Alpha Niall And His Lost Mate

Relief flooded me when I noticed that we were nearing the Alpha house. I was beyond exhausted, since I had no idea how I could run that far on only three hours of sleep.

Niall woke up at five this morning, waking me too in the process since I found myself laying on top of him. I protested against the idea, but he insisted that we should leave before sunrise, since we were still very close to Rogue Burg, and I knew none of us were ready to be in another fight.

We ran back in wolf form, completely hungry, tired and clothes-less. In all honesty, I couldn't wait to get home.

Valero left once we were at the border of Niall's pack, but we didn't exchange any verbal departure words, since we don't have a link with him. I did, however, make a mental note to call him and thank him again later.

As we neared the house, Asia and Jared emerged from the entrance with worried looks on their faces. I could tell that they were mindlinking Niall, but I just kept quiet since I only had a link to Niall.

We stopped once we were at the base of the steps that led to the door, and I watched as they communicated with focused looks on their faces.

If anyone should see the encounter, they would've thought that they were having a strange staring contest. Being on the receiving end of watching people mindlink for once, it made me realise how weird we really looked. No wonder we couldn't live with humans.

Asia's eyes momentarily darted to me for a second before she looked back to Niall, but they quickly found me again only a millisecond after, as she eyed my neck area with raised eyebrows and an 'o' shape forming on her lips.

At first, I got a tad defensive, thinking she was planning on shifting and biting into my neck to kill me, but I then noticed that she wasn't actually staring at my neck, but the chain around my neck.

It was my shifter's bracelet that Ciara gave to me on my 18th birthday. When I am in wolf form, instead of being destroyed like everything else, it transforms with me into a thin gold chain with the pendant still in place. I am yet to understand the 'magic' behind it, but if we could shift into large wolves, who am I to question a shifting bracelet?

She took two reluctant steps towards me as Niall and Jared continued their intense conversation. I didn't even know why I was waiting for him to end. It's not like I needed him to walk with me inside.

Her eyes flickered from my amber ones to the necklace, silently asking a question. I still didn't like her and very much didn't trust her, but I pushed the thought of her ripping it from around my neck to the back of my mind, as I gave her a short nod.

She twisted it between her fingers for a while, momentarily pulling at my fur as she gazed at it in amazement. I was shocked that she didn't look jealous, since that's her speciality.

"Is this a shifter's bracelet?" She asked, and I gave her another wolfy nod. This seemed to have sparked her interest even more as she eyed it. I cocked my head to the side in question, letting out a low bark in conversation.

have heard stories about these from my dad.

to ask, but of course,

a wolfy kiss. My wolf, who obviously loved it, returned the gesture, and I noticed Asia's eyes didn't hold the usual malice like they used to. She just looked deep in thought and blank. However, I simply ignored her and followed

we were out of the sight of anyone else, and he wrapped a blanket around my bare body from his stash that he kept

I was through the backdoor and in the kitchen, I wasted no time in grabbing an apple from the fruit basket.

mumbled through a mouth full of the juicy fruit. "I haven't eaten in over twelve

go get cleaned up and I'll make breakfast

in the bathroom afterwards, dropping the blanket from my body in the process. His eyes trailed over my body hungrily, but once he met

stepped into the warm bath water, loving the feeling of home and vowing never to leave on an adventure like that again. Niall eased himself

me at how comfortable he felt. He trailed the bath sponge over my shoulders soothingly as he rid it from all the dirt. I hummed in approval as I rested my head

help how much the relief and love overshadowed the annoyance and anger I held towards him last night. I was still grieving Clarissa, and she was all I thought about

though. She was the one that held the bond with Clarissa, and

forming a bond with someone that he

also felt terrible that her life was cut short because I asked her to follow me into a suicide mission that never had to

had it in me to fulfil her dying wish and go to Emerald Pack

Niall's voice broke me from my thoughts as he asked. I sighed, remembering that we had a link and he would feel

my dad and everything," I mumbled as I splashed the

for everything I've caused. I don't know what connection you had with Clarissa, but I'm sorry I

just relieved that he was actually okay. I was also sad about the events of last night, and

form a bond by drinking each others' blood. I still don't understand it fully, but she said I

does Zoey. I think you should go to England," he added carefully, causing me to turn slightly so that I

does to me?

before rubbing it all over my scalp and hair. He massaged it for a while, and I knew he was only doing it to get me calm. I would be

think that you need to learn whatever Clarissa wanted you to know. I know I didn't trust her at first, but my intuition