Supernova (bxb)

Chapter 2 - Dinner with the Devil

It had been a month...a month since my awakening! And nothing. No mate, no hint of them anywhere I looked. I had searched the entire pack and then my school and the two towns close by, but nothing. Why wasn't she here?? She was supposed to be here and make me happy and let me make her happy! We were supposed to meet each other immediately to start our journey of love and a life together, but nope...nothing. Just nothing.

Last week, I thought I had smelled her. I was just walking around outside with Cecilia, distracting myself, since that obnoxious asshole and enemy of our pack, Jasper Sutton, who was the alpha of the White claw pack, was in my alpha's office in that moment, and Asher had thrown me out. He said I wouldn't be friendly with Jasper and he was right, I wouldn't have, because he was our enemy. Him and his pack believed, that our species should live together in peace, not like how our pack handled things, like rather intimidating and overpowering other packs by using fear and gaining money and power. 

Well, Jasper Sutton was just an asshole, who had no business in this fucking territory, but for some reason, my Alpha had decided to hear him out. I had no idea what it was he wanted to discuss, but I just didn't like the fact, that he was here, so Asher may have been right to throw me out of that meeting, as much as I hated admitting that. I had been on the edge, ever since I realized, that finding my mate would be a little more difficult than I had thought, so yeah, I would have probably ripped that guy to pieces, not caring if it would start a war. 

Well anyway, to not get tempted to turn around and run into Asher's office and yell at that son of a bitch Sutton, I walked around outside with Cecilia, who made sure that I wasn't doing exactly that. We were just talking, when I had suddenly gotten a whiff of what seemed to be an extraordinary scent. It was more of a feeling actually, that I followed around and something inside me, which included my inner Wolf Rush, pushed me to find the source of that very faint scent, so I followed that lead. It was all around me and yet at the same time, it was nowhere. 

I ran around the pack frantically, thinking that this could lead me to my mate, but after hours of searching and bumping into people, I ended up with nothing. I didn't understand it, I was really hopeful there for a second, but it must have simply been a mistake. Cecilia on the other hand wouldn't let the matter go. She found it hilarious, how I had run around the pack like I had been bitten by a rabid squirrel and grabbed people, sniffing them up and down like a manic. Well it wasn't really funny to me, I was fucking bummed out when I realized, that I must have made a mistake and my mate wasn't close. 

It bugged me all week and now today, Asher was throwing a big ball, like we did once every year to meet with the allies again and see how things were with them. And that idiot had invited his human mate, who didn't even know about the existence of werewolves yet. Well, I slowly came around with Riley, the dude seemed cool, he just gave Asher a really hard time at the beginning when he still tried to hate him. Now, he had broken up with his boyfriend and at least admitted that he had some sort of feelings for Asher. I don't know, they were taking it slow and weren't even a couple yet, but that was Asher's thing. I just wanted to make sure that everything was going to be ok, because I had to protect Asher and my pack and that could only be guaranteed if Riley was ok as well. 

And I mean, he would be surrounded by alphas all evening without even knowing it. But worst of all, that Sutton guy was going to be there as well. I hadn't seen him in about three years or something, but I just knew that I hated him. He acted like he was so sophisticated and smart, while really he was just a coward. Only cowards want peace and not just fight for themselves. So I knew I had to keep an eye on him today, so that everything would go smoothly. 

I was an hour early, greeting the guests with Asher, who was nervous to see his mate again and I tried to support him, but after maybe thirty minutes, I just felt like something was off...Like something was really really wrong and that feeling only grew. I decided to walk around the room, making sure the guests who were already here weren't causing any trouble, as that feeling only grew, but I just couldn't put my finger on what could be wrong. Did I sense an attack?? Was somebody trying to kill Asher?? It wouldn't be the first time another pack was trying and maybe even succeeding in killing our Alpha, but I would not let that happen!! Not with Asher, my childhood best friend, I would rather die myself than letting any kind of harm come for him.