Chapter 7

Connor

She wasn't supposed to be here at this time. I scrunched my brow in confusion and quickly dismissed the warriors. Alpha Dean told me last night that Jane would be arriving late, so her welcome party will be in the evening.

"Do we have training in the evening, Beta?" one of the warriors inquires.

"No, we don't. Where were you when we announced our future Luna's arrival this morning?" I ask him seriously. My canine-dark lycan demeanour begins to emerge. For a split second, his face turned pale and he appeared scared. The others coughed awkwardly. "See you soon, Beta." The remaining warriors bid their goodbyes and dispersed from my sight immediately.

My gaze returns to the same warrior. "I…" he stammers.

“You-"

"I... I..." the warrior, shaken up in fear.

"You may dismiss," I told him. "See you this evening, Beta," he says and rapidly walks away from me.

I shook my head and turned around to see Jane approaching a group of young warriors. Her hips swayed smoothly, and she carried herself with the grace of a goddess. When I see her reaching out her hands to shake each male's hand, I let out a grunt. I brush the thought of cutting off those hands and pick up my shirt from the ground. I pull the shirt over my head. My attention returned to Jane after I adjusted my shirt.

I watch as she flirts with one of the warriors. I clench my fists to my sides, however, when she flips her hair back. I see that smile, which I have grown to love very much. Our last encounter may have pricked my heart, but at this moment, she is like sunshine to my aching heart.

Gosh, she’s just one gorgeous woman, and I am turning into a simp for her. Do I have a death wish? Absolutely no, but that mate of mine is getting irresistible.

I know I am not normal like other wolves. The truth is, I am not one of them. I discovered it right after I was born. I am no stranger to my Lycan kingdom, and instead of shifting into a wolf, I transform into a beast. A beast that is part of my father’s lineage, and I am not supposed to live among the werewolves. If I am found, then I won’t even get to see the light of another day. Yet I am here on purpose, and I have to conceal everything until my mission is accomplished.

I must confess that things are now getting hard, as my mate is one of our enemies. Even from where I am standing, I am close to losing control and going over to where she is flirting with those bungling warriors. I want to claim her in front of those amateur bastards’ before I enucleate their eyes out for sinfully eyeing what’s mine.

I narrowed my eyes and scrunched my nose when I saw Egon getting close to her. I hate him. Why does he have to be here when he should be at the Nightfall Pack? I clench my fist on my sides.

"She's beautiful and hot as f**k," a familiar voice from behind says, wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

I sigh. F**k! My body stiffened briefly before relaxing slightly.

"She's one fine piece of the moon, and you're staring, bro."

"I wasn't," I say flatly, my face expressionless. Shit! I had no idea I was staring at her, and I hope it wasn't for too long.

I turn aside to see Kyle f**king Silas.

The maniac smiled at me knowingly. Kyle Silas and I are cousins – distant cousins on my mother’s side. He is the only one I trust but I don’t tell him my hidden motives and he doesn’t know that I am a lycan. I am close off when I wanted to be.

"Don’t try to deny it... I saw you eye f**king her," he says, and I shook my head.

I wasn’t eye f**king her. My cousin has a filthy mind. My reactions to his words made him chuckle.

"What? She could be yours if you wanted to." He encouraged me.

By the looks of it Kyle doesn’t know that he is indirectly disrespecting his future Luna. I can’t wait to his reaction when he finds out. I shook my head.

“You don’t know her, do you?” I ask and he shrugs his shoulders in return.

“Don’t know, don’t care but I can’t deny that she looks hot… I mean look at those sexy legs… gosh…just imagine it wrapped around you tightly and those plum li-”

I elbow him hard in the stomach. I didn’t want him to finish his words as we have an audience around us.

“Ooof!” he groans, holding his stomach. I take a step back, my hands in my joggers. "You’re talking R18 in front of the pups." I pointed to the pups who gathered around him. Some of them are disgusted, while others are perplexed.

"I'm going to tell you, Mummy," cried one of the pups, making Kyle stand up straight and smile at the other pups around him.

“You brought them here," I winked at him.

"Oh, come on, it's your favorite guy, Uncle Kyle," he tries to console them. "Cuz," he begged, and I shook my head no.

My cousin will undoubtedly force me to tell them stories. I've been there before and don't want to get caught again.

"Beta's duty," I say as I walk towards the pack house.

I stroll past my mate and her boy toys. It took everything in me not to turn around and claim her right there and then. However, I chose the latter. I kept walking until I was nearing the pack house.

