Mated

Chapter Three

It is so hard to leave-
Until you leave...
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It's been two days and I'm still in his pack lands. Still trapped within the borders, looking for any sign of an exit. And this was fucking eating at me. I've been playing a game of cat and mouse with Alpha Lucine's warriors since the moment I escaped his sister and the redhead. My mate had stopped with the incessant noise since yesterday night and I think that he may be trying to use stealth to get me this time. It'll be difficult for the beast, considering the mere size of him, even in human form.

The tree I currently laid in was tall and thick, the wood scratching against my bare arms. I had changed into a black t-shirt and black cargo pants. I still wore the same tennis shoes, but I wished more than anything that I was smart enough to grab a pair of boots. My straight brown hair strung loosely around me, shielding my face from the sun. I played with it now, currently threading a small braid into one of the under pieces. I was too exhausted to make another trek today and my wolf couldn't even sense the end of it. What good would it do to overwork myself?

I sat up at the sound of a branch snapping, leaves being crunched on by multiple pairs of feet. It had to be at least two people, but I guessed it was most likely more than that. My head whirled to the right, my hands holding myself onto the tree, and I saw the three girls below gazing up at me.

Shit.

"So, here's the bitch that is our Luna, ladies,"the one in the middle spoke, her bleach blonde hair tied into a thick bun. She was tall, maybe even taller than Alpha Lucine's sister, and tan. Her nose had a bump in it, making it appear larger on her face than what it actually was, but for some reason, the feature made her lips appear large too, the cupids bow of them prominent even from here to my wolf eyes. Her eyes were a beautiful green, glittering in the sun that was high behind me, not a hint of another shade in them. I could tell that her hair wasn't naturally blonde when I found that her eyebrows were a very dark brown, one quirked up to match the way one side of her lips lifted up in a smirk. She wore a pair of small shorts, patterned like blue jeans, and a simple blue tank top, but she shivered slightly, most likely the effect of the chill breeze brushing against her bare skin. The girls beside her wore similar outfits, one in knee length hiker's shorts and an elbow length sleeved shirt like an army green, and the next girl wore the same kind of shorts in black and the same colored tank top as the leader of their small clique.

The girl on the right, the one in the hiker's shorts, had elbow length dirty blonde hair, natural unlike her friend. Her eyes were a pretty hazel and she smiled softly at me, skittish and unsure of the girl beside her. The other one, to the left of the leader, laughed along with her bold friend, her black hair tossing to the side with the breeze. She had a long scar on one side of her face and thin lips, layered with a burgundy colored lip gloss. Her dark eyes looked up at mine proudly, her large breasts pushing out of her top as she puffed her chest, standing her ground.

"Oh, nothing to say? I doubt my Alpha would care if we roughed you up a little before we brought your skinny ass back to him. I'm sure he might even reward me for it. Luna." The leader spat, biting her lip as she winked at me.

Oh. Hell. No.

My wolf came to the surface of my body, growling deeply in my mind and fighting against me to take control to rip the girl to shreds.
"Audrey would've been Luna if it weren't for you, you cunt,"the dark haired girl yelled at me, tensing her shoulders as she came to the base of the tree. "Did you know that? Did Alpha tell you about all those late nights he spent with her? Even the night before he found you? And he's still out here trying to figure out where you are! Instead of naming our true Luna, Aud!"
"You know, truly, if your friend was better in bed, maybe she could've kept him. I haven't even spent two nights with the guy and he's still out here, isn't he? You didn't hear all that roaring? Get over yourselves." The words sounded foreign from my mouth. Really, it was the tone, so cold and distant. Not an emotion ground out from them.
"I've heard him make sounds for me before, Bitch,"the leader replied, giggling at her quick quip.
"Mmm, I actually like him a lot better when he's silent,"I chuckled, thinking back to how sassy my mate was the first time we met. I don't think I could handle him opening that smart mouth of his too often. But even as the thought entered my mind, I knew it hurt to not hear him again, for him to not be near.