Chapter 6

              Alia POV

Once we get through the crowd, I see Nate standing face to face with Brad from the shadow moon pack. I see a female standing in between them with her arms stretched out keeping them apart. The shadow moon pack is our neighboring pack. Our packs had a few altercations in the past, so this could get out of hand really fast.

"What's going on Nate?" Josh stands beside Nate glaring at Brad. Males and females from both packs start to gather around standing behind their future alphas ready for the fight to start.

"His sister is my mate and I'm not leaving here without her." Nate continues to glare at Brad not taking his eyes off of him.

"Over my dead body." Brad tried to step forward but is stopped by his sister's hand keeping Nate and Brad apart.

"I will be happy to arrange that." Nate steps forward only to be stopped by his mate's hand. 

"My sister isn't going anywhere with you mutts!!" Brad grabs his sister by her arm pulling her over to him roughly, causing her to wince in pain. Seeing his mate in pain causes Nate to lose it. He shifts into his huge cinnamon-brown wolf. 

A few males and females start to shift on both sides. 

I prepare myself to shift. I will not just stand by and watch my pack fight. I see Donna right beside me ready to join the fight too.

"Noo!!!" The girl screams jumping in front of Nate stopping him from attacking. "Please, don't do this." She reaches out placing one hand on Nate's wolf head while rubbing his muzzle trying to calm him down.

"Brad he's my mate I'm leaving with him." She says turning around to face her brother.

"Jasmine you don't have to go with him. He can't make you do anything." Brad says to his sister still glaring at Nate. But that's not how things work. Nate has all rights to her, but Brad alpha ego thinks he can say differently.

"He's not making me leave with him. I want to go with him, Brad. You'll understand when you find your mate." She tells her brother.

Brad continued to glare at Nate for a second longer, before looking over at his sister. "Father isn't going to like this Jasmine." 

"I'm going to call him and let him know this is what I want." She walks over to him giving him a hug then walking back over to Nate's wolf.

"Jasmine if you have any problems from anyone there you call me." He tells his sister while glaring at Josh. Josh just stands there looking at him with a smirk on his face, only to irritate Brad even further.

"The day will come when I wipe the stupid smirk off your face," Brad says to Josh.

"And when that day comes that will be the day you will die." I walk over to Josh pulling the back of his shirt lightly, silently telling him to let's go, not wanting this to turn into a fight.

Making our way back to the parking lot, I see BJ leaning back against his car, with his arms folded across his chest. A big smile spread across my face as I take off running towards him, jumping into his arms. I wrap my arms around his neck, crashing my lips down on his, feeling those pleasurable tingles spread through my body everywhere our skin meets. 

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" I pull away smiling excitedly, trying to catch my breath. I can never control how excited I get when I see him and I think he knows it. That's why he's always just popping up without telling me, just to watch my light up with excitement.

"I wanted to surprise you." He sits me back down on the ground smiling and place another kiss on my lips.

"What's up bro, haven't seen you around the pack lately. What have you been up to?" Josh walks over and gives BJ one of them hugs that guys do.

"Nothing much just been taking care of some things." Nate shifts back into his human form walking to the trunk of Josh's car, putting on a pair of shorts and one of the shirts that Josh always keeps in his trunk. He walks back over to Jasmine wrapping his arms around her protectively.

"Josh can you cover for me. I want to hang out with BJ for a bit before heading back home." I give him my puppy dog eyes, knowing he would never say no to it.

"Just don't go running off for days this time. I don't want to be the one father blame for letting you slip away. You know how paranoid he gets when you're gone for days unprotected, no offense BJ." BJ jaws clench down a little trying to hide his irritation. He hates that they think that he's too weak to protect me. 

"None taken," BJ says throwing his hands up.

"Make sure you're back before the ceremony tonight."

"I won't be gone long," I tell Josh, as I walk over getting into BJ's car.

BJ gets in and starts the car up, driving away.

"So where would you like to go beautiful?" He smiles over at me as he reaches over resting his hand on my thigh, causing me to smile at the simple act.

"We can just go to your house. I want to spend some alone time with you." I just want to spend as much time as I can with him before my father starts blowing up my phone looking for me.

"Hmm alone time huh, do this alone time means what I think it means?" He smirks over at me before looking back over at the road.

"Shut up nasty, that's not what I mean about alone time." I hit him laughing a little, trying to hide my face so he won't see me blushing.

"Hey just checking." He says with that smile on his face that I've grown to love so much.

I sit here watching him drive. How did the moon goddess manage to make something so perfect? I watch as he licks his lips. My eyes make their way from his lips down his body. I take in a breath inhaling his scent, causing heat to spread deep down to my core. I move around in my seat a little feeling my panties getting slightly damp.

He looks over at me catching me staring at him. 

