Mate of a Wild Wolf (SAMPLE)

Part One. Chapter Four. David

Marcus may have realised that he'd gone too far, I don't know, but he stopped mentioning Tamara in front of me for a while. Not that that stopped my bad mood, especially after he and Charles found their mates. He started bitching that I had a problem with Charles mate being male, I didn't. What I had a problem with was how fucking soft the pair of them were being and why did they insist on flaunting how happy they were in front of me.

So I was being ridiculous and unrealistic. Of course they were happy, they had discovered their other halves. That and they never really knew the truth about me and Tamara, just assumed that I was all pissy over a failed crush. Really, was my temper so bad that I would get triggered over something as small as a crush?

I had been dating the bitch! And she dumped me via a text, no she didn't even see me worthy of that, she simply told me to fuck off and not contact her anymore. So excuse me if I didn't want you and your mates getting all lovey dovey in my face!

They even brought their mates to a guys night. Halloween at Alex's was stupid, what with his yearly attempts to make us look uncool and force us to watch shitty movies, but he provided copious amounts of food and we'd all have a good time talking about guy stuff. No females allowed! So what if Adam happens to be a man, I am pretty sure he takes the female role in the relationship with Charles... Alex let him in anyway. I pretty sure he took an instant like to Adam, Alex is too nice and friendly a guy, would make friends with anyone if Marcus actually let him out of his cage at some point. Then Marcus introduced him to Jenny.

I was just wondering where Alex hid the barbecue sauce, I liked to drizzle it on cheese pizza, when I saw Alex usher the couple through the door. He couldn't hide the anguish in his eyes, not from me, I've seen that look reflected in the mirror a thousand times since the holidays.

"Your friend, the human," Tamara's words from a while ago echoed in my mind, "I think he likes Marcus."

Fuck me. I'd forgotten she had claimed that.. did she actually have a point, was Alex crushing on his best friend?

I observed him for the rest of the evening, watched as his eyes wandered carelessly as Marcus made his way to the toilet, watched his shoulders sag after Marcus took Jenny home early. How he gazed at his 50 inch television, but didn't really see anything on the screen. How he hid in his room and cried when he thought we were all asleep in the media room.

Shit, I think she was right!

It shouldn't have meant much to me, but for some reason it irked me that the stupid human, who could go find any boyfriend or girlfriend and not worry too much about the consequences, could fall for the one fucking person he could not have. Maybe it was just because I saw myself in him. His love was unattainable and unknowingly broke his heart by flaunting his mate in front of him. Mine was once attainable, but broke my heart by fucking off with her mate without looking back. What a pair of sorry losers we both were!

I snapped at Marcus a few days later as he was pressuring Alex to stay in town, with the pack, with him, rather than go to university and obtain his own dreams. Shit, can't you see that he needs space from you so he can get over you?! Of course, being the fuck up I had become, I said it in the worst possible way;

"Ah, someone is going to miss their pet human!"

Holy shit, why didn't I just dig a pit and push us both in? Add some poisonous snakes, to put us out of our misery and voila, we can go peacefully.

"David, for fucks sake," Marcus growled.  "You have been nothing but a complete arsehole since the summer.  I know you were disappointed, but stop taking it out on Alex, Charles and Adam!"