His Mute Mate

Chapter Seven

Hey guys, just a little thing here before the chapter. I just recently got my laptop back and have been trying to get chapters written. It may be a little bit for chapters to start coming out but, I just know I have my laptop back and will continue writing again.

Willows POV

“Willow, would you come here a moment?” Ansel asked.  I walked over and sat next to him.

“What do you need?” I asked him.

“Well, as you know, every year the packs in the nearby area hold a mating ball for mates to have a chance to find each other” he said, and I nodded, waiting for him to continue.

“This year it’s our turn to host it, so I wanted to know if you would be willing to help plan it?” he asked.  I nodded and said yes.  I would have two months to plan it. 

“Awesome! Alright, so here’s the list of packs that need to be invited and here is the list of all the packs in our area and who we have alliances with and all their information.  I trust you, and if you need any help, ask me or enlist the help of some of the pack members my love”, Ansel said.  I nodded and then asked him some questions and got some ideas, so I had a plan of what I wanted to do.

 I left his office and went to mine to begin planning.  I also mind linked Amber to come to my office as I wanted to have her be a part of it and maybe get her to go as well.  I do not want her to find another mate, I more want her to join in the pack festivities as she stays secluded in her cottage even though I make sure she has opportunities to leave and go out for a bit.  I love her very much but she needs a social life.  

Amber walks in and we speak through mindlink to make things easier for her.

Hey Amber

Whats up

I’m planning the mating ball and wanted you to help me a bit.

Why not ask some of the other members of the pack?

Do you really need me to tell you the obvious?

I have kids, so I really don’t need a social life.

Amber, your kids are going to eventually grow up and have a life of their own.  They won’t live with you the rest of your life.  You need a social life, so when they begin to branch out and hang with friends and eventually leave, you won’t feel alone.

It’ll be years before they leave and go anywhere and by that time I’ll probably be a grandmother.

But what if you’re not?  What if they decide to take time for themselves and not have kids right away?

I’ll just support them and hang out with them then.

You need other people who aren’t family.  Being dependent on your kids for social interactions isn’t healthy.

I don’t want anyone else though.

Why?

I have enough people in my life and I feel complete.

You know I can tell when you’re lying. What's the real reason?

There isn’t one

Yes there is and I can tell you that no one will hurt you again.  I’ll kill them myself if they try to.

How did you know that?

I can see it on your face.  I don’t need powers to tell me what your expressions do.

Fuck I forgot about that.  OK fine, I’m scared of getting hurt again.

Why?

I don’t want to get invested in someone just to end up in the same situation I was in before.

I will do my best to help you avoid that Amber, but you still need to interact with others.  I have an idea.

What is it?

Go to the mating ball.

What why?  I don’t want another mate!

No, not to find a mate, but instead find a friend in another pack so you can text them and have it start out easier for you.  You can keep interactions on the phone and not worry about seeing them here.  If you don’t like them, you can just not be friends. If you do, you can hang out with them.  It’ll give you a chance to move at your own pace.

Hmm, I guess I could try it then, but why the mating ball?

It’ll seem less suspicious for you to stop talking to others if you don’t like them as they’ll think you found your mate or something like that.

OK, that definitely makes a lot of sense.  When is the mating ball?

It’s in two months, so you have plenty of time to get ready.

After talking Amber into going to the ball, we began planning everything and setting up appointments that needed to be made and getting invitations put together.  We looked over the list and saw a good number that weren’t invited even though we had an alliance with them.  I figured we had room to invite three more, so I picked some that had a lot of unmated wolves in hopes that more mates would be found.  I also began to wonder if we should expand the place we were hosting the ball at, as the pack was growing and I wanted to help more wolves find their mates.