Chapter 2 The Encounter

ELDRICH s POV

Another day filled with paperwork and damn complaints. It wasn't my job as the Alpha to do the paperwork regarding the pack s complaints, it was my Luna's job. Unfortunately, she hasn't turn up yet. I was starting to get tired of waiting for her to appear in front of me. I didn t have the time to go looking for her, though I was impatient to start my own love life and family.

I was so desperate for her to appear that I would mark her the second I saw her to ensure she was mine forever. I hated the fact that pretty much everyone else in the pack had found their mate except me— the Alpha.

"Are they 2-year-olds? Why are they disputing over a half-eaten biscuit?!" I slammed my hands on the desk frustrated from an adult fight over a biscuit. I slumped in my chair and pass my hand through my hair. It was then I heard a small giggle from the corner of my office.

"What are you laughing about, Daemon?" I questioned irritated at the young boy in front of his desk. He continued to laugh as he replied, "Nothing Alpha, just—" not being able to hold his laugh he starts laughing again.

"Just what?" I was slightly more annoyed now as he refused to answer me the first time. I m notorious for my lack of patience in the pack, no in the whole wolf kingdom.

" Just you have been acting like—" But before Daemon could finish his sentence, someone barged in through the door. It was Ulysses.

"Alpha! Trespassers have entered the land. One is being chased by other wolves from conris territory." He announced as he entered in a rushed manner. I mean he didn't even knock.

"Again? Ulysses gathered the rest of the guards and leave some here just in case the trespassers can breakthrough our defenses. As for the rest, have them capture all the trespassers!" I replied as I completely forget about the previous matter that was being discussed.

"Yes Alpha! But the wolf that's being chanced hasn't transformed into her wolf form, she's still in human form. What shall we do?" Ulysses shockingly revealed in which me and Daemon in unison questioned to no one in particular

"What!!! Is she trying to get herself killed?" still confused with the situation in front of me I begin to think of what this wolf could be thinking. Everyone knows that being in your wolf form is more beneficial than human form when being chased. Regardless of the situation and this weird feeling inside me I ordered Ulysses to:

"Capture them all. They are still trespassing. We will punish them all regardless. Now go!"

"Yes alpha!" Ulysses leaves in a hurry as I get ready to leave after him.

"What should I do?" Daemon inquired as I was about to step out of the door.

"Stay here and keep an eye on things along with Ulrich."

"Okay!" Daemon replied in a jolly tone which would usually get him a scolding from not being serious during work. But he is my friend and beta so he can get away with some offenses.

Leaving the pack home, I make my way to the beginning of the forest which was where the intruders are currently running around in, like it's a playground. I speed through the forest in wolf form to the location where the trespassers were making a mess in my territory. As I was getting closer, I could feel my wolf begin to become unsettled. Almost as though it felt something was wrong, or maybe, right?

I stopped in my tracks when I reached the location. It didn't take long for my wolf to become even more enlightened when I saw a beautiful girl standing behind a tree out of breath. All I could think of was how stunning she was despite her ripped clothes and a few ashes on her face. I felt a warmth I had never felt before deep down in my heart.

A warmth that was without a doubt threatening my Alpha appearance to melt like an ice cream on a hot sunny day.

My thoughts were interrupted when she turned her fragile head and looked deep into my chestnut brown eyes with her shocked enthrall eyes. It was at that instant I understood my temptation towards her. My wolf whispered the words I never thought he would say into my head:

"Mate"

SIERRA ANAPHEL s POV

As I turned my head, I unwillingly was met with the eyes I was sure I would always adore. A whirlpool of swirled chestnut. That's what his eyes looked like to me. Dragging me deeper into its hallucinating spiral.

It had felt like time had stopped and there was no one else except me and him, except us. My eyes were glued on to his own mesmerizing orbs as foreign sparks rush through my body enhancing the euphoric feeling. It felt right.

Unfortunately, I was forcefully snapped back to reality after hearing a furious growl from behind the tree that had collapsed. The wolves were still alive. That thought alone had the whole haven I was in seconds prior to morph into reality once again. His eyes were no longer my priority, nor was the feeling in my heart, but instead it was the instinct to survive.

Not even a few seconds later, one of the wolves jumped over the log, charging towards me with the intent to kill. To rip me in shreds with no mercy. Knowing that fact, which emitted from his whole body, I attempting to lift my heavy body of the ground. But I couldn't. My muscles were too exhausted to function. And when I looked up, I already knew, it was too late.

