The Rejected Alpha

Chapter 15

“I recognise that scent,” said Sebastian,  “it was the two wolves we saw at the falls, but why risk changing into their wolf form in town? People can see them.”

“We need to find out who they are,” William responded “and why are they following me.”

Just before William could shift and follow the scent, Kelly called him from across the street.

“Are you coming”, she asked, and William was immediately torn between following them, or having coffee with Kelly. “We can come and follow the scent tonight”, Sebastian said, “they have a very unique scent and we will find them easy.”

“Well, I have decided I will also be leaving this Friday”, William said as he sat down.

“That is good news”, Kelly replied, “I thought you were still thinking about it”, she continued.

“Yes, I was”, William said, “but I had a chat with my father, and we decided it was best for me to leave earlier rather than later.”

“Where are you going”, asked Kelly?

“This might come as a surprise to you”, he said, “but I am actually going to Wiesbaden as well, I just found out I have relatives living there, and decided to go look them up”, he continued.

“That won’t be too difficult thou”, Kelly responded, “Wiesbaden is quite small, and with your surname you will find them in no time.”

“What do you mean, my surname,” William asked her.

Kelly looked at William in astonishment, “don’t you know, she asked? “

“Know what?” replied William.

“William Von Tromp”, Kelly replied, “you want to tell me you have no idea what your surname means?”

“No”, responded William, “but I guess you know it by the tone in your voice.”

“Well,” Kelly said, “I can give you the short version of your surname, or the long version, which do you prefer?”

“The short one please,” William said. “I have something I need to do before I start packing.”

“Does that something have anything to do with you running towards the trees earlier today,” Kelly asked William.

“You saw that,” he replied with a sheepish grin on his face, “yes it does, and I know this might sound paranoid, but I think someone is following me, and I want to see if I can find out who it is before I leave.”

“I can come with you and help to look,” Kelly said, “I have a good sense of tracking someone, maybe it will be easier.”

“She cannot come with” Sebastian said, “we can’t follow the scent as easy then, and she will only be a distraction, I can see the way you look at her.”

“Don’t be silly,” William said, “she is only a human remember, nothing can ever happen between us, and I will definitely not use her and throw her away when I find my mate, out of everyone, I thought you should know that the best,” William told Sebastian.

“Thank you for the offer” William said, “but I think we will manage.”

“We,” asked Kelly?

“I .. I mean, I will manage” William said. “You i***t”, Sebastian growled, “you need to get away from this girl; she is starting to cloud your senses.”

“Anyway, to get back to my surname, are you going to tell me”, asked William, “and the short version please?”

“It is quite easy to explain without going into too much detail, but if you look at the German surnames, it is usually aligned with their traditional occupation through their ancestry. The German Aristocrats would add the word VON in front of their surname if they were from Aristocratic ancestry.”

“Wait,” William interrupted; “you mean to say that I am from a line of Aristocrats?”

“That is exactly what I am saying;” Kelly said, “now do you want to know the rest or are you going to keep looking flabbergasted?”

“Please continue”, William said as he blushed at being spoken to like that by a girl.

“The second part of your surname, that reflects the occupation, now if I am not mistaken, Tromp means that somewhere in your ancestry you had someone that was either a Maritime fleet owner, or someone that built boats.”

“And your surname,” asked William, as he suddenly realised she also had a VON in her surname, “does that mean you have aristocratic blood also?”

Kelly just smiled at him, “yes I do, but enough about me, want my help or not?”

“Thank you for the offer,” William said, “but it will be better if I do this alone. I will however see you tomorrow right”?

“Okay, suit yourself, see you tomorrow then” said Kelly.

As William left, he thought to himself, why is Kelly so secretive about her ancestry, why not tell me more about her surname. Guess I will find out when we are in Germany. Just then he saw someone he was not wanting to run into, not today, not now!

“William” barked his father at him, “have you said all your goodbyes”?

“Yes”, replied William, “I am on my way home now to finish packing”

“Don’t even bother, I have booked you into a B&B for the night, and here is your stuff, all packed” as his father threw everything out of his car. “And here is the name of the B&B, and don’t ever come back to the house, is that clear”? asked Alpha Gabriel.

William just looked at his father, not knowing what to say. “This is good for us” said Sebastian. “Now we can leave the house tonight without having to make excuses. We can see if we can find out who those two wolves are that keeps on following us”

As William entered the B&B, he stopped dead in his tracks. “That smell” he said to Sebastian” it is them, they are close, looks like we won’t need to look after all tonight”

“Welcome William” said a beautiful woman as she greeted him. “We have been waiting for you. I am Mrs. Rebecca, but everyone calls me Becky. This is my husband Heinrich” as she pointed to a tall, muscular man standing behind her.

“Pleased to meet you” said William. “Which room am I in?”

As Becky walked William to his room, he heard a familiar voice coming from within the B&B, but he couldn’t quite place it. “Dinner will be served at 18:00 in the Dining room” said Becky as she left William at his door.

“It cannot be” said Sebastian when William entered the dining room, “what is she doing here?”