Loving My Mate

Little Green Eyed Monster

HARRISON POV

As soon as Jessie mentioned supplies, Brighton jumped out of my hold to sign off on the packages.  I almost kissed her!  It was so close!  Her scent engulfed me and when she put her nose to my neck I just had to touch as much of her as I could.  I have never wanted a woman like I did in that moment, but I wanted her to trust me before I pushed.  Then she started touching me back, and I was a goner.  Her lust filled eyes are something are what I need from her daily, if not multiple times a day.  I crave her more than ever, even now.  She walks back towards me and I’m excited to go back to where we left off…. until she grabs my hand.  “Come on, I want to show you something,” she says smiling at me.  “Please tell me it’s to your house,” I half hope.  She actually ‘tsks’ me, but glances back and gives me a wink. 

She leads us outside the back part of the daycare to a playground where a bunch of kids were playing.  And when I say a bunch, there’s at least 50 kids here under the age of 10.  I guess mom wasn’t exaggerating about a baby boom.  Brighton switches from holding my hand to hanging on my arm, smiling at all the kids.  I wonder if she’s thinking about pups with me?  The more I think about her with my child, the bigger my smile gets. 

“Mom! Auntie B!  Tell Jacob to stop chasing me!!!” a blonde hair girl yells, running up to Jessie.  And not too far behind her is a blonde hair boy.  “She’s lying mom! I just want to give her a big hug!” 

 “Do not!”

They start running circles around us until Jessie whips up the girl in her arms, causing the chase to end.  Jessie looks at me and smiles.  “Aubrie, Jacob, say hello to Alpha Harrison.” 

They both stare at me in awe, but Jacob gets over it and salutes like a real soldier. 

“Two kids huh Jessie?  Nice to meet you.  You look just like your father when he was your age.” 

“I’m going to be a warrior just like him!” 

Jessie shakes her head.  “We actually have three.  Our youngest is barely a year old.  With Cole taking over trainings along with border patrol, and my office job, this daycare will be such a goddess send.”

I’m glad mom was able to get this project going.  It does seem like its needed. 

“Auntie B, why are you holding the alpha's arm?” 

Brighton clears her throat and glances at me with a shy smile.  I drag her closer to my body and kiss her forehead.  “She’s my mate.  Your auntie B is your future luna- how cool is that?” 

The kids eyes bug out and get excited, but I feel Brighton tense next to me.  I turn to look at her and she has a tight smile.  I start to ask her if she’s okay, but I get spoken over. 

“BRIGHTON!!!” 

She turns around, away from my body and runs excitedly to a male by a movers truck.  When she jumps into his arms and he twirls her around, I growl loudly and start to advance.  Jessie tugs on my arm.  “Chill Harrison.  They’re just friends.” 

“He’s unmated,” I clip out.  Jessie says something, but I'm too focused on the scene before me. 

Brighton starts dragging the male closer to me and I want to snatch her away.  When she approaches me, she has a huge smile on her face.  I didn’t cause that smile which makes me angry.  “Harrison, this is Tony.  Tony, this is Alpha Harrison.” 

That’s it.  No ‘he’s my mate’, no ‘the man of my life’.. nada. 

“Tony has been one of my dearest friends over the years!  I know y’all will get along just great!”  She’s so bubbly about this guy, and I can’t even fake a smile.  He holds his hand out to shake, but I just stare at it.  Brighton’s smile falters.    

He’s almost my height, brown hair and brown eyes.  Yea, he looks like he works out, but clearly I am the bigger prize. 

“Uhh… I’m from the neighboring pack.  I’m here delivering furniture for the new daycare.  It’s a pleasure to meet you Alpha.  Brighton here is a special lady.”  He picks up a stray of her hair when he says special lady, and tucks it behind her ear. 

My fists start clenching and red starts clouding my vision.  Before I can snap on this asshole, Mark drops an arm across my shoulders and gives me a death grip squeeze.  He holds his other hand out to Tony.   “Mark, nice to meet you.  I’m Brighton’s best friend.”  Brighton and Tony laugh and he shakes his hand. 

“I’m gonna have to steal the alpha for some boring desk job duties, so you enjoy your day.”  I give a tight nod, not trusting any words coming out of my mouth.  I glance at Brighton before I turn around and she has a frown on her face.  And I just walk away.

“Dude, get yourself under control,” Mark says as I slam my office door shut. 

I can’t believe I just left her out there with that male.  “What the f**k was I supposed to do Mark?  Be happy that she was flaunting a boyfriend in front of me?” 

I start pacing the room and only stop when I realize Mark didn’t reply.  I stop to look at him.  He’s looking at me as if he wants to kill me.  “You know better than that you stupid f**k.  Brighton would never… how the hell could you think of her like that?”

When his words sink in, my gut caves in.  I sit in my chair and run my hands through my hair, down my face.  I look up at the ceiling, speaking mainly to myself.  “She didn’t introduce me as her mate. Not even to Jessie.  And when I told the kids she was the future luna, she tensed up, as if she doesn’t want it.” 

Mark sighs and we sit in silence.  “You need to talk to her.  That’s all I got to say.”  He gets up and leaves and I just sit there, contemplating how I’m going to fix this.  We’ve been mates for 3 days now, and this is the second time we’ve had a misunderstanding.  We can’t build anything together if it keeps going on like this.