My Mystery Mate

Justin POV

JUSTIN POV.

I was in training because my father made me do more training because I would become the next Alpha. I am excited because I love my people and I love my land. I will do anything to protect it. My father said that before I get handed the title of Alpha I need to find my mate. Or if I turn 21 beforehand, whichever one comes first. But to be honest, I love to see my father and my mother the way they act. They are always in love, and they do have fights, but they never stay mad at each other for long because of the mate bond, but it is nice to see my mother and father so loving, and they have brought me up the same way. That I need to respect my mate, cherish her, love her, protect her with everything that I have. That my mate is the other half of me and she will complete me. I was looking forward to being with my mate finally. Yes, I have slept with people because, hey, I am male, and sometimes I do think with my other head. But I am just 18. And I finally got my wolf. Trust me, he has been in my case for sleeping with other women that are not my mate. My Wolf's name is Eric. My wolf is all black with a white spot on my chest. My wolf has been acting weird all day. But I can't focus on that because today is the first day of high school in my senior year. Normally it will be like okay, whatever, but today is a big day because I will hopefully be able to meet my mates because my school is combined with other packs. Most of the time we fight, but because of different packs. We don’t have any humans here because of that fact, but since my father owns the school, my father told me we are going to have like three or four humans starting this year. I knew that this experience would not come to be fun. But we can't let them know about us. So the packs at the school made an agreement that we would be okay with each other at school, and we could make an alliance. But anyway, my mother calls up "Justin let's go. You're going to be late for school." I went downstairs to get some breakfast and then left for school. I spotted my friends, who are my beta Shawn, and my Gemma Andrew. So I parked and got out of my car, and I walked over to them, and we started chatting and then here came Haley, the slut in the whole school with her three friends or groupies. Haley came straight up to me. Don’t get me wrong, she is beautiful, but she wears way too much perfume, her face is caked with makeup, and she wears clothes that are three sizes too small. Yes, I admit that I hooked up with her once. That is because I was drunk, and I didn't know what I was doing. Now she doesn't leave me alone. She is always hanging around me. She only wants to be with me because of my title and my wealth. You see, my father owns a massive business firm, and it is growing every day and expanding. So Haley wants money and a life where she doesn't have to work. She wants a life of luxury and wealth. But the only problem is for her, anyway. I want a mate. The one that is made for me. I don’t want a choice mate.

Haley said "Hey Justin, how are you doing? What are you doing this weekend?"

I rolled my eyes and said "Haley, I have training after school and I have to go with my father to work, so I can learn the family business."

Haley replied "are you going to have a little time later to have some fun with me like the last time. You said you loved the way I felt and wanted more some other day."

I replied, "I don’t have time for that right now." Oh, did I forget to mention Haley is my Gemma Andrew's little sister. But for some reason, he was always trying to get me to make her my chosen mate.

Haley said “come on, you know I love you and my brother said you were thinking about taking me as your chosen mate. So come have fun with me." I glared at Andrew and said "Haley, I have never said that. I told you and your brother I want my destined mate." And then I started to smell wanted humans. They were here, but there were only three of them. My guess is that one of them is running late. But I get it, the first day of school, and you're not used to waking up early after summer break. And I almost even overslept. But then I saw a car coming into the parking lot. Haley was trying to get my attention, but I wasn't paying any attention to her. I was focused on this car that just came in. The car door opened up and out came this beautiful woman who had jet-black hair with baby blue eyes. She has tanned skin, she has a toned body, and her curves, and she has legs. But she is shorter than everyone else, even because she is human. The wind started to blow, and her hair started to move with the wind and her scent came straight to me. It was honey and strawberries. My wolf came up and said "MATE." I then looked at my beta, Shawn. Shawn knew my appearance and told everyone to leave so he could talk to me alone and everyone followed his command, even Andrew, but he was pissed because he was not a part of the conversation. Once, everyone was out of sight. I turned to Shawn and said "You see the girl that just parked and got out of her car?"

Shawn replied "yeah dude, why what's up?"

I answered, "My wolf, said Mate. She is my mate. I need to know her and I need her to become mine, and now it is going to be difficult because she is human. What am I going to do?"

