Fated Mates (A reverse harem romance)

Chapter Two

School was normal, mundane, and just what I needed. My classes went as usual. I stayed quiet and worked through everything set and extra. I handed in all the work done last night to the shock of my teachers. Our final exams were next week and everyone was buried trying to keep afloat and here I was already complete with everything ready for the exams. I ate lunch alone as usual and then went to art class. 

I loved art. It was an escape. A chance to use my imagination not my many many memories. Our final projects were due soon and mine was already complete. So I was working on extra concept art for extra credit. I didn't notice the stranger enter the classroom and stand behind me as I drew. I didn't notice him talking until I felt him on my shoulder. I wheeled around quickly shrinking back from his touch. 

He was a young man with short brown hair. His handsome face when I turned looked shocked at his hand. As I moved further away from him I could see that his shoulders were wide set with big muscles being hidden behind a suit. When he had touched me my wolf had sat up. She was on full alert. He was definitely a shifter but my wolf had never reacted that way to a shifter before. The teacher moved to his side. She flicked her hair flirtatiously at the stranger. 

He continued to stare at his hand and then quickly recovered. "Well Mrs. Shaw I see that your pupils are indeed talented. This piece here is very striking." he said walking past me to my piece hanging on the wall. It was a depiction of the woods with a woman in a long white dress walking through them. Her dress was flowing but the ends were stained in blood. I don't know where the image had come from but it haunted me until I got it down on the canvas. 

Miss. Shaw rushed to his side almost throwing me out of the way as she did so. "Oh yes. Vic here is a real protégé. And it is miss." she added practically thrusting her chest in his face. He turned back to me. His piercing blue eyes felt like they could see right through me. 

"Well miss…?" he directed at me. 

"Silver" 

He smirked "Well miss. Silver it will be an honor to display this piece with the other final projects for this year in the gallery." he turned back to miss. Shaw. "I will make the arrangements when all the work is finished and the board can come and give their final gradings there." 

"Thank you Mr. Moonblood. We really appreciate your charity and are happy to have our pupils work displayed in your gallery. We just have a few release forms to sign and we will all be set. If you would just follow me." 

Miss. Shaw practically melted into his arm as she pulled him back towards the door." Until we meet again miss. Silver. " he said as he walked past me out of the room. 

I went back to my seat feeling disturbed by what had just transpired. I fished my phone out of my pocket and sent a message in the new group chat we had. 

Vic: who is Mr. Moonblood? 

Clark: where did you hear that name? 

Vic: he was just in my classroom. I could sense he is a shifter. Who is he? 

Mike: not good. What do you want to do Clark? 

Dean: what do you mean "not good". What is going on? 

Clark: nothing for you kids to worry about. Mike I'll give you a call when I am done on this job. You two get back to your school work. 

Well that created more questions than it answered. I leant over my concept art work and threw myself into it, until the bell for the end of school went. I packed up my stuff and put away my work. Everyone else had gone and I was almost finished cleaning up when the door opened. I looked over to see Mr. Moonblood walking into the room and close the door behind him. 

"I wasn't expecting to find a shifter at a human school like this. Are there more of you here?"

He said moving further into the room. I looked away and continued with my tidying. "You would have to ask them." I said not giving up my brothers for anything after yesterday my protectiveness was on high alert. 

"You think I would harm my own kind?" he said holding up his hand in a placatory manner. 

"I don't trust anyone Mr. Moonblood. Shifter or not." I put the last of the things away and went over to grab my bag when I noticed Mr. Moonblood had already picked it up and was holding it out of reach.

"Now, now miss. Silver. Why are you in such a rush? Most shifters are in packs far from here. And to find a female shifter this far from a large pack, well, it would be irresponsible for me to just leave you here if you are alone." 

"Who said she was alone?" I turned back to the door to see my three brother stroll in. They closed the door behind them and Clark slowly started to walk to get between me and Mr. Moonblood. 

"Clark Silver. I should have put it together sooner. Nasty sight at your parents house last night. My guys are still trying to hunt down the culprits."

"We appreciate all that the council is doing to help Alpha Moonblood." 

Alpha Moonblood? What the hell? "Yes well as the leader of all wolf shifters it would be irresponsible for me to leave something like that unpunished." 

At his words I audibly swallowed. Leader of the wolf shifters. He was hundreds of years old but looked in his early twenties. I had heard that shifters in packs stopped aging but to this extent I had never expected. I slipped further behind Clark not liking how Alpha Moonblood was looking at me. 

"You never said you had a sister. And she is a senior. She will need to start thinking about finding her mates soon. How do you expect her to do that without a proper pack?" 

"Well actually sir. Although she is a senior she is only sixteen." 

Alpha Moonblood mover further round and stared at me again. "Sixteen." he said his eyes roaming over me making me feel exceedingly uncomfortable. 

"Yes sir." Clark said moving to hide me behind him once more. 

"Well when she is finished with her school she will be moved to my pack. For her own safety. Until she comes of age and then I will help to find her suitable mates that will protect her." he said the whole thing as if it was a matter of fact, like he wasn't suggesting ripping me away from my family. Well what family I have left. 

" No. I will not leave my brothers. "I said quickly clenching my fists at the thought of loosing them too. 

