Alpha King

Chapter 21

I wake up the next morning in a soft embrace, hands gently pulling on my waist and a head nuzzled between my neck. I cuddle further into the warm body and smile, I'm so glad our fight hadn't caused him to make me sleep in my room. I put my hands on his chest and push my self away gently so I don't wake him up. I glance down at his face and meet a face that wasn't my mates. A small scream leaves my lips and I push back hard and fall onto the floor, hitting my head off of it, hard. I watch as Xavier sits up straight and whips his head downward "May, are you alright" he says and looks down at me. He sits up straight and swings his leg over the edge of the bed, revealing his naked upper torso and chiseled abs. "Xavier," I start and slowly sit up. "What-" I start but I get cut off "Shit May." I freeze and then I feel it a trickle down my neck, I touch the back of my head. I look at my hand and notice dark red blood, "Oh my god" he says and moves to sit down in front of me. "I don't even feel it" I say and meet his eyes. He stands up and offers me a hand up, slowly pulls me to my feet and grabs onto my hips to steady me when I go to fall over. "Ok, now I feel it" I say and take a deep breath as I feel little eruptions travel through my body, from his simple touch. 'Ok what's going on' my wolf says, and I know what she's means how come it feels like he's my mate? I mean I shouldn't be having these tingles or be feeling like this at all, I should hate him he wants to rule, but I don't?

He looks down at my neck and I can tell he's staring at the mate symbol, he then shifts sides to his hickey the one I received in our dream. "Let's get you cleaned up shall we" he says and fakes a smile at me. He pulls me into a bathroom in between two closets one filled with men's clothes the other empty. "This is my bathroom sorry about the clothes I was really tried last night" he says and rubs the back of his neck. I look around at the floor and notice nothing but a suit jacket and a sock, the counter is lined with colon on one side of the double sinks the other ones empty. You can tell that something's missing, a partner to share this room with. He puts his hands on my waist and hoists me onto the space between the two white marble sinks. "Xavier, what are-" he cuts me off and smirks "It's alright baby girl, I'll bandage you up and then we'll go eat breakfast in my sunset room." he says and reaches under the sink for a small towel and Advil. He twists the cap off the Advil and pulls off the seal, he must not need it since he's royal and they have a high pain tolerance. "Xavier, I need to go back to the castle and see Colton. I need to talk with my mate, he needs to explain some stuff." I says and watch as Xavier shifts back and forth from foot to foot. He hands me a pill and a glass of watches as I swallow it, he takes the glass out of my hand which causes me to jump backwards and my hands to fly up. I hear the glass break at his feet as he grabs my arm before it hits him, "I'm so sorry," I start but I stop when I hear him laughing. "That was something" he says and moves his hands to the back of my head. He starts whipping the area with the wet towel and looks at me. "I picked out a dress for today, I had to guess your size but if it's wrong I'll get you a different one", I look up at him "I'm ok in your shirt." He laughs and meets my eyes "like I'm going to let you walk around in your underwear and a shirt, my staff are not meeting you like that, baby girl." he says. I feel him pull away and as I go to hop down I fell his hands on my waist, "there's still glass" he says in a breathy voice. "Wrap your legs around my waist for a sec" he says and I listen, he then picks me up and walks into his bedroom and places me softly on the plush carpet. "Thanks" I say and look up at him, he smiles "your welcome, I'm going to take a step out onto the balcony. I'll be back in five minutes tops, you should have your dress by then." and with that he leaves.

