Chapter 5: Chapter 5 My beautiful Mate
Mario
A soul mate is the most important thing for a werewolf, it makes us stronger, faster, many just wait for their partners for the power that it gives them; the bond is so strong that you could go crazy if you don't have it, it is a gift from the Moon Goddess that not many appreciate, since I have heard of cases where wolves reject their partners regardless of the fact that you could die for doing so.
I always wanted to have a love story like my parents', they were an unexpected couple, but one of the strongest that exist: they love each other, they take care of each other, they are both perfect, for that reason I long so much to find my mate, I will take care of her, I will love her and I will be with her forever.
I spend every day of my life longing for the arrival of my partner and I would spend every day looking for her, but I can't because I am an alpha, I have to take care of my pack. I am supposed to have helpers, but I see how my beta arrives tired as if he had run a marathon like the humans.
—Mario, some guards arrived, they say there are neophytes on the edge of the pack —he is almost out of air.
I swear that, if I didn't know he was a werewolf, I would think he was mortal, he lies down on the furniture in the corner of my office, he always does that. I'm not surprised, it's like his second bed and I don't know why he sleeps so comfortably, it's a very old rustic piece of furniture, he's like a relic of the pack.
—I'm going, but where were you, you seem to be unable to cope with your life —I try not to make fun of him, I imagine what the reason for his tiredness is every year, it's the same.
—You know I haven't been able to sleep well because my little brother won't stop crying all night, I don't know why my parents decided to have another child —he complains and I don't blame him, the Rossi's are the oldest family in the pack and the largest too, it's tradition that the firstborn of each generation of this family are the betas of the pack.
—Stay and sleep, I'll go see what's going on —I decide to go see my delta Said who is already prepared with the warriors, he at least sleeps, well more or less sometimes he stays late on the night rounds to have the days off. I prefer to walk to the limits of the pack, using a car around here is not feasible, there are many streams around this place and without sounding arrogant, we are faster than a car; This place is very quiet, you can only hear the birdsong, the water crashing against the rocks, every sound is so gratifying, it relaxes us and makes us know that there is no danger, we know it, we feel it, we are very connected to nature, we are part of it, we are children of the Moon Goddess.
—I don't see anything, I think it's a false alarm —we all turned to look at Said with a bad face, he surely wants to go eat, my assistants are supposed to be elite warriors apart from my best friends, but not one thinks about food and the other about sleeping, it's a miracle we are a strong pack.
—I don't think so...
I couldn't finish, since I got a delicious smell of wet earth and chocolate, they will say how can that smell be mixed, but it is so delicious and addictive.
—Mate is our mate, look for her! —My wolf Leros exalts.
—Yes, let me look for her —I close the communication with Leros, I know that if my wolf takes control of my body, nothing will be pretty. I start looking for her, moving away from my men, I speed up my pace until I run, dodging the trees in front of me, I didn't stop until I saw her so pretty redhead, her face like a goddess, the angels themselves would envy her beauty, she is dressed in black, she is not a hunter because if I didn't feel her, she wouldn't smell like a human and she has two swords on her back, I think she is also looking for me, I can't take it anymore and I throw myself where she is.
—Mine! —I have her cornered in a tree, I didn't expect it, I didn't measure my strength, she looks at me and is going to say something, her lips opened, but she faints in my arms.
—My Luna —I move her body a little, but she doesn't react —my Luna wakes up— I worry, I don't know what she is or why she lost her mind, I take her in my arms to take her to my pack, but a girl I hadn't seen stops me.
—You better have a good explanation for trying to take the boss —I didn't understand the boss thing, this girl is very strange, she just looks at me with a frown.
—She's my mate, she has to be with me, she's mine! —I squeeze her closer to my body, I won't let anyone separate me from her, the girl looks at me in amazement because I just told her and then smiles as I said, this girl is very strange.
—Well, that changes everything, but I'll give you some advice, first don't treat her like an object if you don't want her to hit you, second, I'll go with you if she doesn't hit me and third feed her when she wakes up or else, she'll hit us both, you understand —I stare at the weird girl without understanding. I try to understand and not laugh because the blonde in front of me is serious and I prefer to be cautious than to make my Luna angry.
—I mean, if she wakes up and doesn't eat, if she doesn't see you and if I claim her as an object I'll be hit.
She nods excitedly jumping up and down—. It's good that you understand how to walk now, that we don't want her to wake up right now, that there's no food —says the weird girl —since it was bothering me that she was hungry —she begins to ramble, getting lost in her own world.
—Then follow me —although I don't know if he heard me, he's behind me, my delta with the warriors stayed where I left them, I'm sure I feel, I could have died and these kids are eating apples and it's assumed that only Said is hungry.
The good thing about the image is the camaraderie they have, it was hard to get them to accept him, not even the elders wanted him in the pack; since the deltas have a history of attacking their alphas, but he's not like that, just like with Cesar I grew up with him, they're my best friends.
—It's your Luna —he looks at me surprised, he knows that I've been looking for my mate for two years, since I became an Alpha when I came of age.
