The Warrior Alpha

#10 The Mall

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Chapter 10
THE MALL


I woke up to the sound of a car horn blaring. It didn't occur to me that I was in a car till I banged my head against the window, while being jolted awake.

"Owww.." I moaned.

I heard chuckling coming from the front seat, only to see that it was Sleeping Beauty.

"Get out of the damn way!"

I looked over to see Vlad fuming behind the wheel, currently having a road rage meltdown. He slammed his fist on the horn again and flicked off whoever was pissing him off so bad.

I couldn't help but laugh.

Vlad growled lowly at my giggling, as he narrowed his eyes at me through the rear view window.

I shrank down in my seat under his heated gaze.

Who crapped in his cornflakes? Oh yeah, obviously the person in the other car.

I felt the car accelerate at an atrocious speed as we speed away from the intersection we were currently at.

We pulled into a ginormous parking lot of a big mall. Why are we at the mall?

I was about to get out of the car, like both Vlad and Sleeping Beauty had done, when I remembered I had no shoes, and still looked like I was in my pajamas. Wait! Vlad said he found my bag!

I hopped out of the car and called him over.

"What?" He huffed, clearly still agitated from earlier.

"My bag. You said you had it with you, remember? I don't want to go into the mall looking like this."

He stared me down fiercely before saying, "I'll get it, but where are you going to change?"

"In the car," I said in a 'duh' tone.

He growled, and his eyes went black. "In the car where all these guys can see you!?" He snapped, gesturing to all of his men, piling out of their cars.

Oh crap.

"Well, what if I wait to change until everyone goes inside, so it's just you and me in the back of the parking lot?" I suggested in the sweetest voice I could muster.

He rolled his eyes up to the sky, debating on what to do.

"Either that or I could walk in the mall barely clothed, like I am, and be seen by a lot of other men." I piped up, knowing I had my answer.

He stepped possessively closer to me, close enough that I could hear his chest rumbling in distaste.

"No. You will change in the car."

I internally grinned to myself, as a man I hadn't seen yet, walked over with my backpack. Vlad took it from his grasp, and pushed it into my arms. I tried to open up the car door, only to have it slammed back closed.

I looked up at Vlad questionably.

"Not until we are alone in the parking lot." I rolled my eyes at him, but stayed put. I watched the men from his pack walk to the main entrance of the mall, until they disappeared inside, leaving me alone with Vlad in the parking lot.

The car door was opened again, and I was pushed inside. "You have 2 minutes," he told me before closing the door.

I started digging through my bag, scoping out all that I had to work with. I found some black skinny yoga pants, from Victoria's Secret. A large, knit, green sweater, some mustard colored wool socks, fresh panties and a sports bra, and my converse. I looked out the car window before stripping, to see Vlad's back pressed against the window right in front of me.

He's either, giving me privacy, or trying to hide me from the world. Oh well, either one works for me.

I slipped out of his clothes, and got into mine. I had almost finished tying my shoes, when he opened up the door with an impatient look on his face.

I quickly finished, then gave him my brightest smile and said, "I'm done!"

"Good, get out."

Dang, I see how it is.

I hopped out of the car and straightened out my clothes. The sweater reached down to my mid thigh, which was good, because these yoga pants were skin tight.

I heard him shut the door, and lock the car. He didn't say anything to me, just started walking at a brisk pace in front of me. Struggling to catch up, I was practically jogging next to him. His legs were so much longer than mine, and with his fast strides, I knew I'd be breathless and struggling for air in a matter of minutes, if he planned on keeping this up.

We entered the mall, only to be welcomed by the loud noise of people talking, and a lot of stares from women, directed towards my mate.

I could feel my wolf trying to rise, and growl at them, but I made sure to keep her at bay. I think I've embarrassed myself in front of my mate enough already.

We started walking deeper into the mall, when I realized how much space we have around us. It was as if there was an invisible force field enclosing us, not allowing anyone to get closer than 3ft. I don't blame the humans though. Vlad's aura is extremely dark and intimidating. Just his presence alone could make you feel uneasy. Then again, he is 6'8 and packed heavy duty with muscle, so how could one not find him dangerous. I guess I just didn't notice it as much because he's my mate, and because I've haven't been around this many humans with him before to actually experience it.

Speaking of which, what r we doing at this mall anyway? I doubt he took me here, trying to be nice and let me out of the car.

"Why are we here?"

"Because it's December and you have no winter clothes."

