The Alpha's Human Mate

The Reality

“I can’t believe you said yes!” Maddie said, her eyes wide as she looked at the shiny ring on Gemma’s perfectly french manicured hands.

When Gemma had told her two days ago that she and Connor had gotten engaged, Maddie had been in shock. It was also the same moment that her brother’s had surprised her by coming home earlier than expected and she had just answered her phone when she had opened the door and seen her brother’s there. Max had heard everything and had shifted, planning on chasing after her but thankfully their father had come home then and had managed to grab him and take him down to the pack basement and contain him. For the last day and a half, Max had snarled and kept hitting his body against the cage, trying so hard to escape and go to his mate.  When he wasn’t fighting to get out, his mournful howl would hit all of their hearts; each one of the family feeling his pain.                                                                                                                                                                                                 Unable to see her much loved brother and future alpha in this state, Maddie had gone down and had tried to speak to him. At first he snapped at her, his wolf still pacing up and down the cage; before finally listening when she suggested that she bring Gemma to the house, away from Connor. Max had stopped to listen, his eyes finally showing human intelligence rather than pain and rage. The pack doctor had agreed to let him out if he calmed down enough in the next few hours; promising to let him see his mate and would support Maddie’s suggestion if only Max could control the wolf.

They had expected it to take Max days to calm down. In fact, Maddie had thought to invite her friend over in two week time, thinking it would take that long for Max to calm down. They were all in shock when the next day, Maddie, their father and doctor had gone down, with the intention of giving him a calming drug; only to find a naked Max sitting on the floor, arms folded as he waited for them; his eyes clear and shining with intelligence. Maddie had thrown in a pair of jeans for him but they had all watched him with awe as he spoke to them, his wolf calm yet present. They had spoken to him for an hour before deciding that he was sane enough to be let out while marveling at how quick he gained control.

His first thought was of Gemma. While Max had been away to Alpha camp, he hadn’t taken any pictures of her except his last image of her face, of her heart when he said kissing her had been a mistake. It was the only way for him to go on for the two years, knowing he couldn’t speak or be near her. Max had told Maddie the truth about what happened that night on his birthday; and then promptly received a punch from her for hurting her friend. It was after much argument that Maddie agreed to help Max keep Gemma safe. Not from attacks but from any male sniffing around her. Maddie had then agreed to keep Max updated on Gemma, what she was doing and anything going on in her life.

At first there wasn’t much to tell; How Gemma was upset when the boy’s left, her pain and self seclusion from the pack guys, a prom kiss, Gemma deciding on university courses, how she was doing. Then that changed when Gemma met Connor. Maddie didn’t get a good feeling from him and had told Max this; who had proceeded to trash his room and it had taken Ben a considerable amount of time to calm him down. It was then that Max had been made to take extra classes on discipline and how to control his rage. It was also the last time Maddie had told Max anything progressive about Gemma, except to downplay how much she and Connor were involved; which she now regretted.

When Max had come out of the cage yesterday afternoon, he had very calmly called auntie Carrie and told her that he was Gemma’s mate and that he fully intended to stake his claim soon. Carrie had promptly started to cry, breakdown saying thank you before passing the phone to her mate who sounded just as emotional. His father and mother had also gotten emotional, with his mother crying and hugging him before deciding that his room needed to be done up for a mate and that they would eventually be given their own house. With renovation plans in mind, his mother had started making calls to trade people and calling them in to fix up his room.                                                                                                                                                                                                    His father and Maddie had taken one look at him and realised that Max had a game plan in mind and he had sat them down to talk about it. It had been decided that Maddie would call Gemma over the next day now that she was back home and obtain the needed information. Maddie was scared. She was scared in case Gemma had taken that step. To have s*x with Connor. She didn’t know how Max would cope; if he even would survive knowing that another man had touched his mate. Being future alpha meant Max was already insanely possessive and intense and yet there was a sense of maturity in him too. Flopping down onto Maddie’s bed, Gemma sat up against the many cushions on the bed, taking a deep breath before looking at her friend

“How could I not? You should have seen how romantic, how sweet he was being!”

