How She Tamed The Alpha

CHAPTER 8: A New Proposition

MAX

I was livid and beyond pissed off at how disrespectful she was. I wasn't gonna stand around and let it continue.

So I went to my uncle at work and let him know what I saw, all while ignoring my inner wolf, whom was against all of this.

My uncle looks at me in shock and then somehow starts yelling at me as though I was the one that was doing the drugs.

"What the hell, Uncle Redd?!" I raised my voice a little at him in response.

"How dare you spy on her and invade her privacy! I will NOT and I mean NOT tolerate such childish immature acts! I don't care if whether or not you like her. She is here with us and will be treated from now on with nothing less than respect. And don't you dare even try to feed me bullshit neither about that day you were supposed to pick her up and bring her home but didn't. I had let it slide but this, hell no. It's about time you grow the hell up and be a real man, as well as a great Alpha or else!" He shouts at me.

"Unbelievable! I'm trying to do what's best for our pack in making sure that our 'guest' is not going to jeopardize our pack in doing drugs or what the hell ever by telling you what I saw and yet you want to turn the other cheek and ignore it!" I fire back at him.

He stops and holds the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger as he takes in a couple of deep breaths and let's them out before continuing.

"Do NOT you raise your voice at me! It isn't that I don't believe you but I need for YOU to take in serious consideration about how you should be treating your mate." He tells me with a raised eyebrow.

"How did you know she was my mate?" I asked him shocked.

"The Moon Goddess told me." He says.

"Great! So much for confidentiality." I remark in a bitter tone.

"HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT THE MOON GODDESS!!" He growls at me in a tone that I have never heard him growl before unless he was about to fight someone. "You selfish little shit! You need to grow the hell up and take on some responsibility! Do you think that being an Alpha is just handed to you? You must PROVE and EARN that you are even worthy of being an Alpha! And so far..." He stops himself for a moment before continuing as it looks as though he is trying to stay calm and keep his cool. "So far, I have done nothing but fight for you with the council. To prove to them that you are Alpha material. The council have serious doubts and regrets if rather or not you are worthy of being an Alpha to your Pack. But you know what? I don't think you are ready for that responsibility." He says the last sentence with disappointment in the tone of his voice.

"I am ready!" I tell him.

"No you're not. Out of all the training throughout the years and the fighting and just, just trying to help you reach your full potential. You still have not learned anything." He tells me with a hurt look on his face.

"I AM Alpha material Uncle Redd and I feel that I have done more than prove myself worthy of the title!" I yell at him.

"You still think this is about how tough you are physically? How many people you can scare or how many fights you can win? You can't win a fight with using just physical strength. Without love, without a partner to help you, a Luna, you couldn't possibly be the best Alpha. Because to admit defeat sometimes, to surrender to something amazing, such as love from a mate and just loving something or someone more than yourself, that's true strength." He finishes.

"I did. When I was fifteen and had turned into my wolf and began my Alpha training. We all know how that ended. So excuse me if I don't agree with the Moon Goddess or feel like falling into her trap again." I snap at him.

Uncle Redd stays quiet for a moment and I can see his sympathetic look on his face.

"Max, listen..." He started until I stopped him.

"Save it. I don't need your sympathy or your pity. It was a couple years ago and I have since then forgotten all about it and moved on." I assure him.

"Is that what you call it? You call sleeping around with random girls, moving on? Tell me Max, if your first mate had never hurt you, would you be sleeping with Pamela? Would you even think about the idea of doing that?" He asks.

"Doesn't matter. This whole mating bullshit isn't real and for some reason, the Moon Goddess has found it amusing to give me another chance to have another mate and for it to be a witch, at that. So forgive me uncle if I seem to be questioning her motives." I tell him.

"I know what it's like to love someone with nothing less but your whole heart and then one day, out of nowhere, they make a mistake and you both end up in an argument that leads to one of you losing control and killing the other." He says while closing his eyes as if he is remembering something.

"I'm sorry Uncle Redd." I tell him as I remember when he told me the story of how he lost his temper and accidentally killed his mate. To which the Moon Goddess had never given him the chance to find another one as punishment for what he had done.

"You know what? I'm done. You do what you want. I'm tired of playing the bad guy and watching you destroy yourself and your Pack from you being selfish. You're eighteen, practically an adult as the humans say, it's your life. Just, know that everybody deserves love and only WE can choose to accept it or not. No one else can decide that for us. Not to mention that we all have a past and there can't be a future or even a present if you're stuck in the past." He says with the look of exhaustion and defeat on his face.

It's in that moment that I can feel this pain in my chest where my heart is and feel my heart drop to the bottom of my stomach. His words cut into me like a sharp bladed knife and it keeps digging deeper and deeper inside of me.

We both stand there in awkward silence for a moment until I get ready to say something.

"Uncle Redd, I...." I began until he cut me off.

"I need to get back to work." He says while avoiding eye contact and closing the door behind him.

I stood there in his office in complete shock as his words continued to pierce my thoughts until I finally snapped myself back to the present.

As much as I hate to admit it, he's right. Not just about the mate and everything but also about me and how I have been sleeping around and using Pamela to prevent me from getting close to another girl, like my mate.

I can't believe that I've become this, this asshole. This selfish. I don't want to let my Pack down and I shouldn't assume they'll think less of me if they found out Tori was my mate and a witch. My god, why am I such a fuck up?!

I have no idea in how I'm gonna even go about in making things right with Tori or anything.

When I was fifteen, I found my now called, 'first' mate. Right as soon as I felt the connection, I was the happiest I had ever been and knew just how lucky I was at how early I found my mate.

Then one day, during a party I was throwing while my Uncle was out of town, I caught her in bed with some random prick from school. She saw me standing there in the doorway, looking at her in shock and she just smiled at me.

I felt my heart be torn to pieces and felt the worst pain ever. Then, I lost control and ran downstairs and grabbed a bottle of bourbon and walked outside on the back patio by myself and then that's when I found Pamela.

Ever since that night, I have never let too many people get close to me, especially a girl.

Next chapter will be posted soon! :)

I know you guys are probably still waiting to see Tori do some 'spells' and 'magic' on Max and she will soon. ;)