Chapter 4

As soon as we shifted, June stopped dead in her tracks and sat down like a pet dog waiting for a treat. June was a light brown color with pops of white on her chest and tail. Her furr was shorter than mine, but her tail was longer. She opened up her mindlink to speak to me.

"Holy shit, Stella"

I turned to face her. My large paws sunk deep into the mud of the forrest.

"What is it?" I asked, confused by her reaction. I knew I was a little bigger, but that couldnt be what she was referring to.

"Stel.."

June stood up on all four paws and stood next to me, shoulder to shoulder. It was then that I could see the real difference in our sizes. Before I had met my mate, I was only about an inch taller than June. Her shoulder didnt even meet mine anymore, and I towered over her. I looked down at her.

"It must be the mate thing. I knew I had gotten a little bigger, but, this?" I circled her.

"You are huge. And your fur, is longer. And its almost silver now. It is so white!" She cried out. She stuck her snout in the air and took in a deep breath, trying to sniff her way to the neutral grounds. We had to travel to the neutral grounds to find a burner cell phone to call Kyle with. We couldnt go into our town to buy one, somebody would notice and alert the Alpha, regardless of my status in the pack. Each pack member had pure loyalty to the Alpha of their pack. And that wasnt me yet.

"We need to move quickly. Dad knows that you won't train with me very long. I can probably stay out all day and he wont notice though. We need to get into neutral territory, find a phone, and call the Alphas pack member. And then we need to figure out somewhere for us to go.."

This was going to prove to be more difficult than I thought. Most mates are happy to rush around town together, announcing that they had found one another. But I was confident that my mate also knew the risks of us bragging all around either one of our towns. We had to do this carefully, and have a strategic plan before we shared the big news. I hoped he felt the same way, at least.

I stuck my large paws deeper into the ground, and took off in a run as fast as I could towards the border line. I could feel the wind I was creating rush through each hair of mine. It felt like I was moving in slow motion, but I could tell I was moving faster than I ever had before. I turned to look to make sure June was in tow, but she was nowhere to be seen. I came to a halting stop.

"Where are you!?" I asked. All of the packs had had issues with the foresaken lately. The foresaken were rabid wolves. There was no curing them, so they had to live in the outskirts of our city. They werent allowed inside, and rarely made it inside without being killed. But the fear that one may get to June was still there.

"Coming! Coming! You're like, super fast now, dude." I smirked at the thought of being that fast. June took a quick right curve around a large maple tree and landed next to me with a thud, breathing heavy. "Shit, Stel.." She laid down to catch her breath. I snorted a howl at her, laughing in my head.

"Come on, Ill try and be slower" I joked with her and took off again towards the border. I sniffed the air for any foresaken or any guards, and barreled towards the boundry line, crossing it with 4 easy leaps. June was behind me, and we both slowed down to a walk once we were across.

It was a small town. Couple of stores, a bar, and a small movie theather that had one screen. There werent many wolves that lived here by choice. Most were rogues that were banished from their perspective packs. Some were rogue whores that had no choice but to leave because they had a pup with somebody who wasnt their mate. They all lived pretty poorly. I wondered if any of them would notice that a soon to be Alpha was walking around. I hoped not.

June shifted back to her human form, standing in an alley way naked, grabbing the backpack that she had brought with us and pulled out the clothing we had left in from home. I shifted back and started to get dressed quickly before anybody saw my naked body. June yanked up the black and grey camo leggings she had stolen from my closet. Once dressed, we slid on our shoes and started to walk towards the convenient store.

The little bell attached to the front door of the store rang out loudly as we pushed open the glass door, stepping inside. The smell of potato chip bags and freshly pumped oxygen hit my nostrils. I turned down the electronics isle and found a cheap flip phone that you had to buy minutes to use. June had wandered off into the makeup aisle, apprently unaware why we were here in the first place. I rolled my eyes at the thought of her buying eye shadow on a day like today and headed towards the front counter. A young man was standing behind the counter, flipping his finger upwards while scrolling through a social media app. His mouth opened and closed violently as he popped a piece of bubble gum with his tounge. His eyes darted upwards towards me as I tossed the plastic box with the phone inside of it and the $50.00 minutes card on the counter. He scanned them both quickly, barely looking up from his phone.

