Crazy Little Thing Called Mate

\FIFTEEN/

- Titus -

I sat in the woods with my head hanging low.

Who the hell was I becoming?

"Alpha Graystone, any word on when we can return home?" One of my men asked me.

In truth the woods were cleared, we had caught all the rogues and I had been stalling for two days now. Two days ago I had gotten the call from my father, he had collected the girl he said was to be my wife.

I remembered the call well:

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"She needs clothes."

"What, is she a rogue?" I asked.

"No she is the daughter of a very respected alpha, but her current clothing isn't suitable for a young lady befitting to be the Luna of the Northern Stone Pack." He said, "as she is your betrothed she is now your responsibility son."

"I know father." I sighed, "I'll call the house and get everything arranged."

"Her girl is Heidi, and I've placed Bogart as her driver."

"Heidi can not be her lady in waiting." I said as I jumped up.

"If she is to stay on our packs land then Heidi needs to earn her keep as she hasn't found her mate yet and has simply been living in our home."

"She is Maggie's cousin." I sounded.

"She was, and she served her well but now it is time for her to groom your new wife to be a proper Luna."

"I'm not comfortable with this father."

"I didn't ask if you were comfortable Titus!" He growled low. "Man up boy, this is happening whether you like it or not.
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"We can go home this evening...go tell the guys to start getting ready to head out."

"Yes Alpha."

I knew I would have to face this girl eventually, and I hadn't even gotten her name, a description...nothing.

I know that it is my duty, as an Alpha to take a wife for the good of the pack. No matter how good an Alpha is, a pack can never be whole without a Luna by his side.

"The men are set, so we leave when you're ready Alpha."

I nodded, "I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

The trek back to our homes would take an entire day in human form. But unlike me, the guys were eager to get home quickly and I knew it, so I allowed the group to travel back in wolf form...our rogue hostages got to shift too to keep pace with us, but I would keep an extra careful eye on them.

With the ability to walk for hours before even feeling the slightest bit tired we arrived at my pack house in just under five hours.

It angered me to think that rogues were merely five hours away from my innocent people.

But I quickly moved onto another subject, because to dwell on that fact would only anger me and I'd end up killing them before I got any information out of them.