The young Alpha stared at his younger brother.
His little brother was smiling widely at him, standing next to a very pretty lady.
"Good evening Alpha", the lady greeted.
"Hello there", Alpha Calihan replied with one of his own infamous smiles.
The lady blushed as his brother, Carlos held on to her hand.
"Brother", Carlos greeted.
"Little brother", Calihan replied.Carlos frowned in annoyance at the nickname making Calihan smirk. Carlos let out a puff before speaking.
"This is my mate poppy and over there by the car with mom is her grandmother".
Callahan looked over to the Lexus car and saw his mother chatting happily with an old lady.
"I'm so sorry for you", Calihan suddenly engulfed poppy in his arms.
"Hey. Firstly let her go and secondly why?", his brother asked as he separated them.
"You're stuck with him", Calihan pouted and she giggled.
"More like I'm sorry for him cos he's stuck with me", she said.
Suddenly, the faint smell of coffee and Strawberries wafted through the Alpha's nose.
His senses tingled and the hair on his body stood like tiny pickles.
The scent was total-
Bliss.
And It was coming from Poppy.
In confusion, Calihan moved closer to her and the scent hits him more, attacking his olfactory senses.
What could this possibly mean?, the young Alpha was confused.
Surely, he wasn't going to share a mate with his brother, was he?.
"Carl, what does she smell like to you?", Calihsn asked through the mindlink.
"Why?", his brother queried.
"Just answer me".
"Well, she smells like chocolate".Calihan lets out an inaudible breath of relief.
"Excuse me poppy?", he turned to her.
"Yes Alpha?"."Not to be rude but are these your clothes?", he pointed to what she had on.
"Uhm no, they actually belong to my friend. She gave me as a parting gift".
"Is she mated?".
"No".In that case-.
"Mosaic?", Calihan called his wolf.
"I know", his wolf replied."we have to find her", Calihan added.
"At once", Mosaic agreed."What's her name?", Calihsn asked Poppy.
"Uhm Diya", Poppy said, starting to feel uncomfortable with the questions.
"She's also from your pack right?", the Alpha pressed on.
"Yes".
"I think she might be my mate", Calihan said to ease her mind which worked because she brightened up.
"That's great especially since she can't t-", Poppy began.
"Calihan dear, come over", his mother called.
"Good evening ma'am", he greeted.
"Good evening Alpha", the old lady smiled warmly.After the pleasantries and introductions, they all went inside and Poppy immediately moved into Carlos' room.
Calihan, on the other hand groaned knowing he wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight. He couldn't keep still to himself as he stared at Poppy during dinner.
The lady was still putting on the clothes from his supposed mate and he wanted to get another delightful whiff of that scent.
He knew it would be weird to sniff his brother's mate so after the food, he decided to interrogate her.
"Poppy, can i talk to you for a moment?".
"Ok Alpha".
Calihan took Poppy outside and sighed heavily before speaking.
"Your friend lives in your pack right?".
"Yes Alpha"."Can you give me the address of her house?, I'm going to look for her".
"It's very easy, just tell anyone you're going to the house of Elias McClain, the one with the mute daughter".
"She's mute?".
"Yes", Poppy mumbled, slowly looking up to meet his eyes.
"Do you have a problem with that?", she was trying to gauge his reaction.
"No, i just feel bad for her", Calihan replied slowly.
He couldn't how it must feel to not be able to communicate. To voice out one's thoughts.
He was really curious.
What could have made her mute?.
He wanted to know everything about her.
"Diya hates pity".
"Do you have a picture of her?"."Yeah", she replied as she unlocked her phone.
"She doesn't smile often so this is a rare picture", She said as she showed Calihan the picture of a gorgeous girl with an earth shattering smile.
She had high cheek bones, perfectly shaped eyebrows, a downturned nose and the most beautiful eyes Calihsn had ever seen.
The girl in the picture was smiling, exposing her well arranged set of white teeth but not too white like the snow.
Her bottom lip which was pink was jutted out in a wide smile.
The brown sweater snuggled perfectly against her milky chocolate skin making her look like a goddess on earth.
Calihan had found his weakness.
Full bottom lips.
Oh, how he wanted to kiss her so much. Taste her. Suckle those delicious looking lips.
He sighed.
Poppy sent the picture to him and he thanked her before going back in.
Rajesh, Min Ho and Daniel came by later to congratulate Carlos and to find a reason to drink. He informed them about going to find his mate and Min Ho said he would tag along.
The next day, Calihan and Min Ho bid everyone goodbye and set for his mate's pack.
Alpha Calihan was anxious.
Impatient and apprehensive.
He couldn't stop staring at her picture and his wolf was going crazy.
"I can't wait to see mate!", Mosaic screamed in his head.
"I can't wait to hold her".
"Stop smiling idiot", Calihan snapped at his friend.
"Why?, happiness is free", Min Ho shrugged.
