Denying Fate ( Moonlight Trials Series #1)

Chapter 21 – Snow day.

Chases POV

We had decided on a plan, Dan would go to dad’s office and say he needed advice on something regarding the boundaries of the territory. This wasn’t my area of expertise and even though it wouldn’t have been dads either he would certainly know more than me. He would try to get Dan to go to his father, but he wouldn’t have a choice but to end up going. The former Beta was currently on a holiday. Once the office was clear, I would hack Dad’s computer and see what information I could find. Hopefully, Dan would keep dad busy long enough because I didn’t actually know how to hack, it would be more of a guess the password as quick as possible hack. As for my mum, I’d gotten Karma’s mum to take her to the spa for the day and provided the funds.

It was weird to me that even Karmas parents didn’t want to get Karma back and hadn’t even talked about contacting her. No one seemed to miss Karma, and no one found it weird that she had two mates. No one actively encouraged us to try and work this out or even to find a solution. They definitely knew more than they were letting on and I knew it involved my parents.

Dan knocked on my dad’s office door and I heard voices followed by a big sigh then more talking before they walked away in the opposite direction. Now was my chance. I tiptoed to dad’s office and shut the door quietly behind me. Hoping no one, especially the omega’s, had noticed me.

I loaded up the computer and tried a few passwords that I thought Dad would use. None of them worked, I tried the usual, my name, mum name, dates of birth or anniversaries, mixes of them all and even his favourite sports teams and foods. Nothing let me in. I looked around the office for some clue as to what the password could be. My dad was getting old, surely his memory wasn’t as good as it used to be and hed have wrote something down. Then I saw a folder with a single name on it. The name was Trinity, I didn’t know anyone called trinity and the folder looked well used, not new or untouched like so many of my fathers’ files. I looked inside and there were mountains of various papers, including deeds to a house, receipts for furniture, receipts for a bike, food shopping and a report on Trinity’s background. However, the biggest pile was mostly banking transfer notes. Dad was transferring funds monthly to this person, but I had no idea what for or who she was. He had even transferred double this month. AFTER he made me alpha. Why wasn’t this something I had been told about?

I was balling my fists up, secrets again?! Suddenly as if something clicked into place I remembered him telling me about how he would still be dealing with a rogue female and Tracker even after I was alpha. Well, he hadn’t said Tracker by name, only the rogue and her caretaker. I could put two and two together though. I massaged my head again trying to figure everything out. Why would he be transferring money to Tracker… and such large amounts every month?

I headed back to the computer and looked outside to see snow falling. I sighed heavily, knowing Karma would be dragging me outside in this if she was here. She loved the snow; I closed my eyes remembering her childish giggle every time we would throw snowballs or make snow angels. Smiling sadly, I opened my eyes and typed in Trinity… the computer opened.

Karmas POV

I was practically dancing on the porch waiting for Tracker to put on his boots.

“Calm down woman!” He growled, but I knew there wasn’t venom in his voice. I ignored him and carried on doing my little hop up and down dance, from foot to foot.

“Hurry up then!” I pouted. It was his turn to ignore me this time as he snorted whilst packing our backpack and lunged it onto his shoulders. However, I could see a hint of a smirk on his lips. He slowly put on his boots, so painfully slow I had to stop myself going over there and doing it for him. “Can you put them on any slower?!” I teased causing a light chuckle from him. It was obvious he was doing it on purpose as he grinned at me before going even slower with the next one. I glared at him.

“You’re so impatient!” He said, standing up, his boots now fully on and tied. I screeched in happiness and grabbed his hand dragging him into the snow. I ran a bit before letting him go and flopped into a large pile of snow. Giggling I started making a snow angel with my arms and legs flailing. I looked up and saw Tracker just staring at me holding his backpack, clearly unsure as to whether he should join in or not.

“Come on!” I laughed, sitting up slightly to offer him my hand, fully intending to drag him down into the snow pile. He put the backpack down and hesitantly offered me his hand. I pulled him down, clearly catching him off guard and I heard him gruff as he hit the snow at the side of me face first. “Oooops” I said sheepishly.

“You meant to do that!” He grumbled and I was worried I’d upset him but as he pushed himself onto his elbows, I could see a grin. Suddenly my world went black… well white, as he dumped a huge amount of snow on top of me. Spluttering, I sat up and saw him full on belly laughing a short distance away from me.

“Just you wait!” I shouted; I wasn’t angry, just annoyed that I’d let him catch me off guard like that. I jumped into a standing position and grabbed some snow to throw at him, but he darted off in between some trees. “Get back here!” I bellowed and started running after his laughter, the snowball raised above my head in anticipation.

Trackers POV

Seeing Karma laid in the snow froze me to the core. She looked beautiful, her grey, blonde hair surrounding her head but disappearing into the snow as if she was part of it. The smile she had, making her already beautiful face shine brighter than the white fluffy stuff around her. The tip of her nose and cheeks were red from the cold, it gave her a younger appearance and made me smile at how childish she looked. I wasn’t sure whether to join her on the ground. I could feel myself stirring with passion so maybe the snow would cool me off.

