The wooden cottage
2504 Words
Archer’s P.O.V.
The wooden cottage came closer and closer into my view, but when I had almost made it, when I had been close enough to run up the stairs and open up the door, to run inside and see who was in there, I felt how someone jumped right on top of me. Taking me by surprise, as I slammed down onto the hard ground. And shortly after, a second body landed right on top of me, feeling now, how I was being pinned down by not one, but two men. A f*****g Gamma and Alpha at that.
What?
NO!
Not when I was this close!
NO!
I need to get in there!
I need to get inside!
“Let me go!” I growled, hearing how my wolf Conri desperately scratched at the surface. I was ready to shift at any second, if need be. And right now, I didn’t give a s**t if I would hurt a Gamma or even an Alpha while doing it. I just needed to get inside of this damn wooden cottage.
“LET ME GO!” I growled again, looking at the Gamma this time. f**k! This had nothing to do with Bree anymore. Why the hell didn’t he just let me go?
“Why the f**k did you run off like a goddamn cheetah?” The Alpha growled down at me. His breathing dangerously close to my neck. If I would make the guy snap right now, I would be a dead guy for sure. He was right on my back, there was no way I could defend myself in this awkward position.
“Because I need to get inside!” I snarled back at him. He had to understand! He had to let me go!
“Why are you in such a rush? Why can’t you just walk, like any other person?” The Alpha shouted at me, while I couldn’t answer him. Because I honestly didn’t know either. All I knew was that I needed to get inside of this house more than anything. Something was drawing me in, and I needed to figure out what it was. I needed to see who it was!
MATE
“Because I need to see her!” I confessed, feeling how anger soared through my body because these two fools weren’t letting me go. I needed to get up and get inside, I needed to see who was pulling me inside, who had bewitched me like that. And just like that, as if the Moon Goddess was listening to my thoughts and she answered my prayer, the door of the wooden cabin opened up. Bree stepped outside, but I couldn’t see her, not really. My mind got foggy as a new whiff of the honey scent hit me hard, and I lost the ability to breathe, as another girl stepped outside, and everything clicked into place for me.
“MINE! SHE’S MINE!”
The girl that had just walked outside was absolutely gorgeous. A freaking angel even! She had big chocolate brown eyes that were so big, she almost looked like a deer staring into headlights. She had long, dark blonde hair. A little button nose and plump lips, lips that formed into an ‘O’, as she spotted what was happening right in front of her. And I felt a ‘zing’ soaring through me, as she looked directly into my eyes for the first time. It was the only way I knew how to describe it really. Because there simply wasn’t any other word for it. Because I had never even felt like this before, ever in my life. Time seemed to stop, as she just stood there, watching me. And all I could see was her face. Nothing else mattered to me, not anymore. I was only pulled out of my daydream, as she marched straight towards me, and she started to yell.
“LET HIM GO! YOU’RE HURTING HIM!” She yelled, taking me by surprise. This was the first time I had ever heard her voice, and besides the fact that her voice sounded so amazing to me, she was using words that were directed for me. She wanted to keep me safe, she wanted to protect me.
Fuck, she felt it too!
She felt the mate bond!
All I could do, was just stare at her in awe. She was so f*****g beautiful, I had to doubt myself and wonder if what I was actually seeing right now was even real to begin with. How could she be real? She was far too perfect to be real.
“Luke, let him go.” I heard someone else say, but I couldn’t look away to see who it was, because I honestly didn’t care. I was too busy looking at this gorgeous girl, my girl, my mate. She was mine, all mine! And after a couple of seconds, I felt how the weight was finally being lifted from my body. And I was finally able to move again. I stood up, my eyes never looking away from my mate. I was in awe of her, she had me caught in her trap and I wanted nothing more than to be trapped by her.
“Uhm, Rebecca. Do you want me to take Nikki for a while? So you can have some privacy?” I heard a voice, only now understanding that it was Bree who was speaking out loud. And as her words reached my ears, it was only then that I saw that my mate, my beautiful mate, was holding on to a baby in her arms. But like a fool… all my mind had picked up, was one thing only.
Rebecca
My mate’s name is Rebecca
Fuck me…
I swallowed, as Rebecca looked away from me. And I was surprised, as I felt hurt over that. I wanted her to keep looking at me, I wanted to keep staring into those chocolate brown eyes forever. But f**k, what was she doing with a baby in her arms? Was she babysitting for someone? And I felt hurt once again, as Rebecca shook her head as an answer to Bree’s question.
No…?
She doesn’t want to be alone with me?
Why?
What did I do wrong?
“No, that’s OK. Thank you. I just… I have to put Nikki to bed.” She nodded at Bree, and she smiled at her. It made me happy and angry at the same time. This was the first time I had seen my mate smile, and it f*****g warmed my heart, but her smile hadn’t been directly at me. I wanted to make her smile. I wanted to be the reason why she smiled. I wanted her to smile at me.
Fuck, Archer
Get a f*****g grip of yourself already!
But all too soon, Rebecca turned around and walked away from me, panicking both me and my wolf at the same time. She needed to stay with me, I needed to keep an eye on her, I needed to protect her. f**k… I wanted to hold her and kiss her and… f**k! So, like a puppy in love, I followed right behind her, not even knowing if I would be walking straight into a trap. I felt like a fool. I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t function normally, this girl had turned my mind into a complete mush.
