Beyond the Pack

Chapter 7

Mae’s P.O.V.

People talk about when you first find your mate. I thought I had an idea of what it was like, but so far this was nothing like I imagined. 

I was frantically looking around the bar from our booth. I don’t even know what Hazel and Lacy were talking about, or if they even noticed my mind was completely elsewhere. I was fixated. The bar was full, dark, and loud. It made it near impossible to see anyone other than the few that were a few feet from you. Then all of a sudden, a calming presence came about me. I closed my eyes, and then I looked up again to find that everything seemed to slow down and all of the sound around me was quieted. 

I was too distracted by the thought of finding where this alluring aroma was coming from to really realize what was actually happening or if this was just my imagination.

I got up from the booth, and started following my wolf. Grey somehow was in control. She was leading me around the now silent bar, until finally we saw him looking directly at me.

Our eyes locked, and I looked into the greenest eyes I have ever seen. Neither of us breaking eye contact. All of a sudden, the bar became loud again and everyone sped back up to normal. Then all of a sudden, a girl ran into him and spilled her drink all over him. Making him take his eyes off of me and onto her. And then she started touching him. 

I do not know what happened but when I saw that. Something in me broke. I wanted to kill her. 

‘Wait what? I want to kill someone for touching and talking to a man I have never met?’ I say to myself.

Grey then chimes in. He’s not just any man. He’s your man. Your mate.

Then I started watching him from afar. He looks uncomfortable and irritated. Trying to brush the girl away, but she wouldn’t stop. I stood there just watching. Not moving. Not knowing what to say or what to do.

Then, Hazel and Lacy come up behind me. One of them grabbing my arm says, “Mae, what’s going on? You just got up and left the table without saying anything.” I finally noticed that it was Hazel.

Lacy adds, “Yeah and you are just standing here staring at some guy.” She looks over at him and then back to me, “Well now I totally get why you are. Damn I wouldn’t mind just staring at him from over here with you.”

I turn my head so fast, I thought it was going to pop out of socket. “Don’t you dare talk about him or even look at him like that.” I harshly spat out and turn my gaze back towards him, who still is dealing with this w***e of a werewolf touching her.

Hazel and Lacy both look at me shocked. They then looked at each other and I swear they had a full on conversation with just their glances. 

They looked back to me, and Hazel gently says, “Mae, that’s your mate isn’t it?”

I take my eyes off of him again, look at the two of them and just nod.

Lacy immediately adds, “Mae, what are you doing over here? Go get him!” 

I am about to go over there, but a new feeling came over. Fear. I have never been one to be afraid or self conscious. No. I can’t be afraid. Just go over and say hi, it’s as simple as that.

I walk over to him and the terrible excuse of a girl, trying not to look at this hulk of a stranger, when I can feel his gaze on me. Once I finally get over to them, I bend down and say to the girl, “Excuse me, but I going to need a moment with him.” 

Without letting her even get a word out. I take a few steps towards the entrance to the bar that he just walked into and motioned for him to follow. He shot up fast and somehow got to the door before I could. He opened the door for me, but as soon as I was about to go through the door he leaned down and quietly whispered in my ear, “Alpha’s don’t usually need saving, but I have to admit I loved being saved by you.” I was stunned with the information he just gave me. Then he immediately added, “My name is Kendrick.”

No f****** way. 

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Kendrick’s P.O.V.

Why isn’t she saying anything? We’ve been standing outside of the bar for probably 5 minutes now. 

Okay this is taking too long. Go hold, touch her, say something, do something. I have been waiting for her for 4 years. 

Samson is not very patient. Of course he isn’t, he’s an alpha wolf. Alpha werewolves are quite territorial and possessive. I was one of the odd ones that was able to keep that in check. Samson on the other hand did not. I knew that he was not going to be handling this situation that well. 

‘Just give her a second. I just told her that we were an alpha. Let her process that.’

Fine. 

And like a little kid. He went into the back of my mind and waited. I’ve struggled with him as my wolf only because are personalities are quite opposite. He’s taken over my a few times without my permission and so I have had him on a very short leash ever since, and he knows it.

