THE ALPHA'S MATE IS THE BETA

CHAPTER 3

Night didn't see Aiz that night and the following three days… again.

He is kinda frustrated because of Aiz's frequent absences that it also bothers him. He started to overthink things and it is very obvious for everyone who is around him.

"What's up with that walking, huh?" Melissa asked.

Beside her is Raylene whom he told to Zane that was kissed by the pack's infamous tomboy.

Raylene glared at Night when their eyes locked. Night who is not aware of anything that is up with such glaring just shrugged his shoulders and ignored the presence of the so-called Ice Princess.

"What's up with you if I walk like this? Am I bothering your lovey-dovey moments?" Night knows that his way of questioning them is so rude. But he is not in the mood to act friendly with them at all. Because, 'Aiz is not here, dang it!'

Melissa suddenly laughed out loud, making the others' attention be on them. Night frowned and Raylene winced.

"You are only ten yet you are so arrogant now that Sir Aiz is not here? But whenever he is in the perimeter, you are like a sheep. So, is this the real meaning of 'wolf under the sheep's clothing?'" Melissa said.

Night knows it fully that Melissa is humiliating him. But what he can only do now is to step back because after all, Melissa is partly true. He can only be him when Aiz is around.

"I don't know what Sir Aiz sees in you to stay and take good care of you. I don't want to judge you and persecute you because of your acts. After all, you are chosen to protect by Sir Aiz, not the other way around." Raylene suddenly said while looking at Night with indifference.

Night stared at Raylene as if he was seeing Aiz himself. He doesn't know if it's an illusion or not that he can see a bloody body of Aiz walking towards them with a lot of dead wild animals in his hands and body.

Night blinked when he realized that it's not an illusion. Because Zane and Margaret and his parents started to run towards him with worry and happiness.

"Oh my god! What happened? Whose blood are these?" Lavelle— the Dark Moon Pack's current luna— is horrified with the blood cascading down the muscled body of Aiz.

"Are you alright?" Cayden— the Dark Moon Pack's current alpha— asked worriedly.

"Oh my god! Young master, are you alright?" Margaret asked worriedly. She looks like she is about to faint but she is being supported by Zane who is so happy to see Aiz once again.

"I thought you would return after a week but… you're early with a harvest like this." Zane said that made him beat up by the other three.

"How dare you?! You go alone to the forest and hunt alone!" Margaret screamed at him while beating him up with anger and eyes full of tears.

"Have you ever thought why the beta's mate always calls Sir Aiz as 'young master'?" Melissa asked Night curiously.

Night looked at Melissa like, 'why the heck are you asking me that?'

"You are closer to them, duh!" Melissa rolled her eyes and watched Zane being beaten up.

"Is it because they adopted him?" Raylene responded unsurely.

"What the hell was that? They can call him their son despite being adopted, you know?" Melissa complained.

Night sighed and then finally spoke, "it is because of the origin of Aiz, that's why he is still being called like that."

"And what is his origin?" Melissa asked again.

"How am I going to know about that if they are the ones who don't want to share it with me? It is frustrating to be kept in the dark, y'know?" Night groaned in so much frustration.

"But, have you seen his wolf form?" Melissa asked as if she wanted to boast about something.

"No, why?" Night asked.

"We saw it!" The two squealed while they are both blushing.

"It's so beautiful and as white as snow," Raylene said excitedly.

"It is so big and strong!" Melissa added.

"Cold air surrounds him and the path also freezes as if he is walking on top of the ice," Raylene added once again.

"And those red eyes of his look so much like those blood that are cascading on his hot body!" Melissa added for the last time and then they both squealed once again until the both of them fell on the ground from the fallen tree trunk they are sitting on.

Night turned to their side to check if they were hurt but they were still squealing senselessly that made Night shake his head.

Night looked up ahead and saw Aiz watching him. When their eyes met, Aiz smiled and made Night gasp. He looked down when he felt his face heated up and at the same time, the strong mint scent started to invade his nose once again.

'Oh! I missed him— what?!' Night gasped when he realized what he was thinking about. He shook his head vigorously and then walked down the path towards their house.

"What the hell is happening to me?" He murmured.

Aiz is watching as Night is walking farther away from him. Though he wanted to follow the little boy he once treated as his real brother, he resisted it and then kept coaxing the four elders who were worrying about him.

"Actually, I need some help," he said, which made the four stop and turn to him.

"What is it, young master?" Zane asked first to recover his honour from being beaten up for being the only one who seems to be happy amongst the four.

Though he wants them to drop the 'young master' title, he can't control them. But the truth is, they want to call him 'your highness' due to his true origin.

Before answering, he started to scratch his head as some helpers started to help him with his prey that he hunted for the past three days.

"Actually, this is not the only prey I have," he started with a shy smile.

"What do you mean?" Cayden asked curiously.

"There is a trail I made to a cave. There are a lot of preys I harvested for the past three days and I stored them all inside and only brought these little amounts of preys. I hope you can help me to fetch them all before the other pack and wild animals take them all away," Aiz stated that made Cayden and Zane gasp.

They all looked at the 'little amount' of prey that Aiz brought. They all look to each other and then Cayden who is the alpha and the first to recover started to roar to summon the pack.

"Luna, my wife, please take good care of the young master. He seems to be exhausted. Young master, thank you for returning safe and sound," Zane said with a warm smile that Aiz appreciated.

The women of the pack started to take good care of Aiz who was sleepless for an entire three days. Aiz who is really exhausted from it fell asleep while standing on his feet.

After they summoned the medics, they all learned that what only Aiz is suffering is fatigue and he remained unscatched from all those things he did. Warm hands touched everyone's heart because of Aiz's efforts for the pack for this upcoming winter.

But amongst the people who worry for him, Night is the one who worries for him the most.

Night clenched his fists and looked down as he also bit his lower lip to prevent himself from crying. He wishes for Aiz's pain to be his but he is still too young and weak to share the burdens. He feels helpless.

After that event, another five years quickly passed in a blink of an eye and a lot of things changed to the Dark Moon Pack and one of them is the famous duo of the pack— Aiz and Night.