"My soulmate."
I'm sorry what?
"W..Wh...What?" Is all I managed to say. To say I was shocked was an understatement.But he just keeped looking at me like I was miracle happening before his eyes,his hands holding my face so tenderly.
"You are my soulmate." Atlas said again.
"Hello, earth to Kaya!" Yelled Saf in my mind knocking me back to my senses.This is not happening, he's lying.I don't feel anything. If he were truly my soulmate I would feel the bond.
"Yeah nice try buddy."I said as I moved his hands from my face and took a step back. His hands fell to his sides , confusion all over his face.
"You don't feel this?" He asked me.
"Look, your little trick could work on a human but obviously not on a she wolf."
"This is not a trick." He says as he tries to touch my hand again but I take another step back. To that I hear him growl.
"Hey girl this round is on you." Said the girl as she passed me a cocktail.
"All rounds are on me." Atlas said as he waved to the bartender.The girls seemed very excited by the news and then proceeded to dance.I have to admit I was bit struck by this situation,but at the same time I feel like I could use this to my advantage.I turned my back to Atlas and faces the table as I drinked the awful cocktail.
"What's the new plan?" Asked Saf.
"I'll have to improvise but one thing is clear, I'm getting this wolf home." I responded Saf as I felt Atlas's hand sliding around my waist.The sensation of his touch was sensual,and now with him pressed to my back I could smell his perfume. It was a mix of sandalwood, sweet peach and something I couldn't detect.I placed my hand over his and for a second I could feel him jump like he was just touched by electricity.He's growel vibrated through my body but at the same time there was nothing there.Removing his hands from my body I turned around to face him.
"Please, don't put your hands on me unless I allow it first." I tell him, the look of disbelief all over his face.
""I don't understand how you don't feel this, my entire body is currently on fire, every cell of my body wants to touch you.I want to drown in your scent... you dont feel that?" Atlas says as he brushes his hand through his black hair.
He looked different than the photo in his room. He had a beard now and I have to say it suits him so well, instead of a suit he was wearing black pants with a white shirt. Unbuttend so you could see the necklace he was wearing, and rings on his fingers.
"I'm sorry but no."
"Well I like his wolf so far, he can't really reach me." Safire commented. "That's because he is not our soulmate." I tell her back.
"I can't believe it, my Goddess. 32 years I waited for you, while everyone around me had their soulmate at 18, I ... just when I lost all hope I found you."
"I'm 22 and I don't have a soulmate, but neither do my siblings and they are older then me."
"You should be able to feel this... this.."
Goddess help me, I just want to get this job done.
"You know you could ask me my name first?" I tell him.
Of course, my apology. My name is Atlas Stryker and you are.." He said as he extended his hand thords me.
"Kaya." I say as I shake his hand.
"What, no last name?" He asks while still holding my hand.
"You haven't earned it yet, how about you bay me a real drink first."Atlas gave me a crooked smile, one I have to admit was sexy but not enough to make me forget my mission or his soulmate claim.
"Shure, what would you like to drink?" He said as I pulled my hand out of his,the lost of my touch seem to irritate him.
"Whiskey, neat." I say.
"You definitely are my kind of she wolf." He said before turning and asking the bartender for two whisky.
"Now is our chance." Said Sad.
"I know I just need to find a way to get him outside, dragging him throw the entire club would be problematic not to mention suspicious."
"Well that shoud be eazy,just tell him you wonna go outside.I have a feeling he will not leave you alone." Saf said, and I had a
feeling she was not wrong. "Here is your drink." Atlas said as he rejoined me.His green eyes dancing all over my face as if he were trying to memorise it.
"You know what, I could really use some fresh air."
"Me too." He said in an instant.
"What did I tell you."Said Saf victoriously.
Even though he was walking behind me he used his hand to clear the path around me as the werewolfs danced around us. Finally outside we walked to the parking lot where we put our glasses on the hood of my jeep, Atlas continued to stare at me.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" I asked him while I pointed to my face.He nodded his head.
"Yes you do,a whole lot of beauty." I couldn't help but to laugh at that.
"Goddess, that probably sounded very cheesy. I'm normally not like this."He confessed.
"What do you normally sound like?" I say as I take a sip.He was about to say something when his phone started to ring.
"Give me a minute please, don't go anywhere." He said as he gave me a crooked smile before turning to answer his phone.I put the strain of my hair behind my ear and concentrated my hearing so that I could hear the person on the phone.
"What is it Shaun? I'm in the middle of something."
"This is important you have to come back, the Luna send someone after you."
