Chapter 4 4

Alpha Zachary

She shyly pulled a strand of her long blond hair to her ear; I was staring at her like an idiot! I didn't notice that I had been staring for too long until she coughed and said softly, "Alpha, I didn't find anything I could wear except this shirt. Is that okay?"

I closed my open mouth, and I stood closer to her, almost blinded by her shiny white face and her eyes, which looked like a sun rising over a blue sea. I felt like a poet who could throw together a poem describing her beauty, and that wasn't me or my personality at all.

Like a magnet, her face pulled me in so much that I didn't even look down at her half-naked body. I placed my hand on her cheeks gently and said, "How could you be this beautiful? Where were you hiding? Your skin is too smooth and your eyes..."

She cut me off and sighed, "My eyes are ugly."

I pulled her chin up by her finger and smiled at her as if I were enchanted or as if she had thrown a spell on me. "No, your eyes are adorable. I feel like I have known you for a long time! Who are you? What's your story?"

I was so totally into her that I forgot who I was! I forgot that I was the Alpha and that I had a Luna. I forgot everything as if I were in the middle of a lovely dream, and I hoped that I would never wake up.

She smiled back at me with her red cheeks and said, "I'm Jenny, and my story is horrible. If you don't mind, we won't talk about my past life. I ran away from my mother's home, and I intend to start over."

I nodded and hummed, "Okay, where? I mean, what's your plan?"

She shrugged her shoulders and walked away as if she were thinking about or imagining her future life: "I'm thinking of finding my bear father and moving to wherever he is living. So I'm going to stay here only for the night if you don't mind, and by the morning I will leave the pack."

"No!" I said it instantly with an aggressive tone-as if she were mine! When she said she intended to leave, I felt as if something was wrong with me. I felt stabs and drums in my heart and my stomach!

I shook my head and repeated to her in a stern tone, "No, you're not leaving."

I bet that my words scared her a bit. She stammered, "w-why? You're not going to lock me up here, right?"

I chuckled a bit, but I was nervous, I admitted. I wanted to lock her in that house, and I had no idea why. In minutes, I wanted to help her, and at that moment, I wanted her to be with me forever.

I faked a laugh, and I walked to her, then I said, leaning closer to her face, "I mean, why do you need to leave? I can give you everything. I'm the leader of the pack, remember? I must protect you. So you can live in the house, and I will provide you with everything you want."

"But-" she bit her lip, zoning out.

I breathed warmly into her face because, honestly, I felt like I was going to kiss her pink lips, but I restrained myself at the last moment.

She backed up and gazed at me differently but nicely, then nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for the offer. But I need a job. I don't want to be a burden."

I tried to think of anything quickly, but I couldn't, and I wasn't sure. She looked stubborn and might reject and leave at any second. I pulled her arm, and she kept gazing at my hand. I pushed her to the couch "sit; we need to talk a bit. You can stay here for now, temporarily, and take care of the lake house while I'm away, until I come back and find a good job for you. Is that okay with you?"

She nodded and giggled lightly. "Yes, thank you. So what are we going to talk about?"

I wanted to slap my face, but something deep inside me, as if it were my wolf, pushed me to check her out! So, my eyes spontaneously and sensually moved down to her bare legs. I cleared my throat, not able to move my eyes away, and asked her all of a sudden, "Are you a virgin? I mean-"

I covered my face immediately and stood up in a hurry to calm my dick, which out of the blue twitched in my pants.

I changed the subject to, "Do you want a drink? Tea, juice, or beer?"

I looked like a teenager; I was 22 years old, but Alpha, so I was a mature male wolf! Yet I acted like a horny, erected teenager; that never happened with me ever. That feeling and strong affection exist even with my mate, Luna! My Luna is supposed to be my mate, then why did I feel such strong passion and longing for this girl?

"Jenny! I think you should go and sleep now," I said in a loud tone, as if I were mad at her.

She blinked, confused, and stood up, walking closer to me, and I swear that I wanted to slam her against the wall and kiss her roughly. I tried to control my body and myself. I just hoped that she could turn her heels and walk to the room and lock it with the key.

But she kept coming closer, and I was losing all control over my body, my heart, and my mind.

I even reminded myself internally and closed my eyes, 'I do have a mate,' and I repeated that until her tiny fingers touched my back and she suddenly said, "I'm still a virgin."

Before I could turn my head to look at her, she was by the door. But before she could close the door, I was inside! I couldn't resist the strong affection. Whatever it was, I was in, and I was going to figure it out sooner or later.

Her body scent stung my nose as if my lungs were filled with her adorable smell. In the blink of an eye, I was closing the door behind me. Our eyes were locked on each other. Everything seemed as if we were both living in another world. As if we were alone in that universe. I inhaled and exhaled sharply, and I was barely breathing. She suddenly turned her eyes to the small window and said, "The full moon! I'm turning eighteen. I should meet my mate tonight."

And I howled! She howled! What was that? Do I have two friends? But how? I felt giddy as if I were drunk. I started sniffing her body and pushed her to the bed, sniffing in between her legs. I tried to stop my wolf from growling. I wanted to hide what I felt, but she speedily said, "We are mates?!"