THE ENCOUNTER

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After last night, I had a hard time accepting whatever shit goes on in Brazil and I was more than ready to go back to America but I was too adventurous to return.

"Hope you got home safely last night?" My Uncle Alfonso asked over the phone.

I shivered at the memory of whatever the hell happened. "I got back safely, thanks" I said not wanting to worry my uncle.

We said our goodbyes before I got off the phone ready to start a new day in Brazil. I did my morning work out before cleaning up and getting dressed in baggy shorts and tank top, slipped on my filp flops before heading out for some air.

I waved at the people I passed by and smiled at an old couple who sat at the bus stop. I looked around and smiled. Brazil was actually very beautiful and I will take my time to enjoy it. I was thinking to myself how it would be nice to visit Egypt next since Africa has always caught my attention.

After about three hours of walking around, I decided to head back. My steps faltered as I sighted three bulky men infront of the hotel. For some strange reason my heart raced faster and I was getting light headed. Something about these guys scared me, in the good type of way.

I nodded my head as a form of acknowledgement as I walked past them and headed straight to my quaters not missing the stern gaze of the scariest of them on my back. I turned for a second and had eye contact. Our gaze collided and my feets faltered, I felt a spark and the butterflies in my stomach had a feast. He made me feel the exciting kind of anxiety and I liked it.

I don't know, but something in my guts told me I would never escape these guys. I was intrigued by the one with midnight black hair, his aura attracted me. He made me feel like running into his arms and running far away from him all at the same time. I rushed into my room and slammed the door shut. I closed my eyes and rested my head against the door trying to even my racing heart.

I threw myself away from the door and sat on the bed. This isn't right, I don't even know this guy but I felt different emotions for him all at once. I wiped off the trail of sweat that managed to form on my forehead and stripped myself off ready for a shower. Standing beneath the cold water gushing from the shower head, I thought to myself how much this wasn't right. I couldn't possibly be feeling these things for a stranger.

I rested my head on the bathroom walls and kept convincing myself I was home sick which is why I'm thinking dumb things. But somewhere deep within, I knew it was all bull.

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Alpha Ace Pov

"You can't keep that glare on your face Ace and expect the hotel owner to have a civil conversation" Daniel complained. 

I glared at him and rolled my eyes but softened my features anyways.

From about half kilometre away, I could hear soft footsteps heading in this direction. I listened closely and heart soft heartbeat. I scoffed, its just an human a further inspection confirmed that it was a mere female human. 

The footsteps sounded firmer and the heart beat sounded nearer and softer with each firm step. 

I turned slightly when the footsteps faltered about five feets from where we stood. It was a young girl. I looked at her and acted uninterested when something within me urged to stare deep into her soul. 

She looked at us weirdly for a moment before walking past us while nodding her head in acknowledgement. She bobbed her head up and down and just walked like nothing happened. I used the opportunity to admire her red locks which looked like a company of flames. I marvelled at how red in colour they were and something told me it wasn't dyed. I went Southwards and admired her eyes, they were so green but with a touch of blue it looked like the ocean and the gods did a good job because it matched well with her hair. Her nose was perked and a ring rested inside. Her lips had this apple shape to them and they were red and plum.

She kept walking and few steps away from me, I sniffed the air paused. I counted mentally in Spanish 

Uno. Dos. Tres

I felt the soft switching of my iries. The strengthening of my jaw, the hardening of my fists. I took a deep breath since its been so long I got this reaction from my wolf, 500 years, a thousand years or maybe more.

But a question popped into my mind, why was my wolf triggered. It couldn't possibly be that human

I heard a grumble from the back of my head. I felt my wolf get up and growled lowley "Mine"

I took a breath hoping I heard wrong but my wolf growled again "Get her fool. She's mine"

But deep in my heart I was disappointed. So the mate moon goddess didn't give me for a thousand years just turned out to be human.

I felt my eyes turn gold as my wolf struggled to take over. I growled back him "Get yourself under control. We can't just go claim her, we have no idea how this mate thing works. You want to scare her off" 

My wolf got the message and retreated to the back of my mind although not giving totally control.

I heard Daniel gasp "A-alpha" 

I turned immediately since this was the first time Daniel ever shuttered around me "What's wrong?" I asked my voice laced with concern 

"You're changing" Daniel pointed out.

I glanced at my arms and noticed the growth of hair on then and my claws were half out.

"Fucking get your shit together" I yelled at my wolf.

