The Alphas Redemption

Chapter 3 - Aziel

I saw Aurelia come in at 10:30 last night, she smelt really strongly of the Omega boy from the diner she works at. *He must get awfully close to be leaving his scent all over her like that* I think to myself as I grab my glass of water and head off to bed.

When I get into my room and into bed I drift off quite quickly into a deep, peaceful sleep.

When I wake up, I lay in bed thinking about my 18th birthday in 3 days. I’m so excited to hopefully find my mate and officially become Alpha. I’m not sure which part I’m more excited about at this point. Darla believes we are mates and that in 3 days when I scent her, we can mate & mark each other making our bond official. She then says we should marry soon after, she wants it to be within the month. She's really excited to become my marked mate and Luna.

The mate bond is like no other. It’s said to be the most special thing anyone could ever find. According to just about everyone, it’s like finding the piece of yourself you hadn’t realised was missing, when the bond is formed by mating and marking everything just feels complete. As wolves, we tend to find our mate and have them marked within days. The bond is sacred and once formed that is your life partner so we usually marry them really soon after. For my mate,we will need to have her Luna ceremony quite soon after she is marked. This is where she will officially be accepted as the packs Luna. I lay thinking about Darla becoming the packs Luna and I’m not sure I’m thrilled with the idea. While she’s beautiful on the outside, she isn’t always the nicest on the inside and a Luna is supposed to help ground her Alpha. They're supposed to be the opposite to help bring order. I’m not sure Darla would be capable of that.

I finally get up, get showered and ready for the day. Once dressed, I take a look out of the window and I see Aurelia. She’s hanging some clothes on the line, she must have completed a wash. As she’s pegging the clothes, a child comes running past her and falls over. She runs to him immediately and, while I can’t hear what she’s saying, within 1 minute the child goes from crying to smiling. She’s got such a special way of helping people.

“She would make a great Luna”, Burton says in my head. “What?! Shut up, why would you even think something like that?” I ask. He doesn’t respond and just leaves me stood staring. He’s been a bit off these past couple of days. For some reason, he’s taken to making me stay up later. We’re now seeing and smelling, Aurelia get home from work every night, which is all well and good but I have to get up for an hours training in the mornings and that starts at 6am and then I have breakfast and a little more training before school. I can't really afford to be staying up late and being tired all the time.

We finish up school in 2 days, the day before my 18th birthday, and I can not wait! But for now at least, I had best get my butt into gear! My father's Beta, Brendan, who is also my best friend and soon to be Beta, Liam's father will kick my butt if I’m late for training again this morning!

Within 10 minutes, I'm ready and leaving the packhouse. I meet up with the guys on the way over and we have a very heavy session until 7am, then it’s off to breakfast & a quick shower before school. I won’t have time to get any extra training in today as I don’t have a free period first thing.

When I arrive at school it’s 8:30 and my first lesson is about wolven ways, we’re onto mates again. They really do drill this stuff into us! Aurelia is in this lesson with me and I find myself gazing at her every so often. Darla must have noticed because I jump as she asks “is something interesting in Poorelia's direction Zee?” I shake my head and go back to listening to Mr blackfur the class teacher and pack warrior explain the mating bond to us.

The rest of the day drags by and as the bell goes to signify the end of the day, I meet up with Liam, Sean and Darla and we all head back to the packhouse. Darla's driving and on the way back we pass Aurelia. Darla notices a huge puddle and swerved to hit it, splashing water all over Aurelia.

We arrive back at the packhouse and get in an hours training as we missed the extra hour this morning. As we’re taking a break from sparing, Darla catches Aurelia arriving home and runs over to her. We all hear her tell Aurelia that she got her car dirty by splashing it with the puddle and that she’ll now clean it or Darla will make her lick it clean. For some reason I feel anger bubble up as I hear this. *What the hell is that all about?* I think to myself as I block it out. It must be to do with the stress of everything coming up. Aurelia disappears inside and comes back into view 5 minutes later with a bucket of water and a sponge and begins cleaning Darlas car.

As Darla returns, one of our other close friends comes to join us. His name is Austin and he’s Darlas' brother. He keeps his eye on Aurelia the whole time we spar, which I find a bit odd. What I find more odd is the fact Burton is screaming at me to go harder on him. I’m really not sure what has gotten into him lately!