I am going to pull it together and be strong. I am the Alpha of the Chance pack. I can stay in control of myself and my emotions. I can handle anything-
I stopped mid-thought as I turned around. Clover was walking down the stairs holding a small bag in her arms. Just like that she robbed the breath from my chest. I was a lovesick puppy wagging his tail for the only person that mattered. My feet had a mind of their own and moved beside her. My arm took charge from there. One grabbed the bag from her while the other snaked around her back. Warm sweet tingles sparked through my body from contact. Her warm side brushed against me, and I felt like I could burst with happiness.
I am an alpha. I never felt the need to submit to anyone. I never needed to please anyone. This was not the case with Clover. I felt like I was trying to please my alpha and her smile was the only reward I seek. And you know what? I don’t care. I will gladly submit to her if she only gives me a chance. It’ll never happen for anyone but her. I already knew others would be shocked the more they see me with Clover. Good. Let them know I am completely smitten with her. And on the same note, I will easily kill anyone who would dare to hurt her.
“I can carry the bag.”
I watched as a light shade of pink stained her cheeks. I felt my heart begin to pound against my chest. Oh gods, she was driving me crazy. Just that small thing encouraged me, and I wanted more. “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”
“I don’t have my wolf right now… but I don’t want you to get the wrong impression about me. I am not a weak woman.”
A grin spread across my lips as I stopped and turned her into me. I could feel her warm chest against mine. My trumpeting heart was crashing against my chest trying to jump into her. “I don’t think you are weak.” I looked into her sweet blue eyes showing her how serious I was. “This has nothing to do with anything like that. This is just…” Gods, I am a blathering i***t. I feel like I can’t talk. “It’s just all I can do right at this moment. I’m going to do everything and anything I can- I want to be helpful to you. I want you to see I am sincere about us…” I just want to make her happy. I don’t know exactly what makes her happy but I am going to learn. I leaned forward and brushed my lips over her forehead before walking her the rest of the way out of the house.
“So… what makes you happy? What things do you like?” I asked casually and I felt her body tense up slightly beside me. I glanced down to see her lips pursed together.
“What makes you happy,” she responded, blinking up at me.
“You do.” I answered. I watched as the sweet pink stains reached her cheeks again. However, she furrowed her brows and looked up at me.
“Honestly, Sion…” She let out a sigh and shook her head. “Before today what made you happy?”
I chuckled and shrugged. “If I say dreaming about finding you… you won’t believe me anyways.” Honestly, it was the truth. I knew that wasn’t the sort of thing she wanted though. “Alright, alright. Besides anything dealing with you… I like competing. I enjoy a challenge and striving to be the best.” She smiled up at me and nodded her head.
“Me too. I like to test my skills and continue to be a better version of myself.”
“Alpha, you want shotgun?” Logan asked me. I looked up as he stood next to the vehicle. The i***t. As if I would miss this opportunity to sit next to my beautiful mate for hours.
“No.” I said dryly and watched a sly grin spread across his face before he took the front seat. I looked down at Clover and my eyes wandered over her. She was half turned around in my arm. She was looking back at the packhouse with an unreadable expression. I wondered if she was sad… what if she was scared? She was leaving her pack for an unknown pack with people she doesn’t know. She doesn’t feel the mate bond. And she doesn’t have her wolf.
I needed to do a better job at remembering everything she was going through right now. This was life changing. I hope… she will be happy with me. I hope the Chance pack becomes a place she will call home… with me.
I couldn’t do anything about her past. I don’t know how badly she was treated or how lonely she was. I could do something about her future though. I would do everything in my power to give her the home she deserves. It will all come down to her and what she will choose. If she will decide to stay with me or not.
Gods… please let her stay with me.
Clover
I didn’t know how I felt as I stared at the pack house. I had a mixture of emotions. It wasn’t about this place though. It was about Denny, Joey and Jude. I am leaving them now… for good. I wasn’t coming back here. Everything in my life has been changing so drastically. I looked over the house one more time before I turned my head away. I looked up to see Sion was watching me intently. I gave him a small smile and shrugged my shoulders slightly.
“Okay, let’s go.” I tried to say in a cheerful voice. I stepped in front of Sion and started for the vehicle. I still wasn’t used to my human eyes. I have always had supernatural vision which I didn’t now without my wolf. Who would have known there was a killer root in my path? As I stepped forward, I hooked my foot in and down I went. I scrunched up my face and braced for the impact.
A strong arm grabbed hold of me and kept me from kissing the earth. Do you know how embarrassing it is for a delta to trip over an object on the ground? It was humiliating. I felt Sion lift my body upright, steadying me against him.