"Beta Connor," I hear her say, but I ignore her.

“Beta," she rushes up beside me, out of breath.

"BETA!"

I come to a halt and turn around to find her beaming at me, her breathing uneven.

"You need a lot of training," I told her bluntly.

"You're pretty fast," she indicated before adding, "and I don't need training, Beta."

"And you are?" I act as if I don't know who she is. I'm interested in seeing her reaction and I chose to play with her for a while.

“I am Jane – Jane Dean” she smiles widely at me.

”Ahhh, it's the Alpha's daughter. Welcome home, Luna."

When I greeted her, I noticed a slight flush on her cheeks. I enjoy knowing that I have an effect on her.

"Please accept my apologies for not noticing you earlier. Your father claims you won't arrive until later." 

"Well, plans changed," she explained, tugging a hair behind her ear. I inhaled deeply.

‘F**K! Don’t lose it. Focus and control yourself’ I keep telling myself even though my lycan side is on the verge to come out.

"If it would make you feel better and as an apology, would you like to tour around the pack? I’ll be your tour guide," I said, trying to strike up a conversation. She stood there for a second, nibbling her bottom lip, which sent me to my knees. I nervously gulp my saliva.

"I'd love to, but you're too late," she answered. I look at her, puzzled.

"Have you been to the pack city?" I ask, and she simply replies with a no. "Okay! Why don’t we do this? I’ll take a shower, and you wait for me in the foyer, then we’ll go on a city tour," I suggested. She exhaled a deep sigh. "Perhaps next time," she said. "I'm exhausted after that tour, not to mention the plane ride," she added.

"OK, then there's nothing else I can do to make it up to you, Luna," I said.

"Perhaps next time," she quickly replied.

"Deal then. Shall we?" I motion for her to lead the way to the pack house.

"Hello, Beta!" Camille's cheerful voice greeted us as we entered the foyer. Daniel was standing behind her. I shook my head when I saw them together. Those two mice and a cat game is getting out of hand and I’m glad I locked my room. I hope they didn’t christen Jane’s room.

"Hi Cam," I answered as I follow behind Jane.

"Did you have fun, Jane?" Camille asks as she saunters down the stairs and meets us halfway up the stairs. "I did," Jane replies. "Did you get to meet Egon?" she goes on to ask. I look up to see Daniel glaring at Cam. "Oh well, I did," Jane replied.

“Excuse me ladies.” I proceed to walk past them, not wanting to hear about the other guys.

One step ahead of Jane and Camille landed on top of me, pouring her lime juice jug on me. She smiled sweetly at me before turning to face Daniel.

"You did that on purpose, did you?" I said groggily. "Oops, my mistake, Beta," she winks at me before pulling away. I sigh and continue upstairs.

"Beta," I hear Jane calling as I am about to turn in my room’s direction. I come to a halt and turn to face her. Her face flushed as her gaze roved around my wet shirt. I know she's staring at my abs. I'm glad I could impress her.

"Could you please show me to my room?" Fortunately for her, the room is close to mine. "Sure, I'll walk you there," I said, turning around to leave. Jane followed behind me closely.

"Gosh, I think I'm wet," she said in a sultry voice that made my body stiffen and heat up. I abruptly stop.

"Are you all right, Beta?" Her melodious voice soothes my lewd side, and I immediately suppress my desire by picturing a naked Kyle, which was so revolting.

"I beg your pardon.”

"Huh?" She gave me a perplexed look. "Don't tell me he could hear my thought." I heard her again, and this time I knew it was her mind speaking.

"Umm, no, it's just that I thought you said something," I say with a smile. "Come on, we're almost to your room."

As I walked her there, I could hear so many profanities flying around in her innocent head. I guess she's not so innocent. My little vixen.

"This is yours," I say as we approach her room.

"Gosh! Fuck me now,” she gushes in her head.

"Thanks," she said as she stepped inside, but before she could close the door, I slammed my hand on it. My head lowered to meet her gaze. I take a step forward. 

I whispered into her ear in a hoarse, deep voice. "I'd love to f**k you right here, but" I back away and Jane looks at me baffled. “Next time Luna” I winked at her.

“Huh?” She appears befuddled.

"Your link was active." I lied knowing it wasn't true, but it was my habit to read people's minds, especially hers. "You have a welcome party around 7:30 p.m.," I call back as I walk away. I could hear the slamming of her door before she shrieked. That brings a grin to my face.