Dean POV
I was lying on the grass near the waterfall and she was sleeping on my chest while I played with her long shiny black hair, the sun was going down and it was so peaceful.
She moves a little then her hazel eyes with green flecks looks up to meet mine and my heart skips a beat, she is breathtaking.
“hey sleepy head” I say smiling then run my fingers on her full pink lips that goes perfectly with her fair skin, she smiles putting her hands on my cheek and I lean into her touch, we move toward each other and when our lips are about to touch… I wake up startled by the banging on my door, then the door flew open.
"WHAT THE FUCK DEREK" that dick, couldn’t he wait few more minutes? I look at my phone and see that it’s 8 am, so I didn’t oversleep or anything, why is he breaking my door down and waking me up from my beautiful dream.
"Wake up; we have a meeting today remember?" Derek says, as if I forgot, it was the only damn thing he talked about since we came back from blood moon.
" Its fucking 7 hours from now, calm your shit down and stop acting like a high school teenager who can't wait to go to prom" I say chuckling which now I realize it was a huge mistake.
Derek launches towards me knocking me of the bed and putting me in a headlock all in one swift move… "What did you say?" Derek says as he tightens his hold around my neck
"Nothing, Alpha" I choke out; I know he would never really hurt me, I’m his brother but he was my alpha nonetheless.
Derek releases his hold on me and pats my head saying "Good baby brother, remember who is your alpha"
"Don't call me that” I hated that baby brother shit, I’m a full grown man, I am his beta for crying out loud,
"You'll always be my baby brother Deedee" he says smirking "Don't fucking call me that either" I say angrily.
I really hated that fucking nickname he used to call me when we were kids because I once thought it was a good idea to jump of the roof of the training building to see if I was going to land like Spiderman but instead I fell and broke my leg and I was crying too much and sounded like a girl according to him,
he could be a real asshole sometimes but he is also the greatest brother one can wish for, because when father found out about this incident he swore to give me the beating of a lifetime for my stupidity and how I embarrassed him with my childish acts, I mean I was a child I was only 11 but that never stopped father, we were beaten since we could walk.
Derek saw how enraged father was so he said that he pushed me of the roof as we were goofing off so it was an accident and it was entirely his fault.
That day father sent Derek to the hospital with serious injuries and broken bones; I believe that this was the incident that brought us on the “Guardians” radar.
You can only imagine the severity of the beaten if it sent an alpha werewolf to the hospital, although he was just 14 years old, he was strong, the strongest just by lineage never mind the amount of training father put him through.
When I went to visit him at the hospital I was consumed with guilt I was a crying mess, Derek warned me that if father saw me crying I will join him in the bed next to him and teased me about how I sounded like a girl when I cry thus came the nickname Deedee.
I hate the nickname mostly because it reminds me of that day and how Derek looked in that hospital bed all because of me.
“Okay calm down princess we don't want you to start crying" he say teasingly.
I groaned walking past him into my ensuite bathroom to start that fucking day.
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I walk into the dining hall and it was mostly empty as everyone was either in training or on their way to work or school but the exception was Natalia as usual.
I see her staring at Derek as if he is the only person in the room with a pained smile on her face yet some hope in her eyes that my brother somehow someday will be hers.
She was a beautiful girl with short blond hair just above her shoulders and light green eyes and pale skin and a fit body as she is one of our strongest female warriors.
A lot of males desired her but she only desired one, the one she can never have.
Derek never hooked up with pack members, He was a bit of a playboy but never to the extent of being a manwhore as he likes to call me, I was a bit of a dick too to be honest.
I find my way to the ranking members table and set on Derek's right while Dylan on his left. Dylan is the gamma and our cousin.
“It’s about time you join us Deedee, what took you so long? Your morning skin routine, or something?” Derek jokes.
“No, it was my hair routine, my skin is flawless” I say shrugging and they start laughing, assholes, I like to look good so sue me.
"Good job Dylan sending us those links as fast as you did, you saved us a lot of trouble" I say as I sit down and start filling my plate with food and desperately trying to change the subject.
