The Blazing Wolves MC

Chapter 1

We run as fast as our grey paws can carry us through the thick trees and bushes, our fur getting caught on branches as we almost lose our footing while leaping over a fallen log. We are almost to the neighbouring territory, when we catch distant howls of anger and warning coming from somewhere behind us, making us push our paws to move faster along the damp ground.

With our tongue lolling out of the side of our mouth in exhaustion, I retreat to the back of my wolf's mind and give her full control. It will help her concentrate on running harder to get free from the Alphas men. The fact that Alpha Sterling thinks that I could take the place of his mate that died eleven months ago is all sorts of insane.

I hear the pants and growls getting closer, too close for comfort. My wolf lets out a whimper as she steps on a sharp rock, but she keeps her frantic pace. We have to make it over the border to Alpha Edric's territory before they catch us and attempt to make me Alpha Sterlings kept female.

I refuse to mark him as my mate, not when my real mate is still out there somewhere.

Needing to suddenly shift and take off with a backpack tied to my underbelly that is full of clothing necessities, food, water and all of the cash I have made within the last three years, didn't make getting away any easier.

Alpha Sterling sought me out while I was catering Shalays specially made alcohol to his brother's bachelor party, which neighbors Alpha Edric's.

Apparently, they celebrate going into the mated life the same way humans go into the married one. There was loud music, lots of alcohol, scantily dressed, desperate females wanting a piece of the male before he is devoted to his mate and a lot of food.

The Alpha was constantly flirting with me throughout the night, always finding a reason to be close enough to touch me. It was very unnerving, especially considering his mate and pup died just under a year ago.

It is said that he lost her to complicated childbirth. They tried for years to get pregnant and when she finally did, he lost both his pup and mate on the same day, two months later.

His pup's lungs were too underdeveloped and only lived for a few hours after being born, dying in Alpha Sterling's arms. His mate passed away on the operating table due to blood loss because of a c-section.

He convinced himself to believe in things that weren't possible, shortly after she passed. His wolf was emotionally broken and Alpha Sterling had become slightly hysterical in finding a female that he wanted to mark and mate with, to give him the pup he lost as well.

His wolf was making him feel things that a grieving Alpha was so desperate to feel again.

There was no empowering need for my wolf to devour him, there wasn't an intoxicating scent that made me want to jump him in the middle of everyone and not give a damn, nor was there a warmth on any part of my body when he followed me with his beady eyes.

To believe that he had the chance for a second choice mate, and he just happened to choose me, made me feel pity for the mentally unstable Alpha. He needed to accept that his mate was gone and either hand over the position to someone else, or find a female who has lost her mate as well.

With my mate still out there, there was no way in hell I was letting another man touch me in any way.

As I was coming out of the bathroom earlier at the party, Alpha Sterling managed to grab me in a tight hold and push me against the wall, trapping my body with his. He planted his large lips onto mine before I even realized what was going on. I kneed him in the balls when he tried to stick his tongue down my throat, providing me with the wiggle room to break free of his arms.