The Alpha's Lost Mate

Chapter Two

Lorelei

   Upon entering the banquet hall, we are handed mask per the tradition. Once all the major packs are summoned into the banquet hall a mask is worn by the unmated wolves the Gealach alpha family taps their glasses to get everyone's attention. Alpha Silver begins to talk "Hello everyone and thank you for making it to the annual ball this year. I plan to keep this short and sweet as I'm sure everyone would like to dance and mingle. So without farther ado let me introduce my three sons starting with of course my eldest son Cane Silver, then his twin brothers Seth and Victor Silver".

   In the middle of Alpha Silver's little speech, I began to get bored and decide to look around the banquet hall. While looking around I notice that there is a breath-taking ice sculpture of two wolves together showing the love of a mate with the smaller wolf's head tucked under the large ones. I was so enthralled that I didn't hear the announcement that all high-ranking unmated wolves where to line up at the front of the hall so we can see if anyone is the mate to any of the Silver sons. If you ask me the only reason that there is so many attending wolves is because of the Silver man. Cane Silver has raven black hair, and icy-blue eyes like that of the first frost of winter. Whereas his younger twin brother's have chestnut brown hair, and eyes like the fog on a winding road, blurring anyone's vision and muddling anyone's sense of direction that look into them.

   As I come back to my senses, I realize someone is tapping on my shoulder to get my attention, at the same time I register the person tapping my birthmark starts tingling making me turn to whom is wanting my attention. Upon turning I meet my brother's earthy brown eyes. "Lorelei, I've been calling your name for at least thirty minutes now. We need to line up in front of the Silver man." I raise my eyebrow at my brother but nod all the same. As I look toward the front of the hall where the brothers are standing, I notice Cane was looking around as if he was search for something as he rubbed the back of his neck. Before he rotates his head as if to loosen some tension in his shoulders.

   With my pack being one of the largest we are the first to line up and seeing as I'm in the alpha family, my brother and I are to go up first to the three sons than if they weren't our mates, we would move on to the lower ranking wolves, for instance to beta or delta, rarely is an alpha member mates to a non-high-ranking wolf. As we were going up to the sons my birthmarks tingling intensified to the point of pain, after my brother shook hands with each of the brothers it was my turn and per tradition, I started with Cane the eldest. I kept my head bowed so not to look anyone in the eyes and held my hand out only to be shocked as suddenly, my birthmark no longer was tingling, and sparks shoot throughout my entire body from the hand that is touching mine.

   I gasp and look up only to meet icy-blue eyes of Cane Silver and at the same time we both whisper "mate" at exactly that moment my mother yanked me away and ran with me out of the pack house to some unknown wolves in cloaks. My mother shoves me at the cloaked wolves yelling "GET HER OUT OF HERE" and they in turn take me to a boat before blind folding me. I try to fight them to get back to Cane, sadly even though I was able to land a few kicks and punches it seemed to be to no ale. Suddenly, with my advance hearing I hear tapping of nails on a syringe, judging by the fact that I could not smell anything I knew it was wolfsbane. Upon this knowledge I began to struggle anew but all to soon the needle was shoved painfully into the major vein on my neck. As my senses begin to dull, I barely make out the unknown wolves say something about the Aurora temple.
   

   As I begin to stir, I try to see if any of my senses have returned from the wolfsbane injection. Sighing I realize no such luck, I'm partially human I also notice that even with my dulled senses the boat seems to quiet. I try to feel around only to notice that my feet and hands are bond. I swear is I begin to squirm, as I'm squirming, I hit something or someone and when it groans, I know it's the later of the two opinions. The person that groaned apparently woke the others because I heard a lot of grumbling about being woken up to early. Then the person that I'm assuming I hit while I was squirming noticed I was awake. The wolf ask for a new syringe of Midazolam to re-knock me out.

Several Hours Later

   I groan and smack my lips as I come to from the last sedative they gave me, since I felt like I have cotton in my mouth. With my body feeling like I'm moving through quicksand and senses still dull, it takes me a good minute to realize I can see. Blinking my eyes while looking around I notice that above me in the night sky is known other than the Aurora Borealis. While I'm looking at the light show in the sky, I don't notice that gigantic black and golden wolf walking toward me. Once I notice it, I begin to whimper because I am still bond and can't go nowhere even though my body very much was in flight mode now.

   Upon seeing my frighten state the gigantic wolf did something shocking and laid down to my level as to hopefully not scare me I'm guessing. In my head I hear I female voice "Please do not fear me little one, I will not harm you." After hearing saying that the wolf started to crawl toward me on her belly. With one elongated claw the wolf got rid of the bond on me wrist and ankles. I stand up and look at the wolf as she now sits on her hindquarters. "What am I doing here, what do you want from me, why did my mother send me away from my mate as soon as I found him, who are you?"

   The wolf seems to sign before turning into her human form. She is breath-taking with eyes of emerald green and snow-white hair. "I will answer your questions, but first can we get out of the cold?" I nod before following her into a hidden castle that is built into the side of a giant glacier. Once we are inside in what looks like a throne room, the unknown woman turns to me and gestures to the thrones as to tell me to take a seat. She then looks me right in the eye " to answer your question on whom I am, I am the Moon Goddess Artemis."