Alpha Female Strikes Back

Mate?

I clenched my jaw tightly and took the clothes from her, "Thanks for these..." I say shutting down her question before she could ask it. I didn't know these people and I didn't feel the need to share my sob story with them.

As if understanding my feelings she gave me an apologetic smile, "Of course."

I stiffly moved away from the bed trying to keep myself from making my limp look obvious. I stripped out of the hospital grown and pulled the large shirt on over my head, noting the bandage wrapped tightly around my ribs. I pulled the sweats on over my legs and rolled the waist a couple times until I was sure they weren't going to fall off of my body.

I turned back to the girls, "Well how do I look?"

"Like you took on a horde of hunters and survived." Libby said quickly, which received a light elbow to the side from Bunny. She frowned at Bunny as she rubbed her side, "I mean you look great..."

They're strange , My wolf says slightly perplexed.

I like them . I think back with a small hint of a smile on my lips.

The sound of arguing voices brought me back into reality and I turned my attention to the door as it flew open. My body immediately tensed detecting any possible threats to me.

I held back a growl as a woman with ebony hair barged into the room looking like she was on the hunt.

Bunny cowered into Libby, who was wearing a tight expression, "To what do I owe the pleasure, Vina? Are we in a hulk smash kind of mood today?"

Vina growled a warning clearly not finding the humor in her comment.

Her gaze moved from them to me, her nostrils flaring in anger. Marky and Neo came into the room together.

"Calm down, Vina. She's only Bunny's cousin! It was a total surprise to us when she showed up this morning." Marky proclaimed as he stepped between the two of us blocking her view of me. I would have been surprised by the action but subconsciously he was defending an alpha out of instinct... even if I wasn't his alpha and even though he didn't know I was alpha.

"You know the rules, Marky!" Vina snarls, "Any visitors must seek permission to be here from the Alpha!"

"I know Vina, but..."

"No buts! There are rules for a reason! They're to keep all of you safe... something clearly none of you seem to care about!" I couldn't blame the beta she was only trying to protect her pack. I mean I wasn't going to hurt any of them but next time it could be a different wolf or something worse. The thought of something happening to these people didn't sit well with me.

I cleared my throat, "She's right..."

"Damn right I... wait, what?" Vina peeked around Marky with suspicion in her gaze.

"I said, you're right. I should have asked permission before I showed up. It's just that.. uh..."

I looked around the room and everyone was staring at me with wide eyes, "It's just after I heard about, you know, what happened...I wanted to make sure Bunny was okay?" Real smooth Ace, yeah I'm sure that you don't sound suspicious at all.

"See, Vina, it was all just a simple misunderstanding." Marky jumps in quickly before Vina could ask any questions.

I could still see the suspicion in her eyes as she stared at me.

"If you take me to the Alpha, I'd gladly explain everything myself and take responsibility for my actions." I suggest. I did want to see the Alpha and explain everything, the truth of everything and what I was doing on the territory.

There's no way an Alpha would believe such a terrible lie, not a good Alpha anyway.

Neo snorted at my comment and I looked to him with surprise over his reaction. Did they have such little respect for their Alpha? Vina turned her head and glared in his direction,

"Unfortunately, our Alpha is away at the moment so I'm in charge---" She looks back to me. I was beginning to believe that perhaps their Alpha might be just as unconventional as the rest of them.

I gave a tight lipped smile, "Of course. So I'll leave then..." I could tell from the look in her eyes that she wanted to run me off their territory. I wasn't a part of their pack and deep down I'm sure she could sense that I was no weak wolf which in her mind translated into me being a threat.

"What?" Libby and Bunny say in unison.

"Vina, please she came all this way to see me..." Bunny steps forward her voice shaky. It was obvious that she wasn't used to speaking up against those above her, "At least let her rest here for the night. It was a long trip and she ran into a bit of trouble along the way..."

"You know the rules and you still let her into this house. I'm disappointed in all of you. Don't think that I won't report this to Silver when he returns. I hope you're all ready to accept any punishments he gives out for this infraction." Vina says in a low tone.

Bunny bows her head and digs at the floor with the tip of her dirty sneaker. I feel annoyed by the Beta and her show of power that was completely unnecessary in my mind.

I tried to smooth it over, "Don't worry about it. I'll come see you soon." I say with a forced happiness.

Bunny looks back toward me with those big eyes of hers and I give her a wink, "I'm just glad you are okay."

She knew that I was talking about the situation with the hunters. I might not have known her but my instinct to protect her had been strong which was new thing for me considering I wasn't her Alpha.

Her lips pull up on one side, "Yeah, I'm glad you're okay too."

"Well, I'm pretty hard too kill." I joke. Libby looks like she wants to punch Vina but she holds herself back, turning her attention to me. I make my way across the room and around Marky. I do my best to walk tall even though my body is screaming at me to sit down and rest. I put my hand out towards Libby, "Thanks for everything..."

She looks at me with a bit of shock before shaking herself and gripping my hand in hers, "Take care of yourself, Ace."

"Always do, Doc." I wink.

"Right..." She says with a disbelieving tone that makes me c***k a smile.

A strange surge of energy rushes over me and my wolf becomes more alert than I was expecting considering the amount of wolfsbane that was still in my system.

"Why didn't anyone tell me we were having a party in Libby's office?" A deep voice questions humor hinting in his tone.

The sound sends a shiver racing over my skin. I swallow hard, afraid to turn around and look at the speaker who owned such a sinful sounding voice.

"Alpha!" The room chorused in surprise and nervousness.

I collected myself and slowly turned around. In the doorway stood the devil himself in a pair of tight fitting blue jeans. I'm sure my mouth must have been hanging open but he looked like a drink of cool water in the desert.

His body was filled out with lean, taunt muscles, that you see through his fitted jeans and t-shirt. His hair was an odd color of blond that it almost looked white under the florescent light. His jaw was covered with a smattering of facial hair, probably hadn't shaved in a couple days. My eyes seemed to have a mind of their own as they ate up the godly image before me.

"And who are you?" He voice seems to travel across the room and resonate itself in the core of my being.

A tiny sweat breaks out on the small of my back and I looked down to the ground, "I'm Ace. Bunny's cousin."

I almost smacked myself for continuing with the stupid lie. Of course he was going to know I was lying to him. I bit the inside of my cheek as I felt the heat of his eyes roaming over my body. He stepped into the room and made his way towards me with long strides. I tried to keep my heart from jumping out of my throat.

"I wasn't aware Bunny had a cousin..." I wanted to look in his eyes but for some reason I couldn't.

I might be an Alpha but in this moment I felt like a young girl, all my courage completely evaporated. He must be a very powerful Alpha to cause this type of reaction in me, which did cause curiosity over him to stir inside me along with other strange emotions I wasn't accustomed too. He stood before me and I waited for him to call me out on the silly lie I had told. Instead he stuck out his hand in a calm greeting.

"Welcome, Ace." The way he says my name has me holding back a soft moan.

He made my name sound so decadent falling from his full lips. I swallow hard and put my hand into his hesitantly as I look up towards his eyes. The moment our skin comes into contact with each other a zap of electricity runs through me straight to my heart. The hair on the back of my neck stands on end as I stare into a pair of green eyes that are darkening quickly.

OUR MATE! My wolf howls with excitement.