Chapter 4 – Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel

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As we got closer to the house, I saw that several men about my age were directing people where to go. Cedar pulled the car to a stop and a man asked who would be attending the gathering as an unmated pack member.

“I will.” Cedar and I both said at the same time.

“What is your name?” The man asked me, ignoring Cedar.

“Riviana.” I told him, sounding a little confused.

“Last name?” He asked me, a stern tone in his voice. As far as I knew, I was the only pack member named Riviana.

“Cervantes.” I told him, now feeling annoyed. I noticed his jolt in surprise when he heard my name, I see my legacy is well known among the entire pack.

“Miss Cervantes, you are in group number three. You will be having your one on one and group meetings with the Alpha at the gathering in two months’ time if he has yet to find a mate by then. Please, use this time to mingle with the other pack members. Should you happen to find a different mate among the pack, the Alpha would consider this gathering to be quite the success.” I had no idea what-so-ever what he was talking about, but I nodded my head anyway and Cedar drove to the parking space that the man indicated for us.

We followed the lights further up the path. Soon, we came to a huge stone mansion. It looked like it had been there since the start of the 1900’s, but had been beautifully restored and well maintained over time. It was easily 10,000 square feet, if not more. The place was massive. I could even see a tower sticking up in the roof, a tower of all things, like it was a castle. This is like a whole different world.

The gathering was being held outside. That was fine with me. I was overwhelmed just looking at that house, actually going inside it would be too much. There was a dance floor set up among all the dazzling lights. A beautifully decorated, yet somewhat tacky, screened tent was where all the food for the evening was being held. It was beautiful because someone had tried their best to make it look amazing, tacky because try as you might you just can’t hide those bug screens.

The gathering was apparently a buffet-style dinner, where we would all mingle, talk, dance, and do whatever. I just wanted to go home already. Granted, the food did smell very delicious.

The party, as everyone around me was calling it, was just getting into full swing. Juniper was dragging me around to all her friends to introduce me. Most of them seemed like they wanted to be friends, but that they couldn’t go against what they had been told or taught for years. The end result was every single person I was introduced to sneering at me and asking why I even bothered to show up.

“I’m so sorry, Rivi.” Juniper was close to tears when the last of the people she had wanted to introduce me to had snubbed me.

“Don’t worry about it, Juniper, I’m used to it by now.” I told her with a reassuring smile.

“That makes it worse.” She almost cried.

“It’s really fine Juniper.” I told her as I rubbed her arm gently.

“I’m going to go give them a piece of my mind, and you can’t stop me.” She began, seeing as I was about to try to do just that. She hurried away from me. I knew it would just end in failure for me to try to associate with so many different pack members. I was happy just having the few that I called friends now. It was more than I ever thought I would have.

I had just decided that I was going to ignore the party when I caught the faintest trace of that intoxicatingly dangerous scent from this morning. Whoever that scent belonged to, he was here at the gathering, and I definitely did not want to see him!

I ducked under the string of lights and followed the line of trees a little further into the forest. I could tell that whoever it was I was avoiding had been in this part of the forest as well, but the scent was very old so it was not likely that I would run into him now. I found a tree that looked as if it had fallen down in a storm a very long time ago. It was half buried in the forest floor, making it low enough that I could sit on it easily, and the bark had been smoothed down, making it less rough for me to sit on. Feeling confident the tree wouldn’t ruin my dress or feel uncomfortable against my legs, I settled in for a long wait.

Unfortunately, I hadn’t been there for long before the scent started to get stronger. Much, much stronger. He was coming towards me and he was coming fast.

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Joaquin

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The evening was already giving me a headache. I welcomed the main group that had already arrived by seven, Noah told me I should have waited since there was still a steady stream of pack members coming up the path.

“If they couldn’t be here by the time it started, that’s on them.” I growled as I stalked off in the direction of the group I was supposed to be ‘entertaining’ for the night. The sooner I met with them and found out if any of them were my mate, the better.

Truth be told, I had already smelled my mate. This morning, in fact. What were the odds? I had been running in the forest outside the compound, trying to burn off some of this pent-up frustration I’ve been feeling.

I was running with no clear goal in sight, just circling around and around. And on one of my laps around the forest, I happened to catch the faintest whiff of something different. Something that hadn’t been there when I had started.

I followed the scent to where it was strongest among the trees. Whoever she was, she had been running through the trees the same as I was. The scent was intoxicating. It had my wolf on edge and was almost enough to make me lose all control over him.

Whoever she was, she smelled like warm apples, vanilla, and some sort of spice. It was like an apple pie, and it was mixed with the smell of the wind just before a thunderstorm. I could smell the slightest trace of ozone and rain in her scent. She smelled sweet, warm, and exciting. And I had to find her.

I followed the trail again, as it led out of the forest and back to the road. There were old trails that led toward town, but the freshest scent was heading back toward the compound. I followed, but the mix of all the other wolves made it more difficult, still I wouldn’t give up.

I had reached the upper section of the compound, meaning her family was high ranking. The elders would be happy about that. I didn’t care. I didn’t want a mate, my wolf clearly did, but I needed a mate. If I didn’t find one soon, they would force me to step down and hand my pack over to my cousin Caleb. That spineless twit wouldn’t know how to run the pack, we’d be ruined in no time.

No, I wasn’t looking for this girl cause I wanted to, I had to. It made no difference that the smell of her was already tightening things in my body, and I was currently running around on four feet instead of two. No, simply put, I needed this mate.

“Alpha.” I heard someone call out to me as I was getting close to finding where the scent was the strongest. Where my mate lived. “We have a problem.” My Beta was calling out to me. Damn him, he would be getting an earful when we were back in my office. With a growl, I turned and ran back to my house in the forest.

I was now stalking toward the group of scantily clad women. They all looked like the same type I was used to seeing. The only thing they were good for was a distraction. Taking my mind off something for a night but never to warm my bed again.

I’ve never slept with the same girl more than once. None of them have ever been worth my time for me to go back to them again. All they were after was my money, my power, my status. They never really wanted me, just what they could get from me.

The group was exactly as I thought they would be. Giggling incessantly, grabbing onto me constantly, throwing themselves at me with no regard for their dignity or self-respect.

I played nice with them for as long as I could, but after nearly an hour their chatter was like nails on a chalkboard. It was driving me insane. I had to get away from them. None of them were my mate. None of them smelled like the girl from this morning.

The longer I stayed with them, the longer it would be until I actually found her. And wasting my time with these women was angering my wolf to no end. He didn’t care about these useless she-wolves. I had to physically pull my wolf back by the scruff of his neck to stop him from changing.

I excused myself from the group. I hoped it was politely but judging by the looks on their faces it was probably more forceful and angrier than I had intended. I didn’t care, I just wanted to get away from them and they would get over it.

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