Meet the Main characters
Leon Evans
Age: 26
Race: werewolf
Rank: Alpha
Physical Description: Black short messy hair, hooded blueberry blue eyes, chiseled face with a stubble beard, full lips, roman nose, 6'5 ft tall, athletic body.
Personality description: Ambitious, Determined, passionate, determined, decisive, courageous, fearless, reliable, loyal, generous, and kind. Charming Playboy
Family: Dhario (father) James (half-brother and beta) Alice and Anthony (twins half-siblings) Olivia (step-mother) Danni (auntie) Ed (uncle)
Friends: Alice Frome, James Evans (brother and beta), Charles James
Julia Stuart
Age: 22
Race: werewolf
Rank: Omega (fighter)
Physical Description: Long straight jet black hair, round grey eyes, pointy nose, plump pink lips, athletic body, fair skin 5'4 ft tall.
Personality description: passionate, kind, caring, determined, reliable, helpful, generous, sarcastic, adventurous, funny, and practical
Family: Jason Stuart (father dead) Amelia Stuart (dead) Penelope Stuart (sister, 21)
Chapter one
Leon POV
Here I am, sitting in my truck driving back home. The AC is giving me a headache so I open the window to let some fresh air in and I smell that familiar scent, the trees, and the river. I decide to make a stop and enjoy the view of the top of the mountain. I have a lot to think about, so much to deal with. I can't believe dad has finally decided to step down and he wants me to become the new Alpha. I can't believe that has been ten years since I left.
It's been eleven years since I lost my mate. eleven years since my younger siblings were born. Eleven years since I became depressed and I was on a journey of self-destruction. The loss of a mate is the worse thing we can ever go through. But I survived, With the help of my family I managed to keep myself sane. I caused a lot of trouble and that is why I got sent away. I was determined that I couldn't become alpha so I was trying to make the pack hate me.
I haven't seen anyone from my family or the pack since I left. I had to leave and try to sort out my life. Dad sent me to a remote pack in Alaska. I hate the cold but they were strict and punished me when I needed to. They made me a better person, they made me a better alpha. They didn't care I was the next Alpha from my pack. They are mostly elders that belong to the lycanthrope council. They made me believe I could be a fair and strong ruler.
I bet the pack won't be happy to have an alpha that won't be able to give them a Luna.
I am now 26 years old. I grew stronger and according to the women I've met, I am a beautiful specimen. I became a player. I can't deny that it helped me. I became immune to women's feelings. All I wanted to do was pleasure myself and get it over with. I couldn't allow them to fall for me, so I was rude and relentless towards them. Use and toss. I know what a prick.
I get back into the truck and I keep driving to the short distance that I am now from home. I look around I know I am about to cross the border to the pack. As I keep driving I can hear the mind link.
"Welcome home son" - father says and I ignore it. I can't risk having an accident just to link back. I arrive in the middle of the town center and I park my truck outside the cafe that I used to go to.
"Good morning" - I say looking at the old lady behind the counter.
"Leon? Is that you?" - She asks and I nod my head. She has grown older and I feel my heart heavier, I used to help her close the cafe when I was around.
"Alpha welcome back" - she says and all the heads turn to look at me. Good thing no human comes here.
"Thank you, good to be back" - I reply taking my usual seat near the window.
I decide to mind-link dad and tell him I will be at the packhouse later on.
As I look outside I start to remember the day I left. I was so desperate that I didn't even say goodbye to my friends, or my brother.
"I heard the new Alpha was in town " - I hear a familiar voice behind me and I stand up to greet James.
"Hey brother" - I say giving him a tight hug
"How have you been?" - he asked me placing both his hands on my shoulder having a good look at me.
"I am good" - I tell him
"Good to have you back" - he says pulling me back for another hug.
We take our seats and it feels like I never left. We talked for hours. It feels good to be back and near my brother.
"Get your ass home" - I hear a mind link from Danni.
" I see she's still the same" - I tell James and he laughs
"You have no idea" - he says while he stands up placing the money on the counter to pay for our coffees.
"I'll meet you at the house" - I say walking towards my truck
"See you there"
I sit on the driver's seat and I allow myself to take a few deep breaths. I start driving towards the packhouse and when I arrive at I park the car in the back and I walk towards the door.
The door opens before I can reach for the locks and I see dad hugging Olivia walking towards me.
"Son, good to have you back"
"It's good to be back old man" - I say giving him a tight hug
"Hello stranger" - I hear Olivia say
"Luna" - I say with a smile and she gives me a caring hug.
