Haven [GxG]

Chapter 20

This week was so long, filled with so many exams. I'm glad it's the weekend. It feels nice that I'm starting to build roots and have my own group. I was never really able to do so back in Maine due to my... Well, sperm donor.

Right now, Emma, Chloe, and I were all waiting for Julian's initiation to begin. It should be soon since the full moon is out completely. Soon the alpha made his presence known, and we all bowed out of respect. He walked across the stage to the microphone.

"Hello, everyone. It's great to see all of you on this beautiful night, truly blessed by the moon goddess herself. Today is my nephew Julian Santiago's initiation ceremony into the pack. He has worked very hard to prove his place in this pack; I have prayed to the moon goddess in her temple, I have consulted the other leaders of our pack, and we have concluded that this young man has earned the right to call himself an alpha. Julian, please come to the stage and accept your title and take the oath to become a member of this pack." Everyone in the crowd erupted in cheers and applause. I shouted at the top of my lungs for me, and this amazing achievement. I still don't know a lot about the ins and outs of werewolves and their culture, but the little bit I do know, I know Julian definitely deserves to be called an alpha.

Once Julian was done reciting the oath and was accepted into the pack, another round of cheers rippled through the crowd. Soon after being given many congratulations, Julian made his way over to us, but he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes started glowing yellow; I kind of got scared because I have no idea what's going on. I moved into Emma's side, and she just had wide eyes, not paying any attention to me. Julian started stalking over towards us and brought Chloe into his chest and stuck his face in the crook of her neck; that is so weird. I went a little closer to see if Chloe was okay and if I needed to intervene, but Julian growled so loud, making me stop dead in my tracks. Emma pulled me back into her and wrapped her arms around me. My back was to her front as she brought herself to my ear.

"Don't go close right now. Werewolves are very possessive of their mates, especially when their wolf is out." I whipped my head to the side to look at her.

"Is Chloe his mate?" I whispered back.

"Yes, she is. Come on, let's go and give them a little bit." I looked back at my best friend to see he hasn't moved from Chloe's neck, and Chloe is softly caressing his back.

Emma and I made our way over to the alpha and thanked him for allowing us to come and watch the ceremony; then, we made our way to our car. Emma assured me that Chloe would either get a ride back home from Julian if she even left at all.

"I have to go to council meetings early in the morning, but I'll be back around three, then we can get ready to go to Chloe's for dinner." I grabbed her free hand and doubled squeezed it like a heartbeat effect.

"Sounds good to me. I'm going to go for a run tomorrow; I think I'm going to invite Lina." I smiled at this. I took my hand out of Emma's to send Lina a text and ask if she's up for running tomorrow morning.

"Who is this Lina person? We haven't been able to talk about her fully." I could hear a tone in her voice. Maybe, jealousy?

"Well, she's actually a vampire." Before I could say anything more, Emma slammed on the brakes, screeched the car over to the side of the road, and looked at me with wide eyes.

"She's a what?" Her voice was so loud that it caused me to shrink back in fear. Her features immediately softened, and she reached out for me, but I just scooted further into the door. She let out a sigh as she put her head in her hands.

"I'm so sorry, Mila. I didn't mean to scare you. I promise I'm not angry with you; I was just caught off guard. Please come here." She pushed her seat back to where I would have just enough space to sit on her lap. I hesitantly made my way over her side of the car and onto her lap, to where I was facing her. I didn't look her in the eyes, though; I just kept my head down. She let out another disappointing sigh, but not towards me, towards herself. I felt her gently raise my chin to where our eyes would meet, but I diverted my eyes away from hers.