Only four more days...

Rainn POV

As I sat at the kitchen table picking at the bagel still in my hands I was quickly pulled from my reverie as my dad cleared his throat, my eyes shot up to him as I began nodding, a smirk on my face as I thought of Kai.

“I’m super excited, can’t wait for my birthday dad. I’ll finally be able to have Kai mark me, it’s all I’ve ever wanted." And as I spoke those words a weird spark shot through the place where Beau had held onto my arm just two days ago, my brows furrowed as I cupped my other hand over the spot, not understanding why I had felt it and why I was feeling it right now.

My parents both gave each other a concerned look before facing me again,

“Everything okay sweetheart?” nodding I merely pulled my headphones on over my ears and was about to cram up the volume to my tunes when mom came to pull them away from my ears,

“Well, in preparation for your birthday and union with Kai. Your dad and I have a lot to do before the full moon on Saturday, the day of your ceremony with Kai. So- we need you and Kai to travel to our neighboring tribe, Fianna. Alpha Burton and luna Ebony’s daughter Fala is meant to come and stay with us for a few days as our tribe governs over all the other twelve tribes.”

My brows furrowed as I tried to understand the reason this other she-wolf needed to come and stay with us, but before I could voice my concern my father spoke up which made me swallow my words down hard,

“Fala has just turned eighteen, and she was meant to have found a mate within her own tribe. Unfortunately, this hasn’t happened. In which case, alpha Burton and I have decided she come here for the full moon run, where she hopefully will find a mate. In which case she will then return home with a mate who will become alpha of tribe Fianna, to then rule allowing her to take her place along his side as his luna,” smirking I just shook my head,

“Wait, you mean you’re just going to allow her to come here and take one of our wolves as her mate, seriously?” I said now feeling irritated by this stupid idea,

“Rainn, tribe Fianna is a mystical one of nature. Fala has to find her mate soon before word gets out that she still hasn’t done so, otherwise rogue wolves will come and try their luck and capture her because of the power their tribe possesses. Fala is in danger so yes, as our neighboring tribe I decided as I am still the alpha, that she could come here for protection and hopefully to find her mate. Surely you cannot be opposed to helping them, can you?” Scoffing I just stared at him in disbelief before smirking,

“Can we send Beau away to become her mate,” I said feeling smug at my little comment, mom’s eyes narrowed slightly as she watched me intently,

“Why Beau?” Rolling my eyes I held up my hands in defense,

“I’m just saying, Beau hasn’t found his mate yet and a change of scenery might be good for him that’s all,” I should have known that mentioning Beau leaving would ruffle my mother and father’s feathers somewhat, they absolutely love Beau, he could do no wrong.

I mean they loved Kai too, of course, but, for some unknown reason, they had a serious soft spot for Beau, which really peeved me at the best of times.

“Well, if Beau turned out to be Fala’s mate, then there wouldn’t be anything we would be able to do to keep them apart, so-” Mom looked indifferent as she turned to look at dad, but I knew they would seriously be very sad if Beau ended up being Fala’s mate, I, however, would find this to be the best news ever, not having Beau hovering over me like a principle to its student would actually really be nice for once.

“In any event,” Dad said as he crossed his arms to look at me, “we need you and Kai to please go and fetch her, today,” I was immediately taken aback as I merely stared at him,

“You want us to go and fetch little miss Fala, today?” nodding both my parents just stared at me with a this isn’t up for debate expression on their faces. Huffing I rolled my eyes at them,

“Fine,” I said as I pulled my headphones on over my ears once more before turning up the tunes to Linkin Park’s, Heavy,” as I got up and walked back up towards my bedroom.

Entering my room I noticed Beau’s black t-shirt scrunched up in the corner of the floor, remembering that I had tossed it there two days ago.

I really hoped that Beau would be her mate, so he could leave and whatever the hell had happened two days ago could just be over.

Lying back against my pillow I closed my eyes as I listened to the lyrics to the song as my jaw clenched, only four more days until I’m mated to Kai. I could do this, I could do this- I kept telling myself over and over again.

***

Just like that, as per arrangement Kai and I found ourselves getting into the jeep as we prepared to leave for tribe Fianna, I smiled at him as I bit my bottom lip. I loved this boy so much, he was everything to me and I couldn’t wait until he was officially all mine. Four more days Rainn, we could do this I told myself and Kala as I whispered it to myself.

