Alpha Luka And His Human Mate

Victoria's pov

"Everything."

He sighed as if gathering his thoughts, while I braced myself for the worst.

"Ella was my mate. She died a year ago" He whispered loud enough for me to hear while my heart broke for him.

I suddenly felt bad for resenting her so much, thinking she was a bad person for leaving her mate, when in reality she was actually dead.

"Luka you don't have to continue if you're not ready. Gosh I'm sorry I pushed it so much, I didn't know. Damn" I rambled out quickly while he just chuckled, shaking his head.

"It's okay Victoria. As I said, it was selfish of me to put you through that."

God what am I gonna do with this man?

"I met her when I was eighteen. I was thrilled and eager, so I took her home and marked her, claiming her as mine" He continued.

"What do you mean by you marked her?" Is that some kind of werewolf thing?

Oh my gosh did he pee on her?!

"A mark is a claim that a male wolf puts on his mate, to show unmated wolves to stay away, also mixing both of our scents" He explained slowly with a nervous look on his face.

"We do it by biting her in a very special spot on her neck" I winced as my hand automatically went to my neck as if I could feel it. "It hurts at first but then it becomes quite pleasurable" He added a little too quickly, as if he's trying to keep me on the positive side.

"So that's what happened to Ashley's neck?" I asked and he nodded.

I processed the new information then urged him to continue the story.

"She was my other half. I felt so complete and happy with her" He smiled and I felt a pang of jealousy run through me.

A very small part of me was actually glad that she's gone, and I felt like a bad person. ’Come on Victoria she's dead for Christ's sake have some remorse!’

"She was quite a character," he chuckled. "She was practically the opposite of you. Shy and collected, quiet and she was never the sassy type. Both your hearts are big the same though" He met my gaze and I frowned.

If she was the opposite of me, then I really had no chance with him. He is in love with her and her personality, so he would never feel the same way about me.

So why did Lincoln say I'm important to him?

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing" I denied quickly, giving him a fake smile. He didn't look convinced but he let it go.

"Anyways, I won't bore you with our love story" Bore me? More like torture me! "So I'll get right to it"

He paused, getting serious again. Why do I have a feeling this is gonna be bad?

"Ella was always into human things, so she would always come here to town and meet people, hang out and even just to get dinner. She was smart though, so she never risked our secret by befriending any of the humans. But one day, someone followed her almost half way into our territory" His jaw clenched and his eyes got dark.

I guess this was the hard part.

"I don't know how, but he already knew about us. So when he met her, he got suspicious about her and that's why he followed her. He somehow managed to mask his scent so she wouldn't detect him, and he saw her shift.

"Right then he made himself known and she was taken off guard by his presence, so she attacked him, knocking him out. She then brought him back to the Alpha house. She was crying so hard because she didn't know what to do. If it was any one of us, we would've killed him on spot given that he obviously had tabs on us. But Ella with her big heart..." He trailed off as he chuckled humorlessly.

I'm guessing he's thinking that if she hadn't been so nice, maybe she would still be here. It

wasn't crying because he found out about us, she was crying because she hurt him and he was a 'nice guy' " He said

ensure he doesn't talk." He sighed, shaking his head. I held his hand reassuringly and I saw

a good job at keeping him quiet, but little did she know that he couldn't be trusted. They became close, and she started bringing him around more and more often. She showed him around the pack, she told him everything about us. After a while, we

never threatened by him. He was close to my dad's age, and he always considered her his daughter

I could see that it was hard for him to relive it all. He was doing a good job keeping it all together,

I went beside him and cautiously eased myself

my back against the glass window and laid his head on my chest while I ran my fingers through his hair

a 'thank you' as he relaxed into me, and I waited for him to continue

so much.

up, as I thought about the snack that I hate

worried. We can't mindlink if we're certain distances apart, and I couldn't reach her, so I knew she

I knew

whiff of her scent and relief flooded me, but we entered the parking lot and her bag that she carried everywhere and the pretzels were laying there as if she

could a human

spent two months trying to find her, but even our best trackers couldn't find her. It was like she disappeared from the face of the earth. I didn't sleep or eat. I was just a mess" He sighed and I

I even asked humans if they knew where he lived, but it was useless. I knew she wasn't dead because

a gut feeling that the story was about to

heard a loud siren from outside the Alpha house. When we rushed to see

a timer on it, so the bastard left her there and gave himself enough time to escape before

to mask his scent. That's how he followed her that day, and that's how he got away that night. The day he took her, he injected

and change himself. Apparently, a lot of years ago he saw a wolf and dedicated his life to learning about us and he was obsessed with being like us. So when he

tears I knew were bound to come soon. I

diner was empty. Kera came out once and saw the seriousness of the situation, so she

loudly, they were just quiet sniffles here and there as he

Alpha blood, and any other wolf that he kidnapped would give worse results

what she was going through" I mumbled in amazement. She really sounded like a

wouldn't stop until he had what he wanted, but he just wouldn't let her go, no matter how

life trying to be a wolf? I mean,

gave up on her, she said he took her blood and said he was gonna try using it on a new-born child.

his and make a pack somewhere across the world. Ella wouldn't have this, so she told him that if he let

him the baby?" I asked,

since the pup would be a full bred Alpha blood, and that's when he brought her back, making

hurt my heart that he went through

kill us slowly if it wasn't flushed out of our system, but she begged us to go stop him before we take her to the pack doctor" His grip on

the female human baby. I didn't want to leave her side, but she made me go. I knew she was withering away, the idiot knew so much but didn't

care if she was the mate of the man I'm falling for, but

to the pack doctor, while a group of us went to the location she gave us. When we arrived the place reeked of wolfsbane, and

was creepy and had all sorts of things wolf related, then we

could retaliate. We injured him enough to get him to talk. Luckily, he

would've cringed, but after what that freak did to them, I would've done the

I left my men to gather his remains and burn the damn cave from inside, ready to tell Ella

to her organs. She was content when I told her that he didn't get a chance to get the child." His arms wrapped around

did it. She was basically dying and her mind was on a child that she didn't know. I apologized for failing her, but she said I didn't fail her and that I was her hero. But I knew she only said that so I

sadder as he reminisced on the last moments with his mate. I never knew I could

me" I urged, holding his face. "You didn't fail her Luka. After everything I've learnt today about Ella, I knew she meant what she said. You hear me? You did not fail her. You did the one thing she wanted done before she left. You did that for her, and she'll love you forever for it okay?" I ended and he nodded, giving me a look that

stop

his head on my chest again and I softly kissed his hair. I used my thumb to caress his hand while I massaged his