The Rejected Wolf

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Tyler’s POV

I finish at the mall and make my way to the pack house. I reach and walk straight in. All the people smile and greet me. I return their greetings. I see Helena, a cook and walk to her. “Have you seen Hannah around?” I ask her. “She left for Portugal last night, but I don’t know when she’ll be back,” she replies. “Thank you, do you perhaps have some chocolate mousse lying around?” I ask her with puppy eyes. She chuckles and walks to the fridge. She takes out a bowl and hands it to me. “Thank you dearly, my brother dropped all my chocolate pudding yesterday. I could have skinned him, but I want a family.” I tell her playing the family card. I also add a pout. “Oh sweetie, I’ll make some for you to take home”, she tells me. That my friend, is how you get more mousse.

I eat the whole bowl and put it into the sink. I need to find Jaden. I walk to his office and everything is so quiet, I knock at his office door. “Come in”, he tells me in a muffled voice. I walk in. He’s sitting at his desk signing papers. He looks up and smiles at me. “Good to see you again, can I help you?” He asks me. “I just wanted to know if I can still be in this pack for the time-being?” I ask him. “Yes, but why don’t you want to join the Royal Pack?” I smile at him. “I want to get to know them first. It’s a little overwhelming, but it makes sense that I’m their son. My parents told me what happened, but there are still so many questions that are blank. Why did Hannah go to Portugal?”

He sighs. You can see the stress lines on his face. “I don’t actually know, all she told me was that they found some lead on her father and she went there to see if it’s really him. If it’s him, she’ll stay there for a few days.” Sounds like a valid reason and I shouldn’t doubt her. “What are you going to do today?” He asks me. “Well to be honest, I have no plans yet. Why?” I wonder. “Spend the day with me, I’m done with all my work and I need to take my mind off her”. I smile, he’s missing his mate. “Sure, what do you want to do?”

He thinks for a moment, “why don’t we see a movie and have lunch downstairs and then we could come back here and chill for the rest of the day?” He asks me. It kinda sound like a date, but on the other hand, I think he needs companionship in the form of friendship. Who knows what he’s beta is like? “Sure, but I choose what we gonna watch”, I let him know. What if he makes me watch some sappy romance movie? Yuck! Kidding, I love those.

We walk down to the TV room, I am shocked because I thought that it would look like those cliché cinema rooms, but here, there’s huge couches that are the sizes of beds and there is a ‘’80 TV. It seems cosy. I walk up to the one that’s the nearest to the wall and plop my ass down. The couch is quite soft and comfortable. I could sit here the whole day and perfect to watch series. “Why don’t we watch a good series?” I suggest.

We end up watching Lethal Weapon. I started watching it a while back, but left it because I couldn’t deal with the death of a certain character I developed a huge crush for. Jaden laughed at me when I told him this. It feels good to spend time with him. He’s a caring and generous person. I wish I had a mate like him. He makes everyone happy and he’s a great alpha because he is a charismatic leader. I think that I might just develop a small crush on him.

I can explain, remember the sexy jock that walked the walls in high school? Well, he’s that type of guy, he is intelligent and I’m pretty sure that if he played football, he’d be a fantastic quarterback. I’m also extremely sad. Why do some people suffer, and others don’t? Let me explain, take Hannah for instance. She has a great mate and a fantastic pack that she belongs to. She has all I ever wished for, but she is somewhere in the world avoiding this place. No matter how much they sugar-coat it, I know she’s not here because this place repulses her.

We are now watching Scooby-Doo. Way better than Lethal Weapon. I look at Jaden, he’s laughing at Shaggy and Scooby’s frightened selves. Seeing him smile makes me all fuzzy inside. I turn to the TV again. We continue watching seven episodes. I slowly drift off.

I feel like I’m being carried. I open my eyes slowly, Jaden has me bridal style climbing up the stairs. I pretend to still be asleep. He opens a door and sets me down. He tucks me in and walks out. Before he reaches the door, he turns around and walks back to me. The next thing I know I feel his lips on mine. They feel amazing. He lets go and walks out. Once he’s out, I open my eyes and touch my lips. They are tingling. Reality hits me, he’s Hannah’s mate.