Seven

MATEO'S POV

"The job is done, my pay? " It is the first thing I say to the man at the other end of the cell phone once I leave the room. 

"Room 200," The masculine voice says and then the line went dead. I cannot imagine that he was in the next room, listening as I kill his business associate. I hate this fact about humans. Backstabbers!

From the hallway, I move to the room and place a harsh but quiet knock on the door. I don't want to draw attention to myself.

" I'm here!" I said to the old winter white-haired man. His eyes are blood-flecked. I can't tell if it were because of his old age or things he had smoked, anyone, I couldn't help but stare at his timeworn face which was graced with a goatee.

"I'm here," I said again, impatiently. I don't know who exactly to talk to, the old man in an armchair who seem to be the boss or any of the two hefty men who stood by his side. 

My guess was right, the old man is the boss. He stood up and walks towards me. His footstep is unsteady on his feet. He trips and almost fell but I Ignore him. One of his men who had bald hair and tiny eyes is fast enough to catch him.

"Cold-hearted!" He sighed and threw a file to me which I catch skillfully. 

He was about to exit the room but I held his arm, stopping abruptly.

"A second to confirm?" My deep voice came again. I look steadily at his blood-freckled eyes showing off the fact that I wasn't to scare a bit of him or his hefty bodyguards. They had already pointed a pistol at my forehead.

I shifted my gaze to the file in my hand. It was almost exactly what I needed. But it's accurate wasn't sure. He dare not mess with me. Mateo the king of mafias. He sure knows that. Even other mafia leaders avoid me and my troubles. That alone makes my name famous among the bad guys, but unfortunately, no one knows my face. 

I let go of his hands and stride out of the room. My assistant is already waiting outside the door just in case I need to also get rid of the man

I hand the file to him...

"Track Mr. Nathan. Find him !" I say. I already memorize the name of the mastermind behind the kidnap. 

The glittering sun rays spread various hues of shiny silver and gold was all I met in room 102, my room when I entered. Once I flicked the door open my eyes went to the bed. I think she is still under the duvet but on drawing it down, all I can see are pillows. Pile up one after the other down the bed and covered with the white duvet.

"Fvck!" I growl when I can't find her anywhere in the room even in the bathroom. Frustrated I sat on the bed. I am already having faith that I will return to the pack sooner   

I found my mate and the information I seek for years but now she is gone. I wonder why the f*ck she didn't read the letter I dropped for her. I clearly stated that she shouldn't leave no matter what happens. I even went as far as promising to keep her safe but the ass hole ... No .. she didn't even take a glimpse at it. 

The pack elders had gathered four years later, after my parent's disappearance and the enthronement of a wolfless Alpha. I count bear the fact that the blood moon pack which was once the most powerful in the US is now suffering because they had me as their Alpha. I was young just eighteen years old when I became a wolfless Alpha of the pack. 

I cried helplessly on hearing the news about my Parents' kidnap but the look I saw in the Pack member's eyes was much more torturing. ThTheyooked at me with a glimpse of hope suddenly striking their eyes. 

Together, they made me their Alpha right there. For the four years I ruled, The full moon festival ritual was never celebrated. 

How would it be  When I didn't know the location of the precious stone which must be present a day before the festival? I waited, searched, and sought for my mate in all the packs in the US but it seems the moon goddess forgot to mate me with anyone.

At some point, I felt like a lone werewolf. I cried myself to sleep and woke up soberer 

The pack witch said my mate is a human. He said I must find my parents and my mate before my wolf could ever surface. 

I could vividly imagine how I was trembling at the elder's gathering one morning.

"If only you would approve of it, I would love to embark on a journey to the human city, I want to relieve myself of the curse and become a better Ruler  I want my pack to become the most feared  the most powerful just like it was when my father Alpha Asher ruled.."

All eyes rolled at every face. I prayed in my mind that they would accept my pleas even when I knew it was almost impossible. It was against the pack rule for the Alpha to be out of the pack for more than 24 hours. 

I was scared that this rule would stop me. Even though I was the Alpha and can make any decisions, I was still a minor only a25-year-old is considered an adult and capable to handle any official position in the pack... 

"We would allow it", my appointed regent said. Making my heart reap with joy. 

"But on one condition" he added...

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The door slammed bringing bme ack from my ocean of thought. I raised my brows and found skeleton, my assistant. Skeleton is his nickname of all the names on earth he chose that!

"What?! " I ask

" I found his address", he says