The Bachelor Billionaire and his Mate

Episode 3

Nathaniel Pov

In the months that followed, I still allowed myself to believe, but the months flew by as I watched security tapes and my trackers came up empty-handed. She left no clues, as if she never existed in the first place, but both my wolf and I knew we had missed out on something important. I checked everything, even the employers list, but nothing, and nobody seemed to remember anyone with long red hair.

So I threw myself into rigorous work, with very little rest. I did not allow myself to have fun and rest; I turned cold, hard and ruthless.

This way, I became one of the richest tycoons to have ever lived, only outmatched by one of my best friend, a vampire that I learned to see as my brother, he has his own story but, and to some, our relationship might seem odd, but this is how we are, his story was one that brought us even closer together, as he turns out to be mated to my little sisters best friend.

So in the end, men wanted to be me, women wanted to bed me, and most was willing to do about everything to gain it.

The days went by in a blur, after my attempt to find her, I threw myself into party, girls, alcohol and everything that inclined.

Jayce told me to relax, that my mate might want to meet me, and when that time came, I would have to look myself in the mirror without guilt, but I didn´t care.

I turned 25 with no signs of the mystery woman, or my mate, and I continue my way of living, it just turned wilder, Jayce pretty much took over as the leading alpha.

Even Ryker seemed to have given up. Almost as if he had given up on finding his mate, a couple of times I felt him live up a bit when their was a special scent but it was gone as fast as it came, and he retracted back again.

When I turned 29 I had to explain the counsel why I hadn´t found my fated mate or taken or chosen mate, and as every year I told them I had no desire to mate with anybody, the feeling of something empty living inside of me. I had spent a some time with a female wolf named Liana, and I knew she was going around telling every one who listened that she was going to be luna of the Bloodmoon Pack, which was very wrong. Because for some reason I could not bring myself to take a chosen mate, I had no doubt she would make a great lune on paper, she was strong, capable and beautiful, but no matter how beautiful she was on the outside just as ugly was she on the inside, but she was a decent lay, and willing to play part in the darker desires that had intrigued me over the years.

I was 30 years old, when something earth changing happened, I imprinted on my vampire friend, which in turn caused me to awaken something hidden deep within my wolf evolved into his Lycan form something we thought was extinct a long time ago. I ended up helping to rescue Dariens mate, but even then I was still hunted by dreams, of a woman in black dress, black mask green eyes and dark red hair that fell in waves. Sometimes it was our whole encounter I would relive, other nights just glimpses and feelings.

When I changed into my Lycan form I sometimes had feelings I could not comprehend were they came from, when I was happy I could suddenly change into sadness and so on.

It turned out that Diana and Jayce were mates, and when I was 32 they completed the mating ceremony.

I could feel myself falling as the years went by, as nothing much changed “we have to stop this nonsense, we have to find our mate.” Ryker informed me, a day when I was in my office

“we cannot live 1000 years alone, and we will turn mad, unless you want to take Darien as your chosen mate (he snickered), we need mate to keep us sane.”

He continued and I could not help but snort at his statement “you are right, I cant see what would be wrong with me taking Darien as mate, firstly I am not gay, and even more important I am sure Serena would have a thing or two to say about it.” I could not help but laugh at the thought of asking Darien to become my mate it was so far out I was unable to see the seriousness in his statement.