Filed to story: Oh For Mates Sake Free Online
“What are you” 1 started to say as I felt a tear land on my cheek. He was crying! I stood there shocked as he held me close. What was going on?
“Run, Clover.”
His words were not what l expected.
“Run away from here. Run away from this life.
Disappear where you can hide and be safe.” I felt his arms squeeze me into him gently. He was holding me as if I was someone precious, he was saying goodbye to.
I pressed back from him and looked up at him. He kept me captive in his arms but left enough gap so that I could look up at his face. “What are you talking about?
“They all just want to use you. All of them. You cant trust anyone. What happened to your mother… we cant let happen to you. There is a spy here Clover. I dont know who it is, but I am certain one is here. They have probably already made them aware of our location. A fight is coming. You need to run and not stop. Disappear from the world.”
I glanced back at the pack members in the distance. “Wait a minute. What is al l that about?”
Doug sighed. “They want me to claim you as my mate. It is either I claim you or they want a battle for the title. That is why I brought you away from everyone.
Im giving you the chance to run. Ill hold them off as long as I can. Run so that you can live. Your parents… they were good to my family. It is because of them that I am here. Im an unwanted hybrid. Part vampire and part wolf. Your parents gave my parents a place to live without worry. My father was your fathers officer. The Nova pack naturally shifted into my care when I was of age.”
“Doug, Im not going anywhere. Im here to fight.
Im here to end this. Those people are my friends and l love my mate. I trust him unconditionally. I wont run in fear. I will eliminate what should be feared” I watched as he shook his head with a frown.
“Clover, the pack has a way of doing things here.
They will make you run the gauntlet to prove you are worthy to be their leader.”
“What if l just hand the title over to you-“
“1 dont want it. I am not a leader; I am an officer.
This is your pack. Most of them want you to claim it but like l said it isnt safe. This pack is dangerous because I dont know who the mole is.” I could see his eyes pleading with me.”l cant keep you safe here. You have to leave”
“l can keep myself safe.” I stared up at him, still seeing tears in his eyes. “What are those tears for?” He was acting like I was just given a terminal sentence.
“You dont deserve this. I tried so hard… I wanted this pack to be your safe haven”
“Are you certain there is a spy here? How do you know?”
“Some time ago ll sent out an expedition group.
They were searching for more answers about what is going on right now. It was shortly after we encountered the voidless for the first time. They vanished and we never heard from them again. They left in secret. No one knew outside of our pack. The chances that none of them ever returned tells us the enemy had annihilated them. All of them? Not one made it back. I already had my suspicions before, but this cemented it. The only others who would have known about the expedition were the omegas serving us that night. Which one though?” I watched as he shook his head. I am not going to lie… hearing omega had me thinking of Hazel.
Which was probably silly. There wasnt a connection there… right?
Okay one thing at a time. “So you dont want to be the leader of the Nova pack?” I watched as he shook his head.
“No, I mean I can if it will help you but..”
“I think we can give them a choice. If they want to come with me to the Chance pack they can”
“Like I said, it isnt that simple. You have to run the gauntlet and prove you are their leader first.”
“What is this gauntlet?” I asked and listened to him sigh.
“You will have to fight against the top pack warriors and win against each of them.
“Cant l just fight against you?” I watched as he titled his head to the side in deep thought.
“If l challenged you for the position of Alpha… then yes.”
“Good we will do that:.”
“But if I lose..”
“As the winner I can determine your fate?”
I watched as he smiled, nodding his head. “They know how I fight though. I cant hold back. You understand what happens if I win, right?” I shook my head.
I get kicked out?” His amber eyes looked at me as he slowly shook his head.
“You would become mine. That is why the gauntlet would be the better idea-“
“Not if we potentially have a fight heading our way. We need to end this fast” Yeah but-
You cant beat me”I said certainly and watched as a crooked smile reached his l!ps.
“You havent seen me fight. Remember l an not a normal wolf.”
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson was the alpha of the largest pack in North America. Powerful figures from other packs sought to offer gorgeous girls as potential mates for Dayson. He steadfastly rejected these advances, he was not a pawn to be manipulated. But eventually there came a mysterious girl he could hardly say No. Who was she?