“Did you have s*x with him?” Maddie asked quietly as she walked to the edgy of the bed before sitting down with her arms over the covers.

“Geez, your obsessed with s*x. That’s all you think about. Heelloooo, did you not see the ring?” Gemma huffed out an annoyed breath, while waving her left hand in the air, the big diamond sparkling in the light.

“I did Gem’s. I’m just wondering if-”

“Yes...ok yes” Gemma said with a frown

Maddie paled, her stomach turning. From outside the room, a deep growl could be heard which had Gemma whipping her head towards the door in shock.

“I thought no one was here? I didn’t see anyone when I came over”

“You...You umm...had s*x? I thought you said you were gonna wait”

The growl got louder and Gemma tilted her head. There was something familiar about that sound but she couldn’t quite place it. She got up slowly, brushing her black loose hair out of her face and over her shoulders.

“So how was it?” Maddie asked, trying to pretend she was an excited friend and saying what she thought a true friend would

“Hmmm?” Gemma wasn’t paying attention. For some reason, her mouth filled with saliva, as if she smelled and tasted something good; and felt as if all her answers were outside. Her heart started beating harder as she approached the door.

“Gem’s come on, erm I thought we would tell each other how it was” Maddie tried again, going in front of Gemma to stop her opening the door. It wasn’t time yet.

“How am I supposed to know? We didn’t have s*x. I only said it to get you to stop growling at me and looking like I let you down” She replied “Is there a reason I can’t go out?”

Maddie relaxed, colour coming back into her cheeks. She moved away from the door, sighing with relief before going to sit on the bed. Gemma opened the door and looked both ways, more surprised that there wasn’t anyone there as she expected to find someone. The slight smell of mint chocolate combined with something new was there but she couldn’t tell what it was. Closing the door, she turned back around and sat with Maddie on the bed before looking at her watch.

“I really should get home”

“Chill. It’s like 7pm. Why don’t you just stay?” Maddie asked, her fingers twirling the curles already in place

“Hmm I don’t know, I mean if mammie will let me. God, she doesn’t even know about this yet” Gemma indicated to her ring

“How doesn’t she know? You came home on Monday, it’s like Thursday now!” Maddie asked, her voice pitching higher as she spoke

“Well to be honest, I kinda hid my ring...from everyone except Cin. I won’t wear it in the house. I’ll tell them, but when mammie’s well. Maybe in a few day’s” Gemma rushed to explain

“Look, just stay here tonight, go to school from here. I’m sure if mum asked, Auntie Carr would be ok with you staying here over the weekend”

“Hhhmm maybe. It would be nice not always hiding. Ugh, my uniform and books for classes tomorrow are at home”

“It’ll be a 10min walk. Let me ask them for you” Maddie said, her excitement high as she hugged Gemma.

Maddie rushed out of the room, her mobile in hand as she called auntie Carrie. Once she asked if she could stay over, Carrie readily agreed and said she would send over Kyle with the bag of books and her clothes.

“Maddie, Does Gemma know about Max yet?” Carrie asked, her voice slightly quivering

“No, not yet. Max is in his room. As soon as I get her clothes, and she changes; Max will speak to her” Maddie whispered back as she went into the kitchen.

“I can’t lose her Maddie. You hear me? You make sure she doesn’t go to him, to Conner. I still don’t trust me”

“I will auntie Carr. Don’t worry”

“Where is everyone?” Carrie asked as she realised the background was silent

“Dad’s away to Edinburgh till tomorrow, mum and Mark are in the Pod, so they don’t get seen” Maddie replied. She grabbed a big bottle of Irn Bru and started going up the stairs.

Walking into the room, Maddie confirmed to Gemma that she was allowed to stay over for the weekend and that Kyle would be dropping off a bag. Gemma looked at her in surprise as she didn’t think mammie would be too pleased with her wanting to stay over so soon after being back from her overnight with Connor. She shrugged her shoulders as Maddie gave Gemma a long tweety pie night shirt to use while she herself changed into pink and yellow boy shorts and vest top with a disney character.                                                                                                                                                                                                   Not long after, just as Gemma sat down on the bed; the doorbell rang. Tying her blonde curls up in a clasp, she walked down barefoot to the door, letting Max know that all had gone to plan so far. As Maddie approached the door, the smell of coffee and pine needles wafted to her nose. A low growl could be heard and Maddie opened the door, only to be grabbed in a hug as she let out a squeal of surprise. Before she could understand what was going on, she was lifted off her feet and walked back into the house, the door kicked shut with a foot before hearing the words she had longed to hear for so long. Her wolf, Mira finally spoke up, the one word they had both longed to say. Mate.

