shoved Kalli onto the coach and
marked her as ours. My human side knew better. Given her background
and what she’s been through in her lifetime I will need to take
things slowly. My mate had been treated badly by the pack most of
her life.
When she realizes that I am the future alpha
she will want to run. I can’t have that. I need time to show Kalli
that I will always be her mate. I will never reject her and that I
have no life without her. So, before my wolf took over and ravished
our mate, I turned away from her and swiftly walked out of the
front door.
My conversation with Kalli’s mom had been
hard. She went back and forth with her emotions. She didn’t seem to
be satisfied with any answer I gave her. First she was happy that
Kalli had found her mate. Then she was upset that she knew I was
the future alpha. Then she got even more upset that I had taken her
so far off of pack territory. She thought I took Kalli out her to
get rid of her so that I couldn’t be disgraced by the pack for
having a freak as a mate.
I got angry with Kalli’s mom for thinking
like that. I explained to her that it was my intention of accepting
and bonding with Kalli. She got happy again, then started to cry
that I would lose my pack and come to hate Kalli for it. Lord the
woman was all over the place. I could barely keep up with where her
mind and emotions went.
We talked for more than fifteen minutes. I
think by the end of the call she started to have faith that I would
be a good mate for Kalli and that things would work out for us. I
let her know that Kalli and I would not be returning to pack
territory until we were bonded. She cried again, and then started
to panic about how Kalli would feed. I let her know that from now
on I would take care of all of Kalli’s need. She finally said she
understood and that she would wait for us and begged me to have
Kalli call her at least once a day so that she knew Kalli was
okay.
I hung up the phone and combed my fingers
through my hair. Kalli’s mom was right. I hadn’t thought everything
through. It was going to be a challenge. My father would never
accept Kalli. He was the reason she was treated the way she was.
She frightens him and he didn’t get frightened easily. He also
never wanted his pack to know that anything scared him.
He is the reason the pack treats her so bad.
He let them know that he saw her as less than pack and that any
member treating her like pack would be thrown out. She was an
abomination, a burden that our pack had to endure since it was our
doctor that created her. She was an embarrassment and made our pack
weak. We would be better if she chose to leave and or ended up with
an early death.
The pack understood and has always done their
best to make sure Kalli knew she was unwanted and undeserving of
our kindness. In fact, my whole reason for attending public school
this year had been to get rid of Kalli. My father had decided that
she had stayed in our territory long enough. It was time for Kalli
to leave or die. I found myself thinking back to the conversation I
had with my father just this morning.
“Lucas, that freak has got to go. She needs
to leave or be dead before you take over as Alpha. I won't burden
you with her life as I have been burdened. “ He paused and shook
his hand in the air for emphasis
“I could have been on the council if not for
that freak living in our territory. We are the largest pack in
North America and we are the laughing stock of all packs.” His hand
smashed down onto the desk top.
“Our males are unmated since no other pack
will allow their females to visit our territory. They are desperate
to find their mates. Just this past week fifteen of our best wolves
have left the pack in search of their females; I just know they
aren’t going to return if she is still here. Lucas, you need to get
rid of her. Its time”
I’m not sure how long I had been standing
there thinking about my dad when I heard a loud cry come from
Kalli. I