The Surprise Mate

Chapter 2: 50 miles away.........

Meanwhile in another part of the forest.

Donaldson's POV:

I woke up to the sounds of fighting outside my makeshift home, (“I was tired and grumpy due to the lack of sleep, because I had been out running for most of the night, because of the sudden restlessness that suddenly sparked in my wolf yesterday evening. I had barely gotten to sleep a couple hours before dawn this morning, and now I get woken up by a couple of stupid pups fighting. It had better be for a good damn reason that they're outside my home disturbing me from sleep") I get up and push the hide hanging down in my doorway (as a kind of door) to the side and step outside. The moment I do I see that the two pups fighting is my right-hand man Thorin and one of my warriors Mathison. When I step outside they immediately stop fighting and turn to face me, then they bend slightly at the waist with their necks streched out and bared in the typical submissive greeting that lesser wolf’s do to show their obedience and respect to the Alpha.

I have always hated it when they do that and have told everyone to stop doing it, but some still do it. Since I earned the right to be Alpha by winning a fight to the death, match against the previous Alpha, I have come to understand this one bit of tradition and even though I hate it I accept it and then ask them "What's the problem gentlemen? I was asleep and you guys woke me up with all this stupid fighting like you’re a couple of pups still, so, what is the commotion all about? "You're first Thorin speak" I orders Thorin. "I don't really know sir, Mathison comes running up like the hounds of hell are on his heels and starts demanding me to let him in saying he needs to tell you something. I asked him what it was and tried to explain to him that you were still asleep, but he just kept insisting on telling you and only you then he tried to get passed me and when I stepped in his way he took a swing at me sir. I was just defending myself" Thorin says then he looks down at his feet like he expects me to strike him for waking me up.

(“This was because our previous Alpha used to hate to be woken up. If anyone ever woke him up or disturbed him when he didn’t want to be bothered by anyone he would drag them to the middle of the camp and tie them to a post that was placed there and then he would lash them with a whip that had silver metal blades on the ends so that they would have to heal at a normal human rate since silver weakens their wolf side. He would also demand that every female that would come into the pack or wished to take a mate had to submit themselves to him first and if they refused he would drag them to his bed and force himself on them brutally and roughly. Claiming that it was his right as Alpha to be the first to have an heir so that his son could lead when he died.

After wards unknown to him if any of these women became pregnant they would go to the healers and ask them to make a drink that would cause the females to lose the monsters child, because they knew if he were ever allowed to sire a son that boy would be raised to be just like him. Unfortunately (for her and her offspring at least) when he finally took a mate every baby that was born to him was a female. He would never allow a female to ever lead his pack, since he seen females as being less then worthy to him. He would then either sell these girls to another pack to be used however that packs leader wanted, or they were banished from the pack.

Those who were banished often ended up starving to death. He then sold his mate to another pack whose Alpha was as bad if not worse than him. Which is why once I became a Beta Wolf I challenged the Alpha to a fight to the death match. Once I killed him and became Alpha, I ordered the post to be removed and the whips as well as any other Silver torture instrument that were laying around to be burned and destroyed.

Then I banished all those who disagreed with this new rule and who refused to follow my new rules. Never again would any member of this pack be tortured, and no female would ever be assaulted in those ways ever again. If ever a member of this pack was assaulted whether it be by a male, female, or a mate the one that was doing the assaulting of the other would then be taken and placed in a holding type place. Where they would be given just enough food and water to keep them healthy and alive for a time being, when they were released they were allowed to go back to their home but if it happened again then and only then did they get banished from the pack.

Their mates and kids were told if they chose to leave with them they could, however if they would rather stay with the pack they would also be allowed to do so, but they could no longer acknowledge the existence of the one who was banished. Meaning that for all of the pack that person would be considered as dead.”) “Thorin please don’t get that look on your face I told you that I will never strike you.” I tell him, he looks up at me and say’s “yes Alpha I know that but it’s hard to break the habit, sir.”

“ Now Mathison what is it that had you running up here and disrespecting Thorin who if you remember is of a higher rank than you and demanding to speak to me rather than just giving him the message” I ask him. “Sir a runner from the scouts arrived with news that there was some strange activity going on just outside the territory. Then there was the smell of smoke in the midnight air coming from the same direction as the strange activity that was heard. The scouts wish to know what you want to be done now sir?” he replies, then he waits for the Alpha’s response. Before I could respond and tell him to gather his warriors my wolf suddenly started getting restless in response to this news, so as I started running in preparation for the change I ordered them to shift and follow me together the 3 of us headed in the direction my wolf was urging me to run.