The Alpha and The thief

The last job

OLIVIA’S POV

“After this job, we will never have to work a day in our lives and we can finish paying the horrible Raul and get him out of our lives,” I said to Kelly as we prepared to go out to the mansion we had targeted.

“I can't wait to be free I have even forgotten what it means and how it feels to spend your money without worrying about anyone or having to share it with anyone” Mia my little sister said

"This should be our last job, I am done with the thug life," I said, and we all laughed

“When last did you speak to Raul anyway?” Kelly my best friend asked

"I think I last spoke to him a few days ago when he was throwing around threats like he usually does," I said as I put on my jeans and sneakers, we always made it a point to wear something that was light on the feet when we went out.

After our parents died in a car crash Mia and I were pretty much homeless. We couldn't afford to pay the mortgage of the house we had lived in with our parents and so we had to leave. At first, we were moving from shelter to shelter to spend the night until someone noticed us and called the social workers. Mia was eight years old and I was fifteen and the thought of the two of us being separated gave me nightmares so we went on the run and that landed us in the suburbs of Beverly hills.

Luckily for Mia and I, we met Kelly on the first night we got there, and although it was hard at first to find a way to make a living, we finally figured it out. Rich people and their big houses were going to be our ticket to the big time so we ditched the life of begging and pickpocketing and traded it for breaking into houses. It was all going well until we broke into the wrong house, it was Raul's house, the most ruthless gangster in Beverly Hills and he forced us to work for him and share all our earnings with him after we stole his gold Rolex watch. It wasn't that Raul needed the money but after he tried to get it on with me and I refused he figured he would punish us by making us work for him, and he often took almost 60% of anything we made.

“Let's get going guys,” I said as we finished getting dressed and then we headed out

We always made it a point that we would leave early in the morning when all the people in the targeted house had left for work.

The rules were simple, we were to stake out the house and find out how many people lived in there days before the break-in was supposed to happen. The last thing we all wanted was a repeat of the Raul episode when he caught us.

The house that we had targeted was the most beautiful that I had ever seen, it was a mansion. After a few days of staking the house, we discovered that the owner of the mansion was staying alone, with no wife or kids and it seemed he stayed with a few friends of his. The mansion seemed to be more like a house that was owned by some single Bachelor and I couldn't wait to get inside and explore the secrets and treasures hidden inside.

This was our ticket to the big time

“This is the most beautiful house that I have ever seen,” Mia said as we sneaked inside the beautiful mansion. Bypassing the security gate was like a piece of cake because we had already dealt with these types of alarm systems, but to the immature eye breaking into such houses seemed almost impossible.

Mia and Kelly started going through the drawers and taking whatever seemed to be worth a fortune. The house seemed to be dead silent and that was a good sign because it meant that no one was home.

“Guys I am going to check the next floor ok,” I said walking up the stairs and started exploring the next floor.

The house had beautiful vintage decorations and something about it gave me the idea that the owner was Italian. the floor was beautiful and clean and I imagined how hard it was for them to keep the white tiles clean all the time, I almost felt sorry for the person who cleaned this mansion. the hallways were beautiful and long and I couldn't imagine how this huge mansion was only occupied by a few people, it was too huge it should've been a hotel. A beautiful Italian Hotel.

I had always had a thing for Italian men and I had always imagined what having an Italian lover would be like even though I had never had a boyfriend and I was still a virgin, having an Italian boyfriend was my fantasy but a man like that would never look twice at a thief like me.

I found myself in the master bedroom that had a huge round bed that was right in the middle of the room and a mirror on the ceiling, the man eho slept here must have been a self-centered man. There was a huge portrait hung on the head of the bed and I found myself mesmerized by the eyes of the man staring back at me. The eyes were icy blue and they made the man on the portrait seem cold and cruel and yet handsome and inviting, one thing I knew for certain was that if he found us here it would end worse than it did with Raul.

I went into his closet out of curiosity about what his style was like. The closet was big enough to be our apartment, as a matter of fact, t was bigger than our apartment. I had seen a lot of walk-in closets in the years we had broken into different households but this was different because it was a single guy with no wife. He had a pretty decent sense of style and he seemed to be a neat freak, a complete opposite of me my closet was more like what they called an organized mess. He seemed to have a lot of biker jackets giving me the idea that he was a biker, I took one of the leather jackets and put it on and his perfume just hit me right in the heart. Was it possible to be attracted to someone simply because of the cologne they wore?