"That'll be $183.78"

I pulled some cash out of my leggings pocket and handed him two $100.00 bills. He rolled his eyes slightly, ran a pen over them to make sure they were legit money and no fakes, and popped open the cash register. June appeared behind me at the counter. She had no makeup, good idea, I thought sarcastically. The boy handed me my change and grabbed the items off the counter to place them in a plastic bag. He couldnt have been maybe 16 or 17 years old. I could tell by a few scars on his arms that he must have just learned to shift and had been fighting other wolves for practice. He wasnt healing as fast, so that is what tipped me off to thinking he had just learned. He held the black bag out with his hand, not setting the phone down with his other. I snatched it from him quickly and made my way towards the door.

"Here is Kyles number" June handed me a crunched up piece of paper. It was a strip club business card. Great. I rolled my eyes at the card. We found a park bench near the store and sat down, looking around to see if anybody was watching us. Coast was clear for now. Not a soul in site. It was eery. I ripped open the plastic wrapping the flip phone was in and activated it quickly. No time to waste. I turned over the business card and typed in the phone number on the back.

Ringing.

I was nervous, i realized. I wanted to throw the phone across the park and go home. I could feel last nights dinner in my throat. If there were any wolves within a 30 foot radius, they would easily be able to sense my nerves through my heartbeat. My hand was shaking as I held the phone up to my ear waiting for an answer on the other end.

"Luna?"

The name caught me off guard. I froze. I couldnt speak! June noticed and quickly grabbed the phone from my hand and put it up to her ear.

"Where should we meet?" she asked. I watched as she nodded, then shook her head. "We can't be seen in your territory. Does he have..." she trailed off and i could tell that the voice on the other end of the line, Kyle, had cut her off and was preparing a plan that would work for all of us. "See you then" and she hung up the phone and handed it back to me.

"Destroy it." she said, looking towards a trash can. I nodded and ripped the flip phone in half, slightly surprised at my own strength. I threw the packaging, the reciept and the phone into the trash can and walked back to June sitting at the bench still.

"So what is the plan?" I asked. Holy crap, I was meeting my mate is secret. What if I couldnt talk again? What if he called me his Luna! I usually wasn't so nervous. June responded "We're going to one of his hotels" and before she could finish her sentence i screamed at her. "ARE YOU CRAZY!" We would be seen by any pack member that was staying at his hotel, which was right by the border of his pack land and the Quilin pack land. She shook her head at me with an evil look as if to tell me to shutup and let her finish. I calmed myself down and waited for her to continue.

"Alpha has a hotel on neutral land. Nobody knows it is his, he owns it under a different name. It's just a few blocks East." She pointed in the direction we needed to go. "The Alpha is already there. He has a room under the name Georgian. Kyle said to go there and that the front desk already knows that we are coming. I'll go in and get the room key and we will go up there together. I think it's best if you don't go to the front desk since you're.."

"More noticeable" I closed my eyes and sighed. Was it always going to be this hard? Every pack knew who I was since I was going to be the first female Alpha of my pack in over 100 years. I was assuming that the rogues knew who I was, too. I nodded in agreement and we began walking towards the Hotel Indigo.

The Hotel Indigo stood tall on the outskirts of town. It was entirely all green glass. The front swivel doors ushered us in quickly and the scent of lilac and fresh laundry hit our noses. The lobby was large, with fresh cut flowers scattered throughout on all of the tables. Oversized arm chairs lined the center of the room, almost a pathway to the front desk where a young woman was standing as receptionist. She smiled as she noticed us enter. I ducked off to the right where I could see there was a couple of elevators waiting for guests. June walked up and spoke for a few minutes, returning with a room key and information on things to eat and local things to do. And by local things, the movie theater and the bar.

"Pent house floor" June rolled her eyes as the elevator doors opened and we ushered ourselves in quickly before anybody else could spot us. The door shut and the soft and calming elevator music erupted into the air. June scanned the hotel key she was given and pushed the "P" button and we were headed up towards the pent house. Junes hand slid into mine and we held hands in silence. She knew I was nervous. She was nervous for me, I think.

