The Untamed Female Alpha And Her Beta Mate

CHAPTER 2 - Ariana’s reaction to the mate bond

Alan

The moment I laid my hands onto Ariana's waist was even better than I imagined. I felt the heat all over my body and sparks sending waves of electricity through me. Before realizing what was happening, I heard my wolf, Damien, say the one word I never thought he would say in our life regarding Ariana: "MATE."  I froze!  My mind went blank!  I just stood there, still, not knowing how to react to the realization that Ariana was my fated mate. Ariana's words a while ago came into my mind.  She laughed at the thought of me being her destined mate. How would she react if she found out that the Moon Goddess has mated us to each other? 

"There is no way I am telling her something like that."  I inwardly thought, and my wolf Damien replied to me aggressively: "Don't chicken out, man!  She is our mate.  Ariana must accept us. Even if she doesn't realize it now, Ariana would have to acknowledge and respect it when her wolf comes to the surface shortly. You need to tell her, and you need to let her know about us being mates, NOW.  If you don't, I will. You can't keep this a secret.  The truth must come out."

"But Damien, we are Beta wolves. Ariana and her family are Alpha-blood line wolves, plus she is the Moon Goddesses' grandchild and maybe even her future descendant if she is ever needed. Do you honestly believe she would accept us as her mate that easily?  Ariana is an untamed female Alpha wolf. Everybody knows her character. Ariana will probably take the lead in one of their family's packs and probably become the Female Alpha of the Yellow Moon pack. She would need a more muscular wolf next to her. An Alpha-blood line male wolf that will help her grow more robustly and efficiently."

"I think that you forget who has mated you to Ariana. If the Moon Goddess feels that you are the appropriate one for Ariana, YOU are the one for her. There must be a specific reason for the Moon Goddess to choose you, choose us, as Ariana's mates. We don't know what the future holds for Ariana or even for us. You must respect the Moon Goddesses' decision and claim Ariana as our mate. Don't chicken out and do it."

"What if she rejects us?  What will we do then?

"We won't know unless we try now, would we? Give it your best shot, and I will take the lead from there. Now that I come to think about it, I will be the first to take the lead!" That said, Damien forced a loud growl out of my mouth, and the word "MATE" came out of my lips as I held Ariana even closer to me. She froze, as did everyone else in the room.

Ariana looked into my eyes and asked me, whispering, as if trying to figure out if what I had just said was true or just a prank like the ones we used to play on each other so often: "Hey Alan, are you okay? What just happened? Is this whole "MATE" thing a joke? I mean, we are best friends, buddies. We can't be mates, right?"

When Ariana realized that I was not answering and I was looking at her, she grabbed me by the sleeves of my shirt and pulled me even closer to her. She approached her face very close to mine and whispered to me once again, more urgently this time: "This is all a joke. Is it not? Do you do it to avenge me for the previous prank I played on you? Come on, tell me the truth, I will not be angry with you. Alan!!! I'm talking to you, goddammit!" 

With force I never thought I would use on Ariana, Ι grabbed her by the arm, and we walked out of the room. Our mating thing was something we both needed to clarify. As we walked, I saw Aiden looking at us with a smile and winking at me encouragingly.

Leaving the venue, I went to the back of the packhouse, pulling Ariana with me. At one point, irritated, she grabbed me and pressed my back against the wall of the house. Looking at me angrily in the eyes, she said to me: "cut the crap and tell me what is happening. We have become a laughing stock today. " 

I looked at Ariana intensely and kept silent for a while. I don't know how to make a start in explaining to her what had just happened. Damien, who was running wild rounds inside my mind, began to threaten me that if I did not speak to her at that very moment, he would come forward and claim her himself, defying me as his owner. I blocked him in the back of my mind. I took a deep breath. I closed my eyes for a minute. As soon as I opened my eyes, I said to Ariana in a low voice: "Ariana, I could not foresee this and did not know what was about to happen tonight to prevent it. You are my destined mate. Damien, my wolf, has confirmed the bond. I know you still don't feel the bond because your wolf has not yet come to the surface. You know me, I'm asking you to please trust me."

Ariana

I remained silent, looking down at the floor. I was trying to understand what had just happened. How could my best friend be my destined mate? What kind of games did my grandmother play with my life?

One moment I was joking playfully with Alan as always, and the next moment, he claimed me as his mate. What the hell is my grandmother, Moon Goddess Aria, thinking? Has she truly mated me to my best friend? Is she serious? Alan is like a brother to me! How am I supposed to take this? How the hell am I going to deal with Alan after today?

