Battle of Fate 89

My world settled again. Everything had shifted slightly. Amie, my mate, was now the centre of everything. As she should
be. I felt the bond between us, I couldn’t describe the feeling. I had followed her earlier when she went to meet James. I
stayed far enough away not to intrude, but close enough to get to her quickly if needed. When the scent of my mate had
come to me, I had known it could only be her. It was the only thing which made sense to both me and my wolf. I took in
her scent now and smiled as a hint of my own scent was mixed in with hers. From now on, we would always carry each
other’s scents. I kissed my mark on her neck, it had almost healed and formed the permanent mark that would show
everyone she was mine. Amie’s fingers were raking through my hair and I just wanted the moment to last forever. But we were out in the open, or at least out in the woods.
“Red, I think it’s time for us to head for the cabin. We should have it to ourselves for a couple of hours,” I told her. She
hummed and I could hear the satisfaction in the sound. Pride bloomed in my chest.
“How bad is the state of my dress?” she asked.
“I think I ripped it at one point. I’m sorry. I’ll buy you a new one,” I promised. She giggled.
“I don’t care about the dress. I liked it, but I think it has done its job. I just don’t know if it covers enough of me to walk
home in,” she explained. I smiled and kissed her.
“How about we shift and run to the cabin?” I suggested.
“And what about our clothes?”
“Someone will find them, I guess.”
“So we just leave them here? Smelling of sex?” she asked.
“Love, light of my life, I think everyone will figure out we have had sex when we show up with mate marks,” I told her. She
giggled.
“Yeah, that is a dead giveaway,” she admitted. I made sure she had both her feet on the ground and was stable before I
stepped away from her. I missed her in my arms the moment I let her go. I helped her take off her dress and stripped off
my clothes. Before I knew it, Amie’s red wolf stood beside me. My wolf wanted to be let out. He wanted time with his mate. In his mind I had wasted enough time. He felt I should have marked and mated her as soon as we met, like he had
told me. I shifted and our wolves spent some time rubbing up against each other. We set off and my wolf and I kept close
to Amie and her wolf. We made sure we took the shortest and safest way to the cabin, avoiding everyone else. When we
reached the cabin, we shifted back and I pulled a giggling Amie inside. She was a vision as she ran into the cabin naked
with her hair falling down over her shoulders, hiding those amazing breasts of hers. I hadn’t let go of her hand, so I
tugged on it, sending her straight into my arms. She wrapped her arms around my neck and as our bodies came
together, I could feel the sparks. It was like stepping into a tub of carbonated water. We kissed, not a desperate kiss like in
the woods, but a warm kiss.
“Aren’t you going to tell me I was right?” she asked me, still smiling.
“You usually are, it’s quite annoying. What were you right about this time?” I asked. She giggled and I loved the sound,
she sounded happy.
“I told you that you would meet your mate at the Game, didn’t I?” she said and tilted her head. I looked at her for a
second and then I started to laugh.
“You did,” I admitted.
“And, you didn’t reject her.” I pulled her even closer to me.
“I would never,” I told her. She gave me a brilliant smile.
“I know.” We kissed, and the passion between us flared up again. I was about to drag her away to the couch, thinking
that taking her against the wall would be unimaginative after our adventure in the forest. She ended our kiss and looked
around.
“What if someone finds us?” she asked. I chuckled.
“You were fine with us having sex in the woods where anyone could walk up on us, but I get you back to the cabin and
you start to worry about people walking in on us?” I asked her. Sometimes I had no clue how her brain worked.
“I figured it was a slim chance of someone finding us in the woods. There is a lot of wood and we used a tiny part of it. Here, on the other hand, if one of our pack members comes home, they need to walk past us to get basically anywhere in
the cabin,” she explained. Her mind was a wonderful thing.
“Hold on tight, sweetheart,” I told her and lifted her by her ass. She squealed a little, but wrapped both legs and arms
around me. I headed upstairs, my patience was wearing thin. I kissed my mark on her neck as I opened my bedroom door
and kicked it shut behind us. Amie seemed just as needy as I felt and I knew we were in for a long night.
***
I was slowly drifting awake. I was at the point where my mind was becoming conscious, but my body and wolf were still
asleep. I was feeling amazing, relaxed and satisfied. Memories of the night before flashed through my mind as I
registered Amie’s naked body next to mine. I opened my eyes and smiled. She was lying on her stomach and I had
draped an arm and a leg over her. The morning sun shone in from the window and caressed her naked body and set her
hair on fire. I just stayed like I was, admiring my sleeping mate, resisting the urge to wake her up with a kiss.