The metallic doors slid open and gave way to a long corridor that was lined with mirrors and fresh white walls. The floors were marble. We both stepped out reluctantly and let the large doors close behind us. I looked over at June and she looked back at me, unsure if we should move forward or stay put. Before we could make a decision, the man who we knew as Kyle appeared at the other end of the long hallway, waving at us eagerly.

"Hey, guys!" He said loudly, smiling while he walked at us. He was so friendly. And the fact that we were from a rival pack didn’t seem to phase him. We didnt move. June smiled back and I stood frozen, unsure if I should smile or not. He approached us, almost skipping down the hallway. "Alpha is down the hallway in the living room. You can head on down. We will just be down a level in the other suite." Kyle pushed the down button at the elevator and ushered June into it with his other arm. She looked back over her shoulder at me standing, frozen, in the hallway. Next thing I knew the doors were closed and I was alone, with my mate just down the way.

I swallowed hard and turned to walk down the hallway. It felt like a lifetime. My feet were so heavy as I pushed them to lift up off the ground and carry me towards him. I came around the corner to a large and open living room. The windows were tinted, so the room wasn't overly bright from the mid-day sunshine. Trevor was sitting in an oversized armchair like the ones we saw in the main lobby. His right arm was draped over the arm of the chair, dangling, with his other relaxed on his lap. He was looking down at his phone, scrolling through social media I assumed. I stopped once I saw him and cleared my throat to let him know that I was in there. He dropped his phone suddenly and looked up at me and our eyes met. In one swift move, he was standing, towering over me and looking down. I expected some big bad scary alpha still even though our previous interaction told me differently. I expected his aura to seep out and onto me. But he didn't do that. Instead, he looked down at me with compassion and confusion. He was feeling the same nerves I was. I forgot that this was all new to him, too. That he had been startled by finding his mate just as I had.

I held my hand out, and he placed his hand in mine. His hands were warm, but rough feeling. His finger wiggled inside my hand and rubbed the outside of my pinky finger in circular motions. He leaned in and closed his eyes, sniffing the top of my hair. He leaned backwards and opened his eyes to look at me.

"I am not sure where to even go with this. I will not lie to you, I was not expecting this today. Or ever, really. I for sure thought I would be a lone Alpha." He stepped away and headed towards the mini bar.

"I, uh.." I was so unsure of what to say to him.

"Do you want a drink?" He asked, pointing at the glass in his hand. I nodded "Whiskey?"

He looked surprised at my drink selection and I grinned a little at the thought that I could surprise him with something. He poured two shots of whiskey into the glass and walked it over and handed it to me.

"Cheers" He clinked his clear, vodka filled glass with mine. I took a sip of my whiskey and leaned on the arm of the sofa that was behind us. He took note and found a seat in the chair he was in when I arrived. I felt more calm once the warm whiskey washed down my throat.

"Alright, listen. I don't know what you are feeling right now, but I am only assuming it is similar to what I am going through. You are obviously my mate and we have to get things right. Because, well, my Father.."

The Alpha cut me off "Your Father will not be happy." He shook his head in disappointment. He knew my Father well, and he knew the reaction once he found out who his daughters mate was. He was right.

"No, no he won't. And I don't really know how to approach this, but this bond.."

"You can't say no to it.." Before I knew it, he was standing in front of me, his hips in between my knees. A rush of excitement flooded my entire body. I could feel the heat from him and he slowly inched closer. Every being in my body wanted to wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him. I wanted to be all over him. I wanted him inside of me. I assured myself that this was the bond talking, not me.

"Aren't you at all worried that we know nothing about each other? What if you hate me? What if I hate who you are? There are so many things..." my voice trailed away as I let all the negative thoughts vomit from my mouth. How embarassing. "Well, why don't we play 21 questions or something?"

"The game from middle school?" I giggled. He nodded happily. "Alright" I agreed. Trevor rushed over to the sofa and patted the spot next to him, signaling me to come and sit down next to him. I wanted to sit on top of him if I was being honest with myself.

