Chapter 6

 FENRIS

I stealthily enter the library avoiding any passer-by wolves to focus on the task at hand. The librarian is sitting at her usual desk filing in the regular entries and book deliveries. I greet her and go sit on my usual spot. Taking a random book, I try to look engrossed in it as much as my acting skills support me.

There are 2 wolves, Lycidas and Caliana sitting in the far corner of the library, all cozy and cuddling. I quickly turn away from them to avoid interrupting their alone time as well as to stop yearning about being with my mate.

"Soon, Fenris, soon you will be with your mate!" I chastise myself. I should stop thinking about her for 2 minutes to finish this simple work at hand.

I try to sense the emotions around myself. I have three people around me and every single one of them seems to be doing their own thing with no care about me.

That's good. Very good. I can enter the Archive and get what I want and exit without being seen by anyone. I quickly move to one of the secluded corners near the archive and concentrate on making myself invisible to these people.

I cannot remain in this state for more than five minutes therefore, I have to make this as quick as possible. I keep a firm check on the emotions of those around me and work my magic. I put in the code to enter the Archive which I kind of stole from Elder Raoul. I enter as stealthily as I can and search for the records of the newly arrived wolves.

I search and search and ... Ahah! I found my mate's booklet. I promise myself that I will only see her basic information and not read about her abilities.

I quickly read her name, pack name, parents name and rank, and age and close the booklet before being tempted to read the other information. I would rather she tell me about her abilities than to know about them behind her back. I quickly arrange everything as it was before and am out of the Archive in four minutes 12 seconds. Plus, I got all the information I needed. Great!

I look around myself and see that Lycidas and Caliana have an intimate aura around them meaning sex is in the air. I clear my throat to awaken those lovebirds.

'Hey Fenris, didn't see you there. Whatcha doing?" asks Lycidas while Caliana hides behind him.

"Hey. Caliana's parents told me to remind her to call them once in a week to inform them about her training's progress." I tell him effectively dousing their flame of need.

"Oh yes, Fenris. I'll do that," starts Caliana. "But can you please keep this between us? We suspect that we are mates ... "

"We are mates, my love. I am certain of it," interrupts Lycidas.

"Yes, yes, we are mates. But I would like to wait till my birthday to inform everybody about this. I feel this need to be close to Lycidas but you know that matings are very rare and if we really are mates then we would be the first alpha couple to mate after nearly two decades," finishes Caliana and I now understand about their secret meetings.

"I understand pup. But till then refrain from having such secret meetings. You do not want to get caught and then be misunderstood for fooling around instead of being true mates."

"We understand, Fenris. I will take care of it," says Lycidas and I excuse myself letting the possible mates think about their course of action.

"There are six new wolves joining us today. Five of them are from the Samara Pack and one is from the Moon Stone pack," I say informing the siblings about the new trainees.

"I hope one of them is my mate," sulks Connor.

"I really hope one of them is your mate brother. Even if she/ he would be the unluckiest wolf," laughs Tatiana and causes Connor to give her a stink eye and attempt to punch her.

She quickly hides behind me and blows a raspberry earning herself a growl from her brother. I roll my eyes at their childish behaviour and let my eyes wander around the meeting hall in search of my mate.

She must be resting after her long journey to reach this land. I focus my attention on last year's fresh candidates. Only three wolves were admitted last year from all the surrounding packs. One was a male from the Samara Pack then two female wolves, Caliana from my pack and Tatiana from Blue Moon Pack. All are future Alphas and possible Lunas.

Tatiana, Aztec and Caliana seem to be having the usual argument about who gets to be the apprentice of Elder Alarick. He is considered to be very choosy in his apprentices. He hasn't chosen an apprentice in the last few years. But these pups wish to break his record by forcing him to choose one of them. I chuckle inwardly thinking about how difficult it is going to be for the elder to choose among those three troublemakers.

Suddenly the sweet smell of my mate fills the air and I focus my attention on catching sight of her. There she is, standing all alone and she seems to be searching for someone. The frown on her face emphasises her small but sharp nose.

As if listening to my thoughts she turns and rushes straight towards what I think is me but I'm proven wrong when she instead taps on Aztec's shoulder and hugs him fiercely who is directly in my line of sight. All my possessive instincts flare up and I unconsciously start marching towards her, angry about her audacity to touch some other male wolf.

I stop when I realise that Aztec is from her pack and that might be the reason why they share such camaraderie. I then remember that she is the Beta's daughter which again proves the deep friendship they share. I shake away the possessive thoughts and fall behind besides Connor. Caliana seems to have left them to join Lycidas and his friends. It looks like Aztec is introducing my mate and Tatiana. It would be good if they turn out to be good friends, I think.

Aztec still has his arm wrapped around her and I have a nagging feeling about their bond. Instead of pondering over those thoughts, I try to focus on their conversation.

Tatiana joins us with a sullen look and starts muttering about old friends and girlfriends which I don't understand even a bit.

"Why do you look so gloomy, all of a sudden?" I ask her, not liking the hopeless look on her face.

"It might be nothing, Fenris. I think I am having a hormonal imbalance," waves off my concern with the brush of her hand. She doesn't meet my eye and I feel that she is hiding something from me.

"Who is the new girl over there?" asks Connor, interrupting my questioning about Tatiana's lies.

"Oh, she is Aztec's girlfriend and my roommate," she says with an eye roll and I have an inkling that my mate is the reason for her wry behaviour.

Wait a minute. Did she just say that my mate is someone's girlfriend? What the fuck! This is not possible. I look over to see my mate in Aztec's arms and once again start burning with rage and jealousy.

How dare he touch what's mine!

I control myself from showing my anger and jealousy in the hopes of all this shit being some kind of a big misunderstanding.

I feel my mate's eyes on me and I look up to see her staring at me with a curious expression. She seems to be mesmerised with my eyes the same way I was mesmerised when I first saw her at the gates. I smirk knowing that I have some effect on her. This might be the start of strengthening our mate bond. She wouldn't be able to recognise me completely as her mate but the familiarity and the pull towards her mate will grow eventually.

I let her see my desire for her and she shudders, making me howl in my mind with pleasure. I wish she were in my arms at this moment instead of that pup's. I growl at his arms around her and stop myself from throttling him. I fist my hands drawing blood in the hopes of calming myself but to no avail.

Soon, she leaves thus, taking that pup out of my sight which helps slightly in calming my wolf. I need to confront her as soon as possible to get all this fuckup cleared.