As we drove off Kai turned to look at me with an adoring look on his face as he intertwined his fingers with mine,

“I can’t wait for our birthdays,” He said in a low husky tone and I swear my stomach did a summer sault right then and there.

“Only four more days,” I said as I gave him my most seductive little smile, to which he squeezed my hand in a smiling acknowledgment to what that meant.

I wanted him so badly and I knew he was finding it incredibly difficult to keep his hands off of me as well, so with all this sexual tension hanging in the air, Kai and I headed towards tribe Fianna, a two hour drive of fighting the urge to tear each other’s clothes off and make passionate love with one another, yeah this was going to be a very long drive, I thought with a smirk on my face as I gently squeezed Kai’s hand.

***

As we arrived at tribe Fianna I couldn’t help but be in absolute awe at how beautiful it was, like a nature wonderland of plants and animals. I tried to think back to the one time I had met Fala, I think we were like four or something, so I couldn’t really remember her all that much besides her long black hair that hung all the way down to her hips and her green eyes.

So as we got out of the jeep we started making our way over to their pack house, which looked more  like a utopia with all the nature that was surrounding it. I mean our pack house was impressive and earthy but this place, holy cow, definitely took the cake when it came to being one with nature.

We were very quickly welcomed by luna Ebony as she took both our hands in a gesture of good hope,

“Welcome, Rainn and Kai. It’s so good to meet both of you, I vaguely remember the two of you the last time I saw you’re parents, I believe you were both four at the time,” nodding both Kai and I smiled, “I remember you two being joined at the hip back then, I see nothing’s changed much,” she said winking at us.

I felt a blush form on my face but quickly looked down to hide it, “So you know why you two are here right?” she asked looking at both of us optimistically, nodding we both replied, “yes,” as we again looked up at her. “Good, okay, so alpha Burton is away today on official business but Fala has already said her goodbyes to her dad, so she’s good to go.”

As she said this a girl stepped out from somewhere behind luna Ebony as she came out of the front door of the pack house with a green backpack slung neatly over her shoulder, I knew straight away that she was Fala, I did in fact recognize her face even though she had all but grown up.

Her eyes were still the same color and her black hair still hung down past her hips, she looked like a fairy of some sorts with her thin crown of flowers that had been threaded together which was placed on her head, she wore a short summers dress that was covered in little flowers and earthy leather sandals, I looked down at her long legs in relief as she luckily had a pair of tights on under there.

She was definitely a girly girl she- wolf that was for sure, she seemed shy as she slowly made her way over to us. I immediately felt guilty for thinking that she should be mated to Beau, he would break this poor girl in half, and I had to quickly shake that thought from my mind as I definitely didn’t want to imagine him naked.

“Oh Fala my dear, here you are. I would like you to meet Rainn, alpha Edgar and luna Gabriella’s daughter,” as luna Ebony introduced us I held out my hand to shake hers, her hands were so soft, definitely not a fighter that was for sure.

I tried to imagine her in her wolf form but found it hard, if she was such a timid little thing, then what would her wolf be like I thought to myself. Nodding she smiled as she looked at me,

“Nice to meet you,” her soft and gentle voice flowed from her and sounded exactly as I would have imagined it to be, like a porcelain doll to the ways of our world.

“And this is Kai,” she said as she introduced him to her, “I believe you are the son to the Beta of the tribe?” nodding Kai smiled at her as he held out his hand to Fala, who gently took his in hers. That’s when Kai gasped and so did she as they just stood staring at one another in a very strange way. And as if shaking off whatever that weird moment was between them Kai smiled as he said,

“It’s nice to meet you Fala,” nodding her eyes lit up as he said her name which caused my brows to furrow.

Before I could give it any more thought however luna Ebony clapped her hands together which sounded like crystal shattering, which shook all of us out of the strange moment of energy that just a moment ago had been flowing around us.

“Well, it will be getting dark soon and I know it’s probably about a two hour drive back to your own pack, so I think you kids should all get going,” nodding we all smiled at luna Ebony before quickly making our way over to the jeep. I

got into the passenger seat as Fala got into the back, Kai got in the driver’s side as he started the ignition. I couldn’t shake this weird feeling I suddenly felt as we began driving away, like something was wrong and I couldn’t place it or quite understand why I was feeling that way.

Kai gave me a small smile before turning up the music in the car, obviously not wanting it to be an awkward silence home, and I internally thanked him for this because I didn’t really feel like talking about the weather right now.

I felt strange and by the looks of things Kai was picking up on that too, so off we drove back towards home with Fala in the backseat of the jeep.