Her Fated Alpha Mate

Chapter 3

I'm a hybrid. That just kept repeating in my head over and over. I've always thought that the supernatural was cool and all, but I never really believed in it. I wished it was true but I never thought it was. But now that I know it's real, how is it going to change me?

"So what really happened to my dad then? You have always said that he was killed by an animal while hiking." I asked my mom.

"Your dad was killed by his jealous brother, Hunter. He was going to go back to the castle when his brother ambushed him. He was my mate and I only survived the bond breaking because I had you. You were only six months old." She started crying. John started to whisper sweet things in her ear to try and help calm her down.

"Are you her mate too?" I asked, genuinely curious.

"I am what you call a second chance mate. Very few get them, they are usually only given one in a lifetime. My first mate rejected me because she was with an Apha. She just wanted more power." My dad said calmly.

"Why haven't I changed into a wolf yet?" Don't they turn at a certain age? They did in my books at least.

"Your mother put a spell on you so that she would be hidden and people wouldn't be able to tell that you're a hybrid. They would just smell human on you. But since you have gotten older, it's harder for her to keep the spell on you because you have become stronger. The spell has worn off but you still won't smell like a wolf or a witch for a few more weeks or so. You might be able to speak to your wolf in the next week or so, but I'm not sure." John said, looking at me intently, studying me. I nod.

"What is a mate?" I asked curiously.

"A mate is your soulate. They are made for you. They bring out the best in you and you bring out the best in them. When you are with them, everything makes sense. When you meet them, it feels like you have known them forever, even if it's only been 5 minutes. You will feel little sparks wherever they touch you and when the bond gets stronger it will only intensify. Once you mark your mate, you are bonded to each other for life, unless one mate dies. Then you are free to choose a mate if you want, but most don't. The pain is so much that most of the time it will kill the other wolf too." My dad, John, said.

I caught my breath and looked down. Does that mean Dean is my mate? That all applies to me when I'm with him or when I think about him. Does he only like me because of the mate bond? What if the mate bond didn't exist... Would he still feel the same way? This is all getting to be too much. I stood up and took off out the door and went to my horses.

I saddled up midnight and we took off like a bullet. I didn't care that it was almost dark, I just needed to get away. I needed to escape this new reality of mine. I just needed to be alone and to think about everything.

We rode for about an hour and it is almost completely dark now. I turned midnight back towards the house and we started to head back. After a few minutes of walking back, I heard a twig snapping to our right. She stopped in her tracks and started pawing and snorting. She has only ever done this when we encountered bears. But I saw glowing red eyes facing me, four sets of glowing red eyes. They were surrounding us. I kissed her and kicked her to run. She took off and we ran as fast as we could but I heard thundering paws behind me.

I turned and looked and I saw the four sets of glowing red eyes attached to four huge wolves. Two were gray and two were brown. I started to panic and tears began to blur my vision. I didn't see the branch that was chest level and it hit square in the chest. I fell to the ground and landed on my back. I looked up and I saw that Midnight had kept running and I didn't blame her one bit. I sat up completely and I saw that the wolves had surrounded me.

What a great way to go out. I just found out that I'm a hybrid, and that I don't know any magic to help me. That I have possibly found my mate and know, I'm going to die by wolves. I stood up, and held my ground. If I was gonna die, I would die fighting at least. I heard the largest wolf growl and lunge at me. I quickly grabbed a stick and jumped to the side. He barely missed me.

I turned to face him again but I was too slow and he had pinned me to the ground, knocking the stick to the ground. He was snarling and growling right in my face. He reached his head back with his mouth wide and started to come down to end me, but it never came. Instead, I opened my eyes and I saw another huge black wolf fighting that large brown one. They were snapping their large jaws at one another and trying to claw each other every chance they got. The other three stood and watched until they noticed me standing back up, and slowly backing away. Then they started to stalk towards me. I took slow steps backwards until my back hit the tree.

Crap... One lunged at me but the black wolf came back and tackled him to the ground just before he reached me. In one swift motion he had snapped the gray wolf's neck. I looked behind the other two wolves and I saw the large brown wolf in a pool of its own blood. It made me want to gag but I held it in. The other two wolves looked at each other and they tucked their tails and took off in the opposite direction. The black wolf snarled and howled in victory. I sighed in relief, but then the black wolf turned to me.

Once it was facing me, the head of this wolf was way larger than that other brown wolf. His head was about a foot taller than I was. I was standing up too. He sat on his hind legs and just stared at me. He then laid down at my feet and rolled on his back. With dogs, that means they trust you. So I slowly bent down and held my hand out to him to smell. He licked my hand so I figured it was safe to touch him.

I slowly reached down and started to scratch his belly. He started to purr like a cat and I couldn't help but chuckle a little bit. He growled playfully. That's when I noticed it. The sparks, I gasped and pulled my hand back quickly. I stared at him and he rolled back on his stomach and inched his way towards me by crawling. Was that Dean? Was he a werewolf too?

"D-Dean...?" I whispered. The wolf nodded its head.

The wolf, well Dean, looked at a nearby tree and nodded to it. I tilted my head and he began to walk over to it. I got up and followed him but he turned around and gave me a warning growl. I immediately stopped. He continued and walked behind the tree. Then, just a minute later, Dean walked out. Shirtless I should add.