Everything is so confused in my mind. If Alan is telling the truth, oh man, I am in deep trouble. How can I treat my best friend like I would treat my destined mate? I do love Alan very much! I love him as an older brother, though! We grew up together as brother and sister, for crying out loud! I cannot say that I might have stronger feelings for him some day. I have not even started to think how I would feel if Alan at some point made a move to kiss me. Indeed, that can't happen??

Alan was the one who never hurt me, and I got up to all sorts of naughty mischief with him. How could I now see him in a different light? I do not know if what he said about my wolf is real. When my wolf comes to the surface, it will confirm that Alan and I are mates. For now, what is certain is that it's damn complicated for me to accept that Alan is my mate. I expected my mate to be a much more masculine and more robust male, like my father, Axel. Alan is tall and muscular. He has a perfect body and face. His ginger hair and light green eyes give him the heads up when it comes to masculinity. All the other female wolves around our age are crazy about him and his six-pack torso. I feel that I need someone more brutal than Alan.

Alan has always looked after me and continues to look after me as his little sister. He always spoils me and does everything I ask him to. I know very well that my character is unruly, and I am confident that Alan will not handle much of the outbursts I have from time to time. I do not want to be in the position of arguing with him because he will certainly not be able to cope with the whims of my character. Poor Alan has always been soft with me. I do not think I can treat him like my mate. I do not want to hurt him. If I accept him, I will hurt him. But what can I do? I still haven't found my wolf. She has not come to the surface yet. So, I cannot reject Alan. Nor do I want to leave him and hurt him. I have to think of something to delay this decision. I need time to think. I have to find a solution so as not to hurt Alan!

"Alan, look! You being my mate is very strange to me right now. I never expected that we would end up being mates. I need time to process this whole mating thing in my mind. I do not think it is good to tell others that what they heard you say back there is true. Let's pretend that it was all a joke on your part, as we have all these people who used to see us doing pranks to each other for such a long time, witnessing this whole charade tonight. Come back with me, back to the ballroom, to tell them that you wanted to have fun with me by doing so tonight. That you still haven't found who your mate is. I do not want anything to reach our parents' ears before we are sure of what we will do."

That said, I gripped Alan from the hand and tried to make my way back to the ballroom to make things clear to the rest of the people that heard Alan claiming me as his mate. There was no doubt in my mind that Alan would agree to my request as usual and follow me inside to clarify the situation.

Alan

The moment Ariana gripped my hand to rush me back inside the ballroom and clarify the situation, Damien went crazy inside my head. "There is no F****** way I am going to let that happen. We sure have a wild she-wolf as a mate. We will have to find ways to tame her a little bit. She's going to be a hard one to deal with and win, though! That excites me to the core! I can't wait to meet her wolf. I wonder what it would be like to see each other for the first time." Damien then pulled Ariana hard backwards. She nearly fell, but I managed to catch her just in time not to fall. The minute she turned towards me to say something, Damien forced himself to her. He embraced her and pinned her on the wall behind us, crashing her lips with ours.

Ariana

When Alan crushed his lips on mine, kissing me hard, with passion, I froze! I surely did not expect something like this to happen all of a sudden. Alan demanded entrance in my mouth with his tongue. My legs went numb, and my head started to spin around. A warm feeling was rushing through my whole body. "What the hell is wrong with me?" Why can't I pull away? And why do I even like what is happening right now? I must resist! I can't back down. Wow!!!! Alan kissing me feels good!  What is this thing that makes me want to kiss him back with the same passion? Why am I feeling this way?  F***. I need to push Alan away. Oh, my, this feels so good!!! The hell with it!!" I thought and pulled him closer to me, running my fingers through his messy ginger curls and kissing Alan back.

Committed as we kissed each other, we overlooked Aiden, who had come out to look for us and stood very close. We just heard him cough discreetly. As soon as we raised our heads to look at him, Aiden started laughing and making fun of us. Alan blushed with shame. Not knowing what exactly caught up with me at that moment, I raised my hand and slapped Alan on the cheek, saying, "F*** off, Alan. You and your stupid pranks. Now you will make everyone believe that what you said back there was the bloody truth. You are an i***t! And you even had the guts to kiss me, goddammit. F *** you, Alan." That said, I rushed back to the packhouse, leaving a dumbfounded Aiden and a shocked Alan behind.

"What on earth was that?" Aiden questioned Alan, who was holding his burning cheek with his hand.

"There is no way I can answer your question, man," Alan replied, pissed off and ran his hands through his messy hair, frustrated.

"What the hell happened to her just now?" he whispered, cursing, not knowing what to think about Ariana's sudden change of mood and the loud slap she had just given him, cursing him with names before rushing back inside the packhouse.

" F*** Damien, what the hell did you do to her, you a******?" Alan asked his wolf enraged.