Alpha of the North

Eva’s POV: I groan as I open my eyes. I sense the sunlight seeping through the curtains. I know today is going to be a personal hell for me as I try to maintain my distance from Will. Just my luck we have been paired up for training this morning. I’m lost in thought thinking of all the ways I can avoid it. I could pretend I’m sick. Rubbish I thought, werewolf’s never get sick. I could sleep in? Again not going to work as he will only send his beta in waiting aka my brother in to turf me out of bed, or he could try and play a fast one and come and get me himself. He would love that. I’ve sensed it from him for a while now, his eyes watching me, they flicker and cloud over a dark grey whenever I catch him. He’s after me I can tell. The truth is I should be thrilled, he’s the Alphas son, he’s known me my whole life and actually he’s a pretty great guy. He’s always protected me, helped me and one day he is going to be an amazing alpha and any she wolf (and I mean every she wolf) would be lucky to have him. However I know he’s not my mate, even though I’m not 19 yet so I haven’t gone through my heat, he is 23 so he definitely would have known by now if I was his. All wolfs tend to get their wolf after they turn 18, however she wolfs then have to wait until they go through their first heat to feel the mate bond. I suppose it’s clever, meaning the males can find them first and that way when they are in heat are able to mark them straight away before another male goes crazy and attempts to claim them. Most she wolfs tend to have their heat after their 19th birthday, although I have a padlock the size of a small country on my door and silver bolts, just in case it happens earlier and I have to be barricaded away. A she wolf on heat is extremely dangerous to unmated males. I’ve only been told snippets but what I can piece together is that your body physically aches to be taken and marked firstly by your mate, but if that doesn’t happen you could end up letting any wolf take you just to get out of the pain the need drives you to. I’ve heard of she wolves letting anyone mark them just to feel satisfied and the unmated pack members can try and take advantage. Especially if there’s a she wolf they have their eye on. Right now, I can feel a few eyes on me, but none more so than Will. I groan again and pull myself up. I shove my messy raven hair up in a bun and walk into my bathroom to shower. Afterwards as I’m drying myself , I stare into the mirror. My hazel eyes stare at the sight before me, my perfectly tanned skin glows in the little sunlight that peeks through my bathroom window. My father tans well and he’s passed that down to both my brother and me. We get our cool calm collected manner from him too and our raven hair. To be honest we get very little from our mother, she’s the pack schemer and although stunningly beautiful with her short striking chocolate bob, she’s also terrifying. I think she was a little disappointed when my brother and Will got their wolves, I think she had hoped Will would have realised I was his mate, as an alphas son he has the authority to be able to claim a she wolf before she is in heat if he wants but only if she’s his mate, but he’s as honest as they come and wouldn’t lie to get what he wants. My brother is identical in features to me, except he’s taller, muscular and has darker hazel eyes. Between him and Will, the she wolfs go nuts. They literally never get left alone, one of them is always hanging around. I’ve even had to remove one from his room before when he wanted her gone in the morning but didn’t want to seem rude. I didn’t mind, she reeked of desperation and in all fairness I felt sorry for her, my brother would have known if she were his mate and she still slept with him. Not that I’m against having a little fun, but as unfair as it sound she wolfs are meant to save themselves as male wolfs get very protective and it can cause issues if they believe another wolf in the same pack has ‘gotten there first’. Still looking at my reflection, I see my wolf in my eyes, her name is Eryn and she’s trying decide how to make me look pleasing to Will, I can’t blame her, she can’t help but want to get the approval of the alphas son, even if I’m pulling the opposite way. I know if I ever cross that line, it’s a line I can never return from. After 20 minutes, I’m dressed in a black crop top and high waisted leggings, I make sure it get the full cleavage covering crop tops as I actually take my training seriously and the last thing I want is to be spilling out of it. I’m lucky, I’m naturally slim but also curvy in the right places. My hair is now in a ponytail with small wispy ends framing my face and I opt for just some cc cream and lipgloss as I know I will end up sweating everything else off. I’m lucky, I’m constantly reminded by my mother how beautiful I am, and although I’m not being big headed I know I’m good looking. However I also know that looks alone will not be all it takes to be a respected member of the pack. I need to be able to defend myself first, help defend others, hence why I’m training and also be ready that as the only unmated female in the alpha, beta and gamma families that at some point, some awful point, I may be used for a power play. If that day ever comes, il be ready to obey my Alpha, but I also will be clued up enough on pack law that I know where I stand and if I have a choice. Hence why I also study with some of the other she wolfs in my own time with our gamma, Evan. He’s always been in favour of giving the she wolfs a voice in this pack. And he gives me extra special help as it’s no secret he used to be in love with my mother. And she was in love with him. If it hadn’t been for the mate bond and the fact my dad was a natural beta, knowing how stubborn and frightening she was, she probably would have ran away with him. Evan was heartbroken when she was claimed, but then met his own mate Clare shortly after and although they were never blessed with children have always been the go to’s for the rest of us whenever we needed help or advice. He’s a lot more personable that my parents and has more time than the current Alpha. I give myself a last check in the mirror before I open my door and walk downstairs. We only live a few minutes stroll from the pack house where Will lives. My mum was far too extra to merely live in the pack house with he alphas family, she asked or better yet demanded our own house and as the current Luna is her best friend we got it. I grab an apple and a granola bar and hurriedly gulp them down before drinking some water. Right this is it, I’m ready. I walk out of the door, along the tree line and come out into the pack field clearing and there I see him, his Sandy blond hair gleaming in the sunlight, his rock hard tanned abs flexing and his amazing smile showing as he laughs at something my brother said. I’m not the least but surprised they got up extra early to spar a little first. I’m walking towards them and feel his eyes instantly shift to me. I feel myself start heating up, was it the sun or was I feeling giddy over the fact the alphas son was clearly checking me out