"Shaun my mother already sent Goddess knows how many man after me, so far she has not been successful." Atlas said and it made me jump a little. "Now is our chance Kaya, dump the mistletoe in his drink while he's not watching." Saf yelled inside my head.It made me work fast, I took the mistletoe out of my bag a quickie dumped it into his drink.Thankfully it dissolved pretty quickly as Atlas continued his conversation.
"This time the Luna send someone special and I wasn't able to find out who beacuse Jeffrey made it imposible."
"Thank you for the heads up Shaun, but right now I can't talk.Ill call you tomorrow."
"Atlas as your future Beta, I highly recommend you to come back.Becoming the Alpha is your destiny, there is no point at running from that."
"I think I just found my destiny." Atlas said as he ended the call.
"I assume you heard all of that." He asked me.
"I did." There is no point in lying.
"So now you know I'm the..."
"Future Alpha of Black river pack, I already knowed that. I belonge to the Black river pack, you are going to be my Alpha."
I held my head high as I looked him in the eyes.
"And now you..." He said as he walked closer to me. "You are the future Luna of Black river pack."
"No I'm not." I say as I trying to move away but am quickly pined to the jeep door, Atlas's hands on each side of my body. He has me pined, but his hands are not touching me.
His eyes are pure fire, and so is his body.
"Becoming Alpha, as cowardly as it sounds , it made me scared. I was afraid not of the responsibility as is. I felt like my freedom was being taken away from me, but now in this moment in front of you...I see how foolish that was because from the moment my eyes laid upon you the last thing I want is my freedom. I want to be chained to you."
His eyes lit up in a beautiful orange color as he hovered just inches from my face.Alphas had red eyes,alphas
to be orange ,betas blue and omegas yellow. Green was very rare so much so there hasn't been any in the last 300 years.
Atlas's eyes seem to have fire in them, it was hard not to look at him. I have to thank Saf, hearing her purring in my head made me shake my hand and lose the eye contact.
"I think I could use that drink right about now." I say as I push past his hand and grab my glass. He smiled at me while shaking his head.
"I think this deserves a toast." He said as he took his glass from the houd.
"To you, Kaya."
"Bottoms up." I say as I drink the whisky in one go, and so does Atlas.The burn of the whisky hides the taste of mistletoe.
"To my beautiful soulmate, may you never leave my side."He says as he lowers the glass, grabs me by the hand and yanks me thirds him. Our lips collide, and for a brief moment as he swinged me against the jeep,maybe from the shock I let myself be kissed by him.I have been kissed before, many times. But this kiss filled my skin with goosebumps.My hands were against his chest and I keep thinking that Atlas thinks I'm his soulmate and as soon as I felt his lips leave mine in search for my neck I couldn't risk him marking me.He is not my soulmate, I say to my self as I pushed him away from me. Either the force was stronger than I imagined or the mistletoe started to work as he crashed against the other car.
"It's the mistletoe, I could feel his wolf weakening." Said Saf.
As Atlas's eyes glazed over I ran to his side and grabbed him,puting him into the jeep wasn't an eazy task he is one heavy werewolf.By the time I have dim all buckled up he was totally passed out.
"We better get on the road, can't really risk him waking up now can we." Saf said.
I jumped behind the wheel and start driving as soon as I stole one more glance at Atlas.
"So are we going to talk about it?" Asked Safire.
"About what." I say, my eyes focused on the road ahead.
"The kiss that happened moments ago."
"What is there to talk about?" I say as my grip on the wheel hardens.
"Ohh you definitely felt it, I did too. But I imagine you can't explain it any better then I could."
"I admit it was strange, it was something I haven't felt in a long time not since..." I put my hand over the pendant on my necklace.
"You know he was not your soulmate either, right? He was just a friend,honestly you shouldn't even wear that necklace.
"I promised, you know that." I say.
"I know, like I know everything. I growed up with you." Sometimes I forget I never had to wait for my wolf, Saf was with me since I was a baby. Five hours later I was approaching the packs manor, Atlas still profoundly asleep making noises here and there.It has passed 6am, the sun was starting to show on the roof as I parked my jeep.
Jeffrey came running out along with the "royal" guards that went to my house. Behind them came the Luna.
She opened the jeeps door and pushed the hair from Atlas's face.
"My foolish boy." She said so quietly even I almost missed it.
"Jeffrey get Atlas inside now and do it discreetly, the Alpha will arrive in matter of hours. Atlas needs to be ready." She told Jeffrey and he simply nodded his head to the man and they went to take Atlas out of my jeep.
The Luna turned to me.
"I take it there were no problems."
"No Luna."
She presided to hand me an envelope.
"Your paycheck."
"Thank you, Luna." I say.
