The Alpha’s Flame

I’m not like you - Ember’s POV

My head was swirling. He’s a wolf. A werewolf. They’re real. I watch as his gorgeous body changes into his wolf. I gasp as I hear what sounds like bones breaking. He said it didn’t hurt. I force myself to close my eyes until the sound stops. When I open them, there’s not a man in front of me. There’s a wolf. A gorgeous giant wolf. It’s the same from last night. I feel myself sink to my knees as I stare at him. I knew I saw a wolf. I wasn’t crazy. And it wasn’t an adrenaline rush. I had seen one. I had seen him. Laughter rolls out of me. It’s the only thing I can do is laugh. I feel like I’ve been laughing for ages but its only been a minute or two. The wolf takes a step towards me. I stretch my hand out towards him. He takes another stride and leans his head into my hand. I look at my hand against the wolf’s head.

“Silas. Start calling him Silas.” My conscience huffs at me. Right. John said his wolf’s name was Silas. Silas was gorgeous wolf. His fur was her black with some dark brown speckles. You almost thought it was all black, but when the light shines the right way, you can see the two colours.

“You’re gorgeous.” I say breathlessly to him. He licks my face and strides around me. Brushing up against me. I lost my balance, but he caught me and pushed me upright. I looked up at him. His eyes were.. “Home.” My conscience states. I just nodded my head at her. Silas nudged my hands. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him. This would probably look so strange if anyone were to see us. A girl on her knees hugging a giant wolf. Silas began sniffing me and licking me all over. I erupted in giggles.

“Hi Silas. It’s nice to meet you. Can I have John back now?” I stare into his eyes and smile at him. He licks my face once more. I close my eyes wanting to give John some privacy as he changes back into, well himself. I feel his hands on my face and I open my eyes just to see his staring right back at me.

“You’re amazing.” He murmurs

“So are you.” He leans down and kisses me. It’s like an wave of heat erupts all over me. I deepen his kiss and pull him closer to me. He pulls away from our kiss and begins to place kisses on my neck. I moan as he kisses and nips the nape of my neck.

“So what do you say?” He whispers into my neck. A shiver runs down my spine.

“What do you mean?” I whisper back as I wrap my arms around his neck. He’s still naked. I blush at that realization. I hand him his shirt. He chuckles as he slides it on. He reaches over for his boxers and pants.

“Will you be my Luna?” He looks intently at me.

“What does that mean?” I ask him back.

“A Luna is the female alpha of the pack. A Queen to the King if you will.” I feel pangs of anger and sadness come over me. I can’t be his Luna and mate. I’m not like him. I stare at the ground not knowing what to say. I feel his hands on my face as he lifts my face to his. He leans his forehead against mine.

“What’s wrong?”

“I can’t be your mate. Or Luna.” I could feel pangs of sadness and anger come over me. The worst part, was seeing how hurt he was from my words.

“Why not?” He chocked out.

“I’m not like you. I don’t have a wolf.” John squeezed me close to him.

“You don’t need a wolf to be my Luna.” He reassures me.

“Won’t that out you at some kind of disadvantage?” Surely it will.

“You’d be a soft spot for me. Just like any Luna is to their Alpha. I won’t ever let anyone hurt or harm you.” He’s rubbing his hand up and down my back.

“I don’t know what to say. I have so many questions, and I don’t even know how to ask them.”

“We’ll start with one question at a time. Duh!” My conscience rolls her eyes at me. Gee, why didn’t I think of that? I retort back at her.

“I’ll answer anything you want and need to know.” He stands and pulls me up to my feet and into his arms. He kisses my forehead. I love it when he does that.

“But first, let’s go back to the restaurant. You feel and look a little cold.” I snuggle into his arms even more.

“But I’m warm here.” I giggle into his chest. John chuckles.

“I don’t plan on letting you too far out of my reach.” He leads the way back to the restaurant. After a couple minutes, the back of the restaurant comes into view. I watch as the back door opens and Mike pops his head out. He waves us over to him.

“Come through the back door, no sense in yous walking all the way around.”

“Thanks.” I smile at him. John leads me through the door and to our booth. Luckily when I dragged him out earlier, we had both finished the waffles. Our mugs were replaced with new ones. I grabbed hold of my hot chocolate and took a sip.

“So where do you want me to start?” He takes one of my hands and holds it in his. I’m not sure what was warmer. His touch or the hot chocolate.

“The mate thing I guess. I know you said that the moon goddess picked me for you. But now what?” I can’t keep my eyes off of him.

“Now you choose to accept the bond, or you can reject it.” His eyes don’t leave mine.

“Reject it?” He nods his head.

“I don’t want to do that. So no what?” He smiles.

“I’m glad to hear that. The next step would to be mate and mark you. I don’t want to rush you though. We can move at your pace.” He rubs his thumb over the back of my hand.

“Okay, I understand what you meant by mating, but marking? Is it like a tattoo?” He stifles a chuckle and shakes his head.

“No it’s not a tattoo. A mark is left by your mate right here.” He pulls me to his side and runs his finger over the spot between my neck and shoulder.

“How do you mark me? And what’s it for?” I don’t know why, but I’m excited to know more. John reaches over and pulls me up onto his lap. He starts kissing and nipping me up and down my neck. I close my eyes as I enjoy what he’s doing. Desire floods over me. I lean into him enjoying the feeling of his lips teasing my neck. If we weren’t in the middle of a restaurant, I’d turn around and have him now. His hand snakes around to my stomach and he pulls me tighter against him on his lap.

“The mark is to tell everyone, that you’re mine.” He says in between kisses. I don’t say anything. I just stay there, on his lap with my back to his chest and enjoy the kisses on my neck. The desire keeps building inside me. I can feel my arousal between my legs. Before I know it, we’re standing in front of the booth. I blink and we’re at the front door. How they hell did he do that? Can werewolves teleport? He pushes my back against his car door.

“I don’t want anyone smelling what’s mine.” My cheeks begin to blush.