Mated to Her Alpha Brother

Chapter Eight

CALLUM

I stood by dad offhandedly listening to conversations he made with some men, my mind far from here, my eyes darting around the hall searching. For what? I did not know for certain. Only it made me anxious. Very very anxious.

Peeking down at my watch, I almost groaned in agony at the time.

5:43

I really wanted to be here for dove, I really did, but my wolf was driving me crazy. It took a lot of willpower not to succumb to its wild crazed urges. Urges that had me raging at my inability to control them.

"You good there son?" Dad says leaning into me to whisper.

I cleared my dried throat and gave a quick nod in reply. Though he was skeptical at my answer, he still nodded back but with a look in his eye that said we'd talk later.

"Excuse me for a second" I say to him and the men around us, not even waiting for their reply before leaving.

It was only when I was outside in the comforts of the greens of the grasses and the woody trees that I had realized how suffocated I was in there. My shirt clung to my body in sweat, and with quick movements I yanked the shirt off to expose myself to the chilly air. But it still wasn't enough to cool the heat building inside of me. Heat that refused to go away no matter how many cold showers I took. Heat that almost convinced me I was in rut. Only I knew I wasn't. I was to tame to be in it.

5:50

Cracking a crinkle on my neck I closed my eyes, and welcomed the familiar sensation of shifting to my other counterpart. I fell in all fours to the ground, dried leaves crushed by my paws as I delved deeper into the wilds.

I knew I should've shifted back and went back into that ballroom, should've been there when my little dove makes her entrance, should've been there to see marmee because I missed her so... but I couldn't go back in there, not in the condition I was in.

A soak in the lake was what I needed most right now. That, and a warm body to hold and fulfill all my desires with. But I did not want just anyone. A deep gut wrenching loneliness struck me then. And suddenly I wanted my mate more than anything in the world, it felt like my oxygen supply ran short and I could breathe no longer. Like I could live no longer if she wasn't by my side. A longing so deep it physically hurt.

At times like this, I resented the Luna goddess. I hated this gift of mates she bestowed on us, that felt more like a curse than anything. I hated feeling incomplete and never content with anything. I hate this strong yearning that overwhelms me sometimes. But other times, when I see marmee and dad, and other people around the pack, my heart filled with warmth and longing at the heartfelt affections and love they had for one another. A feeling so pure and beautiful it rekindles the faith I had in the goddess. And ignites my resolve for finding such happiness for myself too someday.

5:55

But at this particularly moment, I just wanted to disappear into the bottom of the lake till this heat and longing disappears. And that's what I do. I jump immediately, shifting back from my wolf and jumping into the cold lake, my legs kicking as I swam deeper and deeper into the water.

A peaceful tranquility overcoming my once discomforting anxiety and loneliness. My eyes slipped close as I let myself go. With my lung capacity I could go without air for hours, so I worried not of drowning. Resigning myself of all troubles and worries as I sunk away.

6:00

My eyes abruptly opened as I found my limbs working almost painfully to get me from the bottom of the lake where the pressure would've killed me if I were human, to the surface.

I knew not why I moved this fast, but something was calling me and so strongly at that, I couldn't even refuse it.

And with a splash I was out, the muffled scents now fully blown. Something light and yet super enticing found it's way to me, before it's trace left again. With that little time it came tho, it had almost all the muscles in my body strung. My head swinging left and right as I tried to desperately catch it's trail. A trail that eluded me as if I had just imagined it all.

I growled angry and dangerous from deep within my chest as I took off in a random direction. Shifting into my wolf along the way, knowing he had the advantage when it came to hunting. And boy was I hunting right now, I was close. Closer than I'd ever been, and I'd be a fool not to make chase now.

I ran for what seems to be hours in directions that proved no success, my frustration growing deeper and sadness finally taking root. And just when my wolf began to make quiet cries that would have me dying of shame any other day, a low whimper sounded, weak but determined. My head snapped back in the opposite direction, waiting to listen, not knowing if it was my ears playing tricks on me. And just then, the whimper sounded again and again and again, growing weaker and weaker with each cry.

My heart squeezed in pure elation and more when the scent found its way to me again with the cry. The scent that almost threatened to crumble me to my knees with the sheer force of desire it awoke in me. It heated my body in the most pleasurable way and it ignited this fire in me that had me running, and pushing my wolf passed our limits.

I howl back in response to its weakening cries. As if reassuring it that I was coming, that I wasn't far from it. It howled back almost immediately, voice now resounding a strength that wasn't there before.

