23. Siblling Rivalry

Kyle POV

Pregnant!!

My friend Adam just told me my sister was pregnant.

I get shipped to the oversea Were council and find out pack news, weeks later.

I'm suppose to meet every pack and then make my way back home.

My father thinks I should meet every pack that I might do business with in the future.

I hated the suggestion but I just did this so that I can become Alpha that much sooner.

And not every pack was accepting of an overseas Alpha butting into their lands.

Not that I blamed them.

I would hate some foreigner showing up unannounced just because their 'daddy' said to say hi.

So I'm here sticking to a strict schedule and I'm missing everything back home.

But my sister is pregnant.

Was?

I don't know, but I wondered what my father thought of his precious daughter and her unclaimed baby.

My father always doted on her but I was his heir.

I was going to take over when the time came.

But after Adam told me my sister was pregnant, unclaimed and was hunted!

I knew I had to get home fast.

My Were council appointed escort wasn't happy, but I didn't need to explain to a low member why I needed to get home.

Who knows why my sister was hunted and unclaimed, but I bet it was some ploy to get the Alpha seat.

My mind was going crazy with all sort of scenarios that might be happening at this very moment.

I needed to be prepared for anything that might or could happen.

I'm sure my father would understand.

So I took the next flight back to the Americas, which in my case was Juneau .

I needed to catch a connecting flight back to Washington after.

I wish I could have enjoyed my time in Tokyo seeing as how I landed 4 hours ago.

And from what I could tell the ladies here look very appetizing, I just wondered if their Were form was just as attractive.

But with the weather, I thought maybe I can stay just a few days to let everything mellow out.

I detested the rain and also didn't like to fly on iffy days that gave the flight a higher chance of plummeting to the ground.

I am soon to be Alpha.

I must ensure that I make it home to claim my birthright, before my sister tries to pull something and take it from me.

After arriving in Vancouver I was just a short flight away from my pack.

I hadn't heard much else about my sister.

Adam said they all feared she may have been killed by the Beta of Echo Moon.

No one cared for the Echo Moon pack because of their wild ways.

But really, I thought it sounded very liberating.

To have the power to change what you don't like and do what you want.

Not caring what others think of you or your life choices.

I wanted that.

I wanted to have the freedom to choose what I wanted, not what was best for everyone but me.

I was going to be alpha of the largest pack in North America.

If I wanted I could change the packs laws and the binds that keep us from becoming a powerful species.

I never understood why we had to hide ourselves away from the rest of the world.

But 'laws, laws, laws'.

I was so lost in thought that I didn't notice a very beautiful woman walking past me several times.

'Mate???'

A low voice grabbed my attention.

I turned to the direction of the voice came from and there she was.

Short black hair, bright gold eyes and light tan skin.

She looked to be the same height as I was.

I was 17 at the time and I couldn't tell if she was my mate, but she claimed me as hers.

I couldn't muster anything to say but damn she was beautiful.

She came closer and I could smell her perfume.

Oh that smell, honeysuckle and cedar.

Of course I couldn't tell if that was her true scent since I didn't have my wolf, but it was good enough for me.

"Mate!"

She looked curious at first and then was smiling at me.

Her eyes searched me for any type of response but I just stared at her.

I trained since I was 8, for any life threatening situations I may be faced with.

But her..her eyes..her smile..her voice

I was no match for her gold eyes boring into me.

"Mate?….."

Her smile started to fade, eyes stopped searching and her brows furrowed.

While my soon to be Alpha a** continued to stare.

It wasn't until she started slowly turning away that I finally was able to say anything.

"NO!"

She flinched.

I stood, hoping once again she would captivate me with her sweet voice.

Silence.

She dared not to speak, or move for me.

"Turn!"

I didn't mean to make that come out as a command but it did.

She still refused to turn back around but I can tell it was because she was scared.

"Face me!" Again not meant to be a command but it still came out as one.

Slowly she turned.

Her bright gold eyes finding mine again.

"Mate" she said with a smile again.

Times like these I wish our wolves would surface when we found our mates.

I can not just claim any female that tells me she is my mate.

I was to be Alpha after all.

I stared at her trying to take her all in but she started towards me with a smile.

"Not so fast! I want to see if you can handle my world."

She stopped in her tracks and began to look confused.

I wish I had my wolf.

I just turned 17, leaving me without my wolf for another year.

"What's your name?"

Soon a rush of yearning filled my gut.

