Chapter 4 4

Ryan's POV

Dubiety fills my senses. I remain standing right by the door staring at the broken window. She was right here. Standing in front of me. Her presence made my wolf happy. Something that hasn't happened in a long time.

But then she chose to run from me. An action that I had not yet fathomed. My heart was pained when I noticed the blood oozing from her ankle. My mate is stubborn. She does not think about what she's doing.

I'm going to have to teach her a lesson once I see her again. I'm not going to let her slip my fingers again. Not right now when I've already found her. Not after looking for her; all these years.

"You better find her.'' The words of my wolf only bring goosebumps. He was angry. I could feel it. While I could control my emotions, and I was patient with my mate, my wolf was not.

"I will.'' I answer as I turn around and walk out of the bathroom. But something caught my eye. Under the sink is a bracelet on the floor.

A smile creeps up my features at the understanding that my mate has left something behind. It ought to be important to her. Marching towards the sink, I pick up the bracelet. I could already feel a connection to her when it danced on my fingers.

The smile on my face does not disappear. I have something that is hers and she will want it back. When she does, I'm going to be dictating the situation.

"Ohhhhh...hey handsome.'' A girl calls out to me as she enters the washroom.

She sashayed forward with a smile that she would assume was seductive, and she stretched her hand in an attempt to touch my face.

My fingers are quick, and I grab her wrist before it attains its destination and slap it back.

" I was leaving.'' I can see the hurt in her eyes, but I don't care.

There are much more significant things I needed to figure out. Like why my mate ran from me to begin with. In the bathroom door, I found my beta, Philip, stood in a skeptical position staring at everyone who passed the hallways.

"Alpha, did you talk to her?'' " she did not let me.'' My words are short. Straight to the point. I feel that talking too much about my mate right now will get my wolf more agitated.

And That is the last thing that I wanted. I have managed to keep my identity a secret for all this time. No one was supposed to know that I am the next alpha.

If they did, then my life would be in danger. While I had convinced my father a hundred times that I could protect myself, I agreed to this secrecy so that I could protect the throne that waited for me. Many wolves are against my father.

The leadership position of our pack has always been in opposition. Even though it has been in our family for millennia now, there are opposing parties that feel leadership would be better off in their hands.

"I need you to do something for me.'' I glanced around. I make sure no-one will listen to our conversations. Part of being an Alpha's son meant that I was always vigilant and careful about everything. I constantly walk while looking over my shoulder. To make sure I wasn't being followed or spied on.

"You're going to find out who she is.'' "But I didn't see her.''

" She's short, And you can never miss her hair. She has vermilion red here." I noticed the way his eyes shine as he realizes something instead, and I cannot help but smile. Thinking about her almost makes me hard. Everything about her turns me on. Unlike anything I have felt before.

"I have seen her in school countless times, but she never talked to anyone. She's the quiet invisible type.'' " Then you're going to find her for me, Philip.

Find out as much as possible about her. Her name, her address, her parents, and whether any male has taken the liberty of engaging her. I'll be going after anyone who went after my mate.

"No one touches what's mine.'' Just thinking about another man touching my mate edges me. I find myself unconsciously clenching my fist. Gritting my teeth.

My wolf is also on the Edge. The image of that doesn't sit right with us. How she feared Us, I have seen that before.

The idea that something like that could have happened paralyzes me. I want to get to the bottom of this. I would like to understand why she would run from me and why she acted so afraid of me.

"And Philip,'' he stopped in his tracks and turned around, "she knew who I was. She knew me when she saw me.'' The statement brings fear according to my beta. Sometimes I understand his emotions and the reasons to be cautious.

Philip is my best friend but again, he was responsible for my security. Especially when in school. " Then to be honest, Alpha Ryan, I believe that there is more to her identity than we can figure out.

"Are you ready for...''

"Just do what I've told you to do.'' I dismiss him before he finishes his statement. I noticed the hesitation in his eyes as he walked away. My mate could very well not be the only person who knows my identity.

And that could open a new window of danger inside the institution I'm supposed to be safest in. my eyes dance around the premises of the school. Everyone is a threat. Everyone who walks across the hallways and the girls that through furtive glances towards me.

Anyone can be an enemy. Anyone could be a spy. Any one of these students may even be rogues. Now I'm extra careful. If these fuckers try anything, they won't know what hit them.