Chapter 2 Chapter 2

Suddenly a sweet smell caught my attention while I deeply inhaled the rich, sweet, fruity, and sensual aroma with a touch of tenacious and musky scent aroused in the air as my nostrils flared up to the arousing scent. My mouth then suddenly became watery with a tingle inside of me. My heart thumped wildly and I felt the pull force of another person yearn for me.

I flickered my eyes to try to take away the strange feeling as I guessed that was the aftermath of the transformation. But the feeling got deeper and stronger as I yearned to be in someone's arms. But who could it be? I scanned the forest.

Then Crystal got closer to me and raised her clawed paws at me, and as usual, I cringed my eyes shut while I waited for her blow which never landed on my face.

"That's enough, Stop it now!" A deep voice spoke out from the tall grass by the stream. It was so deep that it sent a delicious shiver down my spine.

I slowly unfurled my eyes only to gaze upon Zach, the Alpha of our pack moving closer to us.

Crystal quickly moved behind with her tail in between her legs, then quickly faded into the forest with her pack of friends.

Zach is a tall, captivating, charming protector. He was a dapper, clean-cut blonde-haired Alpha whose strong firm muscular chest stuck out from his unbuttoned shirt, which made him look hotter. He was in human form as he strolled towards me with a white crisped long-sleeved shirt which he folded up to his elbows and ripped navy blue jeans barefoot.

"Hey, Bella."

Our eyes locked together which instantly connected our mate bond as it clicked in and the world instantaneously disappeared. It was at this moment I knew that I was mated to our Alpha in the pack and my stomach flipped with excitement and embarrassment due to the fact that I was naked the first time he spoke to me, but then I quickly shook off that feeling and responded to his hey.

"Hi, Alpha Zach," I answered back with crimson cheeks and steady eye contact which he evaded for reasons best known to him.

But why is he avoiding my gaze, is it because I'm naked and he wanted to wait until he makes it official and known to the whole pack that I'm his mate? This thought lingered in my mind while he stood next to me.

"Why don't you defend yourself when they bully you?" He raised a question while skimming my naked body.

Oh, shit! He is checking me out now that I'm unclothed, I wonder what he is thinking about me. I fidgeted while biting my bottom lips.

He removed his shirt in the most sexual manner I have ever seen in my whole eighteen years of my life. Today was my eighteenth birthday and I was sure glad to have turned to my wolf because that mated me to Alpha Zach. I slowly sighed with a lost puppy love-struck face.

"Hey, little girl?" Zach snapped his fingers across my face to get me out of my trance.

Which worked because I immediately quivered my body out of my night dreaming, if there was ever such a thing. I quickly flickered my eyes at him and gazed upon the most beautiful well-sculpted six-pack I have ever seen, I swallowed hard with my eyes wide open.

"Did you say something?" I stuttered.

"Yes, why do you let your sister bully you like that?" He questioned me with a stern poise on his face.

"Oh that, I just let it be because the more I defend myself, the more aggressive they become, and now that they have confirmed I'm just an Omega, they'll torment me even more. Besides, they're stronger and bigger than me." I sighed softly in a muffled voice.

"Is that so?!" Zach chuckled while scratching his head with his cheeks flushed.

He glanced at me and I had not yet worn the shirt he handed me hence he decided to assist me to wear it then he scooped me off my feet and he carried me back home.

Tingles coursed through me and my wolf howled in my mind. Is this the effect of the mate bond? I just desired to be close to him all the time.

This is definitely the best birthday ever. I cringed my eyes shut in excitement.

On our way home Alpha Zach tried creating small talk but he didn't mention anything about us being mates.

Couldn't he feel the bond?

"What will you be doing tomorrow night?" He raised a question.

"Nothing much," I answered back in a low shaky voice.

"Oh okay.." he responded while evading my gaze.

"Why did you ask me that question?" I swallowed hard as I waited for him to profess his irresistible love pull.

"What question?" He replied ignoring the fact that he almost asked me out on a date earlier.

"About what I will be doing tomorrow." I raised my eyebrows hoping for him to catch a glimpse of me, his mate.

"Oh, that? If you are not busy with anything, can you accompany me to the moonstone mating ball tomorrow night?" He summed up.

I guessed our mate's bond was too strong for him to resist, hence he was forced to take me with him to the mating ball.

Maybe he wanted to announce our bond at the ball..yay keep it together Bella. I squirmed internally with a grin from ear to ear.

"Yes, I would love to go with you." I blurted out without hesitation. I was finally going to be a Luna of the pack as soon as he made it official. A slight grin emitted on my face.

"Good, then I will pick you up at six. Be ready." He ordered in a deep dominating voice.

My name is Bella Wood of the moonstone pack and I live on the outskirts of Romania. I come from a village called Garana, a small village in the Banat region where werewolves have driven out the colonists by challenging them. My pack is now run by a twenty-five-year-old Alpha Zach who took over the leadership from his father after he turned the age of eighteen.