My Alpha

Chapter 12

Currently Emery, Layla and I are walking in the sand down the beach while the guys are swimming.

"So how long have you and Keith been together?" I ask Emery as my feet sink into the sand while I walk.

"About two years now," she smiles.

I give her an impressed face, "That's awesome. For the longest time, I honestly believed that I didn't have a mate."

Layla gives me a shocked look, "What are you talking about?"

I shrug, "I just thought I didn't have a mate. My aunt didn't and I was showing similar signs, so I really believed I would be mateless, but thankfully I was wrong."

"That's crazy, how did you deal with it, thinking you didn't have a mate?" Emery asks.

"I started training with my old pack members, learning how to protect myself, weirdly enough, it didn't bother me very much, once I accepted it," I explain to them.

"That's cool-" Emery says before she is interrupted.

"Hi ladies," a guy says approaching us, followed by about four other guys.

"Uh, hi," I say realizing Layla nor Emery where going to say anything.

"You ladies want to come hang with us," one of the other guys asks.

I grab Layla's arm and Emery's and begin to turn around to head back to our mates, "Uh no thanks."

Once we start walking, I let go of their arms.

"Ah, come on baby, why?" the same guy asks.

We just keep walking. The guys cat call us, but we ignore it and head back to our mates.

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We get back to the guys and decide to have our picnic. We lay out a large blanket and all take a seat, all of us girls laying against our mates. Me between Liam's legs, laying against his chest.

Liam takes about of his sandwich while I take a sip of champagne.

"So Esme, how are you liking the pack?" Keith asks eating some meat.

"It's great, way better then my last pack," I look up at Liam who smirks.

"Who was your old pack?" Hudson asks.

"The Blue Mount Pack," I answer before taking a bit of a cookie.

"I heard their Alpha, Luca is it? Is a jerk," Emery states.

I nod, "Yeah, that's part of the reason why we left." I don't like talking about my mom's death.

Liam, feeling my tenseness, changes the subject, "Hey Hudson and Keith, I challenge you guys to a king of the dock."

They grin, "You're on," Hudson answers. With that the guys get up, Liam gives me a kiss on the cheek and head into the water and swim to the dock.

"Want to tan while the sun is still out?" Emery asks.

Layla and I agree and we put the food away and lay out our towels. Then we lay out and absorb the sun.

We don't talk, but I am fine with that, I just want to relax.

"Hey sexy ladies," a sort of familiar voice says. I look up and see three of those annoying guys from earlier standing over us.

"Go away," Layla snaps, not lifting her head.

Then one sits by each of us, a little to close for my liking.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I snap, when I feel a hand on my back. I sit up and push his hand off me.