As I was still in dreamland I heard Mia scream and I immediately ran out and returned to where I had left them.

DANTE'S POV

I was exhausted after a long day at the office, I didn't usually work from the office but today I had a meeting with the board members and I had to visit some sites. all I wanted to do was get home and bath and then go to bed.

When I got home I parked my car and as soon as I walked into the house I was hit by a strong and strange but sweet scent that filled the house.

"What is that smell?" I asked Will as I sniffed around

"I don't know what you are talking about but I have to tell you something," Will said but I ignored him and continued following my nose to where the scent was strongest

"Dante will you just stop acting like a dog and listen to me" he snapped and I smirked

"Technically I am a dog" I joked and when he didn't laugh I realized that whatever he was trying to tell me was serious "ok what is it?" I asked

"The mansion was broken into," he said and my mood immediately changed and became sour

"What?" I asked, "And where were the guards when this happened?" I demanded

"Don't know everything that happened but they say that they caught the three girls," he said and I laughed sarcastically

"You mean my guards were outsmarted by three measly girls?" I demanded in disbelief and he nodded embarrassed

"Kill the girls, upgrade the security system I am too tired to deal with this s**t" I said walking away and heading to my room.

As soon as I walked into my room the scent that I had picked when I walked in seemed to be stronger there. there was something familiar about this scent, I didn't know who it belonged to and yet it made me feel like it was a scent I had longed for a very long time. As I started taking off my clothes and getting ready to take a bath Will walked into my room without knocking, and invading my privacy.

I guess this was what I get for making my best friend my Beta.

"What is up with you?" he asked as he threw himself on my bed

"Nothing I am just tired and there is this strange smell in my room, I think someone was in here," I said and he kept quiet for a little while and then suddenly his eyes lit up as if he had just realized something

"What is it?" I asked

"Vinny told me that one of the girls was up here when they caught the other two," he said

"And so?" I asked annoyed that the girl had even made it that far without being noticed

"what if she is your..." I stopped Will before he could even finish those diabolical sentence

"There is no way I would be mated to a thief," I said

"let's go to the basement and find out then" he suggested and I shook my head. I was more afraid of going there because I knew there was a chance his suspicions were right and there was no way that I was going to accept that my future luna was a human thief.

"What are you so afraid of?" he asked knowing that I was never one to admit to being afraid of anything, I threw on my gown and opened the door desperate to prove him wrong and prove to myself that it wasn't my mate in there.

As I got closer and closer to the basement the scent got stronger and even more mesmerizing but I was still in denial. I touched the basement door as if I could feel her through it and I was startled by Will as he came to a halt next to me.

"You see what I mean, it is your mate in there," he said as he noticed that my eyes had changed color and my wolf was giving me away

"it doesn't matter, just make sure you kill them all," I said as I began to walk away, and WIll quickly caught up with me and pulled me back.

"come on Dante, we need a Luna," he said and I rolled my eyes

"Not her" I shot back

"How can you reject someone that you haven't even seen yet? what if she is the most beautiful woman you have ever laid your eyes on? she might not be what you think" he said

"she broke into my house and I am sure they stole a few things, and you are telling me she is not what I think she is? she is a thief Will is that the kind of Luna that my pack deserves?" I demanded

"No but all I am saying is go in there and see her," he said and I could see there was no way he was letting this go

"Do you not remember what happened with my previous mate?" I asked him, I hated even speaking about her and I had forbidden everyone in my pack from speaking about her.

"I know you have major trust issues because of Tania but this could be different and I think it's time you let that s**t go," he said

"Will how can I just let it go? Tania slept with an Omega and not only that she got pregnant by him" I yelled talking about Tania always got me worked up and angry but Will was being relentless.

"fine," I said turning around and storming toward the basement door.

I paused a little bit at the door before opening it and storming in and walking down the stairs uncertain of what I was getting myself into. The three girls had bags over their heads and were tied up but I already knew who I had come for. I walked toward her slowly and hesitated to touch her for a little while, what if Will was right?

I noticed she was wearing my favorite biker jacket and that infuriated me, I yanked her up and her small body slammed onto mine and I instantly felt the sparks running through the both of us. Will was right and I was afraid of the fact that I had missed this feeling.