The Leopard's Alpha Mate

Games

-Sapphire's POV-

Waking up to light from the sun pouring onto my face, I find myself in a white and blue room that smelled oddly nice like a fresh apple pie with a lot of cinnamon. The smell was stronger to my right side oddly. Turning my head I saw a very tall and muscular man asleep in the chair beside me. I looked at his face and remembered that this handsome looking beast of a man is my mate. Feeling sparks in my hand I looked down to see his hand over mine. My heart flutter and my face got warm as I blush.

Hearing foot steps approach, I close my eyes pretending to sleep. The door opens quietly and the foot steps come closer to me and my mate.

"Hey Alpha," I hear a female voice whisper as I feel my mates hand slowly slip off my hand. I hear a groan from him.

"What is it Melody?" He grumbles quietly.

"Your Bata is out in the hall waiting for you he says he has info on your... mate," the female voice replies.

I hear shuffling as he got up from his chair and walks out of the room with the female behind him. The door opens and closes: muffled talking can be heard, but I can't make out anything. She said it was about me and who I am. To be honest, they could have asked me when I woke up. I slowly open my eyes and sit up in bed, I have an i-v going into my arm with fluids. At least I heal fast but that's mostly because of my ability to heal others and not just myself. This ability was thanks to my mom who had a crescent moon birthmark: the likes of which I have as well on the back of my neck. Not everyone knows about it and my father wanted it to stay a secret as it's very rare for our kind to get this birthmark, but those who do usually go into the pack hospital to help wounded soldiers or sick kids.

Looking at the door as the footsteps walk away, I decid to look around a bit more at the room I was staying in. To my left is a window with the curtains still blocking the veiw to outside. Through the slits between the curtains, I can see the mountains where my home was. By that judgment, I figure we must be up high or have just a good view from here.

Suddenly the door swings open and a tall girl with bright red wavy hair charges at me with rage in her emerald green eyes. Rolling off the bed, I hit the floor before she plunges a 6 inch dagger into the bed where I was just laying. Ripping my i-v out, I bolt for the door but the crazy lady gets there before me making me stop and back up. I look around for anything to use as a weapon but she'd get to me before I could grab anything so I did the only thing I could.

I scream at the top of my lungs as she jumps towards me.

Before she even gets close to me someone grabs her by one of her legs and tosses her into the wall. Standing there is the man who was asleep beside me facing the woman whom he just tossed into the wall not even a few seconds ago. His growling was so deep and loud it shook the room a bit. I didn't have to see his eyes to know they were black. His wolf wanted out to tear her apart but he resisted.

"What the hell do you think you are doing Ruby?!" He growls at her as she looks up at him in confusion.

"What are you talking about, Alpha? That thing got in here and I'm just trying to get rid of it because you said you were bringing home your mate, our Luna!" She replies frantically bowing to him.

"Did Melody not tell you already?!" He snarls at her.

"Tell me what?" She asks looking up at him.

He sighs and turns around to me, "are you alright kitten?" He asks offering me his hand.

Nodding I took his hand as he picks me up in his arms and sat me back down on the bed.

"This woman you just attacked is my mate and your future Luna," he said turning to the now shocked Ruby as she stares at me with anger and disbelief in her eyes.

"But sir she's-" she starts but is quickly cut off by a low growl from him, she gulps and bows leaving the room quickly.

Turning back to me he looked at my left hand, "you heal fast kitten," he purs as he took my left hand and kissed it sending a shock wave of sparks crossing through my body.

"I don't even know what to say right now. I'm so shocked," I explain.

"Then how about your name sweetheart. You can call me Damian: Damian Enders," he beams at me.

"Sapphire... Sapphire Star," I smile at him as he smiles back.

"I already told everyone the news of you so that shouldn't happen again and if someone tries to harm or threaten you, you come see me ok?" He asks.

I nod and look up at him, "to be honest I never thought I'd find my mate yet here we are," I sniffle as tears began rolling down my cheeks. I'm suddenly pulled into his arms as he hugs me gently.

"I feel the same way kitten," he replies. "I also have food for you. Doc thought you'd be hungry."

