My Stepson, My Mate

Selena's POV

"Fuck!"

This was clearly the most embarrassing thing that could ever happen to a thorough woman as I am. I picked up my broken heel and galloped back into my apartment. Thankfully I still have a pair of the Steve Madden shoes Alpha Holt bought me on my birthday.

It fits perfectly with my dress but was it advisable to wear it today?

I cleared all my internal strife "it was a gift for me, it didn't matter how it came to be!" I hastily put on my shoe, as Cinderella, I rushed out of the house, not because I was meeting a prince but because I was behind schedule to meet someone that hates my gut.

A few minutes later, my car came to an abrupt stop in the hockey arena driveway. I brought out my first aid kit and made for the pitch. I hadn't reached the stairs when someone called out to me.

"Doctor Ward! You are behind schedule, the match started ages ago."

I scoffed inwardly at that! Jack was a master of sarcasm. I apologized to my colleague and we made for the stairway. The pitch was already filled up and we struggled to get ourselves seats close to the playing ground.

"I will introduce you to the team after the game is over, just watch on and enjoy for now." Jack said with a huge smile on his wrinkled face.

"Enjoy?" I thought dejected and scoffed.

The more I heard the cheerleader scream "Frost fang wolves" the more my heartbeat thumped louder in my chest. I thought I had escaped this prison only to walk right into it. Unfortunately, my human boss knew about my real plight yet he assigned me here.

"Sorry about your controversy Miss Ward but you are the only capable one for this job. Moreover you left your career for quite awhile so you either take this offer or kiss your job goodbye." I remembered vividly the bitterness I felt after hearing that but here I am, taking the job.

"You see the starboy over there! He is the real deal, I was told you knew him." Jack said happily. I just looked at him, my eyes traced his finger to the pitch ground and it rests on a player.

A face I dared not forget!

" Indeed!" I thought miserably.

I could swear his eyes met mine that instant, I looked away quickly,

A few months earlier, I was widowed. My aged husband Alpha Holt died. To my advantage I was finally free from the shackles of my contract marriage to him. The crap about being a Luna of a pack, it doesn't interest my humanity. I overlooked the selfishness of my wolf and followed my human instincts. I dropped my title as the Luna of Frostfang pack and retained my initial interest, a human surgeon.

"Another goal for the Frostfang team." A commentator shouted and I heard deafening applause from the crowd.

"Adrian! Adrian! Adrian." The cheerleaders kept shouting happily bouncing around their tight butt.

It was torturous for me!

"I tell you Miss Ward! This one is going to get us through to the world championship." Jack said excitedly. I didn't respond, I just nodded affirmatively while fiddling with my first aid box."

I was getting bored, not of the game but Jack's fucking mouth odor that kept haunting my sense of smell. Suddenly, a familiar smell landed on my nostrils, before the commentator could call it out, I knew what I smelt, blood! Adrian Holt's blood.

"Star player Adrian is injured, oh my God!" The commentator shouted and an uproar erupted among the cheerleaders.

"Now is your time doctor Ward." Jake called out.

I sprang into action immediately. I walked out with Jack as the paramedics wheeled Adrian out of the pitch. I followed Jack's movement and when we got there, blood was gushing out of Adrian's open wound.

"You! What are you doing here?" Adrian shouted angrily at me.

Arrogant as ever!

"Mr Holt, this is Miss Selena Ward, the new doctor for the Frostfang pack." Jack announced carefully.

"Never! I can never allow her filthy hands on me or any of my teammates!" Adrian barked the word at Jack who drew back frightened. I just stood there and watched his eyes contorted with so much hate that he had for me.

Adrian Holt- my stepson!

"You are losing so much blood Alpha Holt." One of the other players, a pack member said.

Adrian turned to face him. His eyes turned dark blue. I knew his wolf was about to surface and he was about to transfer the aggression on his pack member. If he wolfed out in front of a human, he would be breaking an oath of secrecy every werewolf had taken.

I couldn't allow that! I was his mother at a time.

I went down on my knees and dragged open the first aid kit. I wasn't going to be nice so I dragged his leg towards myself. He had lost so much blood that his arrogance wouldn't save him from losing consciousness if he lost a little more.

"What the fuck do you think you are doing? Let go of me! I made myself clear enough that I don't want to see you in my face!"

"You can only punish me if you are alive. Sit still idiot!" I responded angrily as I wrenched his legs together and started cleaning up the blood.

"Idiot?" He whispered in surprise and scoffed.

Jack cleared his throat "I...I think I should leave now."

