4. Mate

That situation continued until Ullric suddenly turned his head towards the entrance. His golden pupils shrank, as he stared at the girl, who had just entered the tall building.

"I'm home! Uh, where did everyone go?"

While ignoring the young werewolves assigned to watch over him, Ullric quickly approached the girl in messy clothes. His hand quickly grasped the girl's hand, before he whispered in a low voice.

"Mate ...."

Lulla stared at the strange man, who had just taken her hand. On her beautiful face, a frown slowly formed indicating that she did not like Ullric's actions. The girl dropped the bag that was in her hand before she set up a stance to take down the big man.

Before the others could give any warning, Lulla had managed to knock Ullric to the floor. Perhaps because Ullric had unknowingly let his guard down in front of his mate, the man did not resist at all as his body collapsed to the floor unceremoniously. The other werewolves could only open their mouths without saying anything at the sight. A strong Alpha, who even managed to suppress their Beta, miraculously managed to fall into the hands of the young trouble-making werewolf of their pack.

"Who permitted you to touch me? Damn Alpha. Of all the men on this earth, I hate a perverted Alpha who likes to show that they are great Alphas who can do whatever they want like you the most."

Ullric involuntarily froze when he saw Lulla begin to speak harsh words with a cold expression. In his heart, Ullric marveled at the rapid change in her mate's expression. Just now, the girl had entered with a wide smile. But now, there was only a cold gaze tinged with disgust when the girl looked at him.

"You guys, who are this Alpha anyway?"

Just as Lulla finished asking, one of her pupils suddenly changed color to a shade of gray. The girl looked surprised, and her body suddenly turned stiff.

In her entire life, Lulla had spent her life as a half-werewolf. Unlike her two older siblings who had more dominant werewolf blood, Lulla had always lived her life as a half-witch. The girl even had only one werewolf eye and struggled to transform into a wolf. Lulla had always felt that she would only live like an ordinary human until she too shared the so-called first encounter with a destined person.

Mate. Without even needing to be told, Lulla could already guess that this dominant Alpha in front of her was someone who was destined to live with her forever.

On the other hand, Ullric was also surprised when he saw that only one pupil of her eye changed color. As Ullric concentrated on smelling her mate's smell, the man realized something. There was another odor mixed in with the smell of her dead body. Ullric was quite familiar with that smell, so he unconsciously growled at Lulla with a furrowed forehead.

"You have witch blood in your body."

Lulla's heart was like being stabbed by a thousand needles when she heard Ullric's words. Slowly, the girl's surprised expression turned into an angry expression. More than ever, Lulla looked much angrier this time. Her face looked so sinister, as she immediately moved to move away from Ullric, who kept trying to get to her.

"So what if I'm a half-witch!? I'm not willing to have a perverted Alpha like you as my eye either!"

While covering her nose tightly, Lulla shouted to curse Ullric, who was trying to get to her. Since Lulla rarely got a reaction from her werewolf blood, the girl was a little overwhelmed when her werewolf instincts finally kicked in. Her werewolf gray eyes would not change, as Lulla stared at Ullric's face, who was just as crazy as she was.

After receiving a rejection from his mate, Ullric began to growl angrily. Ancient werewolves seemed to tend to be more obsessed with their mates than other werewolves. If it wasn't for Ullric's last bit of common sense to keep yelling that he would only scare his mate if he continued forward, the Alpha might have immediately lunged at Lulla to mark her like a wild animal.

Meanwhile, the young werewolves assigned to watch over Ullric felt that they couldn't do much after seeing the mate encounter phenomenon. Although most of them had not yet found their mates, they had been taught about the signs of meeting their mates since childhood. Ullric and Lulla's behavior clearly reflected those traits. Both of them could not control their thoughts, as their werewolf eyes kept locking with each other.

"What's going on here?"

Upon hearing her brother's voice, Lulla immediately ran over to Stefan to hide behind the Alpha. The girl's heart was beating fast, as she could see that Ullric was growling even louder when the man saw that Lulla was hiding behind another man when Ullric was in front of her.

"Bro, Brother ...."

As an Alpha who had found his mate, Stefan was quite familiar with this kind of mate-meeting process. For a moment, Stefan's expression looked complicated, before he tried to remain calm and invited the growling Ullric to talk to him.

"Calm down, Ullric. Can't you see that my sister is frightened by your actions?"

Perhaps because Ullric was still upset that his mate had rejected his existence, the ancient Alpha didn't seem to be listening to Stefan's words in the slightest. His golden eyes continued to focus on Lulla as if the man was trying to get his mate to return to his side.

"Ullric, if you really want to be in this pack, I suggest that you obey my words from now on! Right now, I've asked you to calm down first!"

Seeing that Ullric was beginning to lose his mind due to Lulla's rejection, Stefan was forced to use his power to suppress Ullric's strength. Stefan's face looked so serious, as he struggled to suppress Ullric's power. The Alpha of the Silver Pack was about to use his full power to bind Ullric, if Ullric didn't suddenly calm down and try to control himself again.

Ullric's angry expression suddenly turned into a pained one, as he stared at Lulla, who wouldn't look at him in the slightest. Ullric did not understand. As far as he knew, meeting a mate was the happiest moment for a werewolf. But his mate, instead, clearly rejected his existence and went to another Alpha in front of his eyes.

"I ... Apologize."

After Ullric managed to control himself, the man was finally able to wring out his apology. Although his instincts kept screaming for him to claim his mate immediately, Ullric tried to remain silent and obey Stefan's words. He had come intending to devote himself to his savior. Seeing that his mate was also in the Silver Pack, Ullric tried to convince himself that there would be another chance to approach his mate in the future.

Ullric knew that he must not scare his mate again, or he might get another rejection in the future.

Stefan involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief, when he saw that Ullric had finally managed to calm himself down. The Alpha of the Silver Pack turned to look at his distraught sister before he turned to look at his younger brother and the doctor in their pack.

"Frans, take your sister to calm down somewhere else," Stefan ordered. Frans immediately nodded in obedience to Stefan's order. The man led the younger sister away so that Ullric could no longer see Lulla in this situation.

After seeing that Ullric was no longer angry even if they took Lulla away, Stefan was finally able to relax a little more. The man looked at Ullric who looked confused before he spoke in his calm voice.

"Ullric, come with me to my study. I have something to tell you there."

Ullric looked up to stare at Stefan who remained calm. The ancient Alpha finally nodded, before he followed Stefan with slow steps.