The Alpha’s Secret

Moving on?

4 Years Later

My alarm went off and both me and Willow groaned, we had been dreaming of Lex again, it had been 4 years since I found out he was my mate and nothing had changed since that night, he still wouldn’t look at me, barely said a word to me, I had only seen him a few times in wolf form, and his wolf seemed overjoyed to see Willow, they always played and hunted but nothing from Lex himself, and no mating in either form.

He was still the first and last thought she had at night and she craved to have him near her, to be in her home, in her bed. She sighed, there was nothing for it, she got out of bed, pulled on some gym gear and trainers, a run would help, she’d not exercised much since she left the warrior programme but had been running recently. It felt good to raise her pulse and sweat a bit. She headed down her usual route to run down by the river, she loved it down there is was quiet and she could hear the birds singing and the little animals scurrying away.

She was in her own little world listening to music when she felt someone watching her, it was a prickling on the back of her neck, but she couldn’t scent anyone. She carried on for another 5k when it hit her, that heady scent of coffee and cinnamon, the smell of home, she heard footsteps coming from behind her she spun around to come face to face with Lex, his beautiful hazel eyes shot to hers for the first time ever. She could instantly feel herself heat up, without even taking a beat he’d pushed her up against a tree trailing kisses up her neck pausing over her mark spot, he took a big deep breath and she knew he was trying to pull himself away, but she wasn’t ready for that yet, not today, not after that dream last night. She grabbed him around the back of his neck and pulled her body against his, she held his face and kissed him, claiming his mouth for their first kiss. At first he hesitated but only for a second, his Alpha blood took over and he slammed her against the tree dominating her mouth, she parted her lips in a moan allowing his tongue in to explore.

She didn’t know how long they were like this but she never wanted it to end. She felt the growl rumbling in his chest before she heard it and knew he was trying pull away, she allowed herself to twine her fingers in his hair, and hold him close to her for a second more before he pulled away, he shot her a look and wolf ran in the other direction, leaving her panting, wanting against a tree.

It felt like she was there for a lifetime before she could pull herself together enough to get herself home, Willow was just as shaken up as she was. ‘I shouldn’t have kissed him’ I said to her, Willow was whimpering, pining for her mate, ‘all that kiss has done is hurt you, Willow I am so sorry’ ‘it’s not your fault, he kissed us first’ she said, Anna could feel her pacing in her minds eye ‘yeah, but I was the one that kissed him on the lips’ Anna’s hand shot up to her still swollen lips, it was better then her dreams. His scent made her dizzy with lust, but it was more then that, it was this feeling of being complete. She couldn’t feel sad anymore.

After a quick shower she got herself dressed and off to work. She’d opened up a florist 6 months ago and it was going really well, she surprised herself with how much she loved getting lost in building a bouquet, often made stories up about what the customers wanted the flowers for. She was currently constructing a hand tied bouquet made of white avalanche roses, spray roses and eucalyptus, She liked to think it was for an anniversary gift for an elderly wolf to give his mate, they had been together for 50 years and these were the same flowers used at their mating ceremony before they marked each other…she wasn’t sure what the real reason was, she would rather believe her own stories.

She unlocked the store, turned in the lights and had only just turned the kettle on when she heard the little bell dinging at the door.

‘I’ll be there in a sec’ she shouted, putting a tea bag in her cup she turned round to find Kit standing at the door. ‘Hi stranger’ she said, he smiled lazily back at her with his piercing blue eyes and messy blond hair he was easily one of the most attractive people she’d ever seen, she ran into his arms and gave him the biggest hug.

‘I’ve missed you, how was your mission?’ she felt happy he was here, forgetting completely about her morning so far. ‘It was good Anna Banana, glad to be back though, how’s tricks, what have you been up to?’ He looked at her through narrowed eyes, Kit was Lex’s Gamma and had been her best friend since that night 4 years ago, even though she was never fully accepted by Lex as his mate, Kit still felt an instant pull to her, to protect her and keep her happy. At first she hated it, he was only there because of some weird Luna/Gamma link, but over the years he has genuinely become her favourite person. He must have felt her pain this morning after the kiss.

She looked up at him ‘I had a run in with Lex this morning’ he put her down so he could properly have a look at her, he frowned ‘was he mean to you? I can go and have a word if you need’ she sighed and moved over to the counter jumping up to sit on it, ‘No nothing like that, I’m, we actually kissed’ his face changed in an instant to a massive smile ‘finally!!’ He shouted ‘ you two can finally stop messing around and get mated’ he said this with his eyebrows wiggling up and down. She giggled at this ‘sorry to disappoint you, he actually ran away from me’ to her surprise he started laughing ‘it’s not funny!’ She grabbed some floristry foam and through it at him ‘well that kiss must have done something, he’s actually sent me here to employ your services’

He handed her a card, he wanted her to design a floristry arch for his Alpha ascension service, he’s dad was finally stepping down and giving the pack over to him, there was only one requirement, deep red roses.