Alpha Loreign

Ch 4 Ryan's POV

I found myself dreaming of the most beautiful white wolf and I woke up aroused, I don’t even know where I was in my dream, but Blade was the happiest I have ever seen him, almost puppy like. I look over at the clock and it is 5:32 a.m. so I opt to get up.

“That was our mate.” Blade tells me cheerfully I can’t help wondering if he is right. I’ve never heard of anyone seeing their mate before actually meeting them. We were under a full moon in the dream and the next full moon is November 20th this gives me hope that I will have my mate soon. Today is November 14th so in less than a week I could possibly meet my mate. I climb out of my bed and go to take a shower. Once out of the shower I wrap myself in a towel and grab a small towel for my hair. I brush my teeth and then wipe the mirror with the towel for my hair. I trim my facial hair so that I can look well kept, who knows when I will meet my mate, it could be any time before the full moon. I dry my long black hair; it hangs just below my ear lobes. After I feel well-groomed, I walk to my bedroom and into my closet and put on boxers, a black T-shirt and jeans. On my way out of my closet I grab socks and head to my office and once I am sitting at my desk, I put my socks on.

“Ryan I am on my way up for a report on things that happened while I was gone.” Alpha Cole mind linked me which caught me by surprise because he wasn’t supposed to be home until tomorrow.

I open my laptop and login to it while I am waiting for Cole to come upstairs, and I am dreading reporting to him.

The door to my office swings open and Cole struts in and sits in one of the chairs in front of my desk. “So, was it done?” He asks me.

“No alpha, she got away, but might I suggest-”

“NO!” he yelled, “you may not suggest anything. I want that girl; she will be my mate.”

“Why do you want Vanessa as your mate? And why don’t you just ask her family?” I ask.

“Her father already told me no, he was completely unreasonable. Not to mention her mom isn’t really her mom and therefore I don't believe she should have a say.” At this point Cole is up and pacing back in forth in front of me.

"What was that about here mom?" I ask confused.

“Her dad had an affair with a witch, I don’t know why. Something about a spell anyway that’s not the point. The point is the witch died during childbirth, at least as far as her father knows and since he and his wife fixed their marriage they raised the baby together alongside their other 5 kids, well they had 3 kids at that time but have since had 2 more. Anyway the 10th was her birthday, and I hired those other wolves to take her before her first shift. Now it will be harder to get her.” Cole stopped rambling and pacing and slammed his hands down on my desk and lowered his face inches away from mine. “Is she at least still in the pack lands? Her real mother is waiting for us.” He says through gritted teeth.

“I don’t know alpha; we’ve had warriors out searching with her family. The last report I got last night was from her dad and he said they lost her scent at Blood River, and no one would dare trespass there, they have a large population and could easily outnumber us. Why didn't you just go there and talk to her?” I ask still confused on why Cole would trust rouges to try and get this girl, if the pack found out they would surely have his head, not to mention they could have killed the poor girl.

“Do you really think they would though? I mean we're just looking for a missing pack member, they wouldn’t attack us for that. And I couldn't just go talk to the girl, theres a plan for a reason. Don't ask anymore questions, I want solutions." Cole stated before he sat in front of me again.

“Alpha you will be pleased to know that next week on the 19th our pack and others have been invited to Blood River because Reign the next alpha will be turning 18 and taking over the pack on the 20th. We could go and, on the 19th, if we show up early enough, we could search for the young wolf.” I offered to Cole trying my best to fix the situation.

“Why would I bring you with me?” Cole asked in a challenging voice.

I tried to gather my thoughts quickly, “Well for 2 reasons Uncle, the first is that it is customary for a beta to accompany their alpha to such an occasion. And the second is that you have raised me basically as your son and I had a dream that I would meet my mate, so I feel that you will take me because mates are important, after all I could potentially meet her there.” I state with the little confidence I could muster.

“I suppose that you’re right but don’t get to hung up on the mate thing they aren’t that important.” Cole replied calmly.

“I assumed you never met your mate, am I mistaken?” I ask

“Well, I suppose that you’re old enough to know the truth and understand it when I tell you what happened.” He says and I nod for him to continue because my curiosity has peaked. “I had a mate, and she was beautiful, she had caramel colored skin and dark rich brown hair and she smelled like fresh baked cookies. When we first met though I was not yet in charge and my father always told me I had to be a warrior, I had to be strong and my mate well she was nothing more than an orphaned omega. I marked her the night of our first meeting so that no one else could dare to claim her but our relationship continued in secret because I wouldn’t dare tell my dad that I had found my mate and she wasn’t fit to be a Luna. I snuck out to meet her constantly and soon enough my child grew in her womb and then a plan formed for me. If I were to have a son, a male heir, then my dad couldn’t turn us away. Unfortunately, all that weak woman could give me was a stillborn daughter.” While recounting his story Cole was becoming enraged. “I risked everything to sneak away in the middle of the night to delivery my child and she gave me a stillborn daughter.” He practically spat venom in that last sentence and then took a deep breath trying to calm himself.

“So, what happened to her?” I asked not being able to hold it back.

“She died shortly after the delivery, there were a lot of complications. We’ll just leave it at that," Cole said standing from his seat. “Now, call Blood River and let them know we will be there for the little Luna’s celebration.”

“She is to be Alpha, Uncle.” I replied and I could see rage forming in his eyes, “You should remember that before we go, we don’t want to invoke a war.”

The rage started to clear from his eyes as I explained why I was backtalking, “Fair enough.” He says as he turns to leave the room. “Just call them,” he yells back to me as he is leaving.

After my door closed and I heard his footsteps fade away I let out a breath I did not realize I was holding. I don’t remember my parents very well, but I miss them so much on days like this. I pull a picture out of my desk drawer; it is the last photo of me and my parents before they died. I was about 2 years old in this picture, somedays I wish my uncle had died instead of my parents. I know that it is wrong to think this way especially after he raised me, but he can be quite cruel. I smiled at the photo one last time before hiding it back in the top drawer of my desk.

I grab the phone on my desk and dial out to Blood River and tap my fingers as the phone rings.

Within a few moments the phone is answered, “Alpha Jon’s phone can I help you?” a soft voice answers the phone.

“Hello, this is beta Ryan at White Oak. We just wanted to let the Alpha know that we will be there for Alpha Reign’s ceremony.”

“Oh, okay I will put you down on our list but don’t hang up. I am going to transfer your call over to Alpha Reign’s phone she wanted to talk to someone over in White Oak.

At first, I nodded and then realized she couldn’t see me, “Okay, sounds good.” I reply mentally laughing at myself. I hear her click a couple buttons on the phone before it rings again.

“Alpha Reign’s voice mail, leave a message after the tone or call my cell at-” the answering machine said, and I wrote down the phone number it rattled off and then hung up.

Normally I would have left a message but knowing the situation at hand I thought it best to call her immediately so that I could report back to Cole.