‘Are you just going to stare at me?’ she asked in a mindlink.
‘Yes,’ I admitted and felt it was okay to kiss her as she was awake.
‘It’s a little creepy, you know,’ she told me when we ended the kiss.
‘I don’t care, it’s my new favourite hobby.’ I kissed her shoulder and pulled her closer, securing her to me.
‘I can live with it.’ She placed a kiss on my chest.
‘I think we should talk about some practical things,’ I said. I had been thinking while watching her sleep.
‘Sure. About what?’ she asked. I traced the pink scars on her shoulder.
‘First off, we need to build an extension on our house.’
‘Our house?’ she asked.
‘You don’t expect me to move into your little apartment, do you?’ she smiled and shook her head, making her hair even messier than it had started.
‘No. So why do we need to change our house? I like it as it is.’
‘You will need an office to work from.’
‘I see two issues with your thinking,’ she told me.
‘Only two?’
‘Yes. One. My office in the pack house is quite enough. It’s ten steps between our house and the pack house. Two. Even if
I needed an office in our house, there are two spare bedrooms. They may be upstairs, but I won’t mind,’ she told me. I
hummed.
‘You are wrong, my love. One. You will need to move out of that office and from now on we need to share an office in the
pack house. Two. Those rooms are for our pups, I can’t let you use them as an office,’ I corrected her and kissed her on
the nose.
‘Pups?’ she asked.
‘You don’t want pups?’ I knew I wanted pups with her. I had always fantasised about having a house filled with a family. When I built the house, the face of my mate and our pups had been blurry, but after meeting Amie it was always her I
saw sitting at the kitchen table having dinner with, watching our pups play in the garden and just coming home to her. I
also knew if she didn’t want pups, I could give up on that dream. I would do anything to make her happy. I could find an
heir another way.
‘Of course I do. At least two, maybe three,’ she told me. I smiled and kissed her.
‘There you go,’ I told her. ‘We need the rooms we have.’ She smiled and shook her head.
‘You are so sweet,’ she told me and let her fingertips move across my face. ‘Wait! Why do I have to give up my office in
the pack house?’ she asked.
‘I think that is pretty obvious,’ I said and looked at her. She looked back at me and for a long while, we just looked at
each other. ‘For a brilliant woman, you can be surprisingly slow,’ I told her.
‘Hey!’
‘‘The reason you have to give up the Beta office is because you aren’t my Beta any longer. You are my Luna. Which nicely
brings me to the second topic we need to discuss. Who will be our new Beta?’ I asked. Her eyes grew bigger.
‘Fuck. I’m the Luna,’ she told me.
‘You are. Are you freaking out?’
‘No. Maybe. Just a little bit.’
‘Don’t. You were born to be a Luna. You have practically been my Luna since you joined the pack. You are a natural. Let me take away any doubts,’ I said to calm her down and kissed her.
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‘Almost gone,’ she said as we drew apart and kissed me. ‘All gone. I think I can do this.’
‘You can. So who will replace you?’ I had an idea, it was a little untraditional, but that had worked well for our pack in the
past.
‘I have a suggestion, but I don’t know if you will think I’m crazy for suggesting him,’ she told me.
‘I already know that you are a little crazy, Red.’
‘I was thinking, Jake. He’s not the typical top tier, but he is smart, practical, mostly level headed and he has improved his
physical capabilities,’ she said. I chuckled.
‘I was thinking the same. I like him. He really impressed me with how he protected both you and Ramses in the hide and
seek game. I think he will be a perfect addition to our group. Shelly and Medow had done an amazing job keeping the
pack together while we have been away. She will also be a good addition.” Amie was smiling at me.
‘I love how willing you are to think outside the box for the best of the pack, honey,’ she told me. ‘We will have a full table
for the first time.’ Her comment made my mood shift slightly.
‘We have to do something about that,’ I told her.
‘About us being a full table? I don’t see why, it’s a good thing.’
‘It’s not fair that the Beta and Gamma couples get to sit next to each other and I have to look at you from all the way
across the table,’ I pointed out to her. She shook her head as if in disappointment, but I could see her smile.
‘It’s not like it’s a huge table.’
‘Doesn’t matter, we will have to get a new one.’
‘A new table would still have the same issue.’
‘Not if we get a round one. Then everyone gets to sit next to their mate, there would be no head of the table,’ I told her. I
felt kind of smart for thinking of it.
‘I like that idea. It’s genius,’ she said. ‘Was that all the things you needed to talk about?’ she asked.
‘No, one more,’ I told her and I turned serious. She felt it and propped herself up on her elb