The Alpha Must Die

Chapter 25- BlackWater's Maze

A/N: It's literally been a year or so! I'm so sorry! I was being lazy and I had some major writers block. I thought if I didn't post no one would care, but I felt really guilty. So I'm here to finally finish this book once and for all.

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The hotter the days get, which isn't much for Fairbanks, the colder the people get. Everyone is tense. They know something that I don't. Every time I ask anyone for a bit of information, I'm shunned away. The only one whose told me anything in weeks is Derek, but he's mentally deranged by now.

I begged him not to go back to that stupid pack house of his because surely ClearStone would kill him. But he gave me his word he'd be alive to tease me tomorrow and the day after that. But the days after weren't guaranteed.

It gets lonelier as the days pass by. It's been about a week, more or so, since I've seen Derek in person. A twenty three second phone call a couple nights ago doesn't count.

I grabbed my backpack and headed towards the school, where homecoming fever was in the air. I would've destroyed the hand crafted posters if there wasn't about a hundred people surrounding me. They would be quick to judge, but even slower to understand what is so horrible about this. They're celebrating the stupidest things. Humans, so clueless and innocent as I used to be.

"Would you mind, maybe, just for fun, going to homecoming with me?" I heard a croak somehwere behind me. My feet slowly turned themselves to face this person. I found a geekish, over gelled scrawny freshman in a couple of my classes standing there. In front of him, a over competitive girl who cared more about her grades than human interaction. Which I think is probably smart. I'm the one whose dumb by even being around Derek. But he's so weak these days, he makes me feel like I'm responsible for his pain. Which I am.

"Y-yes." she squeaked out. Her sophomore heart pumped so much adrenaline just to say that one word. She had the brightest blush tinted on her cheeks and so did he.

I had to look away. It was so infuriating, but it hurt me so much how simple it was for them. I slammed my locker shut, startling them both and headed for the exit before school began. I can't deal with this all day.

Just as I opened the doors to the sweet relief of the outside world, I was struck with an overwhelming scent. All my anger was gone and all I could think about was just how incredibly happy I was right now. This was my chance to be like the humans.

I ran down the steps and grabbed his arm, turned him to face me, and without sparing a second, pecked him lightly on the lips. He blushed just as I was. He gave me a quick look and as if it were an instinct, he wrapped his arms around me tightly that I felt the very last breath escape my lips. I wrapped my arms around him aswell and he placed his lips on mine. They were warm and welcoming, one of the only people who would ever be. We stood in front of the school, completely ignoring the taunts and remarks of our classmates. I might have one of the greatest ears on he face of this earth, but I couldn't hear anything other than his heart pumping rapidly just as that girl's heart had. His lips left a sweet taste on my lips that I guiltily longed to taste for ever.

"I missed you." I breathed out.

"I love you."

If I even had any breath in me before, I surely knew there was a lack of oxygen In my head now. But whatever I tried, I couldn't breathe. He was still holding me tightly, if he wasn't I'd surely have collapse to the ground. But I don't know what would make me black out. The fact that he just said that, or what my reply was. I sucked in a bit of air and hoped that this wasn't a mistake.

"Your-" I started. I shut my eyes because the look his eyes gave me left me speechless. "Your my mate, aren't you?" my red fluttered open his cheeks where a bright shade of reddish pink.