Chapter 3

Songs for the chapter: Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Ray

Hymn For The Weekend- Coldplay

Don't You Wanna Stay- Jason Aldean ft. Kelly Clarkson

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The weather was awful today. The grey clouds fell low, making it dark in the middle of the day. They were packed closely, and didn't look like soft usual clouds. They were clouds that made you shiver seeing them, they looked like they held something inside them that was monstrous. The rain poured on and off, the cold weather caused the rain to freeze into a sheet of ice. Fog filled the ground making it impossible to see anything ahead of you. Lighting bolts filled the sky every two minutes, that was the only thing making it light outside. Otherwise, darkness consumed everything.

The minutes passed by slow. One minute felt like a hour. I couldn't tell if I wanted time to stop, or go by faster. My heart was clenching inside my chest, my arms were weak because of fright. Four days went by like minutes, but these minutes went by like days.

My hands were clenched tightly into fists. Every noise I heard I would flinch. People walked around enjoying the party. People were laughing and dancing. The feeling in the room was joyful, I was out of place standing here. My constant frown didn't fit in with the happy smiles. I slowly put one foot in front of the other looking for a place to sit before I fall down because of fear. I lifted my dress slightly up so I wouldn't step on it. As my hands griped the silky fabric of my dress I felt how sweaty my hands were. I took a deep breath in, as I did so the air stung my dry throat.

The masks of everyone hid their true identity. The familiar faces of my pack were replaced by the beautiful masquerade masks. Flowing dresses filled the room, the blissful music being played from the musicians could be heard from miles away, and the smell of delicious food made your mouth water. The party was perfect. To anyone else, everything was perfectly fine. But it wasn't to me. My nerves controlled my every movement. My legs shook and, I couldent control the odorless sweat forming in spots around my body.

The moment I have been dreading was finally here. The past four days everyone was energetic. The pack was busy cleaning, decorating and baking sweet goods for tonight. They were so excited King Jaxon was visiting our pack, they did all of this for a man that doesn't care about them. I kept myself from biting onto my lip, instead I bit the inside of my cheek. I stumble on my heels not paying attention to my walking. My legs felt like paper, they were weak. I sat down quickly in a chair to catch my breath. A waiter walks towards me and holds out a tray of glasses. He gave me a charming smile, I nodded my head in reply. I took the glass full of water from the tray. He walks off to do the same with others sitting down. My sweaty hand griped the glass tightly. I lift the glass to my lips and took large gulps. My throat felt better as I chugged down the water.

I set the glass down, my hand traced the red lipstick stamped on the side. My eyelids drew heavy, I closed them slowly and my body relaxed. The bows on the violins strung each note gracefully. I blocked out the voices of people, and pretend like I could see each note being strung by the musicians with my eyes closed. I felt as if I was in complete and utter solitude. The people around me didn't exist.

A loud peering sound filled the room, I jumped in my seat and turned my head to look at what caused the awful noise. A man sat on the floor surrounded by broken glass and a red liquid. A woman stood above him with a shocked expression. The man started to let out an uncontrollable laugh, the woman smiled back at him and held out her hand. He took it and carfuly got up of the ground. In seconds waiters ran up to clean the mess. I looked over the man and saw a large red stain covered his shirt. However he looked happy as he laughed and looked down at the women. She brushed off flakes of glass on the back of his jacket. He quickly turned around and lightly kissed her forehead. She blushed and looked away. As I watched the two of them enjoy them selfs after the incident, something made me shiver. Looking at how happy the two are made me feel a new emotion. This emotion was new to me and I couldent place what I was feeling. It made my stomach twist and my face scowl at the two.

I turned away from them, feeling guilt inside me from the look I was giving them. A light tap on my shoulder caused me to turn around. I looked at the young man wearing a gold mask. I smiled when I saw the familiar blue eyes, and bright smile. He wore a suit with a black bow, the mask hid the bags under his eyes, he looked good. I stood up and wrapped my arms around him, he did the same to me. After a minute of us hugging I pulled away and gave him a smile. I didn't feel as antsy now, just being around someone I knew made me less nervous. "You look beautiful Eli." My small smile turned into a toothy grin.

I crossed my arms over my chest and shook my head. Ryan looked at peace, he didn't look worried at all. Just his giddy mood made me feel better. Peace by peace I didn't feel the need to bite at the inside of my cheek. I'm suprised by Ryans good mood, the past few days he has been quiet and grumpy. He shook all the worry off of his face and some how put a real smile on. How could Ryan not be trembling with fear? Maybe Ryan was scared, but he was just tired of worrying. That's how I feel, but I can't just push it aside like he could. "Thank you." I smiled at him, he looked down at me.

He gave me a small smile, it held hope and love inside it. He took my hand in his and walked me to the dance floor. "Relax, you don't need to be scared." He whispered in my ear as he placed his arm up holding my hand while his other one wrapped around my waist. I placed my arm on his shoulder feeling the smoothness of his jacket.

