The Elite

Chapter 9

About 2 hours later, we landed.

“We won’t be getting off the plane. The other recruit and escort should be here shortly.”

“Titan, do you know how many of us were selected for this round?”

“Four.”

The thing about becoming an Elite is not only is it hard to get into the training, but they have very small classes. I heard the average was 6 but there has been peace in the werewolf kingdom, which is great, but it also means the Elite do not need to be replaced.

Half of the graduates don’t even go to protect the King. They end up back in packs training them.

“Do you know anything about the other wolves that will be joining me?”

“One of you is from Sweden and another from Russia. This one we are picking up now and you.”

Before I could respond, there was a commotion at the door and in walked two men. One looked a few years older than me. He is really tall and built like a brick house. He was clean shaven and his dark brown hair was cut into a fade. The other man was in his mid thirties and looked like he was a Greek god. He was tan, with dark brown eyes and jet black hair.

“Hey Dean! This is Liv.”

The Greek god's face broke into a smile and he reached out to shake my hand. “Hello Liv.” His voice was deep and dreamy.

I snapped out of my daydream and shook his hand. “Hi.”

He turned to the man next to him. “This here is Mateo. He will be part of your class.”

Mateo gave me a toothy smile and reached out to shake my hand. “Looks like you and I will be going through this together.”

I shook his hand and he plopped down next to me on the plane.

“Soooo tell me all about yourself.” He said and smiled.

“I am 18, the middle child of 5, I have never left Texas until today. I knew when I was 4 I wanted to be an Elite and that has been the center of my world. I train and study. I can speak 4 languages and, well, that is about it. You?”

"I doubt that is it but that is a good start. I am 22 and the youngest of 3. My Dad is the Alpha of our pack, so I figured Alpha and Beta were out for me. So here I am trying to work my butt off to make my Dad and Pack proud. Oh, and I am from Missouri, but as an Alpha’s kid I have been able to travel.”

“Mateo, it is really nice to meet you.”

“You too, Liv. So 18 eh?” He said, shaking his head a bit. “So have you found your Mate?”

With that, the conversation with Dean and Titan stopped.

“Yes I have, but he sort of rejected me. Have you found yours?”

“Wait what? You can’t just say sort of rejected and move on like it is nothing.”

“Well, it is nothing. I mean he said his heart belonged to somebody else and started to reject me, but he was interrupted and he has never really had the chance since. I don’t think he wanted people to know he was rejecting me.”

“No s**t. I mean, if you were my mate I would never reject you. I mean look at you. You are freaking beautiful.”

“Thank you, but what about you? Have you found yours?”

“Yeah but it’s weird, I mean she just turned 16, so she doesn’t have her wolf yet.”

“Does she know?”

“Yeah, I couldn’t hold my wolf back from telling her. But my brothers are looking after her and when we are done with Elite I will be able to be back before she turns 18.”

“That is wonderful.”

We continued to talk for the next four and half hours. I felt like I knew Mateo better than I knew my own family. With him it was like playing 100 questions instead of 20.

When we landed, we were taking to a bus-like vehicle. I could’t see who was driving and there were no windows in the back. The seats ran the length of the bus and faced the other. It reminded me of the limo bus we took to prom our senior year. Just minus the windows.

“Sorry guys, we have about another 3 hour drive and you can’t know how to get to the facility. We will be leaving as soon as the other two get here.” Titan said, sitting down next to me.

“It’s a good thing they fed us on the plane.” Mateo said, sitting across from me.

“When we arrive at the facility you will be taken to your rooms to unpack and then dinner. You will then spend the rest of the evening bonding with your class. Or should I say pack. The four of you will be your own small pack. But we will explain more later.” Dean said before sitting across from Titan.

About 15 minutes later, the door opened and in walked our third. Oh my fan girl, he looked like Alexander Dreymon from The Last Kingdom. His hair was lighter in color but I swear I was staring at his twin. The blue eyes and the goatee. The sides of his head were shaven but the top was long and pulled in to a pony tail.

He looked from me to Mateo and sat next to me. “Hi.”

I smiled. “Hi. I’m Liv.”

I put my hand out to shake his but he took my hand and kissed the top. “Beautiful name for a beautiful woman. My name is Oliver.” He turned and looked at Mateo and put his hand out to shake his.

“I’m Mateo.”

“You both can call me Oli. That guy getting in right now is my escort, Grayson.” He said in his sexy accent.

I hadn’t even heard Grayson get on the bus. I was too focused on Oli. Before anybody could say another word, the door opened again and in came our forth.

Unlike Mateo and Oli, he looked grumpy. Like really pissed off. But he was coming from Russia to South Dakota, so I guess I would be a little pissed too. I had just spent about 2 days traveling. He sat down next to Oli and didn’t say a word. He didn’t even look at us. This should be fun.