—But you insist on him fainting —he looks at me amused—. Can't I stand having an ugly mate? —I know he's just joking, but I still give him a threatening look accompanied by a growl making him back off. He knows that he shouldn't bother Leros, his wolf fears him very much.
—I think she was hurt by the blow from the tree, but I've seen that she's had worse ones, so I think she's talking to her dad —the strange girl takes the apple from the hand of one of my warriors, without any fear she faces him when he growls at her—. What happened, little wolf? Don't be a crybaby —this girl isn't afraid of anything, I like her.
—And who are you, food thief? —my Delta asks the girl.
—Let me introduce myself, I'm Yassi, nice to meet you all, now let's go —the strange girl says very happily, she starts walking in the opposite direction of my pack until she stops because we're not following her—Huh? Are we going? Or where? —I point with my head so she follows me.
The way back was shorter, I think it's because of the joy of carrying my partner, my Luna, the woman of life, in my arms, it may sound very hasty, but something tells me that she will be just as happy as I am, all that remains is to wait for her to wake up, I want to meet her, talk to her, hear her voice, tell me what she likes, what she hates. The warriors stayed in position in case the neophytes were heard from again, everyone in the pack saw us pass by, some bowed, they do that, the older ones are used to doing it, I've already told them not to do it, I feel uncomfortable when they do it.
The pack is made up of wooden houses that expand when there is a new member in their family, my house is in front of all, it is bigger because my family sometimes stays in my house, when we enter Cesar corners the strange girl to the wall.
—Mine! —Cesar shouts very happily, to the poor girl who is more than scared, I hope she accepts him and they haven't damaged the door, I always have to fix things in the house when they get damaged.
—Wh... Wh... What, that phoenix father didn't tell me anything —this girl who confuses me more and more, my beta looks at her sadly, he is the same as me in the matter of couples.
—Are you going to reject me? —I hope not, that could kill him.
—No, I was just surprised! —she surprises him by giving Cesar a kiss, too private for me to be here.
—Okay, you guys already have your mates, now I'm the only one left, I'll be alone, alone, alone —I'll have to take those children's movies away from Said, sometimes he behaves like a child and this is supposed to be the "fierce" wolf that I should take care of, he would do everything except attack me. I leave the boys and decide to go to my room.
I leave her on the bed in my room, she was so peaceful, I like to watch her sleep, she looks so pretty and calm because of the Goddess, I look like a stalker watching her sleep and how could I not if she is so beautiful. She is mesmerizing, her long red hair shines like silk, her fragrance has another one mixed with roses, I had not caught that smell, it is just as perfect. I try to accommodate her better in the bed, but, I didn't measure strength, I almost threw her, I only managed to make her stay on the edge of the bed.
I am so absorbed in her beauty, until I hear the alarm I know that the neophytes are attacking us, with all this I had forgotten about them, I better go before they think of attacking the inhabited houses of the pack.
I left my Luna well protected with two guards, I hope she doesn't get scared, with fear that she would wake up and not see me to explain where I was, I decided to go fight those leeches.
Eli
The first thing I see in that room that I adore so much for its beauty is those on their beautiful thrones, they interrupted me when I was going to meet my hottie shirtless and I could barely see it, that's unfair.
— Don't say it — I look at them defiantly — I've been waiting for this moment for a year and when it happens you call me — I'm not angry, I just want to know why you called me right at the moment I would answer my mate.
— I'm sorry honey Luna just told us that you would meet — dad apologizes.
—Yes, if you say so, I'd better go. If I take any longer, it'll be a week —without saying anything else I concentrate to return to my body.
I wake up after that very communicative talk with my uncles and dad, I see that I'm in a very nice room, in a double bed, I look around there's food, I don't know who left it for me, but I already love him, I declared my love for him when he comes now I'll eat, wait!
Before going to talk to my family I was talking to my mate, well he said MINE! And I didn't say anything, but the idea is not there. I finish my meal very quickly as soon as I sit down to rest and I start to hear screams, I get up and see through the window the neophytes that I was looking for so much, I better call my boys, they surely followed me without anyone noticing them.
Pay attention I want them close to where I am, all in attack position at my signal understood.
—Yes ma'am —they all say at the same time, I feel so proud of all of them.
—Yassi, where are you? —I know that of those who answered, she isn't here.
«Well, locked up here, since a werewolf claimed me as his, but no problem, I'm coming out soon. »
Well, I don't know whether to make fun of her for the calm way she speaks to me or be surprised that she also has mate. I think I'll ask her later how she ended up locked up, but knowing her, she only let herself be locked up so that her mate wouldn't worry.
Now, since I'm not a doorman, I jump out the window and see a vampire who is about to attack my Greek God. I tell my mate what I do is take out my Katanas and attack him. I tear off his head without giving him the option to attack. My mate turns around and sees me surprised. It's not every day you see someone tearing off heads. I continue as if nothing happened. Afterwards there will be time for introductions. What I do now is call my warriors.
