Mate ... My Mate

Life and Lies

I would sell my soul to the devil to get out of this life that I have been forced to live in the past 3 weeks.  I lost both my parents in a horrible car accident, found out I am werewolf hybrid and am forced to move to my long lost pack with my aunt and uncle.  Ok let’s start with the beginning, my name is Gemma and I am 17-year-old apparent wolf hybrid.  Don’t worry I didn’t know what that meant either until my aunt explained it, my mom was wolf and my dad was human.  Why didn’t my parents tell me, well according to my Aunt Lesa, my mom left the pack after he mate died and found love and a future with my father.  They had me and raised me as a human in a human world.  Crazy I know I would not have believed it myself if I was hearing it from someone.  My parents were killed in a car crash by a drunk driver on their way home from dinner 3 weeks ago, that is when my life was turned upside down.  Since I am 17 years old my Aunt Lesa and Uncle Jakob will be taking me to their pack to live as they are my guardians.   Lesa is my mom’s younger sister she is only 20, so she is more like a sister than an aunt. She is married to Jakob, who is the Beta of the Crimson Blood Wolf Pack, apparently this means he is second in charge in the pack.  I will be living with them in their home in the Crimson Blood Pack, which is supposedly one of the toughest and largest packs in the country.  According to my aunt, the pack is like family and both her and my mother where born in the pack.  I will finish high school at a werewolf dominated high school in town and I will be getting my wolf soon, although most werewolves get their wolves when they turn 15, Jakob and Lesa think I have not gotten mine yet because it was suppressed with me living among humans.  I will live under the rules of the pack which is ran by the Alpha Liam Black and seems like as ass from what I have heard.  So that is how my last 3 weeks have gone, I sigh and make my way downstairs as I saw goodbye to my family home and make my way to the waiting car.  I walk outside and see my aunt talking the movers, who are werewolves, about taking my belonging to her home.  She looks up and smiles at me as they walk to the moving van and she walks to the car. 

“Don’t worry Gem, everything will be alright.  Once we get to the pack you will be treated like family and will have nothing to worry about.  Being around the pack will bring your wolf out and then you can find your mate”, Lesa said as she started the car.

“What the f**k is a mate and why do I need to find mine”, I snapped. 

“Your mate is your soulmate and is the one the moon goddess made you for”, she said and smiled as she drove out of the driveway. 

I looked back and said goodbye to the only home I had known and closed my eyes dreading what was waiting for me 4 hours away at the Crimson Blood Pack.  I could not help but think about everything that I had learned about werewolves.  I finally sat up and looked at Lesa who smiled and said go ahead and ask me.

“Why did mom leave the pack if it is so great” I asked. 

“Your mom was mated to another wolf who died during a battle, after that she had to get away.  Losing a mate will make a wolf go crazy and can kill them.  She left and came here and met your father, they fell in love and had you.  She told our parents she did not want you raised with the wolf culture because it almost killed her, she wanted you raised as a human because that is how she lived”, Lesa said with tears in her eyes. 

“Gem, being a wolf is not bad at all.  You will be free and never be alone because your wolf is part of you”.

I couldn’t say anything else I just watched as the miles passed by and we drove in silence.  I could not help but feel we were being watched as we came into the town of Montecello.  I looked out my window and let out a yelp as I saw wolves on the outskirts of the forest.  Holy hell we are being watched. 

Lesa couldn’t help but laugh as she said, “We are on pack lands, we are getting close to the pack house and those are pack members who are a little curious about the new pack member.  Just breath Gem, I am here with you and Jak and I will make sure nothing or nobody hurts you”.

I watched as we drove through the forest and stopped at a small cabin on the outskirts of the forest.  Lesa put the car in park and grabbed my hand.

“Are you ready Gem, if not we can sit here for a while”, Lesa said. Ask Jakob walked to the car shirtless.  He opened Lesa door and Lesa looked at him as if she was talking to him without words and he stepped back and shut the door running back in the house and coming out a few minutes later with a shirt on.  I was glad Aunt Lesa had my hand because if she didn’t I was shaking so bad it would have fallen off.  We sat in silence for 15 minutes in the car as she held my hand and Jakob stood on the porch with his hands by his side.  I finally reached for the door handle and that is when Jakob bound of the porch and opened Lesa door and took her in his arms and literally was sniffing her.   What the hell it must be a wolf thing.

“Easy Jak”, Lesa said as she kissed him.

“Gem, I am so glad you are here. I want you to know if anybody gives you any issues come straight to me”, Jakob said.  I couldn’t do anything but smile at him as I walked into the cabin followed by my aunt and uncle. 

“Lesa, Liam will be coming for dinner this evening that way he can meet Gem and it won’t be a big uncomfortable affair for her” Jakob said smiling at his mate.

“Okay, let me get her settled and then we can discuss dinner ideas”.

Lesa showed me to what would be my room and I must admit this place was beautiful.  I walked into my room and laid across the bed as Lesa sat down and rubbed my hair. 

“Just rest dear, you have your own bathroom through that door for when you want to freshen up, otherwise I will come and get you for dinner so just relax and get settled in”, she said as she kissed my forehead. 

Lesa POV

                I closed the door behind me leaving Gemma to lay on the bed and get settled in.  My heart broke for her she had been through so much in the last 3 weeks, from losing her parent to finding out her life was a total lie.  I walked to mine and Jak room and slide out of the jeans I had on and put on a pair of shorts and tied my hair up in a ponytail.  I couldn’t help but feel that Gemma’s life was going to get more complicated before it got better.