I turn my head towards the window, hiding my blushing face, feeling slightly embarrassed. When did I become this horny freak? This male makes me lose control of my thoughts and body. 

I hear a low chuckle come from him, but he doesn't say anything about it. I silently thank him for saving me any further embarrassment.

We pull up into the driveway of their big house, getting out of the car and make our way inside.

"Hey, Alia!" BJ sister Lisa come down the stairs giving me a hug. Over the passing year, Lisa and I have become really close friends, she's like the sister that I never had.

"When did you get back from your trip to France?" She has been gone for two months. I'm happy she's back, I missed her.

"I just got back this morning. We got a lot of catching up to do." She says smiling.

"Yeah, you got to tell me about all the cute boys you met in France," I say joking, causing a smile to spread across her face.

BJ walks up behind me wrapping his arms around my waist from behind me. "You belong to me." He whispers in my ear.

"Yes, I'm all your," I say to him laughing a little.

Lisa let out a chuckle. "I have to go pick up some things. When I get back we can hang out and catch up on things." Lisa gives me another hug before leaving out of the house.

"Is your mother here I saw her car in the driveway," I ask BJ, wanting to say hi.

"No, Lisa is just using her car for today, until Andy change the oil in her car." He tells me, walking over sitting his keys down on the tray.

"Do you want anything to eat or drink?" He asks looking over at me.

"A soda would be fine." He leaves walking toward the kitchen and make my way up the stairs heading to his room. 

I walk into his room to see that it's a mess like always. I started to pick up the clothes off the floor, putting them where they belong. 

"BJ why do you never just put your clothes away?" I ask looking over at him, as he walks into the room. I give him a glare as I walk over putting them away.

"I been kinda busy, I haven't had the time to clean it, mom." He says sarcastically earning a glare from me.

"Or maybe I do it on purpose just to watch you bend over and pick it up." He walks up behind me wrapping his arms around my waist.

"You're such a perv," I tell him but I couldn't stop my body from leaning into his touch.

"Says the one who was checking me out earlier in the car." He whispered in my ear.

"I was not checking you out, I-I-I... Shut up it's your fault." I hate that I'm terrible at lying. It's like my mind goes blank when its time for me to come up with a lie.

"How is it my fault, I didn't do anything." He let out a low chuckle.

"When I'm around you you make me lose control of my thoughts and body." I lean my head back against his chest enjoying the closeness of our bodies. 

"If just by me being around you makes you lose control, then what would this do." He starts placing small kisses down my neck. I close my eyes, as a wave of pleasure shoots through my body, causing a low moan to escape my lips. My legs start to feel like Jello. If his arms weren't around my waist holding me, I would probably fall to the floor. I lean my head over to the side, giving him better access to my neck as he continues to place kisses up my neck, making his way up to my cheek. 

Wanting to feel his lips against mine, I turn around crashing my lips against his. He picks me up taking me over to the bed as Our lips fight for control of the kiss, while my hands explore under his shirt feeling his muscles twitch under my touch.

He stands up and takes off his shirt exposing his perfectly toned body to my eyes. I lay there taking in the sight in front of me until my eyes meet his lust-filled eyes. I'm sure he sees the same in mine. I lay here while he slowly undresses me. Being naked in front of him, while he stands there looking at me makes me feel slightly uncomfortable, causing me to use my arms to cover my body.

"Please don't hide your body, you're the most beautiful person I have ever seen Alia." He moves my arms pinning them down on the bed above my head.

Leaning down, he places a soft kiss on my lips, making his way down my neck to my chest. He cups my breast while placing a trail of kisses along with the space between my breast, slowly making his way down my stomach causing me to shiver from the pleasure of his lips against my skin. 

Spreading my legs open he place kisses and love bites on my inner thighs, making his way up until his lips meet with my wet core causing me to take in a breath. 

Feeling him suck and lick his tongue back and forward, my hips slightly move with the moment of his tongue. Right before my body explode with pleasure he stops leaving me breathing heavily wanting more.

He stands up and takes off his clothes before moving on top of me, kissing my lips.

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After the amazing moment we just had, I lay here in his arms with my head on his chest listening to the sound of his heartbeat, enjoying the time I have with him before I have to leave. The thought of leaving him makes my wolf whimper.

"What's on your mind, you haven't said anything." He asks, slowly runs his fingers through my hair.

"Why can't you stay at the packhouse with me, you don't have to join the pack you can just stay there." I look up at him, using my puppy dog eyes trying to convince him to move into the packhouse.

He let out a sigh. "I can't move there and leave my sister here alone. A pack is the last place anyone should want to be right now. The packs will be the vampire's number one targets, so if the alphas don't put their egos aside and ask each other for help there is no way the packs will survive. I really hate that you're there, but I know your father doesn't want you to leave the pack with everything going on right now. But once we free him I don't care what your father says, you are my mate and you will be with me." I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face. It makes me happy to hear him say that he wants me with him.

