My Fated Mate

5. Mates

Lucian

My mate just jumped out of a moving car to get away from me. The one person I'm supposed to protect and love with all I have I couldn't keep in a moving vehicle that had child locks as a feature.

I parked closer to the general pack house area and went to the shed to strip before letting Noir out. He was clawing to get out and follow our mate.

'We must protect her.'

'Yeah, yeah. Don't worry, we will. Now and later tonight.'

'That means you'll be able to mark her! Claim her! Our mate will know about us!'

I took off running, searching for her scent. I could tell she was slightly aroused in the car and it drove us crazy, but it also heightened her scent so she was easy to track.

My mate looked happy while she was rolling in the grass, jumping into the small streams, and just running wild. She was a sight to see with her white fur. My wolf was all black and almost twice her size but even still she looked like she could put up a good fight. It made me proud. I watched her make her way back to her backpack, staying low and out of sight. Do I watch her shift and get dressed?

My wolf says yes but my conscious says that I'm still her teacher. The drive to protect her overrides being an unmated wolf seeing his mate for the first time as a wolf. It's hard, in more ways than one, to not check out my mate but I keep reminding Noir that we will see her soon.

At 10:30 a group of girls come out screaming trying to put a tiara on Tessa who looked gorgeous. Her hair is up in a high ponytail that tempts me with ideas of how I could use it. She's in stilettos and a tight, way too short, white dress with lace, making it even more revealing.

'Our mate can't go out like that!'

'Calm down, Noir, it's almost midnight.'

'And you wanted to wait until the end of the year.' Noir huffs and wants out.

'I'm her teacher. It's illegal! Forbidden. Not allowed. And she needs to be taught a lesson on what clothes she can and cannot wear to a club as the lone wolf. All of those people are paired off. Who the hell is going to protect her?'

'We are.'

Fuck yeah we are.

Tessa's POV

This dress is ridiculous. It's way too tight and short and looks like part of a wedding dress has gone missing. It has a deep cut in the back and a similar V, not as deep, in the front with thick straps. The straps will come in handy. Being busy does have drawbacks; like back pain and needing to wear a sports bra to any event that will end up in me moving my body around.

I thought it was just a girls night but no male wolf in his right mind would allow their mate to go off to a shapeshifter club looking like a sex kitten.

And to top it all off, Luke and Lily are here.

This is why I wanted to go to the club alone. Solo. Without my basically married friends. Luke is in the group of pack friends I have and although I protested, he showed up with his mate.

"Ride with us babe. It would be good for you and Lil to bond." Luke's 'babe' comment didn't just throw me off but Lily as well. She is shy and docile. I'd have my mates balls in a vice grip if they just did that to me.

"I'm good." I tried to grab a spot in the other car going but it started to drive off. FML.

"So you do need a ride." Luke sounded so chipper it was off putting. When he opened the door for me he put his hand low on my back and spoke close to my ear. "Guess we will be spending your 18th birthday together after all."