3. Again

Jake Smith

"Jake...Jake", Lisa shook me. I came out of my thoughts.

"Yeah", I responded.

"Where had you lost?" she asked.

"Nothing", I shook my head.

"We reached our venue", my beta Liam said from the passenger seat. A five-star hotel stood in its elegance before us.

We got down the car and get into the hotel. We took our room key cards. Being an alpha I had been invited to a council conference. There were two werewolf kingdoms. Unlike others, both kingdoms had great coordination and peace. King Samuel Knight was ruling the Eastern kingdom while King Judah Wick was ruling the Western kingdom. North Mountain was in the Eastern kingdom near to borders of the Western kingdom.

Annual council conferences were held either in the Royal pack belonging to King Samuel or the Blue Sapphire pack belonging to King Judah. This year it was in the Royal pack. It was organized by Kings for the welfare of our species. Alphas, betas, and gammas of every pack should attend this conference. Everyone discusses their problems and suggests new amendments to laws and all other stuff.

I poured myself a drink and stood on the balcony shirtless. I could see palace towers from here. Maybe I was looking at houses, roads, and towers but my mind wandered around those beautiful blue eyes and that smile worth billions. I was trying my best to get her out of my mind. This fucking mate bond was getting on my nerves. I didn't expect that I would meet her again. Meeting her at Silver Corporation last week was completely unexpected. She was from Grey Lake, the second largest pack in the country, and precisely from the Silver family. I saw how excited she was to meet me. I saw a luminescent smile and her blue eyes widened when she felt the sparks. That sparks were most annoying. They were on my skin very long even I left her hand.

I felt a soft hand on my back. I knew the touch. I turned to Lisa. She was in a bathrobe. She wounded her arms around my neck and pecked my lips which I didn't return.

"You are acting weird for the past few days. You are out of the world lately", she said. "Tell me what happened?"

I smirked and placed my hands on her hip and pulled her close. "I met a girl recently", I mumbled near her ear.

"Smart and stunning", I said.

"Better than me?" she asked.

"Unfortunately yes", I said.

"Who is she?" she asked annoyed.

"What will you do knowing?" I asked.

"I will make sure that she won't show up around you again", she said huskily. I kissed her and lead her to bed.

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I went to the palace along with Lisa, Liam, and my gamma Vincent. It's the same conference hall we usually attend every year. Many other packs were already there. There was a large rectangular table and every alpha and their Luna occupied their respective chairs around it. Betas and Gammas sat on the next line near their alphas. Both ends of the table were reserved for both kings. We went to our places. The meeting was just a few minutes away.

Suddenly I smelt my mate. It was mild at the beginning and gradually increased. With each passing minute, my wolf was getting edgy. I took a deep breath trying to calm him down but no use. My breaths filled with her smell and it excited him more.

"Behave", I said to my wolf and he didn't answer.

Alpha Evan, his beta Alex, and gamma Ryan entered the hall. Behind them, I found my mate. Because of their tall figures, she was completely invisible earlier. She wore a black business suit which made her look elegant and presentable. Her eyes met mine and her blue orbs turned to black. Seeing that shade my wolf tried to take over as well. I suppressed him using my utmost willpower. That's it, he blocked me again. Stubborn ass.

They occupied their places near King Samuel's place. She sat silently behind her brothers. By the way, what's she doing here? Whatever. After some time an elder man from the royal council met them. From their gestures, I understood they had a good relationship with that man. Then I realized the former Gamma female of Grey Lake was a princess and the former Luna was the daughter of the royal council chief. That made the already strong Grey Lake pack to second-largest and most powerful pack in the country.

King Judah along with his son price Xander and other officials entered the hall. Everyone stood up in respect. He stood at his place and addressed everyone. He sat and everyone followed. After a minute King Samuel, Queen Olivia along with Prince Jason entered the hall. Everyone paid respects.

Hall was full. Everyone was present there. Prince Jason sat beside my mate. She was talking to him. She was smiling too. Even though I tried to ignore it, I couldn't. I felt a nudge to my arm and I zoned out of my thoughts. I looked to my side and Lisa looked at me with a confused look. I wriggled my brows asking what?

"Where had you lost again?" she asked. I shook my head.

"Then why you are looking like that? Are you okay?" she asked and I nodded.

Alpha Sébastien of Blood Moon pack rose to his feet and greeted everyone collectively. Our packs used to be rivals. A few years back my father and Sebastien wrote a peace treaty. After I took over I continued it. But we never had good acquaintances either.