What the f**k is wrong with me?
I walked into the wooden cabin and entered inside a small living room. Everything was made out of wood. It was a pretty small place, and I wondered who else lived here along with her. Surely, she must have some family. Parents, siblings, someone who belonged to that baby she was carrying around. My wolf panicked, as we both saw that Rebecca walked into a hallway, leaving out of my sight. Immediately, I wanted to run after her, to see where she was going, to make sure that she didn’t run away from me. But I squeezed my eyes shut to calm down my wolf. I didn’t want to come off as a complete lunatic towards our mate. I needed to chill the f**k down. So, I forced myself to sit down in one of the chairs, feeling how my hands turned into fists, as my mind kept on panicking, because I couldn’t see Rebecca with my own eyes. But I sighed in relief and thanked the Moon Goddess, as she came back inside the room a couple of minutes later. This time not holding a baby in her arms. I couldn’t help but to stare at her again. This girl was a f*****g dream.
Archer, you lucky bastard!
“So… you two are mates?” I heard Alpha Ash speak, making me take my eyes away from my mate, in order to look at him. I had acted like a fool before, running over here like a madman. But I was smart, I knew right now, I needed to make Alpha Ash like me. My mate was living on his land after all. My mate was a Spike pack member. I needed to make sure that he would let her leave with me. If not, my first job as an Alpha, would be leading a war against the Spike pack. Because there was no way in hell that I would leave my mate behind here. She was all mine and she was coming with me as well.
“Yes, sir.” I nodded, and in the corner of my eye, I saw Rebecca nod her head as well.
At least she feels it too.
Thank you, Moon Goddess!
“So, Rebecca, how is this going to work?” Alpha Ash asked her, and I looked up at her, seeing that she seemed to be in doubt. While there shouldn’t be any doubts. It was clear as day. She was mine, she needed to come with me. She was the Luna of my pack.
“I…I don’t know, Alpha.” She answered, looking down, which made me frown. I didn’t want her to look down. She had the most beautiful eyes in the world, eyes I wanted to look into all the time.
“She has to come with me.” I stated, not giving a rat’s ass about someone else’s opinion here. Hell… I knew it, Alpha Ash had a mate so surely, he knew it as well. He knew bloody well that you couldn’t keep an Alpha away from his Luna.
“I can’t…” Rebecca gasped, and this time, I did turn to look at her.
Why?
Why can’t she?
Why can’t she come with me?
Am I such a bad mate?
Doesn’t she want me?
“I can’t just leave this place behind like that… I don’t even know you. I have to protect Nikki here.” She added, giving me an apologetic look. I just kept looking at her, not knowing if I wanted to be angry with her or f*****g kiss her. I loved the fact that she was brave enough to speak against not one but two Alphas. I loved the fact that she was smart, she wouldn’t just throw herself into this situation, not knowing what she was about to get herself into. But the last part had pulled away the ground underneath my feet, and it felt as if I was falling off of a f*****g cliff.
I have to protect Nikki here…
Nikki?
The baby?
Did this mean that the baby is hers?
Is she a mother?
And I felt hurt. f*****g hurt. Not only because my mate didn’t seem to trust me enough to come with me. Or that a part of her seemed to fear me. But I f*****g hurt, because by the looks of it, she already had a child. She was a mother. She didn’t wait for her mate. She didn't wait for me. She didn’t wait for me, the way I had waited for her. Did she have a chosen mate? Did she become pregnant by accident, and decided to just raise the child on her own? So many f*****g questions, while I just sat there like a fool, looking at her, not knowing what to do first.
Does she even want to be with me?
Will she reject me? So she can be with her baby daddy?
And that last thought made me f*****g angry! How the hell could she already have a child? The fact that she had a child, also meant that there was a fucker somewhere in this world, who had touched what was mine. Who had taken what was mine! And my wolf, Conri, growled deep inside of me, as we both felt the need to kill.
I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting to jump to conclusions here. I needed to get to the bottom of this first. I needed to understand what the hell had happened here. Who was this baby? And why the hell was my mate taking care of it? I wanted to know the f*****g truth. And that could only work if I got the chance to talk to her, alone.
“Can I come over here to see her? So she can get to know me? Before I will take her to the Grey pack?” I asked Alpha Ash, who sighed but eventually nodded and agreed. And I felt relieved, knowing that, at least, I got the all clear from the Alpha. It would have been either this, or a bloody war, every time I would come over to see Rebecca, because I would make sure that I would see her again. I would walk through hell, to be able to see her again. I would die for her, even though I had only met her a couple of minutes ago.
“Why? Why do I need to move? Why can’t you come and live here?” Rebecca asked, and I could feel her chocolate eyes burning against my flesh. It was all so simple, really. A few months ago, yes, there could have been that option. But right now, not anymore. I had made a promise to the Grey pack. A promise I was planning to keep. I just knew I needed Rebecca with me, down at the Grey pack. Without her, I would not be able to function. I needed her with me, next to me. She was about to become a Luna, and she had no idea.
“Because I am the Alpha of the Grey pack.” I told her, seeing how her eyes grew even bigger. She was impressed, I could tell that. And the fact that my mate was impressed with my title, warmed my heart and filled me up with pride. Making me grateful to have participated in the trials, and happy that I had won them all.
“Holy s**t, what?” She gasped, looking back at me, as the big news hit her, hard.
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