Mating With The Alpha

Chapter Four

My phone has pinged at least a dozen times since crawling myself under the covers an hour ago. I took a nice long walk home usually James or Sebastian drives me but since I left in the middle of the day that was not happening it was only a half hour walk tops anyway. I give in and check my phone clicking on Lucy's name first.

L: Where are you?? Class started.

L: SADIE! Seb looks pissed. Did lunch not go well?

L: Okay so Cade says Davin isn't here either…. PLEASE tell me you are off mating!?!? ;)

L: Okay so your mate is here and you are not!! He looks feral. WHERE ARE YOU?

L: At least tell me you are okay?

Being my best friend, Lucy has a right to worry. I rarely miss class and I would definitely have told her if I was skipping. I also would have normally told her this too; but even I can't make sense of what happened. I go back to my messages and click on Ethan's name. They are basically the same as what Lucy texted. “Are you coming to class at all? What about the test? Davin looks real angry, I hope you hit him where it counts.” I get they are my friends and they care about me and are worried but I know answering them will just lead to more questions and I don't have answers for them.

Going back to my messages screen I realize I have one missed message from an unknown number, it can't be Davin seeing as how I already programmed his into my phone. It's Logan, really my mate can't even check on me himself. IGNORE! I look at the last of my missed texts and see one from James. I open it dreading it because I know damn well I will have to respond.

J: Hey! Lucy texted me. She's worried and knows you can't ignore your favourite brother. Where are you?

S: You are my only brother, but she is right. Not feeling well so went home. Boys suck.

J: Seb told me. You okay?

J: SADIE RAE!! DID YOU JUST SAY WALKED?? I would have drove you, you should have come to me!!

S: Relax. I am home safe and sound in my bed. I'm fine, just tired. Let her know I'm okay.

I turn my phone off and pull my covers up over my head, I am emotionally exhausted. Without meaning to I fall asleep.

I wake to the sound of feet stomping down the hall. Doors are being thrown open and slammed shut. Panic courses through me. Before I can even react my door is thrown open and Davin fills the frame. I pull the covers up more to hide my half naked body.

“You left school! You turned your phone off!”

“Davin, I'm just really exhausted and I'm not feeling good!” I half lie. My heart feels sick.

He walks over to my bed looking concerned. “Should I call the pack doctor? Are you okay?” He questions.

The up and down of his emotions is giving me whip lash. This would be so much easier if he just chose a side, is he angry with me, repulsed by me or worried for me. I can't take it and it's only been one day. I pull the covers tighter around me as much as I want to get naked with him he clearly doesn't. “No I am fine. Just tired.” Before I can say more he is kicking off his shoes and shrugging out of his jacket.

“What are you doing?” I ask.

“Isn't it obvious? I am going to help you rest!” He tries to lift my covers but I tighten my grip. He glares at me. “Let me in” He grits out.

“I can't! I put my pyjamas on when I crawled in here!” Another half lie.

He laughs. “Sadie, I am sure no matter what your pyjamas look like no matter how embarrassing they are, you will be beautiful.”

“No you don't understand!” I scream as he gives one stronger tug pulling the blanket away from my body. I quickly cover my eyes with my hands.

I feel the heat from his gaze as his eyes scan my body. My cheeks heat. I am probably the colour of a tomato. Suddenly I am feeling very self-conscious

“Sadie, uncover your eyes.” Davin orders.

I slowly remove my hands from my eyes my breath catching in my chest as I take in the sight of the lust in his eyes. I wear nothing but a black tank top and lacy white cheeky underwear.

“I get hot when I sleep so I just take my pants and bra off and crawl in. I'm sorry!”

His eye lids are hooded “Sadie, your body is nothing to apologize for.” My bed dips as he climbs above me pressing his lips to mine hard.

His tongue sweeps past his lips and teases my bottom lip. I open for him allowing him to deepen our kiss. His one hand is on my lower back pulling our bodies closer, his other in my hair holding my face to his. I wrap a leg around his waist. The same impressive bulge from earlier has returned and my hands itch to touch him. My wolf is back trying to fight her way out, my canines drop. He pulls away leaving me wanting more. I am panting trying hard to catch my breath.

“Is something wrong with me?” I quietly ask almost embarrassed to get an answer.

His eyes shoot to mine. “You are perfect! Nothing could ever be wrong with you!” Davin cups my face a look of compassion filling his features. “Sadie, I want you more than anything. Can't you see what you are doing to me? It is taking all of my strength not to let my wolf out. But I could not mate with you for the first time at school in the hallway.”

“Oh.” Relief settles over me. He actually cares about me. I am swooning. I know it's probably the whole mating thing but I think a piece of me just fell in love with Davin. “Well what is wrong with now?” I ask.

“You were so mad with me marking you, I wanted to make sure our mating was with no regrets. On your terms. Plus I don't even know your last name!”

Still swooning. My wolf wants to mark him. “Davin?” I look to him

“Yes angel?” Davin smiles at me.

I want to make him mine. I want others to know he is claimed. It's rare an alpha wear a mark to show that bit of weakness but I don't care. I straddle his hips leaning all of my wait on my arms that hold me above him. I suck on the spot that will hold my mark, my canines descend and I bite down into his neck.

