The Last Centennial Witch and Her Alpha Wolf

2. Newbies...

Connor's p. o. v

I woke that morning with a strange feeling in me, a feeling that something brilliant will happen today. I'm a werewolf and can shift any time I want into my wolfie self. We are not like the stories; we don't only shift on a full moon. We don't walk around on two legs like the monsters in fairy tales. We are peaceful creatures, most of the time. But should you come near our mates or kids with the intent to harm them and we will rip your head off without a second thought or remorse. Simple really. We also don't talk with our wolves, we do get feelings, emotions or intuition from them though.

The wolf is in us and we are in the wolf.

Anyway, I'm the Alpha of Silver Cross pack. We are a massive pack and I rule them all. We do not let strangers in easily and always meet anyone away from our pack grounds, this way no-one actually knows our location. I have a cabin fully kitted out where I do any meetings. Located about 25 miles from here, we are also out in the wilds of Northern Dakota. Surrounded by woodlands, this adds another layer to our secrecy and protection.

I would say my life is good, the only thing missing is my mate. I've searched for a few years now, Also I have fought my s****l urges as I wanted to only be with my mate, but the urges are getting harder to fight. The sluts in this pack don't make it easy to escape them, they are always scrapping over me. Each trying to declare to everyone that they will be my Luna once I give up on finding the one and have to take a chosen mate. I don't have long left to find her. I'm 20 now and I turn 21 in a week, I have 7 days left before I either have to take a chosen mate or risk losing my pack. I cannot let that happen.

Fuck it! I need a run.

I get up and jump in shower, Chuck some basketball shorts and a loose t-shirt on. I'll need to change when I get back anyway. I go down the three flights of stairs and grab a quick breakfast.

"Hey Josh, want to go for a run?" I ask my best mate and Beta of my pack. Josh Kilton. We grew up together and are close in age. He hasn't found his mate yet either.

"Yeah man, can we go up near the north boarder? One of the patrols said they could pick up two different scents but when tracked it, they can't find anyone or anything to match what they are smelling. They just ended up walking around the same space. I'm sure me and you, being the best. We can actually find these two people and we will get them to move it along." He can be a smug little s**t when talking about me and him. He is right though; we are the best trackers in the pack.

"If you’re ready then man, then we will get going" I tell him, and he nods. We walk out the pack house and I look down towards the market village, everyone running round going about their day. We walk north towards the creak that's about a mile away. As we approach the creak which isn't on our grounds, I pick up the scent the patrol was talking of.

"Do you smell that? One smells like chocolate and the other vanilla. My hearts racing Josh. The one that smells of chocolate is my mate!" I can't believe it. Just in time to. I have 7 days to mate, mark and announce her to the pack.

"That's lucky then the other scent is mine!" He is wearing a s**t eating grin. We chase the smells to an open area secluded away in the woods. Two girls are standing on the other side of the clearing, with my enhanced senses, I can hear the one that is my mate’s voice and it’s beautiful.

"How the hell do we trust anyone to try and find the man I should be with Leah? What's the point in this destiny crap if I can't even find that one that is supposed to go through all this s**t with me? Or should I say, us?" I hear her. Well baby you found him now. Actually, I've found you. I think to myself. I open a link to Josh.

"Hey, how do you want to do this? Should we just call out to them or what?" He doesn't get chance to answer as the other girl Leah I think she called her speaks:

"Z, do you feel that? Someone has breached the Ward?" She turns around and all of us connect to each other, I see her emerald eyes that I could just fall into.

"s**t!" My mate Z says and with a snap of her fingers they disappear.

"Their witches Connor. If they light that's ok but if their dark what the hell do we do?" Josh says still looking around for the girls. We walk across the creak. We need to talk to them. Maybe they can still hear us and haven't gone far.

"Girls! Come out please, we mean no harm… I'm Alpha Connor Lee, and this is my Beta Josh Kilton. We came as you have settled close to our grounds and we just need to speak with you. Please come out?" I ask in the calmest voice I can.