Uh..what. Why do I need clothes now?

"And we have to buy them now?"

He looked down at me, obviously annoyed. "By late tonight, we will be in Russia. Do you have any idea how cold it gets up there in the middle of December?"

"Oh. I left my money in the car though." I said looking at the ground. I knew he wouldn't be happy with me taking up more time to go back out to the car to get my money.

He looked at me incredulously. "Why would you need money?"

I looked at him like he was stupid, "To pay for stuff...how else?"

He shook his head at me. "No I'm paying for everything. From this point forward, in your life, you won't have to pay for another thing by yourself. I will provide for you."

I could feel my wolf running circles gleefully inside me. However, I still liked the idea of independence. I don't want to be dependent on him, of all people.

"But-"

His eyes hardened at me. "I'm paying, now drop it." He interrupted me.

I had no choice, but to leave it be, because of the stupid mark on my neck. We walked into the Macy's, and headed for the women's department, where they were selling winter apparel.

I ended up buying a giant parka, type coat. I wanted the cream colored one, but Vlad insisted I get one with a brighter color so I would be easy to see if I got lost in the snow. I ended up settling for a dark blue color.

We bought that, then headed over to American Eagle for some jeans, if he's paying I might as well get the good kind. I bought some hats and scarves as well.

We stopped at Forever 21 and I bought a butt load of sweaters, what can I say, they're my favorite!

Next stop was Victoria's Secret. Vlad, had been coming into all the stores with me and holding everything, which was actually pretty surprising. He was quiet, the whole time though, until he had to pay.

I was hoping he knew enough to wait outside on this one. Apparently not.

"Uh, so I'm just gonna go look in here real fast." I started walking into the store quickly, only to see him right on my tail.

Quickly I spun around to face him. "How 'bout you wait out here for this one." I tried to suggest.

"No. I'm coming with you," he smirked.

Oh my god no! Out of all the stores, this one?!

I knew he wasn't gonna leave, so reluctantly, I turned around and headed into the store.

I could feel his eyes on me, and I could see every single woman's eyes on him. Honestly, I couldn't blame them. Who wouldn't notice, a giant sex god, standing in the middle of a women's undergarment store. I walked over to the bras, and started grabbing some C cups of the shelf. I didn't know whether to pick plain ones, crazy patterned ones, or sexy ones for obvious reasons.

I was holding one of each in my hands, when I felt his eyes on me. He was standing right next to me just waiting for me to make a decision. I wasn't about to do that, so I decided to turn the tables.

I turned to him and said, "What do you think?" I held up all three for him to inspect.

He seemed appalled by my question His eyes looked like they were gonna fall out of his head. "I.. uh," he was scratching the back of his neck with his free arm, that wasn't carrying all of my bags.

"Well..." I dragged out.

His face was well beyond flushed right now. His discomfort was clear as day. I was making him nervous, and I loved it!

Instead of answering me, he reached in his back pocket and pulled out a plastic card. "Here, take this. I'll be outside waiting when you're done." With that said, he high tailed it out of there.

I couldn't help laughing out loud at his behavior!

Once he left, I grabbed some bras and panties, and some cute pjs, and walked to the counter to pay for them.

When I was about to exit the store, I noticed Vlad, sitting down on a bench, a little ways down, being pestered by some blonde who was literally orange. He looked really annoyed with her, and I found it hilarious. She was batting her fake eye lashes, and flashing almost all of her boobs to him like no tomorrow.

I wasn't quite ready to give up my alone time yet, so I figured I'd use her to my advantage. It seemed she had Vlad pretty well distracted, with how pissed he was getting with her.

I looked around the area of the mall I was in and saw Spencer's just across the way.

Perfect! He'll never look for me in there.

I made sure blondie was blocking Vlad's view of me, before I sprinted into Spencer's. I went straight to the back of the store trying to hide. I started looking around, man was this place wack!

I was currently checking out some funny tshirts, when a guy tapped my shoulder.

He had reddish brown hair, and brown eyes, and he looked probably 20. He was about 6'2 if I had to guess.

Once I had turned to face him, he started with his repulsive antics.

"Hey baby, how's it going?"

Oh god. "Uh fine."

"What's a hot ass girl like you, doing in this store?"

I started looking around for an escape. "Oh, you know, just looking around."

He smirked at me, "Ah, so you're one of those girls."

He started leaning into me, causing me to back myself up into the back wall. "What do you mean?"

