The chosen mates

His proposal

*Blake’s POV

I was so mad when Alpha Alexander talked about Emily that way. Yes, she is not the next Alpha, but if everything goes well, she is the next Luna of my pack. And besides that, she is very intelligent, and we are in her f*cking pack.

I have to be honest; I am getting nervous about talking to Emily about the arranged thing I have in my mind. I don’t even know if she is going to be fine with that, I am sure she is not going to be fine about it. What am I even thinking? I don’t know how I am going to make everything right; I don’t want to mark her, I don’t want anything to do romantically with her, I just need someone to take over the Luna duties so my mom can finally relax, and I need an heir. Is it too selfish of me?

The meeting went super-fast, and Emily really impressed everyone, she is very intelligent, and every time I listened to her talking about her pack and all the ideas, she had the more I thought she was good for my pack.

I really don’t think we can go on with this… – Luke says in the back of my mind. I am starting to feel bad.

We have to, Luke. What else are we going to do? – I answer him, it is true. I know it sounds so f*cking cowardly from my side. But it’s my last resource and even if I don’t want her as my mate, I don’t want to bring someone useless to my pack, knowing very well the importance the person will have.

I hear you, I know, but it is hard. She is nice… – he keeps insisting, I know! I f*cking know that she is nice, she is intelligent, but it’s my only f*cking resource. I am done with this, but I must keep going with the plan. I can’t go home empty-handed. I sound like an id*ot, but it is what it is. But right now, I don’t have time to think about this anymore I have to go to my room to get ready for the ball tonight.

I really hate the dress-up portion of the ball, I'd rather wear comfy clothes, but this tuxedo is way too much. I let my mom decide on the outfit. She insisted because she was sure I couldn’t find something nice for myself. I don’t have time to stress over this stupid tuxedo either, so I just suck it up and get ready.

I did the best I could, my appearance is not something that I care for. I know what I am good at, and I don’t care if I look good in the process. I sit down and I start hearing people coming down the stairs, which means it’s my time to go as well.

As I reached the first floor of the pack house, I thanked the Moon Goddess my mom insisted on picking the tuxedo because everyone was very elegant.

“Alpha Blake,” I hear someone from behind. I turn around and I see Thomas, the son of Alpha William.

“Oh, hello Tom,” I greet him. We are not close, but I have met him before, so I think it’s fine to call him by his short name.

“I wanted to thank you for what you did for Emily today…” he starts. “She is very intelligent and has gained a really good name around here, but she can be a little shy when things like that happen.” He explains to me, not like I need the explanation.

“Don’t mention it. It was very disrespectful of Alpha Alexander to talk that way about her, I just did what I thought was right…” I say and smile. “And talking about your sister, do you know where she is? I would like to speak to her, to see how she’s doing after that…” I say trying to hide the nervousness in my voice.

“She was getting ready, she should get here in a minute,” he says and pats my shoulder. “If you’ll excuse me, I have to find my mate,” he says and leaves me alone.

I start to walk around waiting for the moment I speak with Emily. I am nervous, why? I don’t f*cking know. Maybe I should stop this, but I can’t at this point. I know I need it but I refuse to think that I can be this cruel, I may have a name for being a cruel Alpha, but I am not.

About 10 minutes later and by chance I turn around and see Emily walking toward the ballroom. I have to take a minute or so to check that my jaw isn’t dropping, she is stunning. How can the Moon Goddess make a woman that beautiful? It should be a f*cking crime. She is wearing a black dress that fits her body just perfectly. Her wavy caramel is in its natural shape, but she has the two front pieces sleek behind her ears which was perfect because her face was all on display. I can see she is not very comfortable walking around in what I assume are high heels, but she looks f*cking amazing.

I am here waiting for the moment to talk to her when I see her mom pull her aside and start talking to her. I don’t know what is happening, but it seems like a fight. The Luna is moving her hands around at Emily and she is just staring at rubbing her forehead. The argument is long, it has passed about 15 minutes, and they are still talking, her mom seems very angry at her but I can’t understand why. After all that, Emily throws her hand up in the air and storms out of the house through the back door. I feel sneaky and disgusting, I saw the whole thing and I couldn’t take my eyes off of her, I wasn’t even paying attention to the argument, I was all consumed by Emily and her body.

Go after her! – Luke screams to me through our link. My instinct is with him, and I find myself walking toward the same exit Emily just took. As I reach the backyard, I see the long figure of Emily sitting on one of the benches. At this point, I can see her dress has an open on the back that goes down to the lowest of her back. I almost go crazy at the sight.

“Emily…” I say as I reach the bench where she is sitting.

“Alpha Blake,” she says as she raises her head, and I can see her amazing blue eyes that seem even brighter as I assume she cried a little with the fight. “Is there something I can do for you? You should be enjoying the ball,” she says and tries to put on her best tone.

“I kind of saw what happened with your mom, obviously not intentionally, but I wanted to check on you… And please, call me Blake” I confess to her, it was true. Even if I don’t want her as my mate or anything romantic related, she is a great woman and deserves to be treated well.

“I am sorry you had to see that, Blake. My mom is just very different from me, and I think that is normal, but she has a way of expressing her opinions…” she explains to me, I can sense her cry I can smell it.

“Nothing to feel sorry about,” I say. “Can I sit with you?” I ask her and she looks up to me and nods her head.

It’s time, buddy… Tell her. – Luke says to me. I know this is the time, but she may be vulnerable right now because of what happened with her mom… But maybe I won’t get another chance.

“Emily, there’s something I want to talk to you…” I rush the words out of my mouth, there’s no going back. “As you may know, my pack is one of the biggest in the country, and as you may also know I don’t have a mate…” I begin talking because she didn’t answer. “One of the main reasons I came this weekend is because I was planning on finding a girl, an alpha’s daughter, to bring to my pack as my wife…” I say and try to emphasize the word wife.

“You mean as your mate?” she asks.

“No, Emily. You’ll see, I don’t want a mate, I think that is a distraction from what I need to do and accomplish in my life. So, no, I don’t want her to be my mate. I want her to take the role of the Luna of Silverstone and the mother of my heir…” I say this last part as fast as I can.

“Uhm…” she says after a couple of minutes of a very awkward silence. “And you’re telling me this because?” she asks, and I realize I didn’t tell her why I was telling her that.

“Oh, sorry. When I met you that first day and you were training, I thought you were pretty cool and the more I have known you I can reaffirm that, you are intelligent, beautiful, and strong and that is what I am looking for.” I say and look right into her beautiful eyes waiting for a positive answer.

“What?” she says in disbelief, I know it sounded crazy, but I had to shoot my shot.

“I know, it sounds crazy and believe me, this is not ideal but it’s my last option to keep my pack,” I say remembering the deal I had with my dad.

“You want me to help you run your pack and be your wife but not your mate?” she asks again.

“Yes, and eventually have my heir…” I say the last part once more.

“Yes, yes that…” she waves her hand at this. “Okay, I am in…” she says and I can’t believe my ears.