Asher

The day starts like any other, with Mum screaming at me to wake up, telling me it's time for school. I groan and reluctantly get up. Thanks to alpha training last night I didn't get to sleep until late.

Currently, Dad is the alpha of our pack, the Dark Moon pack. As his son, I was born an alpha, so as soon as I was able too I started training for when I would eventually take over.

Lately, though, the training's increased. I hadn't realised how many little things you have to do to be a good alpha for your pack. Things like sorting housing, checking people's food supplies and checking the well-being of everyone. When I was younger all I thought I needed to do was to know how to fight and protect.

Thanks to Dads practice as the town doctor, we have a good amount of income coming in. Many of the older wolves have jobs within the town and some work from home. We aren't the richest pack but we are comfortable.

I quickly shower and rush downstairs for breakfast before my little brother takes it all. He hasn't shifted yet but he eats like he has.

Wolves typically shift around the age of sixteen, there have been some cases of early and late shifting but typically they shift at sixteen.

He's thirteen and is still a ways off from shifting. When he does shift his metabolism will increase and that will account for his hunger, but I don't know what his excuse is now.

As expected he's sat guzzling down what I imagine isn't his first helping. Mum passes me my plate as I sit, I give her a smile before digging in.

Afterwards, I make my way downstairs. The packhouse, where I live, consists of three floors. The top floor is only for the alpha and his family with its own kitchen. The second floor houses the beta and their family. Then the main floor has the game room, offices, main kitchen and the meeting hall.

It's the first building you see when you drive down the dirt road that's attached to the main road. Behind the packhouse are various other smaller houses. Most of the other pack members live in them. Some of the pack live in town, which is fine as it's still within pack territory. I think if it hadn't been my Dad would still be ok with it, as long as they are still loyal to the pack and come when needed or for social events.

Clay, my beta, is waiting for me when I reach the bottom floor. We can easily be mistaken for brothers, with our similar builds and features. However, he's half Hispanic and I'm just tanned. He gives me a smile as I walk past him and outside to my car.

"Morning Alpha, and how are we this beautiful morning?" he says cheerily. Sometimes I really want to punch him, he's always too god damn cheerful, especially, early in the morning.

"Morning," I grumble, starting the car. He is used to my moods so he doesn't speak again until we get to school.

We are sat in the first-period class when he leans over, not that he needs to with our hearing, and whispers.

"Oh by the way, did you hear? A new kid's starting today," he sounds excited. I turn my head slightly to show I'm listening.

"Yeah, he's from the big city. Why would he want to come here?" he muses.

I chuckle a little, he's always talking about being somewhere else but we both know neither of us will leave. We love our town and the pack, the forest surrounding us is protected land. Which means we never have to worry about it shrinking.

"I heard he was bullied and that's why he moved here with his Mum."

It always amazes me how much information he can find out about anything and anyone.

"How do you know that?" I whisper back. He smirks at me and taps his nose. He'll never tell me his secret. I shake my head and do my best to ignore him as the teacher drones on.

Science is my last lesson before lunch and I instantly decide to skip it. That one is my worst subject, not that I have a best subject, I think the teacher has it in for me. When he asks a question he usually picks on me to answer, even when I haven't raised my hand he knows I never know the answer.

Finally, lunchtime!

I sit outside with my pack members. I'm listening to their chatter when I notice Tucker, the school's local dick, hassling one of my younger pack members.

Tucker was human, but for a human, you could almost mistake him for a wolf. His muscles aren't as big or defined as most male wolves, but he is still big. He is the typical looking jock, with short blonde hair and a mean swing.

He's currently teasing Milly, the daughter of a pack member. She is really smart, I always see her with her head stuck in a book. She is plain looking with long brown hair and glasses, not a natural beauty but she is pack.

She was my saviour last year though, I wouldn't have gotten my work done or passed any of my exams if she hadn't agreed to tutor me.

I stand up and walk over to the main stairs. I stand behind him, he seems oblivious to my presence.

"Come on sweetheart! I promise I'll be really nice to ya!" he says with his southern accent dripping. I bet he thinks he sounds irresistible. "All I need is some assignments done and I will take you out, how does that sound?" he asks her.

She looks more annoyed than scared, I can see his hand gripping her wrist as she shook her head.

"Come on darl," he says before I cough. He lets out a not so manly shriek as he jumps. He tries his best to recover, pulling himself up and puffing out his chest.

I ignore his challenge and look at Milly.

"You ok?" I ask. She nods and gives me a small smile in thanks, I tilt my head telling her to leave. She obeys quickly and I watch her scurry off. Only then do I turn back to Tucker the fucker, as Clay likes to call him.

"She said no, so leave her be," I growl quietly. Tucker flinches a little but recovers.

"Is she your girlfriend Asher? Eh! Didn't think you liked the mousey type. Let me guess she's a tiger in bed right," he laughs as a few of the braver jocks laugh with him. The rest stay quiet as I glare at them.

Without a word, I punch Tucker, and no sooner as he hits the ground a crowd forms around us.

I grip his shirt as I pick him up, he is surprisingly light. I can hear everyone cheering, telling me to punch him again, I ignore them.

