Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I was in labor for several more hours, even though my water had already broken and our sweet little baby didn’t make her debut until after five in the morning. We called Jackson, who came with his new mate Melita. We called Riviana and Joaquin who had just recently had their own babies earlier this month and told them the news.
Even though we told them they didn’t have to come, Riviana insisted on coming to see me in the hospital. Joaquin looked annoyed with her but was still happy for us. Everyone of them gushed over our little Kaede. I couldn’t have been happier.
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Falena
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I was currently standing in my Alpha’s office. Landon Clayton, the leader of the felines for this area. The problem with us felines is that we’re usually solitary creatures that like to stick with just our own family and not a lot of others. If there are too many of us around we tend to fight and argue. I was an exception to the rule really. I didn’t mind having the others near me.
Maybe it was me being different that had landed me the Gamma position. I don’t know how I felt about that though. I had been Landon’s Gamma since he took over the position of Alpha when his dad died. Everyone used to think that Landon and I would end up together but that was so never going to happen. I saw the man as my brother and gagged at the thought of being with him that way.
Maybe it was because I saw him as a brother that I tended to get annoyed by his aloof attitude. If anyone I ever met personified the image of a house cat, it was Landon. He always seemed so lazy.
He wasn’t really that bad though, because he really did work harder than everyone else I knew. But his attitude, such a house cat.
“Hey, Lena, do you remember Joaquin?”
“Yeah, I remember him.” I said as I put my hand on my chin, remembering back to the last time I saw Joaquin. “He’s a wolf, and he’s an Alpha now too, right?”
“Yeah, he and I were good friends as kids since we were the same age and went to school together. Not overly close but we hung out from time to time.”
“What about him?” I asked Landon, hoping he would cut to the chase.
“Well, he’s getting married next week.”
“Landon!” I snapped at him, knowing exactly where this was going.
“Lena?” He gave me that lazy smile he thought helped him to win every argument. Dammit, I hate that it worked.
“Why can’t you go to this damn wedding yourself. He’s your friend not mine.”
“You know I am too busy for that. I have to run this damn company and this fucking pack. It’s not like I am rolling in spare time.”
“That’s because you refuse to let anyone else do anything for you. You insists on being the one to do everything. If you shared the damn-.”
“I’m not arguing with you.” He snapped at me. “And I’m not asking. Go to the damn wedding as my envoy and present a peaceful attitude.”
That was how it all went down. That was how I ended up coming to Joaquin Gray’s estate to attend his wedding. I had to wear a dress to this thing and that wasn’t really me either. I would rather be wearing fur. My fur. While I ran free through the mountains.
I first went up to Joaquin before finding my place for the ceremony. This was how Alpha weddings went. First I would greet the groom and then after the ceremony I would meet and introduce myself to the new Luna. I was used to this since it wasn’t the first time Landon sent me to one of these things.
“Joaquin, it is good to see you. Congratulations on your wedding, I cannot wait to meet your mate.” I hugged him lightly with a smile.
“It is good to see you Lena.” He hugged me back. “Make sure you tell Landon he needs to come himself next time.” Oh if you only knew Joaquin, if you only knew. I wish I could get that good for nothing out of that damn house.
The ceremony was beautiful, and the bride looked amazing. It honestly made me wish I could find someone to call my own. I wanted to have the whole mate thing too, dammit, I was twenty-four now after all. What, was I not good enough for anyone to call their own?
I was just enjoying the reception, there were so many people around that it was actually kind of annoying me. That cat part of me was still intact, I hated being in really large crowds. I was enjoying the food though, so it was well worth the time spent suffering here.
I watched as first Trevor Jacoby, the bear Alpha, introduced himself. Then came the warlocks. I was next after them. Slowly, I made my way to Joaquin’s table to meet his new bride, Riviana. She was pretty, but so much younger than me. How come she had a mate already and I didn’t.
I was into the opening near their table now, just beyond the swell of the people. And that’s when the scent finally hit me. There was the unmistakable mewling inside my head that told me that I had just found my mate. The lynx inside of me was purring uncontrollably and screaming one word over and over.
“Mate. Mate. Mate.”
I can’t believe it, he was here. Who was he? Who was this man that my lynx was smelling? He smelled like cocoa and raspberries, it was intoxicating. That’s when I saw him stand up, a gasp coming from his slightly parted lips. His gray eyes were locked onto mine, his silver hair shining in the sun, and that body, so perfect, so tones, so yummy looking.
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Shane
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I had thought that this day was just going to be boring with nothing much to do. Except watch the damn wedding. Don’t get me wrong, I love Riviana and Joaquin like they were part of my own family, but weddings were boring. And I was still here under a partially official capacity so I couldn’t even look for a new date.
This was going to be hell for me.
Still I put a smile on my face and did my job properly. I did quite enjoy the way things were going after a bit. The ceremony was nice, all things considered, and the food was amazing. I would have expected nothing less from Joaquin though, he would always want the best.
Following the food, there was a part of the ceremony where the other packs and clans came to introduce themselves to Riviana. The first to come up was Trevor Jacoby, the mountain of a man that was the bear Alpha. I had met the man a few times in my life and I knew he was a good friend of Joaquin’s.
Good friend or not though, I might not have taken his flirting with Riviana like that if I was Joaquin. But it did look like he was joking so I don’t know. I was still laughing at joaquin saying ‘fuck you Winnie the Pooh’ when the next envoy came up.