"Come on cous it’s me... it was nothing" he says smirking; Apparently I wasn't the only arrogant dick in the pack.
"But for real that was a close call and we got lucky because alpha douchebag got cocky and thought he had a solid plan, if those were any other pack members not kids with school cameras on them in the morning it would have been harder to prove" Dylan say, all serious now, he tends to switch like that.
“Yes, and he has someone working in the inside too, he planned this from the night before, how else did he now that those kids were going to cross borders?” I say.
“I know but we are keeping this information a secret till we figure it out, he already had the arbitrator there thinking we will be caught off guard and wouldn’t be able to defend ourselves… we are having a pack meeting tomorrow morning to discuss safety procedures, Michael is in a disparate position now after what Mr. Jones said and I won’t put anything past him ... plus I have an important announcement to make" Derek finished with a half smirk.
I gave him a pointed look; shouldn’t he tell her first before telling the pack? And he answers that question out loud.
"I'm not sleeping another day without her at least in the same house; I didn't get any sleep yesterday"
"YOU FOUND OUR LUNA?" Dylan screams with excitement like he a kid promised to go to Disneyland on his birthday.
" Shhhhhhh calm the fuck down, I'll only announce it when she is here, she is human and doesn’t know yet that she is my mate” Derek warns with a low growl.
"You are lucky that the dining hall is almost empty and hopefully no one heard or Derek would of ripped your head off" I say chuckling.
"You can't blame me for being excited that Sophia will finally find someone else to complain about you boys with, I mean I love my mate to death but I'm tired of defending you assholes " he says standing up and heading out of the dining hall .
Dylan is our cousin so he gets away with talking with us like that actually that’s one of the nicest ways he talks to us with... Yup he is a dick.
Alexandria POV" hey babe did you see my gray hoodie? "Luke say searching the closet with his back turned to me“You mean the gray one with red writings on it?" I answer knowing full well which one he is talking about."Yup, that one, the only gray one I have and you know that" he says peeking his head out of the closet looking at me with one eyebrow raised."No, nop I don't know which one you are talking about" I answer all innocent with the biggest duo eyes I could master."Funny coz you are wearing it" he says walking towards me with narrowed eyes then picks me up and go toward the bed."Still don't know what you are talking about” I say giggling as he puts me down on the bed putting both his hands on each side of my hips.“Babe, take off my hoodie or I'll take it off for you,
Derek POVI try to run after her but Dean stops me, “I don’t think it’s wise to go after her now, she is angry and you are hurt, talking in this state will only make things worse, but look at the bright side”is he fucking with me now, what bright side? My mate almost had a heart attack and ran the other way upon learning I’m her mate.“And what is that Dean? Did you see her reaction” I say trying to go past him but he stops me again“Stop, and give her little time to process the news. And the bright side is that she obviously know about us and what we are so we don’t have to go through the whole werewolves are real and no we are not going to eat you bullshit” … how stupid is he?Didn’t he see how she turned pale and ran the other way?“But from her reaction dumbass that’s exactly what she
Alexandria POV As I register what’s going on I can see that Dean is losing and his movement is somewhat sloppy, they are rolling on the floor till they hit the wall near me on my left leaving me between them and the kitchen counter. I see the other man that I now sense is a rogue, on top of Dean who can barely fight him off. The rogue raises his hands with claws out aiming for Dean’s throat so I instinctively grab a kitchen knife from the counter on my right and get between the two stabbing the rogue in the heart as his clawed hand slashes my torso “ahhhh, son of a bitch” I grunt out as I lean on the wall. It takes more than this for me to fall; I won’t fall… so I’m just leaning now. In a blink I see Derek in front of me with panic on his face trying to reach for my wound but I swat him off, “I’m okay, it’s just a scratch don’t be over dramatic” I say through gritted teeth because it hurts to even talk but I’m not telling him that. He needs to stay away and I need to get
