CHAPTER THREE

I could not see the man clearly but I could tell he was huge and taller than the men I've seen, his overbearing aura made me gasp for breath, I felt his gaze on me as he stalked closer to where I was on the floor.

"Alpha Ryker! What are you doing here?" Alpha Joshua exclaimed, his voice trembling.

Alpha Ryker? I've heard of that name. Isn't he the rumoured most powerful alpha, alpha of Blackmoon pack also the strongest pack. It was rumored that he killed his father and mother when he entered a berserk stage on a full moon, his wolf was too powerful to control. He is here? Why?

The man in question paid no attention to Alpha Joshua and suddenly scooped me up, due to the lack of strength in my body I could do nothing but flop around in his arms helplessly. Suddenly, I began to feel a burst of energy like electricity charging into me and coursing through my bloodstream, if I had a wolf I'm sure she would be howling in delight due to the pleasure and how comfortable I was feeling. It was like his body was one huge power or energy source and I was greedily tapping into it, I was energized again. My eyes flew open as I smelled the most amazing smell ever wafting through my nose. Desperately, I searched for the source of the smell only to discover that it was coming from the strange man holding me in bridal style. He smelled divine, like chocolate and forest earth sprinkled with water. A soft growl came from above me and I immediately looked up to stare into the most beautiful, sexy and devilishly attractive face I've ever seen, his visual stopped my breath for a second. He had a face that you could well say was personally sculpted by the goddess herself, sharp jawline, cleanshaven, plump pink lips that were so inviting, and his eyes, his eyes were the stranger combination of lilac and gold all churning simultaneously in each pupil. I could feel his pectoral and chest muscles beneath my hands and trust me, he was definitely packed.

The man was staring so intensly at me that I wondered if he could see into my soul, then he brought his face closer to mine, I held my breath, his sharp nose almost touched mine and then he growled.

"Mate"

Mate, wow he called me mate, I thought blankly to myself still lost in his eyes. Wait! What? My eyes quickly flew open and I jolted in his hands. Did he just call me mate? My head was spinning, maybe I heard him wrong.

"M...mate? Me?" I stuttered as I stared up at him. He nodded, his face displayed no emotion. I gulped as I tried to shake my head.

"No...there has to be a mistake"

"Mate? Alpha Ryker...her? Your mate?...Its impossible" my sister shrieked as she stood up frantic. For once in my life, I agreed with her, my head went up and down in speedy motions that I feared my neck might break.

"Its true, there has to be a mistake, I can't have a mate" I almost shouted. His eyes still stayed on me as he spoke, his voice vibrating through the pack house.

"Who are you to tell me what I feel. She is my nate. Mine"

My stomach did a flip, he called me his...but this can't be. You only have one mate in a lifetime, I'm very sure Aidan was my mate, although the pull I felt with him wasn't as strong as what I'm feeling right now, I had felt the pull for him.

"Alpha! You can't have her as your mate" Alpha Joshua resolutely spoke, he finally looked away from me and faced him, Aloha Joshua had to lower his head from the force being focused on him.

"And why is that?" He growled.

"Because she already had a mate, so she can't be your mate"

He looked at me with his perfect brows furrowed at me, his expression deadly.

"Is that true?"

I nodded slowly, "Yes...but...I've been rejected" I mumbled, his hands grew tighter around me as he took a deep breath, his long black hair fluttered up as he exhaled, they looked luxurious and soft, I want to touch them.

"Who is it?"

"Huh!"

"Who is he"

I meekly looked towards Aidan's direction, he seemed to be trying to make himself more smaller.

He looked at him, "She was your mate?"

Aidan nodded slowly, fists clenched as he stood up.

"You rejected her" not a question.

"Yes I did"

"Why?"

"She has no wolf, I didn't see her fit to be my mate and so I took her sister instead" he put his hand around Avery's waist. I waited to see his reaction.

He nodded, "Good" he mumbled. "If you hadn't rejected her, I would had killed you myself"

Everyone gasped including me. "You all were about to kill her..." he turned and started towards the door, "...I don't care what anyone says, she is mine from today." He glanced at me, "Say goodbye to this place for you will never see it again"

I didn't say anything, I was still shocked, voices of displeasure rang out in the pack house, my father and sister looked like they were ready to kill.

"Alpha, you can't"

"She is too worthless for you"

"She can't be your mate"

"What will people say"

But he paid no need and quietly walked out of the room never looking back. I glanced back to look at the people I grew up knowing, Avery was screaming her dissatisfaction, Aidan's face was squeezed in anger but I didn't care...not anymore. Goodbye, Blackclaw pack.

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"Um, please can you put me down now?" I whispered to him still in his arms, he has been walking quickly for a while, I'm sure his hands must hurt, I could walk. He didn't answer me, so I tapped his chest gently, the muscles beneath his black shirt flexed under my hand.

"Alpha Ryker? Please...put m..."

"Ryker" he grunted.

"...what?"

"Ryker. Call me Ryker" he told me as he kept moving.

I blinked rapidly at him, call him by his name without honorifics? No, I'm not worthy of that. I know my place.

"Alpha Ryker..."

He growled, "Call me Ryker, that's the only way I'll listen to you"

I nodded and took a deep breath. "Al...Ry..Ryker?"

"Yes?"

"Please put me down, I can walk by myself now"

He only pulled me tighter to his chest, this is the opposite of what I want. His smell assaulted my nose once again. Mmmmm.

"You're still weak, you won't last long"

"No, I will. I promise, please put me down" I insisted but not arrogantly.

Suddenly, he stopped dead in his tracks and snitched the air, I thought it was my cue to get down. He gently lowered me to my feet and maneuvered me to his back.

"Stay behind me and do not move" he ordered.

I was scared, the forest we were walking through suddenly became eerily quite as if something dangerous was here, even the hairs at the back of my neck were raised.

"Something is here" he muttered.