4 Moving in

"Love yourself,

Romance with your dreams,

Get engaged with simplicity,

Marry genuineness

Divorce ego..Thats a good lfe."

■ELENA ■

Today was Saturday and weekends were meant for all the warriors to go to the training session.

It has been 2 days

since the party and I , at any cost , tried to avoid Alpha Ashton in school . Not that I had to work hard because he never tried to get my attention either.

Jess is irritating me with her questions about change in my demeanour and everytime she does that I quickly change the topic to Beta

Chris and she becomes a tomato.

David is being his usual-self though I know he is still in pain because I am kind of in same situation.

Speaking of which Amy found her mate who is the gamma of our neighbouring pack, Gamma Taylor and she would leave our pack

after finishing school.

I am so happy for her and a part of my heart can't help but wish to have the same fate.

But life is not always what we wish for. I have full faith on universe and if there is something and someone I wished and didn't get , then maybe it's not the right time or right wish. Shaking my head to clear my mind I headed towards training ground.

Jess engulfed me in a tight

hug which I returned gladly.

"I missed you so much Ely."Jess yelled and I rolled my eyes. This girl is such a drama queen.

"We met yesterday Jess,remember ?",I said in a duh tone.

"You broke my heart bestie and you don't know how much it hurts."Jess said putting a hand on her chest.

'I know better than you , girl !' If only you knew,I thought.

"Anyways I want to introduce you to Beta Chris."Jess chirped excitedly. This girl is making me feel like a guest in my own pack.

I mentally rolled my eyes. Tell this girl to be excited for nothing,then again I love her craziness too.

After "introducing" me to Beta Chris which was totally unneccessary as we atleast knew our names before,I came to know that he was

an easy going person, not as strict as I thought .

Then we started our training session. We did weight-lifting and run for an hour on

trade-mill in humanform.

Jess was always a ball of energy and she liked to mess with me often. So I was really surprised when she didn't pull any stunt and concentrated on the training.

Having a beta with you could be of some benefits after all . He seems to bring out the best of her.

I spoke too soon.

Suddenly Jess threw water on me and my Tshirt was now all wet . Thank the Lord, I had worn grey colour shirt or I would have been flashing my black bra to everyone.

I sprinted towards her and crashed into her. As a result we both fell on the ground with a loud thud.

In a blink of eyes Beta Chrish was beside Jess and helped her to stand up.

"Jessy, Are you okay?does it hurt??"Beta Chrish bombarded the questions and his voice was laced with concern. He then gave her a bottle of water and I was watching the interaction with awe.

"I am okay too and no injuries . Thanks for asking, Beta Chrish."I said sacrastically and stood up.

"I was just going to help you." He defended himself with a lame attempt .Rolling my eyes I went back to training and Beta Chrish didn't let Jess to train saying she should rest.

Yeah as if she fought a battle ! The only thing that should rest is the prankster in her.

So here I am in my wolf form fighting with other wolves and Jess is cheering like it's a football match.

My wolf is in fighting mode and I advice strongly not to mess with Faith, the fighter.

The wolf fighting against me was almost of my size with brown colour fur. I remember his name to be Sean, who was a huge sexist in the pack.

On so many occasions I would find him trying to win against me , be it running or hand to hand combat , even when there was no competition. So Faith was far too happy to show the pig his right place.

As beta Chris Blew the whistle, we each moved in circles , no one ready to attack first. Knowing he wouldn't get what he wanted , the brown wolf let out a snarl and launched himself aiming for our front legs.

Faith rolled backwards just in time as the brown wolf crashed on the ground with a loud thud. I could see Faith letting out her wolf-ish smirk.

Giving control to Faith is like being placed in the deepest corner of your mind, where you become third person for your own body. You can see and you can feel most of it but you can't do anything as long as Faith doesn't give control back.

Guess Sean's wolf didn't like the disrespect as he jumped on Faith with his paws on our neck , ready to penetrate the fur.

Faith sneered with rage and flipped us around and this time Sean was the one squirming to get free.

Faith let out a celebratory howl as she she aimed for his collar to draw blood and give us the victory over this sexist pig.

Fate had other plans as it seemed because the next moment, and intoxinating smell of pine forest filled our nostril and Faith purred like a pet kitten with delight , greedily inhaling the fragrance like a hungry dog.

The moment of distraction gave enough time to catch us off guard and the next thing we know He dug his own deep in Faith's hind legs, like he was determined to tear that limb.

The pain came like a tsunami washing all over our body ,but it didn't sting more than the defeat we faced.

Too blinded by the waves of pain , I didn't notice the weight of brown wolf lifted off Faith's body , until I heard the angry growl of my mate.

" Training is over for the day." Alpha Ashton shouted and like a bunch of headless chickens everyone scattered around like their pants were on fire , Even Sean who was limping due to being thrown by Alpha.

Faith let out soft whines as I urged her to go inside and let me shift back. She obviously wanted to spend more time with Mate but knew this wasn't an argument she would win.

When I Shifted back, I cringed looking at the hole in my left leg and it hurt like a bullet wound .

Wearing full jeans wasn't an option. So I cut my jeans with the help of the knife I carried for safety reasons and put it on with so much difficulties.