"Guys, attack!" My warriors are coming out of the forest, even Yassi is somewhere, but I already have her at my side adjusting a crossbow to shoot. They are coming out of the trees with their weapons or in their animal form because some of them were supernatural before becoming a phoenix.
My Mate's warriors are watching us frozen as we fight. It didn't cost us much to have the neophytes cornered. I use my Katanas to cast a spell and immobilize them, keeping everyone still. I have to call vampire leaders.
—Yassi calls the vampire king to come see his leeches —she ordered her. She nods and goes with one of our men to send him, I was going to continue seeing if everything was okay until I feel someone hug me from behind.
—My Luna, my beautiful mate, you don't know what I've been looking for you —I turn around and see him, he's very handsome, he has green eyes, very familiar, but I realize, I don't know his name.
—Actually I do —he looks at me as if what I told him was something strange —I'll explain later, just a little thing, I don't want to sound jealous because we just met, but it's better if you get dressed, I don't want anyone to see what's mine —I try to sound passive because I have noticed how women are looking at him lasciviously.
—Is my Luna jealous? —the bastard has a smile on his face— Although you know, I like it when you defend what's yours —I was going to answer him, I swear I was going to do it, a very funny scene is happening in front of me, my friend Yassi throws clothes at a boy who is in the same condition as my mate. My friend's face is not very good, unlike me, her hair is blonde, but when her phoenix gets angry her hair turns red like mine.
—Well if you don't want what happened to your friend to happen to you, you better get dressed —I say smiling, but I'm not happy; I ask my friend for clothes, even if it's not clear where she got them.
—Well, since I'm dressed, I want to know the name of my Luna —he gets all flirtatious, but it seems cute to me.
—My name is fine in Elizabeth, Leader or Alpha, whatever you want to say about the Phoenix Guardians —I introduce myself—. Now it's your turn —I point at him because I don't know his name either.
—Wow, he wrote my name in Mario Alpha of the Black Moon pack.
—My turn —Yassi says like a little girl—. My name is Yassi second in command of the Phoenix Guardians and the boss —I hate that he calls me boss, what else can I do if he only says it to annoy me.
—Well, since we all introduced ourselves, we have to talk about something serious —it's time to put myself in responsible phoenix mode, my mate nods and takes us to, I think, his office.
—What do you have to tell us, my Moon? —he looks so serious sitting there, okay I have a problem, I can't stop looking at this guy.
—Well, in a while the vampire king or one of his assistants will come to pick up the neophytes, I just want to inform them so that there is no problem when they arrive —she informed him. Since I am the leader of the Phoenix I have to have communication with all the supernatural species, even if they don't like me.
—It's okay whatever our moon tells us, with permission we leave them alone —says a boy and drags Yassi away.
—My Moon, my parents will be happy to meet you —as soon as I arrive and he already wants to blackmail me to the in-laws, I don't know how to feel about that.
—Your parents? —maybe I heard wrong.
—Yes, my parents, they should have already arrived, they were on a trip —I don't know if I summoned them because I heard them open the office door and I turned to meet my father-in-law and I swear I almost fainted when I saw who they were.
—Aldo! —I shouted and threw myself into his arms excitedly.
—Eli, is that you? —I was crying. I couldn't believe it, after so much time I found them.
My mate looks at us with a face of: What the hell is going on? When I let go I see a woman enter, I swear that if I wasn't immortal I would have already died from the excitement.
—Karla! —I screamed again and jumped into her arms, the good thing is that she has strength, otherwise we would have fallen to the floor, my friend, I missed her so much, she looks so beautiful, she didn't change much.
—Eli sweetheart, it's you, my friend, by the goddess —Karla spoke too fast that I didn't understand— I thought we had lost you —her eyes were full of tears, just like mine, I finally found them.
—Yes, it's me, I'm not a ghost —I try to make a joke, but something strange happens, they look at each other and lower their heads—. What's wrong, aren't you excited to see me? —I joke again, but they don't laugh, I'm already worried about these two.
—What's wrong? Where do you know my mate from? —Mario asks and they look surprised, I don't know why, but this will be good.
—Your mate? —Aldo asks.
—I'm his mate! —I make a gesture with my hands.
—You'll see son, you remember the story I told you about my first mate —okay, at least he knows.
—The one about how you rejected your mate's death and that the goddess gave you another chance with mom —he points to Karla, oh, that's where I understand my aunt, I don't look much, she made my other friend her mate; well, whatever, I already know why that attitude.
—You are mates —I tell them and again I jump and hug them —you don't know how happy it makes me, I was very worried about you —it's true I'm happy for them, although it did take me by surprise.
—Aren't you mad at me for what I did to you? Why did I feel like you were dead? Why don't you smell human now? —Aldo sees me looking for some hint of anger in me.
—Wow, wow, that's a lot of questions that I'll be telling you little by little later —I calm him down so he'll calm down.
—Wait, dad, are you saying that my mate was also yours? —Okay, we have problems and the main one is my aunt.