Shawn said "there are other female humans, I can get some knowledge and I will get back to you. But be patient and try introducing yourself to her. And be friendly. And don't scare her." I nodded my head and said "do not tell anyone just yet. I want to figure something out beforehand. Okay." Shawn then just nodded his head and walked away with a smile. I know I can tell my best friend anything and if I asked him not to share, he wouldn't. He is so loyal to me and I will do anything that I can to help him and to be there for him. I then looked back at her and I noticed other males were looking at her and that instantly made me mad. I know there are other future Alphas here, and they were even looking at her. So I sat back and watched her for a little. Then I noticed Jeff Anderson, future Alpha of the Crescent Pack, had come up to her. He smacked her ass. But to my surprise, she flipped him, she also broke his wrist and stated "Don't you ever touch me again. I am not your property and if you do that again, I will shoot you in your family jewels and I think you don't want to be a girl now, do you? It will do you well to remember not to f*****g slap me or touch me anywhere that I don’t allow. Do you understand me?" She then twisted his wrist some more, and he was yelling and then said "Yes, I understand. Now let me go please." She did what he asked and then walked away like nothing happened. But everyone was looking at her like she was crazy. Hell, my mate is a firecracker. But what makes her this strong? She shouldn't be able to flip an Alpha and break his wrists like that. I looked back at Jeff, who was now smirking at her from behind. And with my wolf, I heard him say "Yes, she will be a fine chosen Luna for me, but I need to get her to accept me first. And with my stunt she wouldn't come willingly. So I have to wait. But she has a beautiful scent of honey and strawberries." Wait, how can he smell her beautiful scent? Unless she has two mates. Oh, great, now I have to get her to be mine and only mine. Because I don't share. She was walking to me and said "hey, question?" Her voice is like music to my ears.

I replied "Okay, what is your question?"

She answered "Well, I have two now. My first question is, why is everyone staring at me like I am crazy? And where is the main office I have to get my new schedule?"

I replied, "For you, the first question is why you just stood up to the school bully, and you broke his wrist, which I am impressed with, and second, I can show you if you don't mind. I have to go there anyway to change my schedule."

She said "What, I didn't allow that bastard to f*****g touch me? If I don't give permission, don't take it because it is not yours. Sorry that stuff makes me mad and, okay, thank you for taking the time to help me. I appreciate it." She said with a smile. Her smile just made me melt, and I instantly smiled back.

I said "Okay then, let's go after you! Oh, by the way, my name is Justin Moon. What is your name?"

She said "nice to meet you Justin Moon, My name is Mariah Burke." We shook hands and when she touched my hands, instantly felt the sparks. They felt really nice. I can just hold her hand all day long. But I can't right now, so I let her go. We started walking to the office. She asked "hey random question, why are you helping me?"

I replied "I am nice, I just like helping people, that is my nature and, plus you're new here, so I won't let you have no friends yet. So I am your friend." She started to laugh at my response. Her laugh is contagious. She said "that is sweet. Yeah, I would like a new friend since I have lived here for almost five years and this is my first time going back to school besides being homeschooled."

I asked "why were you homeschooled, may I ask?"

Mariah replied, "Well, that is a long story, I will have to tell you sometime when I am not at school. But hey, are there any other gyms here? I wasn't allowed out of the house, so I have no idea where a lot of stuff is there."

I replied, "Yes, there is an amazing gym not far from here from school. I can take you if you want." She smiled and nodded her head. Yes.

Then she asked "what sports teams are here? Is there soccer?"

I replied "we really don't have sports here. But I have a pick-up game at my house every other week with a few people from school, like my two best friends, my sister Jade, and a few of her friends."

Mariah smiled again and said "Yeah, that would be cool. Just let me know when I would love to tag along. That is if they don't mind playing with a newbie like me here in town." We made it to the front office. She got to her classes and she wasn't paying attention. The office lady is from my pack and I mind linked her that I want the same schedule as Ms. Mariah Burke. She nodded and said “Mr. Moon, it is nice to see you again. What can I do for you?"

I replied "Mrs. Sterling, I need to change my classes because I was in these classes last year and I passed them. That is all.

Mrs. Sterling replied "Oh yes, you are right. That was someone else's schedule. I am sorry, here is your new schedule." She winked at me. I smiled and nodded my head at her. And turning to her, Mariah was thinking about where she was going. She has the cutest, confused face that I have ever seen.

I said "Mariah, is everything okay?"

Mariah replied," Yes, I just don’t know where I am going, that is all."

I replied "What is your first class, and who is the teacher?"

She replied "Mr. Thompson AP History room 204." I was stunned by AP. Crap, I am going to need help. And I said "well Ms. Burke, it looks like we have the same class. I can take you if you want." She smiled, then nodded. I thought to myself, Mr. Thompson is not in my pack, but he is a good teacher, and he doesn't take sides at school. He punishes everyone just the same, no matter who they are. We walked in silence for a little bit as she was trying to remember where she was going. I then looked at her and said "So what is your second class? Mine is Mrs. Hopple. She is in chemistry AP room 105."

She replied "Same. Thank lord that I have one friend in my first two classes. That makes me less nervous." I started to chuckle, and she raised her eyebrows at me and asked "why are you laughing?"