He was trembling! He was afraid as he should be. I knew he must have heard the controversy, everyone had heard it.

The gold digger Selena Ward, a thirty year old surgeon that married a powerful man twice her age. He had died of a heart attack right in her arms and she could not save him.

The rumor had been that detailed.

But i couldn't let another part pile up to it

And she watched his only son Adrian Holt die on the pitch so as to inherit their wealth.

The werewolf clans might add

To lead the Frostfang pack.

"I have to save you Adrian."

Adrian stared at my eyes, he looked to have calmed down a little but when his eyes travelled down to my legs. He jolted up from the bed and pushed me aside, the methylated spirit that I held poured all over my dress.

"Get out of my life Selena Ward or the next time you show your ugly ass face to me, I will make you regret it....mother!"

"Even if leaving costs me my job?" I said angrily. I was shivering from the cold liquid that had penetrated my body.

"Even if it costs you your life, Sel!"

Selena's POV

"Make way." I said coldly.

My voice carried so much elegance as my dress. The two pack warriors shivered and patted the way for me to walk through. I smiled warmly at the sight, just as it used to be over three years earlier, I walked into any room with my hand in Alpha Holt.

Admiration follows me! Disdain too! Jealousy and rumors, the heart wrenching ones. Here I am tonight, back to the origin of everything as the pack's custom demands.

"The Luna is here." A loud echo filled the room.

All heads turned in my direction and the eyes stayed glued on me just as I had suspected it would when I took a look at myself in the mirror.

My luck ran out again! That was my first thought!

My designer was running late. My phone had been blaring all day, the elders had called several times to remind me of how important my presence was this night at the Alpha crowning ceremony. What I didn't see coming was ending up in this red seductive dress.

I could smell lusts all around me, I felt naked even though I was clothed. The normal theme I had earlier prepared for the night was a simple blue dress that was to be delivered to me, I wanted to pair it with the provocative flashy makeup I had on already but when my designer didn't show up, I had to succumb to fate and wear my last resort, the strapless red silk dress.

"Luna Selena, please come to the podium."

I wished I could scream my lungs out that I would rather like to blend in with the rest of the crowd but how was that even possible when I needed to crown the new Alpha of Frostfang pack myself.

Reluctantly, I followed the elder and made for the podium. As I walked up through the stairs, I felt an intense gaze on me. Adrian Holt was dressed in a monochrome white suit and pants. He had his hair styled to the back making him appear older and more mature.

As our eyes met, my eyes instinctively shifted to his legs but it seemed to be fully healed now, it had been seven days since the game, he was an impending Alpha, the gift of fast healing was one of the perks of that.

"Luna Selena, please." Elder Jafar gestured towards my left, I made towards it and picked up the crown. This was the pack's custom, I had to personally crown Adrian regardless of our circumstances. Adrian sat in a regal white chair just as his ancestors, he had a bored expression on his face partly because I knew he couldn't wait for this part to be over, neither could I.

Elder Jafar picked up the microphone. He was a man in his late sixties but one of the richest werewolves in the country. He cleared his throat and immediately, the room was filled with silence.

"As the custom of the Frostfang pack, the widowed Luna crowns the Alpha and by the rules if they were not related by blood, the Alpha could decide to keep the Luna before he meets his mate," he paused slightly "so I ask you Adrian Holt, would you like to keep Selena Ward as....."

"No!"

Adrian's response came on really sharp. Elder Jafar swallowed the rest of his word and he quickly read the irritated gaze the rude brat threw him. For some awkward reason, I felt bad. It wasn't surprising that I got rejected like that but it hurt. Adrian wasn't going to hide his detest for me in any way.

"So if that was it, Luna Selena, place the crown gently on the Alpha's head." Elder Jafar concluded and he stepped aside.

My wolf felt like hitting the brat in the skull with the iron crown. Someone needs to at least teach him some manners.

I gently placed the crown on his head and applause rained loudly in the air. I knew I was done over there so I didn't waste any few more seconds before getting down from the podium. Many people were too focused on Adrian, the new Alpha, to care about a loner Luna that they were more than happy to be rid of.

I never had it easy as a child. I had the wealthy privilege, beautiful dresses,nice foods, best vacations but being tied to the werewolf clan was too tiring. I became rebellious in my teenage years, after fighting with my dad several times, he finally agreed to send me to the human community just as my best friend Elena to further our college education.

The human world was easier. I wasn't an outcast over there, I made friends, attended a few parties and successfully became a surgeon until one damp night when my father called. I was to return to the Frostfang pack for an arranged marriage with the Alpha who was twice my age.