“Mine” He growled before his lips caught hers in a kiss “My mate” He whispered before lifting his hand to caress her face, dropping the black addidas bag to the floor unheaded

Maddie’s eyes widened in shock as she took in his face, not believing her eyes; and yet she couldn’t help but admire him. Standing at least 6’2, muscles bulging but not overly big. Maddie admitted he was most definitely drool worthy as she took in his chocolate brown eyes, noticing how his light brown hair had a richness to it with various tones of brown that was now styled almost identical to Max; mod fade.

“Ben” Maddie whispered, her hand lifting up towards his face as her eyes started to water.

Ben grabbed her hand and bought her fingers to his lips as he kissed them in reverence before picking her up again. She wrapped her legs around his trim but hard waist as he walked her back towards the nearest wall, his lips capturing hers again as he deepened the kiss; capturing the lone tear that escaped her eyes. Moving her mouth away to catch her breath, she felt the wall against her back as she realised his erection was pressing deliciously against her core. She moved her hips slightly, causing Ben to groan as his c**k hardened further. He bent his head to the crook of her neck and smelled her deeply, his chest vibrating slightly with pleasure as he took in her scent.                                                                                                                                                                                             Maddie ran her fingers through his hair as she pulled his face towards her again for another kiss, her hips moving in the motion of the s****l act as she tried to get closer to him. Ben couldn’t get enough of her as he kept kissing her, his jeans feeling the pressure of being pressed tightly between her legs, her arousal coiling around them. He groaned deeply as he slipped one hand between them, reaching under her shorts; his fingers grazing her wet slit as he realised that she was bare under her shorts. Tearing his hand away from the wetness he looked at her as she tried to catch her breath, her lips swollen from his kisses.

“Why the f**k did you answer the door dressed like that?” Ben growled

Still feeling the after affect of the kiss and aroused, Maddie slowly opened her eyes as she saw the angry face of her mate. Wait...what just happened? Shouldn’t they be f*****g right now? Biting each other to cement their mating? Why was he angry? She looked at his stormy dark eyes as she let her legs drop from his waist. Ben helps steady her as his eyes wandered over her athletic body, taking in the exposed skin and her hardened n*****s on display, indicating that she wasn’t wearing a bra. Getting turned on, he growled before remembering why he was angry

“Why the f**k did you answer the door dressed like that Madz? You didn’t know it was me on the other side” He growled

“I was waiting for Kyle and-”

“You let Kyle see you dressed like this? Are you f*****g kidding me?” Ben cut in, his jealousy spiking

“Ben, he’s like my brother” Maddie said as she rolled her eyes “I’m not overly exposed”

“Not..” Ben took a deep breath, his eyes becoming golden as she looked at his mate “Your shorts barely cover your thighs. The vest is only to your stomach which lifts up when you lift your arms and f**k me...you don’t have any underwear on”

“Then f**k me inni’t” Maddie said boldly as she approached him, her body rubbing along his.

Ben grabbed her shoulders and put her away from his body. He growled softly before looking into her eyes.

“Mine! Your Mine and this-” He says as he grabs her hips and rubs his c**k against her lower body “Is mine! Don’t ever f*****g answer the door like this again unless it’s your bedroom door to me”

“Don’t tell me what to do Ben. I’m your equal and also from an alpha family, not some skippy doll who you can control” Maddie said, her gazing sharpening in anger

“Don’t fight me on this Madz. You have no idea how hard I’m trying to control my wolf. He wants to take you and mark you right now. God we both just want you so bad” Ben groaned out as he rubbed against her hard.