After calming my wolf down, I glared at Daniel "Do not mention any of this to anyone" I threatened. We spent three hours discussing with the owner of the hotel and came to a resolution that their picnics will not encroach my land. After the meeting, Daniel, Brandon and I got up to leave when my wolf suddenly jerked "Take mate along" I stood still and closed my eyes, took a very deep breath before walking out of the hotel. All along, Daniel kept looking at me in a funny manner then finally when we arrived in front of the pack house around dinnertime I was done with the weird glanced. 

"What do you have to say Daniel" I grumbled. Daniel looked between my eyes before looking away. 

"Ace, she's your mate" Daniel affirmed strongly. I tried feigning ignorance but he wasn't having any of it. "Stop throwing me that bullshit and accept it already can't you feel how lonely your wolf is, how lonely you are?!" Daniel all but yelled in my face.

After his outburst, Daniel looked at me with a mixture of anger and pity "You'd better not do something stupid" Daniel spat and pushed past me into the pack house. I thought about what Daniel said. Indeed my wolf was lonley, indeed I'm tired of being alone but she is just a weak human, she can't lead my whole pack, she can't deal with my demons but I don't have the heart to reject her, my wolf would never forgive me.

Annalise Pov

The next few days were basically the same, I woke up with a banging headache because I had little to no sleep the previous night. I couldn't get that familiar face out of my mind, I haven't been able to get his face out of my mind for five days now. I convinced myself that if indeed anything was to happen between myself and my mystery man, I will somehow find my way back to his presence and maybe I could fall into his arms or something stupid like in the movies.Slowly but surely my vacation in Brazil was approaching its end and for some strange reasons I'm not excited to leave. After my three hour facetime with my mother, I headed out today and guess who decided to try skydiving. Yup, this bitch right here. I got dressed in comfortable shorts and shirt and decided on a pair of crocs instead of flip flops. I decided to wear my hair in its natural form which means, I didn't pack my hair so there's a giant ball of flame on my head ready to go crazy with the slightest provocation from the wind 

"The weather seems great this morning, we shouldn't have any issue with the intensity of the wind" My instructor said and bundled me up before sealing the belt. I sent him a quick smile and looked into the sunny sky. 

Although I was asked to drop my phone, my trust issues made me sneak it along, you know just in case this bitch wants to take a picture or something dumb. After another ten minutes of going over the instructions for the millionth time, I was officially in the air. I smiled and spread out my arms enjoying the feeling of freedom. I've always envied birds most especially graceful birds like the eagle, they literally have it easy, just flying around and dipping their wings into the sky. I felt so far above that I imagined stretching out my hand and taking a bite out of the cloud. I think I was in the air for twenty minutes before the wind started picking up, I glanced down to see how far I was from the land. I only saw tiny figures of what used to be humans. Oh well, maybe I've flown a little too far but anyways I screamed out loud "Fuck everything" which maybe be offensive to the school of birds flying near me because I swear they shot me a look of disapproval. 

The wind took my curse very seriously and before I knew it, I had no control over the glide stuff. The wind tossed me around for a very long time before I heard a snap. Little by little, gravity did its magic and soon I was falling. Fear gripped my heart, I started hyper ventilating mid air since I realised that I might fall to my death. My hair was going crazy on my head while I felt bile rise up to my throat. I gave up fighting the wind and just stayed still thinking about how much my mother would cry "Dear heavens, please let me not fall to my death. I promise to stop being so adventurous" I chanted over and over again.

The parachute thing tore among tree branches and then I landed in the most unexpected places. In my mystery man's arms. I know I thought about falling into his arms but who knew the deity meant it literally. I was focused on maintaining consciousness because the fall was long and shook consciousness out of me when all of a sudden, my mystery man's eyes switched colors like the other day when he breathed "Mine". I don't know what he meant but this was creepy and sexy at the same time. My eyes rolled to the back of my head multiple times so I knew I was passing out anytime soon. I shot him a smile and hoped this was all my mind playing tricks on me. I let my eyes flutter shut to embrace the darkness when I was suddenly snapped out of reality. 

"Leave your eyes open,mate. You can't lose consciousness" He said with a little fear in his eyes while he rushed somewhere. The wind slapped my face whenever he took a turn and I was left to wonder how someone could run this fast. I let my arms around his neck fall freely as I was too weak to hold on. Since the silence was awkward and made me uncomfortable, I attempted to form small conversations. "My name is Annalise, what's yours?" 

He glanced down at me "Annalise. Beautiful" He smiled and finally we reached what looked like an hospital. My mystery man barged in and yelled frantically for the doctor, I hope he realises that there might be other patients here. Just before the doctors wheeled me away I gripped his arm and gestured for him to lower himself to my level "What's your name?" I asked him in his ears. His eyes did that colour switching things before he smiled and whispered in my ears "Ace" . I said his name softly and let darkness finally engulf me.

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