Olivia is the reason I am the next alpha. She convinced dad to legitimize me and James so we could be the next ones in line for the Alpha. James didn't have the gene to be an Alpha, he's my Beta. Even though he is older than me. He is smaller and slower than me
I see the twins behind dad and I kneel on the floor so I can be the same height as them.
"Hello you two" - I say with a smile on my face
"Alpha" - they both say
"Come here" - I say opening my arms and they both run towards me and hug me. They were one year old when I left, I know they don't remember me from back then. It good thing Olivia would make video calls so they could see me every couple of months.
"You are both so tall" - I tell them
"I want to be as tall as you" - Anthony says and I smile
"I want to be as strong as you" - Alice says and I hug her tight lifting her in the air
"Put me down" - she says giggling.
I do as she says and then I see Danni with her twins in the back. They both run to me and hug me tight.
"We missed you" - they say together
"I missed you too"
"How about me?" - I hear Danni say while she walks to me and hugs me.
It's good to be back but I have to admit that I am feeling a little overwhelmed. I blame dad and Olivia for the loss of my mate. But Olivia lost her twin sister. She was suffering as well. And I behaved like a dick.
"Come on, let him go to his room and get some rest" - Dad says and I smile at him.
"there's a dinner party in your honor tonight at seven" - Olivia says and I nod grabbing my bangs and taking them upstairs towards my room.
When I open the door I look around to see that everything looks the same way as it was when I left.
I throw my bags on the floor and I walk towards the window opening it and that's when I am hit by an amazing scent.
I sniff the air and my wolf starts to get agitated.
"Calm down will you?" - I tell him
"Did you smell that?" - he says back
"Yeah, but we have to ignore it, I can't be sleeping around with every woman that opens her legs to me anymore"
"You're no fun"
"And you're a dick" - I say blocking him and starting to unpack.
Julia POV
"Have you heard the new Alpha is arriving today?" - Penelope says
"Yeah I heard " - I reply to her getting myself a cup of coffee from the kitchen
"The girls were saying that he is dreamy"
"And how would they know that? He hasn't been here since before we arrived" - I tell her rolling my eyes. My sister has this need to annoy me. She's been looking for her mate since we were kids. But then she is a massive slut opening her legs to whoever wants to be there. I hope her mate is okay with her having slept with almost half of the male population of this pack.
"Because they lived here before, some of them went to school with him"
"P, please don't get us in trouble with the Alpha" - I tell her trying to convince myself more than her.
"I will try" - she says
"Good, I have to go to do the rounds" - I tell her while walking out of the kitchen.
My sister has kitchen service and I am a soldier, one of the best.
"Good morning Jules" - James says
"Good morning J" - I reply with a grin and I start running out of the house.
"Hey, wait for me" - he says while I walk towards the changing room to drop my clothes so I can change into my wolf form.
"Jules wait up" - James says and I stop looking back
"Tired already?"
"You are not funny" - he says - "I am not doing the rounds today, I'm going to town"
"Okay, I say" - I've had a crush on James since I arrived here, but he has a mate and he never looked at me that way.
"Don't be so happy" - He says nudging me
"Yeah yeah, who's doing it then?"
"Don't hate me" - he says lodging his hands apologizing
"No, I'm not doing it" - I say as I start walking again towards the locker room.
"Come on Jules, just today"
"Give me a good reason why I have to do the rounds with that piece of shit" - I ask him now crossing my arms against my chest
"Leon is back, I need to go meet him"
I give him the bird and I walk in. I finish getting naked and I hear a horrible laugh coming from the door and I feel a chill going down my spine.
"Ricky" - I say turning around to face him now crossing my arms covering. my breasts.
"Looking good Jules"
"Fuck you" - I say back and I walk out shifting into my white wolf.
"Wait for me" - I hear Ricky's mind link.
"Shift faster" - I reply to the link.
Once I see his big black Wolfe I start running towards the border of the pack land. It takes me almost one hour to get there and when I do I sit on my back legs and wait for Ricky to catch up with me. When he arrives he tries to bite my ear and I growl back at him.
"Don't fucking think about it" - I mind link him.
"You should just bite his head off" - my wolf says to me
"I wish I could" - I reply to her and we start pacing around the border.
All of a sudden I am hit by the most amazing smell of Eucalyptus and Ocean.
My wolf growls and starts following the scent. We take a good sniff but we can't figure out where it is coming from. So we follow the scent we can pick up.
We run for about one hour and then I notice I am starting in front of the packhouse.
"Let's go" - I say to my wolf and we run to the locker room and we change into human form and I grab my clothes from the locker and put it on.
I brush my hair back into a ponytail and we walk towards the house. The closer we get the stronger the scent is.
"Who do you think it is?" - My wolf asks me
"I don't know, I just hope it's not the new Alpha" - I say.