Father had ran into debts, he was on the verge of bankruptcy and Alpha Holt promised to uplift him if only I would be his Luna. Against my wish. I became the Luna of frost fang pack and a stepmother to the young Adrian who couldn't stand my presence.

As I walked down the stairs. The memory of every hate I had to endure back then surfaced in my mind, the media wouldn't stop calling me a gold digger that left her career to be a wealthy man's mistress. I felt tears filled my iris, I knew they were going to trickle down so soon. I cannot allow that to happen so I rushed towards the backstage when I ran into a huge chest.

"Luna Selena." A deep warm voice called to me. I looked up to lock eyes with my favorite godson Raymond Darius, Elena's son. Just as Adrian, he was all grown up now.

"Oh my goodness!" I hugged him lovingly, "I didn't know you were back, Ray."

"I have been back for quite awhile godmother, but I was never a part of your priority, am I?"

I felt guilty, Raymond was right, I haven't thought of looking for him.

"My apologies son, how can I make it up to you."

"By dancing with me tonight maybe." He responded smiling.

I laughed heartily, the young boy was starting to flatter me.Dancing with a boring older woman when there were younger girls at the party.

"I only deal with saving lives in theaters, definitely not on a dance floor."

My smile faltered as I noticed his eyes twisted to something I couldn't name. But somehow, I understood. I had made a bad joke of saving lives when I couldn't even save my best friend, his mother.

"Let's take a stroll in the pack house together godmum, maybe for the last time." Our eyes met and he laughed "I mean you just got rejected as the Luna and I will return to Japan in a few weeks.

I gave it a thought, I think I needed this last minute tour. Raymond held out his hand and I took it. Just as I used to walk around with my late husband at every event. He liked to show me off as his young wife like a freaking trophy.

Raymond made jokes, he was funny. I felt relaxed with him. Elena had him at a very tender age, she was some years older than I was so technically, I wasn't grown enough to be his mother. I set aside my prejudice and decided to have a fun filled night.

We could hear the up beat of the music from the crowning party but we just couldn't stop gisting. People kept passing by and I was getting a lot of hateful states. They thought I had found myself another man to cling onto.

Raymond was good looking in his own way but I would never be attracted to him. Why would I when I practically raised him.

"I guess we should stay in the shadows to avoid their judgement gazes if it makes you uncomfortable."

I nodded affirmatively. Raymond was really a considerate person.We both stood at a shaded corner from the bursting light. Suddenly, I started feeling uncomfortable with our discussion. It was getting too intimate, I didn't like that the boy seemed to be hitting on me. Without prior warning, he pinned me to the wall.

My eyes were focused on his eyes. Strangely I couldn't smell any lust emanating from him and I couldn't smell anything different at all. I removed his hand from mine. I didn't come to my step son's coronation only to get smooshed by my godson.

I wasn't that much of a loose cannon.

I turned my back to walk out on him when I felt a powerful jabbing sound behind me. I turned around and saw Raymond smashed against the wall. Before I could make sense of what had just happened. I heard a deep voice call "mate!" before a strong tooth sank into my neck.

Selena's POV

"Mate!"

A tooth sank into my exposed neckline suddenly and I screamed out in agony. I tried to push him away but I couldn't. He was too grounded. His canine dug into my skin and sent ripples of pleasure down my spine coated in subtle pain. My wolf surfaced and I plunged my claws into his shoulder, he jerked away from me and retreated to the back of the stairs.

I held my bleeding shoulder and tried to locate Raymond that he had thrown towards the wall. I couldn't find him, I was baffled, my shoulder had stopped bleeding and now I feel a burning sensation in my shoulder region.

I had felt this pain before. I hoped I was wrong but I needed to be certain. I rushed inside the house through one of the numerous entry points. I made my way towards the closest female restroom. When I walked in, my heart sank. A large heart shaped scar sits ugly on my neckline.

I was marked, I am certain of it.

I was marked in the past by my previous husband, Alpha Holt so I know what it looked like but for some reason, his mark had fully disappeared on me and was replaced by this one. I contemplated searching for the bastard that had the effrontery to do this when I heard a deep voice.

"Wait! The smell is coming from here, she is in the restroom." I heard.

My heart thumped loudly in my chest. I couldn't wait to make sense of my situation, my claws emerged and I rushed out of the restroom to attack whoever they were. I opened the door with full force and was about to sink my claws into the closest person when someone else held my hand in place.

"You!" The deep voice called out.

I batted my lashes as my eyes scanned through the bloodied hand that held mine in the air, the shape of my claw digging into it.