I rolled my eyes at him, he seemed as careless as a teenager. He wasn't worrying about the future, he wasn't worrying about anything. Heat rolled of of him like waves in the large room. My fingers played with the seams of his jacket as he attempted to get me to dance with him. "Ryan, I can't dance." I looked down while glancing up at him. My body couldent move, it was like a large stubborn boulder. Ryan nudge me with his foot showing me where to place it. I could never dance, dancing to me was like learning a new language.

"I know." He shook his head and directed my opposite foot to the side. I slowly took the steps. The music continued to play a soft melody as we danced. Unlike me Ryan swayed to the music gracefully, he looked like a professional dancer. He danced as if he was one with the music. He closed his eyes and left me to try and dance on my own. I hesitated with each step I took, the pattern of the dance confused me. My cheeks flushed with embarrassment as couples close by watch me struggle. "Eli?"

"Yes, Ryan?" The music began to grow louder. My quiet voice was almost unheard in the elegant room.

"I promise you, things are going to be okay. They are going to get better." He said this confidently like he wouldn't have it any other way.

"I know." This lie came out of my mouth smoothly, deep down inside I believed things are going to be okay. I can't see anything bad happining to this pack, I just cant. But it was a lie because before I believe things are going to be okay a little constant whisper tells me they won't. It's that same whisper that visits me in my dreams turning them into nightmares, and telling me I'm nothing more then a crumpled human.

My dancing only gets worse as I try to find the pattern, Ryan doesn't notice this while he keeps his eyes close swaying to the music. I stare at his face looking for an emotion that showed anything but remiss. I fell short in finding one.

Suddenly something made me break out in a cold sweat. My body shivered and I could feel it. The air around us tensed and power could practically be felt. It made my insides crawl with butterflies. Ryan looked up at me. He inhaled a long shaky breath. People around us stoped talking and dancing to see what it was. The music continued to play, but the room felt quiet. The feeling made me want to bow down in defence. It was an awful feeling. I squeezed Ryans shoulder with my hand. His eyes roamed over mine. Each time my heart would beat I could feel it in my head. My legs once again went week, my throat quenched for the yearn of water. I looked at Ryan looking for the anwser I dreaded. He nodded his head yes.

They were here.

I pulled away from Ryan and stared intensely at the opened double doors. The longer I waited the faster my chest moved up and down. I looked around to see the people had continued to dance, the feeling of power still consuming the room. Each second the feeling grew stronger, loud foot steps became louder.

I bite my lip, I closed my eyes tightly and reopened them. The waiting was awaful, it was painful. Each second teased me in my face.

The foot steps finally grew loud enough until they stoped. A tall blonde man took step into the room. He scanned the crowd with a blank face. He was unreadable, like a empty page. The power from him roared with authority, his grey eyes scanned each and every corner of large room. He wore a blue mask along with a suit and black tie. He was tall, muscles framed his body in a very appealing meaning. He looked very young. Ryan nudged me from the side and I looked up at him. "That's the Beta, Beta Noah."

I nodded my head, I stoped when I got highly light headed. I stumbled backward, I grabbed onto Ryan for support.

My breathing stoped, the moment seemed to stop completely. My thinking was clouded, I couldent think of anything but the new feeling that spread acrossed me. I could feel it inside me, I felt the unconditional pull to something. I realised my hold on Ryan and walked into the middle of the room looking for the source. A smell filled my nose, it reached up into my head and all I could think about was the smell. My head twirled around looking for what the desirable smell was. Faces that were not the source of the smell became blurs. The smell was like petrichor, the smell of rain on dry land. It was exotic and I couldn't get enough of it. I want more of it, I want whatever it was. It filled my breaths, I couldent gasp for air. I knelt down choking on the smell. I felt the arms placed on my back. I saw Ryan kneel next to me. His face was blurry. The smell was all around me. It etched it's way into my mind, I felt drunk. The smell intoxicated me. I closed my eyes and took carful breaths keeping my breathing at a constant speed. I griped onto Ryans shoulder pulling myself off the ground.

My vision became clear agian, his face looked worried. The smell was getting stronger by the second.

"What's wrong Eli, are you okay?" I nodded my head no able to speak. Ryans face didn't change. I nodded another time and walked towards the exit for the garden. He followed closely behind me. I stop and shook my head no. He seemed to understand what I was trying to say to him. He stoped walking and stepped away. "Are you sure you don't want me with you?" He asked keeping a close distance, he look me up and down. I nodded my head once again and waved him off. The smell was getting closer, I need to get some air.

I walked off away from him and stepped outside into the fresh air. The smell didn't go away. It grew stronger, I tried to think of what it possibly was, but I couldn't think of anything. The scent was unfamiliar to me. I felt dizzy, I could breath air now with out choking on the smell.

I sat down on the stone bench and pulled the heels off my feet. I sat the shoes down next to me. I looked away from the house and into the garden before me. Only a few days ago it was completely empty. Lights dazzled on the trees, the moon was bright enough to be seen over the back clouds.

My heart continued to beat fast inside my chest. I could hear and feel every beat greatly. My head once again became light headed. The smell was so close.

I was startled by quick steps and loud breathing behind me. The person behind me held great power, it overwhelmed me. At the same time it felt comforting. The person behind me didn't say anything as they stood there behind me.