Zoe p. o. v

"How the hell do we trust anyone to try and find the man I should be with Leah? What's the point in this destiny crap if I can't even find that one that is supposed to go through all this s**t with me? Or should I say us?" I ask Leah, having yet another one of my rants, I feel so low at the moment.

"Z do you feel that? Someone has breached the Ward?" She says with a panicked edge whilst standing up after planting some of the magic herbs we use.

"s**t!" I say as I see them across the clearing that the cabin is in. We have it spelled so it vanishes to anyone else. People can even walk through it, but still can't enter the cabin without our consent, Like an invite. I snap my fingers and turn us invisible. I feel a connection to one of them. The tall guy with broad shoulders and a f*****g fantastic body. Dark hair and blue eyes. He is all man even from this distance. We hear them talk and Leah just points to her ear, as if to say 'let's just Listen for now.'

"Their witches Connor. If they light that's ok but if their dark what the hell do we do? Maybe they can still hear us and haven't gone far." One speaks, too be honest they are both hot but the one he called Connor, is completely smoking hot.

"Girls come out please, we mean no harm… I'm Alpha Connor Lee, and this is my Beta Josh Kilton. We came as you have settled close to our grounds and we just need to speak with you. Please come out?" Connor speaks and I could just listen to his baritone voice all day. I feel I can trust him, could he be the one I'm looking for? Has the Goddess Granted my wish? I snap my fingers once again to reveal us but also moved us, so we were about ten feet from them.

"f**k! Warn a man next time will ya?" They both jump and we end up giggling at them.

"What do you want?" I ask.

"Well, you both keep coming to this creak that is close to the pack and one of the patrols picked up your scents but couldn't find you to let you know you was too close to the pack grounds..." Leah interrupts him.

"They must have been the two guys who was cursing at us as they couldn't find us... Remember they shifted in frustration and ended up scaring s**t out of me?" Leah points out… Yeah I remember them… Stupid fuckers!

"What!!" The Josh guy says, with a look of anger and Leah steps back and slightly behind me. We have had some really bad run inns with the werewolves. His face softens seeing Leah's scared reaction to him.

"I'm sorry, please don't be afraid of me?" He wears a look of pain seeing the fear in her eyes.

"Look, we have had some really bad run inns with werewolves so you will have to excuses her reaction, so you want us to move on?" I speak to Josh first and address my question to the Alpha.

"NO" They both say fast and together.

"Sorry... No pleases don't go... Erm.... This my come out wrong, But your our mates. They lady behind you is Josh's and well... Erm... Your mine... Do you not feel a connection between the four of us?" He lifts his hand behind his head in a nervous gesture. Scratching his neck before running his hand through his hair... It must be because he is calling us mates. That must be the reason why I want to run my hand through his hair instead of letting him do it himself...

"Well yeah, Leah we are going to have to invite them in and talk this out babe." I tell her, she nods and moves back as I step forward.

"Just hold still the pair of you a moment" I tell them and don't give them chance to move or speak, one quick incantation and the cabin reveals itself to them.

"Follow us." I turn and hold Leah's hand leading us all to walk back to the cabin. When Zena comes flying out snarling and growling at the guys, planting herself between us and them. Her hair all rises up along her back as she brings her hackles up and puffs out her body, looking the whole avenging package ready to tear them apart in defence of us.

"Woow Zena stop! It's ok girl. Friend’s.... for now!" My Zena sit's and drops her hackles and watches the guys who are shocked with how loyal she is to us. She looks the size of a normal wild wolf, so I understand their surprise. Wild wolves never normally come around humans.

