In order to survive, Darius, the Alpha King, requires his mate. He will perish if he does not unite with her by the next full moon. After searching for days, Darius finally finds her but she is not who he thinks her to be.
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"THE TRIP WAS a long one, and I... uh... lost my shoes along the way," Darius explained with an embarrassed smile.
He never thought a day would come when he would be embarrassed in front of a woman.
"Oh... um, okay. Anyway, I have to go back to my desk now, I can feel my friend's glare from here," his mate said, chuckling.
Darius turned to see that indeed Monica was glaring at them. He wondered what was up with that human.
His mate had moved past him and began to walk to her desk when he heard the Earl Delta Captain whisper under his breath, "Her name, Alpha."
"Wait," the Alpha King called out, and she halted, turning back to stare at him. "I do not know your name."
The smile she gave him was blinding. "It's Ophelia. What's yours?"
His wolf purred on hearing his mate's name. It was as beautiful as she was.
"Darius."
"Darius," she repeated back with a nod. His name rolled off of her tongue so smoothly, that Darius couldn't help but shiver as he bit his lip.
He instantly found a new appreciation for his name.
"Do you have any plans tonight?" He asked and almost growled at the animosity that came out of Monica.
The Alpha King made a mental note to warn his mate of that human later. Speaking of humans, he had no idea what his mate was yet, but something at the back of his mind, told him that she wasn't human.
Ophelia tilted her head as she thought for a while. "I can't think of anything for now, so I guess I am not doing anything."
He slowly walked to her. "Then, can I take you out tonight?"
If Ophelia had lived with humans for a long time, he needed to court her like a human first before telling her about his kind if she didn't already know.
Hopefully, she would let him mark her before his birthday, or else that would be the end of him. No matter what her decision might be, he wouldn't force her.
"I'm sorry but no," she told him without missing a beat, immediately crushing Darius' happiness.
"Why not?" Darius immediately blurted out in confusion.
Wasn't she supposed to be attracted to him, too?
"I just can't, I'm sorry," Ophelia responded.
The sound of Darius' heartbreak, resounded in his mind as his mate went over to the front desk, not looking back at him.
Numb to the pain, Darius stood in his place, waiting. He watched her work, paying no attention to him like their conversation didn't happen, not once, and his heart shattered even more.