"Thank you for your services, if there is anything I can do for you or your family just let me know." She offered.
"Just one thing Luna." I say.
"Yes." The look on her face showed curiosity.
"Don't tell Atlas where to find me."
Luna nodded her head,she probably thought I was afraid he would take repercussions against me when in reality I'm hiding from his so called soulmate bond.With my task finished, I hopped into my jeep and was headed home.
"Time for life to go back to normal."
"We should really stop at the bakery first, you are starving," Saf said as my stomach growled."You are right besides, Mom and Dad are already there. Knowing them, this particular assignment has them worried."As I arrived I went in through the backdoor. The radio as always was blasting the music. Eye of the tiger. Dad's favorite.I grabbed the chocolate croissant from the tray when I realized most of the trays here were full. And that is odd, with our sales dad normally runs up and down exchanging trays. "I hear something," Saf said.I moved further in, the office door was slightly ajar. Jace was in there with Dad."Have you heard from her?" Jack asked."I'm sure she's alright Jack." "I should have gone with her.""Jack the order was clear, she had to go alone." Dad insisted."Screw that." Jack cursed."It's getting harder for you to control it, isn't it?" Dad said as he put his hand on his shoulder. Jack just looked at his feet clenching his fists."You know it's impossible my boy
As Safire got to the lake she laid down next to a big tree and let Kaya take control over her body and mind."You really needed that run didn't you Saf?" I say as I stretch my bones."We both needed it." Saf said as I pulled the clothes from the backpack and started dressing."So what is our plan, we can't hide forever they are going to trace us eventually?""I need answers, but I also need time to take this in." I say as I sit down under the tree."I can sense you are angry, but it doesn't make you love them any less." "Of course I'm angry, they lied to me my whole life. And yes I know what you are going to say, they love me like their own but that is not in discussion here. Trust is." I say with frustration."And the fact that Jake loves you." Saf so kindly reminded me."Don't ok, just don't go there.""I told you he gave me a weird vibe."Saf hummed in my head."He is my brother, I will never be able to see him as anything else. Honestly, I dont know how to even look at him anymor
"What is it with you?" I asked Saf because I could feel her getting more and more jumpy in my head."Nothing, I just wonder how is this conversation gonna go down."Uhh I so do not need this right now."I mean you did drugged your future Alpha, not to mention our soulmate."I don't know how I feel about the fact that Saf already accepted Atlas's wolf as her soulmate, it can't be. Not while I don't feel the same for Atlas. She maybe hasn't said it out loud but I can feel it, the closer we are to him the more excited she gets."I would appreciate it if you could calm down so that I at least have my thoughts in order." I say as the car pulls over. When I got out of the car Jeffery was waiting for me once again."Miss Knight, we were awaiting you. Please follow me."Jeffrey said as he proceeded to walk in front of me. He led me into their office once again where I saw our Luna Victoria standing by the window. As I stepped in Jeffrey closed the door behind me."Miss Knight, I have to say I di
While a storm was at it's peak, and the rivers were going wild, the trees snapping and clouds were covering all the stars, deep into the forest, lost in the dark was a cabin. While from the outside it would appear to be abandoned in this night of full darkness, destiny was unraveling itself. Throw the hall, in a small room, with nothing but candlelight a baby was being born.Only thing to be heard were muffled screams and the sound of shoes stamping on the wooden floor, the woman managed to remove the rag from her mouth and cried out, "I can't do it anymore! Help me!" She pleaded with the midwife. The midwife glanced at the woman standing nearby, who simply shook her head and sat down on the bed. With a stern expression, she turned to the woman in agony and said, "You got yourself into this mess, now you have to get yourself out of it." But then, the midwife's demeanor softened slightly as she got up from the bed and reassured the woman, "Just one more push, a big one, and it will be o
"Our Luna would love a word with you, Kaya." Said the man as my mom and dad stood up from the table while Jack placed himself between the man and me. "What is this in regards to?" Asked Jack. "It's a private matter, Miss Kaya let's get going." "I'll come with you." Jack said. "That won't be necessary, it was instructed for her to come alone." Jack and dad were about to protest but I cut them off. "It's fine,I'll be back in no time." Right? I thought to myself as I slipped my phone in my back pocket.As I was going I squeezed my parents hands. As I came outside I saw 3 big black SUV cars, our royals really liked to travel in stile. "Over here, Miss Kaya." The man said as he oped the door for me.I don't like when people take away my control. "Thats ok, I'll follow you in my jeep." The man simply closed the door and looked at the other man before getting in the car. Seeing the mark on their necks, the hanging half moon I suspected they were mind linking eachother.That was the p