The Alpha’s Fated Phoenix

Midnight Moon

Tyler POV

I am seated at my desk in my office, looking over the pack financial records and feeling proud of my hard work. My parents led the Crystal Moon pack to greatness, and then put a lot of faith in me to do the same when they willingly stepped down in my favor upon my 21st birthday. I’m relieved that I haven’t let them down, instead encouraging further prosperity within the pack. My thoughts are suddenly interrupted by my office door bursting open.

“Come on man! The truck is loaded with our luggage, all we are missing is you! You said we would leave by 3 this afternoon and it’s now 3:04!” Austin, my Beta, proclaims.

Austin conspired with my Gamma Derik, who is easily the more reasonable one of the two, into spending a week in Las Vegas at our new resort Midnight Moon. Our parents agreed to hold down the pack in our absence.

“Alright,” I sigh, “Just let me finish looking over...” I begin before I am interrupted by my father, Samuel, who promptly kicks me out of my own office.

“I need to get my bags.” I protest as Austin and Derik drag me out of the packhouse.

“No need, we already got them. Now let’s go!” Austin commands, shoving me towards the truck as he sprints towards the driver’s seat.

“I’m not sure that as the Alpha I should take that kind of abuse.” I smirk to Derik.

“Definitely not good for your image, fortunately on this trip we are leaving our ranks at home with our parents so we can mistreat you as we see fit.” Derik teases before smacking me on the back and hopping in the 2nd row of my crew cab Silverado. I roll my eyes before I hop in shotgun.

“Here we come, Sin City,” I think to myself as we depart on our journey.

It’s an hour drive to Las Vegas from the pack territory, so once we arrive, unload our luggage, hand off the truck to the valet, and get checked in, it’s nearly dinner time. (Ok, who am I kidding, the resort staff totally took care of the luggage, even taking it up to our rooms while we checked in.)

We enjoy dinner at the resort steakhouse before we hit the casinos, and Austin informed me that he booked the VIP cabana tomorrow afternoon.

“Maybe one of those hot bikini clad babes will be your mate?” Derik adds.

I scowl at him before replying, “Then I’ll rip your head off for referring to your future Luna as a ‘bikini clad babe.’”

“Fair enough.” Derik shrugs.

“What about me? I’m mateless too...” Austin gripes.

“I’m pretty sure that’s your penance from the Moon Goddess for your man-w***e ways. Stop f*****g around and you’ll find your mate.” I lecture Austin everyday and it doesn’t seem to have any effect.

He’s 6’3” of solid muscle, with blue eyes, dirty blonde hair with the sides shaved to reveal his tattoos, and tattoos covering most of his torso and arms down to his wrists. He’s one of our best warriors, and a Beta, so women literally throw themselves at the guy. I have to fight women off frequently as well considering I’m an alpha with the stature of 6’5”. I too am made of solid muscle as I train daily with my warriors. Whereas Austin has that good boy gone very bad appearance going on, I am more of the dark and dangerous kind of attractive with shaggy black hair and steel gray eyes. Then there’s Derik who fooled around with a girl for awhile, had a pregnancy scare and has since sworn off women until he meets his mate. Derik also has blonde hair, but with brown eyes, and slightly shorter at 6’2”, but the dude is stout as he spends his free-time focused on body building.

Eva POV

I take a seat at the tiki bar with Lily and Ivy, our good friend and fellow server. Ivy is tiny at 4’11”. Ivy’s mother was an Aziza - a type of African fairy, and her father was a Chinese scientist. Ivy was born a fay like her mother, and also moved to Vegas for concealment. She is the only person we’ve ever shared my true identity with, and it was only after she first revealed herself to me. Thanks to her parents’ genes, Ivy has flawlessly gorgeous caramel skin and deep chocolate brown eyes. She keeps her dark hair cut in a pixie style, which is not so ironic.

Us girls sip our mocktails (cocktails without booze since we are on the clock, we are only allowed the real deal when purchased by our guests for our consumption), and chat about our expectations of the resort owner while we wait for our party to arrive.

“I bet they’ll be dirty old men.” Lily says wrinkling her nose.

“Oh Lily, even if they are older, there is still a chance that they will be fine as hell if you’re right about this being a werewolf owned resort. Wolves don’t age like humans.” Ivy says in a matter-of-fact tone.

“It doesn’t really matter to me what or who they are, they have money and I have a job to do. Fake it ‘til we make it, right Sis?” I direct to Lily.

“Yep, that’s how we roll.” Lily replies as we all giggle.

Suddenly a hush falls over the pool, which catches our attention and as we turn to look for the disturbance, our eyes find the three most gorgeous men I have ever seen, their chiseled torsos gleaming in the sunlight, and they are standing there across the pool staring straight at the three of us.

I hear Lily whisper “Mate.” I realize she has locked her eyes on the medium sized man covered in tattoos (size reference is in comparison to each other, as all three are massive, Greek God looking beasts).

Ivy who is seated on my other side says “Oh my Goddess.” As she clutches a hand to her chest, her eyes fixed on the shorter, but far more muscle-stacked guy.

I finally will myself to lock my eyes on the tall, dark, and dangerously gorgeous man, who is staring straight at me, his eyes smoldering. My heart feels like it’s skipping a few beats as Celeste chirps in my mind “That wolf is our fate.”

I can’t take my eyes off of the man who is looking back at me so fiercely. He seems to eventually get control over himself, and leans down to one of the bell hoppers, whispering something to him before he leads the others to their Cabana.

I cringe as I watch Madam Rosita respond to their cabana, this must have something to do with the bellhop interaction. I notice that Lily and Ivy are cringing as well. Directly Madam exits their Cabana, drawing the draperies fully closed before she stomps her way over to us. Oh good grief, what could we have done wrong now? I mean yeah it’s rude to stare, but I guarantee those men are use to women gawking, and they started the stare down first.

“Madam.” We greet our boss in unison.

“Girls, the men are very eager to meet you, and they’ve also requested the presence of Ivy as well.” Madam Rosita says excitedly before adding a stern warning, “Now be good girls and do good things.” Madam promptly disappeared.

Lily speaks, “Eva, my mate is there.”

I nod before responding, “I know sweetheart. Are you ready to meet him?” I ask sympathetically.

“Hell yeah!” Lily loudly whispers to me and Ivy before grinning and shaking her booty in my face.

“The shorter man has made my heart go into palpitations, wouldn’t it be great if he were my mate?” Ivy says nervously.

“You don’t know if he’s your mate?” I ask curious.

“No, not until we touch.” Ivy says, “Its’s not as convenient to find your mate as it is for wolves. Probably why our species is highly endangered. What about your kind?”

“We have to look into the eyes of our mates to know” I inform Ivy.

“Girls, come on!” Lily tugs on our hands pulling us to our feet and we reluctantly follow her to what I can only describe as certain doom.

Tyler POV

The sweet smell of citrus surrounds me and my often dormant wolf, Jax rouses in my mind and growls “Mate.” I feel the restlessness through the pack bond of Austin’s wolf Jet, and Derik’s wolf Deacon. Are all of our mates here today?

I don’t have to question long when all three of our heads whip toward to bar, as we take note of the three gorgeous ladies before us. As soon as my eyes land upon hers, I know. This perfect woman, with fair complexion, brilliant green eyes, and fiery red hair is my destiny.