Mute Mate

Chapter 57

~JUNGKOOK POV~

(SEVEN MONTHS LATER)

Sitting by the river I just watched the river flow smoothly down stream, picking up a small stone to throw into water.

I sighed and sat down on the stone, bringing my knees up to my chest and curling my arms around my legs, resting my chin on my knees. It's a peaceful evening, the air is clear and the night is starting to appear as the sun goes down.

It's been a long seven months but Y/n and I's relationship is I would say getting there. She's been a bit more open with me, spending time with me and allowing me to come to her doctors appointments which I promised Taehyung I would. Some days I find it hard to know that the child my mate is carrying is not mine but that is my wolf that is unsettled by that, not myself. But I do find myself already attached to the baby before he or she is even born and I've come to think of Y/ns child as my own.

Thinking of Y/n she's been restless today, more than usual but that could be because she's over due and even though I've been spending a lot of time with her lately, I thought I should give her some space and spend some time with Jisoo, some girl time you know.

But I cant help but think that I shouldn't of left her tonight or all nights. It's this unsettling feeling in my stomach I just have but I try to push it away by thinking of other things.

More like how the pressure to become alpha from others is becoming greater and even though it's my position to take over I just cant bring myself to do it. It feels wrong and the only way I could get away from it is if I die or leave the pack all together and none of those options are the way to go.

I sighed, thinking about all the stress and pressure I have on my shoulders and pick up another small stone, white and smooth to the touch. It looked quite pretty, I didn't want to throw it away but I did. I threw it into the depths of the flowing river and then groaned, cracking my neck side to side.

It's been a while since I shifted, but honestly I'm scared to. The last time I did, I found my entire wolf had changed, more height and muscle to my body just made it all the more real. So since then I haven't shifted and that was a good four months ago which is not good for any wolf. I don't even like seeing my red eyes in anything that can reflect my image. It just reminds me of how I got like this. Killing Sehun, I don't regret one bit but I didn't do it to become alpha, I did it to avenge my friend.

If only he was here right now.

Come to think of it, when we were kids all of us use to come here to play and have fun. Not always but sometimes when we were permitted to come here by Taehyung's father as long as an adult of upper rank came with us. As a child I never understood why but now that I'm an adult, I can see why. The currents in these waters are strong and will wipe out a child if in too deep.

Those were the memories back then. If only we knew our fate back then, things may of been different.

Maybe.

Needing to stretch again I stood up, hands above my head and stretched my arms up as high as I could, feeling my back crack.

I really should shift but I cant, I don't want to.

A heavy sigh left me just when my ears pricked up at the sound of an unknown noise behind me. I spun around, just when the familiar scent brushed passed my nose and quickly disappeared.

Who the hell was that?

Looking around I saw nothing out of place, everything was the same that was until.....I saw a pair of red eyes shining back at me.

I growled at the unknown intruder but only to get another growl back, deep from the back of the throat.

My instincts kicked in when I felt threatened, the thought of y/n and the pack came to my mind and I leaped into action.

I jumped in mid air and shifted into my wolf form, even if I didn't want to, I felt the need that I had to.

My black silk fur coat, covered my entire body as I ran towards the red eyes shining back at me only for them to run away the closer I got.

Letting out a howl I was commanding this wolf to stop but he didn't. Instead he ran away, jumping over a line of bushes and even so much as jumped off a tree to get further push and create greater distance.

Not liking that I had to pick up pace, I growled through my teeth and started running on my large paws even faster than before but this wolf was fast. Not much shocking as this was another alpha I was chasing but I don't care, this is MY land and MY people live here. More importantly my pregnant mate.

Pushing off a tree myself I managed to catch up to the unknown wolf and tackle him to the ground, snapping my jaws around his neck causing him to whine in pain.

We rolled on the dirt until we stopped but I didn't let go. I kept him still by the neck, my sharp teeth digging into his flesh on the back of his neck as I let out a warning growl telling him to leave.

But what was surprising is that he didn't try to fight me off or resist me in anyway. It was strange and I almost just let him go but then I heard something. Something I never thought I would hear again.

"Is this any way of saying hello to a dear old friend?"

Instantly I let go of his neck, backing away from him to almost stumble over my four paws and back up against a tree.

The chocolate brown wolf stood up, shaking off his fur and turned around just to sit in front of me, cocking his head to the side amusingly.

"Aren't you going to say hello? You look like you've seen a ghost."

He chuckled at me and I just shook my head in total disbelief.

"Taehyung?"