Chapter 8

"Welcome," I said, smiling warmly at them. I wanted the packs to get along, so maybe they’d become allies with us. A blond guy walked towards me. "Are you the alpha?" he asked, and I nodded. "Just call me Ethan," I smiled. "I hope you like staying here." "I’m Jason Alpha of my pack," he shook my hand firmly, a bit too firmly maybe, but I must be just imagining. Xavier looked at me almost as if examining me. "I’m Adrian, the beta of the pack." Another guy offered his hand, and I shook it, but neither of them was smiling, and I could see three guys behind them staring at me. "And who’s your third in command?" I asked, wanting to see who the fighting genius is that can make their pack one of the strongest. The two guys finally smirked. "Venting," one of them answered. "Okay, so would you like me to show you around?" I asked "Sure," he said, looking at me coldly. What was they’re problem? They didn’t know me, so why did I feel like they hated me? I showed them around the house and told them where they would be staying, and the living room, game room, instrument room, and after an hour, we ended up in the back yard where a couple of wolves were fighting a bit. "How trained are your wolves?" Xavier asked, eyeing the two wolves, Alan and Peter, fighting as they usually did, probably on a bet on who would win. "These are our most trained, Alan and Peter, they’re our fighters," I answered. "Alan and Peter, you say?" Xavier asked, a hint of amusement in his voice, "I’m guessing they’ve been long in the pack." "Yeah, ever since they were twelve, they’re both eighteen like me and Keit,h" I said as Keith came and stood beside me. "I’m Keith, Beta," he said as he shook their hands. I saw them stiffen and try to cover their glare. "Keith Marison?" Adrian a, and he nodded, "F,igures," I heard him mumble under his breath. And then he suddenly smiled up at us. "So the two wolves fighting now are your strongest?" he asked, and I nodded. "Ayou'reour all friends right?" I nodded, not getting where he was going. "How about our third in command come and show you what your wolves will be learning?g" I nodded,d and Xavier nudged Adrian and mumbled something to him. Seconds la, a pure white Wolf jumped into the backyard yard and once she saw us, she started growling. Xavier and Adrian laughed, "Guess she’s not done venting." "Wait, he’s a she?" I asked in disbelief as I stared at the beautiful wolf. She walked towards Xavier, and he petted her. "How about you fight one of their most trained wolves. You know, one of the old pack membersfor fr, let’s say, two years ago?" I narrowed my eyes at it. What was he planning? Ningg. The wolf grinned at him and walked to the empty place in the backyard and sat looking at us innocently. "Alan," I called to the grey wolf. He nodded and went to the white wolf, who was licking her paw and didn’t even look up at him. Minutes later, Alan finally lunged at him, and she moved expertly as. Each time he lunged at him, she’d move. Finally, when Alan lunged at her, she attacked back, snapping her jaw at him and in a matter of seconds pinned him to the floor. I stared at her in disbelief., Alan was one of our strongest fighters, and she beat him just like that? She went back to Xavier and whined a bit. "You can go to your room if you don’t want to stay here," he told him. She nodded and left. "She’s amazing," I told him, and he just smirked at me "I’m glad you think so," he said bitterly. "Is she your mate?" I asked, and somehow the idea of her having a mate angered me. "Do you have a mate?" he asked me, and I was taken aback. What should I answer? Yes, I know Lily is my mate, but I couldn’t tell him she ran. "N,o" answered simply. Something flashed in Xavier’s eyes and he looked at me angrily "Fine and No, she’s not my mate but I have one request; make sure no one goes to her room in the evening or morning, she’ll come out when she wants and she’s not to be bothered" he spat at me "Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to check on the rest of my pack" I nodded and he left. Jesus, what was wrong with that guy? Lily’s P.O.V. "Knock knock," I heard a familiar voice say as Xavier and the guys went into my room. I immediately ran and hugged Xavier. "Thank you," I said, referring to when he suggested I fight with A.lan. "You don’t know how relieving that was. After all this time, I finally kicked his as." I fist pumped the air. "So what did you discuss with Ethan?" "I showed him plainly how much I hate him," he answered.red "God, Lily, I wanted nothing more than to hit him when he said he didn’t have a mate." I flinched when he said that. God, I should get used to this by now. Why did I think anything would change?. "How did he not recognise your scent?" Adrian asked, and I shrugged. "I used one of the sprays I made for us," I said, referring to the spray that I made to hide our scents even in wolf form. No one could locate u, no matter what. It helped us in a lot of fights, and we use it constantly now. "Niceon e". Dave gave me a high five. "Tomorrow at school, he’s going to be boiled," he said, "Roasted." Jim continued and smiled at me.