Prince of wolves (Phan AU)

Chapter 23

Dan's P.O.V:

"Seriously, Sorin, how old are you?" I heard Ty asking him as Phil and I walked into the living room. "Ty are you being rude?" I asked my nosy friend.

"Ty rude? Never," Troye said in mock astonishment. Sorin was just grinning good naturedly. "No I don't mind him asking, I do however ask that you not act too shocked when I do reveal that I am 135 years old."

Everyone was silent for a few heart beats, shocked, even though Phil had told us that Canis Lupus can live for centuries, hearing it from the mouth of one that has lived over a century was a little different.

"SHUT UP!" Ty hollered. "What have you been doing for 135 years? Don't you get bored?" he asked him. "Ty, it is not essential to your livelihood to know everything about everyone, you know that don't you?" Troye asked.

"Maybe not but it does make life more interesting." Ty answered. Sorin sat listening to Tyler and Troye banter and when they were finally quiet he leaned forward and put his elbows on his knees. "I can't say that I have ever gotten bored. Humans are too interesting to ever get bored by them. I have enjoyed my long life and see it as a gift. However, I do envy the males of my species who have found their mates. I have been looking for mine for all these years. My wolf grows restless, and if I wasn't so close to Phil and my Alpha I fear I might have a little pent up aggression."

"What do you mean if you weren't close to them?" Troye asked him. I sat down at one end of the couch and Phil was sitting on the floor in front of me with his back leaned up against my legs. Sorin looked at Phil as if asking for permission to speak.

Phil spoke instead, "When a wolf lives so many years without his mate he can become volatile and aggressive. The reason the female Canis Lupus are so precious is because they balance out the male's violent nature. They bring peace to the battle that is constantly raging inside the wolf, especially the dominant ones. An Alpha helps keep the wolves under control. He is able to command the wolves in ways others, even dominants, cannot." Phil looked up at me and the look on his face made my heart ache. I didn't understand what I did for him, but I was grateful it was me and not some other person.

"So am I meu inimă," Phil said through thoughts. I winked at him, loving the way he listened to me, and not even minding that he was being nosy.

"Not nosy, just attentive," he told me. I slapped his arm, "Yeah, keep telling yourself that if it makes your conscious feel better," I teased aloud. The whole room turned to look at us, obviously confused by the comment from me that made no sense if no one else had heard the previous comments.

"My bad," I said looking sheepishly. "Must be nice to be able to talk to each other without anyone else listening to your conversation, which, by the way, would so come in handy in class," Ty mused aloud.

"Anyway," Phil continued, "that is what Sorin means when he says it helps when he is around me or my father. I am not the Alpha yet, but his wolf recognizes that I am next in line to be Alpha, and so I am able to control his wolf."

"I'm sorry that you haven't found your mate, Sorin, it seems so unfair that Phil has found me when he is so young," I told him as I absentmindedly traced the marks on Phil's neck. Finally when nobody had said anything for several minutes, mum stood up and suggested everyone pile in the kitchen and help make breakfast.

"Might as well, don't want the wolves to get hungry," Ty said laughing. "You crack yourself up don't you?" I asked. "Quite often actually," Ty responded. After everyone had eaten breakfast Phil asked my mum if he could speak with her. Before mum could drag me into it, I grabbed my two friends and headed up to my room. "What was all that about?" Troye asked. "Phil is going to tell, not ask, but tell my mother that he is staying in our home."