The President and His Alpha Mate

Chapter 6

People are still running around, screaming, and crawling under the tables. Some of the agents and White House staff are doing crowd control. It isn't working at all and a few agents were knocked down. Nothing anyone did seemed to calm the people.

Priyanka and Enrique are still staring into each other eyes. “Huntress,“ he softly repeats two more times.

She's about to say something when a man yells, “She tried to kill the President.”

Grayson looks to see who the man is as he’s running to the stage. It’s Congressman Ladd Tucci. "That bastard. I'll make sure you pay for that foul s**t. " He's thinking while he's trying to reach Priya.

Elon and Clifton, two of the Secret Service Agents, are pulling Priya off Enrique by her arms. She's about to throw the two men across the room. But she stops and doesn't resist when she remembers that humans are there.

“Let her go” Enrique and Grayson yell at the same time. Then they look at each other with narrow eyes.

“That bastard, how dare he embarrasses me like that “Alexis is thinking while she's looking at Grayson with both of his fists balled up.

Clifton and Elon release their grip on her and apologizes to her.

Grayson looks at Priya’s eyes he sees that they are turning a much darker brown. “Oh, s**t Huntress is about to surface. Calm down, baby.” He’s thinking, then he looks at the President. “Enrique must be her mate.”

“Thank you for saving my life. Ms or Mrs. Are you alright?” Enrique is looking at the handprints that are on her arms.

“Yes, I’m fine. Ms. Priyanka Belafonte.” She’s also scanning his body to make she that he’s unharmed. Once she sees that he’s fine Priya turns to walk away. But her arm is grabbed by Enrique “wait a minute. Is Congressman Prestley your boyfriend?” He looks over at Grayson.

She looks at Gray and smiles. “No, we grew up together and are good friends.” Priya's looking at Alexis walking up beside Gray.

Alexis is giving her the evil eye.

Enrique is looking into Priya’s eyes, thinking “damn, she and Huntress's eyes are remarkably similar. They have the same alluring and calming eyes. But that is impossible. Okay Enrique you’re losing your damn mind. ” He still has her arm. “I have a strange feeling that you and I should talk. Your eyes are so beautiful.” Enrique is still looking into her eyes.

Teri walks over to stand beside Enrique and reaches for his hand. But he swats her away. Now she’s also rolling her eyes at Priya.

Priya let out a low growl and breathes hard, looking at Teri.

Enrique thought that he heard her growl. Barney, Carver, and Drew also heard her. Harding is standing behind Priyanka, thinking, "Oh snap, s**t is about to hit the fan up in here."

“Find out who was the moron that shouted that this beautiful young lady tried to kill me. I would love to know the reason he lied.” Enrique still has Priya's arm.

“Sir, that would be Congressman Ladd Tucci. But he left right after he yelled that damn lie. Priya, are you sure you're okay? Gray looks at her, concerned.

“Yes, I am. Thank you.” She nods her head.

“I don’t believe this s**t. Everyone is so concerned about perfect Ms. Belafonte.“ Alexis mumbles.

Enrique looks at Alexis. “Keep your nasty comments to yourself.” He slides his hand down to Priya's hand and walks away. Priya feels a tingling sensation every time Enrique touches her. It's hard for her to hold her giggles in, but she manages to.

Alexis huffs and turns her head. Grayson shook his head, thinking. "One day, she'll learn. Hell, who am I kidding she hasn't learned a damn thing in four years."

Teri is looking at Enrique's hand entwined with Priya's. She leans over to Barney "Who is that damn woman?"

Barney looks at her and smiles. "Maybe tomorrow you should ask the President. For some odd reason, I don't believe he will answer any calls tonight unless the United States is under attack. That also goes for accepting any visitors." Barney is walking behind them.

Harding, Drew, and Carver are also walking behind them

"This can't be happening? No damn way. What is that man thinking?" Teri is walking behind them, but she is stopped by Harding when she reaches the Wing entrance. “Now you know that you’re not allowed past this door. Goodnight.” His arms are folded, and he’s giving her a stern look.

