The Wolf's Mate

Chapter 6

My parent's faces went from confused to pissed off within two-point milliseconds. Today was an emotional rollercoaster, Jesus Christ. My mother was the first to say something, " That little bastard, I'm gonna gut him like a fish and throw him to the sharks! " My father put a hand on her shoulder, " Now dear, you are going to have to try to get to him first before I do because we will be having serious words. The Alpha has much to answer for." My eyes were huge, and I tried to look at the twins for help, they shrugged their shoulders.

 I groaned; they were useless I swear. I pinched the bridge of my nose and sighed. " Mom, Dad I do not need you going after Chase. I am perfectly fine with how things are right now. He is just going to have to deal with me being here, he already gave me permission as long as I am working, I can be on pack territory with no consequences. " I left out his threat about my death if I caused trouble, I don't think that it's something my parents needed to know that second. I turned to the twins, " Why did you guys keep this to your selves?" David shook his head, " It wasn't our secret to tell." I nodded and returned my attention back to my parents.

They started to calm down although my mom still looked a little angry. " Fine darling, we won't interfere, but if he tries anything he and I will have words." I rolled my eyes and nodded, " Yes mom, I know."  Everyone said their goodbyes and they all left. The apartment immediately felt quieter and empty. I sighed and rolled my neck, I needed to call Trent to let him know I was here and ok. I headed to my bedroom and laid on my stomach on the bed. I pulled out my phone and scrolled through my contacts. I clicked on Trent's name and brought the phone up to my ear and waited. It rang a couple of times before he finally answered. " Hey beautiful" I smiled at his words. "Hey, cutie what are ya up to?"

I heard him chuckle, " Nothing much babe, I just got home from work. How was the drive?"  I started picking at the blanket on the bed and kicked my feet back and forth, " It wasn't horrible. The worst part was having to see the leader of my family's community today and my family decided to drop by."  Trent spoke and I could hear the confusion in his voice, " That's where you're originally from? You would never tell me about where you lived when you talked about the community and your family." 

I cringed, I tried to keep my life growing up as vague as possible, I couldn't really tell Trent about the pack. he was human and that was against pack law throughout the world. If you ended up mating a human, the only way you were allowed to tell them is if you were married and had moved to pack grounds. " Yeah, I'm from the Alamosa area."

"Why did you have to meet with the leader today?" I took a second to try to come up with an answer that was mostly the truth. " The community owns a lot of land and property around here and with my job I will need access to a lot of places if I need to track someone down or investigate an area. So, I stopped by to get permission to be allowed into these places, it was a little tense because of the way I left home. " Trent was silent for a second, absorbing this fake lie. Well, it wasn't a complete lie, I did need permission to be on pack land. " Why did you leave?"

 I took in a sharp breath and let it go, " Let's just say that this community life is not for everyone, and I wanted to leave. So, I did, but I didn't let anyone know my plans and haven't had any contact with anyone for the past couple of years."  He took a minute before saying, " I had always wondered where you had grown up and why you never mentioned any family." I cringed again before replying, " Yeah I didn't like talking about my family and I know I should have to at least told you about them." I sigh before quickly saying, " We really need to reschedule our anniversary dinner, I feel horrible for having to cancel."

He chuckles, " Elena, I know how your job is and you can't control some things. Although I agree that we need to reschedule our dinner. How about I will head out there this coming weekend. We can have that dinner and you can introduce me to your parents, and you can show me around town. I would love to see where you grew up." I smiled and nodded, " That would be perfect, my family was curious about you when I mentioned you." After making plans Trent needed to get some sleep and I did as well. My first day at work was tomorrow and I wanted to be prepared for it.

Chase's Pov

I was running as my wolf through the woods around my packhouse, I was trying to get rid of this tension that has been there since Elena walked into my office. I was near my snapping point when the twins had refused to answer my calls on the phone and the pack mind link. When I became Alpha and the twins my Betas it was tense at first because they knew I was their sister's mate, they didn't know why she had left or why she was crying that night of the bonfire. I never told them that I had rejected her. They pushed and asked what had happened between us and I never broke down and told them. It was something that was between me and Elena and no one else. If she wanted to tell them that is on her they are her brothers.

When they came down to the car neither one looked at me and ignored me the entire drive to the packhouse. I waited for them to say something, I had a feeling Elena had revealed our secret to her family because not long after the twins and I's meeting was over her mother came up to me and started yelling at me. I didn't say anything till she was done and told her that she was lucky that she was Elena's mother because otherwise, she would have had a punishment. My own mother found out about the occurrence and demanded answers from me, I reluctantly told her about everything, and she was speechless. She hasn't spoken to me since. I could tell that she was very disappointed with me and how I dealt with everything.

For these past couple of years, I had kept looking for her despite that the pack already proclaimed her as dead. As her mate I knew that she wasn't, I would have felt her death if she had died. I didn't tell anyone this, due to the fact that the questions would have come up about how I was so sure she was alive, and I didn't want to tell anyone. After the first year, I knew I had made a huge mistake... I shouldn't have rejected her; I could have helped her become more confident and to overcome any difficulties she had. We were only 16 I shouldn't have judged her so harshly. I had only reacted badly to her in my office today because I could smell another male on her.... she had moved on... and it was all my fault.

I stopped when I came to this realization, I felt my wolf whine and my tail and ears dropped down. I laid down and put my head down on my paws. Everything was my fault, I had no one to blame but myself. I had to fix this somehow and I wasn't sure how. I knew that Elena would never forgive me for the pain I had put her through. It was my fault that she was here, I had finally found her and contacted her captain. I pulled a few strings to get her here, I had hoped that we could talk about what happened and she could see her family again. I hated seeing the twins’ mope around on her birthday and around the holidays. What I hadn't expected was that she was seeing another man.

I stayed here for hours before finally standing up to head back to the packhouse, once I started walking back a thought came across my mind. What if... what if I tried to win her back?  Yes, she has moved on... but we were soulmates. That trumps everything. Well, it's supposed to. I wasn't sure how I was going to do it, but I was going to win Elena back. With this plan forming in my head, I started to pick up speed and quickly ran back. I could feel my wolf howl in my head, he was in agreement with this plan. I'm going to beg on my knees for the rest of my life if I have to.