The Beta's Mate

chapter 3

I ran. I ran as fast as I could back to the salon where all my belongings were. I need time to just take a breath and calm down I couldn't belive how stupid I was being. I just found my mate and I ran away from him. Part of me never wanted a mate, never thought that I would find a mate. Than the other part of me was already longing for him wanting to run back to him to make sure he was okay and that I didn't hurt his feelings and to tell him that I'm an idiot and I didn't mean anything that I said. That it was just hunger and exhausting taking over me. 

"Ugh get a grip of yourself!" I scolded myself.  You can't disrespect your pack by not showing up and you are not a coward. Put your brave face on amd go back there and show up for the party. Just get it over with. I told myself getting the courage to slowly walk back out the door to face my worst nightmare.

" so this is where you went." That velvety voice i was dreading but was music to my ears said startling me making me jump out of my skin .ugh what was wrong with me why was I acting like this.

" im sorry for running away. Thats really not like me, but this was the last thing I was expecting to happen to me today." I said shyly trying to hide the blush I could feel forming on my face.

" its okay. Trust me I get it. I'm 29 I did not expect to find my mate today at my welcoming party outside" he chuckled. I gave him a small smile trying to keep my reactions to a minimum and remain in control of myself.

"So is this where you work? Your a hairstylist?" He asked with a wierd look in his eyes. Almost as if he was proud?

"Um yeah. I moved here 5 years ago and this is the only salon that was nice enough to hire a new pack member" I continued walking not wanting to stay in the same space. Scared that I might say or do something awkward.

"So you weren't born into this pack?" He asked

" no I was born in the grey waters pack. When my foster parents passed away i moved here. The alpha was very understanding." I tried to explain keeping it to a bare minimum so I wouldn't make a mistake or give him any information to judge or jump to any conclusions about me.

" oh you were a foste-" I cut him off before he could finish i didn't want to talk about my self anymore

" where are you from?" I asked trying to distract him from what could be many questions he has about my self. He knew exactly what I was doing I could see it in his eyes but he smiled and let it go.

" im from the silver moon pack. This is one of our sister packs so when their beta left I was next in line. My grandpa grew up here so this is like a second home to me. I spent my summers here learning how to fish and hunt."

" oh..uh ok that sounds awesome" I said not really sure what to say. I never got to do anything like that. My foster parents were a lot older when they took me in. They had a lot on their plates and they didn't really have time to teach me that much or spend time with me. I completely understood it though. They were older they had jobs and pack responsibilities of thier own. It wasn't thier fault that they got stuck with me.

" do you know how to fish" he asked brining me out of my thoughts. I shook my head.

" no my foster parents were a lot older when they took me in. They had a lot on thier plates. So I mainly played with my barbies hair. Hence how I got into hair styling" I chuckled unable to help how I could just tell him all of this. It took me over a year to tell miss Leah about me even being a foster child. Here this gorgeous man is walking right next to me and im basically telling him my whole life story.

He could sense my being uncomfortable he quickly stopped walking and turned around to look at me.

" i can tell its hard for you to talk about yourself. Would you like to just walk in silence and listen to the nature around us?" He asked like music to my ears. My mouth dropped what he asked was like a dream come true. I love listening to nature and here is a man not slapping my butt, but asking if I want to walk in silence amd listen to the woods around me.