She pushed herself into a half sitting position and offered me her hand. I could see the mischievous glint in her amazing grey blue eyes and knew she had the full intention of dragging me down. Something stopped me from smiling and jumping down with her, but I couldn’t stop myself from offering her my hand. She of course dragged me into the snow pile, it was a good thing it was so thick, or it would definitely have hurt. My face connected with the snow, and I heard an oops with a hint of laughter. Obviously, I had known what she was planning and had let her think she had caught me unaware.

Answering her, I knew exactly what I was going to do next. I pushed myself onto my elbows, gathering a somewhat large pile of snow under my chest. I grinned and quickly dumped the pile of snow into her face and chest as realisation dawned in her eyes. I jumped up and prepared to run but seeing her there spluttering under the snow made me laugh harder than I’ve laughed in a long time. I could see the fire in her eyes. Not quite anger but something else. She jumped up and gathered snow to throw at me, but she didn’t stand a chance as I darted between some trees. I knew this forest better than anyone and there was absolutely no way she was going to catch me.

I could hear her angrily shouting after me to slow down and let her get me back, but I just laughed more. She was giving me quite a good run and when I could sense that she was starting to lose steam I slowed down, letting her hit me with the snowball she had gathered. She laughed in triumph and threw her hands in the air!

“Payback time!” She shouted and looked at me, suddenly her eyes grew wide as she noticed the snowball I had picked up. She looked shocked for a moment that I would actually engage before she ran, giggling back the way we had come. I gave her a few second head start and chased after her. Starting the game all over again.

I wasn’t sure how long we chased each other back and forth but I could see the clouds of breath from both of us as Karma started running again. It was my turn but this time I didn’t pick up snow. Instead, I chased after her, stopping every few seconds to try to figure out which way she would run. Figuring she was headed back to our backpack I overtook her, going very wide so she wouldn’t see me, and I climbed the nearest tree to our makeshift camp and waited, in silence, for her to get back to it.

A few minutes later she was back at the camp and stood listening for me, her breath coming out quickly. She put a hand on her chest to calm the breathing and I saw her close her eyes to listen more carefully for me. Panic began to rise in her eyes as she realised, she couldn’t hear me chasing her anymore.

“Tracker?!” She whispered urgently. Looking around in all directions. When she turned the opposite direction from the tree I was in, I leapt down, landing behind her, and scooped her up. She screamed and wiggled in my arms. I expected a bit of fear, but she was laughing. “That’s cheating!” She yelled and tried to twist out of my grasp. Laughing I turned her around in my arms to face me. Her face was flushed, and she was breathing heavy. I noticed I was also breathing heavily and tried to calm my heartbeat down. She looked deeply into my eyes and smiled. I smiled too and watched as she licked her lips, more from nervousness than anything but something snapped inside and I knew she would rebuke me, but even as fear overtook me, I leaned in to kiss her.

Karmas POV

As tracker held me in his arms, I didn’t feel the slightest bit of fear as I had in the past. I smiled looking into his eyes as he smiled back. Suddenly his eyes flashed red, and I saw a spark of lust there. Normally I would shrink back and avoid him trying to kiss me but something in me didn’t want to this time. I didn’t know if it was me or Kismet that was thinking in the fore front, but I didn’t care.

As he leaned in, I could sense the hesitation and fear of rejection pouring from him, but I wouldn’t reject him this time. Kismet chuckles in my head and I knew she was pushing for this. As Tracker leaned in to kiss me, I quickly pressed my lips against his before he changed his mind. I could sense his panic, but he quickly forgot it as our kiss became deeper. I put my arms around his shoulders and one of my hands found its way into his long dark hair. It felt extremely soft despite the way it looked. He shifted our position so I could wrap my legs around his hips, and I did without hesitation which shocked me. One of his hands grabbed the back of my head, deepening our kiss whilst the other held me around my backside. The sparks shot around us and even though I’d felt similar with Chase it had never felt anything like this. It made me want more; it made me not want to break the kiss. Everything seemed to disappear from my mind, any doubts I had.

Guilt flashed through my mind as I thought about Chase, but I also didn’t want this to end. Chase not answering my pleas this morning had caused something deep within me to curse him. I still love him and the heartbreak I felt was pouring into me, causing even Kismet to whine in pain. Despite her tough act and wanting her “true” mate I knew she loved Chase too. I moved one of my hands from his hair to stroke his cheek, feeling his rough beard. It made me smile as it tickled my fingers.

Suddenly, Tracker pulled away from me. His eyes looking straight into mine as I looked at him in confusion as to why he had stopped. He put me down on the ground and headed to the backpack without saying a word.

“Tracker?” I asked, puzzled. He didn’t answer me and just searched through the backpack. “Tracker?” I asked again more urgent this time. He turned, holding a thermos of what I assumed would be coffee.

“I’d like us to sit and talk if that’s ok?” He said with a hint of sadness in his voice. Hadn’t he wanted this for so long? I wasn’t saying I was accepting him, but I wasn’t outright rejecting him either. I loved Chase, sure, but maybe part of me was realising that Tracker was my fated mate. I could only nod, confused at his tone and headed to help him grab some things from the backpack.