Captured Fate

Chapter 9

[Apollo POV]

    This evening will be my chance to get close to my little Amara, she might be mated but I can still take her as my own and kill that bullshit mate of hers in the process. I will admit though, she is almost a spitting image of her w***e of a mother, I almost thought I saw a ghost when we first met. 

[FLASHBACK]

    *sigh*, "Get your s**t together Apollo." I said while looking in the rearview mirror of my car. I'm about to infiltrate the Silver Mountain pack to take back what is mine, I just have to keep my composure long enough for them not to suspect a thing. I took a deep breath and stepped out of my car, I walked up to their packhouse which was more or less a castle. The front door was open and to my front, a little bit to the right was the alpha. I reached out my hand to introduce myself, "It is a pleasure to finally meet you, I'm alpha Apollo of the Red Moon pack." He shook my hand firmly, "Alpha Brian, welcome to our home. Amara will be back any minute." He gave me a small emotionless smile. 

    I heard footsteps coming from the stairs behind Brian, when I saw her I almost pissed myself. "Lisa?" I asked in a hushed whisper almost choking on my air as I made eye contact. "No this is Amara, my mate. The reason you are here." Brian chuckled. "I'm so sorry, you look just like your mother, I thought I had seen a ghost. I'm Apollo, alpha of Red Moon." I reached out my hand for her to shake and she hesitantly shook it. "Pleasure to meet you alpha Apollo, I'm Amara but you already knew that." I gave her a gentle smile, I had to make this convincing. She was a sight for sore eyes that's for certain. They showed me the way to the great hall, where the ceremony would be taking place. 

    An hour or so passed before everybody finally arrived, this would be my chance to finally see her wolf. I wonder if her wolf looks anything like Lisa's did. Elder Howard did his little boring speech and cut her hand with a silver blade, her blood dripped into this pack's sacred alpha and luna gauntlet before everybody who was a part of the pack started to talk, "I can feel her power.." I heard a woman say and this piqued my curiosity. I know that packs gain some power from their alphas and lunas but normally it's only when they are in their wolf forms. Maybe since she is of royal blood it's different? I can only imagine the power that measly alpha Brian must get from her. I caught myself before I growled, I do not want to cause a scene just yet, but that power will soon belong to me. 

    I swallowed my pride and smiled towards my future mate, when is she going to shift? I thought to myself. About a minute or so later when they got everybody quieted down I heard Amara clear her throat, "Many of you here have not seen my wolf yet, I do not want you to be alarmed so please brace yourself." That's when I heard her bones crack and move, she grew rather quite large for a wolf and she was white with an almost silver hue and diamond blue eyes, there were gasps coming from all around the room and then each and every one of us bowed, including myself. I might take her as my future mate but she is still royalty, I would be stupid not to bow.

    We all headed outside before shifting to do a run around the Silver Mountain pack territory, I never realized just how big their territory was until we ran all the way around it. Even in our wolf forms, it took almost all night to run around in the territory, partly because there were so many of us, but still. By the time we got back everybody was exhausted, Amara and I made plans to get to know each other more over these next few days. Little did she know that was just a ploy for me to get close to her so nobody would suspect a thing.

[FLASHBACK ENDS]

    Amara really was my perfect mate, she looked exactly like her mother, besides her eyes and her wolf, Lisa had hazel eyes and an all-white wolf with bright green eyes. Too bad that w***e wouldn't take me as her chosen mate and took Jacob as her destined mate instead. This time it would be different, Amara would be mine one way or another. I will get the power of a royal and I will not back down this time, not with how powerful Amara is and will become. I walked into the bathroom of my guest room and splashed cold water on my face. It's time to put on my little show again and go eat lunch, I was eating late so I wouldn't have to eat with the other visiting alpha's. 

    I walked out of my room and went down a set of stairs to the first floor. I grabbed a plate and put some mac 'n' cheese and smoked sausage on it before sitting down to eat. As I was eating I was approached by Elder Howard. "Good afternoon alpha Apollo." I swallowed, "Good afternoon Elder Howard." I bowed my head. Does he know it was me? No, there's no possible way he could know I thought to myself. "I haven't seen much of you lately, are you and Amara ever going to get to know each other?" he asked me, I was released he didn't seem to suspect a thing. "Yes, Amara and I made plans for this evening to get to know one another." Elder Howard nodded, "She has been through a great deal of pain, so it might take some time before she trusts you, but maybe hearing stories about her parents will help her," he said before turning back and walking away.