She turns around and walks down the hall ."After four years, he picks up the first damn woman that jumps on him. Hell, I could have jumped on him if I knew that’s all it took.”

Enrique takes his jacket off and lays it on the back of the chair. “Please make yourself at home. Would you like a drink?” He’s walking over to the bar.

She sits down and slides her shoes off. “White wine is fine.”

He hands her a glass of wine and, looks at her barefoot, nods his head. “So, Ms. Priyanka Belafonte, why did you risk your life to save me?”

Priya takes a few sips of her wine. “If I told you, you’re not going to believe me.”

He sits beside her and looks at her. “Try me, a lot of strange things have been happening to me the last couple of days. I’m listening Piyu” Enrique gives her his undivided attention. He has even given her a nickname.

“Yes, I know” She takes another sip of wine. She tells him that she’s there to cover stories about the pipeline.” Priyanka takes a deep breath. “No, I’m not crazy. Hear me out before you call your security team to throw me out

“Okay, I promise I won’t throw you out regardless of what you say” He is holding his hands up in the air.

She shakes he head and laughs. “Do you know anything about wolves?”

“Wolves?" He narrows his eyes “Funny you would mention wolves until two days ago I had never seen one. Now they seem to be everywhere and want me dead. But what does that have to do with you? They travel in packs. Oh, yeah Alpha. I still don't understand all of that yet. But one of my agents told me that the pack that saved me had a female Alpha. She is beautiful" He's looking at her facial features thinking " so are you".

"Thank you" Priyanka smiles. "Right, do you believe in shifters? For instance, werewolves?" Priyanka set her glass on the table.

"No, I don't. But anything is possible. I'm learning that after the last few encounters with some wolves." He sits his glass on the table beside hers. "Are you telling me that you believe in werewolves?"

"Oh, boy, do I. Here goes. I'm a werewolf, and you're my mate." She is looking at him, waiting on a reaction

He rubs his chocolate brown hair back and picks up her glass. "You're not much of a drinker. I'm cutting you off right now."

"I'm serious." She stood up and slid her dress off. Priya isn't wearing any underwear.

"Piyu, what in the world are you doing? Put your dress back on. Where are your panties? " He's covering his eyes but it's peeping through his fingers at her. He hears some cracking sounds. "Oh, my God! Huntress!" He's looking at the large black wolf. "I'm not losing my mind." Enrique is walking around her. "Damn, I have seen a lot of s**t in my life. I never thought I would see anything like this in my life. A gorgeous woman just shifted into a beautiful large wolf. ."

Huntress nudges his leg and shifts back to her human form.

"Thank you for saving me. I have many questions for you right now" He covers his eyes while she's getting dressed. "You said that I'm your mate. Explain that to me." He sits back down after Priya is dressed.

She tells him about the Moon Goddess designing him for her, marking, and the mating processes. The wolves that attacked him were rogues because they officially didn’t belong to a pack. Priya looks at him. “You’re in danger. I do mean great danger. I don’t know which rogue or rogues are after you. Some humans are also targeting you. But I promise you they will not touch you. Also, you don’t have to accept me as a mate. I’ll still protect you until all of this is dealt with. Then we’ll reject each other and go our separate ways.”

Enrique is quiet as he takes everything in that she told him. “Rejection, so that means that we have a choice. What happens after we reject each other? How does that work?”

“It’s an easy process. You will not feel any pain.” She sips her wine, thinking, “I don’t want him to know the pain it will cause me.” Then she drinks the rest of her wine

"He’s refilling her glass. “Congressman Grayson, there is more to you and his relationship. He was very concerned about you. I saw that in his eyes."

She nods her head. “Gray, yes there is,” Priya tells him everything from when they were sixteen until four years ago. She tells him they dated and lived together until Gray found his mate.