I replied "because you can flip the school bully in front of everyone and break his wrist, but you are nervous about your classes." She then realized that it was funny, and she started to join in on my laughter. She then mumbled "you have a handsome laugh. I like it." She didn't know I heard her, so I just left it there so I didn't embarrass her. I just smiled at myself. We made it to class. When we walked in, Mr. Thompson said "Oh, you must be the new student. Come and have a seat and Mr. Moon, please don’t disturb my class."

I replied "actually I am in your class this year, Mr. Thompson."

He said "Well, alright then, go, there are two seats in the back there. I am sorry they are with each other."

Mariah said "that is perfect. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. She bowed her head to him and walked to her desk. I followed her. She sat near the window. Mr. Thompson started the class by telling us that our partners are the people next to us, and, to my luck, Mariah is my lab partner. I was happy with about this. I have to thank Mr. Thompson for this. Mariah wasn't really paying attention to class. She was just drawing in her notebook. I looked over and saw that she was drawing a black wolf with a spot on her chest. It looks exactly like my wolf. She even named the wolf Eric. My wolf got really happy seeing this, as did I. Mr. Thompson then called on her about an equation even though she wasn't paying attention. She knew the correct answer. Mr. Thompson asked "Mariah, how do you know that formula? This is your first day in chemistry."

Mariah said "My sperm donor." That is all she said to Mr. Thompson knew not to push her to ask her anymore questions like that. He handed out an assignment. When he came to our table, Mariah put the drawing away and looked at Mr. Thompson and said thank you. I looked at her. She said "okay, quick question."

I replied "yes."

Mariah asked "how are you at AP history? The reason why I am asking is that I have noticed you have been looking up a lot of words to know their meaning."

I felt embarrassed. I didn't even realize she was paying attention and I finally said "Honestly, I have no idea how I passed Biology." She looked at me with a smile and shook her head. She stated "so I am going to tutor you this year right, so you can pass to get into a good college."

I said "I am not going to college. I have to run my family's businesses. But yes, I would like to get some help here because I am lost."

She laughed again and said "I have your back. You helped me, so now I have your back. But don't break my trust because that is something you won't get back." She took my hand and shocked it. I held her hand a little bit longer and she allowed it. Just then, the door burst open. Ms. Mariah Burke, you are needed out here in the hallway, your father is here. She looked really pissed. She got up and went out of the room. Her father is right there at the door. I heard their conversation.

Her father said "My daughter, I have finally found you and your mother. But I need to know what your address is because I am moving back in with you guys."

Mariah said "like hell you are. My mother has full custody of me. You signed your rights away when I was thirteen because you didn't want to pay for the alimony because of your a******y with what was that b***h's name, Karen? Is that right? Now if you don’t leave me alone. And if you try stalking me, I will make your little pathetic life hell. And you know I broke your slut's arm in 5 different places. Imagine what I could do to you if you actually could piss me off, Erik. And besides, you are not my father, you are just a sperm donor. Nothing less. You are less than dog s**t. So get the hell away from me before I call the police, Erik. Do you not understand me and mother are happy, and my mother is getting out there so you are out of our lives for five years now stay out because I won't let you hurt her or use her or me now get the hell away from me before I do something that you will be embarrassed that your teenage daughter can put your ass in the hospital? So run along to Karen, your whore." He raised his fists to her. And went full force on her to try to punch her in the face, and then she grabbed his wrist, snapped his wrist. She said "Don't try to hit me again father, because your hits don't bother me anymore, neither do your so-called "love". Do you understand me not getting the hell out?" Then she turned around and went back into the classroom. No one else heard her. But her face said it all. She asked "Hey question, could I use my phone in class. I need to call my mother. It is really important." Mr. Thompson nodded her head yes. She then went back out of the classroom. I asked "Mr. Thompson, can I use the restroom please?" He nodded, and I got up and left the class. I then went behind Mariah. I tapped her on the shoulder and told her to come with me, and she did. I led her into a small storage closet. No one knows about this one, so no one will see her or start a rumor that isn’t true. Even though I want it to be true. I will do anything for her or be anything for her. If she needs to cry, I will be that shoulder. If she needs a punching bag, I will be her punching bag even though I have a feeling I wouldn’t want to feel her punches as they must hurt. If she needs to talk or just for a walk, I will be there. I will protect her. She got on her phone and dialed her mother. Her mother picked up the third ring.

Her mother said “Honey, what’s wrong? Why are you calling me in the middle of the day?”

Mariah replied “Mother, he found us. He is here at the school. Come now.”

Her mother replied “OK, I am on my way. Stay away from him honey.” After that, she hung up the phone.