The lucky day?

Jason's P.O.V.

I was standing at the very end of the ground away from all the crowd with my friends.

"Do you guys know Anthony found his mate last week during our exam? She belongs to a neighboring pack and was visiting her aunt. And Anthony ran after her car when we were chatting in the parking after the exam. You guys should have seen his face." Said Jeremy while laughing his soul out.

"Yes, dude. He looked like his soul left his body." Added Hose.

"Finding your mate must be amazing," Lyla said dreamingly.

"I wonder when we will find our mates." Added Aiden.

"Oh please. What's so great about finding a mate. It's not that hard. You can sense it's them just by feeling. I know who my mate is." Said Emily like she does not give a damn.

"What are you talking about. You're fifteen." Aiden said with a confused look on his face.

"Ya like Lunar goddess pair up the perfect couples. They are your other half so you can know who they are when you meet them and you don't need any werewolf stuff. Like me and Jason. We are perfect for each other, we both look amazing, we have powerful wolves and we'd make a great couple. And by the way, do you know any other girl in the pack who is more suitable to be a luna than me?" she said like it was nothing complicated. "Also, Jason still has not found his mate. It is almost six months since he turned sixteen and the only answer is me, he cannot feel it because I'm still not sixteen. Just wait for a little Jason, we'll be together in a few months." She said winking at me.

I just frown. I don't even like her, I cannot be surer of her not being my mate. You guessed it right she is the annoying type. And she has been after me since God knows when. It's not like she has feelings for me, she has her eyes on the throne of Luna. Ugh, I just hate her. But I can't get rid of her. The daughter of one of the business tycoons Mr. Wither. Oh, don't get it wrong her father's wealth is all thanks to my dad who helped him start the business and who still owns the majority of the shares. But her dad is good at managing the business so gotta keep him close. And, her parents are such nice people, sometimes I wonder if she is their daughter or not.

"Well, you are not the only one who's under sixteen." Said Aiden mocking her.

"Shut up you -" she shouted at Aiden

"I think you forgot you are talking to the future beta of the pack," I said quietly and she did not finish her sentence.

And then it hit me the mesmerizing smell of strawberry, meadow, and coffee. "Mate." Said Conri (my wolf). I started following it ignoring everything that was going around me. And then I saw Owen walking straight towards me with his eyes low. He turned sixteen today and the fragrance was coming from him only. He is my mate. I was shocked and stood right where I was. But he kept walking without looking up and he bumped into me. I felt sparks where his head touched my chest. He lost balance and was about to fall but he placed his hands on my chest and I felt the burning sensation in every inch of my body. Then slowly looked up, his eyes met mine and tears started flowing from his eyes. He had a shocked, scared, disgusted look on his face. He moved away instantly still the same look on his face. I was about to talk when he dashed, he ran from beside me and went straight into the direction I was standing before and opposite from when he entered. He went straight into the woods never looking back.

Conri lost control and he just wanted to follow his mate. But I knew better, I knew the meaning of the look on his face. So, I resisted him and stood right where I was. It was not the only reason though, I was shocked too, I had so much to think about, I have done so much to him, I know there is not an easy way, I'm scared that it is him but a part of me feels happy too, I feel relieved that it is him.

I walked over to my group they were talking about some dude in the class. But my mind was completely off. All I could think was about Owen. It was like that for the entire training. Around 5:30 the training ended and I went to the parking got into my car and started driving to the home. In fifteen minutes, I reached my home, the Lunar mansion. I drove for another five minutes and reached the main gate of the mansion after passing the gardens. I entered the home and Mrs. violet the head maiden walked over to me.

"How was your day love?" she asked.

"It was so so, just like any other day" I replied.

"It does not seem that way. But I'll stop asking if you don't feel like telling it." She can see right through me. "By the way, your father has asked you to visit him. He has some business to discuss." She added.

"Okay. Where is he?" I asked.

"In the study. You freshen up after meeting him, I'll get cooks to prepare some snacks for you and bring them to your room." She replied with a smile.

"Thanks," I said I made my way to the study.

I knock on the door and my father looked at me. He was reading a book, he placed it down on the table and said "you're here. How was the training?"

"It was okay," I replied taking a seat opposite to him.

"So why are you looking like that?" he raised an eyebrow.

