The Alpha King's Invitation

Chapter 7: Mate

Callan’s POVThe minute that I crossed into Royal pack territory I felt anxious. Like something was going to happen. I kept looking around as I drove, if there was some sort of danger, I had to be ready.

I mind-linked Will to let him know why we weren’t coming down from our suite and instead coming from my pack lands. I’d had some things to finish up before I could take two days away and I’d taken the boys so we could all do a little training before we left to have fun.

He just laughed at me. Yeah, that’s him.

I was on edge the whole drive while the twins and Nas (Nasir) were chatting about how excited they were. I pulled into my usual spot and grabbed my phone. I wasn’t sure what it was but I had a feeling that I was forgetting something.

I felt the slight sweat around my collar, maybe I should change my shirt before we get up there.

I opened the door, still checking my phone, and felt a cool breeze blow past me. It felt good.

As I walked around to the back of the hummer to grab my suitcase I smelled something in the air. It was a sweet smell, like chocolate and the smell of printed paper. It was beautiful.

“Hey, Callan!” I heard Will yell and I looked up at him.

My eyes were drawn in by a pair of bright green eyes.

Mate. My wolf, Blaze, growled.

I took a step closer to her. She was gorgeous, a goddess, the epitome of perfection, and everything I could ever want. Her eyes were a bright green, my favorite color. She had long braided brown hair that went down to her ass, full breasts, a killer hourglass figure, and full pink kissable lips. She was wearing a tight black long-sleeved shirt with a long faux fur cardigan and fitted faded blue jeans that were tucked into black ankle hiking boots. They looked like they’d keep her from slipping.

I took a deep breath trying to smell more of her. And I did. I could smell her arousal and I felt the blood rushing to my c**k. I put my phone in my pocket and began walking towards her. My eyes raked over every inch of her. And they zeroed in on a pair of male hands gripping her shoulders intimately.

I let out a growl as I got closer and I saw her shutter and her arousal pulsed in my senses.

She took a few steps towards me, shaking off the male holding onto her, and I saw her hands lift up slowly as if to embrace me.

As soon as I was close enough I grabbed her by the small of her back and pulled her close to me as I glared at the man. I was sure I’d seen him before but I didn’t care. “Mine.” I growled at him.

He seemed stunned and I saw his eyes were black, he’d been holding onto my mate because of her arousal. I growled again and his eyes started to lighten.

I felt her reach up and place a hand on my chest just below the collar of my shirt and I instantly felt myself calming down.

“Callan.”

I looked down at her, keeping the other male in my peripheral vision. Her lips were parted and her eyes burned with longing and were becoming darker.

“Excuse us for a moment.” I said not looking at the others and I took her back to the car.

I contemplated taking her right there in my car but first I had to know who she was, and where she’d been all my life. The boys were already halfway through the parking lot so we wouldn’t have prying ears.

I took her around to the passenger side and I pinned her against the car and pressed my body to hers. “Name.” I growled through gritted teeth.

It was getting really hard to restrain Blaze. He wanted to take her, mark her and f**k her right here.

But I knew I couldn’t do that, she deserves something more classy and respectful.

“Raelynn.” She breathed, her hands against my chest.

I leaned forward till our lips almost touched, “I can smell your arousal.”

She shivered and her hips rolled into me.

My c**k twitched and Blaze strained at my control. “Simmer down.” I growled more to Blaze than myself.

“I’m sorry.” She whispered her hands moving up to trace my jaw line. “I can’t help the way you affect me.”

I groaned as her hips rolled again. I leaned forward and attacked her lips. As I suspected they were full and perfect for me to kiss. She was wearing some sort of lip gloss or chapstick that tasted like watermelon.

She pressed her body against mine and wrapped her arms around my neck. I ran my hands down her side and grab her under her thighs and lift her up. She wrapped her legs around me and clenched her thighs around my waist.

I bit her bottom lip, drawing it between my teeth and pulled. She moaned and nipped at me. I thrust my tongue into her mouth and our tongues danced, rubbing and fighting for dominance.

My hands roamed their way up to tangle my fingers into the underside of her braid. I lightly gripped her hair and she took my lip in between her teeth.

We grappled with each other, trying to taste as much of each other as we could until I heard someone clear their throat.

I let out an involuntary growl at the intruder and turned my head to see that it was just Nas, my Beta. “What?”

