chapter 1: The girl

James POV///

My mate was dead, I knew that, I felt that. Although everyone said it wasn't possible, I felt it and by talking to an oracle I got the confirmation and of course told the council, but I wish I hadn't!! They forcing me to marry someone, insist on the fact that I'm obligated to produce an heir, can you believe it?

For Years I found ways to get them of my back but in the end they won..

And here I am about to meet about a hundred of girls and although I told the council to invite just the girls that are willing to marry me I know there will be a lot that are here against their will.

I mean who would be possible marrying a monster like me by their own will? Well yes there are some girls ... girls that only want power and money and are ready to do everything for that.

No matter what kind of girls are gathered down in the ball room, I know one thing for sure: No love for me or my wolf...

My wolf howled inside my head at that thought, we are desperate as it is because of who we are and everyone fears us, even our own people.

I'm thankful for my werewolf genes and healing ability because I swear no human being would have survived the amount of cigarettes I smoked today on my balcony.

It's the fourth floor so no one sees me but I saw them all arriving . Some laughed, some looked stressed and I? I feel nothing! All I want to do is drink myself to sleep.

" Alpha, everyone is gathered together. It's time to come down" my Beta cautiously said via mind link.

" I know.. I don't fucking want to" I answer and lightning another cigarette.

" Would you mind start the party? I will be down in a bit"

" Of course Alpha. I will tell them you have some pack business to finish and will be joining us soon" he snickers.

My Beta is a good one, he no longer fears me and is a funny guy. He is young so he don't takes everything to serious but that's exactly why I like him. Nicos is the exact opposite of me, we complete each other perfectly and he know how to take out the heat of any situation while I or rather my wolf are good at making things worse.

' can we go down?' my wolf asks me.

' Are you seriously exited about a bunch of women that will shit their pants as soon as they meet us?' I ask incredulous.

'No, but I want a mate!' he growls at me.

' Okay, okay, chill . No need to freak out Sin' I growl back ' If you can't keep your cool today and force shifting like always , I am noy going to pick a woman for you. You understand that?'

This thread seemed to work as he retired in the far corner of my head.

My wolf is the dangerous kind and powerful enough to forcefully take control over me, that's why I'm as feared as I am. And something tells me today will be a fucking disaster !

But no point in postpone the things further, so I throw the cigarette away and reculantly make my way to the party.

I stayed at the second floor balcony and looked around the guests. As I expected there are a lot of girls visibly shaking, the fear in the air is suffocating.

I had just forwarded one fucking request but the council couldn't do even this for me!

" Nicos I am on the balcony can you bring me a drink and one of the fuckers from the council?" I link him.

He didn't response but soon appeared behind me with a whiskey on the rocks in his hand and a smug smile.

" Alpha your drink, and the council members are currently shaking in fear and play paper, scissors rock as to who will face you" as he spoke he barely could hold his laughter.

" Did you make them shit their pants?" I ask with a raised eyebrow.

" Yes I did! As I was welcoming the guests I already guessed that you will be pissed when you smell the frightened girls, so when you linked me I walked there with a stoic face and made them think that even I was afraid of your current mood" he snickers.

" Well done, remind me to raise your pay this month " I say with a devilish smile and he nods before leaving. Midway he stops and looks at me with a questioning expression.

" What do you want? just ask" I say

" Well I would like to ask you.. ehmm.. How about we cancel the raise and I get one of the girls down there" he says, slightly sweating.

" Do you ask for my permission to fuck someone? since when?" I ask sarcastically.

" No that's not it. There is a girl, I talked for about an hour to her... Something seems to keep calling me to her" he confesses.

" You know that if she was your mate you would have felt that right? Or did you forget how the whole mate - thing works?"

" Well the thing is .. please don't freak out but.. a lot of the girls down there are... Well.. they aren't out of age yet. The girl I'm talking about is seventeen " as he speaks he got quiter and almost whispered the last part.