"Say that again," I growl out low and deadly. Tucker has enough sense to look scared as he struggles in my grasp. As I stare at him daring him to move, the most magnificent smell reaches me. A mixture of the forest after it rains and wild berries.

'Mate!' my wolf growls in my head. I take a deep breath closing my eyes for a moment. Then I scan the crowd and that's when I see him.

'Him? My mate's a guy? I'm not gay how can my mate be a guy?' I ask the moon goddess in my head. Don't get me wrong wolves have very fluid sexuality many are straight, gay or both. I've just always thought my mate would be a woman. I've only ever noticed women.

'Don't care, mine!' my wolf growls again clawing at me to drop the stupid human and go to him.

I know I haven't seen him before. This must be the new kid Clay had been telling me about this morning.

From the corner of my eye, I can see him scanning the crowd, his eyes flitting from one person to the next. I wonder what he is doing at first until I notice the hearing aids.

'Deaf! My mate is deaf,' I thought in surprise. I growl low when I see Clay holding his wrist. He instantly drops his hand and my mate leaves, a pained look on his face. Tucker flinches again, I bet he thinks my growl had been for him.

I instantly let him go and walk off, Clay follows quickly behind me. I head into the woods and punch a tree. My hand bleeds but I don't feel it, Clay watches me worriedly. He's seen me angry before but this is different.

"What's wrong Alpha?" he asks. I must look bad, he only calls me alpha in that serious tone when he is worried about me or if it's an official meeting.

"That kid next to you, the one you were holding. Who is he?" My wolf growls jealousy as he remembers Clay touching our mate. Clay shrugs his shoulders.

"The new kid? saw him just sitting there so I pulled him along to see the fun," he explains.

"Do you know his name?" I ask, desperate to know. Clay shakes his head, I deflate.

"Sorry, I can find out if you want, but why do you want to know? You don't normally take an interest in anyone outside the pack," he asks I can see his brows cross in confusion. I say one word and that's all he needs.

"Mate!"

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Later that day I see my mate coming out of the main doors with Clay following him. I don't like Clay grabbing his arm, I instantly push my wolf down. To placate him I say he is finding out about our mate. That calms my wolf a bit, but only a bit.

"Clay," I call with a slight growl. I watch my mate look at him, turn and look at me and then away, I frown. Does he not like how I look?

When he looked my way I was mesmerized by his eyes, deep chocolate brown. I could have happily drowned in them.

I can hear his heartbeat racing faster the closer I get, I can sense how nervous he is. I know he's feeling it, he's feeling my pull.

When I talk to Clay, my mate shrinks back from me, which worries me. He stares at me a bit longer before looking at Clay.

When his wrist is free he bolts like a deer sensing danger. We stare after him, or rather I stare at his perfectly shaped ass as it bounces as he moves. The faded jeans do little to hide those perfectly rounded cheeks.

I start imagining myself giving them a small smack as I pound into him from behind. Clay taps me on the shoulder pulling me from my perverted thoughts.

"Dude! I've been calling you for like five minutes," he complains playfully. I glare at him before walking away.

As soon as I am home I fall straight onto my bed, I sigh as I picture my mate. His pale face, his dark eyes, those perfect lips. Oh god! I wish I could taste them.

My laptop is next to me so I roll over and open it, I google sign language classes. I want to learn some words so I can speak to him.

Clay comes in some time later and drags me out. We go to the diner, a commonplace for us to hang out. The owner Patty, Milly's mum, and the waitress Tammy are part of the pack.

The instant Clay opens the door I'm hit with the scent.

'My mate is here!' my wolf growls at me trying to claw his way out.

I see him sat at a booth with a woman. A stab of jealousy hits until I realize he smells and looks a bit like her, so I assume it's his mother. He notices us, I see his eyes widen.

Tammy walks up to us as we sit down at the counter.

"Well hello there honey, can I get you the usual?" she asks us sweetly. She's a close friend to my mother so she is like an aunt to me.

I nod at her and turn to look back at my mate, I watch in amazement as they talk to each other. I find myself dying to know what they are saying, it's like they have their own secret language. When he laughs it's the sweetest sound I have ever heard.

When he walks up to the counter, Tammy smiles at him as he points out what he wants. I smile warmly at her when she helps him point to the ice cream.

I make a mental note to do something nice for her, she was nice to my mate. He must not want to speak for some reason.

On his way back to his seat I watch as he and Dad bump into each other. I didn't even notice my Dad come in. My wolf howls when we hear his gasp of pain. He's desperate for us to go protect our mate, to help him. I almost do just that, but I force myself not to, he would freak out.

I watch Dad pick him up and help him walk over to their seat. I instantly move when my Dad tells me to get the first aid kit.

"Asher! What the hell are you doing back here!" Patty shouts at me, I ignore her and grab the kit.

I almost howl in anger when I see the mark on his knee. When Dad asks me to hold the ice-pack whilst he looks for some pain killers, I almost trip over myself in my eagerness. I try my best not to touch his skin, even though I really want to.

