The Elite 2

Chapter 2

Brandon

The moment she walked into the club I could smell her scent. Alpha blood gave me a stronger sense of smell and from the way she was moving I could tell she was buzzing.

My beautiful mate. She looked amazing. Her naturally curly black hair was left down and she wore a short white dress that landed just mid thigh, leaving her long legs on display.

Her beautiful brown skin makes her blue-grey eyes even brighter. Her high cheekbones and full lips were always running through my mind, but seeing her here now made me realize seeing her in person put my dreams to shame. The tight white dress hugged all of her curves and this woman had curves my hands craved to touch.

I watched my brother’s Delta put his hands on her hips and she smiled up at him, giving me a glimpse of her dimples. She was a queen and she was still mine. I just needed her to give me another chance.

When she rejected me, I was unable to accept the rejection due to the pain and, before I recovered enough, she had walked away and out of my life. She wasn’t raised in a pack and I guess her father didn’t think she would ever need to know to complete a rejection.

I called her weekly in an attempt to tell her but she never answered or returned my calls. I even told my brother her Alpha I needed to speak to her but she still refused to hear me out. For the first time in my life, I was trying not to be selfish and I tried to let her go, but after a year, I am starting to think fate had other ideas.

As if Kat could read my mind, her head snapped towards me and our eyes made contact. I gave her a smile, hoping to get one in return. This was the first time I was this close to her since the half rejection and being this close to her I could feel our bond growing.

Seeing another man’s hands on her was driving my wolf insane, but being this close to her helped me to control him. Grey my wolf knew we needed to go slowly with her if we stood any chance of winning her heart.

Standing up, I slowly walked toward the dance floor towards her. It felt like I was in a slow motion movie. When I was just steps from her, a tall slender woman stepped in my way looking at my mate, her dancing partner, the Delta Mark.

Mark’s hands dropped from my mate’s hips as he stepped around Kat and looked right into the eyes of the tall woman in front of him. He let out a deep growl saying “MINE.”

A huge part of me was happy he would be out of the way and I could at least talk to Kat.

Stepping around the new couple, I stepped in front of Kat.

“Hey.” She said, looking down.

“Hey.” I said, putting my finger under her chin and lifting her face to look at me. The tingling sensation pulsing through our touch.

“Happy Birthday.” I said, stepping even closer. Our chests almost touched.

“How did you know?”

“Katrina, I have made it a point to know all about you.”

We stood in silence as I got lost in her eyes.

“Can I buy you a drink?”

She looked around at the people she had arrived with and all of them were busy with their mates.

She shyly looked back up at me and nodded her head yes.

Kat’s POV

Seeing Brandon flooded my body with endorphins. He was meant to be my ex-mate but unless you were blind you could’t miss how handsome the man is.

His dark brown hair was almost black and his sharp jaw was even more pronounced with his neatly trimmed beard. His thick eyebrows fit his look perfectly but his eyes had me. They were hazel but mostly dark green with a brown ring around the outside. He was 6’1 or 6’2 and I loved that he towered over my 5’8 frame.

He took my hand and the tingling sensation spread through me as we made our way to the bar. He ordered us two drinks and adjusted himself on the stool to look at me.

“What are you doing here?” I asked. His pack was located in Oklahoma and we were in Texas.

“I am here signing an alliance with another pack. This was the middle point for us to meet.”

“Did you know I would be here?”

“No…Bryan refuses to tell me anything about you.”

I couldn’t help but smile. Alpha made it a point to take care of his people.

“He is a great Alpha.”

Brandon took a long sip of his drink before responding.

“I agree. He is a better Alpha than I have ever been. Since he came to work with me, I have tried every day to be half the Alpha my younger brother is.”

Taking a small sip of my own drink, I couldn’t help but think about what he just said. Bryan had told me many times if I wanted to accept Brandon he would support me, but I felt accepting him would disrespect my Alpha and pack.

“I call you weekly.” He said, looking at me with a little hurt in his eyes.

“I know I just…”

“It’s ok. I understand, but I really need to have a conversation with you, but tonight is not the night. I will be close enough to drive to you this week. Can I take you to dinner? Or lunch? Coffee?”

“ OK, we can plan a time to meet. But right now I think we need shots.”

I waived the bartender over and ordered multiple shots. After the 5 shots, we were both feeling the effects of the shots.

“Maybe we should take a break.” Brandon said, the buzz hitting him hard.

“No two more and then we dance.” I said, putting my body flush against his.

He swallowed deeply and nodded at the bartender for the additional shots. I realized at that moment I had seen mates together all the time and this was my first taste of what they all get to experience every day.

I wanted this even if only for tonight. I knew I was being selfish, but I didn’t care. It was his fault we weren’t together. He was the one that marked another. So tonight I was going to use him for my own needs.