We Have Been Attacked!!!

Roman’s POV



The excitement of finally seeing my mate, of holding her close to me, was buzzing around me. The electricity was unreal and I was beyond ecstatic! Finally, my fated mate, my Luna Queen, future mother of my pups, stability for my kingdom, stability for my packs, stability for me, and I for her!!!! I thought of all the ways I would make her celebrated, wanted, elevated, loved, cherished, and supported. She was my destiny, a gift from the Goddess after all. I kissed her with all I had, sparks flying around, and she welcomed my kiss, her plump lips opening to me, her warm tongue dancing with me. However, something was wrong. Something was seriously, very, very wrong. The mate bond was faint if there was a bond at all. She was a beautiful and attractive woman, but this was not a mate pull. This much I knew. It was definitely NOT what I expected, not what I had heard or what I had known. This was also NOTHING compared to me kissing Dragana! Caleb was roaring in my head, he reached out to her wolf, but she was recoiling from him!!! His anger was unlike anything I have ever seen. He was ready to take over, to obliterate the world, to find out what was wrong, even if he left the dead bodies and the world burned in the wake!



I pulled back, Alice still in my arms, blissfully unaware of anything being wrong. Her head tilted, eyes closed, she was waiting for more. My whole body hardened – something felt off and something was not right. I could not kiss her again.



“Alpha King”, she said, purring at me, drawing herself closer, opening her eyes, inviting me, her ample breasts rubbing on me, her breath warm, wanting me, pulling me.. Sparks were still there, albeit not strong, but they were there. “Come here baby”, she was purring, exposing her neck to me, submitting in every way.



“Why can’t my wolf feel you?”, I asked coldly, maybe harsher than I wanted. I was scanning her face to understand, to see if she sensed the oddity of our pairing, to see if she knew something was amiss. She seemed blissfully unaware of any issues. Whatever I was feeling, did not seem to affect her, she was pulling me in, trying to hold me, her arousal evident, her desire for me obvious, her scent filling the room. “Something is wrong, this is wrong!!!”, Caleb roared in my head.



I pulled back and tried to compose myself. Her big blue eyes were looking at me, confused and hurt. “Are you rejecting me?????”, she asked, her pain evident across her face and in her voice. She was trembling and at that moment I did not know what to do.



“Why can’t my wolf feel you?”, I repeated. My words startled her, and she whimpered for a fleeting second. “Forgive me, Alpha King”, she was saying now, diverting her eyes from me, her demeanor impossible to decipher. She seemed hurt and confused.“I am a virgin Alpha King – I have been waiting for my fated mate all my life”, she said, her eyes now looking down, her chest heaving, not being able to make eye contact. “My father, our family, upbringing, we are very conservative, very traditional”, she was mumbling incoherently. “Forgive my words, Alpha King, but I do not think we share that value. I can smell others on you. My wolf can too”, she said sheepishly, still averting her eyes.



The guilt I felt was crippling me in my spot, rendering me immobile. She was right. I was no saint, and I most certainly did not wait for my fated mate. For years, I have looked for her, but that did not mean I did not enjoy myself in the process. And of course, there were always she-wolves and other creatures, humans, others and even Lycans, always ready to provide me with what I needed or wanted. I likely still smelled of Dragana, I thought to myself. Ashamed, I did not know what to say, except nod.



“I understand”, I said bleakly. “It has been so long, I have waited for you for so long”, my eyes were pleading with her now, as I moved closer to her. Her scent was intoxicating. “Something is WRONG!!!!”, Caleb was snarling now, wanting to take control, wanting to find out for himself. I pushed him out of my mind as I continued. “Alice, please. I made mistakes. I almost gave up on ever finding you – I did not know “, I said, now back to being close to her, not brave enough to hold her, feeling as if my world was collapsing around me.



“Well, I feel you”, she said, coming over, putting her hands around me, giving me a small smile. “My wolf will come around, eventually”, she was musing, her warm breath on my neck now, nuzzling me gently, purring in the process. Goddess, I thought to myself, my mate is considerate, willing to forgive me!!!! Standing there, unsure as what to do, confused for the first time as to how to approach a woman, I felt this incredible anxiety rip through me like a thousand suns.



The pain of it ripped through my chest and brought me to my knees. All I heard was ringing, and there was darkness all around me. I heard in the background a faint voice of my mate, laced with concern as I was freefalling. “Alpha King!!!!!!!”, she screamed. “Help, Help!!!!”, she was now roaring, and I heard commotion in the packhouse, but was unable to move. Pain, unlike any other I have ever felt, was radiating every fiber of my being. I felt as if my soul was leaving me.. In the midst of the commotion, I heard Beta Artemis mind link.. “Roman, Roman”.. he said faintly. “We have been attacked, we are still' in pack borders. Lady Jasmine.. Dragana”.. And with that, his voice weak, the link cut off.