After spending time with BJ he drops me off before my father starts to worry. I go into the packhouse heading to the kitchen where my mother and the other females from the pack are preparing the food for the ceremony tonight. I go over to help my mother with whatever she's cooking.

"Hey, mom" I take a seat at the kitchen table watching her season the meat.

"Hey baby, you're back quick. Josh told me you were out with BJ." She says looking over at me.

"Yeah, I didn't want daddy to send out a search party for me." I get up and walk over to the sink washing my hands before helping her with the food.

"I told him your not a little kid anymore, so he needs to back off of you a bit. But baby he's just trying to protect you as any normal father would," she tells me.

I let out a sigh "Yeah I know." I know he's trying to protect me, but with his protection, I can't do anything.

'What's wrong with Donna?" My mom asks, catching me off guard with her question.

"What happens, what did she do?" The words come out a little faster than expected.

"Nothing, she just hasn't been acting like herself today. Is everything okay with her?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm sure she's fine, I'm going to go check on her." She looks at me for a second before giving me a nod. 

I make my way out of the kitchen. Once I get to her room I walk in to find her pacing back and forth.

"What's wrong Donna?" I close the door behind me.

"It feels like I'm going crazy Alia. I can't get him out of my head. I can smell him, I can feel the pull of the bond. I have been fighting my wolf all day." She looks over at me but continues to pace back and forth.

I watch her for a second, seeing that she's struggling with this. "Let's go see him," I tell her making her stop in her tracks.

"What?...how?" 

"Max is helping me with the Lycan king situation and he's on prison duty right now. He will let us in." I tell her as I walk towards her door, knowing Max's shift will be ending soon so we don't have much time. 

We leave out the packhouse making our way over to the prison where I see Max standing there guarding the door.

"I need you to let us go inside. We need to speak to one of the prisoners." I say to Max as we approach him. 

"I would but I'm not in the mood to have my throat ripped out today. Your father and her father would kill me for sure. Why do you two need to speak with a prisoner anyway?" He asks with a confused look on his face.

I look over at Donna, she gives me a nod letting me know that it okay for me to tell him. "The vampire inside is Donna's mate." His eyes widen a bit, looking over at Donna. I see the pity in his eyes for her, he knows what will happen to her if people found out.

He let out a sigh. "Just make it quick, my shift is over in about ten mins." He turns around unlocking the metal door. We walk through the door and make our way down the first hall quickly not wasting any of the little time we have.

"Wwhat if he doesn't want me as his mate?" Donna stops before we turn the corner.

"I highly doubt he doesn't want you. I'm sure the mate bond has been affecting him, just as much as it been affecting you." I tell her taking her hand and walking around the corner.

When we turn the corner, I see Donna's mate standing there at the bars of his cell, covered in dirt and dried up blood. He stands there looking at us as if he was waiting for us to come around the corner.

"I thought I would never get a chance to see your face again." He looks at Donna, as we approached his cell.

"I never expected for my mate to be a wolf.....you're beautiful." He let out a sigh looking at Donna. ”I wish we could've met on better terms....Things are over for me.” He says.

"No my friend here has a plan to help you and once her plan is done I will tell her father that you're my mate so he will have no choice but to let you go." Donna point over at me.

"I overheard you tell my father yesterday that you don't want no part in this war, so I think we can help each other," I tell him.

"She's the daughter of the alpha, maybe her father is using her to get the information he wants from me." He glares over at me before looking back over at Donna.

"No she's my best friend, You can trust her." Donna steps closer to him at the bars.

He looks at me again "I'm not sure about this." 

"Fine that's understandable, I'm sure I would be thinking the same thing if I was in your position. Once I help Donna get you out of here will that be enough proof that you can trust me?" He looks at me for a moment before giving me a slight nod.

"Yes, and once you get me out I will be happy to help you with whatever you think we can help each other with." I need for him to tell us when are the vampires going to attack, so we can know how much time we have to stop this war from happening.

"If whatever you guys are planning don't work, I want you to leave the pack it's not safe here." He says to Donna.

"We have to go," I say, It's almost time for the guards to change shifts and I don't want to get max in trouble for letting us in here.

They stare into each other eyes for a few seconds longer before Donna looks away and we start to make our way back down the hallway leaving.

"Wait, what's your name?" He ask.

"Donna, it's Donna." A smile spread across her face, turning around to look at him again.

"Donna." He says in a low whisper, testing her name out. 

"I'm Ryan." He tells her.

Leaving out the prison we start to make our way back to the packhouse. 

