The Alpha's Mate

Chapter 1

"Skyler are you ready yet? Tasha's already here!" My mom called up to me.

"Just send her up!" I slowly zipped up my tight black dress.
Tonight is the annual Mate Ball. Basically it's a ball to find your mate if you haven't already. Tasha and I have been going since we were fifteen. You can sense your mate at seventeen, but sometimes the males mate is younger. Tasha's and I are now seventeen.

"Sky! We have to leave soon. Why aren't you ready yet?" Tasha came running through my bedroom door. She wore a dress similar to mine but it was gold. It worked really well with her curly red hair.

"Chill Tasha. I'm just putting on my shoes." I pulled on some red heels and grabbed my matching red clutch. I quickly threw in a few bobby pins to keep my curly blonde hair out of my face. I grabbed Tasha's hand to head down stairs.

As always my Mom was waiting at the bottom of the stairs camera in hand snapping picture after picture.
"Mom really you don't have to do this!" I said once we got into the living room.
"No one year, I'm going to get a picture of you going to the Ball alone and when you walk through that door tonight I will finally have a picture of you and your mate! I have one of your older brother Blaise and his mate Amber. I just need you! " She squealed loudly.

"You are looking forward to this so much more then I am." It's not that I don't want to meet him, but I could wait a few more years. Till like after college!

"Oh tonight is the night I can feel it!"
Crazy women.

"Ok mom see you around 1!" I kissed her check and rubbed off the red lipstick I got on her.

"Bye Luna." Tasha bowed a little and fallowed me out.

"Bye girls! Good luck!"

Tasha was driving us to the Ball tonight. Our first year we didn't need to have someone drive us.
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We arrived at the mansion of our Elders. They have their own Territory. Packs from all over the world would come to seek their mates.
After we parked we made our way into house.
Music could be heard coming from the Ballroom. Aphla's and Luna's stuck to the walls so they could see who their kids mates where.

"Sense anything?" Tasha asked me. You can tell who your mate is by smell, or touch. I heard touching your mate sends Electric currents through your veins.

"Nope you?"

"Nope, well this might be like every other year, so shots?" I couldn't help my party girl side. As a werewolf it takes a lot to get us drunk.

"Why not!" Tasha fallowed me over to the bar, where one of my father third in commands son worked for tonight.

"Hey Benny!" I smiled at him once we reached the bar.

"No Sky." He had a stern look on his face.

"But Benny!" I pouted my ruby red lips at him.

"You're mean Sky."

"You love it." I batted my eyes at him a bit.

"Fine!" He poured us a double of what looked like Jack Daniels.

"Love you."

Tasha and I clinked our glasses and shot them back. The alcohol burned as it went down, but I knew the more you drink the less it burns.

"Again."

Benny shook his head at us, but poured us another anyways.
After we shot that back we turned to the dance floor.

All around you could see people finding their mates.

"I smell something." Tasha turned her head and sniffed again.