Unwanted Mate

Chapter 4 • The Morning After

I am awakened by the smell of bacon. I smile for a brief second and then everything from last night comes crashing back down on me.

I have a lot of thinking to do. I don't know how to handle this. Okay I'll admit it, at one point in time and I mean a long long time ago, I hoped that Will would be my mate. But that was before he was a wild teenage wolf. Yes we have a history, but only as children. It seems as if fate has intertwined our lives. My Mother was childhood best friends with his mom, Luna Stella, even after Luna Stella found Alpha Monté and moved away. We would have play dates and be on the same soccer team. That was all until I ran away, but leave it up to fate for me to end up in his pack territory.

I know I don't want to be rejected by him. I just need some time to warm up to the idea of being his mate. I am not even seventeen for Goddess sake!

I'm worried that he will mate me but not be faithful, he's been with so many girls in the past. His reputation scares me and makes me turn away from him. To be cheated on by your mate would hurt beyond words.

Lost in my thoughts I barely hear the knock on my door.

"Come in." I groan as the intruder enters.

"Well good morning sunshine." Gwen's calming voice projects from the foot of my bed.

"Look Piper told me about last night."
She pauses, oh no.

"I know Prince Will isn't the number one choice for your mate but it's important for an Alpha to have his proper Luna"

Another pause.

"So, Jonah called Alpha Monté this morning and arranged a dinner for all of us tonight to discuss some things."

This isn't so bad, let the grown ups handle it, right? I just need them to know that I need time. I'm not the type of girl to let anyone and everyone get close to me, even if you are my mate. We also need to establish boundaries, as in, Will sees no one besides me.

Gwen nudges my foot and pulls me out of my trance.
"Are you alive? What do you have to say about that?"

I pull the covers off my face and reply smugly.
"I mean it can't make the situation any worse. So why not?"

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Will's POV

I haven't slept. It's currently 10:48 AM. Dinner is at 6 o'clock this evening. So I just have 7 hours and 12 minutes till I see Nina.

"Son it looks like you haven't slept." I hear my fathers dominant voice.

"That's because I haven't. Father I can't. She consumes every thought I have." My heart beats faster as I talk about her.

"You will see her tonight, but you cannot be so domineering. She is not 17, she does not feel the same need for you yet." His hand is on the door knob, I can tell he's about to leave.

"Yes Father," is all I manage to say.

"You are excused from all pack meetings today, get some sleep, and maybe work out your angst."

"Thank you Father." I say as he shuts the door to my room.

He's right I need to get my mind off of her.  Maybe I'll text her? No I'm not going to do that, I should leave everything for tonight. She probably doesn't even want to talk to me. Oh I have messed up so bad.

I shake my head. I need to distract myself. I look at my messy room, my grey comforter thrown across my bed. I get in a cleaning frenzy, I'm not usually this messy but the past few days have been a whirl wind and not just because of Nina.

I put all my dirty clothes in the hamper. Then I make my bed, and move on to the bathroom. I put away my toothbrush and deodorant, and
pick up all the random things on the floor. Papers are all across my desk. I put them in according folders in my drawers. A sigh of relief flows through me. Now I can think clearly.

I look at the time and it is now 12:30,
"Time for a workout session I guess." I say to myself and then change into my workout clothes.

After a couple rounds of sparring with Derek I feel a lot better. It's 3:30, I have wasted quite some time and that was the main goal of sparring.

"So Nina Castleman is your mate?" Derek wipes the sweat off his forehead.

"Yeah, shes coming over for dinner tonight." A smile crawls across my face as I think about her.

"I'm surprised y'all haven't already slept together, that's not like you."

"Hey I'm not like that anymore, she's not 17 yet so she doesn't feel the same as I do." I become defensive.

"Oh man that sucks, but good luck tonight heartbreaker." He gives me a wink and leaves the gym.

It's 4 o'clock now. Two hours till I see her. I need to get cleaned up and then make sure everything is in place.

I get up into my room and take a boiling hot shower. My mind is only on her and my wolf can't help but be more than excited to see her beautiful face.

Nina Castleman is my mate. I couldn't be any happier.

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Lots of love, Ave.
8:40 PM 7/13/17