'The Beast Within'

Chapter 2

Mate.

 It didn't take a genius to figure it out, the way Accalia's pupils dilated when the two wolves made eye-contact, the way his tail wagged ever so slightly, almost as though he was holding himself back.

But why. I thought to myself, Accalia, eager to meet her mate walked towards the wolf in the forest, taking confident strides, only to have him back away with a growl, a warning. Accalia frowned then sat down, rearing her ears she whined, the wolf, sensing her impatience, took careful steps towards her, till he was sitting directly in front of her, his snout barely brushing against hers. Her own tail wagged slowly out of interest, whilst they stared at each other, only then was I able to take a look at his eyes. 

It was clear, his wolf was in control, from the way the pupils were ever so slightly slit. What really caught my attention though were it's tone, the iridescent blue that resembled the ocean, I almost lost myself just staring into his piercing eyes. Only my wolf seemed to have other ideas, she rolled onto her back, staring up at him whilst he looked down at her in a mix of amusement and confusion. Accalia raised her right paw, and hit him gently with it, he let out a huff in response. 

Mate is strange, 

She giggled in our link, only to have me roll my eyes. After what seemed like a few minutes, he got up, and lowered his face, taking in my wolfs scent, he growled and she tilted her head confused. He growled again, only this time he wasn't looking at her anymore, he seemed to be staring at a tree.

Accalia immediately got up and turned to the tree, she lifted her snout and sniffed the air, retreating her steps she knew exactly who w

as there and hid herself carefully behind the wolf. He seemed to sense her uncomfort and his muscles stiffened as he stood in front of her. 

Looking at him now, his wolf was much larger compared to mine, I might have Alpha blood in me, but one thing I didn't inherit from my family, was the height. I did however inherit other things, like my increased ability in my senses, so comparing me to a warrior I could sense a wolf who was much further way, whilst the warrior couldn't. 

I shook my head, then pushed myself forward, still in my wolf form, I took control and the figure hidden behind the tree finally came into view.

"Hello Tesoro.." He spoke out carefully, his face clearly livid . The man who I feared, and had taken over my life since I was of age.

 I was so focused on my former mate I hadn't realized my actual mate had shifted back until he threw me a hoodie, Turning to him, I froze, he had at least worn some jeans to cover his lower half, but the upper half..I trotted away, hearing a growl erupt from Lance as I walked off.

 I shifted back, and put on my mates hoodie, I took in a deep breathe inhaling his scent, my own muscles seemed to relax, I looked down to see it quite big on me, almost reaching my lower thighs. I walked back, and looked down, feeling both their gazes on me. 

Once I had reached close enough to them, my former mate immediately tugged my by my waist, causing me to wince. 

Guess those wounds haven't healed yet..? Accalia whispered

No kidding. 

The wolf seemed to notice my wincing and a growl erupted from the back of his throat.

"Don't touch what isn't yours." He spat out, his voice sent shivers down my spine, though he spoke calmly you could still hear the menace behind it. My mate then turned to me and held me tighter before whispering lowly, "So this is your mate Tesoro...Well then, how about you tell him of all of the fun we've had together hm..?" I hadn't understood why but I began shaking, my hands trembled as I fumbled with them. "I-I...Uhm...w-we.." I couldn't form a sentence, my fear had gotten the better of once again. 

The wolf had enough, and his claws slowly sunk out of his skin. "Let, her, go. She's clearly not happy staying with you, so you might as well leave her be. You do have the chance of meeting your own mate."

Lance didn't seem happy by the wolfs cockiness and he sneered at him. "Well if only you knew the full story kid. See this Spanish spit fire? She doesn't have a choice now does she? If she did don't you think that she'll come running into your arms, the arms of her savior?" His voiced laced with menace as he continued, "Her family are Alphas, they raised her to be a fine Luna, almost every pack need a Luna like her, so they chose to sell her-" At this he snarled, noticing his eyes had gone a few shades darker.

"What do you mean, they chose to sell her." 

Lance simply shrugged at him. " Did you really think her family weren't going to try making a fortune out of my Tesoro? Anyway,  my mate, had died a few months ago due to..natural causes..." I tried hard not to laugh at him, knowing full well what he did. "So, when I found out about this, it intrigued me, and now, me being the Alpha of quite a powerful pack had way more then what they required, with a little..money..you can say..they immediately handed her over to me, and her being all for it, came with me..quietly, without. any issues , isn't that right..Tesoro?" 

I looked up to meet the wolfs gaze, his jaw was clenched whilst his eyes burned as they stared at me, I wasn't sure where the courage came from but I spoke up. "That wasn't what happened, if I remember correctly, I was screaming the whole way, throwing curses at you and ordering you to take me home, which you ignored might I add, actually now that I think about it, you did grab me by my hair and placed some tape over my mouth and threatened me with that silver dagger on your waist that if I wouldn't remain silent you'd kill my brother. so of course I came with you..'quietly' as you so nicely phrased it." 

I took in a deep breathe and looked up at Lance, I was pretty sure his face was red, fuming with anger but I didn't care, no one really knew the story, well except Xoella but she was my best friend so of course she knew. I was so focused in on my thoughts I hadn't felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around my waist, when I looked up the wolf was gone, until I felt a hot breathe make its way to my neck. 

"Well then pup...guess you belong to me now."

"Volveré por ti." Is what he whispered to me, whilst resting his head on my shoulder, his arms still wrapped around my waist

I stayed still for a moment, enjoying the peace of the air and his warmth till it was no longer there, leaving me to shudder. Looking around no one was there except Lance who was still fuming. 

Great...

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A/N:

hope you enjoyed this! I am currently working on chapter 3, but do keep in mind that even if you may believe something will happen, the outcome might be different!