CHAPTER 4

NASH’S P.O.V.

I was annoyed with Clarice. She had kept me glued to her lips and like a drug addict, I found it hard to let go. Damn!

Zues was epically annoyed with me, because I delayed seeing the face of our mate. Hope she was as beautiful and as incredible as I have always wanted her to be. But, on top of it, I sincerely hoped she was a ‘she’, I thought again and prayed to the Goddess. But does Goddess grant wishes that are shallow?

Well, I was shallow, I know it. I am the fucking alpha of the largest population of the world, well, future alpha, so I had a reputation to maintain. Oh Goddess, please do not grant me an ugly Luna!

I was walking here and there searching for the source of the scent. I never had a preference for flowers till date, but now, lavenders were my favourite, roses being second. Thankfully my mom and dad were in council meeting now, and while they had dragged me here to showcase my face to the other regions and heirs, I was not allowed to sit in the meeting. It was a privilege for the alpha and luna of the pack, oh, did I say privilege, I mean burden. Poor souls! They would be stuck there for hours.

Anyway, I walked around and Zeus caught the scent. It was coming from a line of rooms. And out of it, much to my dismay, were at least four bodyguards. Who the fuck was it? I saw a teenage boy sitting outside, looking at his mobile. While I crossed them, I saw one of the she-wolf around join him with a giggling smile. The girl gave me a sly look too, and while that boy put down his phone and grinned back, I just pulled out my phone and ignored her. I don’t need my mate to be more pissed at me.

‘Now, that’s the spirit,’ Zues acknowledged my thoughts.

‘Oh, shut up. I have not even met her, seen her, and yet she has me doing what I would never do otherwise,’ I snapped at Zues.

‘Yeah, a girl smiled at you, that is your cue to fuck her, isn’t it?’ Zues growled.

But I just ignored his jibe. I took a long walk of the place, and when I came back, the boy was sitting with two girls now. He was a player, I could tell, and he was good!

The boy looked at me and jerked his head in acknowledgment.

I walked up to him, not because of the girls or I wanted to introduce myself, but because of that scent. Somehow, that scent was enveloped around him too.

“Hi,” I smiled at the boy, ignored the girls and offered my hand to him.

“Hi, I am Jared,” the boy smiled back and we shook hands. I felt an exceptional familiarity at his touch. It was like a very subtle, soft tingles. He too must have felt it because his brows creased and eyes narrowed.

“I am Nash,” I replied as he dropped my hand. “Of Shakti clan,” I added to introduce myself.

Jared tried to remember the reference, “Indian subcontinent?,” he asked.

And I nodded.

“Africa and South America,” Jared gestured at himself proudly.

I tried to concentrate at him. And while his touch was tingly, and his smell was nice, he was, in no way, tantalizing.

“I will see you around,” I waved and turnaround.

“Maybe he is jealous, Jared,” one of the girls crooned at Jared and I smirked. Jealous, as if!

While I had pinned the source of the scent near Jared, I walked around. I did not want to lurk there and alarm others. I went back to Clarice to pass my time. And while I was with her, I decided to not fuck her, despite all invitations.

‘No touching other females now,’ Zues ordered.

I rolled my eyes and I continued to talk to Clarice. She was quite annoying, I realized this in the next few hours. She had limited IQ and she waved her hands dramatically a lot when she spoke.

“Are you listening to me?” Clarice asked as I felt something twist in my stomach.

‘Let’s go,’ Zues urged me. And ignoring Clarice, I rushed out. I reached where Jared was still entertaining those girls and followed the trail of scent. I did not need to do much, Zues was leading me, it was as if my legs had a mind of their own.

And we saw her. She was a blur… she was running… so damn fast. Thankfully she was a ‘she’, I whooped in joy. She must have covered twenty laps of the large field in the last ten minutes when I walked towards her. I watched mesmerized as her black sports bra and black slacks was highlighting the white skin tone. Panting, she stopped and dropped on her knees. And I suddenly felt I should have had a bottle of water with me to offer her, damn!

“Are you always so fast or it is something in Swiss air?” I asked her as I leaned by a pole in the field. She was breathing heavily and in her crouching position, I could see most of her curves. A desire rose in me as my eyes fell on her br*asts. They were small but um.. perfect.

She placed her hand on her chest and got up. And I could tell by her look that she liked what she saw!

“Who the fuck are you?” she demanded. Did she ask this the second time? I wondered as I grinned at my obsessiveness over her body.

She turned and started to walk away. ‘Great, first meeting and you offended our mate,’ Zues barked.

I shook my head and walked beside her. I was impressed that she was even faster on a level field. She must be very powerful. Maybe I should race her sometime.

“I am Nash, by the way,” I introduced, dying to know her name. “And you are?”

“You don’t look like a Nash,” her face was contorted. It was as if she was fighting her emotions, her thoughts.

“I think you look like someone,” she spoke as if she was angry without any control, “someone who disrespects his heritage by disowning or feeling ashamed of who he truly is, and wants to pretend and fit into a society to which he clearly does not belong to! And for that someone, I really do not have the time of day!”

It felt like she had slapped me. How dare she! Who the fuck she thinks she is…

“Excuse me, I am not ashamed,” I barked as I followed her.

“Really?” she grinned tauntingly. “What is your real name then?”

“Avinash Singh Randhawa,” I replied angrily.

“Avinash,” she repeated my name and I felt so light headed at the sound that it seemed the sky was moving. I have always hated that name, but not now, not the way she spoke it.

“Why not Avi? Why Nash?” she asked sarcastically, erasing all giddiness from me.

“I like Nash,” I shrugged.

“Obviously,” she rolled her eyes as she moved ahead.

“And who are you? I am sure you are princess by your attitude,” I mocked her too. Zues growled at me, he wants me to play nice but how can I when she is like this!

“Well,” she stopped again and squinted at me. Her incredibly beautiful golden eyes. They seem to shine brighter in the dark. “I am a princess. And I am not ashamed of my heritage!”

She blinked rapidly and I could tell someone was mind linking her.

‘Maybe we should mark her and make her ours to link minds with her too,’ Zues suggested.

“Anyway, this princess is being called by her alpha queen, so, if you will excuse me,” and without sparing me another glance, she ran away.

‘Wow! She is fast,’ I repeated, impressed with her speed.

‘Did she say Alpha Queen?’ Zues demanded, bringing me back to my senses.

‘She surely did,’ I sighed.

‘Then she is a La Gualias,’ Zues growled. ‘Of all the clans, we are mated to the most protected, most dangerous one. If she is a La Gualias heir, we have to fight not just them, but also Whitakers, isn’t it?’

‘You listen in our classes?’ I smirked at Zues.

‘Of course I do. It is I who has to fight, not you,’ Zues growled. ‘Anyway, I think it is time to take corrective measures if we have to get past to the badass alphas.’

I tried to recall when I was taught about the La Gualias and Whitaker clans. But nothing came apart from their names. I could not even place where these clans belonged to.

‘Talk to mom about it,’ Zues suggested. ‘And Nash,’ he added, ‘get rid of Clarice before I snap her neck away from body.’