6:25

And suddenly I breached past the woody trees to a clear opening. My eyes and nose saw and smelt none but the small wolf with the most beautiful shade of brown fur I’d ever seen, and big beautiful brown doe eyes that reminded me of an innocent deer’s, she was perfection. My heart squeezed with the affection to give my all to her, to love every inch of her and protect her to my dying breath. My fangs almost hurt at the urge to sink my fangs into her to mark her mine. To groom her with my scent till she’s drowning in it and bathe myself with hers. To mark every inch of her fur so no one dares covet the perfection that she was. And she was mine. All of her was.

With a slight contraction of muscle, I suddenly leapt, crossing over the yard to stand directly in front her. At this proximity, the slight citrusy undertone of her scent was so clear to me, her pheromone the most tantalizing thing I’ve ever smelt, with each inhale of it filling me with more love than I knew my heart was capable of. And I f*****g loved it, I loved loving her with my all. I’ve never felt more alive than today at this very moment as I brushed my snout against hers, with her gazing deep into my soul. A soul I bare open for her, wanting her to see all of me.

I lower myself to bury my head to her side. Brushing my fur against hers, my chest making sounds I never knew it could due to sheer pleasure. And suddenly our distance still felt too far, so I lunged at her, crashing carefully onto her to roll her onto her back with me above her I begin to trail my snout over her, sniffing and inhaling every inch of her I had access too, wanting to do so much more. And just about too, when I heard a slight commotion.

Only now noticing the crowd of hundreds, others looking on excited and in awe, others shying away to give us privacy, and others looked downright horrified. But I didn’t bother enough to figure out why, I was just simply irritated at their presence, at their disturbance of my mate and I.

And so I stood, nudging her softly to follow me as I trudged on ahead. I was a few feets when I noticed she had not followed, turning back to look at her confusedly only to see her still on the ground her limbs refusing to get up. Although confused as to why that was so, I start to walk towards her when suddenly out of no where a huge familiar brown wolf leapt in front of my mate, growling threateningly at me.

Even as the recognition of who stood before me came, I still found myself growling twice as fiercely as him. At that moment I did not see the father I cared for, or the Alpha I respected. Only a hindrance to me and my mate. And I was not going to have that.

My muscles tensed with the sudden urge to attack my own Alpha just to get to my mate. And I would’ve, by the goddess I would’ve attacked if only a suddenly cry did not sound.

Marmee…my heart froze at the cry. Realization of exactly what I was doing kicking me painfully to the gut. I wanted to go to marmee and soothe her tears but I also missed the touch of my mate and wanted nothing more to have her by my side.

In my hesitation, dad…Alpha growls out again this time his voice was sent to me through our shared mind link. One we usually never use unless it’s extremely urgent.

-SHIFT FOR ME BOY-

He had Alpha commanded, and although his commands did not work on me, something compelled me to obey. Only taking a second to stand before him in my bare humanoid self. I was handed shorts from a warrior close by , a quick sniff reassuring me it was brand new. Quickly slipping in, I faced my Alpha again, confused and still irritated by his act of separating my mate and I.

I opened my mouth to inquire, when suddenly marmee falls to the ground and immediately dad rushes to her revealing my mate once more to my pure delight. A twinge of guilt hitting me at my lack of immediate worry for marmee, but a quick glance assured me she was alright, dad shifted back now tending to her side. Although the usual smile and softness in his eyes as he looked at her gone, replaced by a coldness that seemed so foreign on him.

I turned to my mate only to see her frozen in place, her eyes blown unnaturally wide. Frowning I took steps in her direction only to halt when she dragged her form back, slipping into a green cloth on the ground to my utter despair. Why hide from me?

“Don’t go near her” dad spoke from his side by marmee, his voice more threatening than when he growled at me before.

I bristled, almost going mad with confusion and incredulity at what was happening.

The soft creaking of bone brought my attention back to my mate hidden behind her clothe, my breath caught in my throat as I watch in awe, awaiting her figure to emerge. Anticipation almost eating me alive to see her. To touch her. To be with her.

And then she emerged, her back to me, beautiful brown curls the same shade as her fur cascading down her back in waves. The green dress on her fitting her so beautifully. Overcome with this need to touch her hair and scoop her into my arms, I walk with the intent to do just that, and then she turned. And I balked, frozen midstep.

And then it all made sense. My father, marmee, her…

My beautiful mate, the most perfect thing ever created, the other half of my whole, my precious little mate,

…was my little sister Dove.