I had to admit that I feel the same way as him. I’ve never wanted something, or I guess someone, so bad before. But I didn’t want to scare her. I knew she needed some time. We were standing underneath a light post outside and I thought this was finally my opportunity to take in her beauty. And all I could think to myself was ‘Wow.’ She a little taller than most women, with olive skin-tone that I wanted to kiss all over. She has this most beautiful brown hair that almost looks like it has gold tints in it. She had a very fit body, which tells me she is strong and must be training as a warrior or guard for her pack. Even though she looked strong, she had great curves. Breasts not too big but not too small. Her butt on the other hand was nice and thick. 

Man I can’t wait to take that a** and…

“So you’re Kendrick?” She finally musters out interrupting Samson just in time.

Hopeful that she didn’t notice I was just checking her out for the last 5 minutes, I say, “Yes, and do I finally get to hear your name now? I would love to know the name of my beautiful mate.”

Her face immediately goes red. That had to be the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen.

“Umm well Mae.” She clears her throat and says again more confidently, “My name is Mae Mitchell.” She reaches her hand out to shake mine.

If she only knew that I would love to do so much more than just shake her hand right now?

Samson is going to be more annoying than he’s ever been. I try and shrug him off. Hoping he’d just settle down and let me handle this.

I reach out to touch her hand. Right before I touch her, I make eye contact with her again. This time I notice her eyes, they aren’t grey like I’ve seen many werewolves have, but they are silver. And man they are breathtaking. I finally grab her hand to shake it, and the sensation I feel is insane. It’s warm and tingly. I have never felt more pull towards someone before in my life. This is what everyone says about the mate-bond. How you can’t fight it.

“I am incredibly blessed to meet you Mae. My name is Kendrick Belanger, Alpha of the Emerald Lake Pack.” 

Her face turns red again. ‘Man, I am not going to be able to handle that.’ Then she must shake it off and says, “The pleasure is all mine Alpha.” She then goes to bow her head to me, and I stop her immediately.

“Oh no Mae. I know we do not know each other yet, but know this, you are my mate and because of this you will not call me Alpha. Call me Kendrick. You are not below me, but equal to me.”

This shocked her for a brief second, but then she quickly recouped with a smile and says to me, “I am confused with what you just said.” This time she has me shocked. 

‘Confused? What was confusing about that?’

She continues, “Well since we are supposed to be equals, I should be able to call you whatever I want.”

‘Damn she’s incredible and I only know her name.’

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Mae’s P.O.V.

What am I doing? I can’t believe how incredibly dumb that was. My sarcasm is going to get me in serious trouble. I can’t talk to an alpha that way, my mate or not, that is unacceptable.

I look up at him, and I see that he’s laughing. Laughing at me? 

“I see your point Mae.” He says to me still laughing. “How ‘bout this… You can call me Alpha in the bedroom.”

My face goes red for what seems like the 100th time in the last 15 minutes. “I’m sorry, I am going to be honest here. I don’t know what to think about all of this? It’s very overwhelming.”

His smiling face immediately turns into a serious one. ‘s**t Mae, what are you doing?’

“I don’t understand. I thought you’d be excited to find me. Maybe as excited as I am that I found you.” He says  to me. 

‘Ugh s**t. Well it’s only been maybe 15 minutes and I have already screwed this up.’

I don’t know why you are scared. He’s our mate. This is what the Moon Goddess wants for us.

Grey is right. What am I doing?

I know that you have had a lot of changes happen to you today. You need to explain that to him. He will understand. But please give him a chance.

I take a deep breath and respond, “Today I turned 18. I not only gained a wolf, but I found my mate in a matter of one day. I thought that, I don’t know, I would have a little more time to pursue my passion and figure out who I am.”

He looked down for a moment and was silent. As I waited for his response, I got to get a better look at him and damn how was this my mate? He’s tall probably around 6’3” with a beautiful caramel color skin tone. His wavy hair is dark brown, almost black it’s so dark, it's long on the top and shorter on the sides. His jaw is defined with neat beard covering his face.Then he looked back up at me, and I got lost in his green eyes. It makes sense he is the alpha of the Emerald Lake Pack with those emerald green eyes.

“I understand this is a lot, and I want you to be able to figure out who you are. While you are doing that, can I also learn everything about you?”

Damn. Well, I’ve never been this attracted to someone before in my entire life. Thank you mate-bond.

“Yes, I think that can definitely be arranged.” I reply to him with a smile. He immediately smiled back at me.