Chapter 3 Ch.3

Maxon

"What do you mean you don't want anyone to know," Juan shouted at me.

We had excused ourselves from the rest of the group and went for a walk in the woods behind the school, so we could talk about my problem and he could hack into the school's computer system.

Once I had told him my plan, he had blown a gasket and refused to help me. I didn't want to use my Alpha tone, but I could see that's where this was heading.

I didn't like using the Alpha tone on my friends but I sure as hell didn't like for anyone to tell me no... I loved being Alpha-to-be, but for situations such as these being the next Alpha was plain amazing.

"Juan, come on you've seen her... she's fat. No one will know until she loses the weight," I spoke calmly.

"Maxon. She's young. It's baby fat for Christ's sake, get over it. As soon as she shifts and goes for a couple runs the weight can fall off, maybe she'll wake up and it'll be gone. It's not that serious."

Juan pulled his hand through his hair. His face, that was usually a tan color was red from frustration. I knew I was asking a lot of him, hell, I was asking a lot of myself too. To go against the Fates design could also go bad at any moment, but there was just so much at stake that I was willing to take that chance.

"What if it doesn't? I don't want to be seen with that. That could be taken as a sign of weakness. The Alpha with the FAT mate," I said harshly.

My wolf was growling at me on the inside. He didn't appreciate how I was talking about his mate, but I wouldn't stay quiet about this. Her not being in shape could literally kill us. And I don't want that.

If I was being honest, I was more worried about Nova than I was about myself. I knew that I could fight off 20 wolves, but if I had to worry about Nova, I'd most likely be hurt. She hasn't even shifted yet so she would be very vulnerable. I wouldn't be able to take care of my Alpha duties if she had to be stuck by my side. Even though she was due to shift tonight, she still had to train and learn how to fight in wolf form; she had to train her wolf.

Maxon. That is YOUR mate! How could you not want her? Do you even know who or what she is, Juan shouted into my mind. My wolf was trying to control himself, eUrathily since Juan was on his side, but being yelled at was something an Alpha didn't take lightly.

Everyone knew what Nova was, well almost everyone. The Urathi Rebellions had been protecting her and keeping her powers a secret for years. My father, his lower in commands and the council had no idea that some of the rebellion still existed. Hell, I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for the Urathi who told me about my mate. The day Alex found out that Nova was Urathi; he immediately took her to an old pack doctor and asked her to help him keep her a secret. He didn't want my father to use her for war.

Luckily for Alex the old pack doctor had a son that my father had slain so she was willing to help. She and the others in The Urathi Rebellions helped block her powers until she had her wolf to help control it. They also made sure that she would never know she had powers until the right time came. They said that Nova was something Urathi, something that our race needed to help us win the war with the Vampires and Hunters.

"I didn't say I didn't want her. I just said I didn't want to be seen with her, and what makes you think she wants to be with me after all I've done to her," I asked him.

I was torn on the inside. While yes, she was my mate, and we were meant for each other, I couldn't help feeling like I had been cheated somehow. Why would the Fates make her my mate? The girl I had teased into the hospital, the girl that made herself the social outcast that she is now. Was this my punishment? I didn't think she would be able to forgive me for everything I had done to her. I was afraid that I would be paying for my mistakes for the rest of my life.

"Is THAT your problem with this," Juan asked.

Maybe asking him to help wasn't the best idea, I thought to myself.

"Just forget it, man. Are you going to help me out or what?"

"No," he replied walking away.

"Juan. Get back here," I commanded with my Alpha tone. He froze in place. You could see the struggle he was having between doing what he wanted and doing what nature commanded.

"So, you're going to force me to defy the Fates with you," he asked angrily. I could hear the struggle in his voice.

"All I'm asking is that you help me," I said aloud.

By now I was practically begging him, which was hard for my wolf. I tried my best to put on my puppy dogface for Juan. I was two seconds away from getting down on my knees and folding my hands in front of him. I don't think that would have really happened but subconsciously it was so close to happening that I could see it. I was really torn about the whole situation. I only wanted what was best for both of us.

By the way, Juan was staring at me I knew he was close to giving in. He was just about to sigh and say yes until we heard the crackling out leaves and twigs. Juan and I quickly turned defensive and let out a warning growl. Thinking it was a Hunter I began to lose control; with Nova this close in school, Hunters didn't need to be here and by the look on Juan's face I could tell he felt the same.

With our mates so close we needed to make sure there was no threat, and whoever was in the woods hid their scent so we couldn't smell them out. But whoever they were they were angry. I could hear them breathing hard, struggling for control. Even without being told Juan shifted and ran into the forest, but it did no good because as soon as he disappeared, she appeared.

Nova...

Her face was stained with streaks of tears. Her hair had most likely fallen from the messy bun that it was in before. She had a serene, devastated beauty about her presence. I sighed heavily knowing that she had to have heard the conversation between Juan and me. If I was thinking I would have put a block up.

"Damn it, Nova. How much did you hear?"

"Enough," she spat at me.