The Alpha's Best Friend

Chapter 16

Semi edited.

~~~Alanna's pov right before Axel turns 21~~~

I check my phone and see the time getting closer so I grab a drink and walk away from the party.

I walk through the woods to our spot at the lake, or should I say potential old spot because if his mate isn't me this won't be our spot anymore.

Just a memory.

I pick up a rock and chuck it into the water, letting out some anger of what could be.

The past few days I've been wrestling with the possibilities of Axel and I not being meant to be together.

It hurts and sometimes I feel like I'm cursed that there's one person meant for us even if it's who you don't want, and other times I feel blessed.

I try to think about it like regular human relationships like not everyone is who they're meant to be with and maybe they're in their lives for a specific reason or even a lesson.

My phone buzzes letting me know Axel is now 21.

Please let it be me.

~~~Axel's pov from the last chapter ~~~

My stomach sinks and that's definitely not the feeling you should get when you meet your mate, but I don't want her.

The smell that's coming from her isn't as strong as I thought it would be.

She walks closer. "Axel I can't believe you're my m-" I tune her out because an unbelievably intoxicating scent is coming from the woods.

Mate.

I don't bother trying to figure out how Gillian could smell like my mate when there's an even more powerful scent that's pulling me in that direction.

I'll figure that out later and search for my real mate.

When I notice the smell goes through the woods to our spot I pick up the pace.

Come on, please be Alanna.

When I get to the edge of the forest I see Alanna standing there looking at me with a wide-eyed expression.

"Mate" We say in unison.

A sob breaks out of her and she puts a hand on her mouth.

I can't help the tears that fall down my cheeks as I make my way to her.

She runs at me and jumps into my arms.

I tuck my face into her neck and sobs wrack our bodies as we let out relived cries that we're actually meant to be.

For so many years I have wished Alanna would be my mate and having to deal with the heartbreak being told over an over again that werewolves and humans can't be together, then finding out that she has always been a werewolf but a spell suppressed it.

We've been through an emotional rollercoaster, but now after so many years we can finally be together.

We pull our heads back from each other and wipe our tears off our cheeks.

She rubs my cheek with her thumb getting the rest off my face. "Well who would've thought the big bad alpha was a softie" She teased.

"Only for his Luna."

She pauses her hand on my cheek and I can feel the love coming from her aura.

I take the opportunity to do something I've always wanted to.

Kiss my best friend.

I lean in and press my lips against her.

It feels like a hundred volts of electricity are coursing through me right now, and now I know what they mean when you're with your mate.