"Thank you, Alia." Donna turns around hugging me. 

"You're welcome, I'm sure you would have done the same for me." She's my best friend I would do anything for her and I know she would do the same for me.

"Do you want to go for a run?" She asks. 

I give her a nod, knowing I haven't let my wolf out in a few days, so my wolf could really use a run to relax right now. 

After running around in the forest for a while, we go back to the house to get ready for the ceremony tonight. We always have a ceremony on the day of the gathering to link all the newfound mates to the pack. 

After taking a shower I get dressed and head downstairs to see if the females need help with anything. I walk outside into the huge back yard where we will be having the ceremony. 

I look around seeing The young pups still in the pool and running around playing. 

"Alia! Alia! come get in the pool with us." Lacey runs over to me with her little floaty around her waist.

"Maybe later, I'm going to help your mommy and the others set everything up," I tell her patting the top of her wet head. I walk over to where my mother and the other females are at setting all the food out on the tables. 

"Is there anything I can help with mom?" I ask my mother, walking up behind her.

"No everything is ready, baby you look nice." She says turning around giving me a smile.

"Thanks," I return her smile.

"So what was up with Donna?" She asks me.

"Nothing she's fine, she was just kinda bombed out because she didn't find her mate at the gathering." I quickly come up with a lie. I mentally give myself a pat on the back for coming up with a good lie on the spot.

"She'll find him when the time is right, but speaking of mates will BJ be coming to the ceremony?" Just the mention of his name brings a smile to my face.

"I don't know, I didn't ask him but you know how he likes to just pop up so maybe he'll be here." I'm hoping he does pop up to surprise me. I miss him already.

The sun is starting to set and people are starting to gather in the backyard of the packhouse. 

"What's wrong, I see you keep checking your phone." Donna walks up to me. She has been in a much better mood since she got to see Ryan.

"I'm waiting on Max or Lester to call. They have been gone for hours, they should have found something by now." I look down at my phone checking it again.

"Well checking your phone over and over isn't going to make them call any faster."

"I'm just kinda nervous. This is the closest we have come to finding him." I put my phone in my pocket, they are going to call I'm just being impatient.

My father walks out onto the stage making the large crowd go silent. Everyone stands there watching and waiting for him to speak.

"Today is always a day of mixed emotions for us. We lost family and friends at the gathering today, but we also gained new pack members today as well." He points to the people standing behind him waiting to be link to the pack. Everyone clap and cheer, as my father signal for the first person to step forward, to be linked to the pack.

I feel my phone start to vibrate inside my pocket. I quickly reach into my pocket grabbing my phone, looking at the screen to see Max calling. 

Donna and I start moving through the crowd, making our way into the packhouse going to her room, and locking the door. 

"Hello," I say answering the phone.

"This map leads us into a tunnel underground a couple of hours from west point. This has to be the place, we're standing in front of a huge box made of silver. But we don't hear anyone with a heartbeat inside." This is the only thing I found in my father's office, this has to be it.

All of a sudden I hear a loud roar of pain, causing my heart to speed up.

"Max what's going on?!" I quickly ask him.

"Lester is touching the silver door, pulling the door open." Lester roaring stops and everything goes silent.

"Wwhatttt thee fuckkk!" Max drag the words out. 

"What! What is it?!" I ask.

"We found him, you guys really weren't bullshitting about the Lycan king being real. But who the hell is this other male?!" He says leaving me confused. I don't know anything about another guy.

"Other male?...what are you talking about?" 

"There are two males laying inside this silver box. They appear to be dead, but now that I'm close I can hear a very faint heartbeat coming from the both of them. They seem to be in a coma or something." Max tells me.

"Do Lester know anything about the other male?" I listen as he asks Lester about the guy.

"No, he only recognizes the Lycan king." All of a sudden Max start to cough violently gasping for air.

"Max!" I call out to him. 

After a couple seconds his coughing stop and his breathing starts to even out back to normal.

"There are little flakes of silver floating around in there. From the looks of the walls, I think the silver flakes are from them clawing at the wall trying to get out." His voice sounds kinda raspy now.

"We have an old lake house a couple of hours away from west point, get them out of that box I'm going to text you the address and I will be there as soon as possible," I tell him before ending the call. 

After getting off the phone I explained everything to Donna. Then I tried to call BJ to tell him everything, but his phone goes straight to the voicemail, So I send him a text explaining everything to him.

After celebrating with the pack for the rest of the night, I go to my room tired and sleepy. I get into bed closing my eyes drifting off to sleep.

I hear my phone ringing waking me from my sleep. I turn over, looking at the clock to see it 1:30 am. I grab the phone off the nightstand, looking at the screen to see it's Max calling.

"Hello" 

"H-he woke up." Max tells me, groaning out in pain.