He's Whipped

8

CREST POV

'Why mate weird? Pulling my tail like a child?' My wolf grumbled as we made our way away from Hunter. I was still taken aback by the previous events, but it appears that he has lost control of his wolf. She turned around to see Hunter's wolf, who was beaming at her and wagging his tail joyfully.

'But mate is adorable. I can't be mad at him like that.' I rolled my eyes, but somehow it caused me to flush. They really like each other, but I'm not sure how this will turn out. They will be broken if Hunter refuses to accept me. The mate bond is like magic to both of them, unlike us.

I only hope Hunter will accept us soon, because I'm very sure his wolf has already accepted her, only to be prevented by his egotistical human. It simply made my heart ache to think about it. I don't think he understands the genuine worth of a mate. A mate is someone who can love you in ways that go beyond nature.

Outside the mate thing, I've learned a lot about love. I had a connection with one of our gammas' son when I was sixteen. He knew I'd had a crush on him since preschool, and when he began courting me, I didn't hesitate to accept him right away, only to have my heart broken later. I quickly discovered that he and the other lads had placed a bet on me. He wanted to pop my cherry, but I refused because I found out his motives before he could make a move on me. After learning about his plan, I dumped him right away.

It's a mistake I don't want to make again. A memory I don't want to recall. So I waited for my mate for years. I'm hoping that my mate will be the one person who can accept and love me for who I am.

"Hey."

I was stupid once. I chased the wrong man.

"Hey, Crest?"

So now, I don't want to chase any man, mate or not, I have my own value, I am my own person. So if he doesn't want me, so be it. I don't care, but don't expect me to chase him because I won't !

"Crest!"

I am a woman after all. I know my worth. No man can drag me down to their standards because I have my own principles.

"Crescentia Diana Araceli!"

I was snapped from my daze, when one of my friends mind linked me furiously. My wolf instantly shook her fur and stood up.

"What?" I mind linked back.

"Did your mate just play with your tail?" She commented.

I sighed and groaned, "Urgh! Yeah. How many of you saw that?"

"Well, just me," she grinned widely. "And everybody here." She smirked after sniffing some tree feet.

"I can't believe that a big bad Alpha would do such a thing. How cute of him." She added, elbowing me.

"Oh, shut up. It's not him, it's his wolf!' I snorted, but I'm pretty sure that my cheeks turned pink. Thankfully, we are in our wolf form, so she couldn't see it.

"Oh, Crest. If you want some advice about flirting, don't be shy to ask me. You know how expert I am, especially on se-"

"Estella!"

She just shrugged and smirked at me.

"Oh, Crest. You're going to come to me soon and beg me for some advice about it. You're going to lose your innocence soon anyway." She gave me a proud smile. I just gave her a death glare that made her look to the crowd quickly.

I sighed.

"Sweetheart."

I turned to see my father's wolf who is now approaching us. My wolf quickly bowed at him, giving him her utmost respect. He looked at us intently and looked to the sides. He carefully studied our area as well as our body if we are injured or something.

A moment later, he drew closer. He started licking the back of my wolf's ears and brushed his body fur against ours.

"Dad? You do know that I am not a little girl anymore, right?" I complained as I tried to part away from him.

"I know, honey. I am just trying to put my scent on you so that there will be no other unmated male wolves to come closer to you." he explained, as he continued to do his thing.

"I can protect myself, dad!" I groaned, as I successfully parted from him.

"I know, but let me protect you as long as I can. You know how horny these unmated males right? especially in their wolf forms, they might try attacking you."

Urgh! I rolled my eyes, as I complained and grumbled. He drew me closer again and started to lick my neck and forehead. When he was satisfied, his wolf parted away and huffed in approval.

"Happy now?" I gazed at him.

"For almost twenty-two years!" he grinned. "Where is your brother, by the way? A lot of unmated females are flashing their tails here and there? He needed to be careful."

Just a moment after he asked, my brother showed up.

"Hey, sis, and dad, what are you doing here?"

"There you are!" My dad sprung quickly into him and started licking him. Doing the same thing that he did to me. But Simon immediately yelped and dodged him after a few slicks. He instantly ran away from my dad and dad just followed him. They ran across the area until my dad caught him and pinned him to the ground. Then he continued licking my brother.

"How embarrassing," I slowly said, as I shook my head, but I am thankful to have a father who defends us even when he is injured.

We are grown wolves, but I think we can't stop our father from doing this, since for him, we are still his little pups.

Estella on the other hand, just laughed at us and a moment later, we heard a howl from the warriors that indicating us that the coast is clear for us to start our run. My wolf immediately yelped happily as we both stretched our arms and legs, then we all followed our father to run free towards the forest.

This is really a good feeling. Running like there's no end. The wind that brushes our fur made me think that we are flying.

I like this feeling. This feeling of freedom.

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HUNTER POV

I can't believe my wolf is still proud of what he did the other day; I hardly slept the night after as a result. I couldn't face Crest the next day. I tried to avoid her as much as possible. I can't make eye contact with her, and I don't want her to assume it was on purpose.

My wolf was smitten with her, but I wasn't. I don't want her to think that way.

I'm sure she observed my behavior from the day after that event, but she doesn't say anything about it, but I can feel her stare in my back, and she occasionally looks at me but doesn't say anything. I'm not sure whether she ever wanted me. The majority of female wolves would try to cling to me. They will try their utmost to capture my attention.

Crest, on the other hand, was different.

I admit, it gets to my nerve whenever she acted as if she wasn't affected by the bond. It got me worried.

My wolf wont stop murmuring about it, and it added to my frustration. I shook those thoughts off of my head. Of course, she wanted me, who couldn't? I'm her mate.

'Hmp!' My wolf snarled at me and I shrugged.'But you couldn't accept her right away because of your silly concepts!'

I put the papers back to the filing cabinet because I couldn't concentrate due to these trains of thoughts. Mostly, thinking about Crest would only make my wolf growl or purr. I couldn't think of any way aside from thinking about her and the issue we are now facing, the attack of rogues. Aside from that, her heat will come today, and it gets me nervous.

I don't know what I'm going to do once I find out about her heat, but one thing for sure is that my wolf will mark her and claim her once he senses her cycle, which I cannot allow. So I needed to distance myself from her today.

I need to control myself and my wolf once it comes today. I am actually waiting for someone to mind link me about it, but I guess it hasn't started yet. I felt bad for all the women in the world, especially the wolves. They will go through a lot. Menstrual cycle, heat cycle, contractions, then birthing. It was a never-ending torture though it gave a better outcome.

'Like pups.' My wolf cuts in, making me imagine an image of Crest being pregnant. What the heck! I shook off those thoughts.

'Yeah. Pups or kids.' I nodded in agreement at him. I do want children, but not now.

Not yet.

I shook off that thought out of my head before I could ever dive into it and would only distract me more. 'Fvcking idea.' I murmured in the open air.

As the breeze brushed through the window, an alluring aroma spread over the room. Crest's smell drifted by the door and intensified, mingling with something that filled my nose.

My spines shiver as my heart begins to pound furiously. My wolf began to howl and claws at the barrier I had built, desperate for his freedom. I sighed slowly as I struggled to keep my jeans from tightening over my groin as the aroma continued to bombard my senses.

Crescentia Diana Araceli is now in heat.