She is my mate.

Chapter4

***Lauren***

This week at school was odd, to say the least. Tony would not let me out of his sight. I have seen Manuel a few times, and he had avoided me like the plague. Im not complaining, but it was weird,

Im still getting text messages. They seem to be getting more inappropriate and appear to be hostile. There's more of a threat in each one that I receive.

I haven't shown Tony any of them cause I know he would go straight to his and my dad's,

I still don't understand why Manuel wants me to be his mate. It completely boggles my mind. Im not one unique; im no different than any other girl in our school or packs,

"Earth to Lou." Tony taps the top of my head, Breaking me out of my trance.

"Huh?" I say as I look over at him. He lets out a chuckle, "Penny, for your thoughts?"

I shake my head, and I don't say anything. Tony was always able to tell when I would lie,

"Daydreaming, are we?" He shakes his head. "I asked how excited are you about the bon fire tonight?"

"Oh, um." I shake my thoughts out of my head. "I'm pretty excited; it's a good way to start the weekend," I tell him.

Nodding his head. "Yeah, some other packs are going to be there,"

"Oh great, so we can have fights break out like last time."

He shrugs. "It's fun to watch, though."

He is right about that. Every time we have these school bonfires, other packs join in on the fun, and of course,e someone has to start something, and then before you know it, a fight has broken out,

Laughing a bit. "Yeah, you're right. They fight over the stupidest things; see, this is why wolves shouldn't drink any alcohol. They become morons."

"That's for sure."

He pulled up to the pack house school had let out about a half hour ago,

"I was going to head out about seven?" He says as we jump out, heading towards the house, "Dad wants to go over some paperwork for the packs business, "

"That's fine. Seven sounds good. It gives me time to get something done,"

***Jeremy***

"Jer. A word, please." I groan to myself, hearing my brother call for me; I hold the eye roll as I turn.

"What up, brother." I plaster a fake smile. He stops in front of me, Hands on his hips,

"You need to tell Manuel to leave that girl alone. I do not need a war breaking out with ALpha Cash."

"What are you talking about?" I need to pay dumb, I have been working on this plan for far too long, and I cant afford to screw it up now.

"Really, Jer?" He crosses his arm over his chest, "If the boy wants a mate so bad, then we can find one, but I will not force someone, and I will not take on her Uncle in a fight. Im too old for that, and im not putting my pack members at risk cause your boy has a hard-on for a girl who wants nothing to do with him,"

Angry runs through me,

"There is nothing wrong with him trying to win her over, is there? Maybe if she gave him a chance, she would like my boy; besides, he would be an alpha. Who wouldn't want to be his mate?"

"Well, that sweet girl does not wish to be so; she stated flat-out that she wants to wait for her true mate. I can not force her or her Uncle to agree. Why is he so hung up on this girl? She has some special powers we dont know of?" He chuckles at his own words,

Little does he know that this whole thing is about that boy, Anthony. I know who he is and what he is; I want his powers, and to do so, I need to control him, and with that, the only way to do so is with that girl; he treasures her. They have a connection, and without her, I cant get to him,

"I do not know Henry. He seems to have fallen for her; we cant help who we love now, can we?"

I see his eyes get that far-away look; I know he is thinking of his dead mate, and I want to smile when the flash of pain shows in his eyes. But I hold myself from it,

"Alright, Just tell him to keep his hands to himself. Unless she permits him to do otherwise, I doubt he will want people to know he was brought to his knees by women,"

He turns to walk off, and I hold the urge to snap his neck. It should have been me in the Alpha position, not him. Granted, he is the older of us, but he was still too soft. He wouldn't put out harsh punishments or fight for things. He is nothing but a big pushover. I can't take the title now, but he has agreed to pass it on to Manuel. His mate died before she could give him an heir, so with no one else, he announced that Manuel would have the title when it was time.

Mumbling to myself, I spin, continuing down the hall,

"Manuel!" I yell through the link for him,

"Yeah, Dad."

"Meet me in five minutes, training field!"

"On my way,"

I push out the back door, Storming down the path. I want to rip something apart right now. My anger is all but boiling out of me,

How dare he talk to me like that. I do not care if he is the Alpha. Im of the same blood, and he thinks he is above me. This is why I need that boy and his powers. I want both packs, so Manuel will lead both after we merge them. We will be unstoppable then,

"Hey, Dad. What's up."

He stops when he sees my face. I am sure it beat red,

"We need to pick this up. You need to get that girl to agree,"

"Dad, im trying; she is not easy to handle, as you can see. The minute I put any force behind my words, she lashes out like at the school,"

"Well, then we will force her. Even if she disagrees, we need to get your mark on her. That will start the bond. She won't be able to fight it then,"

His brows raise at me words,

"And how are we going to do that? Cause I cant even get close to her, Tony is stuck to her at the hip,"

Rubbing my forehead,

"We need to think of something. Do you have any classes with her by yourself?"

He shook his head,

"No, I did, but Tony changed his classes around, and now he is in all of hers,"

"Alright, guess we do things the hard way then,"

He looked at me, "Im not following Dad; what will we do?"

"Well. we are going to kidnap her,"

"What! How?"

"Simple, we can snag her while she is at school, or we can use rogues to attack the pack and get her that way,"

"Rogues?"

"Yes. Desperate times call for desperate measures. We need that girl without her. We cant control Tony. And that boy has enough power for what we need to do."

"What about his mother? You know she is more powerful than him,"

"Im not worried about her. Once we get him in our control, things will flow easily. His parents won't be a problem if they want to keep this son alive,"

"Do you think she will have any powers? I mean, she is related to him,"

"No, she dont. Her mother is the sister of Alpha Cash. No direct line to Luna Lola. It would be easy if it were. We would only need her,"

"But after we do all this, I can still keep her as my mate?"

Looking at my boy. "Hmm, Well. I don't see why not if you are into her that much."