    I finished my lunch and washed my plate before heading back up to my guest room, I had about four hours left before it was time for us to meet. I decided it would be in my best interest if I freshened up before our meeting, if I'm more appealing to the eye then she will let me take her without as much struggle. I started up the shower and waiting for the bathroom to steam up, I stepped into the rather big shower and started to wash my hair with a chamomile shampoo. After I was certain my hair was clean enough I washed my body with a forest scented body wash before stepping out to dry off and shave.

    Once the mirrors were clear of steam I reached into the bag and pulled out my shaving cream and razor, I slathered on a decent amount of shaving cream before taking my razor and dry shaving, I prefer dry shaving over shaving with water because I get fewer razor bumps, and it's a cleaner shave in my opinion. I made eye contact with myself and smiled at my finished masterpiece. From the deep green eyes to my chiseled clean jawline, to the little scar I have just under my jaw. I might be thirty-nine with a few gray hairs but I look good. I can only hope that my dearest Amara thinks so aswell.

    I walked out of the bathroom and started to go through my clothes, I decided on a light red cotton v-neck shirt with a pair of black jeans. Lisa's favorite color was red, I smiled at the thought before shaking my head and focusing on reality. It was now 4:48 so about an hour before I finally get to meet my future mate one on one. 

[Amara's POV]

    I finished reading 'War Horse' around 4:30, I decided I could take a quick shower and get dressed before meeting with Apollo at six. I hurried my way up the stairs to my room which soon would be a guest room again, I jumped in the shower and did a speed wash. When I got out it was already 5:03 so I knew I had to hurry up and get down to the garden to meet with Apollo, I grabbed a black long sleeve shirt that was a semi-v-line and some light blue skinny jeans. I hurried my way downstairs and out to the garden by the front of the packhouse. I could see Apollo waiting for me while admiring the daffodils. "I'm sorry, am I late?" I asked, not wanting him to think poorly of me. "No Luna Amara, I was just early you have nothing to be worried about." He chuckles lightly, "Please come join me, these flowers are quite beautiful don't you think?" I nodded as I approached him, "Yes sir, they are quite a beautiful bunch of flowers, but please just call me Amara." he looked at me almost humorously, "Alright Amara, but only if you just call me Apollo." Apollo gave me a warm smile, "Okay Apollo, let us walk through the garden?" I asked while gesturing towards the garden path. 

    "So what would you like to know first Amara?" he asked while keeping his eyes on a bush of pink roses. "How did you know my parents?" he smiled slightly, "Your father, mother, and I all went to school together, we were close friends while growing up even though we are from different packs..." he took a deep breath in before continuing, "Your father Jacob, and I were best friends but we were both in love with a girl, your mother Lisa. The three of us grew quite close and we would always joke that one of us would be her mate, and sure enough, Jacob was." I looked at him confused, "What happened when you all found out?" He closed his eyes and breathed in the tulips we were walking by, "It was hard, but I accepted it and respected their mate bond. We were still close after that even though I was still in love with Lisa I knew to love her from a distance because she was happy with Jacob. You know, I was there when you were born." This made me gasp, "Wait really? You were there when I was just a baby?" I was so intrigued by him now.

    He laughed, "Yes Amara I was there when you were born and I was also there for the first few years of your life. I became the alpha of my own pack when I was twenty-four and had to leave to take care of my own pack." I stood there, quiet for a moment. "What happened to your jaw?" I asked pointing towards a two-inch scar just under his jawline. This made him laugh and I became more curious than ever, "Your father actually gave this to me, we were sixteen and we were training together and he threw a knife at me when I was distracted, I didn't know what was happening until it was too late. 

    We both started to laugh at that, wow this man really did know my dad, and my mom too. I was finally getting some closure hearing about my parents from someone who knew them. "Amara?" he asked, "Yeah?" I looked at him waiting for him to say something. "I have some pictures of your parents and I and of you with both me and them back at my packhouse, I know it's short notice and you have no reason to come with me but do you think you would like to come and visit my packhouse when I go back home so I can print you some copies?" His question caught me off-guard, "I'm not sure about that just yet, maybe I can bring a trusted friend with me if I do decide to go. Just give me some time to think?" He nodded and we both decided it was time to head inside.