Chapter 302 - SIDE STORIES BOOK 1- SHANE AND FALENA CHAPTER 1
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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 .
Maybe it was being different that had landed 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 t personified the image of a house cat, it was Landon. He always seed 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 rember Reece?"
"Yeah, I rember him." I said as I put my hand on my chin, rembering back to the last ti I saw Reece. "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 sa age and went to school together. Not overly close but we hung out from ti to ti."
"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 that lazy smile he thought helped him to win every argunt. 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 ti."
"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 . "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 Reece Gray's estate to attend his wedding. I had to wear a dress to this thing and that wasn't really either. I would rather be wearing fur. My fur. While I ran free through the mountains.
I first went up to Reece 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 et and introduce myself to the new Luna. I was used to this since it wasn't the first ti Landon sent to one of these things.
"Reece, it is good to see you. Congratulations on your wedding, I cannot wait to et your mate." I hugged him lightly with a smile.
"It is good to see you Lena." He hugged back. "Make sure you tell Landon he needs to co himself next ti." Oh if you only knew Reece, 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 wish I could find soone 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 . That cat part of was still intact, I hated being in really large crowds. I was enjoying the food though, so it was well worth the ti spent suffering here.
I watched as first Trevor Jacoby, the bear Alpha, introduced himself. Then ca the warlocks. I was next after them. Slowly, I made my way to Reece's table to et his new bride, Trinity. She was pretty, but so much younger than . How co 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 . There was the unmistakable wling inside my head that told that I had just found my mate. The lynx inside of 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 slling? He slled 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 wrong, I love Trinity and Reece 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 .
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 Reece though, he would always want the best.
Following the food, there was a part of the ceremony where the other packs and clans ca to introduce themselves to Trinity. The first to co up was Trevor Jacoby, the mountain of a man that was the bear Alpha. I had t the man a few tis in my life and I knew he was a good friend of Reece's.
Good friend or not though, I might not have taken his flirting with Trinity like that if I was Reece. But it did look like he was joking so I don't know. I was still laughing at reece saying 'fuck you Winnie the Pooh' when the next envoy ca up.
There were three warlocks that ca and introduced themselves after Trevor. I always hated how Warlocks had no scent for us so they threw off. I wonder if a warlock mated with a wolf or other shifter, would they have a scent then? That would be interesting to find out.
I was absentmindedly lost in thought, thinking about my little brain teaser when the next envoy was supposed to be walking up. I didn't even pay attention to who was supposed to be next and so I was thrown through a loop when I noticed my wolf howling inside my head.
'Mate. Mate. Mate. Mate. Mate. Mate.' He was panting and kept repeating the sa word over and over again.
I snapped my head in her direction and gasped at the beauty I saw before . She had long, wavy, dark brown hair. Her eyes looked like they were the color of the sun itself. And her body, so beautiful and so sexy with that narrow waist, firm arms, and that tanned, sun kissed looked. She was perfect.
I couldn't help it then. I stood up and looked at her with my mouth hanging open. She was perfect. And oh that scent. She slled like a sweet bubbling brook in the mountains that was surrounded by wild berries. Sweet, tart, and frest all at the sa ti.
"Reece?" I barely registered Trinity's voice as I stared at the woman who had just captured my heart.
"It looks like another of your guards has found a mate. This is very good for the pack." Reece's words barely registered as well, all I wanted was to stare at this woman forever.
"Falena, it looks like this wedding has been very advantageous for you as well as . I think this is cause for celebration, don't you?" There were cheers and applause ringing through the whole party after Reece spoke again. "Co Lena, let introduce you." That was when I saw Reece and Trinity start walking over to where the woman was still standing, motionless.
Slowly, as if still in disbelief, the woman walked closer at the sa ti that I walked closer to my Alpha and Luna. With every step she took, the shock slowly disappeared from her face bringing back her radiant smile. By the ti she stood right next to Reece and Trinity, she was beaming at and I couldn't have been happier.
"Shane, let introduce you to your mate. This is Falena Areli, a lynx shifter from the Rocky Mountains Pride. Lena, et Shane Asher, one of my mate's guards and an excellent fighter." I had heard him say her na twice before this but it hadn't registered until right now. All I could do now though was stare into her eyes now that we were standing there face to face.
"Lena." I breathed her na with a sigh and a smile.
"Shane." She smiled right back at .
"Let's get you two seated together so that you can get to know each other. Lena, co by to see later tonight or tomorrow." Reece motioned for soone with a wave of his hand and whispered to them. "Please put another place setting at this table for our guest."
I stopped paying attention after that, but I was vaguely aware that there was another mating right after mine. I didn't care though, all I could see was the beauty sitting with . Falena and I spent the rest of the night talking and getting to know each other. She was twenty-four with a birthday next month in April, I was going to be twenty-seven in August. We both loved nature, had similar tastes in music, and we both had important positions in our packs. I couldn't get enough of her and wanted to see her more. She even lived close by so I could see her quite easily.
We made plans to go on our first date in three nights, it was going to be perfect. I could show her how much of a gentleman I really was and there was nothing keeping us from jumping into this mating with no reservations. We were shifters, and we were mates, that's the majority of the info that we would need to make all of this work out.
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