Chapter Three: Xander.

When I got the call two weeks ago from the Alpha Theron saying his daughter may be my mate my heart hit the floor. For 1200 years I have roamed this Earth alone. For the last one thousand I have been traveling and hiding in order to stay alive. Nowadays there is no need to hide. The Elders have made it clear that I am to stay alive at all costs. Marcus and I grew up together that's the main reason for my protection.

What pisses me off is that he has known about her for 28 fucking years and never even told me. I let him have it today. When he told me that he didn't think about us being mates I almost killed him. I know she has felt my power because I could feel her response. I really pray she is the woman I have dreamed about for the last 10 years. I'm hoping the dreams are the mate pull, if it's not her I will say no. I can't live without the women in my dreams.

Beta Eric was showing me around the small town. It was driving me nuts but I had a feeling she was the reason why. I could feel her energy she was pissed. I really wanted to know why. "Hey Eric, can you tap into that pack bond and see why she is pissed?" I asked.

"I don't have to do that to tell you why. She hates it when he does this. she doesn't want him trying to run her life. She has always done what she wanted she doesn't take being told what to do very well. She takes after him in that way." he replied.

I could tell by his eyes that he loved her I just hoped it was like a sister.

"How long have you known her?" I asked trying to see how he felt about her.

" Since she was born, she is my niece, well half-niece. Alpha's true mate was my sister, my father killed her but that is a long story for another time. I left my pack to join this one. I tried to take on my father but I was not strong enough. So I helped him raise my sister's son and then when Nyx was born I watched out for her till she moved here. I'll let you get the rest from her." he winked and smiled.

"Out of curiosity what happened to your father?" I asked.

"Tate Killed him and claimed his place as Alpha; that is my sister's son by the way," he said with pride in his voice.

"I'm glad to hear that. Can we go meet her now? I came a long way just to see if she is my mate." I said trying to rush things along.

"Yes sir, the compound is this way, but I can't guarantee that she will be ready. She is pushing the Alphas buttons right now." he laughed and turned onto a road that led to a home with a sandstone fence that looked as if silver was throughout and a silver gate. There were hounds guarding the gate. They made me feel small, they opened the gate as we pulled in.

"Wait here and I will go up and tell her you are here." Just as I was about to get out of the car she came out the front door. It was her!

The woman I had been dreaming about and she most certainly was my mate. Her strawberry blonde hair was back in a loose braid a few strands were framing her round face. The white T-shirt hugged her in all the right places. She was very curvy and that for some reason surprised me. Her jeans hugged her hips and I was dying to see her turn around to look at her ass. Her large sunglasses covered her eyes from the bright sun. Her pale skin shone bright. One benefit to being half werewolf is we don't need extra blood or even blood at all to be in the sun. Vampires have to take in extra blood to repair the damage the sun does to their skin.

Just as I shut the car door she ran to me. She wraps her arms around my neck and we fall back against the car. God, she smells so good. I can tell she has been outside most of the morning she smells like the earth.

We don't say anything we just hold each other.

"I'm going to take it as he is the man you've been dreaming about kiddo?" The sound of her father's voice startles me and I let her go so I can shake his hand.

"Thank you for calling me, I've waited a long time to find her."

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It's him, I can't believe it. God, he is so handsome my dreams didn't give him any justice. He looked close to 7' tall. As he shook my father's hands I could tell he was taller than my father. He had dark brown almost black hair and right now his eyes were blue. He is wearing a Light blue dress shirt with black slacks, more of a business look to me but then again if I was not his mate I am sure he would have changed it to a meeting to discuss alpha stuff.

"Follow me," my father says as he ushers us inside. "Thank you Xander for coming all this way to meet at our home. Nyx isn't big on traveling since she got back from overseas." My father said as he led us into the living room. It was a large room with black crown molding much like his office. The furniture was all oversized and dark brown leather.

We all sat down Xander and I on the couch and my father and Eric across from us on the loveseat. As soon as we sit down Abby our maid comes in with Sweet tea and coffee. "Abby, Do we have any more cookies?" I asked. "Yes I will bring them," she says and rushes out of the room only to come back quickly with the chocolate chip cookies I had made this morning.

"Thank you!" I said with delight as she left the room.

"If you cannot tell she loves cookies and anything that contains chocolate," Eric said with a wink.

"I can tell, but I have a sweet tooth as well. I have traveled the world several times just for chocolate." Xander said as he smiles at me.

"Do you not have a pack? I would think a wolf like you would." my father says.

"I do not. The elders have kept me in hiding for a long time. I never found one besides my mother's pack but things have changed so much over the years that I am not sure I would be welcome anymore. But The pack I have been living close to has allowed me to stay for the last 10 years." Xander responds with sadness in his eyes.

I felt a pull in my heart, part of me wants to stay here. I love Oklahoma but it would not be ideal to stay if he already had a home and a place he felt safe at. Also, the place he would normally be at in my dreams looked amazing. "Where do you live?" I ask.

"I own a home in Amorgos, Greece. I tend to move around often but for the last 10 years that is where I have been. Is that okay with you? I am willing to move anywhere if I need to I really am just glad I found you."

"Nyx isn't the pack kind of wolf either. I often wondered if it was the Vampire side of her. She has been to Greece several times before she turned 18 she would go to see her grandmother who lived there before her mother killed her to keep Nyx away." my father explaines.

"I would love to go to Amorgos with you. And I actually love the pack life thank you very much. There is a structure to it much like the military." I quickly said trying to change the subject from my mother.

"I already told you, you are free to go and will always be a part of this pack." My father says

" If that is what you want I will gladly take you there," Xander said.

"Great I will go pack," I said and I quickly ran out of the room.

Xander ******

"Sorry about that, I should know better than to bring up her mother," Theron said.

"I fear now that she has found you and she gets stronger it will bring her mother back into the picture," Eric adds.

"I will protect her with my life. But from what I have seen in her dreams she can take care of herself." I say and walk outside to wait.