That's when I saw red!

" This fuckers brought underaged girls here?" I screamed so loud that the whole room shaked and everyone down there got quite looking up to me, my Beta lowered his head in submission.

" Bring me the fuckers right now!" I command and he quickly dissappears.

Taking a look at the room ones again, more concentrating this time, I smell it.

A lot of the girls are virgins, scared little girls not even near the time to find there mates, forced to attend this stupid ball. And that's when I and my wolf see her.

In the left corner,hidden behind the table and the crowed is the most beautiful girl we ever saw.

Long curly fire Red hair, skin as white as snow, big almond eyes with the colour of an emerald gemstone and plush red lips. She is dressed in a plain beige dress, looking like she desperately trys to hide herself away from everyone but still holding a proud and confident posture, sitting and looking like she is above all of us.

' I like her' Sin purrs .

' You are fucking kidding me , right Sin? Smell!! She is young , probably didn't even meet her mate yet. My answer is no. so cut it' I growl at him and he crawls back, angry at me.

" Alpha you called for us?" I hear the voice of Andros.

" What the fuck were you thinking, bringing underaged girls here? I had one request and you didn't just forced frightened girls to come here.. You brought girls that are not even 18 yet! I am going to Kill you Andros!" I scream at the council member after I sharply turned to him.

He bows down in front of me " I'm sorry Alpha, we just wanted to fill the room. There is no need for you to acknowledge the underaged. I personally will introduce you to the one that are to your liking" he blurted out, pale and frightened to death.

I was about to answer when the pack link opens " Rogues!" the border patrol scream.

" Fuck, can anything else go wrong today!" I scream and run out to help my men.

Sin already on the edge, after I forbid him to go near this girl and the way the council disrespected our wish and now rogues.

' You may take control Sin, but just for the fight. Do you understood?' I ask but he don't answers as he took over, not shifting, and attacked the first one that comes our way tearing him apart.

" There are hundreds of them. What do they want?" he growls angry.

He ripped through them , one after another and the more came the angrier he got and soon I felt that I start to fade aways as he pushed me further back.

" Nicos get the tranquilizers ready, Sin is about to loose it. Don't let them go near the guest " I managed to link my beta before Sin blocked me out of my own body, That son of a bitch!

Sin moves back to the building, satisfied with his work.

' You did a good job Sin, now give me back control ' I try.

' No! I am going to teach the council a lesson' he growls at me and pushes me further away.

Fuck!!

As we enter the hall everyone runs away as soon as the see our red eyes, shredded and bloodied clothes. That's when we hear a sweet voice to our left" Watch where you're going, freak", and Sin halts in his steps looking in the direction just when the red haired girl walks in the hall, oblivious to the danger she just walked in.

A squak escapes as she sees us and the glass of whine slips through her hand.

She rushes towards us" Goddess , Alpha what happend? Are you alright?" she asks , inspect our body with her eyes, not realising that my wolf observes her every move.

Is this girl stupid? She didn't even looked up yet and has no qlue in what kind of danger she is right now.

' Please Sin give me back control, don't do something stupid ' I try again but he growls a 'no' and and cuts me out just as the girl looks up and sees his red eyes. She takes a small step back as she gasps and visibly pales, finally realising what she got herself into.

" Alpha did you heard me? Are you hurt?" she speaks again and takes slow steps towards us, instead of runnig.

Yes she is fucking stupid!! Run girl!! I wanted to scream at her.

"Alpha " she asks as she moves her hands up to touch our face.

What is she doing???

Seconds before she could touch us, Sin grabs her wrists forcefully, making her gasp at the painful impact.

"Are you not afraid of us?" Sin asks her intrigued.

" Maybe later, right now we have to treat your wounds" she stutters, worry and fear clearly written all over her face.

Sin tries to make her right hand touch our left cheek but she tries to resist the touch and Sin growls vicious at her.

