Chapter 2

Jasper

I'm tired.

Tired of looking for her,

Tired of the pressure,

Just. Tired

I was looking from the balcony window, out onto the large land. My father had sent me on another trip to find my mate. But once again, I come up empty-handed. I have been looking for her ever since I turned twenty, it will be a year in four months.

I was so lost in thought, I didn't hear my name being called. I turned around to see my beta standing in the room.

" Are you packed?" He asked

"Yeah, everything is downstairs," I told him

"You sure?" he asked. He always got scared that I would leave something like I'm a child.

"Yes, now let's go."

We walked downstairs to say goodbye to the alpha family that let us stay there. Since I have alpha blood I will be mated with someone with a high ranking. I could care less about her ranking. But she wasn't here.

At the bottom of the stairs, the alpha family waited for us. I came here to see if any girls on their land were my mate but no one stood out. The family even tried selling their daughter to me, but I quickly said no to that. Once we reached the final step their daughter was giving me weird vibes, she was most likely still mad at me for saying no to her. She'll thank me later.

"Thank you for having us here," I said trying to sound court-like but it came out as annoyed.

"Any time. And good luck on finding your mate." The luna said to me.

"Thank you".

We finished with our goodbyes and got into the car.

"Another dead-end, looks like Chloe will be luna" My beta, Jacob said.

I growled at his comment. Chloe was a backup mate you can say. If neither of us had found our mates, then we would be each other's mates. But I know my mate is somewhere, I just need to find her.

****

Once we pulled into the driveway, My sisters and Jacob's mate were there to greet us. When Jacob and I got out, Melia his mate ran to him. I walked to hug my sisters.

"Did you find her?" Ally, my sister asked looking over my shoulders to look.

"No, she wasn't there. I think I might give up on her." I said looking down.

"Hey, look finding a mate is hard but we are lucky enough to have them. So don't give up on her." Jessica, my eldest sister said. She always knows what to say at the right moment.

I nodded and walked in. I was so tired, I changed into comfortable clothes and fell asleep.

****

I jerked out of my sleep when I smelt the most intoxicating smell. I got out of bed and followed the smell. That's when I heard yelling.

"HELP! SOMEONE PLEASE."

I ran down the stairs and saw Jacob shirtless covered in blood, and holding a girl. Her striped shirt was covered in blood too, Her long curly black hair fell to the floor as Jacob put her down.  People ran to help the girl

"SHE'S HURT!" my wolf yelled

All I saw was red, I pushed Jacob by the neck to the nearest wall I could find. We were near the same height, so we were eye to eye.

"What happened?" I said in the most alpha voice I could.

"I was patrolling the woods near the humans like I was told. But Corey smelt blood, and..." He stopped

"AND?" I yelled

"So he bit her. I brought her here and.." I punched him before he could finish.

I was going to punch him again but a scream brought me back to reality. I spun around to see her thrashing around on the floor screaming. I ran as quickly as I could. I held her hand and she slowly calmed down.

"We need to take her to the pack doctor." someone said.

I picked her up as quickly as I could and ran outside, I put her into the car and drove. As I was driving, I could hear her whimpers and cries, It pained me to hear them.

Once we were there, I stopped the car to take her out. I ran into the building and started yelling for help. They brought a stretcher and took her.

"I'm sorry but you need to stay out. Only family" A nurse said

"She's my mate. Let me go" I said. I walked past her as I was walking down the hall I heard screaming, I ran to the source. When I entered, I saw my mate being held down by doctors and nurses. I looked into her eyes, they were bright blue eyes with bright strikes of pink and purple.

"What's wrong with her?" I asked the doctors

"She's in shifting." one of them answered

After that, they were all pushed onto the floor, My mate had pushed them onto the floor. She had fallen onto the floor and her bones cracked. Fur had grown from her and then she was on all four.

She was a rich black wolf, she had a white line going down her back. She tried to stand but failed. She didn't move from the floor she lay on her side, her body still moving up and down as if she had a hard time breathing. I wanted to spend time with her alone.

"Everyone out. NOW!" I yelled at everyone in the room

Once everyone was out, I changed into my black wolf. I walked to her and put my snout into her neck. I lay down my head on her abdomen. I felt her relax under my touch, I closed my eyes and loved this feeling. 

*****

The door opened awoken me, I opened my eyes to see a man in a white lab coat. I look down to see my mate. Naked. I put my body over her and growled at the man. He backed away with his hands up.

"I mean no harm. I just came to tell you that the girl will wake up soon and to let her take it slow," he said. He put some clothes down on the chair, bowed, and left. 

I shifted and put the clothes on. I put the clothes on her and pulled her hair back.

"I can't wait to meet you."