He put his arms on either side of face, trapping me. "I mean you like it dirty, babe."

"Uh.." Crap! This was not gonna end well.

He ran his nose against my collar bone. "Baby, you gotta name or a boyfriend?"

I could feel him starting to press his lower region into me. I think I was gonna be sick. "My name is Ronan, and," well I guess I don't have a boyfriend. Vlad did say our relationship was strictly business. "No, I don't have a boyfriend.

He pushed his now excited friend, against me. "Good. I'm Zach. How about I take you in the back room, over there and make you scream my name?"

'Get the prick off us! NOW.' My wolf yelled.

'Yes ma'am!'

"Uh, look, I was just leaving, so if you don't mind..." I tried pushing past him but failed. For a human, this guy was strong.

"No can do baby. You're mine for the taking," he said nestling his head into my chest.

"The hell she's is!" Someone barked.

I looked up to see Peter. My hero!!

"What the-" Zach said, as he was roughly yanked off of me.

Peter slammed him against the shelves. "Now that's no way to treat a lady, asshole. You're gonna regret even talking to her." He seethed.

He had a fist raised, ready to blow, when I yanked his arm back to me. "Peter it's fine, he's not worth it. Let's just go."

He just nodded and started pulling me away, mumbling, "Lucky bastard."

I heard Zach grumble, "She fucking said no boyfriend."

I didn't respond to that and kept following Peter to the front. Once we were out of there, and back in the walkway, he staring pulling me roughly down the hall with him.

"Wha- hey! Where are we going?" I asked panicked.

He spun and faced me, with an angry look on his face. "The food court. Alpha Kristoff is pissed that you ran away again. He's not gonna be happy either when he finds out what that guy was about to do to you."

"What?! You are not telling him what happened back there!"

He looked away from me, facing forward, "Don't worry, I'm not."

I sighed in relief.

"You are."

I gulped. Not wanting to ever get to the food court at this point. But of course, here I am in the food court being dragged to a large secluded booth area. I knew exactly who was waiting for me I'm the dim lighting. I could feel his anger rolling off him in waves. I was shaking in pure fear, I didn't want to get hit again!

I started tugging at Peter's grip. Where was the fun Peter from before!?

"Peter, please! I don't want to go over there! He'll hurt me!"

Peter turned to me with soft eyes, the ones he'd held before, at the hotel. However, his words were different. "I'm sorry, but you shouldn't have left him. You'd think you'd have learned from the last time. Now you must pay the consequences," he said coldly.

Tears were pricking my eyes, but I was determined not to cry. Peter was right, I should've known better. I needed to man up and face the consequences.

I let him drag me to the deserted area, of old booths. I felt my mates presence, and boy, was he mad. I swallowed hard and braced myself for the worst.

He growled loudly, and immediately Peter dropped my arm.

"Come. Here." He spat.

Oh god, here it comes, deep breaths.

Vlad roughly grabbed my arm and pulled me out the emergency exit door. We were now outside in the cold December air. I tried to hold I'm the tears, but I felt one slip down my cheek.

He leaned against the wall and took a deep breath, as I stood shivering from both the cold and fear, in front of him.

"Are you going to try and run from me, every time I let you out of my sight?"

I shook my head, no.

"I wasn't trying to run away," I whispered.

I was on edge, he wasn't blowing up ok me like before, why?

"Explain, then, why I couldn't find you, in that store. I gave you 25 minutes! Were you even in there that long!? Look, we are both going to have issues if I can't take you out in public without having to babysit you."

I look up at his face, he was still avoiding my eyes, but I could see his were dark, and his fists were tightly clenched. I'm sure he was trying to control his temper. I was grateful for that.

"I wasn't trying to run away. I saw you with that oompa-loompa, and you were occupied, so I took the chance to have some more minutes alone to myself. No offense, but you had been suffocating me all day, and I just wanted some space."

He let out a deep breath, as if he'd been holding it in. "Alright, that makes me feel better. Next time, just tell me you want space, don't just do it, please."

He reached down for me and hugged me. It was wonderful!! I felt so safe, and warm. His scent was surrounding me, intoxicating me with his masculinity. He moved my hair back from my neck, and smelled me, getting my scent.

He gripped my waist hard, I could feel his claws extracting on my skin, making me bleed lightly. He snarled at me.

"WHY IS THERE ANOTHER MALE'S SCENT ALL OVER YOU!" He boomed.

Uh oh.









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