The Alpha's Mate

Chapter 6

Charlie's POV

The heat that radiated off the adonis of a man- that was my mate- almost made me want to get on my knees and worship him. I met his gaze, his eyes were the color of the forest on a sunny day. His nose looked crooked as if someone at one point in time had broken it, that was a story I looked forward to hearing. My eyes focused on his lips, they were so plump and kissable, making me blush at the mere thought of even thinking about doing so. He was now wearing clothes, unfortunately, his body was almost god-like, and I most certainly didn't mind looking at him. Even clothed, I could see his muscles bulging through the clothing.

Snapping my eyes back to his I reached my hand out, placing it on his chest. Both of us communicated with our eyes, not able to exchange words quite yet. My stomach twisted in knots, from excitement, and from nervousness. His hand firmly covered mine, stopping my hand from shaking, I hadn't even realized that I was shaking until he did that.

I could tell he had many words to say, as did I, but the big barrier right in front of us was our language. I couldn't ask him the things I wanted to, I couldn't tell him about myself. The same for him, he probably knew a few words in my language, but it wasn't enough for us to have any sort of conversation.

I felt safe in his presence, and that's what mattered the most.

"Alright then fun's over, you need to get downstairs to eat dinner. Papa wants to speak to the both of you." My brother interrupted, making Presley rub his thumb over my fingers to calm me once he noticed the change in my stature. My brother repeated what he had told me in our native tongue to my mate, making him give my brother a small nod. He didn't change his confident stature, he didn't fear my father by any means, but he didn't know how my papa was when it came to me.

"Is there any way for someone to translate for him so that we can communicate until we get to my pack and I can have one of my translators teach him English?" I cocked my head to the side, looking to my brother to tell me what he had just said. Karsen sighed, rolling his eyes, repeating what he said to me.

"I'll do it," Karsen replied. Presley didn't like my brother's response.

"I have to ask him questions I'm sure he would prefer his brother did not know." His lips settled into a thin line, clearly irritated.

"I'll do it, it's nothing I haven't heard before, you forget I too am an alpha?" Karsen's voice dropped an octave lower, it almost sounded like he was about to growl.

"What did he say?" I questioned.

"He's wanting a translator and I offered to be the translator, he's not too keen on it being me." He put his hand on Presley's shoulder, making my Alpha's jaw tick in aggravation.

"I would prefer you not to either, I'm sure he's going to ask me questions you might not be comfortable with about the things he discusses with me." I pulled my hand from my alpha's grasp.

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." He shrugged.

"So, if he asks about my heat, which we both know could happen at any time, you're comfortable with both of us asking how far is okay?" I rolled my eyes, crossing my arms, almost mimicking Presley's look of aggravation.

"If you think that you two are going to be close enough to each other when you go into heat to even do anything, you're funny. As if I- or papa would be okay with you being tainted by that man."

"That's my choice, not yours." I snapped through my teeth, making Karsen chuckle at my anger. "I want mom to be my translator, you and papa don't need to get into my love life, and it's clear you're wanting to control that too."