Chapter 4 Fourth Chapter

It's been me, myself, and I trapped in my room all morning. Normally I would call me not heading out yet as a result of a mood swing but the reason was nothing like that. It was more as a result of a hangover which wasn't that bad but was entirely my fault.

I wasn't even drunk in any way last night. Perhaps a little but not to the extent of feeling sober. Just do not know why I was reacting opposite to how I always feel after having a lot to drink. Oh, I forgot that having that much was still synonymous with getting myself badly drunk to stupor.

'You still haven't told me why we felt that way yesterday,' I decide to do something to keep myself busy so I chose to speak with my spirit wolf in my head. There were a few things I needed to consider.

She responds instantly. 'Because I have not figured out the reason...'

'Why does it seem so hard to understand? Isn't it something that would have been familiar to you already? Like a mate pull or so?'

'That's what I thought at first. But, I never got a reaction from him during the process. I couldn't even generate an exciting feeling in me. He never showed the slightest interest when you started to approach him which is why I shrugged off the feeling. Still, I am not ruling out the possibility of him being the one destined for you. The mate pull has to be something between the two individuals involved and the occurrence of no reaction from one of them during the process should be because one of them is underage,'

'I'm not underage. And he clearly cannot be as well. Did you see the shape of his body? He clearly looks like someone maybe even older than I am. I even managed to perceive his scent from far-off. Besides, how will an underage gain access into a clubhouse?'

'It's the human's abode, Soma. Anything can pass through them easily,'

'Let's talk later. I can hear someone approaching the door,'

And truly, I could. I was in a lotus position on my bed which directly faced the entrance in the spacious room. Something that Mark calls unnecessarily spacious.

The footsteps stop and it increased my curiosity in knowing who it was following a knock on the door. Not that the scent wouldn't exude in but I wanted to guess who it would be.

Aish, I forgot I was not myself this morning so there was no way I would get who it is by taking a guess. Damn the hangover. So, I ask, "Who's there?"

"Honey, it's me," a feminine tone comes from outside the room.

That voice. It could only mean one thing. My mother was here!

I take a quick scan of my room to see if everything was in order. Seeing I have nothing to be worried about, I sigh in relief. Thankfully I was out of my PJ already.

"Come in, mom," I call out back to her and then adjust my positioning on the bed so I could put my feet down to the floor because of the numbness on them.

The door opens without a single noise to show that it was being handled and from the side, my mom's feature is first revealed.

The glow on her porcelain face still has me wondering how she manages to maintain it. She could easily pass for my sister instead of a mother with such a look.

Her dress was a green fitted gown which got to her feet, that, I could clearly see as she approached my bed with a smile on her face. And yeah, she has her hair done to complement how stunning she looks today.

"Sweetheart, how have you been?" she asks me as she reaches out for a hug with her hands spread wide. I do not waste time pulling myself into the hug while still sitting down.

I stay in her arms for seconds more than expected before letting her go. Even though it hasn't been too long since I last saw her, I miss her.

"Hi, mom," I say as I shift on the bed to make space for her to sit which she does instantly. "What are you doing here?"

The strong scent of whatever body spray she has on invades my nostrils. It amazes me how she knows which best to use every time, knowing how much she spends on making herself look good.

"I came to say hi to you and your sister. You know it's been a little while since I last saw the two of you," she says with her grey eyes boring into mine as I focus on her. I was actually trying to get an alternative reaction from her by doing that.

"In a space of two weeks?" I shrug. "Not that bad," I then decided to ask, "So what about dad? How is the old man doing?"

"I told you to stop calling him old. He's still agile enough for me,"

"Yet, he decided to leave his position of Alpha when I only turned nineteen. Doesn't sound like someone agile to me,"

"Still doesn't change the fact that he is not old,"

"Okay," I agree with her. But even she knows that I did not... And I never will.

We both become silent after that. When she shifts her gaze away from me, I could tell that she was looking slightly hesitant as it was written all over her face that she has something to say. Maybe I was over-imagining it but it seemed like that to me.

I would have saved her the stress, but do I want to? Nah. So I shift my gaze from her to the ceiling above to pass away the time until she is ready.

"Can I talk to you about something, Soma?" she suddenly says about a minute later and I swiftly look at her again.

"Of course," I tell her.

She firstly lets out a huge sigh and it only makes me wonder why she is finding it hard to comport herself. "So I heard you went to a clubhouse.." the first reveal, and then, "and you got into a fight again,"

A frown reveals on my face. "Cassie reported me to you, didn't she?"

"Does it matter?"

"It does for me,"

"She did,"

"That snitch!" I hiss.

"Don't call your sister that. She has every right to tell me or your father what you have been up to. Especially if she feels it's wrong,"

I swear to the moon goddess, if Cassie were here, I would hit her so hard for not knowing how to mind her business. Why does my sister have to be such a screwup?

"Mom, you realize I'm an adult, right?" I start to say.

"Yes?"

"And that I am free to do whatever I like?"

"I do know all of that. But don't you think you are going overboard with your lifestyle? For heaven's sake, Soma, you are the Alpha of this pack. How do you expect the people to react knowing they have someone that gets into random fights as a leader?"

"That is left for me to be worried about. Don't I get to live my life again just because I became an Alpha?"

"No one is stopping you from living your life. But there are protocols you have to adhere to,"

"None of which applies to me," I counter with a slight snap. I do need to keep it cool. "Those random fights, as you call them, you know full well that none of them is my fault. If those humans know how to keep their distance away from me, I'm sure none of that would have happened. And I'm being honest when I say this,"

"Sweetheart, I understand everything you're saying. But please, try as much as possible to do away from such acts. It's not just for your own good, but the good of everyone else. I know what I'm saying when I say you should do that," she then touches my hand and caresses it.

I look down at the hand on mine and it gives me mixed feelings because I know it has a manipulative vice to it. That's basically what mothers do to get you to do their bidding when they cannot take the forceful approach anymore.

"Promise me you'll stop with acts like that," she says, expectedly, and I try not to roll my eyes at the fact that I know that was what was coming next already.

"I'll try," I force the words out of my mouth but I could see that she was pleased with my likely promise that I know I won't adhere to.

"Good. So how much are you prepared to meet with the Alpha of Dark Moon pack? Do you have everything all set?"

"Not everything. There are a few things left to do but I'll handle them later."

"Good. Figure out the rest in time. I know you'll do well," she says and then immediately stands up to her feet. "I've got to go now. Your dad and I are supposed to meet at someplace,"

"Where are you two old lovebirds heading to?" I ask out of curiosity as she starts to sway away.

"Somewhere that would interest you if you had a man to yourself..."