" Alpha your cheek is bleeding " she whispers and my wolf freezes in his movements before he start to lean our head to the right side, to let her touch our cheek and she approves, letting him do as he wishes.

" Alpha, can I talk to James please? " she asks cautiously and he growls a murderous "NO", what makes her jump.

' Sin you are frightening her. Give me back control!' I demand.

" It's OK.. it was just a question.. B-but we have to treat your wounds.." I see her eyes tear up but Sin just won't let go.

' Sin you're hurting her, just let me..'

' Shut up James' he growls at me and let's go of one of her hands, moving upstairs and tugging her along.

' Nicos?' I try to link my beta and luckily he answers

" Alpha?! Where are you? I got the tranquilizers and am on my way"

" He is heading to the study , a stupid girl walked up to him, he is taking her with him, hurry up" I link back and hear a 'Fuck' as we walk in to the study.

" The first aid kid is in the closet " he tells her before letting go of her hand and placing himself on the chair near our desk.

" Alpha, maybe you take a shower and change your clothes while I prepare everything " she suggest.

" And leave you alone, so you can run away? Nice try " he comments, smirking dangerously at her.

" O-okay" she answers. Pulling out the first aid kid she moves to stand before us and starts to unpack the things.

By now she started to tremble a bit but continued with the task.

She stands there awkwardly looking at us.

" What?" he growls and she jumps back.

" Y-You h-have to re- remove your shirt" she stutters.

' Sin you are scaring her!!!'

' No I dont' he growls at me while undressing.

' Yes you are! Look at her, smell the air. I beg you give me back control ' I try to reason with him.

' No, you will send her away! I told you I like her!'

'When I promise to not send her away will you give me back control?'

He observes her and starting to whine as he finally realises that he indeed had scared her.

' Promise me you won't send her away? I like her' he purrs .

' You have my word' I answer and feel him slowly resin and letting me get forward.

' Nicos, abort the mission. I am back in control' link my beta and focus on the girl.

I slowly reach out to her and she flinches. " It's OK, he is gone, for now" I assure her and she looks up to confirm my words before he exhales loudly and sinks to her knees, letting her tears flow.

" What's your name?" I ask to distract her .

" Lilian" she whispers.

" How old are you, Lilian?"

" I'm eighteen " she softly answer.

God she is so young! What is she doing here?

" Next time when you see everyone running away you should follow instead of going into the direction they running from" I say with a small smile, and she nods .

" I was so distracted I didn't realised what was on" Lilian explains herself.

" What got you so distracted?"

" I-I.. ehm it doesn't matter" she looks shy and embarrassed so I let go of that topic.

" Do you still want to treat my wounds?" Lilian looks up and nods before getting back on her feel and position herself between my legs, working on my wounds.

" I'm sorry " she suddenly speaks.

" For what?" I ask confused

" You just stirred.. I -I thought that the impact might have hurt" her voice is so soft.

Yes I stirred, but I can't possible tell her that it wasn't out of pain but because my wolf is purring and going crazy at her touch, that would only scare her.

" It's not the pain" I simply say and she looks at me , accepting the fact that she should not ask further.

She disinfected all my wounds and I must admit I feel a lot better as I feel them slowly closing up.

" Can I go now?" Lilian ask.

' No, you promised ' Sin growls in my head.

' And what do you expect me to do? Under what pretense shall I keep her here? Sin we have to let her return to the ball. I will find a way for you to meet her again, ok?'

He isn't pleased with my decision but stays in his place, growling at me.

" Yes you may go. Thank you" I say and she slightly bows before running out of the room.

' I want her' he tells me as soon as she is gone.

' Sin she is just eighteen, her mate is somewhere out there. Will you really take the chance to meet her soulmate from her?' I try to make sense but he just won't listen.

' I WANT HER' he demands and starts to fight me.

' God Sin calm down! ' I command

' Either you take her as our wife or no one! And If you dare take someone else or ignore my request I will go rampage and kill everyone !'

FUCK!