The Spare Mate

Chapter 1 Xavier’s pov Life has always been simple for me, I was an only child, loved by my parents and pack. I grew up knowing that one day I would take over from them and had been training all of my life for it. My parents were the perfect couple and the perfect example of what an Alpha and Luna should be. I spent my life knowing that I wanted that when I grew up. We were always told how important true mates were, so I kept myself for my mate so I could give her all of my firsts and hoped that she did the same for me. One of my best friends growing up was a sweet warriors daughter named Danielle. I think that I have always been in love with her from the moment we met on her first day of school. Her hair was like spun gold. It shone in the sunlight and looked as soft as silk. Her eyes were like looking at the clearest skies on a summer day, I could think of anyone who looked more perfect than she did. I always hoped that she would one day become my mate. It was something I prayed to the moon goddess about as long as I could remember. She was 2 years younger than me, but it was worth the wait. I made sure that everyone knew not to mess with her or flirt with her. What can I say? I am a possessive alpha wolf. It was all worth it in the end, as I discovered she was my mate as soon as she turned 18 and shifted for the first time into her golden wolf Honey. She was just as gorgeous in both forms and Casper my pale blonde, almost white wolf was just as in love and enamoured with our mate. Life was pretty much perfect at this point, I was already Alpha of the pack, and my mum was training Danielle before we had her luna ceremony. All that could make it better was to have a pup or two running around. Danielle wanted to wait until she was fully trained before setting the date of her luna ceremony, and be secure in the job before she even thought about having pups. I wasn’t entirely happy about it, but I have always know what my path would be in life plus I was two years older than her, so I needed to give her the time to get used to her new role in life and all the responsibilities that came with it. I would never want her to regret things that I pushed her into. So I was patient we had an amazing 2 months living together, as we discovered everything about each others bodies. It was exciting that we both had no idea what we were doing, and we were exploring it together. We quickly discovered what we and each other liked best. It was blissful and the whole pack were excited that it was one of their own that would become luna, they were also happy because they knew she was strong and had been trained from a pup by her parents. She was probably our strongest female warrior, and she even outclassed many of our male warriors. What my pack and I loved most about her, though, was her pure heart. Even when she was young, she helped out the older wolves in her neighbourhood who didn’t have family there to help. She also helped out with the pups, babysitting for many members as she grew up. She was the perfect mate and Luna. If I had any idea what would happen at our new king and queen’s crowning ceremony I probably wouldn’t have gone, making up some sort of excuse why we couldn’t be there, but as they say hindsight is a wonderful thing. It was obviously expected of me to be there as the new alpha and of Danielle as my future luna. It meant holding off her luna ceremony for longer as she didn’t want it to be too close to theirs. I wish I had managed to talk her into doing it as soon as I discovered that she was our mate. I was feeling on edge the whole day, smelling an enticing scent that wasn’t my mates and feeling terrible that I was getting so much enjoyment of this new scent. Both Casper and I were confused about it and did our best not to seek it out. When Danielle had left to use the ladies, I went out in search of her, as she was gone for quite some time and I was starting to get worried. I followed her scent as I drew closer to the foreign scent at the same time. I was beyond shocked and furious when I found my mate in the arms of another woman, and they were practically eating each others faces off. I was so blinded by rage that I had found my perfect luna cheating on me with another that I blocked out Casper and read them the riot act. I don’t even think I registered that it was the princess until her brother my new king stepped into the hall demanding to find out what was going on, I would really like to know the answer to that myself. I had no idea that Danielle was even attracted to other women. She had never shown any signs of it or said anything. So I was almost floored when she said that Raquel was her mate. I was confused and hurt, so I insisted that it had to be witchcraft. There was no other explanation. This had never happened before, what was the moon goddess playing at. I was barely registering what was being said, but I did catch Raquel saying to her brother that she felt the bond with Danielle and also with me, before he demanded to know what I felt, which forced Casper back in my mind as he said that Raquel was ours as well. I didn’t want to admit it, but unfortunately, I couldn’t fight against his command and had to answer honestly. He even got the Queen of Witches to confirm that magic wasn’t present. She did, and Danielle practically begged me to accept this, even going as far as to say she couldn’t leave without her. In the end I was given no choice but to bring her back with us, I still insisted that she stay in her own room that night and we would sort out living arrangements when we got back to our pack. Neither woman was happy about it, but they accepted it. We are only two packs away from the Royal Pack, so it would only be an hour and a half’s drive in the morning, but that would feel like a lifetime. I barely slept that night worrying about everything, and Casper was complaining that our mate was away from us, but I needed to think, and I couldn’t do that with her scent driving my wolf crazy. With many more threats from her family members to keep her safe, we were off stuck in a tiny car as my very amused beta Craig drove us home. He had a conversation through mind link with me, not wanting the girls to hear it. C: You know how much of a lucky bas.tard you are getting two gorgeous mates. The other guys are going to be so jealous. X: don’t Craig, you know, as well as I do that they will think this is boll.ocks and an excuse to get my di.ck wet. C: Everyone will be able to feel she is also our luna. Hell, I can feel it, and Todd is happy to submit to her. X: it’s not right. Why would the goddess do this? It fine for our wolves, they just think respect, food, and s*x, as long as they have that they are happy. I can’t be with her. It would feel like I was betraying Danielle. C: don’t be daft, you can tell Danielle is already smitten by her just as she is with you. She will be happier if you stop overthinking everything and just accept it. X: sh.it I need time to do that. What is the pack going to say? She is a fuc.king princess. They are going to want her to bear my heir, so the next alpha is strong. Will they even still look up to Danielle as much, knowing Raquel is stronger. I promised that Danielle would be the only one to carry my pups when she was ready. C: well that’s something the three of you need to work out, and I think you are underestimating our people they love Danielle, and I am sure they will love them both equally.