Taking a deep breath in, I turned around to face who was behind me. My breath hitched as my eyes came in contact with the wide blue ones. Every thing came crumbling down, I understood what the smell was. I don't have my wolf too tell me what was going on, but I can tell.

It was my mate. It was the man that stood before me breathing heavy. The world stoped, and it was just him and me. The intense smell went away, and I was left with the normal amount of smell coming from him. He wore a dark grey mask. His hair was dark brown and his eyes were a magnificent light blue. Light freckles scattered under his cheekbones just before the mask covered the rest of his face. His height easily towered over me like a skyscraper. His god like features left me speechless. He looked flawless to me. He was my mate. I couldn't speek, my mouth gaped open like a fish out of water. His face was expressionless, his light pink lips stared at me. Slowly and carefully he took a step forward and held his hand out for me to take.

Every thing I've come to know has disappeared. I never thought I would actually find my mate. I don't know why I thought this but, I never could imagine the day this would happen. Having a mate would occasionally cross my mind, but I never put much thought into it. After my wolf died, it excaped my mind. But know staring down at my mates hand stretched out towards me, I don't know what to think.

"Dance with me Ethereal ." His deep voice sent chills down my spine. Goose bumps ran up and down my body, the music playing was nothing compared to his voice. I want to listen to it all night long. I lifted my shaking hand in his steady one. Sparks ignited as our skin touched. I could see the goose bumps on his arm similar to mine.

My stomach no longer felt nervous, my legs didn't feal weak, and my throat didn't feel dry. I felt perfect as he held my hand. The sparks flew up my arm and down into my stomach. I stood up and walked around the bench towards him. Slowly he pulled my back towards his chest. His arms wrapped around my waist and his body swayed form left to right.

I let out a gasp as the sparks took over my body. I closed my eyes feeling the pleasure run threw me like a ghost. I found my mate. I'm with my mate. I have a mate. All these things felt foreign to me, finding my mate was the last thing I expected to happen tonight. My hand griped onto the arm wrapped around my waist. I didn't want him to pull away, I felt safe in his arms. I don't want to let this go.

His head rested on the top of my head. He moved to take a step forward, I tried to move my foot in the right spot but ended up stepping on his foot. "I don't really dance." I muttered quietly into the night sky.

His arms around me tightened. "That's okay, we can balter together in the dark." I felt his jaw move on the top of my head as he spoke. His chest moved up and down on my back when he took breaths. I could feel the vibration of his voice as he spoke.

It felt like hours had gone by as each song passed and we stayed placed in the same position. It seemed like neither one of us knew what to say. I don't know what I'm suppose to say, while he remained blank. I couldent tell what he was thinking. He was like a brick wall.

"What are you thinking?" My voice broke out. It was a constant nagging not know what he was feeling or thinking. My voice cracked, I could feel my face heat up in embarrassment.

He let out a long breath, it blew some strands of hair into my face. His breath was hot against my skin.
"I'm thinking of all the time I have wasted." I opened my eyes confused. Light foot steps stoped in front of us. I looked up to see Beta Noah standing before us. I instantly felt tense. I pulled away from my mate and bowed my head in respect.

"Alpha Jaxon, sir, I'm sorry to inturupt but a group of rouges has past the northern boarder." I looked up at Beta Noah. I thought of the sentence he just said making sure I didn't miss hear him. However, I didn't the words Alpha Jaxon hung in the air around me. It couldn't be him, this is impossible. I couldn't have heard him correctly.

"How many?" He responded. His hands reached behind his head to slide of his mask. His voice sounded full of authority. Each second longer the conversation continued my chest squeezed in panic. Every bone in my body was telling me it wasn't him. But it would make perfect since if it was. I have never smelt his scent until the moment Alpha Jaxon arrived. Power filled the area he was standing in, and the Beta spoke to him with esteem, he had called him Alpha Jaxon. There was no other explanation for Beta Noah to talk too him.

He slid the mask off and threw it on the ground like it was nothing. My mouth gaped open when I saw his entire face. It was stern, and held dominance to every emotion held with inside. I took slow steps back, I held in my breath. I can't be his mate. I'm not fit to be Luna, much less Queen Luna. I'm too young, and I have no wolf to protect myself. What is he going to think of me if he finds out I have no wolf? Chills from my thoughts made me shiver. I blocked out the conversation they were having, however each time Beta Noah called him by his name it was like a sharp knife being twisted inside my stomach. My steps became faster back and longer strides. I need to think. I need to be alone.

King Jaxon turned around noticing my presence wasn't beside him. He looked at me confused, I shook my head repative. His face never left mine as he took a large stride towards me. He reached out to grab me, but I was gone before he could get close to me.

I heard him yelling for me to stop. I ignored him and continued to run threw the garden. My legs took over my body. I turned around to see Jaxon running after me. My bare feet pounded on sticks as I made my way out of the garden and into the woods. Each stride I took was longer and faster then the last. I made my way threw the woods taking sharp turns and twists, I could hear Jaxon's steps behind me fade away.

I need time to think, the man I have been dreading to even see is the man I'm suppose to share the rest of my life with. The man I tremble from, is my other half.

King Jaxon is my mate.

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