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My jaw dropped. I knew who this was. This was not good.

The warm brown eyes belonged to Alpha Lawson of the Earth Pack. No one knew his first name except for his pack. He was known to be ruthless and unforgiving. He was a young Alpha due to an unknown cause of his parents' deaths. Many people believed he was so blood thirsty because of his lack of parental figures. My parents always warned me of the people of the Earth pack and I took their warnings seriously. There were rumors of his cruel way of ruling and his conquering of surrounding packs.

A monster... my mate is a monster. I began to feel queasy. I could not look at him, instead I dashed away from the crowd in hopes that maybe he hadn't realized I was his mate. There were a ton of people between us so I took the chance and ran for the woods. Honestly, I just wanted to avoid the situation. 

Once I was a ways into the woods I began to slow down in hopes that I had lost him. Instead, I heard a throaty growl. I looked behind me, but saw nothing. When I turned to continue walking away from the growl I ran smack dab into a wall... or the chest of someoene. I began to fall backwards but was soon caught by the same someone from behind

I knew it was him. His smell was the most irresistable thing in the world, but I had to ignore that fact for now. The back of my body was glued to the front of his, and his face was in my neck. 

Oh my God. Everything about this felt so right. 

"What's your name, baby?" He asked. I could feel his eyelashes tickling my cheek, and my knees were becoming weak.

"Cora." I responded, my voice a mere whisper.

His laughing made my heart swell, but then I opened my eyes realizing the situation and turned around.

"Stop, now." He had a confused look on his face because of my sudden change of heart. It quickly turned into a smile and he stepped towards me.

So I punched him in the face. Crack.

"OW!" I said grasping my hand close to my chest because it was throbbing in pain.

He rubbed his nose barely feeling a thing but immediately tried to take my hand in his.

"Show me your hand!" He said.

"No! This was your fault to begin with!"

"Show me your hand. I mean it, I cannot stand to see you in pain."

"No, why would you even care? You've killed people before." I said looking at him with complete disgust.

"So?"

"Does that not mean anything to you?" How could a human being not care about ending a person's life? That is just so cruel. And I don't understand how he is careless about it.

"Look, I have reasons for the way I live my life. You are going to have to get over it." He said with a serious look on his face. I stared at him for a minute evaluating or rather drooling over his physical features. I decided to let him see my hand, because oddly, I felt as safe as I have ever been in my life around him. 

I let him see my hand and, he had a thankful look on his face.

"Yep, there is definitely a couple of fractures in your knuckles. I am taking you home with me."

"What? No you're not!" I said in disbelief. He is not getting his way that easily. "I have a life, and I am not abandoning it for you."

He smiled at my answer, "Yeah, yeah whatever Cora." He then dove for my legs and stooped me over his shoulder. Giving me a nice view.

"Nice ass." I said, and felt his body shake in laughter. Then he spanked my butt, making me jump in surprise.

"Right back at you." He retorted. I rolled my eyes even though he couldn't see me. 

....................

I woke up with a pounding headache. I sat up in the backseat of the car and massaged my temples.

"Hey there baby." I heard someone say. "Does your head hurt?"

I nodded in reply at him.

"Somehow I had a feeling you were a lightweight." He said laughing. I smacked his shoulder and he stopped laughing. I heard more laughing coming from the driver's seat and looked to see an unfamiliar face. 

The driver said, "I like her already!" I beamed at him, and heard my mate growl at the exchange. I put my hand on his shoulder in hopes of calming him. It worked.

"So what's your name Alpha Lawson?" I asked my mate. "I never got the chance to ask you yesterday."

He smiled, "Cole." His name was like a breath of fresh air, but I would never admit it.

"Whoa, that's messed up. She didn't know your name until now?" The driver was laughing. 

"Shut up, Kyle." Cole said, not amused. I laughed.

We all talked for a little bit and I learned that Kyle was Cole's Beta. Cole and I were sitting too close for my liking so I scooted towards the window to his dismay, but I didn't care. I watched the trees whisk by as we sped down the highway. I missed my parents. I missed Heidi and Alex. Cole was taking me away from the things I loved and it made me even angrier. Cole was a murderer, and I was not about to fall in love with a murderer. Even if we were made for each other.

Hours went by and I just ignored Cole. Until I began to recognize the land we were on as werewolf territory. It was almost midnight when we stopped at a mansion, which was obviously Cole's. He was the Alpha afterall. 

I stepped out of the car and followed Cole inside. He went up a staircase and at the end of the hallway led me to a room. 

"This is our room."

The room was beautiful. It was painted a deep forest green with cherry wood furniture and had a king sized bed with a dark grey bedspread. I walked into the bathroom to find a his and her sink counter, a hot tub, and walk-in shower. I was passed impressed, this was amazing, and I hadn't seen the closet yet. It was a beautiful room, but I could not share it with someone I didn't love. I didn't even know Cole.

"This is all great, but I refuse to share a bed with you. I will be in one of those guestrooms down the hall if  you need me." I left the room and entered another one, closing the door behind me. This room wasn't nearly as breathtaking as the last one, but it would suffice. I slept uncomfortably dreaming of those warm brown eyes.

(a/n) this took awhile to write :) i want to keep the length of the chapters a little long so let me know what you think