"Like what?"

"Like your world just collapse." Everyone can see through me, I need to sharpen my acting skill.

"it's nothing." I replied. "but what business do you have to talk with me." I stressed the business part to make it sound like a joke.

"Yes. That. I'll be straight to the point with that. You are turning eighteen in less than a year and you will be graduating the high school next year. And I'm planning to pass down the throne after your graduation. So, I want you to get more engaged with the pack business and start helping me from now on. You must do that under my supervision to understand how to run the pack before you take on your responsibility. It would be better for you if you have found your mate but since you have not, you have to manage things on your own until you find the special one." I was going on and on.

"wait! You want to pass down the throne next year, I'll be just eighteen then." I was shaken to the core.

"Oh please. Don't tell me you were not expecting this, my father passed it down to me when I was eighteen too. And I know you feel like you are not ready and believe me you will never be ready unless you face it head-on. Also, I'm not asking you to get ready overnight, you will learn so many things in six months and even after you become the alpha I and your mother will always be here to help you whenever you need. And you will also have your mate right next to you, so don't worry too much. You'll make a great alpha I'm sure of it." I feel reassured unless the mate part. My father has that kind of power he makes any problem seem trivial. I hope the problem with my mate is trivial too. But I know it isn't.

"I understand, father. I'll do my best." I replied. Today is sure one hell of a day.

After having a short conversation with my father, I went into my room. I went straight to the bathroom, stripped, and turned on the shower. The hot water started flowing all over my body. It calmed my nerves down, the weight I was feeling all day was subsiding and I finally relaxed a little. I cleaned up and wrapped myself in a robe. I went out and two grilled cheese sandwiches were there on one of the tables near to the door of my room. It was still hot so I took a bite after blowing it a little. And it tasted heavenly. I finished the sandwiches and lay on my bed.

I looked out the window and it was getting dark. I wonder if Owen went back home safe or not, the last time I saw him, he was running into the woods. What am I thinking about now? But I could not stop my mind from roaming and I started interviewing myself.

How can I accept this, I'm an alpha of the pack? But it's not like there have not been gay alphas, and werewolves are not the creature that mind who you sleep with because of the whole mate thing. So, that is not a problem.

But I'm not gay. However, I've had a crush on Owen since the seventh grade. It was the reason I started teasing him then. Oh my God, What am I gonna do about my past with him? I've hurt him so much.

It all started when my heart flutter in the seventh grade when Owen bumped into me. I could not understand the feeling and started to tease him, but then my friends started doing the same and things escalated. We made him run errands for us. And then I realized my feelings and thought they were just wrong, like 'how can I fall for a boy? Plus he is not my mate so what my mate would think if she find out about my feelings for him?' on top of that everyone started fearing me, they all started praising me for showing the qualities of the alpha and it felt good.

Then I lost myself, in high school, my heart would just jump out of my chest at the sight of him and that terrorized me. I knew these were not the mate bond and I still believe it was not the mate bond because my wolf Conri was never part of it. He never reacted weirdly because of Owen like he did today, he did not start screaming at the sight of Owen. It was my human part that loved him, that fell head over heel for him, and I could not accept that, for the sack of my pack, my mate, me. So, I started hitting him. I thought hitting him would make these feelings go away but they never did. So, I hit him more and harder but it was no use. Also, I was being more feared, more popular, more of alpha so I kept doing that. After I turned sixteen and could not smell out my mate even though Owen walked past me in the hallway, I was sure he was not my mate. After then one day I with my soccer buddies beat him up and he was hardly breathing, the sight tore my heart, that day I cried for the whole night. Why did I do that I don't know. I hated myself.

I used to go to the hospital he was admitted to and I'd stand in the hospital garden. I hated myself for going there he was not my mate; I cannot feel hurt for him. But I could not stop going there. He was hospitalized for two weeks and he did not come to school for three weeks after being discharged. It was then I decided to ignore him rather than hurt him. He did not do anything wrong. I was the one in the wrong, I hurt the person I love, I hurt the one person I was supposed to protect even at my life's cost.

But I cannot think about that now, I don't have time to dwell in the past. I have to make it up to him, I have to have him open his heart even if it takes my life. Because I cannot live without him, neither my human part nor the wolf.