Calihan groaned and closed his eyes, hoping they would just appear in front of his mate's house now.
After hours of unbearable pain, they got to the pack. The border patrol had already announced their arrival so they were taken to the pack house immediately.
Calihan who was too anxious greeted them hurriedly.
"Alpha, Luna, we won't be staying long".
"Is something wrong, Alpha Calihan?".
"I've just found out that my mate is at your pack and I've come to get her".
"Congratulations Alpha, who's she?".
"Her name is Diya. Diya McClain, Elias daughter and she's mute", Calihan stated, making use of the information Poppy had given him.
The Alpha immediately wore a scowl and the Luna forwned.
"That bitch ran away".Calihan growled and Mosaic was ready to come out to choke them.
How dare they?.
What audacity?.
"Do not talk about my mate like that!", the normally calm Aloha Calihan snapped.
"That's my Luna you're insulting so please respect yourself", Min Ho spoke up.
Yeah, Min Ho had never been the collected one amongst them.
The Alpha glared at Calihan then spoke up. "She killed her father then ran away".
Calihan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets and he staggered back a little.
His mate was a killer?.
That was simply impossible. The mate he saw in the picture was far from a murderer.
The only thing she could probably kill at most would be a cockroach.
Or mice.
"No, i don't believe them", Mosaic said annoyed.
"Take me to her house".
"As you wish".They led the way to the house which was located on the side of a cliff.
Calihan opened the unlocked door and an unidentified smell strikes his nostrils.
There was a pool of blood on the floor, clothes were scattered everywhere and everywhere was in disarray.
Calihan went around the house looking for her room but didn't find it. He saw a shawl of hers and sniffed it then followed the scent down to a basement where he found some of her things.
It looked like she only had few things.
What happened to her was the question running through Alpha Calihan's mind.
"I want mate", Mosaic whined.
"Me too buddy".
"Me too".Calihan picked up her underwear, a lace bra and panties and sniffed it then tucked it in his jean pocket.
No, he was not a pervert..
She was his mate and he had the right, at least that was what he told himself.He picked up a glass picture frame of her and hugged it then stood up.
"You okay bro?", Min Ho asked.
In sorrow, Calihan nodded his head and sighed.
"Where is she now?", he asked.
"I said she ran away", Min Ho answered."No, she's dead", the two men turned to look at the person that spoke up and saw it was the future Alpha of his mate's pack.
"What did you say?", Calihan frowned.
"I overheard the guards saying she jumped over a cliff when they were chasing her".
"Cal?".
He was mateless.
There was simply no reason to live. No reason to go on.
She had died before they even met. He must have been given the worst destiny by the fates.
Calihan shifted into his wolf and ran out to the cliff.
He stood at the edge of the cliff and howled in sadness.
Mosaic was crying.
Both man and wolf were hurting making them want to jump over the cliff too.
With one last sigh, Calihan looked over the cliff and decided to go meet his mate wherever she was.
He prayed to the moon goddess that wherever she was, he would join her there.
The Alpha was about to jump when he felt sharp teeth sink into his wolf's leg. He turned around to look at the culprit and saw another wolf growling at him.
Mocha, Min Ho's wolf.
"No, Mosaic".
"Stay back, Mocha".Calihan growled at him but he didn't back down.
"Don't be stupid, i don't need to tell you that you have your mom, Carlos and the pack to look after".
"What if you get a second chance mate?", he continued.
"I want Diya".
"You've never met her".
"Yet i already love her so much", Calihan confessed.
Calihan settled down at the cliff and just closed his eyes imagining what his life with Diya would have been like.
"Akakios", Diya groaned as she shook Akakios' tail. The aforementioned naga flicked his tail in Diya's direction which made the werewolf move backwards. "Pesky fly", Akakios muttered in his sleep. Diya frowned. She was not a fly!. She climbed on his tail and hit his chest gently. "Akakios, I'm hungry". Ever since the incident with the hunters, the naga brothers banned Diya from hunting alone.
