Under the spell of the Alpha (Book 1, Alpha series)

Questions

It felt like the rest of the world slipped away and I was in heaven of something. It felt just like I had imagined it, no it felt even better. He was mine and I was his. It sounds like a fairytale with the whole love at first sight but that’s what it feels like. From that moment I knew I would do anything for him and vice versa. We stood there just looking at each other for what felt like hours even if it only had been a few seconds.

“Nice to meet you too Zara”. He finally said in this dark and husky voice and I couldn’t help but wonder if his voice always sounded like that. Like he was banging the s**t out of me right there in that moment, in his mind, because it made me wet right away and I hoped nobody noticed the sudden redness in my cheeks. What the hell was he doing to me? I never blushed! I didn’t even knew I could! And with only a few innocent words? Really? My father drew my attention back from the heat I was feeling inside.

“Well I was not expecting that.” I don’t think anyone expected that at all. Me mating with the most sought out and feared Alpha in the whole f*****g world?

“I guess I’ll leave you two to talk a bit before dinner is being served. Talk to you later James.” Father said but I couldn’t say anything back, I was stuck in James golden eyes on me. James answered him shortly “Richard” with his eyes still on mine.

“So I finally found you” He broke the silence between us after a few minutes. 

“Guess you did” for the first time in my life I didn’t know what to say. But then again I wanted to do everything but talk to him right now.

“You know I can smell and sense ALL of you from now on, right?” I couldn’t help but blush at this. Seriously what was he doing to me, I never blush especially when it came to s****l things, never!

“Oh, well I can’t really help it when you’re looking at me like that.” He looked down at his feet for about a second and I already missed his eyes on me but I still needed to get out of here. I needed to breathe. ”I’m sorry, I need some air” I said and walk out of the room. I couldn’t believe that I had just found my mate and that it was James f*****g Duran. But then again it didn’t surprise me that my mate was an alpha it was normal for alpha families from different packs to be mates, a cosmic way of keeping pure bloodlines and alliances or something like that. Stacy is gonna freak when I tell her and Jake. Damn, I hoped he could be cool about this. I think Jake would be the only one who would never be excited about this day since it meant he had to let me be protected by someone other than him and possibly move to another pack's territory.

All my worries disappeared and I could sense his present.

“Did I say you could join me?” I was still the dominant girl I had always been, good to know that that didn’t changed at least.

“Sorry but I don’t really ask for permission to do things.” He answered with confidence and a power to him. He was also a dominant, but then again he was an Alpha so it didn’t surprise me at all.

“Well maybe you should start.” I said it more as a statement than a question.

“If you want me to go back inside you just have to say the words and I’ll leave you alone” he said this and took a few steps towards me waiting for me to stop him but I didn’t. I couldn’t.

“I.. You can sense that I don’t really want you to leave.” I said as he probably already knew the fact that I liked having him close to me. 

“It’s what happens with new mates. The wanting them around you all the time and every second they are even looking away breaks your heart a little bit.” He knew exactly how I felt, then again he could sense it. 

“How’d you know that’s what it feels like?” I asked him anyway. 

“Why did you think I followed you out here? I felt it too” Right.. I felt what he felt and the other way around. I could tell he wasn't used to be so open and vulnerable like he was right now. 

“So how do we do this? I mean I don’t even know you” Even if it felt like I had known him forever I didn’t know anything about him. 

“Maybe we start right there, getting to know each other?” He waited for my reaction and my eyes told him yes.

“How did the travel here go?” I asked awkward with a smile on my face. He laughed, damn I could get lost in that laugh.

“Boring, I had to worked the whole way but now I’m happy I made the trip” he smirked as he added the last part. 

“Smooth mister.” I laughed. 

“Thanks, I do my best.” We both laughed at this. Things were simply easy with him.

“Okay maybe we should start with like 5 questions? We each take turns asking and answering, does that sounds good?” He nodded and asked me a question. 

”Was that your first question?” I let out a small laugh, he was kind of funny.

“Was that yours?" we laughed even more now. "Favourite place to be?” I continued. 

”I could be cheesy and say wherever you are but I’m gonna go with this waterfall near my house back home.” I looked at him with interest, not what I thought he was gonna say. “If you could do anything what would it be?” he asked me. 

“I would run. I wanna see the world, travel and experience things. Being the only daughter of an Alpha with protective brothers keeps that dream just as it is. A dream.” A frown appeared on my face.

“Sorry. You never get to follow your father or brothers to other packs and places?” he was interested, he could be shallow and only asked boring questions but he followed up on my answers. I liked it. 

“No, first I was too young and now father just comes up with lame excuses. I hate it! But enough about my crushed dream. How was it becoming Alpha so young?” He was different than I had expected from him and it intrigued me. 

“It kind of sucked actually.. I wasn’t really given the chance to grieve my father's death. There was so many thing I hadn’t learned yet and so much I wanted to do before being Alpha. So I guess I have some dreams that had to stay dreams too.” We shared a look again, it got quiet but in a good way. We didn’t need words. “My turn, is there someone I should be afraid of? You father didn’t seem to mind but there has to someone, boyfriend?” I have him a questioning look. “Ex? Brother?”

“Well there is always Jake” I could see him getting tense at his name. “My brother Jacob is a bit overprotective but just behave and we’ll be fine.” I warned and gave him a small wink.

”Wait, Jacob? He’s in the guard right?” Wait did he and Jake know each other? Maybe his reputation just traveled around. 

“Yes, the leader actually.” I said with pride over my brothers achievement. 

”We actually met once or twice. In The South. Long and boring story. But he’s a good guy, I like him.” Thank God, if they hated each other this would be a whole other story. 

“Hold on to that hope. He can be.. difficult.” at least when it came to me that is. 

”I’ll keep that in mind.” He said with a smile.

“It’s my turn to ask a question. Any lovers or girlfriends back home?” I had heard enough stories of mates that meet only to have partners that stay on the side as a mistress or something. Sometimes people have rejected their mates due to that partner, so I needed to know. 

”No, not really. There was someone last year but it’s over so. Just me and you now.” I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. 

“I like the sound of that.” I said with this foolish smile on my face. Stop it! I thought to myself. It didn’t seem to stop James from closing their distance a little.

”If I kissed you right now would you stop me?” I was kind of chocked by the question and I just shook my head in response. It was all it took for James to take that last step towards me and put his lips to mine. The world floated away again and it felt amazing. I didn’t want the kiss to end so I deepened it without any hesitation and he didn’t seem to mind. But I quickly pulled away at the voice that broke the silence between us.