Maddie hissed as she felt herself get wetter, sure that she would have left a wet spot on his jeans over the tight big bulge. She licked her lips as she looked down, seeing his bulge grow before her eyes. Ben groaned again before taking her lips roughly, his hand bringing one of her legs high up on his hip as he grated against her.

“I knew it. I f*****g knew it was you” Ben said as he took a breath.

“What do you mean?” Maddie asked, her breath choppy as she tried to make sense of what he said

“The day of the party. The way I felt when we touched...It felt different. When we were at camp, No girl felt right. I was surrounded with other she-wolves and not once did my wolf Bastian howell. I figured maybe I would be one of the guys who would need to travel and look for her. Then I came here today because Kyle wasn’t home, got halfway up the drive and smelt you!” Ben touched her face lovingly

“Ben-”

“Bastian started going crazy and I thought, this makes sense. God I felt so guilty that day, looking at you and thinking about you. My best friend’s little sister and….Oh f**k!!”

“What?” Maddie asked as she took in Ben’s stiff body and his look of dismay “What Ben? Tell me”

“I f****d up Madz” He whispered softly

“What do you mean?” She asked, her heart pounding at his sad look.

“I ...I di..didn’t know it was this intense!” Ben said, shaking his head “ I..I swear I didn’t. When he told me how strong the bond was, i thought he was lying because he wanted to get laid”

“Who? Ben what are you talking about?”

“Max. That night, when he told me about Gemma. I thought he was exaggerating, I mean sure there’s meant to be a pull towards your mate and it’s meant to be deep; but I thought he was bullshitting when he said it was this intense, I thought he was just being horny!. Fuucckkk!”

Ben sighed as he held his forehead in anguish, moving away from Maddie. She grabbed his other hand in her’s and pulled him back, her eyes searching his. Ben slowly met her gaze before closing his eyes in frustration

“What did you do Ben?” Maddie asked, her voice now a soft whisper

“I….I told him that she was too young…..That her not being a wolf meant she wouldn’t have that connection”

“What else? What else Ben, because I know Max wouldn’t have cared about any of that” Maddie asked as she hugged herself.

“I...I told him he had to keep it a secret from her because if he didn’t then she would die” Ben said. He looked at Maddie as she gasped, her face pale “To tell her that he made a mistake in kissing her”

Maddie slapped his face, the sound echoing in the empty hallway. Ben looked at her in sorrow as he went towards her but she stopped him, her eyes spilling over with tears. Ben held out one hand in apology as he edged towards her, his wolf howling in sadness at his mate’s distress

“How could you Ben? How f*****g could you? Do you have any idea what you put them both through?”

“Baby-”

“Don’t! Don’t you ‘Baby’ me. My god Ben they both have been going through hell since that night and you-”

“I know-”

“No you don’t know. None of you guys know because we never told you!” Maddie said in anger

Ben froze. He realised that something was going on that he didn’t know about and he had a feeling it wasn’t going to be good. Swallowing hard, his body preparing for some kind of impact, Ben asked the question he dredded.

“What didn’t you tell us? What didn’t we know?” When he got no response from Maddie, we walked closer to her, holding her in his arms, he gently guided her to the living room and sat her down to the sofa. He sat in front of her on his hunches as he raised her bent face. Her tears falling freely

“Please Madz, tell me. I’m so sorry for what I did but you gotta tell me...What did everyone not tell us?”

Taking a deep breath as she brushed the tears from her eyes, she looked at Ben. She touched his face and in a terse voice said

“Three months after you guys left...Gemma stopped eating, stopped living. I knew why but I didn’t know why Max did what he did. It never made sense to me but she started getting these bad headaches; real bad. She started throwing up but it wasn’t just food, sometimes there would be nothing in her stomach yet she’d throw up”

Looking at Ben whose face had paled and his eyes became stormy, Maddie cupped his face lovingly as she tried to pass on some of her strength to him.

“In an effort to stop her headaches, Gemma took too many pills one night and overdosed. She was rushed to the hospital where...where”

“Where what?” Ben asked, his teeth chattering slightly from the shock

“Where she died Ben. Gemma was declared dead for 3 minutes and 4 seconds”