Damian gets up and walked over to the door. Opening the door a man with dark brown hair and a bit shorter then Damian walked in with a tray of food.

"Thank you Theo," Damian expresses.

"Of course Alpha. How is your mate doing?" He asks looking at me with emerald green eyes.

He hands me the tray of food carefully as I grabbed it. Placing it on my lap I started eating with a ravenous pace. I didn't realize how hungry I was until now and this food is amazing; pancakes, eggs, ham, and sausage never tased so good before.

"She seems to be doing fine Theo," Damian chuckles crossing his arms.

I blush as I swallow the food in my mouth: "Sorry about that. I'm Sapphire, it's nice to meet you Theo." Stretching my hand out to him as we shake hands and smile.

"Alright Theo I need you to go make sure everyone knows why Sapphire is here and if they have a problem with her being a leopard you can tell them to come see me," he asserted.

"Yes Alpha," Theo bowes to Damian and walks out of the room.

Damian ran his fingers through his black hair and tuns to me, walking over and sitting down beside me on the bed.

"Shall we play 10 questions, kitten?" He questions. I nod as I ate more of my food.

"Alright, first question, where are you from?" He asks.

Swallowing my food I looked up at him and point to the window, "the mountains outside the windows."

He gets up and walks over to the window and opens the blinds, "those mountains, in Alaska?" He turns back to me raising an eyebrow at me.

I nod, "yes... why?" I wonder.

"That's like a 4 day trip kitten yet you made it here in 2," Damian noted, as my eyes widen.

"Ok my turn, where am I exactly? I question.

"You are in the Black Winter Forest pack territory," he shares as he walked back over to me and sat down. "Alright, next question, how did you come to be here?"

I pause for a moment looking away from him, "I was being forced to marry someone I did not want to be with..." I explained looking over at Damian who seems very upset at this.

"Who was it?" He snarls.

"Roland Thorn..." I answer quietly.

"Roland," he growls.

"You know him?" I asks.

"Ya I do. I met him at a party exclusively for supernatural creatures. He was drunk off his ass and tried to pick a fight with me but I knew it wouldnt be a fair fight so I just pushed him away," he smirks making me giggle.

"He must have been so embarrassed that you wouldn't fight him," I laugh.

"Ya now he doesn't even look at me. The times that he does it's with burning hatred," Damian smiles at me.

"My turn, do you have a mom, dad, siblings or close relatives?" I question.

"My mother is here, but my father was killed when i was 17 a few months before I took over as Alpha," Damian sighs.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you think of such a bad memory," I apologize as I grab his left hand.

"Not your fault kitten. I at least got back at the man who did kill him," he gloates.

"Who was it?" I ask.

"Roland's father Alexander Thorn. I didn't kill him but he got his title stripped and thrown out of his own pack," Damian answers.

"I heard he died a few months ago," I tell him, as he shrugs.

"He wasn't very nice either and his son is just the same," he grumbles.

Moving over so I'm right next to Damian, I feel my face flush when our hands touch.

"Next question," I blurt out.

He chuckles, "alright then: who's in your family then?"

"My father Leon, my older brother Drake and his mate Rose who is my bff," I gush with a big smile on my face.

"And your mother?" He asked.

I frown at the thought of my mother. She was a good woman who never hurt anyone, "she's dead..." I answer.

Pulling me into his lap he holds me close and embraces me in his large arms. You could see the size difference no problem. I estimated he was maybe over 7 feet tall. Then there's me who's just 4 feet 9 inches tall. If he wanted to hurt me he would have done so already. As tears form in my eyes, I thought to myself: 'I haven't thought about my mother in a long time.' Now that I am thinking about her, I can't help but cry.

"Shhhh. I'm sorry kitten," he apologizes as he rubbed my back. I hug him as I sob into his chest.

After a bit I stopped crying and looked up at him, "sorry. My mother and I were close you know?" I sniffle.

"I do kitten, I do," he replies.

