Mated to the wrong one

Chapter 11- Results

The wait was horrible. Jefferson walked me through the door and closed it behind me. He made sure to shoot me a wink before he closed it though. That was cute. A part of me wanted to move on and find someone else or even just stay to myself until I found my mate. The other part of me thought I was betraying Devon by doing that. Isn't that the silliest thing you probably have ever heard? I am worried that I would upset Devon more than my actual mate. The man that was pre determined just for me because we were nothing but compatible. I shook my head of the idea and just sat on down where Jefferson had left me. The other guys were here spread out along the floor waiting just like me for Luther to finish.

I went over to the opposite wall and sat down on the floor. I put my knees up to my chest and laid my forehead down onto them. This day was long and trying and I just wanted to curl up in bed. But, I still had to finish this round. I knew that I had done good, but was I better then the other guys here? Would the rest of them follow me or is there really a cut off in points. This has to be hard for the Alpha and Warrior Ethan to do. They now have to somehow rank us and figure out which one should move up and one day possibly protect someone of importance.

That now became my next thought. Who would I protect? Would it be Devon? Would I have to stand there and watch him be happy and live a full life with Sarah and have kids and do everything with her that I wanted to do? I think I could do it if I moved on or found my mate. Would my mate accept me being a warrior? Maybe they could become one with me and or he is already one? This could be my progression to find my mate. Maybe he is doing the same thing right now and I just need to find him soon. This gave me a new strength and I thought until I find him one day I am going to focus on my job at hand and have fun until then. He has to be my age or older and cant be saving himself for me either? Right?

Just as I was thinking about all of this Luther walked in with a black eye and bloody nose and his head down. He looked up and gave me a half smile as I looked at him with shock in my eyes. He came over and sat down next to me and leaned his head on my shoulder. Oh this poor guy got his ass handed to him. I hope that he at least won. I pat his head as softly as I can and let him just rest there. We were all just sitting this hallway now waiting to be called back into the assembly room. What would happen with us. Who would go on and who would no longer be in the program. We have put ourselves into this for several months and it would kill us not to go on.

On that note the door opened and Jefferson was there. He looked us all over and finally spoke.

"It is time. Please stand in your order and follow me."

We all stood up and got into a line. Slowly follow Jefferson out to the middle of the hall and facing everyone in the stands in front of us. Warrior Ethan and The Alpha were standing next to each other smiling. This could mean good or bad things. We will have to see. I scan the crowd and find my father and brother again with huge smiles on their faces. I think they know something that I dont know. I dont bother to mind link them because Warrior Ethan starts to speak.

"Welcome Potential Warriors. You have shown a great deal of skill and proven to all of us how much you would protect this pack. I would like to thank you first for all your hard work these past few months and thank you for all that you have endured here today. Now, There isn't a specific amount of spots available, because we can always use good warriors. But, we did rank you on your times and what you did while in your tests. With this being said I would like to welcome these specific wolves to the next level of Warrior training."

There is a brief pause and he looks around to everyone and to us. The Alpha walks over and puts a hand on his shoulder. It looks like they are linking and talking about something again. I am waiting patiently and scanning everyone around here just to not look at them and not to cry. A lone tear leaves my eye and I wipe it away quickly before anyone can see it. Why am I crying? Does Joy think that we didn't make it? I would assume my fathers face was a sign that we did.