The Gamma's Heart

Chapter 2 Second Mate

Noah POV

Shifting back to my human form, my eyes stayed glued to Clara.

I knew of her but didn't know her personally. She was of Gamma blood like her parents. I was a little shocked to find out I was mated to her. I began darting to the tree trunks hoping to see one of them hollowed out where we keep spare clothes for wolves who had to shift in the wilderness. Spotting one, just behind her next to the stream.

Pointing to the tree I ask, "Can you hand me a pair of shorts and a shirt please?" nodding her head she turned around and dug in the hole for the clothes. "There's only a pair of shorts in here," she muttered as she stood back up and tossed the shorts to me. Quickly slipping them on, I told her she could turn around.

When she did I finally got a good look at her. Her raven locks hung just past her shoulders, with natural curls in them. But she was looking down, I couldn't see her eyes. "Can you look at me? I promise I wont hurt you."

Clara shook her head and downright refused to look at me head on. "What's wrong? " I ask her, I could hear her heart rate. It's been beating like a jackhammer since before I announced my arrival to her. I followed her into the woods when she ran past the packhoise, where I was dropping supplies off for my mother.

"You can't be, not you...its impossible," she was rambling and I couldn't make out what she was saying.

"Clara, stop! You're clearly freaked out about you being my mate-" I stopped when she looked up at me, her green eyes looking directly at me. I could tell she was crying before I even approched her. Her eyes were red and her cheeks were blotchy from it.

She took a deep breath to settle her heavy breathing. "It's not just you, your Beta Wyatt is also my mate, so this isn't possible. I've never heard of anyome who had two mates."

A confused look took over my features, "Wyatt? Are you sure?" She nodded her head slowly, " I can't be y'alls mate. I told him that right before I rejected him but he wouldn't accept it. I'm not worthy of being with either of you."

"If you reject me, I'll just reject it like he did. The moon Goddess don't make mistakes-"

"She did when she paired me with the both of you." She breathed out as a tear slipped down her face. "Why do you think that, Clara?" I asked her.

"I can't tell you because we don't belong together." She said backing away from me.

"Clara stop-" I went to step forward when my fathers voice boomed in my head "Noah where are you? There are rouges in the forest!" I began to panic as I told him I was in the forest with another pack member. "Son get to the packhouse, there's atleast 20 of them on the western border.

Focusing back in on my surroundings, I don't see Clara in front of me anymore. "Clara?" I yelled. Where did she go? I opened up the link to her but she blocked me out.

"Clara theres rouges on this side of the border, please come back!" I yelled out to her, hoping she could hear me.

I picked up her scent, so I ran after it in the direction it was leading me to. Unfortunately she was running deeper into the woods.

So I shifted as I lept over a fallen tree and picked up my pace. Hearing a scream in the direction I was headed made me panic even more. "Clara?" I yelled into the link when I found it open. "N-Noah, there's too many of them. I can't shift, I just turned 17!"

Fear gripped my heart, and I quickly linked my Beta, "Wyatt I need your help. We're atleast a mile from the stream in the western border." I could feel how nervous he was as he replied

"I'm on my way I'll grab a few extra pack members. Who's with you a pack warrior?" I dreaded telling him but I knew I had to. "No, it's Clara. She's my mate too, Wyatt. I heard her scream."

"5-10 minutes tops brother we're coming." he growled out.

My steps slowed as I picked up the foul smell of rouge, I could see a few of them through the trees. Getting closer my hackles rose and a sadistic growl came from me when I saw one was in human form, he was at least in his early 20s. He was leaning down over something but I couldn't make out who or what it is.

It wasn't until I got closer, when I seen it was my mate.