The Hidden Wolf Princess (#3 of the Hyle pack)

Who the hell are you

IVY’S P.O.V.

I finally made it outside, leaving the noise of the club behind me as I walked west, my mind set on walking home by myself, where I could hide myself in the quietness of my home. It had never sounded so inviting as it did that second. And I was happy to hear that that Ian guy wasn’t following me outside. The last thing that I needed right now was a male wolf who didn’t understand the word ‘NO’.

Finally… I thought as I looked up at the dark night sky, looking at the stars, and how they looked like fireflies who were filling up the sky, just to please me. I crossed my hands in front of my chest as the cold of the night sneaked in on my body.

Fuck, I should have taken a damn jacket for myself as well when I came here.

I sighed out deeply, as my feet click-clacking on the pavement were the only sounds that filled up the empty street. There was not one soul outside tonight. By the looks of it, the entire pack was inside that club, celebrating. Or too young or too old to attend, as those people were probably already lying in their beds by now. But as I was walking, suddenly, all the hairs on my neck stood up straight, and goosebumps covered my entire body, even though this didn’t have anything to do with the cold night.

Someone is watching me.

I could feel eyes burning in the skin of my back.

And as a new wave of cold evening wind flew past me, I sensed it, I smelled it. The sweetest scent of cinnamon filled up my nose, and my heart jumped as something deep inside of me clicked.

And as if right on cue, my wolf Kali jumped up as well, looking around, while all we could think about was…

MINE

No!

I swallowed as I slowly turned around,

and there he was.

standing just a few feet away from me. His chest was heaving, as if he had run fast to catch up with me, and by looking him in the eye, I knew he felt it too. The mate bond.

Mate,

This man standing right in front of me was my mate!

He was tall and very masculine, he had longer brown hair and grey eyes, eyes that radiated with dominance as they pulled me in. And I knew at the sight of him, that he was a wolf that was highly ranked. This wasn’t just any wolf, this was an Alpha for sure. And I gasped for air as his jaw clenched, because I just knew that this man standing in front of me, was the most beautiful man I had ever laid my eyes on, throughout all of my life.

My throat dried up and tightened, as I kept on staring at this man in front of me, taking in each and every single detail of him. Unable to say anything. By seeing him here, I had lost all of my vocabulary. I was in awe, looking at the beauty of him.

I took a step back, as a possessive growl left his throat, his eyes filling up with lust and… another emotion I couldn’t place right now, but I could have sworn it was hatred.

Hatred towards me.

But why?

I didn’t do anything?

I hadn’t even said anything.

Besides losing my speech, I also lost my ability to breathe, as I kept looking into his eyes and his body started to move, as he stepped up towards me with long strides, his eyes determined. This was a powerful wolf indeed, and he was on a mission. I just wasn’t so sure what the mission was at that point.

He only stopped when he was standing right in front of me, his face just inches away from my own, making me feel that all those feelings that were soaring through my body, were only intensifying when he was standing this close to me. Our bodies almost making contact.

I was surprised, as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath in. A breath, or a smell.

Why is he smelling me?

When his eyes opened, I gasped for air again, as I saw and felt the pure hate that radiated off of him, as his eyes looked directly at me.

“WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?” He growled at me, taking me by surprise.

Excuse me?

I blinked a few times, wondering if I had heard the man correctly in the first place.

This wasn’t what I had expected.

This wasn’t what I had expected at all.

“I didn’t do anything.” I whispered as I shook my head, not really knowing what he was talking about.

“Your scent, what did you do to it? Is it a potion? Did a witch do this to you? Are you a witch yourself?”

His eyes widened as he asked me these questions. At the same time, the man was scaring me.

I didn’t do anything with my scent.

I don’t understand…

What is he even saying right now?

I didn’t know what to do in a situation like this. I didn’t know how to respond to this. All I knew was that I wanted to get away, I needed air to breathe and time to think right now. This wasn’t what I had imagined meeting my mate would be like.

“I’m sorry, I have to go.” I spoke as I shook my head and turned back around, ordering my feet to start walking again. I didn’t know what I wanted, or what I needed to do, all I knew was that I couldn’t stay here with him, not when he was acting like that.

Not when he was acting like that, while I did absolutely nothing wrong!

“NO!” He growled behind me, using his speed as he pulled me to the side, pinning my body against a tree on the side of the road. Scaring me even more than he already did.

But as he was pinning my body against a tree, I couldn’t help but spot the lust in his eyes as he kept looking at me.

“Who the hell are you?” He asked me, no, he demanded from me in his Alpha tone, making my breathing come out uneven and shaky.

“Please, just let me go!” I almost cried out to him, I needed him to let me go, he was scaring me with his actions, he was scaring me with that look in his eyes. Even though my body was craving for him to hold me closer, longer.

And as if he read my mind, he stepped up even closer, pressing his body against mine.

His very aroused body.

Holy f*****g hell!

And as he stepped up closer, I found myself rolling my eyes as a sigh left my mouth. Which was followed by feeling his nose in my neck, his breath that flowed over my bare skin, and the feeling of his lips as they gently brushed my flesh.

What the hell am I doing?

I forced myself to think, I forced myself to pull myself back together, as I opened my eyes and pushed back the man, or my mate.

“Stop, I don’t even know your name.” I forced myself to say, already regretting myself, that I had let the man take a step back from me, all my body wanted to do was to pull him closer again, and push his lips back onto my skin.

“CJ, Alpha CJ, Alpha of the Yukan pack.” He brought out between his heavy breathing, he looked as if he had just run a marathon. Or that he was trying to control himself.

“Do you feel it too? The mate bond?” I asked him, still trying to grasp the intensity of my own feelings.

“Yes, I can feel it, but I know for a fact that it isn’t true.” CJ spoke to me, as he shook his head, his eyes filling with rage and hate, as he looked at me once again.

Excuse me?

What?

He started to laugh as he saw my expression, almost sounding like a complete madman, as he took another step back, shaking his head at me. His eyes were looking at me as if he was about to kill me.

“I know for a fact that you are not my mate, because I already have a mate, which makes you a witch or you are friends with a really good one, so you will tell me right now, what the f**k it is that you are doing to me, or I swear to the Moon Goddess…” He started off talking, but at the end, he was fullout screaming at me, his face turning red as a massive vain in his neck started to thicken.

He was so angry at me.

He hated me!

He was scaring me...

I was scared of my own mate.

We were both pulled out of our trance, as I heard voices coming closer, the voice of a man I didn’t know either. But as he called out to CJ, who looked past me to look at the man who called out to him, I took my chances, as I started to run for my life, away from him! As tears ran over my cheeks, while his words kept playing over and over again in my mind.

...because I already have a mate

because I already have a mate...