“The Limo is here, Alpha.” He said bowing.

“We’ll be right there.” I turned back toward my mate and leaned forward resting my forehead against hers.

“You can call me Ray if you want.” She panted, catching her breath.

“I don’t want to let you go.” I confessed.

“We can continue this later.” She smiled and winked.

I chuckled and leaned in for a deep kiss before I let her down and we adjusted our clothes. I grabbed her hand and gave it a little kiss before we started walking.

The Limo was there, and I hadn’t heard it arrive. Nes and the twins were standing by the open door waiting for their Alpha to enter first. I helped my beautiful mate, Raelynn, in before getting in myself.

Raelynn’s POVI was still a little out of breath from my mate so I was excited to be able to sit down.

The limo was spacious and well stocked with drinks, snacks and I thought I even saw a few condoms. I tried to keep my arousal in check and it got easier when Callan and I sat down and I leaned in, breathing in his scent.

“Well that was interesting.” William said, breaking the silence.

“It certainly was.” Callan chuckled. He wrapped his arm around my waist and lifted me so I was sitting on his lap.

I giggled and looked around. Everyone was inside; Maya, William and the twins were smiling at me and Callan. The man who I assumed was Callan’s Beta was decidedly not looking at us and Xavier looked like he was pouting.

“Um, I’m sorry for that guys.” I said looking from William to Xavier.

“It’s totally fine.” Will laughed, “You couldn’t exactly control yourself could you?”

I shook my head.

Xavier looked up and took a deep breath, “I’m happy for you Raelynn.”

I gave him a grateful smile. I knew this wasn’t going to be easy for him. We've become so comfortable and affectionate lately. Now I belong to my mate and there won’t be any more of that for him with me. I felt bad for him but I didn’t feel bad about, sort of, leaving him. I have my mate now, that’s just the way it has to be.

“We can go now.” William said loudly.

After a few seconds I felt the jolt of the limo beginning to move.

“So what’s our Luna’s name?” One of the twins asked.

“Oh, I’m sorry. My name is Raelynn.” I smiled.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Luna Raelynn.” The other twin said and they both bowed to me.

“That’s the twins, Bobbie and Robbie.” Callan said, grabbing the end of my braid.

“Which one is which?” I chuckled.

"You'll have to find out for yourself." The first twin grinned mischievously.

"They have the first letter of their first name tattooed-" the Beta began.

"Nes, you're such a buzzkill." The second twin interrupted.

"And that's Nesir, my Beta. But we call him Nes." Callan said softly.

I could feel his breath on my ear and I instinctively leaned into him.

"Well who'd have thought that us best friends would mate with a pair of best friends." Will chuckled, scooting Maya closer.

"It's wonderful!" Maya exclaimed excitedly. "This way we can still be close."

"That's right." Callan nodded, "Our pack is only a fifteen to twenty-minute drive from the Royal pack lands."

I was surprised, "Really? Are the packs that close to each other?” I tried to think back to what I knew about the Red Nightwalker Pack. It wasn’t much.

“We are.” Callan said proudly and relaxed into his seat. “The Red Nightwalker Pack helps with the Royal Pack’s security and we help to train some of their best warriors. His highness here, actually received eighty-five percent of his training from Red Nightwalker.”

William shrugged, “You guys do have top-shelf warriors over there.”

“Ray-Ray is our best female warrior.” Maya gloated, “Right X?”

Xavier nodded and smirked, “Yeah. She can effectively pin an opponent. Right Ray?”

I chuckled remembering this morning when I pinned him half asleep.

“You might want to watch out for that.” Xavier advised Callan.

“X.” I warned. I wasn’t trying to hide my relationships from Callan but now was not the time to have that discussion.

Xavier chuckled and looked out the window.

I turned towards Callan and found a hard look on his face. I got the feeling that it was to mask something. I leaned into his arms and stroked my fingers along his jaw trying to draw his attention solely to me.

It seems to have worked because I felt his jaw relax and his eyes warmed as he looked at me.

“So Alpha,” I smiled leaning closer, “what else is amazing about your pack?”

I spent the whole ride on Callan’s lap and he seemed to like my almost constant affections towards him. Maybe since I’d been ‘released’ or whatever Will called it, maybe I’ve always been an affectionate person. It would make sense in connection for my love for s*x. I could tell that Callan and I would not have any problems in that department.