It had been eight months since Calihan found out he had no mate. Eight months of torture. Eight months of pure agony. "Calihan, you have to snap out of this. People say the Alpha loses himself after losing his mate but you don't have to be one of those alphas", his mother spoke. "I am one of those alphas, mother. I lost my mate, the only soul that can bring out the best in me". "A mate doesn't bring out the best in you, they only help you stay at being the best of yourself". "It's no use", Calihan groaned. His Beta, Rajesh came into his room but
After Diya finished explaining her story to Calihan, he had told her to go take a bath while he prepared something for her to eat.Diya, filled with happiness, smiled and nodded her head at him."I'm so happy you're here with me", he said with a smile.Likewise, Diya thought. Calihan kissed her cheek and left. Diya smiled widely and River was happy.They were content.They had found their mate, by sheer luck and he believed she didn't kill her father.Alpha Calihan was perfect. She could already see herself falling in love with him.Diya went into her mate's bathroom to do her business. After bathing, she wrapped his green towel around her waist.When Diya had first arrived, her initial thought was that she could manage with Poppy till she got a job to settle then go mate hunting.She never thought she would meet her mate so quickly, much more be mated to an Alpha.Guess fate smiled on her. She picked out an armless dress from her bag and set it on the bed. She let the towel drop
"Who are you and how did you get this?", he questioned authoratively. He fingered the locket as Diya answered, very frightened. "It belongs to my mother"."You're Lena's daughter?", the man looked surprised. Diya nodded her head."Diya?".She looked back at the voice that had called her name and the dragon behind her had changed into a young man. She nodded her head again, less afraid now. "Where are you going?", the older man asked. "Nowhere. I'm just going wherever my legs take me". "Malachi, take her to your sisters and meet me at the supernatural meeting", the older man said to the younger one. "Yes, father".They both shifted into dragons and the father flew away, giving Diya one last lingering look. Diya then realized something. The man had said Lena was his sister. That meant-That man was her uncle and this young man was her cousin. Dragons. Her mother's family were dragons. Wow. "How will i get on your back?", she asked the young dragon who replied her by carrying
"Min Ho, i told you to get me some lady clothes, what is she going to wear until we get back?", the Alpha asked his delta, the food demon behind him as top Epsilon, Daniel was driving.Min Ho held up a hand as he ate the ribs, sauce dripping on each side of his mouth.Rajesh stole the meat from him and ate it. He licked his fingers before smacking Rajesh.Rajesh threw the bone in his face and scowled. Calihan rolled his eyes.Idiots."I am surrounded by idiots", he muttered under his breath. "What the fuck dude?", Daniel yelled. Oh, i said that out loud, Calihan mentally smacked himself. "Yeah, what he said", Rajesh added to Daniel's cry of annoyance."I asked you a question, Min Ho"."And i answered you in my head", he replied."Then answer me with your mouth"."I sent the clothes through an omega, she should have gotten them by now"."You had to wait until we left the pack huh?", Calihan almost glared at him. "Is she beautiful?", Min Ho asked instead. "Very, like a t-"."I wasn
"Min Ho, i told you to get me some lady clothes, what is she going to wear until we get back?", the Alpha asked his delta, the food demon behind him as top Epsilon Daniel was driving.Min Ho held up a hand as he ate the ribs, sauce dripping on each side of his mouth.Rajesh stole the meat from him and ate it. He licked his fingers before smacking Rajesh.Rajesh then threw the bone in Min Ho's face and scowled, making Calihan roll his eyes.Idiots."I am surrounded by idiots", he muttered under his breath. "What the fuck dude?", Daniel yelled. Oh, i said that out loud, Calihan mentally smacked himself. "Yeah, what he said", Rajesh added to Daniel's cry of annoyance."I asked you a question, Min Ho"."And i answered you in my head", he replied."Then answer me with your mouth"."I sent the clothes through an omega, she should have gotten them by now"."You had to wait until we left the pack huh?", Calihan almost glared at him. "Is she beautiful?", Min Ho asked instead. "Very, like
Diya had been with her mother's family for two days and It has been pure enjoyment. When her uncle and cousin finally came back, Mikayla explained the situation to them but her uncle had said he wasn't sure about Calihan being a killer since he knew the Alpha.According to him, Alpha Calihan was one of the easy going alphas just like Alpha Izan."Who's Alpha Izan?", Diya asked."Calihan's close friend, the Alpha of New Dawn pack although Izan is more closed off"."Isn't he the Alpha that lost his mate?. He's just plain arrogant", Mikayla muttered. They were having lunch when someone ran inside. "King Xerxes, we have intruders in the village".Xander and his father, King Xerxes exchanged looks then left. "Please, let it be him", Diya said aloud."You mean your mate?", Malaysia, her nineteen year old cousin asked. "Yes"."So why wish he's the one?"."So i don't jinx it", Diya answered. "Okay true", Mikayla agreed, nodding. "But he doesn't know you're here", Malaysia added. "I hope
"Diya!", Poppy ran to her best friend and hugged her like her life depended on it. Both girls ended up crying creating a pool of tears."Abuela is on holiday", Poppy replied to Diya's sign language."Dear child, where were you?, Why did you run away?", Calihan's mother asked her in worry. "Alright, that's enough", Calihan took Diya's hand and led her to his room. Then he locked the door when they were in and looked at her. "I was kind enough to give you your own room but I'm not letting you out of my sight again"."This is your side of the wardrobe, there's a towel for you in the bathroom and you can keep your things on that dresser", he pointed at some parts of the room. The young Alpha was about to say something else when someone mindlinked him. "Stay here, I'll be back soon".He placed a lazy kiss on her forehead before leaving. Callahan walked back to the pack's living room to meet his Alpha friend who had just arrived. "Calihan", the Alpha held a stoic face. "Izan", Calihan