Chapter 5: |4|

Thanks to my slow friends we're late and missed the first event today. After checking in we immediately go to our room in the main cabin. The cabin is more like a packhouse. The first floor has a kitchen and a large dining area for everyone to eat at and two large public bathrooms.

The second floor has about forty bedrooms for beta, deltas, and gammas to share and the third floor has another forty for alphas. My room is like a small apartment with a kitchen, living room, office, bathroom, and master bedroom.

I was given the best room since my father is the Alpha of the strongest pack in the western United States, the Blackwater pack. My great-grandfather Kane Blackwater started it after his parent's pack was attacked and burnt down by rogues. After I take over I plan to extend even more. I want to honor my ancestors by making sure our pack is the strongest in the whole country. When I find my Luna we will be even stronger.

After laying in my bed relaxing for a few hours I mind-link Lance and Matt.

“Where are you two?”

“Down in the dining area lots of hotties in here,” Lance answers.

"Aren't you supposed to be looking for your mate Lance?" I growl at him.

“She won’t mind.” Lance laughs.

“Are you coming? should be time for the party soon.” Matt asks.

“Coming now.”

I cut off my mind link and go downstairs. The dining hall is pretty busy but I spot Matt and and Lance by a table. As soon as I walk up I’m irritated. Lance is making out with a random she-wolf. Matt just stands idly by looking disappointed.

"Didn't you get laid earlier? what the hell are you doing!” I yell at Lance.

The girl jumps back from Lance hearing my comment. She looks up at me and starts to growl but when she realizes who I am she bows her head. Like I said everyone fears me. She then turns back to Lance and slaps him.

“You jerk!” The she-wolf yells and walks off angrily.

“Really Kai, I was trying to have some fun.” Lance runs his hand through his long blonde hair. With his perfectly sun-kissed skin, he reminds me of one of those human surfers.

“We didn’t come here so you could bang every female who lets you.” I glare at Lance who's smirking. “Wipe that look off your face before I do!” I growl.

Lance put his head down submitting to my Alpha voice. I turn and look at Matt who has been quiet this whole time. “How did you let this happen beta? You're starting to get useless around here!”

“I tried but he doesn’t listen, I was just as grossed out as you.” Matt frowns then looks down at the floor like it’s super interesting. I swear my friends are idiots.

Annoyed by both of them I walk away. They follow behind me as we head towards the bonfire party down by the lake. When we get there the place is crowded. There have to be at least five hundred wolves here. Lance walks up beside me rubbing his hands.

“This should be a fun night boys, so many ladies to choose from.” He states and I growl. He knows I hate how he treats women. Plus I want them focused always. This is a neutral zone but with so many possessive alphas and desperate she-wolves, there are bound to be problems.

“I need a drink,” I mumble. But before I can get a drink the last person I want to see walks up.

“Well look who it is, Alpha Kai. What a surprise to see you here cousin,” Scott smirks.

“You knew I was coming asshole, that’s why you picked the room next to mine.” I could hardly relax earlier with the moaning sounds coming from his room.

“I had no idea you were next to me, must just be a coincidence.” He shrugs and then steps closer to me.

I really want to wipe the smirk off this condescending asshole, but I can’t. I promised my dad no fighting. Being an alpha sucks, I constantly have to set an excellent example for others. I have other pack members here and they already think I can’t control my temper.

“Well here is a new idea, stay far away from me, treaty or not I won’t tolerate your disrespect,” I growl and step closer so now we're almost chest to chest.

“I wouldn’t dream of it, Kai. Also, I wanted you to know I found the future Luna of The Red Diamond Pack. She is a cute little thing. Brunette, green eyes, black dress. Stay away from her.”

I feel bad for the poor girl mated to him. But still, I wouldn’t mess with another wolf's mate. If someone even looked at my mate wrong I would snap their neck.

Scott sees I’m not going to argue with him and he walks away with a smug look still on his face. When he leaves I unclench my fists.

“Man, I hate that asshole why did your dad sign a treaty with his pack?” Lance asks just as irritated as me.

“Let’s just drink and have fun. If we’re lucky we will find our mates.” Matt suggests looking at us both.

“After dealing with that asshole I need something strong.”

Hours later Matt is drunk and passed out lying on the grass. Lance is sitting in a chair beside me with three she-wolves surrounding him. Girls flock to him like mosquitoes looking for blood. His good looks and charm are like a poison if you ask me, dangerous.

A few girls tried to talk to me but I ignored them. One even tried to sit on my lap like I’m a damn chair or something. I pushed her off and she ran away upset. I know I was being mean but what did she expect? I only want my mate whoever she is.

I take a drink of my whiskey feeling slightly buzzed when Lance elbows me and points to the crowd. It’s Scott and he's making out with some she-wolf. But according to how he described his mate she's not it.

The girl shoving her tongue down his throat has red hair, a white sparkly dress, and six-inch stiletto heels. I take a deep sigh. “I feel sorry for whoever his mate is.”

Lance points to another spot in the crowd. “I think that’s her but I’m not sure. She doesn’t look like she cares about Scott though.”

I look at the spot he's pointing at and see the back of a brunette. The girl has long wavy brown hair, a tight black dress, and black boots. She's dancing alone. Unlike me, she looks like she's having the time of her life. For some reason, I feel this pull to go to her. I stand up listening to my wolf Titan yell at me to go get her.

“I’m going to talk to her.” I take a step forward when Lance jumps up and grabs my arm.

“What are you doing Kai? If that's his mate then you need to stay out of it. No need to get in between their drama.”

I yank my arm away and growl at him. “Back off Lance. I’m going! Stay here with your playthings.” I march off and I hear Lance sigh and sit back down. He knows better to argue with me when I’m determined to do something.

Making my way through the crowd I don’t take my eyes off her. Her back is still turned to me so I can’t see her face but I imagine she's beautiful. I shake my head at my thoughts, this is wrong. She's someone else’s mate. But I can’t help it I have to go to her.

The wind picks up and I smell something delicious, honey and apples. It feels oddly familiar but I don’t know why. My wolf Titan gets excited and tells me to hurry to the smell. Surprisingly I’m still heading towards the brunette.

When I get a few steps away I can’t ignore it. My wolf is howling and jumping around excitedly. It’s my mate and she's right in front of me. I don’t think I can control myself her smell is so alluring. I let out a deep growl and she stops dancing and turns around.

Our eyes meet and they're a beautiful emerald green. She looks me up and down confused. Maybe she doesn’t feel the mate bond. I take another step towards her.

“Kai?” She asks confused and I ignore my wolf yelling at me to mark her. I can’t believe what I’m seeing.

“Avery?”