The Alpha's Rogue Mate

Chapter 16

Alpha Alex gets off me and sits on the edge of his bed, I sit up and bring my knees up to my chest. He starts running his fingers through his hair frustratingly, I just watch him without saying a word.

"We're mates. How can you not feel the same," he asks.

I don't answer, instead I crawl over and kneel behind him. Placing my hand on his shoulder, I feel the shakes. I look over his shoulder to see him blinking away tears.

"How do you not love your mate, Vex?"

He looks at me and one tear escapes, I wipe it away and make him lay down, with me on his chest. He wraps his arms around me protectively and holds me against him.

"I never said I didn't feel the same. You just assumed that," I tell him.

"Do you feel the same?"

"I don't know yet."

"How do you not know!?"

"You can't just expect me to have feelings for someone who just came into my life. I'll need time."

"How much time could you possibly need to love your mate!?"

I pull away from him with my mouth open in shock, he sits up and leans against the headboard of his bed.

"I'm not like regular werewolves Alpha Alex. I only partially function like you and the rest of your Pack. I wasn't meant for this life."

"That's not answering my question." I bite my lip and look away. "How much time."

"A month."

Alpha Alex looks at me with shock all over his face, I look him straight in the eye and cross my arms over my chest.

"A month!? That's too long Vexy. You should be marked and we should have mated in that month. That's too long for time for you to love me."

"It's not love I'll be feeling." I snap and look at him. "It's only lust and longing. There is no love between mates. You don't even belong to yourself anymore when you find your mate."

"Don't say that Vexy, it's not true. mates do love each other." He looks away from me. "My parents had loved each other. They were mates and they loved each other. They loved each other very much." Alpha Alex looks back at me with tears wanting to escape. "I want that. I want to have love like my parents. I want to feel what they felt."

One tear escapes and rolls down his cheek, I reach forward and wipe it away. Alpha Alex grabs my wrist and brings my hand to his lips, where he kisses my palm. He keeps a hold of my hand and places it on his heart, I lay down with my head on his chest and close my eyes; listening to his heart beat.

"If you want a love like your parents, then give me a month. I will become the mate you want me to be and I'll try my hardest to please you. I will give you the love you want...Alex."

I feel Alex's arms wrap around my waist and tighten, I grab a fistful of his shirt and bring it close to my nose; his scent is my drug.

"I'll give you a month. But no more than a month, I don't want other males looking at you like they want you. You're mine, and will always be mine." I feel his lips on my forehead and my lips turn up in a smile. "You called me Alex, not Alpha Alex. I haven't been called just Alex in years. It feels nice."

"Stop being all mushy-mushy with me Alex. I don't like mushy-mushy."

"Sorry. It's just really nice to hear my regular name again." His hand strokes my hair. I sit up and straddle his waist then relay my head on his chest; listening to his heartbeat. "What are you doing?"