Chapter five

DAX POV

Growing up has always been a mixture of tough but great. Being the son of the Alpha and the next Alpha of this pack meant I had certain expectations made of me. I had to start training not just on the fighting, but on how to run the pack and the pack businesses as soon as I was old enough to walk. I first started feeling the fever of my first turn when I was just ten, that is one of the youngest in history. Which means more was expected from me, they said I would be one of the strongest Alpha's we have ever had. By the time I was sixteen I was already taller than my Dad and had more muscles aswell, my Dad get's more and more excited the bigger and stronger I get. 

We were a close family and then the worst thing to ever happen to me, a few years ago we got the best news my Mum was pregnant and me and my Dad was so excited, but during the labour major complications happened and the bleeding wouldn't stop and even though she was a wolf she couldn't recover from blood loss, my baby sister was also lost during the labour no one really can understand what happened to her.

My Dad was a mess for weeks he wouldn't talk to anyone but me, but then he seemed to pick himself up and got back to running the pack. I think if he wasn't the Alpha he wouldn't have ever got back to himself. There still seems to be a part of him missing. 

I was friends with Benson from a young age because our parents were friends with each other, so we grew up together. We got up to loads of usual boy mischief. However throughout the year he started changing and I don't really like who he is becoming but he had always been there for me and I was hoping it was just going to be a faze and that he would be the Benson I used to know.

I didn't really want to be with shanaya, she was kind of the person I was expected to be with. I got with her when we were sixteen. When I saw her pick on people I wanted to break it off, but when I talked to my Dad he was against me leaving her and saying hopefully she will be my mate when I turned eighteen and that she was still young and she would grow up within the next couple of years, but she never did she seemed to get worse not better. She seemed to pick on the weakest like Aurora.

When I first met Aurora I though she was cute, but I couldn't be seen with a weakling of the pack, she hardly even qualified as a wolf most people said. I couldn't be involved with hurting her, but I also couldn't be seen to stop it from happening. 

When I turned eighteen and Shanaya turned eighteen and we weren't mated I was so relieved, but we still stayed together waiting until we met our mates. The night before the ball I wanted to get away from all the hustle and bustle of the organisation and everyone running around, so I decided to go to my spot. 

When I get near to it I could sense someone else was there, I take a deep breath breathing in their scent and I knew who it was it was Aurora, I was surprised she was here most people didn't know this little bit of heaven was here. 

When I get through the clearing and speak to her and I make her jump, I couldn't help the smile that came to my mouth. Hearing her snarky remark to me was a bit of a shock but in a good way I was glad she didn't seemed to be that scared of me. I couldn't help but joke back with her though. When I see her stare at me with a little bit of lust in her eyes, it made my heart warm just a little. I couldn't help the grin that formed. 

When she started to leave, for some reason I didn't want her to. 

"Aurora, you are more than welcome to stay." I could see the indecision on her face and then when I asked what she wanted to think about, I knew she wouldn't tell me and hearing her reply with it is none of my business just made me happy that she didn't back down. I really did want to know what her favourite flower was. 

I go meet up with Shanaya and Benson and we decide to go for some food, when I walk in and see that Aurora is there I thought oh shit is Shanaya going to start. I get them to sit down and I sit at the edge so Shanaya couldn't get out. When Aurora passes us my hand of it's own accord shoots out and grabs her, I did the first thing I could think of tease her but not in a nasty way. 

When she replies that I was following her, I was smiling in my head for hours after thinking of the look on her face. Hearing Shanaya's comment I just had to roll my eyes. It was at least tame for her. 

Getting to the ball first was one of the requirements of being future Alpha, sitting with Shanaya and Benson was reason enough for me to get a drink. After an hour of me being here I start to get a weird feeling and then a huge rush goes through me, In my head my wolf Edon was saying 

"Mate, out mate is here." I start looking around and there through the crowd of people I see Aurora and straight away I know it is her, she is out mate. I walk to her. 

"I never thought my mate would be you." That was obvious for us both.

Shanaya in the background had obviously figured out what was happening and she was not happy. Of course she was wanting me to reject my mate Aurora, but that wasn't going to happen, if I was ever going to reject my mate it would not be for Shanaya. 

After our lips meet for the first time I knew I was never going to want to let her go for anything. When Aurora leaves the ball, I wanted to follow her I did try but bloody Lisa wouldn't let me. 

"Dax I know Rory better than you, she needs a minute give her that." I knew she was right but me and Edon did not like someone knowing our mate better than us. 

Eventually, we went out and saw her, I go to her and ask her to talk by ourselves, she comes with me but when I hear the words that she thinks this is just a joke and I was going to reject her I couldn't believe it, was I that bad that, that is what she thought of me? I had to make sure she knew that wasn't me, but I couldn't stop and wanted to be by myself to think about what I could do to get her to trust me. 

When she asks me to stop I can't help but stop for her. I get her to think about what she wants over night and leave her with another kiss and walk away for her to be with her friends. 

First thing in the morning I was on my way to training when Lisa walks up to me

"What have you done to her?"

"What are you on about?"

"Aurora, what have you done to her, she never went home last night."

I got a horrible feeling when I heard those words. Lisa must have seen my face and realised I was not a part of anyting against Aurora. I instantly use the mind link to our warriors for them to search for Aurora. After about half an hour of worry and running around, Luca minds links telling me he found her unconscious at the side of some bushes near where the ball was. I run with as much speed as possible to get to her. Edon trying to give me more speed to get to her. 

When I see her not moving, my heart races hoping she is ok. I get to her and hold her, then look her over and see she has many bruises all over her face and a huge black eye. Blood down her chin from the split lip. It looked like someone had stood on her face. I need to get her to the pack doctor now.