"He is not him" - my wolf barks back at me
"I know"
I open the door and I see the royal family sitting on the sofa so I greet them all bowing my head and I see James on a corner talking to his mate.
The scent is not as strong when I walk to the kitchen.
"Have you seen him?" - P asks me
"No" - I say taking a seat on the stool on the kitchen island.
"He is gorgeous - Penelope says and I don't know what got into me as I throw the stool towards her.
"what the fuck is wrong with you Jules? you could've killed me" - she barks at me
"Sorry, I, I don't know what got into me" - I say walking out of the kitchen and walking towards the back stairs to go to my room upstairs.
Once I reach my room I sniff the air and I can smell it, the next door to mine.
I put both my hands against the door and take a big sniff and that's when the door opens and I fall face planting the floor.
I roll onto my back and when I open my eyes that's when my wolf goes into frenzy - Mate - she says over and over again.
"Are you okay?" - The man that is my mate looks down at me offering me his hand so I can stand up.
I take his hand and I feel a tingling feeling up to my arm and onto my face.
"Sorry" - I say looking down feeling his Alpha aura.
"Hey, it's okay" - he says looking at me with those beautiful dark blue eyes.
Without another word, I pull my hand away and I walk to the next door opening and going inside closing it behind me.
"He is our mate, goes and gets him" - My wolf says
"No" - I tell her
"He won't hurt us" - My wolf says
"How can you be so sure?"
"He is our mate"
"I don't need a mate" - I bark at her not sure if what I am saying is the truth.
The fact is that I never wanted a mate. But on my old pack I had a boyfriend, he was the pack's stronger fighter, and he was always saying that when I was to become of age we would become mates. But someday I was coming back from school and he was sucking faces with a blonde. My heart broke and then he said she was his mate and I was just an insignificant she-wolf. That's when I decided I was going to be the best fighter ever seen.
Leon POV
I walk into the bathroom ignoring the amazing scent coming from close by.
I have a shower and I allow myself to relax with the hot water hitting my back. It's been a stressful couple of weeks.
The call from dad asking me to return brought a lot of feelings I had buried inside a long time ago.
The elders helped to keep me sane, I worked hard, studied hard, and trained even harder. I have become a better version of myself. I bedded a lot of different women. They would all be coming around only, for one thing, the only thing I could offer, a good time.
When I finished showering I pass my fingers through my hair and wrap a towel around my waist. I haven't unpacked anything yet.
I walk towards my bags on the floor and I put them on my bed so I can grab a pair of dark blue jeans and a white T-shirt with some black boxer shorts and black socks. I get myself dressed and I get hit again by the scent. Apples and cinnamon. My wolf starts to jump in excitement and I block him. I can't be dealing with this. So I try to block the scent as well. I get myself dressed when I hear someone behind my door.
As an Alpha, my hearing is a lot better than normal wolves. So I decided to open the door to check who is the owner of that amazing scent and that's when I see her falling right in front of me.
I could've helped her. I could've grabbed her, but my body stiffened at the realization.
MATE - my wolf shouts in my head. He's jumping up and down in excitement and I am frozen holding the door tight. I don't know how I didn't break the door handle with the pressure I was putting on it.
I see one of the most beautiful creatures I've ever seen rolling onto her back and opening her eyes to look at me. Her face is red, I don't know if because she is ashamed or because she feels the pull.
I offer her my hand so she can stand up and that's what she does. She holds it tight and lifts herself from the floor and I can feel the tingling again. Like I used to feel with Emily.
"Are you okay?" - I ask her still holding her hand.
"Sorry" - she says and I can't help but smile, her voice is sweet and low. Perfect. My wolf is jumping up and down - *claim her* - he keeps saying and I blocked him.
"Hey, it's okay" - I say with an honest smile on my face looking at those beautiful grey eyes of hers.
As if she was repulsed by me she pulls away from her hand and walks to the bedroom next door closing the door behind her when she goes in.
I take a deep breath and close the door. I walk towards the bed and I sit there holding my face between my hands.
What the fuck is happening? How can I have another mate? Why didn't she feel the pull? As an Alpha, I have high self-control but she shouldn't have.
Not long have passed when I hear someone knocking on the door. I am in a really bad mood now, I don't know what to do. I can't go through another loss.
"What?" - I bark at whoever is behind the door
"Bro" - I hear James say when he opens the door and puts his head inside. I keep my back turned to him.
"What do you want James?" - I ask him focusing my rage on him so I don't go next door and ask her why the fuck she runs away from me.
"Is everything okay?" - he asks walking on eggshells. The smallest thing can set me off and he knows it. I try to be the better version of myself but I am still hurting.