"You go first" Lord was he good looking. His chin was perfectly chissled and his hair just flowed off the top of his forehead like he just stepped out of a cologne commercial. His shoulders were broad and I could see the muscle tone through his grey tshirt. His jeans were tight, but not too tight. Just tight enough to give the girls a little excitement. He was barefoot, and even his feet were pretty. What boy has pretty feet, I thought to myself.

Questions. I needed good questions to ask him. If we were going to really be mates, we had to get to know one another, and not just in a sexual way like I wanted to at the moment. "First one." I stated outloud, sitting up straight. He grinned at me and leaned back into the couch, throwing his arm around behind me. I turned to look at him. "Whats your favorite thing to do in your downtime?"

He looked puzzled and thought about his answer for a moment. "Whale watching" he replied. The answer surprised me. "Where?" I asked. He smiled with his teeth and I melted. How was I going to get through 21 questions?! "If you go north a little ways, outside of the city, there is a trail that will take you to the edge of the mountain. Its small, maybe can only fit two or three people. But it is the perfect spot to sit at sunset or sunrise and watch the whales. They come around to that area all the time. They're beautiful creatures." His hand lowered and caressed the top of my back beneath my neck. I could feel the hairs on my back stand up and i shivered. "Are you cold?" He asked, grabbing a blanket from the corner of the sofa, tossing it across my legs.

"Your turn" I whispered. He scooted closer to me, his hand moving down and landing on my left shoulder. I let it stay. His long fingers wrapped themselves around the outline of my shoulder, digging his fingertips into my exposed skin. I was finding it hard not to turn and kiss him. "What is the one quality you wanted in a mate?"

The question took me by surprise, just like his last answer did. What if he didnt like my answer, i questioned in my head. "Loyalty." I replied.

"And not like, pack master alpha loyalty. Like, really in love, can't live without the mate, will go to bat against anybody and anything for them kind of loyalty." He nodded in agreement. "I think I'm pretty loyal" He smiled. I nodded. I had no clue if he was or not. But, for some reason I nodded with him.

"Okay, favorite movie!" He laughed out loud at his own question. "The Sanderlot" He gasped, "Mine, too!" We both erupted in laughter together.

"How are we going to do this, Trevor?" I asked him, and I could tell he could see the worry in my eyes. This was more than just finding our mates and living happily ever after. Our relationship could start wars. It could mean deaths, and that reality was weighing heavily. He shrugged and rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand. "I suppose we just have to take it one day at a time. But for now, I really think we should try and keep it a secret. What do you think?"

"Yes. Absolutely"

We finished up our drinks and poured more. We chatted, played 21 questions and learned random facts about one another. By the time we were done asking questions and talking, his hand was on my thigh. My legs were laid out across his lap. My hand rested on his forearm. The bond between us was stronger than I anticipated. It was pulling me so hard towards him. I wanted to mark him. I wanted him to mark me. But I knew if I marked, my Father would not only see the wound when I got home, but he would feel our tether snap apart, knowing that I had found my mate. Trevor leaned in towards and rested his forehead on my chest, listening to my heartbeat flutter eratically.

"Stella, I.." he took in a deep breath.

"Do it" I said. He looked up and immediately grabbed my face with both his hands and pushed his lips onto mine. I felt his tounge swirl inside of my mouth and I welcomed his scent and warmth of his lips. His kiss was strong, yet romantic. He wrapped his arm around my waist and yanked me onto his lap. I straddled him on the sofa and grabbed a hand full of his hair in my hand. He moaned as I pulled his head back and kissed his neck and ear lobe. I could feel the wetness between my legs through my leggings. He was hard beneath me through his jeans, and I slowly moved my hands down towards the waist to unbutton his pants. His hands found mine and helped me undo his jeans, wiggling them down, exposing him. His hard cock bounced out from underneath his boxer briefs waistband and I took it in my hand. A low moan escaped his throat and he grabbed my neck and pulled me to kiss me again. The sounds that came out of me were something I had never heard before. I wanted him desperately. He put his hands on either side of my hips and rolled me over and laid me down on the couch, a finger pulling down on my leggings. I wiggled underneath him, wanting him to rip them off of me.

