Chapter 20
From the crowd a boy, in his mid–teens, ran straight down the middle of the crowd, making his way to the front. Andrew watched the boy. The smell was coming from him.
No, thought Andrew. It couldn’t have been, there was no way that boy was his mate.
Andrew took a deep breath, no the doy was not his mate but he smelled like Andrew’s mate. The boy smelled of pine trees, which was not a rare scent among their kind. It was quite common. But that lovely smell of Andrew’s mate was all over him.
Andrew made a fist with both his hands and kept them to his side. He couldn’t believe that his mate, would not save herself for him but give herself to a pup like him.
He wanted to kill the boy.
“Ross,” Andrew looked at the Alpha beside him, then looked at the boy. Was Ross not the name Beta Margaret had said last night. “Where is your sister?” Alpha Lawrence asked.
“Behind you,” the boy replied.
It took Andrew a few seconds for him to realize someone had snuck up on him. Turning around, Andrew found Beta Margaret picking her ear with her pinky finger, lazily.
“I have to say, either you suck, or I’m just getting that good at sneaking up on people.”
“How?” Dolph whispered.
How indeed, Andrew wanted to say.
Tilting her head, Margaret smiled, “Missed me.”
For a moment Andrew wanted to say yes. She was stunning without all that blood on her skin. And
her scent, she smelled like vanilla, coffee and woodsy. It was just the perfect blend for him that he
just wanted to roll himself in it forever.
“Margaret, your late,” Alpha Lawrence scolded.
“Ross and I had a brother/sister moment this morning. Cut us a little break will you,” She looked out
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into the crowd. “So this is what I have to work with.”
“I sure you’re capable,” Alpha Lawrence said in a teasing manner.
“Very,” Beta
Margaret replied with a smile. She stepped forward, placed her hands behind her back. and stood like a soldier that just got out of military camp.
“Welcome to Black Water,” Beta Margaret began in a strong dominate voice. “I’m Beta Margaret. I sure Alpha Lawrence has given you the short speech.” Andrew’s pack whispered to each other. Andrew nor Margaret was surprised that his pack started talking. She never did go back to the meeting last night to introduce herself. “The Hunt has been in our tradition since the beginning. It’s the time of year that all twelve packs come together to find their life mates. Some are fortunate to find their mates, others are not. So don’t feel down when you don’t find him or her. There is always
next year.
“All unmated females who have already found their mates please head straight to the main pack house, where our Luna may take you to a safe location before the Hunt begins. You are more likely to be in heat earlier than those who haven’t meet their mates and we don’t want you to à track the
rouges. If you don’t like what I’m saying, too bad. No one is allowed to mate until the Hunt begins.
Those who brake the rules will have to deal with me. Do we understand each other?”
One male from Andrew’s pack spoke up, “And what is a little woman like you going to do about it we do mate with our mate before the Hunt?” Andrew knew this male’s type, cocky.
Margaret smiled at the boy like he was just the Christmas gift she was waiting to open. “Is that a volunteer I hear?” Margaret sang. The Black Water pack members started laughing. “Well then Mr. Volunteer, shall I show you want I do to those who don’t listen to me.”
Alpha Lawrence stepped behind Beta Margaret and muttered, “Don’t kill him, Margaret.”
Andrew couldn’t tell if she was even listening when she stepped forward saying, “Form a circle everyone. Today you’re all going to witness the day this male will lose to a girl.”
A thick circle quickly formed the small training hall leaving Beta Margaret and the male wolf in the middle of it. Andrew, Dolph, and Alpha Lawrence walked into the circle to get a good view of the fight that was about to begin.
“Are you ready?” Beta Margaret yelled at the male wolf. “There are no rules to this fight. So use any means necessary to take me down, if not-” she paused for a moment too long before sending shivers down everyone’s back, “you will die.”
Margaret could hear Lawrence growl from the distance. Clearly, he didn’t hear her bluff about
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killing the other male. It wasn’t like she was going to kill him. Or would she?
“Are you ready to die?” Margaret called out.
The male before her crouched low like he was about to tackle her. His feet were wide apart and his
arms out open.
Margaret didn’t know if she should laugh or tell the male to stop fulling around. Instead, Margaret stood her ground and watched his movements.
What was he thinking? Was he trying to full her with that ridiculous pose? Or did he not know how to fight but that would be ludicrous, all wolves knew how to fight but he looked like he wanted to give her a big bear hug.
