The Powerful Mate

Chapter 12

The winter ball is today and I have such a jittery feeling in my stomach. I’m not sure how to describe it but its different and not in a bad way either. Maybe just nerves of seeing everyone after so long. Its almost time to start getting ready, Alex walks in and I put on our favorite playlist to get ready to. We start off with our hair. After she’s done straightening her hair she does some loose waves to mine and pins it up on the one side. She always does it the perfect way. We then go onto our makeup, a bolder but classy look we both agree on. After all is said an done its time for the dresses. We pull them on and I stand there admiring how beautiful it is in the mirror. Its a silky long reed dress the accentuates every curve perfectly, with a plunging V neckline and a slit that goes up my one leg. “You look hot!” Exclaims Alex. I smile back at her. “Says you! Look at how beautiful you are! Any man, mate or not would die over you!” I say to her. She’s wearing a long baby blue dress with a halter top and open back and sparkles placed perfectly. We both laugh and finish with our last finishing touches. I decide to FaceTime Asher before we leave. Ring Ring… he answers and I hold my phone up high so he can see the whole outfit. “Hot damn girl!! You looking fine as ever!!” he says to me excitedly while I blush. “You better get your ass over here looking like that!” He says to me. I laugh at his silliness. “You’re the best, you sure know how to flatter a girl.” I say to him. We walk for a few minutes before we say our goodbyes. “I have you have a fantastic night, love. You look beautiful. Goodnight.” He says to me. “Thank you, talk later. Goodnight.” And we end the FaceTime call. We hop in the cars and make our way over to the pack house. We make our way inside into the main doors and down the hall to the ball room. It is decorated beautifully in a winter wonderland theme. Alex and I spot a few of our old friends so we stop over to say hi while our parents find our table.

Cal

Over the time I’ve become Alpha I’ve tried my hardest to make sure I’m doing my best even though sometimes its rough. I’ve had my fair share of she wolves help me blow off some steam over time which helps ease some of the stress for the time being. I roll over to get out of bed and notice the blonde haired girl laying in the spot next to me. I must have had a few too many glasses of whiskey last night as I don’t remember her staying the night. But tonight is the winter ball and I have to get up and ready so I shake her and tell her its time to leave. She rolls over and tries to grab my hand to pull me back into bed. “I think it would be best if you left.” I tell her. I don’t do next day hanging out or cuddling. Simply just f**k and send them on their way. She gets angry at me and jumps out of the bed grabbing her clothes off the floor. “f**k you Cal!” She yells as she slams the door on her way out. Now that all of that is over with its time to shower and head down to the ballroom and see how things are going. Although I’m not crazy about these types of things, we host one every year for all our pack and surrounding friends and families to come together so I have to do it for them. I make my way down to the hall and must I say, they have done a fantastic job with the decorating. I chat with my assistant who is overseeing all the arrangements for the ball. Normally the luna of the pack would do all the planning and such but since I have not found her yet I had to hire Annalise. I head into my office to finish up some paperwork before tonight. After a short while, theres a knock at the door and my father walks in. “Hey son, we need to talk.” He says to me. “Whats up dad?” I ask him. I can only imagine what is gonna come out of his mouth now. “Well your mother and I have been talking and I think its been long enough, you’ve had more than enough time to look for your mate but since you have not found her yet I believe you should take a chosen mate.” He says to me. I look at him in disbelief. I know its been 2 years but for him to say this feels even beneath him. “I know its not what you would plan to do but an Alpha needs a Luna.” “Once you find a luna you will become stronger and so will this pack.” He says again. I’m in disgust as I sit there listening to his words. “Don’t you dare come in here telling me what I should and should not do, I am the alpha now damnit!” I yell. “Young stupid boy, I knew you wouldn’t be able to make a mans decision and do whats right!” He yells back at me. Now my temper is wearing thin. I can feel my wolf Colt trying to push through. Since he is an alpha wolf his patience runs thin and he doesn’t want to hear anymore talk about picking a she wolf to be our luna other than our true mate. “Get out now!” I yell at him. He scoffs and turns on his heel, turning back around to say to me, “You are doing such a great job being alpha, but now is the time to be true alpha and do what is right.” He then turns back around and stomps over to the door, slamming it behind him. I can’t believe this right now, its always one thing after another with him. He always says i’m doing a good job but it is always something no matter how hard I try. Enough with the self pity, I pull out my bottle of whiskey and pour myself a drink. I gulp it down and decide to head up to my room, I think twice about calling a she wolf to come help blow some steam off but I decide against it. I don’t need another clingy w***e trying to make it into something its not.