"Are you sure?" He whispered as his lips trailed down from my ear to the top of my breast. I breathed heavily and nodded. His hands moved down to my waist and underneath my tanktop. He found my breast and cupped them softly, removing my shirt with his other hand over my head. He tossed the tank top across the room and made his way down my stomach with his mouth. He stopped at my leggings and slowly rolled them down my hips to my knees. His touch electrified my skin. He wiggled his fingers around my ass, and then back up to my nipples. My back arched in pleasure. I shoved my breast into his mouth as he neared it, shifting back and forth underneath him. He used his free hand to pull my leggings down to my ankles. He sat up, pulled them off of me and set them down. I spread my legs, and he slowly found his way back up to my lips, pushing his hips into mine, but letting his cock rest on top of my clit. With one hand on my hip, he used his other hand to guide his cock up and down my clit, the wetness spreading all over him. I moaned in pleasure, knowing that I was already close to climax.

"I want you to cum for me" He breathed into my ear. I nodded and closed my eyes, pushing my hips into his cock as he wiggled it around in circular motions. I could feel the heat in my pussy so much that I was amazed I hadnt already came. Before I knew it, he plunged himself inside of me. I screamed out in pleasure, ready to come on him. He thrusted slowly and deep, gaining his motion while I wrapped my legs around his waist. I dug my fingernails into his thigh as he stopped then entered me again slowly, twisting his hips at the end when he was fully inside of me. He growled and his fangs were started to come out. I wanted him to mark me so bad. To fulfill the mate bond. I lifted my head up and turned my neck as if to let him know that I wanted him to. He shoved his hard cock into me again, harder and faster. Sweat beaded down from his neck down onto my breasts. I took my hand and rubbed it into my skin, moving my finger to my mouth and licking the rest of it. He groaned in pleasure. He squeezed my thigh, getting a better grip, and thrusted into me again, and again. His finger found its way down to my clit and circled around it and finally my climax came. I howled in pleasure. He thrusted harder, howling with me, and suddenly plunged his fangs into my neck. I howled in pain and pleasure. I could feel our tethers tie together inside, finishing the mate bond and tying us to one another forever. He thrusted harder, feeling the bond himself. As I continued to climax on him, he removed his fangs from my neck and licked the wound and blood that was dripping out of it. My blood dripped from his lips, and he licked it off and kissed me hard. He rotated his cock inside me, making circles back and forth, vibrating on either wall of my insides. He looked down at me and kissed me one more time, a look of concern yet love in his eyes. I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him into my neck, breathing heavily. He moved in and out of me slowly.

"Mark me." He said. I opened my eyes quickly, pausing our thrusting. I nodded and released my fangs from my gums. Trevor flipped me over, so I was on top of him. He inserted himself into me quickly and grabbed my buttcheecks while he slowly moved himself inside and out of me. I moaned. I twisted my hips in a circle, finding the right spot. i sat up tall, leaning my hands back. My breasts bounced with each motion. He cupped them both, loudly moaning as I rocked back and forth on his cock. I leaned forward, kissed his neck, and sank my fangs into his neck, too. His blood filled my mouth and i swished it until the rest was dripping from the corner of my mouth. Trevor grabbed me hard, kissing me passionately while the bond finished tethering us together. I licked the wound and sat back up, his blood still on my tounge. He grabbed my ass cheeks, sitting up with me still on top of him. He jammed his hard cock back inside of me, my lips swollen and my clit overly sensitive. He found his rhythm and swayed back and forth, his arms wrapped around my waist, kissing me instensly. A moan broke free from his throat, and he thrusted harder inside of me. My entire body tickled from the feeling of the bond. The feeling was almost mind numbing. He rocked one more time, moaning with each entrance, finishing inside of me. He panted, opening his eyes to look at me. I looked at him and smiled, sweat and blood covering the both of us. He lifted me up off of him and laid me down on the sofa, swiftly coming in behind me to spoon me, naked. He wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me in close. I could feel the remains of his boner and the wetness from me still all over him.

"We're in trouble, aren't we?" He asked, pushing my hair back out of my face and lightly kissing my neck. "We are, Trevor. We really are"