At his disposal

Chapter 2 - Amongst humans

Alexander POV

It was a cold winter morning, unlike the last few days were there had been nothing but rain, this morning was dry and cold and there was frost on every leaf I passed in our forest. It was refreshing and I took a deep breath so I could feel the cold crisp air and exhaled as I sped up running as fast I could, chasing the rabbits around trying to get my mind off things.

The last few days had been stressful, in a month at the full moon my dad was going to hand over the Alpha title upon me, even though I told him I didn’t feel ready. He didn’t understand, from his point of view I was more than ready, and he was more than ready to retire with my mom by his side. I got that he had been alpha of the Sapphire moon pack for what felt like forever, and my mom the Luna of the pack as well, but that was exactly one of the reasons why I wasn’t ready. I had no one to become my Luna, I was about to do this all on my own and I was not sure I was ready for that.

I mean sure I had girls glaring my way all the time and I loved their company to some extent, but none of them were capable of being my Luna.

Most of them were human, that made it so much easier, I could escape this whole thing, this whole world while dating human girls, and it also kept the drama out of the pack. Only made that mistake once. I remember dating two different girls from the pack, and I had lived to regret it ever since...

Lucky me one of them had found their mate by now, so I only had one lost pup following me around whenever she saw me.

I was ripped out of my deep thoughts when something hit me straight into my side and tumbled me over on the ground. I heard a great laugh in my mind as Lucas mind linked me

You didn’t see that coming did you huh?

And through the mind link I could even hear the smirk on his face. I growled at him before getting on my feet and lashing out at the big grey dumb wolfhead of his, he blocked it and laughed at me again.

Oh come on I’m just messing with you, you were running so deep in thoughts I couldn’t control myself.

I huffed at him

If you race me back to the packhouse and win I will not kick your ass in training later for this I said

You’ve got yourself a deal boss and off he went.

I laughed and followed quickly in his footsteps knowing there was no chance he’d beat me, I was the next to be alfa after all, but that never stopped him from trying and that’s why I called him my best friend and next to be beta.

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Back at the packhouse after training I switched back to my human form and went for a nice long bath. It was Friday after all, and Lucas and I were planning on heading to town with some of the other guys from the pack.

I opened the doors to my walk-in closet and decided on some basic black jeans a black shirt and some brown leather boots, I always kept it basic while amongst humans, there were no need to draw in extra attention to ourselves than we already did by being a group of big well trained and a little too good-looking men.

I looked into the mirror and made the effort of combing my hair, so it didn’t look like a total bird nest after the run earlier and then I was about ready to go. I mind linked Lucas telling him and the guys to be down in 5 so we could go to the club together.

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Nathalie POV

I was running around my room trying to pack a back so that I had everything with me that I needed at Marie’s place to get ready for tonight. I picked up my makeup and threw it into the bag along with three different dresses. I couldn't decide on which one to wear to the party at the club tonight. Cause even though it was freezing outside it was still a night you would want to wear a dress. It was the last party for us before we Graduated and that caused for celebration. Graduation was only two weeks away and by that time I would be wearing a gown not a dress, so tonight I was all-in on the dresses.

In the middle of my stress packing, I heard a knock on the door.

It was my mom I could smell; my senses had always been way more active than anyone I knew, and I kept that to myself because it made me feel weird. But at least my mom standing outside the door meant that they had finally arrived home and could drive me to Marie just in time.

"Come on in mom" I yelled at the door.

She opened and stuck in her head. "How did you know I was the one knocking it could have been your dad?" she asked.

I shrug my shoulders at her. "just a hunch" I answered.

Not even my parents knew that I had somehow heightened senses and I had an intention to keep it that way or they would start thinking I was going crazy. How would you ever tell your parents that you could smell them at long distance and that sometimes you felt like something inside of you took control of your body. I couldn't tell them that.

"Honey Are you leaving to go somewhere since your packing all that stuff" she asked raising a brow at me.

Oh shit... I totally forgot to text her about meeting the Girls at Marie before the party.

"oh, sorry mom, I totally forgot all about texting you guys... I am going to Marie tonight with the girls to get ready for the last party before graduation"

I smiled as innocent and guilty at the same time as I could.

"and I kind of, maybe, just expected you to give me a ride to Marie’s" I added before she had a chance to say anything.

She looked at me for a second "why do you always do this Honey. What if we hadn't made it home in time to drive you?"

"Sorry mom I promise I'll be better at communicating things like this" I said exposing my greatest puppy eyes to her.

She shrug her head at me "when are we leaving then?" she asked.

I put up the biggest smile I could "just in two minutes mom, I need to pack some shoes"

"Don’t you forget something Honey?"

Oh.. I swung myself around her neck and gave her a great hug "welcome home mom".

She hugged me back released me and then went to leave the room so I could get done packing. "don’t forget your father" she yelled at me from the stairs.

As soon as she left, I gripped the first pair of stilettos, my favorites, and ran down the stairs after her. My dad was in the kitchen making himself a cup of Coffee that man was seriously addicted to that drink. I swung myself around his neck as well and kissed him on the cheek "welcome home pappi" I said.

He padded me on the head, smiled at me and that was all. He had never been a guy for emotions to run free, but I knew that it was his way of telling me he loved me, and he was no doubt the best dad you could ever wish for.

"Let's go mammi" I said, and she grabbed the car keys as we went for the door.

"I'll be home soon Eric" my mom stated towards my dad

"That's fine Monica, drive safe" he yelled back at us before we closed the door.