I felt it when we got to the higher altitude. My ears popped and I slowly felt the temperature dropping. Lucky me I was inches away from a heater. Callan was only happy to cuddle me close and warm me up.

Maya got so excited when she saw the snow, she’d never seen it in person. I’d seen it once but I got a little excited myself. I was excited to learn to snowboard and ski and I was excited to build a snowman.

“You guys don’t have much chance to see snow do you?” Nes asked.

I shook my head, “No, not really. We’re not close to a mountain. Our pack is located more in the valley.”

“I’ve dealt with snow a hand full of times. The privilege of being an Alpha’s son I guess.” Xavier shrugged.

“Maybe you should have taken these girls. Seems like they would have liked it.” One of the twins said.

X nodded, “Yeah. I should have.”

“You were a d**k until recently.” I teased.

He opened his mouth but looked behind me and closed his mouth. If it was going to be another teasing remark about the two of us, then probably better it remains unsaid.

“Ray has that effect on people.” Maya said, in his place, “Once she opens up to someone she’ll bring the best out in that person.”

“So you two only recently became close?” William asked, raising his eyebrow.

“Not really we’ve been friends since we were young.” I said stressing the word friends.

I hoped that I could explain that whole situation to Callan before it caused a misunderstanding and ruined the good relationship I was nurturing with him.

When the Limo pulled up I moved to get up but Callan held me back. It was only after Will and Maya were getting out that he released me and nudged me towards the door.

“What was that?” I asked Maya when I joined her outside.

“It’s the hierarchy.” Will said.

“Yeah, apparently when traveling with the Alpha King you have to allow the king to exit first then the queen or in our situation prince and princess.” Maya explained, “I should have told you earlier. Sorry.”

I shrugged.

“Then we’re next.” Callan said, wrapping his arm around my waist, “Since we’re ranked next highest. Then my Beta, and any other Alphas and Betas. Only after Alpha’s and Beta’s can Gamma’s and other pack members leave.”

Sure enough, Nes emerged then Xavier, and then the twins.

“I don’t like that.” I muttered.

“That’s the way the world works Ray.” X said. He was obviously not a big fan of it but as a future Alpha, he had to accept it.

“Let’s get inside.” Maya said, pulling a pink faux fur jacket around her.

“Where did you get that?” I asked surprised. She hadn’t had that before

She smirked, “Magic.”

I raised an eyebrow but was kept from asking follow-up questions by a gust of cold air.

“Let’s get inside. I’m freezing.” One of the twins said.

“What about our bags?” I asked.

“Don’t worry.” Callan said pulling me close, “The guys will get them.”

Callan and Will led Maya and I inside almost like the four guys behind us didn’t exist.

The inside was spacious and had a very rustic theme. The furniture was mostly made of wood while the decorations were of game and pictures of nature.

“Your highness.” A man in a long-sleeve black button-down and blue jeans said as he approached and bowed. “Welcome to the resort.”

“Thanks Murray.” William said smiling, “This is my mate, Maya.”

Murray bowed to Maya too, “Your Highness Princess Maya. Welcome.”

“Can we all check-in and settle in?” Maya asked, smiling. She seemed to like being called a princess. Her dad called her that, guess now it’s a real title.

“Of course your highness, please come this way.” He gestured towards the reception desk.

It was a similar check-in to the other hotel; the same waver, key cards, and a pamphlet. This new pamphlet only had to do with the Mountain Resort and events held there.

When it was Callan checking in Murray called him Alpha Callan and he called me Luna Raelynn. Callan informed him that anything I wanted could be billed to his account, he stressed the anything.

“Of course Alpha.” Murray said with a bow, “Please do not hesitate to ask for whatever you may want Luna Raelynn.”

I felt a little awkward being addressed as a Luna so formally so I just said, “Sure.”

I got a key along with Callan, Nes, and the twins. When Callan started to walk towards where I assumed the elevator was without waiting for Xavier I stopped him.

“What about X. I doubt he’s been here before. We shouldn’t leave him alone.”

Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say. Instead of me being considerate I seemed to piss off my mate.

“Don’t worry Ray.” Xavier said quickly. “I’m a big boy. I can find my room in a resort.”

“Let's go.” Callan huffed, pulling me by my hand towards the elevator.

Well, this was not how I wanted to start things off.