For the next hour or two we got to know each other with the doctor checking in on us one or two times. I now know his favorite color is light blue, but i think that's just because of my eyes being light blue. He loves all foods just like me but only he can handle spicy stuff and I can't. When I told him I loved drawing he asked Melody for a pencil and paper so I could draw him a picture. After I was done drawing the picture of him and his wolf side by side, he gave it to Melody and told her to get it framed. I asked him about work and he said he owns a programming company that does apps, games, or simple computer stuff. I asked him about his scar on his left eye and he told me how he got it: when his father died the leopard trib who attacked did so with silver knives. Out of 500 pack members, only 64 died and many more were heavily wounded. He had been building up the defense and getting the warriors to train so they would be ready if it ever happened again.

"Last question: do you want me, an Alpha Tundra wolf to be your mate?" He asks looking at me with his sad amber eyes.

"What kinda question is that?" I teased him, "of course I do, I told myself if I found my mate I'd stick to them like I was glued to them," I say smiling up at him.

Looking into his eyes all, I can see is happiness, love, and relief as he leans down towards my face. My face was completely red as he kisses me passionately and I couldn't help but kiss him back while wrapping my arms around his neck. I could hear Scarlet in my head puring loudly as we make out on my hospital bed.

Then a knock at the door caught our attention causing us to stop and fix our clothes.

"Come in," Damian commands sounding a bit annoyed. I giggle a little as the door opens to an older looking lady with black and white curly hair walks in.

"Aren't you gonna introduce me to you mate son?" She asks.

Wait... son?! This lady with the same hair and eyes as Damian, who's standing at the bottom of my bed is Damian's mother!? I felt my face go pale as all the blood drains from my face.

"Mom what are you doing here?" He asks her.

"Well I couldn't wait any longer to see your beautiful mate," she smiles at me.

"My name is Sapphire Star ma'am," I gulp stretching out my hand to her.

"Oh honey you don't have to be so formal with me. You're family now even if you are not a wolf," she grins, "you can call me Ruth sweetheart."

"Thank you very much. I've been waiting for this day to happen for over 2 years since I turned 16," I smile up at her.

"My son has also been waiting over 2 years for you as well haven't you honey," she teases him.

"Mom seriously!?" He whines looking at her annoyed.

"Hm? Why are you so cranky?" She asks sqinting her eyes at him.

"Uh I... I'm not," he grumbles blushing.

I put my hand over my mouth trying not to laugh.

"Oh I see... well don't let me stop the love boat from saling," she winks at me as she walks out of the room.

I look up at Damian as we both blush hard. Another knock at the door caught our attention as the doctor whom I believe he called Melody, walks in and over to us with a clipboard in hand.

"Alright miss Star let's have a look at you before I sign these papers to let you out of here," she smiles at me as she checks me over. "Well you're looking very well despite the condition you came in yesterday."

"Will she be ok to leave the hospital?" Damian asks her.

"Yes Alpha she can leave but what I'm trying to understand is how she healed so fast," she looks at me puzzled.

I rub the back of my neck where my crescent moon birthmark is, "um I think I might know why," I whimper.

Melody looks at Damian who has the same confused face as her then they both look at me.

"I have a birthmark on the back of my neck in the shape of a crescent moon..." I say turning around and moving my long black wavy hair out of the way, "my mother had one too. She said it gave us rapid healing; faster than any healing ability could." I look over my shoulder at Damian and Melody as their faces look at me in shock.

"I have never seen another supernatural being with that mark before, have you Alpha?" Melody asks him.

"No," Damian replies looking at her then back at me.

"My father always tried to hide it because it was also the reason it got my mother killed... someone was jealous: they wanted the power but could never have it," I sniffle as I remember my mother teaching me how to use my healing on others.

"Guess you couldn't find the person responsible then huh?" Damian asks.

I shake my head no as I turn back to face them, "can you not tell anyone? I don't really wanna be judged for having a power I didn't have a choice in choosing..." I say trailing off into a mutter.

"Of course we will," Damian nods with a warm smile on his face.

"I promise to keep your secret as well,” Melody replies raising her left hand, "but besides that you are free to leave the hospital wing."

Signing a piece of paper and handing it to Damian who looked over it. He smiles big and looks over at me.

"Shall I show you the rest of the place then?" He beams at me.

"Is there something waiting outside to take us to ur pack house?" I tilt my head.

He chuckles, "no this hospital is apart of the pack house kitten."

Wait... WHAT!?