The Missing Princess

Is She Your Mate?

Liam's POV

After the meeting with the patrol officers was finished, my father dismissed everyone from his office except for me.

"Liam, I know you had a crush on that girl when you were back at the academy, but you need to focus on the Alpha position that will be handed to you in a few short months. Your behavior towards the other patrol officers was completely uncalled for. You also have a mate out there and you need to start looking for her." My father told me in a stern voice to try to make me comply. The only problem was that I didn't want to find anyone else because I believed that Alex was my mate. My wolf seemed so sure of it when we landed at LAX. However, I didn't get the opportunity to confirm that before I came back to the pack. I also hadn't tried contacting her either, in hopes that if she were truly my mate we would still meet in the future because it was our destiny to be together.

"How can you tell me to forget about her? You know that I felt a pull toward her for the last two years when I attended the academy. Now you think it was just some silly crush? I don't understand you at all right now, dad." I said, standing to my feet abruptly and getting so frustrated with the entire situation that I felt like breaking something. Jackson was also starting to get irritated and I had to suppress his growl towards my father's earlier comment.

"Well, I do have to admit that your reaction to the guys when they were all shown her photos was a little more aggressive and possessive than I ever thought you could be. I just don't want you to go chasing after a girl who is just another notch in your belt. You need to wait for your mate." he admitted reluctantly.

My father has this assumption about me, that I like to sleep around and mess with she-wolves because I always have them flocking to me like lost sheep. The truth is actually quite the opposite and I have saved myself for the only woman I will ever touch in that way, my mate.

"I think she is my mate." I stated in a low voice as I slumped down in the chair closest to me.

"What did you just say?" My father asked, snapping his head in my direction to make sure that he heard me correctly.

"I said, I think that Alexandra Stone is my mate." I said a little louder so he could easily hear me and not misunderstand my words.

"Liam, you better not be joking with me about this. Mates are a very sacred bond, you know. You also shouldn't just go after this girl because you liked her back at school." he said in his most serious tone.

"I can guarantee that it is not just a crush, father. I had been good friends with her back at the academy and knew her smell quite well. When I landed at LAX, I caught her scent as I was traveling to my next terminal before coming here and my wolf howled that I was smelling my mate. I know it was her. It had to be. Although it confused me because the last time I saw her she was still in Australia and she had never mentioned anything to me about the possibility of her moving. Regardless, I have never smelled anything else like it before except on her." I explained to my father so he would be able to understand how serious I was about this entire situation.

"There is only one thing we can do now and that is that we need proper confirmation. We will have to see if her parents will allow us to come over to their house and let you smell her clothes. Your wolf will be able to tell and confirm that for us." he said, as he grabbed his office phone and started to dial a number. Moments later, he was on the phone with Jason Stone and they were talking about how I knew Alex. Of course, they already knew this as I had been introduced to them a few times during my stay at the academy. Jason and I had a few conversations about my heritage and where I was originally from. Even though I told him that I was from the United States, I never mentioned the name of my pack. Within about 20 minutes, my father and I were making our way to the Stone's house to verify my claim about Alexandra.

~20 minutes later~

"Alpha Fredrick, I presume?" Jason asked my father after we got out of my father's 1966 Chevrolet corvette.

"Jason Stone, its nice to officially meet you. I believe you may already know my son, Liam." My father said, extending his hand out to Jason.

"Yes, Liam and I had quite a few interesting conversations back at my old house in Australia. How have you been, Liam?" Jason asked as he had extended his hand to shake it.

"I was good, up until I heard about Alex being missing." I told Jason as we shook hands in greeting.

"Well, let's get inside so we can talk about things a little more privately. Margaret is making some snacks and drinks for all of us." Jason said as he turned and hurriedly walked toward the door. He ushered us inside and showed us to the living room where we could sit down. "I'm sorry to rush everyone inside so quickly but I felt a very strange presence outside and I wanted us to be able to talk where no one could hear us or eaves drop on our conversation." Jason explained.

"Let's get straight to it then. Do you have anything of Alex's so that Liam can confirm his suspicions about Alex being his mate?" My father asked before we could even get seated properly.

"Yes, Alpha. Liam, would you like to see Alex's room? That would probably be the best way for you to tell?" Jason asked as he turned toward the direction of the stairs. Immediately, my wolf started to get excited because we could already get a small hint of her scent from just the living room, but I didn't want to say anything just yet until we were in her room. I followed Jason up the stairs to the first bedroom. My father was close behind us. The moment that Jason opened the door, my wolf howled "MATE" as he took over control of my body and nearly shifted right there in the room from pure excitement. My father didn't have any doubts any more about whether or not Alex was my mate. He knew solely based on my reaction. It took about 5 minutes for me to regain control of my wolf, but he finally gave me back control so that we could start figuring out where to go from here and how to get her back.