"You!" I mirrored Adrian's surprise.

"This is impossible!" I heard him say as he dropped my hand suddenly, almost breaking my wrist bone in the process.

"You attacked me earlier?" I paused slightly "and...marked me!"

Adrian scoffed "this must have been a kind of a freaking mix up somewhere moon goddess."

I just stared intently at him, I was certain of what I heard earlier, he had called me "mate." but I agree with him right there, there must be some kind of a mix up somewhere, Adrian Holt can never be my mate.

"I agree." I said, I brought out a white handkerchief from my clutch and covered my neckline with it. I turned away to leave when Adrian grabbed my hand suddenly.

"Leave us and never breathe a word of this to anyone."

Alpha compulsion! That was what he used on the two men that had followed him to search for me. They turned away to leave, I was displeased, such power is a weapon to use against the enemies not on his own men, Adrian was definitely still a boy internally not the older man he was pretending to be outwardly.

"Where is Raymond?" He didn't respond to me. I was pissed. "You threw the innocent boy against the freaking wall."

"Shut up Selena."

I wasn't forced into compulsion but somehow the next word I had planned to say died totally in my throat. Many of the guests watched as Adrian dragged me through the hallway. Like a lost puppy, I followed without rebelling. Thankfully his wound had healed but the bloodstain remained on his white shirt.

That moment something baffled me, why didn't I smell Adrian at all? I knew his scent but this new one. It was different , I guess his transition had finally happened.

But should I be worried about that when he was taking me to an unknown location?

We finally got to the private area of the Frost fang mansion. I stopped, I resisted Adrian's dragging. This was very familiar. I had lived here for three years, three miserable years!

"Where are we going?" I said each word with emphasis.

He didn't respond, instead he suddenly swept me off my feet and gathered me into his arms. The next I know was dropping down on a soft bed, Adrian's bed.

"What...what are you doing?"

I said as I attempted to get up on my feet, he pushed me down and hovered above me. Adrian Holt, my stepson was on top of me. I struggled to get up again but he kept pushing me down but when I wouldn't stop, he pinned my body down with his chest.

"Be still, I need to check something out." He whispered in my ear.

What followed was quick and merciless, my stunning red gown was torn into shreds, my perky breasts bouncing up in his face. I had no underwear on, I was ashamed, I could smell his arousal.

He turned my face around and inspected my neckline, he scoffed loudly and uttered a word that sounded like "the moon goddess had to be kidding me!"

"You are on heat, aren't you?" His cold voice said, staring down at me.

"Let me go, Alpha Adrian." I managed to say, my voice was about to betray me. I couldn't exercise my usual authority over him, my voice melted away slowly before I realized it.

"Are you on heat?" He said again, more firmly.

I tried to calculate it in my head, I should be ovulating right now but even if I wasn't, having myself pinned down by this extremely gorgeous man could make any woman wet and aroused, even his arrogance wasn't enough to make me hate this moment.

For the first time, I got an up close look at my stepson, Adrian's dark brown short hair was gleaming in the colorful chandelier, his oblong face with sharp jawline and pointed nose made him look like he was carved out of a fashion magazine, not that he hadn't been featured in several of that.

"It had to be done, I had marked you already."

Each of his words sent ripples down my spine, what the heck was he talking about, do what?

But I got my answer immediately, he ripped off his own shirt and his hands cupped my boobs.

" Adrian!" I swallowed hard as his hand tickled my perky nipples.

"Isn't this what you wanted? Mother!" He whispered into my ear.

I hate his arrogance! I should have pushed him away, but I couldn't. Adrian was right, I was in heat. For She-wolves, this was our most vulnerable time and having a mate find us at that time of the month is even more dangerous because we could never resist them, as I couldn't resist Adrian right now.

My legs parted voluntarily and I watched him slip two fingers into my cunt.

"Ouch!"

I moaned softly as I felt wetness between my legs. His eyes bore deeply into mine and at that moment, we didn't look like two adults that couldn't stand each other's presence.

I felt Adrian's erection sticking close to my stomach and his hot lip tracing kisses down my neckline where he had just marked me. Sense flew out of me as I succumbed to my body's yearning.

"Dare me to stop!" He whispered seductively into my ear.

My body shuddered in ecstasy, my mouth made a move, I wasn't certain if the words came out correctly but my wolf took the lead in the response "I dare you not!"

Adrian's lips twitched slightly. He brought it down and was about to take mine when a loud banging noise hit the door. Adrian retrieved himself from me suddenly when a voice screamed out loudly from the doorway.

"Alpha Adrian, there is a problem!"