Alexandria POV “Happy birthday little momma” Luke wakes me up with a kiss on the cheek. “yaayy, my birthday is finally here, I get to be the queen of the day and boss you around” I say smirking. “ you always boss me around anyways” Luke says laughing. I do love my birthday, it’s when I feel extra special, my brothers and sister always made a big deal out of it, even my father played along. I miss them. Luke notices my changed expression and says “I know you miss your family, I really tried to reach them but couldn’t find a safe way to do so, I’m sorry babe” then he kisses my forehead, His kiss feels wet and he doesn’t pull back. “Hey are you drooling on me or something” I say chuckling as I push him of me, he looks at me with blood coming out of his mouth and says “I Love you”. I look at his chest and its bleeding too, he drops to the ground and I see him, the man I hate the most, standing behind him with a blooded knife and says “Happy birthday Alexandria” with an evil smirk
Dylan POV “He is close. Change location. Stay hidden” I read the message on her phone before it locks. “Alpha, you need to come back here now” I mind link Derek While the doctors take care of Alexandria. Just few minutes and a disheveled half naked Derek comes running through the hallway, he finds me standing outside her door and stops right in front of me with a panicked face trying to catch his breath “What happened? Is she okay” he asks and tries to go past me into the room but I stop him, “She is resting, the doctors said not to disturb her; they say it could be post surgery stress and that this happens sometimes”. Derek sighs and shuts his eyes “It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have pushed her that far when she is in that condition”. “It’s not you or the surgery Derek; I think it was a panic attack” he looks at me in confusion and I explain about the message I read and how it scared her enough into a panic attack , she doesn’t seem like the type to scare easily. Alexandria
Alexandria POV It’s been four days since I arrived to this prison… I mean the hospital room. I’m bored as hell. The doctors are checking me now; Dean, Dylan and Sophia are here too. “So, what’s the verdict?” Dean asks. “She is healing surprisingly well, I assumed she would need more time, she can be discharged today but to be safe let’s make it tomorrow” the doctor says. I couldn’t stop myself before I grabbed the doctor from his collar pulling him towards me, our noses practically brushing, and yell in his face “I’M GETTING OUT TODAY”. The poor guy looks like he is about to piss himself. “Alexandria let go of the nice doctor” I feel Dean’s hand on mine trying to pry the doctor out of my hold “We will get you out, just let the poor man live” Dean continue talking to me calmly as if I’m a mental patient, I guess at this moment I am, I slowly let go of the doctor and he scatters away toward Dylan and Sophia who are trying so hard to hold their laughter in. “I think she
Derek POV She grabbed my hands and I felt the tingles again, her hand fit perfectly in mine like it’s made for me, she is made for me by the goddess herself, I keep staring at our hands tangled together and I want this moment to last forever. “I’m sorry” she says just above a whisper, I look at her and she is staring at our hands too. “For what?” I ask her. she looks up with eyes brimming with tears, I can’t stop myself from reaching for her cheeks wiping a falling tear and she leans into my palm and closes her eyes… she feels it too, maybe not as strong as me but she wants me, she wants this. “For everything… for hurting you, you don’t deserve that” she opens her eyes and straighten herself, but her eyes doesn’t meet mine before she continues, “But believe me it’s for the best” she finish saying. this bullshit again. “Whose best Alexandria? Because it’s sure as hell not mine. This is killing me, and it’s not for your best either, you want this, don’t try to deny it… so is i
Derek POV We finish the battle and capture few alive. something is not right with this attack, no wolf, rogue, or not, dared to attack us for years now and to actually be with hunters? I pause on that thought for now and make sure all my men are alright before I head back to the pack house, I need to see her, to make sure she is okay “Move faster, human” My wolf Rex keeps nagging me. “If I move any faster people will know something is up and we don’t want them to know about her yet, you idiot” “I don’t care I need to see mate” “What will you do when we reject her like she wants?” Rex lets out a furious growl that I actually had to hold my head from the pain . “We are not rejecting her and she is not leaving, even if we have to mark her and make her ours forever” “No, you mutt, we will not forcefully mark her that’s not how we treat women and specially not her” “We can’t let her leave us, it’s the only way” He is not just a wolf, he is an alpha wolf and can’t always r