I hear the bedroom door open a couple minutes after he leaves, and turn to face a girl. She looks in her late twenties, early thirties and has a maids uniform on, with her black hair pulled back. In her hands she holds a dress bag, "Mr.Xavier had me run out and get this for you. He was very specific with which dress he wanted." She says. She hands we the bag as well as another one which she tells me contains little things. I walk over to the bathroom but remember that there's glass so I go into the empty closet to get changed. I close the door and notice that there's a full length mirror on the back. I quickly strip and open up the small bag, in it I find underwear, makeup, a hair brush and a tooth brush as well as toothpaste. I quickly change my underwear and start applying my make up before I put my dress on. I look down and what I'm wearing and shrug, I throw his button up shirt over my shoulders and walk out of the closet to brush my teeth, when I'm done I go back inside the closet. I pull out the hair brush and run it through my hair, I then throw it up in a neat bun. I unzip the dress bag and pull the heels out of the bottom, I then pull the dress out and un zip it. I step into it and pull it up my hips and up to my shoulders, I reach for the zipper but I can't reach it, I sigh and open the door. I walk to the end of the room where on the right there's a door, I pull it open and get blasted with wind and the smell of smoke. "Hey Xavier-" I freeze and look at him "You smoke?" I ask and watch him as he inhales then exhales and puts out the remaining amount. "I'm trying to quit," he says and looks at me "the dress is something wrong?" He asks. I shake my head no and look up at him "I need your help zipping it up" I say and turn around. I feel him run his hand down my bare back, causing me to shiver before finally zipping it up slowly. "Done" I hear him say from behind my back, I turn around and watch as his face changes "thank you" I say and head back inside, ignoring his stare. I open the closet and look in the mirror. The girl before me looks beautiful, the dress is very tight down to the hips and then it flows out. There's mesh slits in the side that are a lighter black than the rest of the dress, the top part of it is strapless and plunges a little downward not far though. I adjust my heels and walk out of the closet, I look around the room and find Xavier adjusting his cufflinks. He looks up at me and smirks dropping his arm "You manage to look even more stunning every time I look at you" he says, I smile and look down "Why thank you" I say and look at his deep black suit which matches my dress.

We make our way towards the sun room where our meeting is set up. "Colton will be meeting us very shortly, until then I want you to meet someone." Xavier says and turns his attention to an older woman with long black hair. "May," Xavier says "this is Lady Morella. She's a witch and is here to help us out with a problem, but more on that later." he finishes. I walk up to her and shake her hand "Nice to meet you" I say and watch as she nods "pleasures all mine".

I hear a door open and close and there at the entrance of the sun room stands Colton. I watch as his eyes roam up and down my body before his eyes settle with mine. I walk over to him and hug him quickly before pulling away, "shall we began" Lady Morella says and takes a seat at the head of the dark oak table, in a red velvet chair. I take a seat at the other end with the two boys across from each other. "So today were gathered here to discuss this situation and I can tell you right now it's a rather simple explanation. I was able to tell the second I shook Mays hand, but the three of you might not the answer I have to your question" she says and I sit there what question "Um what question if you don't mind me asking" I say and watch as she looks at the three of us like we're crazy. "What question why perhaps why you have feelings only a mate should for both of these brothers. The tingles are not normal it's a sign from the moon goddess" she says and slams her hands down on the table "Can't you see it"she says and looks at me with beady black eyes. I swallow the lump in my throat and shake my head "What are you talking about" I ask and watch as both boys turn their heads to look at Lady Morella. "Your both of their mates" she says and I place my head in my hands and I thought one mate was hard. "great" I mumble but there being three werewolves in the room I know that both boys heard me. "But it's more complicated then that" she starts which cause me to roll my eyes "bloody great" I say and lift my head up "you see Xavier's more of your mate than Colton, and what I mean by that is that Colton's only 40% your mate and Xavier's 60%. That's not all though that mark you have on your neck means nothing and I'll remove it shortly but, you need to choose between the two either Colton or Xavier. Only then when you have chosen will the other no longer be your mate and the one you've chosen will be 100% your mate not 40% or 60% but 100%. Then when they mark you and you mate will it actually work, not just be some mark on your body it will mean something. Until then though you need to pick someone to live with and I'd pick wisely". she finishes and stands up walking out of the room.

Colton stands up and turns to me "I'll make things simple, you can stay here for now. I'll have your stuff sent over but this weekend your mine, no questions or excuses." and with that he walks over to me and gives me a quick peck on the lips then leaves. I turn to Xavier and watch as he gives me a smile which I do to before feeling my face turn down and feel tears run down my cheeks. He walks across the room with in a second and holds me close to his chest and in a hectic yet some how soothing he says "Shhh shhh Mayla, it'll be all right we'll figure this out together." he says and kisses the crown of my head "I promise".

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