Not My Mate - Finished

Chapter Six - Proposition

I was eating a bowl of cereal at the table when Kayne came downstairs. He was wearing jeans and a button up long sleeve shirt – the fanciest he had dressed since our mating ceremony two weeks ago.

For the most part, we did our own thing. I spent some time with the other women in the pack, Kayne worked a lot. At night, we would have dinner together and watch TV while we chatted. We separated for our separate bedrooms each night and I appreciated his respect for my boundaries.

“Headed to work?” I asked him.

“Combat practice. Air Moon has been sending spies, so we're starting up our regular practice again.” He told me.

“Can I come? I helped run combat practice and training for new wolves back at home.” I said.

“If you'd like.” He said. “I'd like to meet with you later in the meeting room.”

“Sure. I'll go get dressed.” I said. I put my bowl in the sink and went upstairs to pull on leggings and a sports bra. I put my hair in a pony tail and tied my sneakers.

I went downstairs and filled a water bottle with ice water from the fridge.

“That?” Kayne said from behind me.

“What?” I asked.

“You can't wear that to practice.” He said.

“Why?”

“I try not to make you uncomfortable, love, but your body... it's amazing, and I think you should cover up a little more in front warriors.”

“They all have mates.” I argued.

“Doesn't matter. Just put a tank top or a t-shirt on and lets go.”

I did as he asked, and we went outside for training.

“Coming to watch, Luna?” Cameron, the Beta, said.

“Coming to practice... where are the other girls?” I asked.

“Girls don't usually fight, or practice.” James, the Delta, said.

“I'll practice with you.” A small warrior, looking new. “It'll be fun, I'll teach you everything I know. My name is Blake.” He said. Bold of him to assume he would need to teach me.

He stepped into the middle of the field. The other warriors, who should have been partnering up to practice, were watching us. Black easily had a solid foot over my 5'2” frame. Blake threw a punch out, I quickly grabbed his wrist. He grabbed my wrist with his other hand to pry it off, which worked in my favor. I had both of his hands. I jerked my arm back, which he didn't expect and leaned forward with the force of it. I kicked his thigh, causing his foot to sweep from underneath him, knocking him to the ground. He let go of my arm to catch himself, which allowed me to get on his back and get my arms around his neck.

“Gotcha.” I said. He growled, and I got off him to help him up. We both smiled and high-fived... he was a good sport.

“Damn... alright.” Cameron said. “My turn.” Kayne moved to stop him, but I raised my hand to let him know it was fine. I was the daughter of an Alpha, and though females were slightly weaker, I was certainly able to take a Beta.

Cameron ran toward me full force, expecting to just push me to the ground. I moved last minute out of his way, but he turned to face me in moments. He moved to swing at me, I ducked and grabbed his arm under my armpit, holding his arm across his body. He hooked his leg around my ankle, trying to take me down. I stood firm, using the leverage I had on his arm to hold myself steady. I wrapped my other arm around his neck, making us forehead to forehead. His leg was hooked around mine, and so I used my hand around his neck to grab a pressure point. He let go and his knees buckled.

“Enough.” Kayne said. I backed off.

The rest of the training went well. I ended up practicing with Kayne, and was no match for a male Alpha.

“Get cleaned up.” He eventually said, helping me up from my back where he had just pinned me after a struggle. “I'll see you in my office.”

“Okay.” I said.

I went inside and upstairs to get showered and changed and then went to the meeting room to find Kayne alone at the desk.

“I want to make a deal with you.” He said. “Have a seat.”

I closed the door and sat down. “What's up?”

“Do you miss Seth?” He asked me. My stomach tied up in knots and my breath caught in my throat. I missed Seth every day. I was having a hard time being away from him, and felt lost and sad a lot of the time.

“I do. Very much.” I said.

“I'd like to let you see him, and I'd like to make you an offer.” Kayne said. “You don't love me. You're not happy here. My offer would involve you being able to stay at your home pack on weekends to still interact with your mate out of the eyes of the pack here. I'm not a monster, Bria, and I want you to be happy, but I need to have the same.” 

“Okay... what would you like, in return?”

“Have my child. I need an heir to the Alpha position, so we may need to have more than one to have a boy. I'm not pushing you, I know you didn't want to have s*x right away, so when you are ready. You'll need to stay here on Fire Moon land until you give birth, but once the baby is born, you are welcome to take them for visits home a few times a month. I'd like to be involved with them as much as possible, so will ask you to limit until the baby no longer needs to nurse. Once they are old enough to be away from you, you are free to go as much as you'd like, but are still expected to function as my wife, as their mother and as the pack's Luna.” 

“Okay... explain it again.” I said – I was overwhelmed.

“Basically, you get pregnant. You stay on pack lands until after the baby is born – that's just for safety. We have children until we have a boy. Once you have the baby, for the first year or so, I'd like you to limit your visits home so that I am able to bond with the child. You're free to go there when you'd like, and take the baby with you until it's old enough to be away from you, like when you stop nursing. Then you're welcome to leave the baby here and go as you please. All I ask is that you are around enough to keep up with your duties as Luna, as a wife, and as the child's mother. Seth may come visit sparingly. I want you to be happy.”

“Okay. We can start tonight.” I said.

“How about tomorrow night?” He said.

“Sounds good. Thank you, again, Kayne. I appreciate all you're doing for me.”

“Of course.”

“Okay. We can start tonight.” I said.

“How about tomorrow night?” He said.

“Sounds good. Thank you, again, Kayne. I appreciate all you're doing for me.”

“Of course.”

I left the meeting room and went up to my room.