"If I agree to take your brothers as well. Will you come to my pack?" he offered quickly. Too quickly. I felt like this was his plan. I looked to Clark for a response and he slowly nodded his head in agreement to Alpha Moonblood plan. "Well that is sorted then. I will be seeing you again soon miss. Silver." he said as he dropped my bag on the floor and walked past Dean and Mike out of the room. 

I let out a breath that I did not know I was holding. Clark turned and inspected my face. "Little one are you okay?" he asked stroking some stray hairs from my pony tail out of my face. 

"I'm fine. So after all this time we are all going to have to join another pack because of me." I said as I walked past Clark to pick up my bag. 

Clark grabbed my arm. "It is for all of us. We are not safe this far into the human territory anymore. Our parents would have took us sooner if they would have been welcome but they weren't so we all stayed here. Now they are gone and we need to be round our own kind." 

"Our own kind? You sound like the hunters. And what do you mean they weren't welcome?" 

Mike stepped closer "That's not what he meant little…" 

"Stop with the little one already. My name is Vic and why were our parents not able to join a pack?"

"It was Sam. He was an alpha of a pack. He had bigger goals and set to take over from Alpha Moonblood there. He failed, but because he had a family he said instead of executing him he would let him, his mates and his pups leave. They only had me and Mike then so they thought they would be fine in the human world. It was only when you came along that they tried to go back to a pack. An infant girl is not much of a bargaining chip. Apparently a teenage one is though." he said walking past me toward my brother. I looked at each of them not fully understanding. 

" You know female shifters are rare Vic. The reason is not that they are not born it is that they don't shift. Your wolf is strong. Stronger than a lot of male wolves."

"So I would be a good mate for a strong male." I realized. "a strong male does not want a mate that other males can force to submit." I kicked a chair out of my way. "This is bullshit. What if I don't want mates what if me and my wolf are happy as we are." 

I thought back to Alpha Moonblood touching my shoulder and shudder at how my wolf reacted. "Your wolf will want them. If they are stronger than her she will be drawn to them." Clark said. 

"What and I'm just brought along for the ride? I don't get a choice." 

Mike looked between Clark and Dean. "You get a choice in you get to choose which you want. But your wolf and the heat will push you to make the choice."

"Mike!" Dean and Clark chastised him for his words. 

"Heat? What is heat?" 

Clark turned slowly, looking uncomfortable "When you turn eighteen, as a female shifter, you will go through a state of intense… Need...it will drive you to want to fuck.."

"Blah blah blah blah… Ewe ewe ewe." I stuck my fingers in my ears. "Okay enough I wish I didn't ask, Jesus."

Mike came closer. "Come on let's get you kids home. I'm cooking tonight." 

With that we all walked out of the art room and out of the school. When we got to the car park there were three fancy cars parked in the lot which looked like they didn't belong. As we walked towards the jeep I saw the back doors of two of them open and large men in suits got out followed by another with a gun at their side. My brothers stopped and stood in front of me and fanned out. 

The men with the guns stood at the side of their cars whilst the others started to walk in our direction. The door of the third car opened and Alpha Moonblood got out. He fastened the button on his suit jacket and strolled towards the two men. "Alphas. I told you not to come here. Things have been taken care of here." 

"So she is going to your pack then Alpha?" One of the men with a blonde ponytail said, bowing his head slightly as a sign of respect. 

"She will once she has finished her school next week. There has been some miscommunication though which you would have heard if you would have stayed away as I ordered." 

"What miscommunication?" the other man said. His hair was short and blonde cut almost to the scalp. He seemed to have forgotten who he was talking to but quickly recovered with a slight bow of the head. 

"It seems our miss. Silver here is not coming of age for some time. She is exceedingly intelligent so is ahead of where she should be in school for her age. She will come to my pack next week once she has finished to remain safe until she is of age and then you may approach her but only when I say so." Alpha Moonblood said the last words with venom and force. I could feel his power in the air, it was stifling. My wolf sat up staring at the source of such a force. 

"How long is that alpha?" the long haired man asked still bowing. 

"Just over a year if the date of birth I gained from the office is correct." 

I sucked in my breath. Why had the office given my date of birth to a complete stranger? Jesus could this guy just talk his way into anywhere. 

"That is too long. My pack needs a Luna now and my wolf can sense her strength from over here I will not wait that long!" the guy with the short hair said taking a step closer to my wall of brothers. Growls rippled up their chests at the man's approach but in the blink of an eye Alpha Moonblood hand the man on the floor by the throat. 

" You think you are the only alpha in search of a Luna! You are wrong. And if you think I will let you touch a single hair on miss. Silvers head before she is ready you are sadly mistaken. If you are so desperate go and find another female shifter for your Luna but you will not be going near miss. Silver until I say so. Do you understand? "

The guy on the floor gasped for breath clawing at the hand around his throat. Then his head slowly nodded." Yes… Alpha...I… Understand ." he croaked out.

Alpha Moonblood let the man up dusting his hand on his pants before he looked my way. Our eyes connected between the shoulders of my brothers. "I apologies for the scene miss. Silver. I will be sure that any other advancements are dealt with before they reach your eyes in future." 

Lost for words, I nodded. There was something about his eyes, his gaze that made my heart pick up. My brothers circled around me as we continued to walk to the car. I climbed in quickly followed by my brothers who peeled out of the parking lot at a break neck speed. I couldn't help but look back at Alpha Moonblood just in time to see him kick the man on the floor hard in the stomach before walking calmly back to his car and climb in.