Charlie’s POV
Opening my eyes, I find myself staring up at Alpha Zach's chiselled jaw whilst his fingers absentmindedly run through my long dark hair whilst his dark eyes stay firmly on whatever is front of him. His hand momentarily pauses but he keeps his eyes up and I close mine tight but listen in when he starts speaking to Kayden.
They mostly talk about pack stuff until the subject turns to me, well more importantly, my mother.
“How easy is it going to be to convince Sophia?” Kayden questions Zach, for a Beta, he was really quite brave in challenging the Alpha.
“She will come when requested”
I wondered what he meant by being ‘requested’. Alpha Zach had said my mother was living on his land, but if my grandmother was the Queen before she passed away then surely she had some sort of position of power.
“Are you sure, you know she can be…. Temperamental”
“I will deal with her when the time comes Kayden, but for now take us home”
The car falls silent and Kayden picks up speed, whilst Alpha Zachs fingers continue to twist in my hair but neither of them speak and I wondered if they were mind linking each other to keep the conversation away from my ears.
At some point the car grinds to a halt and I feel the rush of cold air as the door opens, it was definitely much colder here than at Max’s pack.
Alpha Zach slides himself out from under me but then his arms suddenly appear underneath me, lifting me out the car, the cold wind whipping against my face and I shiver.
“You don’t need to pretend to be asleep” he mumbles quietly, yet I could tell he was amused
I peer at him with one eye and he stifles a laugh “How did you know?”
“You snore”
“I do not!”
He laughs out loud, “A little snuffle snore, its quite cute really”
He stands me up as I wrap my arms around myself, the thin hoodie doing nothing to keep me warm as Alpha Zach hurries me inside to a large room with a roaring fire, he guides me to the sofa and gives me a blanket to wrap up in as he speaks to a young girl with shoulder lenght blue hair who looks to be around my age.
She bows her head and darts off quickly whilst I continue to shiver. Kayden comes in moments later with my battered suitcase and puts it down shaking his head
“I know this is your suitcase but what ever you have in here is not going to keep you warm here”
I shrug “I have some money, maybe one of you could take me shopping tomorrow?”
Kayden raises an eyebrow at me and then looks at Alpha Zach, had I said something wrong
“There is something you should know about our pack” Alpha Zach sits on the chair opposite me and holds his hands out to the fire “The men look after the females here, we provide everything that is required”
I frown “I am quite capable”
“It is not that we think you cannot do it, it is just tradition. A way for us looking after our mates”
I look at the ground “I rejected my mate” I knew he was my mate but I hadn’t accepted him and I had rejected Max to come here. Max, how I missed him
“It does not matter, you are our Queen, everything you need we can arrange. I already have the omegas on it”
I frown, something I couldn’t stand is when everyone else did something for me, I was more than capable. I had pretty much been looking after myself since I was a kid because my father and step mother were always drunk or high and just because I was in a new pack, it didn’t suddenly mean that I couldn’t look after myself.
“When can I see my mother?”
“Tomorrow”
“Do you think she will be happy to see me?”
The men exchange glances but didn’t say anything, they were hiding something from me, they had used the word tempermental to describe her and I wondered what they meant by it, was she as crazy as my father was?.
Until recently I thought my mother was dead but it turned out she had been in hiding all this time, leaving me to be raised by an abusive Alpha father who hid my true identity from me.
“It will probably take a few days”
“Why? If she is on your land then why will it take a few days?”
“Sophia likes to keep herself to herself, she rarely travels far from her home”
They were hiding something, I didn’t know what but I would find out.
I look at Alpha Zach and nod my head, “Can I crash somewhere?”
“Of course, you room is ready”
He stands, stretching his body and offers me a hand but I stand without taking it, he doesn’t say anything as he leads the way out of the room and up the grand staircase. He opens a door and gestures for me to enter.
It was huge, bright and airy, a large four poster bed with drapes hanging around the bed and some furniture was scattered around, places where I could put things, things I didn't have.
It was completely different to the room I had grown up in and yet it reminded me of Alexander’s room, a bay window just like his and I went straight to it, looking out as I often did his.
A fluttering of snowflakes were starting to fall and Alpha Zach asks me if I am okay. I nod my head but keep my mouth shut, I was still trying to figure out if I had made the right decision in coming here, I had rejected Max days after his twins death because I couldn’t stand to be there anymore, Alexander's scent lingering everywhere I went, a constant reminder of someone else I loved.
“You can talk to me Charlie”
I nod again and make my way to the bed, a pile of blankets sit on the edge and as I climb on, I pull them up around me, burying my face in the pillows and trying not to cry, I knew Alpha Zach was stood in the room watching me and he just stands not making any movement.
I could sense that he wanted to hug me but he doesn’t even try, instead keeping his distance like he was afraid of me.
