The Alpha, His Mate....and Her Partner

3. HER PARTNER

Sebastian's POV

I honestly wasn't sad about missing the meeting about the rogue pup, but I did miss my Laurel. My s****l appetite could not be sated until I found her, she gave me more life force continually than I thought was possible, never mind that our pairing in itself (witch and a demon halfling) has never been heard of and is still being researched by the elders of the council as well as our own people looking into scrolls, testing our blood, the antics to try and understand our pairing have not taken pause. Becoming stranger and stranger yet.

I told my Laurel, I had been summoned, which technically wasn't a lie, but I would gift Lucifer with my presence later today. As the days go by it is becoming harder and harder to keep my secret, I can tell when she looks in my eyes and asks me questions that she is not fully satisfied with the answer I have to give, but I hide my truth, because I myself am not so sure of it. Until I know for sure, I will not let anyone know. And just as I worked into my office through the portal from the school's grounds, I left my girl's love spread through our bond as she sent it to me in waves through our bond, only to feel her blatant confusion, shock and a hint of…. Desire?

What could have her feel this way in my absence, I felt the warm through my body that was sent from her love, so she had to have been thinking of me, having her senses almost feel me near, according to how strong the waves felt. "Babe, are you ok-" and our link was cut off just after a wave of guilt hit me and I knew something was wrong. As I got the things I needed from my desk, I tried to push against the block on our bond, but she had it up forcefully and had never felt her presence so strong on a block, like she was trying to stay near it to make sure it didn't falter or give way for me to get to her again and that made me panic more. With the safety precautions put around the school, with the use of portals going in, I'd need to send a message to the gate keeper of the use of the portal and where I intend to enter the school premises or my attempts will be futile. I try to call her cell and let it ring and try again to no avail. I send the gatekeeper the message that I intend to enter the institute through the main foyer, (as all portals near the back hall are closed off when the back hall is in use), he responds that I am to go through the portal and exit in the south east corridor, a bit of a distance from the back hall. The portal activates in my doorway and I walk through it, immediately hit by my angel's vanilla scent and the strange stronger scent of baked goods. Suddenly my whole body goes on edge almost thinking for itself and before I knew what was happening, I was in front of the back hall doors, pushing the double doors like they were nothing and having them slam against the wall. Everyone at the table is on their feet and the groundmen and guards are all on alert, moving in my direction. I sweep the table for those hazel brown eyes and am taken aback when I do not see her, but as soon as I prepare to ask for my angel, I hear the dean's voice in my head.

"Sebastian dear, if you would be so kind as to make your way to my chambers, we have something rather odd and unbecoming to discuss and please let everyone know that they are dismissed" she all but commanded me with kindness.

"The dean asks that you be dismissed" I said, not waiting to see if anyone leaves as I make my way to her chambers, open the door to find my angel seated on a chair placed in the middle of two others, with a man, whom I now recognize as the owner of the baked goods scent from the corridor. From this angle, no one has turned to watch my slow entrance as I notice that the stranger's muscles on his neck and shoulders are all tensed up and that my love still has her head done, most likely fiddling with her fingers, like she does whenever nervous, anxious or scared. I finally reach the open seat on her right and move it closer, only to notice before taking her hand in mine, her phone with the screen flashing a reminder of notifications unopened and my 2 missed calls on the top of the list. I start to caress the back of her hand and hear a low growl from the man in the other seat who is undoubtably a werewolf and from his sheer size, an alpha at that. His possessive growl has my instincts confused, for some reason I feel pride and anger at him growling at me. I then turn back to my angel and when I notice her face contort with emotions of guilt, confusion, anger and desire, but she seems physically unfazed apart from the fact that she hasn't moved an inch since I held her hands. "Laurel. Baby." Another growl from the alpha that I ignore now, wanting to get through to my angel. I move my hand to cup her face and turn it towards me and call to her physically and through our bond "Meus Amor" and I feel the block fall away and her eyes dart up at me as they fill with recognition and she lunges out of her seat and into my arms in my lap, as though she didn't even realize I was here the whole time. Her shoulders begin to shake as she sobs in my arms her face hard against my chest, saying muffled apologies. And I look up to see the wolf standing in front of me with icy blue eyes glaring down at me, I didn't even see him move and here he was in front of me.

"Orion! Cole! Please be seated, by law of all species, you cannot challenge Sebastian for what is rightfully his. Laurel and Sebastian are fated." Fiona carefully spoke, but there was doubt, maybe a trace of a challenge, towards the alpha to defy her request. I watched Orion or Cole as the words Fiona said sink in and I saw, almost felt, the heartbreak that washed over his face as he fell into Laurel's vacant seat.