4. Where is she?

Leo's POV

I took a sip of water reminiscing Athena and I's passionate love making last night. It was the most thrilling and exciting thing I had ever felt but sadly it was all ruined.

I wanted nothing more than to be with Athena then anything thing in this damn world. It was unfair that I had to sacrifice my life for the pack while watching my mate in pain.

I crushed the bottle in my hand just remembering how Emma slapped Athena. I sadly had to refrain myself from killing Emma there and then.

The look of pain and betrayal of my mate crippling me to my core, I hated that I couldn't pick her up and rock her back and forth in my arms and tell her everything will be ok.

"Aren't you coming to bed?" Emma seductively whispered and my wolf growled desperately wanting her the hell away from me.

The only thing I wanted to do right now was to find my mate.

Having to restrained myself from marking her there and then because of my own parents wanting me to mate with Emma because she's more stronger than any other females in the pack sickened me.

"I'll be there in a minute." I almost growled at Emma.

"Don't tell me your upset about whatever happened to that human you call mate." She spoke and immediately my hand was around her throat.

I wanted to rip her head off as she stared at me with fear. Everyone awed at her beauty but I hated seeing her, in fact Athena was more beautiful by far, Athena looked like a goddess with her baby blue eyes, pure snow white skin and beautiful tall hair.

She was incomparable with everyone else in the pack, it was only sad she had no wolf.

"You might be my chosen Luna but I'm the Alpha and I demand you respect me and show me the authority that I deserve." I seethed.

She was unable to speak as she nodded hastily while trying to pry my hand from off her neck. I let go seeing the dread in her eyes.

She wasn't even supposed to be here until the mating ceremony tonight but she wanted to make my mate uncomfortable and unwelcomed. She had managed to do just that and unfortunately I had to play along with it.

Unfortunately giving my mate false hope would've made it e worse. I shouldn't have had sex with her since I knew I was not going to accept her but I needed to feel her, I needed to taste her and make love after years of finding out she was my mate.

Rejecting Athena was out of the picture. Rejecting her would means she was no longer mine, Athena was only mine and could only be mine. I was sick and twisted for this but I cared less, I just wanted Athena.

I knew Athena wouldn't feel much pain because she was a human. A werewolf would've felt ten times the amount of pain. Hearing Athena almost rejecting me made me absolutely mad, I wanted to mark her as mine but instead I choose to leave instead of losing her.

I choose to yell at her to leave, I made sure no one touched her for years, I made sure to ward off anyone who wanted to harm her or try anything with her.

I hated how her parents shunned her but could do nothing to stop it or it would've alerted others of my suspicious behavior, no one knew Athena was my mate except my parents and Emma who overheard me talking about it with my parents.

Athena deserved so much better than a mate like me who couldn't even protect her but what could I do. I still couldn't have her leave me, I couldn't understand why I was so drawn to Athena yet she had no wolf to make the bond so strong. My wolf was happy with her human mate last night but after what happened this morning he's more than angry and no longer speaks with me, this wasn't good.

It meant I could not shift, I had to find a way to make it up to her, this was another reason why I needed Athena next to me and I could not let her reject me, my wolf needed his mate next to him.

If Athena rejected me, I fear my wolf would be devastated to the point of refraining from ever speaking with me again much less shift.

A werewolf can never impregnate a human. It was proven throughout the years. I hated the fact that Athena could not carry my pups.

I sighed entering thy bed with Emma, tonight would be the mating ceremony and Emma would become my Luna. My mother wanted a heir hence the reason for her being in my presence constantly.

I was like a pawn for my parents and the pack. It was hard for me to fathom.

My body hated feeling Emma under me, I couldn't even stomach it, I wasn't in love with her as I was with Athena.

Once finished with her I quickly got up to wash her off me and making sure to lock the door behind me. It got me hard remembering waking up next to Athena, my cock throbbed just thinking about her. I will definitely meet her tonight before the mating ceremony.

Before I could finish showering I felt a sharp pain to my chest. Something was wrong!

I screamed out in agonizing pain. Someone just left my pack, I had never yet felt this much pain before.

Before I knew it my bathroom door was ripped off and my parents were next to me. They could feel my distress.

"What happened?!" My mother Loretta questioned.

"I...I don't know he just went to get a bath and started screaming out in pain." Emma shakily explained to my mother.

"Someone has left the pack." I told them trying to reach out to the Omega's who were trained to protect our borders.

"We know, we felt it but whoever it is should've have affected you this much." My father Gabe explained.

"Alpha, the human was the only one to have crossed the borders sir." My omega mind-linked.

Everyone in the entire room went silent as my wolf wailed.

Athena had left!

"Why the fuck wasn't she stopped from leaving?! get after her now and bring her back!" I ordered feeling weak.

"You hadn't marked her?" My father questioned.

"No I have not." I glared at my parents, if anything happened to her and don't know what I'd fucking me.

"You should've listened to me when I told you to reject her but you did not, now see what is happening to you." Emma voiced.

"Shut the fuck up and leave!" My voiced boomed, hatred seethed through my bones for Emma as I became more weak.

"We told you to reject the human." My mother voiced.

"That's my fucking mate!" I objected caring less and Emma ran out of the room hearing this 

I tried consciously to reach out to my wolf with no such luck.

I needed to find my mate! But how can I went I can't even fucking shift!

"A..alpha Leo she's...gone." The wolf mind-linked.

"Consider yourselves dead!" I mind-linked falling to the floor.

Athena. my Athena.

"My wolf is gone! I can't shift!" I yelled in pain as my parents gasped and quickly closed the door before anyone could hear.

"This cannot happen! I'm sure she hasn't gone too far, we'll extend a search team for her. Our best trackers." My father suggested.

"Everything will be alright." My Mother assured.

"I want to know everything that happened after Athena left here. If anyone harmed her should face the death penalty!" I ordered.

It was pathetic of me to now take control when my mate now left me, I felt rejected, I felt hurt. my own mate.

The moment I get to hold her, I'll cherish her, I'll mark her, I'll make the damn pack know she's there Luna, I'll make them respect her, I'll praise the floor that she walks on, and I'll make whoever treated her poorly to pay the price.

I myself was paying the price, I could no longer shift. I was now weak and unfit to be a leader but I promise to make to my everything the moment I find her.

I promise you this Athena.

I promise.