Alpha Zach’s POVI had never really dealt with someone crying before, well not someone that I was attracted too and as she sobbed into the pillows I just watch felling completely powerless, what could I do, should I comfort her, or should I leave her?Standing by the door I just watch her, her shoulders juddering up and down under the blanket with the sobs but they were soon replaced with those little snuffles, signalling that she was asleep.Moving towards her, I pull back the blanket from her face, it was red and tear stained whilst her eyes were sealed shut, little puddles sitting in her eye sockets. Maybe bringing her here was the wrong choice after all.Kissing her on the forehead I feel the sparks spread across my lips, there was no doubt about it, Charlie was indeed my mate but would she accept me after her rejection of Alpha Max. I could offer her more than him after all, he was just a werewolf whereas we were Lycans and she belonged here wi
Charlies POVConsidering I had an amazing nights sleep, I felt like I had been run down by a bus. A dull ache in my chest and my mind instantly went to Max and how he had dropped to his knees as we pulled away in the car.The more I thought about it, the more the pain grew until I felt like I couldn’t catch my breath, what was happening to me?Clutching my chest as the pain spread, I tried to scream out for help, but no sound left my mouth and my chest continued to grow tighter as my lungs refused to work.Throwing out a ball of red mist at the door, I hoped it would make enough noise that someone would come in, but it fizzled out before it even reached the door.Trying again, the ball finally hits the door only this time it blows a hole straight through it and the door is pulled open, Kayden stares at me alarmed as he rushes towards me and I hear him calling for Alpha Zach as spots form in front of my eyes, darkness closing in
Alpha Zach's POV I knew she wasn't going to like what I say and wait patiently for her to get comfortable and pray to the Moon Goddess that she will not freak out "Well spit it out then" she snaps at me, annoyed that I was taking my time. If anyone else were to speak to me like that, my hand would be tightening around their throat just about now, but she was the Queen and she was my mate, I couldn't risk that now when she was seeing the softer side of me. Even Kayden was taking the micky saying that this girl already had me wrapped around her finger and he wasn't far from the truth, I would do anything for her. "Charlie, there is no easy way for me to say this, but your mother killed your grandmother" Her eyes are wide for a moment as she registers what I am saying and then she narrows them at me "Your lying" "I have no reason to lie to you Charlie" "So you're telling me that my mother who would n
Charlies POVThey were all watching me, everyones eyes were on me and as I spin around it seemed like they were closing in on me. As I continue to turn I see Alpha Zach standing on the porch looking worried, was he worried about me or his pack?The gravel under my feet was digging into my bare skin as I carry on turning. I had to stop them getting close, I couldn’t have them judging me.I summon a ball of red mist as everyone watches and slam it into the ground, those nearest to me were sent flying, it wasn’t powerful enough to do to much damage but strong enough to stop them coming closer.The tears stream down my face as I look at everyone laid on the ground and Alpha Zach gestures to the packhouse. I move quickly, my feet pounding the gravel and race pass him, straight up the stairs and into my room, slamming the door shut and leaning back against it.The tears fall from my face and onto my clothes, they were heavy, my sobs were loud
Alpha Zach’s POV“What I will bring? What does that even mean?” she huffs at me“I did not get a chance to find out, Kayden called me”She turns her back on me, clearly annoyed with my answerEven though I had figured things out about Charlie’s father, I was not certain I could tell her, well not yet anyway. How would finding out that she is half vampire help her? Or finding out that the man who raised and abused her was not her real father.Not only that, Sophia dropped some pretty heavy news on me about Charlie’s birth father which I needed time to process.It was obvious that a vampire had killed one of my packs men, they were the only ones to rip out throats like that, the problem was that when a vampire is using their speed ability, only another vampire can see them. It would have been how they got onto my land unseen, yet Charlie saw them.Kayden knew this little fact about vampires and
Charlie’s POVI’m not even sure what made me do it, the sudden urge to run away from it all. Maybe it was the news that I was part vampire, or the fact that Alpha Zach is clearly in love with me but as I grab my suitcase, I purposely hit him with it as I walk by and go to his office. As much as I wanted to go home, right now I didn’t want to be alone.Sinking down onto the rug, the heat from the fire warms my skin, Kayden had been right about it being much colder here and as much as I didn’t want to admit it, I didn’t have the right clothes for this weather.As I sit staring into the fire, a blanket is draped over my shoulders and when I look up I find Alpha Zach smiling at me, he doesn't speak and heads to his desk, concentrating on the paperwork that was piled high.Every so often I would steal a glance at him, the light of the fire gave him an ominous look but in the daylight he looked so different, his eyes oddly dark but
Alpha Zach’s POVWhy oh why did I schedule meetings for today?Especially with Charlie here, I tried to change some of them around but I had put off dealing with the Lycan school on my land for some time. There were problems between a couple of the students and the teachers seemed no longer capable of dealing with the issues.As I shower I hear Charlie stir, it wasn’t exactly an ideal situation having her sleep in my room but considering she locked the door to her bedroom and then climbed out the window, it was the only suitable option.I made sure to sleep on the futon in my room, it was not exactly the greatest night of sleep, mostly because any time Charlie stirred, I was up and ready to protect her but she was mostly just having horrible dreams and most likely about what she had seen by the words she was muttering.It was highly amusing finding her with the duvet wrapped completely around her, just her cute little face poking out, a
Charlie’s POVHanging out with Ally was interesting, she really was a good laugh and it was nice to listen to her as she showed me around the grounds, although I was annoyed to hear that Alpha Zach had other girls in his room I don’t tell her as much, thankfully she talks so much that I didn’t really need to speak.We are near the forest where I had seen that thing kill one of Alpha Zach's men and she looks at me“Is it true you saw it?”I nod my head“You saw a vampire?”I wasn’t sure what she was getting at but she flicks her blue hair from her face and smiles at me“That must have been fucked up”I frown at her, I didn’t like curse words but I don’t say anything for all I know it might be common practice around here, although I hadn’t heard Alpha Zach use them.I don't tell her about what Alpha Zach told me, I was still trying to accept it m