This was the one time he hated his Alpha senses and how heightened they just were. Getting any sleep tonight or tomorrow wasn’t likely going to happen. He’d probably just roam about and look around the pack, well away from the pack-house.
He was on his 6th drink when he spotted the twin girls from earlier in the evening. They were running and screaming across the grassed area, with what he could only imagine was their nanny in hot pursuit. She looked flushed and exhausted her dark hair was a mess and she was covered in, from what his sense of smell could pick up, chocolate sauce. His mouth twitch, they were obviously a handful.
He tracked them across the area behind the pack-house to a short, dark haired woman, she had an athletic build, she fit the description. He drained his glass, banged it down on the table and stalked over to her. Stepped right up to her, towering over her in fact and stood glaring down at her. Her grey eyes widened at his sudden appearance in front of her, she took a step back, pushed the twins behind her. He took a step forward, he’d drank enough wolfen scotch to have it effect his judgement. His wolf Rip had told him ‘not now.’ but Holden had waited long enough to have this little wolf apologise for her actions. And apparently she had been out here the whole time ignoring him, she had to know who he was, he was the biggest wolf here. And surely Thomas would have mentioned him to her. Yet she was over there without a care in the world, seemingly didn’t think she owed him and apology, well she bloody did.
Holden could smell fear coming from her, he was close enough not to need Rips help on that, good he wanted her to be afraid. “Apologise.” he snapped at her angrily, as he recalled the arrow two inches from his face, the knife in his boot.
Then all of a sudden he was set upon by four wolves and dragged away from the woman. Alpha Corey was standing directly before him, his wolf right there on the surface snarling aggressively at him, as was his Beta, and the Delta. The Gamma was now standing with his arms around the small frightened woman. All there wolves were out ready to take him on.
“What the hell do you think you are doing?” Alpha Corey demanded his wolf talking with him, backing him up the whole way.
“Getting my damned apology from that mutt, who shot arrows at me and my men.” he shot back.
“Who the HELL are you calling a MUTT?” the Gamma yelled at him, stepping forward to size him up,
He has some guts Holden thought.
“Apologise to my Mate this instance or you an I are going to go toe to toe.”
“Not till she does first.” Holden replied, he would get his bloody apology.
“Wait, Alpha Holdener what are you referring to exactly. Why does Gabby need to apologise to you? Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding here.”
“She’s the retrieval backup girl right? I saw those twins with her earlier, when she came back. She owes me an apology.”
“Wrong freaking wolf.” the Gamma roared at him, clearly he was severely pissed off.
Maybe he had a right to be, Holden was now thinking, perhaps drinking hadn’t been the best idea. Holden was frowning, looked at the she-wolf trying to make an assessment of her from what he’d seen earlier this evening.
Alpha Corey sighed and interrupted his thoughts “Alpha Holdener you are mistaken, this is my Gamma’s Mate Gabby, and the wolf you would be looking for would be Ella White and I advise you do apologise right now, I and my wolf will not tolerate disrespect like that here.”
Holdens frown deepened he did not like having to apologise for anything, he was an Alpha and it shouldn’t be necessary. But by the looks of it he had just scared the hell out of an innocent woman with her twins directly behind her, he’d royally screwed this up, no more drinking this trip.
“My apologies” he said gruffly “I was mistaken.” he then turned and strode away annoyed with himself for making an a*s of himself. He should have confirm who she was first. Wasn’t going to be able to make and alliance with this pack at this rate.
So who was this Ella she-wolf, he was standing well away from the pack-house ticked off at himself for not doing his due diligence and making sure he had the right she-wolf. Something he would normally do. But he guessed 6 wolfen strength glasses of scotch was enough for him to forget his due diligence.
Perhaps this Ella she-wolf was related to the Gamma’s, otherwise how could she be so close to the twins. They had run over to her right away, nil hesitation like she was their mother, and she had clearly chastised them as a parent would. Things were weird here he thought to himself. He stayed out there until his head cleared and he felt more himself.
Then taking a deep breath Holden headed back out to the tented area and walked over to Alpha Corey’s table, looked directly at the Gamma’s Mate. “I’m truly sorry, I honestly thought you were the she-wolf I was looking for. I did not mean to frighten you.”
she nodded “thank you.” her Mate however still looked pissed off.
He turned to Alpha Corey “Could you point out…Ella was it?” he asked, he didn’t want to go making another mistake.
“Not here, doesn’t attend any balls.”
“Mated then?” he asked, trying to judge if he was going to piss any more wolves off.
“No, just doesn’t like the attention.” Alpha Corey replied “I also wouldn’t advise you react to her the way you did Gabby here.” he said with a smile that implied Holden would not like the outcome.
Holden smiled right back “I can hold my own against one tiny she-wolf.”
That actually made the whole table laugh, he even saw Gabby giggle behind her hand.
“What you all think I can’t handle a she-wolf?” he was annoyed with them all, he was an alpha wolf he could handle anything.
“Oh we’re willing to put money on it.” Beta Adam then banged his hand on the table “a hundred bucks she bites him before he knows it.”
To Holdens shock he watched as they were all betting suddenly, pulling money out and banging it on the table.
“A hundred on her stabbing him.” Delta Pete said.
“A hundred on her shifting and going him in wolf form.” the Gamma roared with laughter.
“I got a hundred on his family jewels coping a swift kick.” Alpha Corey laughed nearly falling off his chair.
He stood there and frowned at the lot of them, it completely shocked him that even the Alpha threw money down and on his family jewels at that.
Luna Lindy strolled over looked at him looked at all of them and shook her head “what’s the bet today?”
Holden answered her “They all think I an Alpha am a joke and won’t be able to handle this she-wolf Ella.”
Her eyes widened “Why would you need to handle her in the first place?”
“She owes me an apology is why and I intend to get it before I leave.”
“I would ask politely then.” Lindy smiled up at him and dropped into her mates lap, his arms slid round her and she snuggled right into him “What’s the actual bet?”
“That she bites him, stabs him, goes wolf on him or he looses his family jewels.” he smiled down at her.
“Oh, I’ll be in on the trying to stab him, or maybe shoot him with one of her arrows.” she giggled.
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