"Sorry, this is Zena my familiar… First ever wolf familiar! But like I said, we have had some bad run inns with your kind, and we would have been dead a few times if it wasn't for her, she’s just protective." I explain her reaction and turn to walk. We all reach the cabin and the lads are again shocked about the inside. I made it with logs for all the walls and complete varnished wood floor, the living room is big with all top-quality sofa's suite, Rugs, and matching curtains. In fact, the whole cabin is furnished with all top-quality goods. What! We are witches that can create anything, might as well have the best.

"Nice place, I don’t really want to come across as giving you the Spanish inquisition but why would our kind attack you? We are peaceful unless you attack us, so can you explain?" Connor asks me. I look to Leah.

"If we are meant to be their mates Zoe, they are going to need to know. If we can't trust them then we really can't trust anyone!" She encourages me and I walk to sit in the living-room. Everyone sits, I wave, and four open ice-cold beers appear on the table.

"Thanks" Josh says as he grabs two and gives one Connor.

"Well let's start with I'm the Centennial Witch!" Josh nearly chokes on his beer.

"Look I'm not bad, I have never used my dark magic, that’s why them that are chasing me are still alive. The other witches tried turning immortal through vamp blood and lost all access to the light magic and the moon goddess, I'm also the 13th, the last one." I pull up my sleeve and show them the four marks, I then stand and drop the jacket down. I have a backless top on so they can see my Centennial Mark between my shoulder blades. I feel a finger trace the mark and where his fingers touch, lightening shoots under my skin. I involuntarily shiver from his touch. I turn back around, and Connor is stood right in front of me, I lose myself in his eyes.

"We never thought you was bad, Babe. Far from it. Yes, we have heard the stories, but we know it was choice for them… Chasing immortality if I heard right with what you just said." He strokes my cheek as softly as he speaks. I don't recall how long we stood there but when I went to sit, he instantly sat by my side. Looking over at Josh, he too had scooped Leah up in his arms and was just sitting down with her being placed on his lap. Connor's arm comes round the back of the sofa and he angled his body to face me all while sitting as close as possible.

"Continue sweetheart."

"Errmm... Yeah ... So, we lost our mums and my twin sister, 2 days after our 13 birthday. After we went through ascension to receive our powers. My daft sis had henna and drew the other three elemental power tattoos as a way to show me her support. They had nipped out and was caught and executed, they thought she was me! Leah and I have been running since then. Quite a few close calls to be honest. One being close enough to cause me injuries. I tried to get Leah to run and leave me behind but been my half-sister she refused. There are three different groups after me, each one wanting me for a different reason. One group wants to kill me, one wants to control me and my power and the last wants to force me to take their leader as my life partner, thus granting him immortality and very powerful children." He growls as he heard the plans the last group has for me. Alphas are really possessive when it comes to their mate. More than any other ranked wolf.

"No, Your mine. They are not getting their f*****g hands on you… f**k the immortality and you aren't running no-more… I won’t just give you up, and it appears that the goddess wants you for me!" He growls firm with this command, like he has the power to stop the world. I never though possessiveness would turn me on, but f**k if that wasn't as sexiest thing I have ever seen or heard. He takes a few deep breathes, smelling me to calm himself before he speaks again.

"Come back with us now, please? Me and my pack, we will keep you and Leah safe. Please come back with us?" He asks in a normal manner.

"What do you think Leah?" She looks at me, tearing her eyes from Josh and nods so fast I thought her head will fall off. I look back at Connor and smile my ok.

"Come on then." Zena and Leah stand and walk out with me. The lad's follow behind.

"Don't you need to pack everything you need? We won’t be letting you come back here." Josh asks us, well more Leah than me but I answer instead with a wide grin.

"Silly, Silly Little Wolf!" Leah giggles at me as I torment Josh. I look at the Cabin and with a click everything disappears. See my magic works with Intentions. All I have to do is picture things in my mind and click my fingers. What I want, Appears, Disappears, or happens. Good but also deadly if I don't keep my temper under control. Some intricate spells require incantations but none of the elements do.

"Lead the way My Alpha." He grins with the ‘my Alpha’ part and we all walk back holding hands...