Mated to Her Alpha Brother

Chapter Four

CALLUM

I flinch slightly at the sudden onslaught of cold freezing water of the shower, before sighing in satisfaction, when the liquid cooled my heated body.

Heading out, I dried myself with hopes of not having to go back in there again . This being the third time today my wolf had me taking a cold shower. A mere hormonal teen he has turned me into.

Having spent the whole day making rounds, and making sure everything is in place, and everyone was were they were supposed to be, and also reinstalling safety and emergency protocols to the workers overlooking the event (with a shower or two in between that), time had gone by without my notice, and it was half past five already.

I sighed at the thought of tonight. I couldn’t believe she was all grown up already. Like it wasn’t just yesterday when she clung on to me and insisted on following me everywhere when she was 8, or when she snuck out in the morning air to secretly watch me train when she was ten, and thought i wouldn’t notice, or when she went through her emo phase when she was 13. And now suddenly I blink once and she’s this mature beautiful woman. Ready to morph into her mature wolf... to meet her other half, her mate..

I felt my face curl into a nasty snarl, and a growl rumbled from the back of my throat at that last thought, something I hadn’t done of my own will.

‘Behave yourself’ I growl in warning to my wolf, through our mind link, him being the reason to my involuntary action. I had no idea why he reacted but I can’t have him going crazy, especially today of all days.

The coming of age ceremony was also an opportunity for big and important dignitaries of the wolf society and beyond to meet and discuss after a very long time. The last time they met in such a large union was 4 years ago. But it had not ended in a light note, with almost a war breaking out between the two major factions of the wolf society. It had needed the intervention of the council before the flames cooled off. But tension has been brewing as of late. And tonight could either be the water that douses the flames or the wind that feeds it.

And I’ll be damned if I let anything contrary to an ideal ceremony occur tonight. She deserves that and so much more. But this nagging feeling had me anticipating tonight for something much more than seeing my little sister grow up. A feeling that had me feeling giddy and nervous; emotions that couldn’t have been more foreign to me. It had me worried. But I had made plans with the pack healer, Mrs Ronaldo. So I believed I’ll be alright. My wolf must’ve probably been experiencing a sudden rut or something. But nothing too serious I assumed.

Coming out of my musings, I continued on towards my walk in closet, and to briefly exit a few minutes later with an outfit. It was a long sleeved navy shirt with neutral pants and a brown belt. Putting the shirt on I rolled the sleeves to just about my elbow and opened the top two buttons of the shirt. And finally my brown shoes. With a hand through my hair styling it a bit, and a watch to accessorize my wrist I was good to go.

I wasn’t far of from the pack house, where the ceremony was going to hold, when I heard my phone go off as a call came through.

Keeping a hand on the steering wheel, I reached over and grabbed it, a quick glance displaying Alpha Vidar.

“Alpha” I call into the receiver.

“Dad callum, daaad” his booming voice sounded , frustrated at my choice of address .

I chuckled at that. He had always insisted I called him that, but alpha stuck more.

“That’s not happening Alpha” I muse, an added emphasis on alpha.

“Sigh…anyways! Duchess Victoria of winsborough coven is about to enter the pack lands, and I don’t trust her with any other but you. I don’t want that cunning woman unaccompanied in my lands” he orders. His tone addressing his head of warriors than his son.

A barely suppressed groan almost escaped me at that, the thought of meeting the unpleasant woman leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

“I’ll text you further information about where to meet with her” he continues. His voice now apologetic , sensing my change in mood.

“Alright , she won’t dare do a thing with me around” I solemnly promised, swerving the car in opposite direction from the pack house to the inner South Gate.

“He wasn’t her mate “ he suddenly says, his voice bitter and dissapointed.

He didn’t need to explain further before I knew what he was referring to.

I felt my chest heave in light relief, and a feeling of great delight course through me.

“He was never good enough for her” I say, my voice unconsciously smug.

My opposition to their match had always been apparent. There was something about him that was so off. So wrong somehow. And yet it seems I was the only one who can see it. But now he’ll have nothing to do with her, not on my watch at least.

“Poor boy was devastated” he adds. Hearing no mention of Dove, I knew she wasn’t affected as much.

“And the search for his fated continues” he says again with a light click of his tongue . After which he hung up with a quick goodbye.

I felt myself go quiet after that, as I thought of my own circumstances. I wasn’t as fortunate as dad to have met my mate the night i reached of age, lucky to have found my mate in a companion I had already loved before. It’s been 7 years with no hint of her appearance, and no hint of my wolf reacting to anyone in a certain way. But it’s alright it’s just been a few years, I’ve got a lifetime to look for her and i’ll search till the ends of this world till I find my fated, to be united with my half of a whole.

And something tells me I might be closer to her than I think. The resounding howl of my wolf echoed in my head in agreement.

Where are you my darling…will I see you today? Tomorrow? or in ten years from now….but wherever you are I will find you, and forever make you mine.