Enrique is shocked when he hears Grayson is a werewolf but more shocked that he found his mate the day after Chasity was killed. He looks over at her to say something. But she has fallen asleep. He looks at her, admiring her beauty, and leans closer to her face. “ Piyu, you're beautiful and breathe softly like a baby.” Enrique picks her up bridal style to carry her to the bedroom. She buries her head into his chest. He freezes for a minute or two.

Once he lays her down and covers her up, he sits beside her "Piyu. I'm sorry I'll never love you as you deserve to be loved."

In the East Wing, Teri is in her bedroom, screaming and throwing everything she can pick up. She calls Enrique's bedroom phone and doesn’t get an answer. Then she starts calling his cell phone and gets his voicemail. “Why is he so drawn to that b***h? I saw the look in his damn eyes. I believe it was lust.’ She yells as she walks out of her bedroom to the West Wing.

Drew and Elon are standing at the entrance. Teri tries to sashay her way past the two men. “Where do you think you’re going?” Drew holds his arm out, blocking the hallway.

“Enrique called me and said he wanted to see me regarding an important matter.” She looks at his arm. “Now let me enter.”

“Damn, Elon, it seems that we’re at a comedy show.” Drew steps in front of Teri "The President gave strict orders not to disturb him and Ms. Belafonte for the rest of the night and the morning.”

Elon turns his head so that he won’t laugh in her face.

Teri is breathing hard and staring at the two men.

“Ms. Kaling, you can either stand there or return to your little room. Neither one of us cares what you do.” Drew folds his arms.

Elon burst out laughing. He couldn’t hold it in any longer. Teri storms down the hall waving her arms in the air and cussing.

****

Damian had been torturing the rogue for hours. All the man knew was that his leader's son, Steven, ordered him and the others to attack the President. They were only supposed to kill the agents and leave Enrique unharmed. He mentioned that their leader had a meeting with some powerful men, but he didn't know their names.

Whitley is listening to her mate. She's concerned about her Alpha and the members that went with her to the city. She wants to send more warriors to protect her Alpha and friends. After much consideration, she sends sixty warriors to Priyanka's home.

Vania calls and tells her what happened at the event and that Priya is with Enrique. They are hoping that the couple mated tonight. They knew it was a long shot. But they are praying. Whitley informs her what Damian found out from the rogue, and the warriors are on their way.

****

The following day Grayson called Priya, but she didn't answer. He's in deep thought when Alexis sits at the table for breakfast. She called his name several times. A few minutes later, he picks up his cup of coffee, unaware she's there until she hit the table.

Grayson slowly looks at her. " It's a beautiful day."

"Why is that? Could it be because you saw Ms. Perfect last night?" She yells and hits the table again.

He sat his cup down. "My advice to you is to back the hell off of Priya. The only reason she has tolerated your smug ass this long is out of respect for me. Keep f*****g with her. Your ass will end up dead. Have you forgotten that Priya's an Alpha? If Alpha Matt knew that you were being disrespectful to her, your ass would be in the dungeon. Last warning, stay the hell away from Priya." Grayson walks out of the room.

"I don't give a f**k if she is an Alpha. I'm going to take her ass down a few notches," Alexis mumbles.

****

Priya wakes up, looking around the room. She sees a dressed Enrique sleeping on top of the covers. She smiles, looking at her handsome mate, thinking. “Too bad we will never be mates. If only our hearts didn’t belong to someone else. For me, it’s Gray, and for you, it's Chasity, your deceased wife.”

“Good morning” Enrique looks over at her.

She didn’t realize that he had woken up. “Good morning. I didn’t mean to stare at you.”

“It’s quite alright. I must confess I did a lot of staring at you last night. I came up with our solution. Since you’re bent on protecting me, you will attend every event with me. I expect you to travel with me also. If anyone asks, we will say that we’re dating. Are you okay with that, Piyu?” He slides some loose strings of her hair behind her ear, and he slides his hand to her cheek, gently stroking it."

"Yes, it sounds like a good plan. Huntress and I both agree with you, Kike." She closes her eyes taking in his touch.