Page 10 of Rise of the Alpha

“Nah, but let's go find him and see if he found our neighbors. I’m curious if the one is as hot as he keeps going on about. Let’s check out the dance floor. You know he’s probably there showing off hisMagic Mikemoves, especially if he got tired of looking for the girls.”

He pushes off the bar, and we head through the crowd, heading to the center where the dance floor was set up and the music is the loudest. It’s still crazy how people quickly move out of his way when they see the future Alpha of the Stoneridge pack moving toward them.

As the dance floor comes into view, I see Jude. “There he is,” I tell Blaine as I reach out and point him out.

“Fuck me! If they look as hot from the front as they do from the back, his ass better be sharing them,” exclaims Blaine with a guttural groan.

Casting my gaze off Jude, who had been my center of attention, I see the two girls with him. One with rainbow-colored hair just as he described, with a banging ass body. But it’s the one on the opposite side of him that has my heart plummeting. The girl has gray shoulder-length hair, and I don’t even have to see her face to know who it is. It’s her, my white wolf. Fucking no chance in hell of me being with her now that she’s met Jude. Who would want a ferret when they could have an Incubus? A man literally built for sex. Looking to my left, I see Blaine, and he’s zoned in on them as well. Fuck, he’s drooling over them. Yep, it’s a done deal. With an Alpha Wolf and Incubus sex machine, the lowly puny ferret won’t have a chance. There’s no way in hell I can walk over there and be near her, especially after how I treated her.

“Blaine… Blaine… Earth to Blaine… Are you in there? Fuck this shit, I’m going back to the room,” I bark out gruffly when the fucker ignores me. I take one final look at the woman who captured my heart today before turning and leaving. Passing by the makeshift tent set up as one of the many bars, I reach over the counter, grabbing a bottle of Jim Beam. The asswipe behind the counter goes to say something before I cut a glare at him and throw up a middle finger.

The rest of my plans tonight include getting fucking plastered and forgetting everything. I hope like hell this liquor helps me fight this pull I feel for my white wolf. I open the bottle, taking a long swig of the brown liquid, a slight burn to my throat as it slides down.

Blaine

Well, fuck me. There’s that mouth watering scent again; cotton candy. Smells so sweet, I feel like I could get a toothache just from inhaling it.

Looking around, I’m trying to find who this scent belongs to. I will figure out who they are tonight. There won’t be any escaping me this time. Finding the Exodus Pack wolf was a huge fucking bust. Not one sign of him anywhere, and when I asked some fellow wolves at the mixer, they all gawked at me like they had no fucking clue what I was going on about.

The holier-than-thou attitude must apply to attending parties at school as well, I guess. The wolf is probably locked up in their private room, reading a ‘how to be a douche’ handbook and eating caviar. Entitled ass bastard.

So my mission has now changed from finding the pompous ass to searching for who smells like the tastiest treat I might ever have. I’m positive the scent is pulling at me so hard because of who the owner of it is -my mate.

After Zeke meets back up with me at the bar, we talk for a few minutes before Z asks if I've seen Jude anywhere.

“Nah, but let's go find him and see if he found our neighbors. I’m curious if the one is as hot as he keeps going on about. Let’s check out the dance floor. You know he’s probably there showing off his Magic Mike moves, especially if he got tired of looking for the girls.”

I push off the bar, and we head through the crowd, heading to the center where the dance floor was set up and the music is the loudest.The scent is stronger the closer we get to the mass of writhing bodies in the middle of the quad. Then Zeke points to the opposite side of the dance floor, where my gaze lands on Jude and the two smoking hot babes he’s chatting with.

“Fuck me! If they look as hot from the front as they do from the back, his ass better be sharing them,” I exclaim.

The closer we get to Jude and his two new friends, the more I’m salivating. The scent belongs to one of those two ladies. I see the rainbow-haired girl Jude mentioned lives below us, and she’s sexy as hell. However, the one with the gray hair has an ass that has me ready to bow down and worship her like the goddess she is.

Totally ignoring Zeke beside me and what he’s saying, I am hook, line, and sinker, already obsessed with this beauty. The DJ switches the song over toThinkin' With My Dickby Kevin Gates.Right now, the song is accurate. Since I’m rock hard staring at who, I’m pretty sure, is my mate. The pull towards her is like nothing I have ever felt before.Holy fuck! It’s her!

As I approach, I see Jude grab the girls' hands and lead them to the dance floor. My wolf is clawing at me to be free. ScreamingMINE… MATE.This has never happened to me before. My wolf has been silent any other time we’ve seen a female wolf. My wolf’s rage only intensifies when we see Jude sandwiched between the two girls dancing.

Jude, the fucking horny bastard that he is, is oblivious to what is happening right next to him. He turns around and grabs my mystery girl, pulling her back against his very obvious hard cock. Her eyes are closed, and she’s just moving to the music, looking like a free fucking spirit. Our neighbor, who’s now behind him, is laughing her ass off. Screaming ‘hell, yeah’ and grinding her pussy against Jude’s ass.

I’m going to snap Jude’s neck for grinding on my mate like that. I'm crossing the dance floor before I even realize I’m moving. The only thought on my mind is my mate and the man, my friend, touching her. Jude’s going to wish he kept his hands to himself tonight. My wolf is in control right now, and I’m barely holding off his shift. Just as I’m almost to them, the girl with the whitish gray hair opens her eyes, and they immediately lock with mine, staring right into my soul.

Our gazes are locked together, neither one of us willing to break the stare off we seem to be having. My mouth is watering and my cock is tingling at being this close to her. I can practically taste the sugar spun treat in my mouth. I turn to tell Zeke I found the scent I’ve been unable to stop thinking about, but he’s gone.What the fuck? Where did he go?

Her eyes widen as she continues to stare at me before finally mouthing, “You!”

Magnolia

“Mate,”my wolf calls out with longing.

This can’t be! I’ve finally found the owner of the amazing cedarwood scent that’s been haunting me since this morning on the plane. But my mate?

True mates were a children’s fairy tale in our pack, and even though I often dreamed of having one, that’s all I thought it was. A dream. It was a known fact when the female population declined, the mate bond disappeared.

Shit! Shit! Shit! My father’s going to kill me. He’ll pull me from the school before I even get the chance to attend one class. How in the heavens can this be?

I’m so lost in my thoughts, listening to my wolf screaming thatshe found her mate, I don’t even notice how close he’s moved towards me until his lips slam down on mine as he growls out, “Mate”.

No! I can’t! Using all my force, I reach my arms up between our bodies, placing the palms of my hands firmly on his chest, and push. Strength fills my body, and I’m able to knock him back so hard he stumbles, barely catching his balance.

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