Meeting Them

When my father came out of the cabin he had a bag as well, but a much larger bag that he managed to strap to his back in lion form. We slowly started walking, for some reason I felt so nervous, where were we going to go? Did he have a place in mind?

I sniffed the air and pause my movements, what was that? I smelled the rain earlier, but this was different. It was a type of musk? I yelped when I felt a bite on my hind leg, I turned to see my father hissing at me loudly. My white ears fell against my head and I continued walking, unable to shake the smell, In- fact, it seemed to be getting stronger. Both my father and I were getting antsier and antsier. He had smelled it too? He seemed tense thought the smell calmed me. It was like pine mixed with raspberries mixed with dirt. It was so earthy yet so, so unique. I glanced at my father who bristled and began to growl towards the bushes. I put the bag down and leaned forward slightly, I couldn't see anything, did he? Suddenly the wind shifted and I realized that the lovely smell was directly in front of me. In. The. Bushes.

As a large mahogany colored wolf stepped forward, I stepped back, my eyes widening as my father became more volatile and aggressive. The wolf's gaze was solely on me and I couldn't help but return the stare, captivated by his piercing green eyes. I was unable to move at this point, paralyzed as he cautiously stepped forward, now mere feet away from me. My father suddenly lunged toward me, biting at my leg, like he did early when I wasn't moving. I hissed slightly and the wolf, started growling like maniac.

I cowered under the wolf, unable to stop myself at the growling. It was almost like an instinct that I didn't know I had, but I couldn't even bring myself to meet his eyes when he was growling, even though I knew that the hostile growl was for Daniel and not me. The wolf immediately paused when he saw my fear, it was probably radiating off of me, he could probably smell it. Four other wolves emerged from the bushes and looked dumbstruck before focusing their gaze on Daniel. The only who even glanced my way was the mahogany one in front of me. That thought calmed me some but it didn't Daniel. He roared and took a defensive stance, hissing slightly at me. I knew he wanted me to get up and fight them with him, but I couldn't. I was too afraid of what the other four might do, and too captivated by the mahogany wolf, i couldn't move, I wouldn't move. And there was no way in hell I could hurt any of them.

Simultaneously all of the four wolves that at just entered took offensive stances and growled at Daniel's roar and hiss, causing me to shiver and my tail to thwack against the ground. Daniel looked at me again before realizing that he couldn't take on five wolves, he ran. I quickly sat up, ready to run after him but the mahogany wolf ran in front of my gaze, he didn't want me going back. I didn't understand. Was this one of those things that Daniel had told me about? Were they going to be all buddy buddy and then use me??!!

He must have sense my uneasiness because he lowered his head, leaning down below me, showing that he wasn't a threat and he wasn't going to attack. I didn't realize that I had whimpered until I saw the look on the wolf's face, a mix of anger and worry as he tried to check my hind leg where Daniel had bitten me. He let out a slight snarl before shifting in front of me, leaving me with a younger male, very well built with black cut hair, perfectly shaded caramel skin, and gorgeous green eyes. He was on one of his knees, and the other was bent up, his arm resting on it. It took me a second to realize that he was showing me his vulnerability by doing this. I could easily kill him in his human form right now if i wanted to, well besides the wolves behind me who i could hear shifted awkwardly. I glanced back at them and as if on cue they hesitantly dispersed. My blue eyes widened and I looked at the male. "My name is Derek, Derek Thompson. Alpha in line of the Silver Nevada Pack."

I stared at....Derek shocked, one because his voice was blissful and sent shivers down my spine but also shocked me, an alpha was submitting to me? But what confused me were his next few words. "And you, are my mate."

Jesse Williams as Derek Thompson