My Beautiful Alpha

Chapter 2

After 2 hours of making sure all the rooms are ready at the pack house hotels for all of the visiting packs. We head out to shop until we drop. As soon as we walked into the store Adrianna makes a beeline for the light pink dress on display. I could never wear light pink. First of all I have strawberry blonde hair, freckles and very fair complexion so the color would look terrible on me. With her chocolate brown locks and complexion, Adrianna will look impeccable in the dress. I look over all the dresses and nothing pops out at me like I want it to. The saleswoman comes over and asked if she could help me find something because she has an idea of what I’m looking for. “Ma’am I don’t even know what I’m looking for” I say with a chuckle. “Oh honey, I have the perfect dress shoes and accessories that I am almost certain will be exactly what you are looking for.” Sure why not… you are the expert after all. She takes me to the dressing room and hands me a silk robe to change into while I wait for her to collect everything. I know my mom will wear a classic black dress. Always does. She says it’s lucky. She had a black dress on when she and my dad met, and again when both Alex and Anthony realized Jessie and Claire were their mates. I just think mom likes black dresses. I’m pulled from my wandering thoughts of who will possibly be my mate when Helen the sales woman knocks on the door to see if I’m ready for her. This woman wasn’t kidding, she brought out the whole shebang. She brought lingerie, stockings, shoes, jewelry, and one of the most beautiful emerald green dress I’ve ever seen. Helen helps me into the silky fabric of the dress, and I swear to the goddess this dress was made for me. It fit like a second skin, tight in all the right places and showing off my fit hourglass figure with a slit all the way up the thigh. “Helen, you are a genius.” My mother says to her as I walk out to the mirrors. After we make our purchases, we head back to the pack house. The kitchens are buzzing in preparation for tomorrow, once we put all of our bags in our rooms, we head down to the kitchen to help. It’s all hands on deck when we have events and summits here. We have the largest pack in the area and 3rd largest in the country. We can accommodate 700 extra wolves in the hotels, so most of the alpha summits are held here as well as the quarterly mating balls. This one just happens to fall on my birthday so my family is going all out to celebrate. The day goes by quickly and before I know it, it’s 11:59. One minute until I am 21.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE!!” My family yells in unison as they count down the seconds. “Thanks guys!! I love you all so much!” Everyone starts handing me gifts and kisses on the cheek. Alex and Jessie got me a shirt that says “world’s greatest auntie and all my brother got me was this shirt.” I start laughing because I love cheesy stuff like this and Adrianna is pouting because she wants one to match. Anthony and Claire gave me a box filled with my favorite snacks and candies. Claire handed me a small package without anyone noticing and mind linked me to open in my bedroom. Oh goddess what did she do? Knowing her, it will be something embarrassing. She has a dirty mind and that’s why she is my best friend. She makes me laugh all the time with her innuendos that make my brother blush. It’s funny that those two are mates. He is so strait laced and she is a wild child. They balance each other out, but she definitely knows how to make my brother blush. Adrianna got me some new paints and canvases. I love to paint when I’m stressed and not to toot my own horn but “beep beep” I’m pretty good at painting. We have some hanging in all the public buildings of the pack, in our houses and I’ve sold quite a bit online too and have made a very nice living from my art. Anthony, ever the warrior gave me a new quiver and bow set. Adrianna and I have been trained as snipers. We still train in hand to hand combat, but when it comes to archery, just call us Robin Hood. Mom and dad handed me their gift and it was a beautiful ivory handled silver blade. Silver is deadly to werewolves. It stops wounds from healing causes burning pain when touched. “It was your great grandmother’s and she was a force to be reckoned with when she was your age. You look just like she did. It was fitting you were named after her.” GG Annie passed away 3 months ago and it put a sad aura around the pack for a while. GG Annie was the epitome of grandmother. She welcomed everyone into her home and you couldn’t leave until you ate 2 pieces of pie. She was the easiest person to talk to. She went with me to my first pride rally at the Rainbow Cloud pack earlier this year. That was one of the best days of my life. She told everyone who would listen on how proud of me she was to live my truth. I miss her dearly. “Alright guys, it’s late enough and there is a chance all of our kids will be finding their mates tomorrow. Let’s all get some rest.” Dad says to my family giving me one last birthday hug for the night. Everybody heads to their respective apartments or rooms and as I reach my door, Claire mind links me “that is for you when you find your mate tomorrow. You will thank me the morning after.” I hear her smirk through the link and I know it’s something naughty. I open the package and it’s edible body paint. Yep, I knew she would do something silly like this. I chuckle and shake my head. “Claire you are my favorite.”

I wake up in the morning to the smell of cinnamon pecan rolls being baked. It was GG Annie’s recipe and specialty. She made them for all of us for our birthdays and smelling it made me miss her just a little more today. She would have probably gone shopping with Claire for another “special gift.” The pack house is buzzing with activity while everyone is getting ready for tonight. I grab 2 rolls and head to my mom’s old Luna suite. We use it now as our little beauty spa room to get ready for pack events. As I get my hair and makeup done, I feel my wolf Artemis getting restless. “Arti, what’s up with you?” I ask my wolf in my head. “I think we are going to meet our mate tonight, I can feel it. I don’t know who it is but I know they are strong. I can already feel a pull.” “Alright ladies, it’s 6pm and the guests will be arriving in 30 minutes. Everyone is checked into their hotel rooms and are getting ready for the festivities.” Mom says to us as we finish getting ready. “Alright Arti, you ready for this?” “Bring me my mate!” She yells in my head.