“Welcome to my pack, sweet cheeks,” he gave me a genuine smile and began walking. I could see some people stopped to look at us with a curious stare and bowed to Xander when we passed by them.
These people were so attractive than any normal humans, I see some couples were affectionate with one another unlike most of the humans. A plump old lady approached us, she looks so cute like a motherly figure with a kind smile, as soon as she came closer to us she bowed her head to Xander, “Alpha, how can I help you?” she asked him.
Wait? Alpha? It meant that Xander was their pack leader, oh my god, I provoked him during our first encounter and I still remember that ride in his car when he took me to my granny. But hey! I can’t help that because he behaved like an asshole, maybe he didn’t like the humans so that he behaved like that to me.
“Is the pack doctor here? I want him to treat her leg, she twisted her ankle.” He told her.
“Yeah he is here, I’ll bring him to the medical wing, please do go there,” she told him and gave me a warm smile.
As soon as she left “Alpha?” I asked him with a raised eyebrow to confirm my thoughts, Xander gave me a sigh before replying me “Yes Catherine, I’m their Alpha, the leader of Blood moon pack.” He told me casually.
“Oh…hm…uh…okay,” I stuttered, suddenly feeling embarrassed about our previous encounters. We both entered into a small building near that large packhouse, Xander gently laid me on the bed, the room was white and large with several beds neatly aligned in order, there was a huge portrait of a black wolf with some white fur covering its paw and belly was hung in the wall, I could smell medicine and disinfectant here, God, I hate hospitals.
Suddenly the door opened and a man with white coat entered followed by a tall woman around my age, probably a little older than me, she looks so beautiful with her chocolate brown skin, her skin looks flawless, she has curly jet black hair that rests on her shoulder, she must be the nurse.
“Hello alpha, Mary told me you need me to treat a girl,” the doctor said, probably that middle-aged woman should be Mary.
“Ah yes, Mathew, she sprained her ankle and it is swollen and also she has some scratches,” Xander explained.
“Let me check you miss…” the doctor trailed and waited for my name.
“I’m Catherine Brown.” I introduced myself.
“Oh well, Miss. Brown” I gave him a nod and he started to examine my ankle, “I have to say this that you twisted your ankle pretty bad, I’ll recommend you some Spray for your ankle and some antiseptic for your scratches, please rub some ice over your swollen feet, it’ll be fine in a week.” He told me with a smile.
“Thank you,” I told him with a small voice.
“Catherine, I need to have some words with Mathew, Leila will accompany you for a while, is that okay?” Xander asked me, I nodded in response and after he left I started to fidget with my fingers.
“Human, hmm… interesting, how do you know our Alpha,” she asked me with crinkled eyes and smile, I instantly started to relax and answered her question “He is close with my granny.”
“I see, it’s nice meeting you Catherine, my name is Leila Condor,” I shake my hands with her and noticed a beautiful pendant in her neck.
“Your pendant is so beautiful” I complimented.
“Thank you so much, my mate gifted me,” she told me with full of adoration in her face.
“Huh Leila, what is a mate?” I asked her with a puzzled expression.
“Oh I forgot that you are a human for a while, a mate is like a soul mate, each werewolf has a mate, have you noticed some couples so close with each other while you reach here,” I nodded “They are mates, unlike humans who choose their partners we cannot choose our mate it is a bond made by the moon goddess, we cannot live without them”
“So are you married to your mate?” I asked her.
“Goddess no, werewolves don’t get married, completing the bond with our mate is more than a marriage to us,” I hummed in response, “And werewolves cannot have children with humans, our mates are chosen within our kind by the moon goddess.” After hearing the latter part I don’t know why but my heart sank a bit, so that means Xander cannot have a romantic relationship with a human. Jesus! What was I thinking, I hardly know that man for god’s sake and he belongs to another species. I scolded myself for being irrational.
“It is really interesting what else is there?” I asked her with curiosity evident in my voice.
She gave me an amused chuckle and continued her explanation “Once our mate dies, who is the other half of our soul, we undergo excruciating pain and most of the werewolves can’t bear the pain and die along with their mate, only a few survive their pain.” She told me with a pained expression.
“What about Alexander, does he found his mate yet?” I asked her, although the thought of him having another werewolf as his mate upsets me, I cannot help but ask her.
“Yeah, our Alpha had found his mate when he was twenty,” though I felt a little sad, I felt elated for Xander.
“Where is she now?” I asked her with a beaming face.
“Dead”