Hidden Secret

Chapter Fifthteen: Kade

I hear something moving around in the bedroom and just figure it is Michael bringing me some clothes. He is very unsure about me, but I know she is mine, and the marks will prove it. I get out of the shower and wrap a towel around my waist. I walk out but instead of Michael standing there it is her. Manya I can't help but stare at her. She is so beautiful. I could tell from the distance I stayed that she was, but up close she was enough to take your breath away. Michaels room is covered in photos and she is staring at one of a woman who looks so much like her. “You look like her you know?” I say and she jumps.  When she turns around I'm struck by the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. “I, um’ I uh, I was looking for Mike.” She is so cute. I look at her and can feel my wolf rising up inside at the sight of her. “I'm Kade, I'm a friend of your brothers.” “Well it's-” She is cut off by Michael. “Manya what are you doing here?!” “I uh, I was going to the kitchen to get food but I wrote Anna a letter, and I wanted to drop it off to you but you wasn't here I thought it was you in the shower I was just going to leave the letter on your bed but I saw the pictures and he got out and I,I….” Michael and I both start laughing. Manya starts to run away, but I grab her arm. As soon as I grab her arm I feel a movement on my back and a sense of peace. I look over and down my arm and across my chest are black tattoo looking marks. Manya rips her arm away from me before I even know what she is doing, and rips her shirt off. She has matching marks on her shoulders. Now I understand what Michael was saying about how she's a alpha. Only strong alpha females get large markings, and along their shoulders. I smile at this. “Our alpha female.” My wolf growls. “What is happening?!” She yells as she looks at her marks. She doesn't mean to but her alpha comes out and I can tell it's hard for Michael to not answer her demand. “We will explain it all after we eat okay?” Michael say. “No, we are staying right here until you tell me.” She says stomping her foot. I have to smile. “Sit.” I say and she and Mike do as I say. “Okay, this is going to sound weird to you. I am from an ancient line of wolves, we live in the mountains. The only time we come down is to look for our mates, who are not in our pack. We leave on our 18th birthday, and stay out for as long as it takes, sometimes some never come back.” I look down at my feet remembering my cousin. Her left to find his Mate 6 years ago and has not returned yet. “When we do find our mates though it is special.” I say and smile looking at her. “Because we are the purest bloodline things work differently for us. When we find out mates we get theses tattoos, the males are more pronounced, and the females are hidden only for her mate to see.” She looks at me shocked, then looks down at her marks. “Manya I was going to tell you at dinner that he was here, but now that you met him.” I look around. “Wait, wait wait. I thought Ace was my mate?” She asks looking at Mike and I can hardly stop myself from growling. Mike just looks down. “We thought he was, but if a wolf shows strong feelings for another it can cause a false mating, which makes it where neither of you would be happy.” Mike looks down. “Manya I didn't believe him at first, I truly didn't, but now.” He bows his head. “So Manya King you are my mate.” I interrupt Mike with a huge smile on my face. She looks at me and blushes, This makes me smile even wider. “I do not know you.” She says and keeps looking down. “I need to go for a drive.” 

       After what felt like eternity Mike and I both decided Manya had been gone to long and we needed to find her. It wasn't until her wolf cried out to me that I couldn't help the shift and I ran to her. “Kade...help.” Was all I got, and I was on my way. Our bond was growing stronger and I could feel she was scared. She had drove a good bit away, and away from her packs land. “We would need to have a talk about that.” My wolf growls and I agree. I keep running letting my wolf take over. I start to slow down when I hear talking.  “What in the hell is this? It looks like the marking from a wolf from the mountain wolves…” The boy doesn't finish his sentence because he slaps Manya. I growl. “What the f**k is that?!” Manya whimpers and curls into a ball. I growl even louder my wolf taking full control. The boy hears me and stares at where I am wide eyed. Manya has her eyes closed waiting on the next slap. I growl even louder and show some teeth making the man back up. I walk over to Manya and nudge her face, visually checking for any injures, but nothing other than the redness from the slap. I walk past her, and growl at the boy again but when Manya covers her ears I quiet down. Then I shift back to human form. I pull on the shorts I had tied to my back leg and look at him. “Do you see those marks on her?!” I ask pushing all my alpha power into my voice and the boy bows his head. “Yes.” “Then why are you talking to her?” I growl. “I-I-I don't know.” He stutters out. “Leave.” I say and the boy shifts into his wolf and runs away. “What were you thinking?!” I yell and turn around still letting the power seep into voice. She stares at me wide eyed. “Excuse me mister big shot. You have no right coming here and using your big boy voice on me! It isn't going to work. And who the hell do you think you are to question me about anything I do?”I'm in shock, I have never met anyone other than my parents who can dishpan my commands.“I just saved you!” I say, getting more angry. “You did and thank you, but I do not know you and I will not! Have you telling me what to do.” I look at her. “God, woman.” I say. “You did not.” She seethes and I have to laugh. “We are going to have to run home, I didn't bring gas.” Manya shifts. “You are white.” I say to myself. I know she hears me though. On her white fur she has black marks looking like the ones from our bond and I know I will have white ones on my black fur. This makes me smile.