Why Me?

02 My Mate

I feel his breath on my neck and begin to shake as he growls with his snout buried in my fur. He doesn't even bother to mind link me. He grabs hold of my scruff and picks me up like a pup. I am small but not that small! Stupid Alpha Wolf!

"Mate!" My wolf corrects.

"Yes mate... but I want him to talk to us! He seems angry and we just met!" I tell her.

"He is just taking us somewhere private. Look around no one is following us." She says.

I take her advice and look around. As soon as I start to move his growl stops me. I whimper and he sets me down.

"Shift." He commands through the mind link. I look around not wanting to shift in front of him. He growls shifting on the spot and staring me down. "Shift." He orders again.

"Clothes?" I quietly link looking at the dirt near my paws. If I were in human form my face would be tomato red. He let's out another growl as he stomps into the trees, finds a stash of clothes, and throws me a shirt.

"Now shift, mate." He says obviously getting irritated by my defiance. I try to walk behind a tree for some privacy. "No. You don't turn your back on me. Shift, Now!" I let out a small whimper and shift. I see his eyes rake over my body in the second before I cover myself with the shirt. "Beautiful." He growls pulling me close to him.

"Alpha." I sigh as he digs his nose into my neck.

"Mate." He responds sending vibrations through my body.

"What now?" I ask. He pulls away glaring at me.

"You are my mate! You will live with me!" He roars.

"But my family." I protest not wanting to completely abandon them. He back hands me with a growl.

"You are Mine! My mate! Mine!" He pulls me close again. I can feel the tears spill from my eyes from the pain in my cheek. He pulls away slightly to look at me running his thumb over my bruised cheek. "I don't want to hurt you mate. You know that I can't lose you. You are my mate and Luna. You know better than to try to leave me. You know how much that would hurt the pack. Do you really want to hurt the pack? Make us weak?" He asks and my heart sinks. I would never hurt the pack. I just wanted my family. How could I be so selfish. The pack needs a Luna. I didn't mean to reject him.

"I'm sorry Alpha. I wasn't thinking. Of course I'll come with you." I say and he smiles.

"Forgiven little mate. Always forgiven... my good little mate can call me Carson... and you will be good, yes?" He asks still stroking my cheek.

"Of course, Carson." I blush saying his name. "I'm yours and I'll be a good mate and Luna."

"Of course you will." He coos kissing my nose. "Now that that's settled let's get on with the mating process." Carson says pulling me towards the pack house.

"What?! Already?!" I gasp and he stops dead as his smile falls.

"You are me mate. You accepted this. This pack needs its Luna. We will gather the elders and preform the ceremony. We will mark each other and mate. You will move to my house. You agreed to this a moment ago... are you rejecting me? Have you changed your mind? Little mate?" He goes from a hard Alpha to whimpering slightly.

"No! I'm not rejecting you, My Alpha. I'm sorry. Of course I want to be your mate... I was just scared of how fast we were moving." I apologize. I can't get this right! How am I messing up already? I don't want to hurt him.

"I need my Luna. You don't want me." He turns away from me. Is he gonna cry?!

"Please Carson! I want you! Don't be upset!" I beg him grabbing his muscular arm.

"You don't." He argues looking like a kicked puppy. No please! I can't hurt my mate.

"Mark me." I tell him desperately wanting to prove myself to him and he smiles.

"Really?" He asks.

"Do it now. We don't need a ceremony. Mark me." Before I can say another word he sinks his teeth where my neck and shoulder meet. Pain and pleasure course through me and I return his mark biting into him.

"Mine." He whispers as he pulls away.

"All yours." I respond as he kisses my forehead.

"We're nearly mated now. No one can take you from me." He growls picking me up and running to his house. In no time I am on my Alpha Mate's bed and he's removing my shirt.