I've had a similar feeling when I was dating my high school girlfriend.

Yet this..this was nothing compared to that pull.

The longer I stayed in her presence the more my insides ached for a release.

I wanted to claim her already, true I had no wolf but it doesn't mean I had to wait.

It was pack laws that stated, no one be claimed or marked without their wolf present.

Not sure why but I'm sure it's for consent from both human and wolf.

Another reason I prefer to have more freedom like the leaner packs.

And she.

She was mine and I wasn't going to wait a year to claim my mate.

"Jess..Jessica. My name is Jessica."

"J..e..s..s..I..c..a.."

She was staring into my eyes with a small smile on her lips.

I wondered how her lips would feel on mine.

My mate.

I can not believe that I found her.

The need to go straight home was suddenly unmissed.

All I wanted was to devote my time and my being to my beautiful mate.

"Jessica"

Her name was melting in my mouth and I wondered if she would melt in my mouth as well.

And there, again, was the twist in my abdomen.

This time slightly stronger forcing me to give a low growl.

I could not wait the 11 months to claim her.

"Jessica you are now mine!" I was circling her taking in every bit of her body.

"You will obey me. You shall live to please me."

Her eyes followed me.

Not once escaping mine and I could tell, she enjoyed my dominance.

By the way her heart was beating and the sudden parting in her lips to catch her breath, I could tell she was ready to be mated.

"Come with me." I demanded.

"Yes, mate." A small squeak left her throat.

"Where are you from, Jessica" I asked while dialing for a driver

"I was from Echo Moon."

'Was?'

What's with the was, is she a rouge?

For some reason this angered me.

"So you don't belong to that pack anymore?" I really didn't care.

If she was a rouge I could reject her and be done with her to find a better mate.

"Answer me mate!"

She started to slow her pace and I could tell she had a secret she didn't want me to know.

"I am staying with a friend of mine from school. Her parents have a place near Devil's Paw."

Humm, female friend, and going to school.

"You are to stay by my side from here on out. Do you understand?!"

With my mate found, I didn't want her far from me.

Something told me to be on guard, but there was the louder side.

The side that pulled me to hurry and claim her before the rise of dawn.

So without hesitation I guided her from the Aspen Suite lobby.

Knowing full well what my intentions were, she followed without question.

I guess dinner will be served in quarters.

The furthest from my mind was my sister and the pack.

It was lucky of me to have been delayed here.

Of all places to have fate step in, Vancouver.

Now marked forever to me as the place I found my mate.

Now that I think of it, it is extremely lucky that I had found her.

How could luck pull us together, a pair of fated wolves in an area such as this.

Where she was spending time with friends, and I happen to be heading home to stop a possible greedy sister away from my Alpha title.

After all, these weren't the best hotel in the area but just the best to the airport.

It wasn't much but I wanted to be as close to the airport as I could, to be on the first available seat out.

As fate would have it, my mate was also here.

Now, I am suspicious.

"Who is your friend you are staying with?"

I needed to question her without letting on that she will meet her end if she lies to me.

"Her name is Hannah, her and her family left Echo Moon to start over here in Canada, they didn't like pack life."

Her voice was low and yet I could hear her courage coming thru.

"You left with them?" I questioned her further.

I wanted to know why she was in the company of these rouges.

"No, Hannah and I were at school when we were told to meet up with her parents here. We had landed 2 days ago coming in from New York. I was going to get something to eat before making the trip back to Devil's Paw. They are expecting my return."

The end there she sounded like she was tryin to question if she should go back to them or with me.

This did not sit well with me.

"YOU ARE MINE! YOU GO WHERE I GO! YOU ARE NOT TO LEAVE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" I shouted at her.

The eyes in the lobby had all turned towards the elevator doors where we stood.

I was furious she tried to question me.

But then,

(Ha Ha Ha)

"Mate, you're so funny. I would never do anything without you knowing."

She was smiling and giggling.

This threw me off and before I could say anything,

"I only meant I didn't know how long we were going to be locked behind closed doors."

Mmmm, her light touch to my arm nearly had me growling with heat.

"As long as it takes for me to be satisfied." I said thru clinched teeth.

Little did she know I wanted more than fun with her.

She was going to tell me everything I want to know about her friends, and their intentions.

Her fate was in her own hands.

So when dawn comes she will either be mated...or dead.

The she wolf that tried to infiltrate my head.

Her name-Jessica.