"Recently our pack was suffering with atrocities of a new pack. We don't have complete details of that pack. They were rumored to be the pack of hybrids. They were cruel and sneaky. They claimed some part of our forest near my pack borders. They were killing our wolves who ever crossed their borders. We tried to catch them but they killed all my warriors who went to their pack", Sebastien said.

"We caught one of them. They entered our pack at night and attacked us and get his man out. It's really quick and unexpected. We failed to stop them", Alpha Thomson of South crest pack said, neighbor pack of the blood moon. Three other Alphas near the blood moon pack explained their experiences with that hybrid pack.

After discussing to other issues, Alpha Evan said, "King, my sister Eva Silver wanted to talk to you all. I hope you will give her a chance", he asked politely. King accepted his request and smiled at his niece. My mate replied with a smile.

"Thank you", she said to everyone.

"I'm here representing Rouge pack", she said.

"It will be interesting", Lisa mumbled beside me.

Her topic seemed sarcastic counter to the rouge issue raised by Alpha Kane of Cross Stream pack, the fourth largest pack in the country. Alpha Kane rose to his feet.

"Pardon King. As I knew only high-rankers of the pack were allowed here. She held no rank and she represented rouges that were a threat to the own kind", he stated indirectly that she wasn't allowed here. To my dismay, it angered me. Fucking mate bond.

"Well, I invited her", Prince Jason said. Kane sat down with an annoyed face. Jason and Eva exchanged a smile.

"He should stay away from my mate", my wolf said in my mind. Finally, he showed up.

"No all rouges were threats", she said.

"With your permission, I want to present two of my friends here", she asked. Kings accepted. After 15 minutes a mated rouge couple stood in the conference. A few members glared after smelling them. Strangely my wolf was calm.

"She is Jared and her mate Jay", Eva introduced. They bowed to all.

"Many wolves became rouge because of their helplessness. Not everyone committed sins and was expelled from packs. And many reformed and wanted to lead a peaceful life. Jared, please explain to us why you became rouge", Eva asked.

"I'm from the dark woods pack", she said.

"My sister and her mate were pack warriors. My alpha once accused my brother in law for a crime that he didn't commit. Without proper investigation they killed him. After a few months, my sister died due to the death of her mate. At that time she had a three-year-old son, Sam.

I started taking care of him. We faced many difficulties in the pack. No one treated us well. I started digging for truths behind the execution of my brother-in-law. Alpha threatened to take away Sam from me. At that time I was seventeen and I wasn't qualified to take care of him. I quit my investigation for Sam.

After I turned eighteen I met Jay. He was already rouge at that time. He used to live like a human. With his help, I started digging up my alpha details. So, my pack officials accused me as a traitor and threatened me. I applied for Sam's custody. Using their power, they rejected my applications. I had no other option. I left my pack with Sam and became rouge.

We were living in peace. We never get into any pack affairs. There were many others like us. We all gathered and arranged a place for living. It came under Grey Lake borders. We never troubled their pack. Other packs attacked us even though we didn't disturb them."

"They were hunting us", she said that part looking at Alpha Kane.

"I'm requesting laws for rouges", Eva said.

"That's crazy", Kane commented.

"Why?" she asked looking straight into his eyes.

'How dare she?' subconsciously I felt proud of her.

"Laws for Rouges?", Kane scoffed. "Really crazy", he chuckled sarcastically.

"Correction. Laws for protection of rouges", she said and added a sweet smile at the end.

"I like her", my wolf said.

"When you started supporting rouges?" I asked.

"It's not about rouges. It's about her attitude", he said.

"Killing rouges for no reason is barbaric. There should be a proper investigation for rouges whoever crossed the borders. If they weren't any threat, they shouldn't be killed", Eva said.

"Oh, really? Two months back your brother Ryan killed rouge for crossing your borders. No investigation", Kane spat.

"Yeah... and that rouge tried to kill a pup", she answered.

"I request recognition for this rouge pack", she said. No one expects that coming.

"Recognition for rouges?" King Judah frowned.

"What if they start attacking packs using their laws?" Gamma Steve of Blue fall pack asked.

"Killing rouges isn't any new thing for us", Alpha Zeon commented.

The rest of the time everyone spent discussing the pros and cons of Eva's proposal. Most of the time, I couldn't take my eyes off her.