“I don’t know Holden. I know nothing about her…Neither do you for that matter.”
“Will you trail her for the day, currently in her house sleeping I believe. Just set yourself up by the house, doze if you like but make sure Cal is on alert for her movements. I have to go and sort out my pack members, find out who mated off to other packs and who and how many will be joining ours. Get them organised and send them back to the pack ahead of us. It’ll be just you and I here after that, to deal with Ella.”
“Yeah, can’t you see I’m getting dressed here.” he raised an eyebrow at Holden and his tone implied are you blind.
Holden frowned at him, but just shook his head, “Thanks, link me if she does anything” he shrugged “you know…”
“You worried she’s got a boyfriend somewhere here boss?”
“What? No!..Well now I bloody do.” Holden had not even considered that, sh!t she might well have, high ranked warrior with a tiny human, curves in all the right places and a wolf that pretty. sh!t it was more than likely. If she did, he would have to go. Right away, no one was touching his mate.
Jeremy started laughing all over again, as he watched it dawn on Holden that his Mate, might be f*g some other wolf out there. “I’ll watch her, go do your Alpha duties.”
“Thanks!…anything out of the ordinary.”
“Sure thing boss, but what’s out of the ordinary for us, might not be for her.”
Holden glared at his Beta and left the room. It was nearing lunch time and he should have squared away his pack members by now, but had been preoccupied pacing around in his suite most of the morning. He found his pack members, kicked a few of the lazy bastards out of their beds. Shocking their new mates and had them all report to the front of the pack house for inspection. He could see her house from here and Jeremy casually leaning against a tree, just off behind it.
13 members of his pack had mates now, they were all loved up and looking happy it seemed. He lost 6 females to other packs, 2 to Half Moon Pack itself, one warrior and one school teacher, 7 of the 10 males had found mates here at the ball, that was good.
Mated wolves were generally happy wolves. He noted the other Alpha’s all waiting around on him, to sort out some of his going to them. They didn’t seem all that annoyed, one of them, Alpha Frederick, who he knew, smiled right at him a knowing smile, and as he’d headed off, had nodded his head and hollered “Good luck Holdener.”
It was clear the man knew of him finding his Mate and that, he was having a difficult time with it, at that. Who had spilled the beans he didn’t know, had to be Alpha Corey or his unit, no one else really knew. Jeremy may laugh a him and be itching to tell Kevin and Braidy, but he wouldn’t be so disrespectful, as to blab to other packs.
‘Boss, she’s leaving pack territory, eastern border. Wolfed right out of her house and headed off clear in her direction.’
‘What the hell’
‘Cal will stay with her, you’d better get out here and catch her.’
‘Yes.’ Holden agreed, he was mad now. What was she thinking, was she just going to run away and not deal with their Mate Bond. Neither one of them would be able to move on if she just left and neither of them broke the bond. Was she so dumb? did she not know how a bond worked?…Maybe being wolf-less for most of her life, she didn’t. s**t has she got no education at all!
He was stalking his way past the pack-house headed for the eastern border when Alpha Corey’s Delta Pete, called out to him “Alpha Holdener, Alpha Corey needs a word.”
“It will have to wait, my Mate just bolted.”
“No she didn’t, please come and speak with Alpha Corey.”
Holden stopped walking and looked at the Delta “She didn’t?”
“It’s very unlikely. Please Alpha Corey will explain.”
Holden sighed, her Alpha would have been alerted to her leaving pack territory in all likelihood. He would know her better and if they thought it was unlikely, then it probably was, he would have to take the chance. They did know her better. He tried to link to Jeremy but got nothing, already to far away. That didn’t bode well, meant he was running full tilt as was his Mate. Right into rogue territory at that. Did not make him happy in the least.
He walked into Alpha Corey’s office “we need to make this quick, I have to go and hunt my mate down it seems.”
“No need for that, she’ll come back.”
“And your certain because?”
“Her twin sisters are here. She’s probably a little on the emotional side right now. Besides I heard your Beta Jeremy went right after her.”
Holden nodded “He did. Where is she going?” he was curious there was literally nothing out there.
Alpha Corey sat there in his chair, seemingly debating what to tell him, what information was either relevant or what would placate him. “There’s an abandoned pack out east. She goes there sometimes to clear her head and think things through.”
“Across rogue territory.” Holden could only think of one abandoned pack out this way, he didn’t like it at all, horrid history. Why would anyone go there, to think, of all places. “And you just let her, a lone un-mated she-wolf, roam out there at will like that?”
“I heard you helped out the other night, on border patrol, you would have seen her wolf fight. I’m not concerned particularly and you know what Ella is like,” he smiled pointedly at Holden “do you think they can’t handle themselves? Because I assure you, she can, they can.”
“That is not the point. My Mate just left pack territory and ran off into rogue territory.”
“She has a history, something you should discuss with her. She’ll be safe and your Beta is tracking her. I’m sure he’s a capable man, yes?”
“Yes, very.” Holden acknowledged
“Then try to relax, just give her some space.”
“I’m not exactly known for my patience.” Holden reminded him.
Alpha Corey chuckled “Neither is she. You two will annoy the hell out of each other. Be fun to watch.”
“She’ll submit.” he shrugged.
“Can I put bets on that?” he laughed.
Holden frowned at him, this man was infuriating “Tell me about her. How old is she?”
“26.”
“26, you said she just got her wolf a few months ago.”
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