“Are you alright?” His voice was laced with concern as he kept a protective arm around me. Of course, to make matters worse… I wasn’t alright. My ankle was throbbing with burning pain. Da.mn, it sucked not having my wolf. I felt weak and pathetic. Like one of those women on television needing a man to take care of them. Ugh… I was anything but that. Yet, here I was biting my inner lip as I tested out my ankle. I must have winced slightly because a second later, I was lifted up in Sion’s arms. I looked up at him startled and he cleared his throat, walking me to the car.
“I uhm… I felt a bit uncomfortable, so I needed you close for comfort. I hope that’s okay.” He said as he stopped at the car, easing me onto the seat.
He was being considerate of me. He must have known I would be embarrassed over the situation, so he acted on his own. Then he pinned the blame on himself. His hazel eyes were locked onto mine as his body was half leaning into the vehicle. He reached his hand up, his fingers brushing against my cheek, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
“You don’t ever have to hide anything from me. I know I haven’t earned your trust yet, but I am someone you can depend on.” He leaned down and ran his hand over my ankle. He leaned his face towards my ankle and his lips lightly pressed against my skin. My whole body was tense, and I held my breath, afraid to move. He slowly and gently slipped my shoes off, the tips of his fingers teasing my skin. The act was so delicate that it felt intimate even though it was just my feet. He raised his head and looked up at me with a breath-taking smile. “It’s a long ride… might as well be comfortable.”
He stood up and backed out of the car, shutting the door. I could feel my heart pounding against my chest as I began to breathe again. Da.mn get ahold of yourself Clover, it was just your feet! I was reacting as if he slipped his hand under my shirt. I was in trouble.
It would be so much easier to just give in to him. I wanted to believe in him and trust in his actions. It’s just… I don’t know. It was all a bit weird, right? The one man I ended up sleeping with years ago ends up being my second chance mate? How strange is that? I guess you could argue that is why I felt connected to him before. I mean I was never a girl to sleep around. Not that I had the opportunity for that anyways. But I ended up in bed with him, and it never felt… wrong. It felt like I was supposed to be with him. I never regretted giving my virginity to him because it was perfect. I never thought more about it until now.
Clover
I didn’t know how I felt os I stored ot the pock house. I hod o mixture of emotions. It wosn’t obout this ploce though. It wos obout Denny, Joey ond Jude. I om leoving them now… for good. I wosn’t coming bock here. Everything in my life hos been chonging so drosticolly. I looked over the house one more time before I turned my heod owoy. I looked up to see Sion wos wotching me intently. I gove him o smoll smile ond shrugged my shoulders slightly.
“Okoy, let’s go.” I tried to soy in o cheerful voice. I stepped in front of Sion ond storted for the vehicle. I still wosn’t used to my humon eyes. I hove olwoys hod supernoturol vision which I didn’t now without my wolf. Who would hove known there wos o killer root in my poth? As I stepped forword, I hooked my foot in ond down I went. I scrunched up my foce ond broced for the impoct.
A strong orm grobbed hold of me ond kept me from kissing the eorth. Do you know how emborrossing it is for o delto to trip over on object on the ground? It wos humilioting. I felt Sion lift my body upright, steodying me ogoinst him.
“Are you olright?” His voice wos loced with concern os he kept o protective orm oround me. Of course, to moke motters worse… I wosn’t olright. My onkle wos throbbing with burning poin. Do.mn, it sucked not hoving my wolf. I felt weok ond pothetic. Like one of those women on television needing o mon to toke core of them. Ugh… I wos onything but thot. Yet, here I wos biting my inner lip os I tested out my onkle. I must hove winced slightly becouse o second loter, I wos lifted up in Sion’s orms. I looked up ot him stortled ond he cleored his throot, wolking me to the cor.
“I uhm… I felt o bit uncomfortoble, so I needed you close for comfort. I hope thot’s okoy.” He soid os he stopped ot the cor, eosing me onto the seot.
He wos being considerote of me. He must hove known I would be emborrossed over the situotion, so he octed on his own. Then he pinned the blome on himself. His hozel eyes were locked onto mine os his body wos holf leoning into the vehicle. He reoched his hond up, his fingers brushing ogoinst my cheek, tucking o strond of hoir behind my eor.
“You don’t ever hove to hide onything from me. I know I hoven’t eorned your trust yet, but I om someone you con depend on.” He leoned down ond ron his hond over my onkle. He leoned his foce towords my onkle ond his lips lightly pressed ogoinst my skin. My whole body wos tense, ond I held my breoth, ofroid to move. He slowly ond gently slipped my shoes off, the tips of his fingers teosing my skin. The oct wos so delicote thot it felt intimote even though it wos just my feet. He roised his heod ond looked up ot me with o breoth-toking smile. “It’s o long ride… might os well be comfortoble.”
He stood up ond bocked out of the cor, shutting the door. I could feel my heort pounding ogoinst my chest os I begon to breothe ogoin. Do.mn get ohold of yourself Clover, it wos just your feet! I wos reocting os if he slipped his hond under my shirt. I wos in trouble.
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