and levelheaded as your father. Your merciful and strong. You’ll make an amazing alpha.” She gets a bit teary eyed, and I smile. She finally lets me go and I decide to go the quest quarters after I freshen up a bit.


*Silas’s POV*
We are taken into the pack house and the scent gets a lot stronger. We are taken into a large room with a huge table surrounded by chairs and there are powerful looking wolves sitting in each of them. My eyes fall on a beautiful blond and strong looking she-wolf who is sitting next to the Luna. The scent is definitely coming from her. She has a strong aura about her, and she locks eyes with me. I can see her pure white wolf in her eyes calling out to me. There is something different about her, kind of like me. She has long white, blond hair, striking ocean blue eyes you can get lost in. Her kissable lips are light and full. I want to see her smile. She probably has the most beautiful smile that can have any male swooned. She is petite and curvy in all the right places. She is perfect. I want to run to her and hold her, but obviously that is not possible right now.
The Luna breaks our eye contact and interrogates me with some questions. They don’t trust us and have every reason to be suspicious. My mate whispers to her mother and I can somewhat hear her voice. Her voice is so sweet. Then the Luna declares we will be escorted to rooms and will be monitored. I keep my eyes on her as we are leaving and before I knew it, we are out of the room and our eye contact is broken.
They take Alaric and I up a floor to these nicer rooms. “We will be standing outside the door. If there is anything you need tell us.” I nod to them, and we go into the separate rooms. It’s set up quite nice. Queen sized bed, light gray walls, with black curtains around the window. Considering we are considered prisoners I’m surprised we got nice rooms. I go into the bathroom and decide to quickly wash up in case she comes in here. It’s expected she will come; the curiosity will get the best of her. I smirk at the idea. I take a quick shower and wrap a towel around my waist and take out a fresh set of cloths out of the backpack I carried. Black shirt and some jeans will do it. However just as I’m about to take the towel off I hear the door open.
I glance over my shoulder and found my sweet little mate standing there blushing. I chuckle at her reaction and turn towards her and cross my arms.
“You know its polite to knock.” I continue to chuckle. “You might as well come in and enjoy the show.” I smirk slyly. This causes her to turn into a brighter shade of red.
“I’m sorry.” She squeaks and closes the door behind her. I look and see she is completely turned around, so she doesn’t see anything. “I-I was hoping to talk to you, well meet you to be precise.” Her nervousness is adorable. I knew the curiosity would get the best of her. Now i need to be cool and not slip up. This is a crucial moment that can go in a good direction or a really bad one. I pull on my t-shirt and jeans and turn to sit on the bed.
“You can turn around now. You already know who I am. I want to know who you are, love.” I say cheekily and smirk. She slowly turns around and looks me in the eyes. She is so nervous her face is almost a cherry red.
“I’m Athena Goldstein. I’m a potential Alpha of this pack.” Her squeaks stop, and she stands up a bit straighter. Athena, the name suits her. No wonder her aura is so powerful. She is a future Alpha. She must be powerful to earn a chance at the title. Even if she doesn’t get it, she will make an amazing Luna.
“Well Athena, I guess we’re mates. How do you feel of having a Lunar Alpha as your mate?” I look deep into her eyes to see if there is fear, shame, or uncertainness. The only thing I see is curiosity and nervousness. Which is surprising, considering what my kind did to her family and pack.
“It unsettling but a bit exciting I guess.” She speaks and didn’t realize she said that out loud because she chokes on air in surprise. I laugh at her Discomfort. She covers her face in embarrassment and I get up and approach her.
“There is nothing to be embarrassed about. I find your nervousness is adorable. I’ve been waiting for my mate so long that I was beginning to think I didn’t have one. I am looking forward to getting to know you angel, and I hope you accept me as your mate.” I take her hand and kiss the back of it like a gentleman. This lightens the nervousness, and she gives me that smile I am dying to see. Her smile lit up my world. Goddess this she-wolf is gorgeous.
“Well, I got some time to kill. Would you mind if I stick around and get to know you?” She asks.
“Don’t need to ask.” I chuckle and turn to sit on the bed and motion for her to join me. “I want to get to know you too, Angel. What do you want to know?”
“Well let’s start will the basics.” She giggles and takes a seat next to me.
“Alright, I am 23, my best friend is my beta, I love country and metal rock music, and I love your smile.” I grin which earns a blush and giggle from her. I feel like I’m in a high school romance movie. This is so cheesy. “How about you love?”
“Well, I just turned 18, I also love country music, my best friend is Celeste the future Beta, and I love your eyes.” She mirrors my grin.
“Oh really?” I smirk. “Are you flirting with me?” My eyes huh? I mean my eyes are odd and unnatural. Along with the mark on my forehead i always feel like an alien among the werewolf community.
“You started it." She giggles.
“Touché.” We continue to talk and laugh. I tease and she blushes. Her laugh is music to my ears, and you can’t help to smile when she smiles.
“You said your pack is rebuilding. How is that going?” She asks curiously.
“Well, Our pack isn’t large. We are only made up of about 200 wolves. We are steadily working on it. However, we are nowhere near to being an established pack. That’s why my Beta and I traveled here. To make allies and obtain the protection of the head packs.” I explain and a knock sounds at the door which puts a halt on our conversation.
The Luna enters and smiles at Athena.
“I’m sorry to interrupt but Athena and I have matters to attend do.” Athena stands up and goes to the door to follow her mother out.
“It was nice talking to you Silas. You’ll be seeing more of me.” She winks and giggles.
“I look forward to it Angel.” I chuckle and fall back onto the bed once she shut the door. My wolf is frantic he wants to be with her so bad. It’s taking all my strength to hold him back from mating and marking her right where she stood.
“Vladimir you need to calm down. We need to take this slow. We need to earn her trust. Don’t forget it was Damon who killed her father.” I scold him and I hear him growl and huff in my head.
"She needs to be ours as soon as possible. The longer we wait the more the bond will fade." That’s true, if we wait too long to start the mating process the bond will eventually fade. Obviously neither of us want that to happen. We need our mate. My packs needs their Luna.
If she accepts me as her mate us marking each other will provide us with a further connection. I will have some access to her powers as an Element wolf and she will have access to my strength and stamina. We will make a powerful match, but that’s not what the mate bond is about. All that is just some side details.
"I understand, but if we take this too fast, we will lose her either way." He calms down slightly but I can still feel his arousal mixed with mine. I have a feeling there are many cold showers waiting for me in the future.