I know full well I will cum in my pants just from the contact. I've been semi-hard since I smelt him, which graduated to a full-blown hard-on when I heard him laugh.

After a while, he pulls the ice pack and moves away. Our hands briefly touch and it sends my wolf howling loud in my head, I want to growl at him to come back. I stand reluctantly and Dad introduces me. His Mum seems nice when she speaks and signs.

I almost kissed her when she told me his name, Nai. So, his name is Nai, I love it.

Dad pulls me away when their puddings come, I reluctantly follow him.

'Nai,' my wolf purrs as he says our mate's name.

That night I actually fell asleep with a smile on my face, dreams of my mate filling my head.

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The next morning, Mum wakes me up as usual but this time I wake up with a raging hard-on and a wet patch in my boxers, I smirk. Dreams of my mate in various positions on my bed caused my current situation.

I jump in the shower and grip the base. I place one hand against the wall as my other pumps my stiff cock. Imagining it is Nai's delicate hand has me releasing with a growl. My hot liquid squirting across the tiles.

Eager to see my mate, I hurriedly clean up and grab something to eat on my way out. I don't even wait for Clay, I want to get to school as quickly as I can to see him.

I'm sitting on the steps when Clay comes up pouting.

"You didn't even wait for me Alpha," I know he's only joking but I growl at him anyway. He holds his hands up in surrender, with a chuckle.

My wolf knows the instant he pulls up. He's driving a truck similar to mine, I smirk inside happy that we have the same taste in vehicles.

His head is down as he walks through the car park. Clay hands me a piece of paper causing me to look away from him.

"It's his class schedule," he says without looking at me.

I almost rip the paper, I'm that eager to see what's on it. I scan over his classes and smirk inwardly, the moon goddess has blessed me. We have nearly all the same classes, looks like I will be going to class a lot more now. The ones I'm not in Clay is, I'm happy that my beta can be there to protect him when I can't.

Nai hurries past us, I quickly follow him. I scowl at him as he moves past me with no acknowledgement at all. However, that feeling is quickly squashed when, thanks to his tight black jeans and short white shirt, I get to spend the next five minutes watching his backside shake.

He walks into English and goes to sit down, I'm stopped by the teacher as I enter.

"Mr Holby? Well, this is indeed a great surprise!" he pats my arm as he smirks. "Tell me, sir, what brings you to my humble classroom?" I roll my eyes at him.

I shrug and walk to take the empty seat next to Nai. Clay playfully pouts complaining I've taken his seat before sitting on the other side of me.

I tune Mr Peers out as I watch Nai, his eyes stay focused on the teacher. I can understand why but I'm slightly put out that he doesn't turn to look at me at all. It's as though he's totally unaffected by my presence. Which I know isn't true.

His heartbeat picked up when I sat down and his breathing quickens every time I glance at him. I know he can feel me looking.

When class finishes he leaves quickly, I don't get a chance to speak to him. This happens in every class I'm in with him, My wolf and I are beyond frustrated.

I have to force down the feeling to roughly grab him, something tells me that wouldn't help.

At lunch, I sit away from the other pack members. I'm in no mood to talk to them.

'Shall I just grab him, pull him into an empty classroom and just kiss the life out of him?' I shake my head instantly. 'No that would probably earn me a slap and he would most definitely be scared of me. Should I stand in his path and make him bump into me?' again I shake my head. 'Not a good idea he might fall back and hurt himself. Oh god! What can I do to get him to speak to me?'.

I'm pulled out of my inner turmoil by Clay. He points to a tree near the edge of the tree line and I smile. Nai is sitting under it eating his lunch and reading.

We walk over and sit down, Nai jumps when he eventually notices us. When he shuffles back a little my wolf starts whining. The smell of fear coming from him is so strong and I don't like it.

'What is he afraid of? Is it me?' I think as I fiddle with my hands.

"Hi, I'm Clay. You already know Asher. You're Nai right?" he asks. I can see Nai watching him before nodding. I want to hear him speak, I want to hear my mate's voice.

I start to raise my hand to sign the word 'hello' but I instantly drop it back into my lap, I'm feeling shy for the first time in my life. For fuck sake, why the hell was I shy? I'm a fucking alpha, I don't do shy.

"Did you move from the big city?" Clay asks him.

Nai nods again, eyes cast down, and I give off a small growl.

'Just speak!' I shout in my head. I catch Clay's eyes, he's warning me to calm down.

"What book are you reading? Is it any good? What's it about?" he asks. Nai looks at us for a long time, at first I don't think he's going to answer but then he does the cutest, sexiest thing I've ever seen. He smiles.

"It's called Silver wolf. It's about a young boy who finds an injured wolf, he helps and befriends it. I really like it," he explains as he holds up the front cover.

My wolf purrs at the sound of his voice. It isn't as deep as mine or Clays. It's soft and has a kind of melody to it. I quickly start to imagine what his voice would sound like as he moans in pleasure whilst riding me.

Clay nudges me, breaking me out of my fantasy. He smirks sideways at me, he can definitely smell my arousal, if only Nai could. Then he would know how I feel about him, or at least have an idea.