1 Alpha 2 Mates

Chapter 14

Heather's POV

It's been three weeks since Noah... I still don't even want to say it.

Two hours after everything happened our other alliance had finally came. They helped us get everything back in order and guarded our territory while we were trying to re-arrange our rankings in the pack.

Because Lilian and I both killed Alpha Rickman, his pack members are now our pack members, it was hectic trying to figure out where everyone was going to stay, and building trust is something were still working on.

Amber was in the pack hospital for a week on life support. I had someone wait by her bedside for her to wake up. The doctor said she won't be waking up anytime soon, that her chances of making it was very slim. I didn't want to take the chances of her dying on me so I gave her a full week to wake up and she didn't. I just wanted her to know who did it. Who ripped her throat out like they promised.

Lilian and I haven't been dealing very well with Noah not being here, but we find ways to deal with it. She goes to work everyday at the place she and Noah use to work, then comes back and interacts with the pack, trying to help others that are grieving the loss of their alpha, while trying to find out more about him from the stories they tell her.

I spend my time in the pact building, obsessing over perfection. I want to make sure we never get blind sided ever again. Then every night before I go back home I go to the river that's just outside this pack. Lilian and I don't see each other much, I've probably seen her three times since the incident. We both hear each other at nighttime though, because at night when were trying to sleep, we have nothing to distract ourselves with so all that's left is the sound of our cries as we remember. 

None of us have entered his room. I still have clothes in there because we use to share that room before Lilian, but I can't bring myself to go in there.

The next day I wake up late in the afternoon. I just have no motivation for anything anymore. I go downstairs to the smell of food and walk into the kitchen. Lilian is sitting at the table with plates of food in front of her.

She raises her head and smiles a small smile "Hey"

"I'm assuming you want to have a long conversation and cry over Noah together. Thank you for the food but no thank you to everything else" I sit at the table and start piling food on my plate.

She sighs and we eat in silence for a bit.

"So, what now?" She asks.

"I don't know" I say.

"So what, we just keep living day to day? Until what? We die?"

I shrug.

"Do you know how to hold a conversation?" she snaps.

"Do you know how to stop talking? How the hell did Noah put up with you?" I say but instantly feel awful for saying it. If I'm feeling like my world is over because Noah isn't here then I'm pretty sure she's feeling that too.

She began slowly eating again and her hand was shaking a bit. 

I was about to say sorry when she picked up an empty plate and threw it at me. I quickly dodged it and turned to look at her with bewildered eyes but all I saw was a hand and then I felt a sting as she slapped me across the face. Hard.

My head snaps to the side and my jaw hangs open in shock. I slowly turn to look at her.

"What the hell?!"

"Yeah, you've been giving me nothing but hell since the first time you saw me" she glares.

My mouth is still wide open "You tried to hit me with a glass plate!"

"That was just a distraction, I knew you would dodge it so I threw it to distract you from what I really wanted to do. You deserved a lot worse though. I mean, the first time we met you threw me at the wall."

I close my mouth and smile a real smile for the first time in three weeks "I did didn't I?"

She rolls her eyes "So happy you find this amusing."

I laugh "It's kind of funny if you think about it"

"Me getting thrown into a wall? Yeah, funniest thing I ever experienced" She said sarcastically.

"No not the wall part. One day my mate comes home smelling like another girl. A knock comes to the door and I see this girl who has the biggest smile on her face and has the scent of the girl my mate was with. Fast forward, we learn that we have to share the same mate and were both tempted to kill each other-"

"Woah! pause right there. YOU were the only one tempted to do that." 

"Oh come on, don't act like it hasn't crossed your mind"I say.

She laughs and shakes her head "It hasn't crossed my mind. I could barely even hit you."

"You were wishing you could though" I give her a pointed look knowing I got her "I mean, let's be real here. A part of you were wishing I didn't see that plate coming."

She keeps a straight face but I could see her trying to hold back a smile "I don't know what your talking about. I'll leave all the violence to you."

We go back to eating "That reminds me. Were both alpha's of this pack now, but Cal was always second in command. He was suppose to be the next alpha but since we killed Rickman it got passed over to us. If you back out then I won't be able to do it alone, female wolves aren't as strong as male wolves so if someone wanted to take over this pack they could."

She puts her fork down "Are you trying you ask me something?"

I shrug then sigh "I don't know if I want to run this pack at all. But for now I feel like it's one of the only ways I can stay close to Noah. So for the time being, until I decide further, can you help me run this pack? If were miserable we can always give it over to Cal. He doesn't mind staying second in command or becoming alpha."

She nods "I feel closer somehow too. I'll do it if you do. How's Cal?"

"He coping like the rest of us, and thanks" I smile.

"Hey what happened to Amber?" she asks. I give her a look. "You kept your promise huh?"

I smirk "But of course. What kind of alpha would I be if I hadn't"

 The smile on her face wipes off and she leans in the chair. "How did you meet Noah?"

The smirk comes off my face as I swallow, trying to remain strong, I clear my throat "Down by the river outside this territory. I had some rouge friends-"

"Your friends with rouges? That explains the personality. You're always dressed so classy and proper but your a complete violent bad ass."

"Are you done assessing me?"

"Sorry go on" she says.

"I had some rouge friends who I hung out with around there. We always meet there first to go hang out in town because if my parents knew of those friends, I'd be in big trouble. Anyway, one day they were late and I waited there. I saw a wolf approach the river then turned to look at me. I got terrified thinking it was going to attack but then it approached me slowly and bowed his head

"I was a little confused but I haven't found my mate yet so I was wondering if it was him, I reached out my hand and noticed the instant connection. It sucked because he was in wolf form and didn't bring any clothes to change into, for me to see his human side and he didn't want to leave my side. My parents ordered me home when I told them I found my mate. They knew he was the next alpha so they didn't want me visiting the pack alone. I had to wait till the next day for me to see his human side but we talked on the phone all night." I smile fondly at the memory.

She looks at me with a sad smile "I kind of feel like this is my fault. If I hadn't-"

"Lilian It's not your fault. Amber is just a messed up person who wanted a whole pack for her birthday."

"Well congrats to her. She got the death of her mate on her birthday. Oh, and Heather?"

I look at her.

"Call me Lily."

I smile "So Lily, I only heard the watered down version of how you guys met."

Her face brightens "Oh, I came into his office to show him a petition. Then all of a sudden he starts acting really strange, and creepy. So I run out of the room and he chased after me. When I found out we were mates we went back to the room and just started kis-" she stops and her face goes red.

I raise an eyebrow.

"It's not as interesting as yours" she laughs nervously.

"Mhm" I stand, straightening out my shirt. "I'll meet you back here for dinner? Maybe we can exchange.. PG stories about him."

She nods her head, her blush still there "I would like that, thanks" I smile and make my way to the pact building.

It will take a lot of time getting over what happened to Noah. Maybe I will never fully get over it. Lily and I always thought of each other as pests, but we just may be the thing that helps us both recover from this. Noah adored her for a reason; we once shared the same mate and now we share the title of the alpha. This should be interesting.