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“You can sit,” he says, nodding toward the chair beside me. I stare at it before sitting on the edge of it looking back toward the door where my parents were waiting outside. Turning back I find him watching me again. “Your name is Katya?” He says pronouncing correctly, most people don’t the first time. “Yes, Alpha” “You can call me Ezra,” he says and I nod. “How old are you?” “17” I tell him and he nods looking at some documents which I see are my mother’s and father’s paperwork along with my birth certificate. He picks it up looking at it. “You turn 18 soon? You will be able to find your mate, that’s exciting” he states. I say nothing, no one will want me, I was basically human with the added difference of heightened senses. “You go to school, I take it?” I nod chewing on my thumbnail. “Last year?” “Yes I finish this year, well supposed to” “You’ll be finishing school” he states leaving no room for argument. I press my lips together. “You don’t like school?” “Does anyone like school?” I ask in return and he smiles.   “I liked school, surprised you didn’t considering, you are a beta’s daughter” he says. Yeah school was great till they found out I was a freak I think to myself. “Your parent’s already explained your reason for leaving, that you had a run in with the Alpha’s daughter and your mother hit her?” He asks. My mother was taking the blame, I kept my mouth shut to stop the risk of being caught out in a lie although technically that was true just not the reason we left. I nod. “Good enough for me, I can’t stand Alpha Jackson prick should be put down” Alpha Ezra says not even trying to hide his dislike for my old Alpha. “Come here” he says standing up. I jump out of my seat taking a step back. His eyes snapping to mine. “I won’t hurt you, I would never hurt you” he says, holding his hand out and I place mine in his. Tingles spread across my palm and I jerked my hand back looking at it. “Sorry must be static” he says, grabbing my hand again with a smile playing on his lips making him look even more gorgeous. He pulls me toward him. His hand was warm yet the strange tingling sensation didn’t stop. I looked up at him thinking it was odd only to find he was watching me again. He was tall and I only came up to the centre of his chest. He was wide to all hard muscle as he towered over me. He bites his wrist offering it to me and I stare at it. I notice two glasses stained with his blood on the desk making me look at him, he wants me to drink his blood from him. “Times ticking little one, hurry up” he says, pulling me closer and wrapping his arm around my waist before bringing his wrist to my lips. I grabbed his wrist and I could taste his saliva on his wrist, his blood surprisingly didn’t taste bad, not something I would go out drinking, I definitely would suck if I were a vampire but it didn’t make me gag, was sweet tasting or maybe that was the taste of his skin I wasn’t sure. He pulls his wrist away but doesn’t let go, his arm tightening around my waist. His voice below my ear. “You now need to pledge to me” I nod, the heat from his hard chest pressed against my back seeping into me, warming my skin. ” I Katya Hartley, pledge my loyalty and my life to Alpha Ezra” I stop not knowing his last name, I look over my shoulder at him, his face so close I am stunned by his intoxicating scent as I inhale deeply. “Pierce,” he whispers, his lips almost brushing mine. He was so close. “I Katya Hartley ,pledge my loyalty and my life to Alpha Ezra Pierce of Black Creek Pack” as soon as the last word left my lips searing pain exploded in my head making me drop as I clutched it, his grip tightening around me preventing me from hitting the floor in a heap. The chattering of my old pack, every word I ever heard flitting through my head loudly making my ears rings and a scream to leave my lips. Just as suddenly as it came it stopped like the snap of a rubber band. “You’re okay. It’s over now” Alpha Ezra’s voice flits through my head making me look up at him. He smiles back at me. “You good for me to let you go?” He asks and I look down to see both his arms wrapped around me just under my heavy breast. My face heating up with embarrassment realising he was the only reason I was upright before quickly becoming aware of his hands on my body. Great, I was crushing on my Alpha. I step away and he lets go, I watch his eyes glaze over before my mother and father rush in, he must have been talking to them through the Pack link. “You okay, see you’re fine. I told you it wouldn’t be so bad” my father says fussing over me. I slap their hands away at their fussing. I wasn’t a baby. Sometimes they could be a little embarrassing. . “Tonight you can stay in the pack house, tomorrow I will show you to your new home. May I ask why you requested one so far from everyone?” He asks curiously. “Kat doesn’t get along well with others, she prefers being by herself” my mother says and the Alpha, seems shocked for a second. “And why is that?” He says staring down at me. ” I just like being alone,” I shrug. He presses his lips in a line. Before looking at my parents. “Tomorrow you get settled into your new place and I have already enrolled Katya in school this morning. So she can start on Monday, you can skip the pack run on Friday and both meet me here Monday morning for work details” “Pack run?” I ask and my mother nudges me with her elbow which doesn’t go unnoticed by the Alpha. “Pack runs are compulsory, why is that a problem?” He asks and I duck my head down. “No problem at all” my father says, holding out his hand to the Alpha. “How are you with training teenage students?” The Alpha suddenly asks my mother. “I trained my daughter mostly older she-wolves but would give it a go” “Interesting, we do need an extra hand at the highschool so you can keep an eye on Katya as well” he says and my mother seemed excited about the idea.   “That would be lovely, Thank you Alpha” he nods, staring at me again before looking at my father. “My Beta will show you where you are staying for the night” he says before walking around to sit at his desk.Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 4 The next day we were woken early in the morning by Beta Mateo. Hopping in our car he drove us to the outskirts of the small town we were now going to live in. The house was more of a cottage, and had a large veranda out the front and a gravel driveway. The house was nice and cosy nestled amongst the trees and away from the pack and town. Hopping out of the car, I make my way inside along with my father. Beta Mateo unlocked the green wooden door before handing the keys to my father. “Are you sure you want to live all the way out here, there are plenty of empty places in town that may be better to suit your needs?” He asks. “No this is perfect, thank you Beta” My father replies. “We are of the same rank, and honestly you have been doing this a lot longer than I have. You could probably show me a thing or two, just call me Mateo and welcome to the Pack” Beta Mateo tells my father before patting him on the shoulder. I watch as he walks down the steps to the lawn before he stops. He sniffs the air slightly. “You smell different from most wolves” He says looking at me and I stiffen slightly. “What do you mean?” I ask worriedly. “I don’t know, just different, I can smell you’re a wolf but your scent isn’t very strong” He says, his eyebrows furrowing.   “Anyway, I will let you get settled in, don’t forget Pack runs are compulsory and Friday afternoons at 6PM sharp. I know you have been excused this week but it would be good to introduce you to fellow pack members, we are a tight knit community and the rest of the Pack will feel more at ease with newcomers that attend, something to think about” Mateo tells my father who nods. “We will try our best to be there on friday” My Mother says, giving me a look as she walks up the porch steps toward me. I nod before following her inside. There was a huge fireplace in the lounge room that took up one wall, the floorboards stained dark brown almost black in color. It smelt like it had been locked up for a while, my mother walked around opening up the curtains and cracking open the windows to let the breeze in and air out the place. Walking through the living room. I found the kitchen which wasn’t as dated as the rest of the house. It had granite benchtops and stainless steel appliances and a small island bench in the middle. A few of Alpha Ezra’s men helped bring the furniture and my mother and father started unpacking. Carrying a box from the truck to the back end of the house I find my room. Right next to the bathroom and the window looked out to the forest surrounding the house. My parents room was down the hall and had an ensuite. I started putting my bed frame together and one of the people helping brought the rest of my belongings into my room before I heard the truck leave. We spent the rest of the day unpacking and cleaning. By the time night came I was exhausted and fell asleep before I even ate dinner, only to wake up in the middle of the night. Going to the kitchen, I grab a glass of water. This place was quiet unlike our last place that was on a busy road. I liked the quiet less people to evade and I felt more comfortable without having neighbours prying into our lives. Going back to my room, I climb back in bed falling asleep under my purple duvet tucked to my chin as I snuggle into my bed. The next few days went by in a blur of getting into a comfortable routine, when monday came around I got dressed in my jeans and blue T-shirt before grabbing my bag and loading my school books into it. My mother and father were meeting up with Alpha Ezra today before being assigned to their new jobs. Pulling up out the front of my new school, I feel dread settle in the pit of my stomach. My mother looked at me in the rearview mirror. “You will be fine and by the sounds of it I may be working here. Just keep your head down and behave, everything will be fine Kat” She tells me and I nod, opening the back door and climbing out. I look up at the brick building that no doubt was going to be like the last one, a disappointment and a place of torment if they find out about me not having a wolf. I head straight to the main office and am greeted by a nice woman in her mid thirties, she had auburn straight hair that hung to her shoulders and big round glass perched on her perfectly straight now. Her hazel eyes looked at me as I entered. A smile greeting me. “You must be Katya?” She says. “Yes I am here to pick up my timetable” I tell her making my way to the foyer desk. She looks down at the papers on her desk before pulling out a manilla folder and handing it to me. “Your timetable and a map of the school are in there, there is also a library card and your locker combination” She says handing me the folder. I open it looking down at the timetable. My stomach drops when I realise they have training every afternoon except for fridays. I wondered if my mother knew that even the students trained everyday and for two hours. Two hours of normal training and an hour of training with our wolves every tuesday and wednesday. Great, just great I won’t even be here a day before everyone finds out and I am banished. Maybe I can be excused for the first week, I wonder. “Thanks,” I tell her before walking out to go find my locker. I put in the combination unlocking it. I noticed a few curious stares at the newcomer but no one was out right mean to mean which was a relief. Putting my stuff in my locker I grab out my books for the first period. I had english first up. As I was closing the locker I jumped when I saw a girl staring at me. She had dark hair cut in a pixie cut, a nose ring and dark eye makeup. “Hi you must be new here, I am Jasmine” She says before grabbing my timetable. “Ah Katya” I tell her awkwardly.