He was sure delicious. He had a six-pack and a v-line that disappeared into his basketball shorts. He was nice and tan. He was oh so delicious. I thought to myself. I hadn't noticed that he was standing right in front of me, smirking. I really needed to stop checking him out.

"Hello, Amore." He said, pulling me into a hug and my whole body had little sparks all over it.

"How-how did you know where I was? I was so scared." I whispered.

"Your dad mind-linked me and told me that you took off on your horse. So I changed and took off trying to find you. Then I got a mind-link from one of my warriors saying we had a breach at the north end of the territory. So I went to go check it out and I saw the four rogues chasing you and you fall from Midnight." He said calmly while rubbing my back, trying to sooth me.

"I-I just don't under-understand how they could lie to me my whole life!" I shouted and started to cry.

"Shh... It's okay, let it out. I'm here Amore." He whispers while picking me up, walking somewhere and sitting down with me in his lap. The tingles are all over and it's so relaxing. The tingles slowly calmed me.

"Did you know about me?" I whispered, my face still on his chest.

"Know about what?" He said genuinely, confused.

"That I am a werewolf?" And a witch, I thought to myself. But I thought that I had better keep that to myself for now, since there are people looking for me.

"You are? That is amazing! How do you feel about it? Why couldn't I smell you?" He asked excitedly, but then it slowly died down.

"My mom hid my scent so that I would be safe from some bad people that killed my biological dad. I have never turned or even spoken to my wolf. My mom just said that I have been getting stronger since I'm older and it's harder for her to control it. She said I should be able to start speaking with my wolf in the next week or so. Also, that I would be able to change in the next few weeks. But I don't know how to feel. I mean, this is all so new to me." He nodded and just continued to rub my back.

"When you do change, I really hope I am with you. It will make it much easier for you. We first get our wolves at sixteen, so that's when we can start to look for our mate. Like we can talk to them, but we don't actually change into a wolf until we are eighteen. We never mark our mate until at least eighteen either, because our wolves tell us once we have become one if they are our true mate or not." I nod, soaking in all the information he's giving me.

"Dean?" I whispered.

"Hmm...?" He hummed as if he was almost asleep.

"Are you my mate?" I barely whispered, I wasn't even sure if he could hear me or not.

"Yes, you are my mate. Why?"

"Would you still love me even if it wasn't for the mate bond?" I looked at him and looked back at me.

"Mia, I will not say that I love you right now. I will say that I do like you, a lot. I believe the mate bond makes you attracted to your soulmate but it doesn't make you automatically love them. I want to get to know you first. I want to know every little detail about you." He smiled and I smiled back.

"Thank you." He nodded and looked up into the night sky.

"It's getting pretty late. You should get back. Plus, we have school tomorrow." He says, standing up with me and setting me on my feet. "But before I change..."

He leans down and cups my face and gives me a gentle kiss. As if I was going to break if he kissed me too hard. I pulled him down and deepened the kiss just a little. I wanted to feel his arms wrap around me one more time today, even if it was just for a minute. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me up and flush against him. He put me back down on my feet and changed into his black wolf right in front of me. It was amazing to watch.

He bowed down and nodded to his back. I climbed on and gently kicked him so he knew I was ready. He started off slowly at first to see what I could handle, then he gradually speeded up. Soon enough, we were speeding up to full speed. We were dodging branches, fallen trees, jumping over creeks and turning corners at top speed. He walked up to my house and I climbed off. The back door opened, revealing my two worried parents.

I turned to give them a big hug and I turned back around to give Dean's wolf a hug and I told him thank you by scratching right behind his ear. He started to purr and I chuckled. I saw my dad nod to him and he nodded back. Then my mom spoke.

"Thank you Dean for bringing her home safe." She said with tears in her eyes while hugging me again.

"He said, she will always be safe if she is with him." John said to my mom.

"I need to go take care of the horses, I'll be right back." I said, taking a step, but my dad caught my arm and I looked at him questioningly.

"I already took care of them. You both should get to bed since you both have school tomorrow." He said sternly, looking at the both of us. We both nodded. I turned to the wolf.

"Goodnight Dean, I will see you tomorrow." I said, kissing the top of his head and turning around to go inside.

I went to my room and looked at the time and I saw it was almost midnight. I quickly put away my stuff from shopping and then I found the paper Dean put in my bag.

It read 'Hello beautiful. Here is my number if you ever need or want to talk. Forever yours Dean.' I smiled while reading it. I quickly added his number to my phone and decided to send him a quick goodnight text.

'Goodnight Dean, sweet dreams. Thank you for today and coming to my rescue tonight as well. I'm not sure how I'll ever repay you. I will see you tomorrow at school. XO'

I plugged in my phone and went into the bathroom. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, brushed my hair and put on my pajamas. I went back into my room and shut off the light and crawled into bed. My phone went off and I rolled over to check it. It was from Dean.

'Goodnight Mi Amore. I will pick you up tomorrow, so be ready by seven-fifteen. Sweet dreams. XX'

For once in a long time, I fell asleep with a smile on my face.