Fated to the Alphas

Chapter 4 - Love at first touch

Kieran’s POV

Looking at the gloomy face my brother has after he enters our shared home, instantly puts me on edge. Our twin connection tells me that whatever is bothering him is really important.

 I mean all he had to do was calm down Thomas and talk him through a new alliance after the mess I made.

See, Thomas belongs to and is the Alpha of Silversands pack, one of our many allies. 

I managed to sour the deal we had when I hooked up with his sister last week and left her hanging.

Taylor is what I like to call a grade A tart. She is always on the prowl for power and as an Alpha female, she always makes sure to make her presence and title known to everyone. 

I really did not mean to piss her and her brother off but she does get annoying at times.

The effects of the alcohol wore off when our tryst ended and I lost all interest in her and her nasally voice started to annoy me all the more.

 The same voice I once found sexy then sounded like metal running down a chalkboard. As soon as I hit it, I was quickly out of there like a man on fire.

Now Thomas found out that I screwed his sister, left her unsatisfied with my quick departure and seeing as we were never on good terms anyway, he threatened to cancel the treaty we had, effectively harming our pack if he actually goes through it. 

I had Kade clean up my mess and sweet talk ‘Alpha Thomas’ into forgiving me and sparing our packs. In the ended our deal was mutually beneficial as we needed his land to hunt and he needed our land for water since his source had dried out years ago.

Kade was furious to say the least but now he seemed almost sad and the feeling that something hurt my brother, hurt me. 

The news I got from our secretary Lora, assured me that all was well and business was running smoothly again.

“Hey man, what’s got you in a twist?” I asked my twin who just stared at me with a blank face.

“Look man, something happened today which concerns us both” he replies.

“Whatever it is, it can’t be that bad. Talk to me” I try to ease his displeasure by placing my hand on his shoulder, squeezing, and he lets out a heavy breath.

Kade looks as if he wants to say something but is conflicted to how to say it. After a long pause, he utters the words that knocked the breath out of my lungs,

“I found her” was all he said as he buried his face in his hands and went silent.

I did not need to know more to actually know who he was talking about. He found her, meaning he literally found her, our mate.

When we came of age, the pack seer, told us that we were destined to share a mate. This was not unusual to us as we always shared everything, even our beds, so sharing a mate was actually in the cards whether we like it or not.

But when our pack got attacked by rogues and our mother was killed, we eventually stopped believing in true love and happiness.

 We were only 12 years of age when our father, overcome by grief, became a cruel and ruthless man who made sure to engrave it on our hearts that mates made you weak.

According to him, a mate was just an Alphas weakness and was meant to be kept far away as it could end up being your downfall.

 At those words and his consistent torture, we quickly learned to be strong and never show our feelings to anyone.

Under his teachings, we became the strongest Alphas, who led on of the strongest packs. It was at the tender age of 16 that we vowed to eachother that whenever we met our mate, we would reject her.

It seems the day has come after 10 years of waiting and I understand the swarm of emotions clouding my brothers features as I know my whole body reflects the same look he has.

I got up and walked out of the living room we were sitting heading for the door to let out some steam.

 After deciding a run was in order to sort out my thoughts just like always, I let the familiar feeling of my wolf taking over cloud over me as I shifted.

When the sound of bones cracking and reforming ended, my wolf Aiden shook out the burly mass of grey fur and felt the fresh air wiz around his body and into his snout.

My wolf was large, since we were Alpha, grey with green eyes. As soon as all his paws touched the ground he darted out in a sprint, heading past the treelines, dodging low branches and chasing after small animals. It seems he is as excited as I am to be out in the open and after we spend to hours roaming about our territory, I decided to head back to the house as a decision was made.

“Your back. Have you thought of what we should do? Should we keep her? Do we let her go?” Kade bombards me with a torrent of questions and my face breaks into a smirk when his lips turn into a frown.

“We kidnap her” His frown soon turns into a look of disbelief as the words leave my mouth. I further explain to my twin,

“She is our mate, therefore our wolves need her. We need a woman to satisfy our needs. Why don’t we kill two birds with one stone.”

 I shrug carelessly as I pick up a bottle of water and drink its contents. That run sure had me thirsty.

Kade’s thick brows furrow and his eyes glaze over as he thinks through what I said and after a heated battle with his wolf, his face lights up into a smiles that matches my one.

“Well let’s get to it then brother.” Kade clasps his hand in mine and we shake on it like always after we both agree on something.

“We will first have to track her down. Since you know how she looks like. I will leave that job to you and I’ll take care of the rest.”

After I finish, Kade is in a better mood than when I first saw him this evening. I walk upstairs, into our shared room and head for the shower to rinse off the dirt from my earlier activities.

‘Be aware sweet thing. The Ford twin are coming for you’ were my last thoughts as the hot water beat down on my sore body and relaxed my muscles.

Charlie’s POV

As I walk home, I have the feeling that someone is following me. A sense of de ja vu overtakes me and I shudder as another flashback courses through me and drops of sweat form on my forehead as I scan my surroundings but fail to find anyone.

At last I reach my apartment building and sigh in relief as I enter the foyer and head for the elevator to the my floor. 

Ding! 

The elevator signals it’s arrival on the 4th floor and I look through my bag in search of my keys. When I hear the lock turn and open the door to only be greeted by darkness and the sound of silence.

I walk through the door and shrug off my shoes, walking past the living room I miss the dark figure sitting on the couch.

As I headed towards the kitchen, I nearly die of a heart attack when a deep voice boomed across the room.

I turn around and scramble towards the door I just entered through and a squeak escapes my mouth when I feel myself being pulled into a strong chest and a voice whispers in my ears.

“Not so fast. Little mate.” a deep voice whispers in my ears and my face pales as fear starts to consume me.

“We won’t hurt you. Unless you want us to.” came another voice and I sank further into despair when I realised there were two of them. 

Here. Inside my apartment. Probably here to r*pe and kill me.

“Look at me” Voice 1 says and I keep my head down so that he does not see my tears and since I’m still caged in the arms of Voice 2 I don’t take any chances.

I forgot to breathe when I stare into a pair of grey eyes, after I felt two fingers under my chin, lifting my face.

Since I’m speechless, he continues, “We’ll not hurt you as I said but your coming with us.”

His beautiful voice left no room for argument as he gave me a look to dare defy him. The last thing I remember before the lights went dark was that same pair of alluring grey eyes as sleep consumed me.