My lips tingle. My wolf is proud seeing her mark upon his skin. Davin pulls me into his side. My body is on fire. I settle into his side and notice little Davin still has yet to go away.

“It's not going away. Not after that! But I promise to behave!” He says.

I smile, screw my wolf I am proud. An idea flashes through my mind. If he wants to get to know each other, then that is what we will do. I roll over to face him Davin's smile warms my core. “Want to play twenty questions?” He presses a soft kiss to my head. I will take that as a yes. “I have a twist though! Any response we answer the same I get a kiss! And there is no lying ever during twenty questions!” I say holding out my pinky.

“I would never lie to my mate!” He states but takes my pinky with his anyway.

I start the game off simple “favourite colour?”

“Red, you?”

“Green”

“Favourite food?” he asks.

“I could eat pizza for days, you?”

“Pizza” he smiles. I lean forward pressing a soft kiss to his lips.

“Okay, how old are you?”

“Eighteen. You are seventeen right?”

I nod and he asks for my full name.

“ “Sadie Rae Quinn” I ask for his middle name.

“It's Liam. When is your birthday Miss Sadie Rae Quinn?”

“September 24 you?”

“I missed your birthday by 2 weeks? Mine is June 17”

I learned so much about Davin during our game and even earned a few kisses too. We both like chocolate ice cream, think history is the worst subject, and our favourite pizza topping is bacon. Davin shifted for the first time at eleven, and likes red Gatorade when he is sick. He was holding me close and rubbing patterns on my palm when he asks the question I was dreading.

“How old were you when you slept with Sebastian?”

I sit up and turn to face him, crossing my legs and taking his hand in mine. “I was sixteen when it first happened.” I knew our game was over. This is a real talk so I didn’t ask him a question as I wait for his next question.

“Was he your boyfriend? How long did you date?”

“No he wasn't my boyfriend. We never labelled it. It only lasted about six months, you have to understand I never thought I would find you.” He looks hurt but seems to understand. I begin kneading his fingers. It was seeming to calm us both.

“I get it. The thought of someone else having you makes me want to throw things. Wait are you a virgin? I realize now you didn't drink at the game.” I look at him hesitantly. Wait do I even want to know the answer. Yes for the sake of knowing all of him I want to know so I brace myself for the answer.

“Yes, I am.” Wait. What? Has he looked at himself? There is no way this man had no offers. He screams s*x appeal.

“I came close once but never felt anything so I didn't follow through. Then I was focused on finishing training and becoming alpha. I became too busy. My dad always said an alpha had a reputation and no one forgets what it is. I didn't want to be known as a player.”

My whole body relaxes and I release the breath I didn’t realize I am holding in. The guilt settled in. He waited and I didn't.

“Why Sebastian?”

I feel thrown off. How do you tell someone you love, how you came to choose the person you slept with! Please moon goddess let me word this correctly. “If you really want to know?” I pause. He nods.

“Sebastian is James best friend and Elle and I are friends so often we would all hang out. Well one day James and Elle went upstairs like they typically did, leaving just Sebastian and I downstairs. He commented on how it'd be nice to have someone just to “scratch the itch” with and I jokingly agreed. Then we started joking about how we would do it and then sparing you the details, it just kind of went on from there.”

Still drawing patterns on his palm I chance a look at his face. His eyes gave his anger away. “I shouldn't have told you!”

“No! I needed to know! Just Sebastian though right? You haven't slept with Ethan?”

“No, just Sebastian. Promise.” He pulls me back down to him tucking me into his side. Just as I start to close my eyes, I feel him shift off the bed.

“Where are you going?” I ask.

“I should go so your parents don’t come home and wonder what I am doing here.”

“There is no worry of that trust me.”

“Why would they not wonder Sadie?” he questions.

“My mom is human and she never got used to the whole werewolf thing and my dad couldn't live without her so when James became fifteen and fully in control of his wolf they left for good, but they were in and out long before that. Whenever she would tire of this life and need a break.”

Davin looks sorry for me as he sits back down beside me waiting for me to continue with my life story.

“James practically raised me, and he and Sebastian” at the mention of his name Davin flinches. I place a hand on his knee. “They taught me how to control my wolf enough so I could shift in and out and to hide an extra pair of clothes in a spot in the woods so I didn’t have to walk back naked. James fed me, got me ready for school. But when he and Elle got more serious and she became sixteen he practically moved over there. He comes and goes and he is only next door but I think he got tired of feeling like a parent, I know that’s not true but I can’t help feel it. Dad puts money in our account every week but it has basically just been me here for the better part of a year.”

Davin looks sad, worried, frightened and angry all at the same time. I can’t get a read on his current emotion. “You stay here alone? What if something happened to you? What if someone broke in? What if there were rogues?” He was practically shouting.

“Davin! I wasn't always alone, usually someone was always here with me. Or I go somewhere. If something happened James is next door and Ethan is five houses down!”

“No one is here with you though Sadie! It makes me worried!”

My stomach chose this moment to growl making us both notice the clock on my desk saying 8:46 p.m. how has five hours passed already? Talking with Davin made time fly. After I put pants on we make our way downstairs in search of food.