"Why wouldn't I be?" - I ask while I stand up and turn to face him.
James gives one step back and looks at the floor and that's when I realize I am letting my wolf take charge. I focus and start taking deep breathes.
"Sorry" - I tell him
"You don't have to apologize" - James says offering me a soft smile - "we need to go down for dinner, the pack is waiting"
"Give me two minutes and I will be down" - I tell him and he nods his head and walks out of my bedroom.
I look at myself in the mirror and I can see how affected I am by that girl. I can't let that happen to me. I don't know what the Goddess is playing at but I can't have another mate. I can't go through that suffering again. Nothing good ever happens to me.
I take some deep breaths and I put my shoes on. I opened the door and the scent hits me again. I give a couple of steps and I stop in front of her door taking in her smell. I shake my head telling myself this can't happen and I walk downstairs towards outside. There's a big tent in the back garden of the house and I can hear people talking. The noise is defining. The pack was sent to only had the elders unmarked. I never got to mark Emily. A year appears on the corner of my eye and I shake all those thoughts away from my head as I walk inside the tent.
Everyone goes silent while they all bow their heads. I walk towards my table in the center of the stage and I allow my eyes to navigate the people around me, she is not here. My mate is not here and I can feel the anger build up.
I take my seat and dad starts talking.
"Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to greet Leon back"
"Alpha" - they all said in unison. It is beautiful how they all respect my father and Olivia. They all love our family and they would all die for us.
"Leon has become the Alpha we all need him to be, this time away has made him stronger, feared, and just. He will be a great leader and that is with sadness and joy that I am announcing that I will step down"
People started talking between themselves and I allow my eyes to move around the tent to see people's reactions.
"Alpha" - a young man in the back says
"Yes?" - das asks looking at him
"It will be a pleasure to serve the Alpha Leon" - he says banging his hand against his chest where his heart is. A smile appears on my face and I shake it off fast.
I see all the fighters doing the same gesture and I feel warm inside. My pack is accepting me as their Alpha.
"We will host a party next week for the official raise of the new Alpha"
Everyone started cheering and I stood up. The moment I did everyone went silent.
"I am happy that you all accept me as your next Alpha, I will work hard to keep you all safe, I will fight alongside you, we will be better together" - I say and I can hear cheering.
" Let's eat" - dad says and everyone starts eating and talking.
Dinner goes in very smoothly and when we finish I can see the elders and my family leaving. They want me to get to know my pack again.
I walk around greeting some people and getting to know some new people to the pack.
"Alpha" - I hear a girl say and I turn around to look at her. She has the same eye color as my mate but her scent is completely different.
"Hello" - I say showing off one of my charming smiles.
"I just wanted to greet our new Alpha, and welcome you home" - she says, and then she gets closer to my ear and whispers - "I can show you a good time if you like"
When she pulls away I look down at her thinking I could use the distraction and my wolf is needing some sex to calm him down.
"She's not our mate" - he says to me
"That never stopped us before" - I tell him blocking him again.
"Lead the way " - I tell her and she grabs my hand and pulls me outside and towards the barn in the back.
She opens the door and walks inside. The moment the door closes she puts her hands on my chest allowing it to go down my stomach to the edge of my T-shirt and she pulls it off exposing my tanned chest.
"Undress" - I tell her while I watch her. She is good-looking and she has a great body. Once she is naked she walks towards me and presses her body against my chest and starts kissing my shoulders while her hands start to open my jeans. She goes down on her knees and she pulls my boxer shorts down with her exposing me to her.
"Alpha" - she says and her hand touches me when the barn door opens and I let out a loud growl.
"Who dares to interrupt me?" - I think to myself and I am hit by the scent.
I grab my boxers and jeans from my knees and pull them up looking at her shocked face now.
"Julia go away, can't you see I am busy?" - the girl says
"I, I'm sorry" - the girl that I know now it's called Julia leaves closing the door behind her.
"Where were we?" - the girl asks
"You were leaving " - I tell her
"Alpha. My sister won't interrupt us again" - the girl says I can feel my stomach go crazy. This girl is my mate's sister. What the fuck am I doing?
"Get dressed and go" - I tell her as I walk out of the barn putting my T-shirt on and walking towards the tent to grab a bottle of bourbon. When I accomplish my mission I walk out of the tent again and towards the packhouse. I can't sniff her scent anywhere. She hasn't come back here. Where the fuck could she be?
I walk into my room and I take a sip of the bottle and I allow my body to crash on the bed.
One of my arms behind my head while the other hand is grabbing the bottle they now rest on top of my stomach. It takes a lot for us to get drunk but I will try my best today.