The Alpha King and the Shadow

Chapter 3

"Hi." I said to him.

He glances at me then back at the girl. "Oh um hi." He says back after stealing another glance at the girl. I feel his nervousness to go up to her, his anger for her being with another and not waiting for him, his disappointment, his love, and his jealousy. I feel it all.

"What is your name?" I ask as the bartender brings the kid his drink. "Isaiah." He answers back. Taking another glance and the girl. "Well Isaiah, I just wanted to tell you that you need to go save your mate. She looks like she is about to get eaten by the big bad wolves." I say. And he just looks at me.

"What? How did you know?" He asks, clearly confused.

"Empath, Isaiah. And the way you are staring at her is also an indicator." I give him a slight smile as the bartender comes over with my drinks. I grab them then look at Isaiah.

"That is her cousin, he is escorting her and does not notice she has found her mate. She is very nervous, so go and help her.." I say and walk back to Jona and Laura. I hand them their drink and see Isaiah has left the bar and went up to the girl. Her cousin has let her go and is keeping an eye out while the two are talking. I smile and take a sip of my drink.

"I hate when you are nice to people. That makes us seem weak." Fen all but spits.

"I am nice to those who need help other than that I stay away. Plus his mood was so high I could feel it from here." I replied back to her. She rolls her eyes the retreat back but still paces.

"Lee. Lee!" I feel a pinch on my arm and scowl. I look up to see my sister, Maleena, who has arrived with my father and brother, Sebastian, looking at me.

I was going to help Maleena get ready, but she insisted she would with her friends and then ride with the rest of the pack. Then Laura stole me and insisted I get ready with her.

Maleena is 17, while I’m 24 and Sebastian is 25. Mom died when Maleena was 9 and I have raised her since. Maleena and Sebastion got our mother’s dirty blond hair and both of our parent’s blue eyes. I got our fathers black hair and somehow ended up with green eyes. We all got their olive skin tone. Maleena got our mother’s height, standing at 5 foot 8 inches. While Sebastion got our fathers, standing at 6 foot 3 inches. I am in the middle at 5 foot 11 inches. Maleena got our father’s gift of electricity, while Sebastion and I got our mother’s gift of empathy. We can feel people's emotions and if we are calm enough send them some calm energy to help mellow out their heightened emotions.

I looked at her and smiled. "You look gorgeous, my little sun." I say. She smiles.

"Thank you. It’s time to go into the ballroom." She says. I look around and see that everybody is staring to enter into the big double doors next to the bar. I nod and start walking towards the doors with the rest of the pack.

Maleena looks up at me with a curious gaze and asks "Why were you staring at that young couple?" I look back into her baby blues and pinch her cheek.

"Because I like seeing the aftermath of my help." She rolled her eyes and took my arm. I feel her nervous energy and pat her arm with my other hand, focusing on giving her some peace to help calm her nerves. She looks up at me,

"Thanks but you didn't have to do that." She says.

"I know." I reply with a small smile.

As we continue to the ballroom we find our seats. I look around and the place is huge. There are hundreds of round tables to accommodate all of the packs. Each pack brought their unmated females, and the families of the Alpha’s, Betas, and Gammas. The Delta’s stayed home to assume the pack's safety for the next couple of days.

The room is white and gold, like the colors of the royal crest. Each table is clearly marked for each pack by the colors of the table runner. Our colors are dark purple and navy blue.

We all take a seat and everyone starts chatting. I listen in to different conversations. Most of the women and girls are talking about the King’s mate and how excited they are about the possibility of it being them. Other’s are catching up with old friends and some are talking about rouges. Once I heard two alpha’s conversations mention rogues. I zone in.

"I had an attack last week, there were about 20 of them trying to get into the borders. One said.The other chimed in after saying.

"We had them take our betas mate and daughter when we were all training. By the time we realized what had happened we saw them running back to the packhouse. When we got to the scene there were 10 rogues slaughtered. MaryBeth said it was the Shadow who killed them, but when we got there, there was no scent." Sh*t now they're talking about me.

"What? Did she get a good look at em?" The one asked.

"No, all she said was that whoever it was told her to run without even speaking, She said it sounded like a woman, but wasn’t sure. "But could you imagine the Shadow being a woman? That’s simply not possible with the way.."

The conversation was cut short with a loud boom. It was a set of smaller doors that opened to the side of the room, everyone stood up. We were far enough back that we couldn't see anything but as soon as the announcer came onto the podium Fenir started to pace. "Would you stop it? I hate when you do this it puts me on alert." I scolded her.

"It should because we are yet to meet another mate who will hurt us. You should be on alert dips*t. We can’t be here, we need to get out of here." She says. Paranoia and worry laced with her words.

"We can’t just leave fen. Whoever it is we will be fine. We have our necklace and they won’t be able to recognize us. It is FINE." Once I look back up to the podium I see that the Royal Gamma, and Royal Beta have been introduced and there was a man walking on the stage. He was dressed in a white suit with gold accents and immediately I knew and understood Fen’s worry.

That is the KING. King Alarick and he was our Mate.