Chapter 4: mate

Logan’s pov

“what?” my brother Justice said after hearing what my father had to say to all of us. “you heard me son, I will crown both you and your brother as Alpha Prince so that anyone of you can become King in the near future” he repeated himself as a curtesy. “what? I am the oldest father, everyone knows that the oldest son gets the crown. You cant expect me to fight for my crown especially with him” he said pointing at me with a frown. Honestly I don’t care about being an Alpha King, I just want to live a quiet and normal life which isn’t an option when you are a royal werewolf. “Justice spade you will respect your father and his choice. He took a very informed decision and just because you were born first it doesn’t mean you are entitled to the throne” my mother said to Justice who just frowned. “but mother its mine, everyone knows that its mine. I am going to be the Alpha King” he said even beating his own chest like Godzilla. “not with that attitude you wont, I will remind you that this is my crown and if you keep disobeying my decisions I might even hand it to Logan” our father said, and Justice glared at me. great, just great, my brother didn’t like me much before this and now I am pretty sure that he hates me. “I would like to be excused” I said to my parents and left before hearing their response. I felt suffocated in that place, in just an hour its going to be my birthday and yet nobody seems to care about that. I will be turning 18 which means that I will find my mate too, but everyone seems to have forgotten about that and instead are fighting over a throne that I have no interest in.

I decided to go to the rooftop, when I got there I found a girl already standing there looking down at the beautiful city. At night it was so peaceful and quiet, there were hardly any cars on the roads and people were sound asleep in their houses. She turned around when she heard someone coming, “you don’t mind if I join you right?” I asked her and she nodded. She was beautiful, her green eyes shone bright even in the darkness, her blonde hair was hidden behind a hoodie. That’s when I noticed that she isn’t dressed for this weather, it was pretty cool outside, but she was wearing a hoodie and a scarf. “hey you cold?” I asked her and she shook her head, “not really” she said and then took off her hoodie. “ohhh you are beautiful, why is someone as beautiful as you sitting here alone? Shouldn’t you be getting your beauty sleep?” I asked her and she looked at me with a sad smile. that’s when I noticed the bags under her eyes, “are you okay? You seem like you haven’t slept in days” I said. “I am okay, at least I will be” she replied, I realised that she took off her hoodie, but she still had the scarf around her neck. “you can take it off as well, the weather is really nice” I said and she nodded, she seemed hesitant but then took it off. I don’t know what it is, but I felt attracted to her, I felt this overwhelming edge to protect her and be there for her. I noticed the tattoo on her neck, it seemed like a drop, a drop of blood because it was red, “its beautiful, why are you hiding it? and what you doing here so late at night?” I asked her.

“it’s unusual that’s why I am hiding it, and I am waiting for my father he Is downstairs doing something and asked me to wait for him here. what are you doing here so late as well?” she asked me. her voice was gentle but there was also pain hidden behind it, “well my family was arguing about who is going to be the heir, I am not really interested, and my brother and he is pissed off since our father decided to name both of us the heirs” I replied. I couldn’t tell her that he has decided to name us crowned prince of all werewolves and maybe one day the Alpha King. “well, your brother sounds like a dick, you are brothers. You have just as much right to be an heir as he does” she said calmy. “really? But my brother is the oldest so he should be the heir not me” I replied, and she shook her head, “the deserving one should be the heir, and from what I picked up your brother isn’t the deserving one” she said.

I smiled at this, “you sound very wise, what is your name?” I asked her and extended my hand, she looked at it and hesitated for a minute before taking it. “my name is Charlotte and what about you?” she asked me, “my name is Logan” I said, and she smiled after hearing my name. “Logan is a beautiful name, I think you should work hard so your brother doesn’t get your family’s legacy because he sounds entitled. If he does then he will only sink it, but that is not the only reason you are here is it?” she asked. She is a stranger, but she saw right through me, I smiled at this because no one has ever noticed, I am very good at hiding my feelings, but she saw them. “yes, in just about 40 minutes its going to be my birthday and I think my family completely forgot. I turn 18 which is a big deal” I answered. “well that sucks” was her response to this. the door opened and revealed a middle aged blond man who looked at Charlotte and smiled. “We need to go kiddo, we cant stay here tonight” he said not even sparing me a glance. Charlotte looked at me and smiled, she then took her scarf and put it in my arms, “I wont be able to wish you happy birthday, but happy birthday in advance Logan. This is my birthday gift to you” she said with a smile. I looked at the scarf and smiled, she walked away with her father, I looked at the scarf again because I was touched, it was so thoughtful. She has made me feel loved in a few minutes, which is something my family hasn’t been able to achieve on all the years they have been alive.

I stayed there for 30 minutes more and watched as the clock strikes 00:00, after that the most amazing scent hit my nose. “mate” my wolf said, I realised that the scent was coming from the scarf I was holding, her scent was everywhere on this rooftop. My mate is Charlotte, my mate is the girl I don’t even know, why didn’t I ask her last name? she has been gone for about 30 minutes now and I don’t even know that much about her. That nice and smart girl is my mate, the girl with a blood tattoo is my mate, who is she? How will I find her? Actually, it doesn’t matter how I will find her, I will turn the world upside down looking for her. My mate Charlotte, I knew she was special the moment I laid my eyes on her, my mate Charlotte.