Werewolves have faster healing powers but the wounds wouldn't heal in the blink of an eye . The healing rate depends upon the size of the wound and looking at the cut on my left leg , I knew it would take until tonight.

When I returned to the training ground fifteen minutes later , I couldn't see a single soil except Alpha Ashton.

I bowed my head as a sign of respect and started limping towards my house.

"Stop . You are in no condition to move. I will give you a lift. " It wasn't a request from the tone of voice he used and I knew better to protest.

Besides I was grateful I wouldn't have to endure the pain of walking with a hole in my shin.

We reached at my place within a few minutes , the ride was too short for my liking as I was taking in the feel of my first Mercedes ride.

When I tried to open the door , I realised he had put the child locks on. Huffing a little I waited for him to open the door for me but he surprised me when he lifted me up instead.

Being this close to him was like being captured in one of your favourite dreams. I held onto him tightly as he unlocked the door ,taking the key from my bag.

I was again surprised when he didn't ask me to give direction to my room . Then again He must have remembered it from the numerous visits he made when my dad was around.

Placing me on my bed , he asked for the first aid kit to stop the blood flowing from the long gash.

I told him to look in the first drawer of the dressing table and he finally found it after rummaging through it For a while.

After so much insistence, he let me tend to my wound and roamed around the room looking at various things .

Faith wasn't happy at all because the bratty wolf wanted to be babied by her mate but too bad I wouldn't trouble him more than I already did.

"It's rude to keep someone's photo without their permission. " His voice made me snap my head in his direction and I wanted the ground to swallow me at the exact moment.

In his hand , he was holding a photo of him which was taken in our sophomore year . I had to finish three assignments for Dean to take one copy of the photo he had captured.

What's worse was the photo had three hearts painted in red colour with a caption " Prince Charming " on it. Now I was sure he would think of me as some psycho obsessive stalker.

I was speechless and I didn't know what to say as I fumbled with my word, my vocabulary experiencing a sudden shrinkage in size.

I was sure I looked like a deer caught in headlight , which might have amused my mate because the next moment he let out a booming laughter resonating through my room.

I couldn't help but smile at how carefree and boyish he looked at the moment.

The moment was cut short when he received an urgent phone call and left the place hastily, leaving me and Faith in a daze .

Sunday turned out to be not so relaxing because of the bomb my mom dropped on me.

" Ely , Alliance pack was attacked by Rogues last night and I am required to be there by tonight. " My mom informed with a frown on her face and I went pale at the mention of rogues.

Rogues are the wolf who were banished from a pack due to their crimes , or the ones who voluntarily didn't want to obey alpha command. For a Wolf, a pack is the thread that holds its sanity . So when a Wolf doesn't have a pack, their animal instincts becomes stronger and their humanity dies little by little.

The sole purpose of rogues are to challenge the peace and discipline of packs and to cause devastation. They were the reason why my dad wasn't here with me today.

" Baby , With rogues being so close , it's not wise to let you stay on your own. So Alpha Aston said you can move in with him. " I choked on air as soon as my mom finished her sentence.

" Don't act surprised. Why didn't you tell me that he is your mate ? " , asked my mom with her disapproving tone and I didn't know what to answer.

I couldn't possibly tell her that her daughter wasn't good enough for the alpha of the pack and the said alpha also seemed to realise that as well.

" I am sorry. I know I haven't been around much these days. I just didn't realise when my baby girl grew up. " Her eyes teared up a little and I hugged her trying to soak in the moment.

The afternoon was spent on packing my things and hers . Before we knew it , we both were heading to our separate destination, mom in her car and me with Alpha Ashton.

He helped me in taking my things to the room assigned to me. I was arranging the suitcase when I asked him ," Why did you tell my mom about the mate thing? ".

" That wasn't a lie, Was it ?," He never gave me direct answers and it made me think he might not want to deal with my emotional self after he bluntly says I wasn't good enough for him.

" Are you going to reject me ?" It was so difficult to utter those words out without choking . Even though he had never gave me hope , I always had and still do hold onto the hope . Hope of being with him forever. If he were to answer the question positively, I didn't know what would I do to save my sanity.

"Good night. " He said instead and left me with a wandering mind and confused thoughts.

The next morning, I woke up when the sunlight hit my eyes. I found a note from Alpha Ashton asking me to be downstairs at 7.00 . The thought of him seeing my drooling sleeping self made me embarrassed but that didn't last long when I realised I had half an hour to get ready.

Taking a quick shower I put on the first pair of clothes I found in the suitcase and rushed downstaires taking my bag.

He was having his breakfast and offered for me to join him , which I kindly declined.

When we reached his car , he stopped me When I was about to take the shotgun.

I looked at him weirdly before taking a seat in the back. The cloud confusion turned into devastation and hurt when we stopped At Lucy's house.

I watched as she took the passenger seat and gave my mate a peck on his cheek.

" Morning Elena. " She chirped like a cheerful bird making me give her a small smile in return. I wished at that moment that her smile was fake or she was rude and cunning but she wasn't.

She was real and she was genuine. As much as I wanted to hate her , I couldn't. It wasn't her fault that she was perfect and I wasn't.

I sat like a stiff rod throughout the whole journey and sighed in relief when the most awkward car ride came to an end.

It was when I reached my bunch , I was fully relaxed and with their teasing, laughter and silliness the morning incident was long forgotten.