This seemed to have awakened Sierra from her trance as she roared in my head "Anaphel run, now or you're going to die! Then that means I am going to die, and I don't want that!"

My body refused to take any commands. I just froze. It s all over. I'm going to die. At least I will get to see mum, dad and Dan. And maybe even the little pups again. Rendering to my destiny, I closed my eyes, ready for the pain that was certainly going to hurt, hurt more than the pain I had experienced over the last few months.

Waiting for the excruciating pain to course through me, prepared to scream in agony before falling into darkness, I couldn't stop the few tears that slid down my cheeks. I had promised to get revenge. But now it was over.

I waited and waited with tense muscles for my ending, but it never came. Confused by what was happening, I opened my small eyes peeking through the space between my eyelids to see if the wolf was just playing with me, surprisingly, I was met with something unexpected. Something I was completely dumbfounded by. Someone had saved me. It was him.

ELDRICH s POV

I was staring into her strong-willed eyes feeling an indescribable sense of joy running through my body. I was astounded by her beauty despite the ripped and bloody clothes. When I realized the state of her clothes an indescribable feeling built up in me. A sense of protection. I knew I had to protect her and kill anyone who dared to harm her. As weird as it sounds, I was happy to see her despite her ripped clothes. I felt full of love and warmth I had not experience since losing them. Daemon was right. This feeling proved she was my mate, my one and only mate. I finally found her.

As I was about to walk up to her, not wanting to miss a single second of her company and to cuddle her endlessly, her eyes darted to the left of her and showed fear deep within her trembling eyes and body. I followed her line of sight to meet a wolf that I had never seen before growling at her. My blood was boiling, and my wolf was going into protective mode over what I was witnessing. He was making my mate shiver in fear as her breathing seemed to be getting shallower with each step he took before her. I could see how defenseless and shattered she looked. There was no way anyone could defend themselves in her state.

The wolf charged towards my mate with full intent to kill her. I don't know what she did to make him so angry but that didn't matter to me. My body instinctively moved to protect my mate, my love, my Luna. Anger was radiating from my body. I was ready to rip off his head and destroy his family if he laid a single claw on my Luna.

Instinctively, I raced as fast as lightning and attacked the wolf before he laid a finger on my mate. Full of anger, I pounced and clawed at the wolf with no mercy and was ready to tear his soul into shreds, but he was quickly joined by his companions. The wolves had probably noticed I wasn't a normal wolf but an Alpha as they began to back off slightly when met with my deadly Alpha glare. Just as I was about to pounce on to the group of wolves, as his fury had clouded mine and my wolf s sense of sane judgement, we heard an angelic voice saying "Stop! Please don t kill them". She had her arms around my waist and her fingertips shook slightly as they held onto my fur. I felt a wave of spark which caused my body to relax.

I halted like the voice had said. I turned my head to look at the owner of the voice. I could see a mixture of emotions deep withing her orbs: exhaustion, fear, pity and adoration. In that moment, I turned back to the wolves to see they had left. I quickly mind linked Ulysses and the rest of the guards to go after them as I turned to look at my mate. She now had released me from her embrace, which I miss, and her head was down whilst she was slightly shaking. At first, I thought it was because of me as I was a big, muscle man whose wolf appearance wasn't the friendliest of faces in the world, but it wasn't.

I changed into my human form and knelt to touch her and that's when I knew she wasn't afraid of me. Her hands were as cold as ice and her skin as pale as snow. I held her hand in attempt to warm them, but she shook of my hand almost instantly. I felt rejected but I decided to not let my emotions get the best of me as I saw in her eyes a hint of fear when I lifted her head and realized she didn't trust me. Thankfully I told Ulysses and others to leave, or this would be embarrassing as I, as an alpha, was about to act cute.

I sat in front of her and smiled waiting for her to lift her head back up to me. Then after she did, I smiled whilst doing cute awkward gestures which made her laugh. Taking that as a hint of her warming up, I held out my hand to introduce myself. At first, she ignored me but then I pouted slightly to which she looks up to me and started laughing. A word like "cute" left her mouth and had caused me to flush a bright red. I looked at her again to see if I heard her correctly and I was met with a slight blush on her cheek, which mimicked mine perfectly. Shaking my head, I took the opportunity to introduce myself.

"I m Eldrich. What's your name?"