I've always thought that by

being a good student, a good daughter, a good friend, and a good enough person

will make the heavens look down on me and say "Wait a minute you deserve a

good mate" boy was I wrong...

I woke up with my heart beating across my rib cage and with

sweat matting my forehead

"Ash...honey wake up" my mom hollered from downstairs

" I'm up mom" I hollered back feeling a little dazed from the

the nightmare I woke up from

I slipped downstairs newly showered and went into the kitchen

where my mom is cooking pancakes while humming her favorite song...

My mom is beautiful with her straight brown hair bright green

eyes and angular face and slender tall frame

I wish I could say that I look like her but I can't cause I

don't I have a mess of curly dirty blonde hair which is usually tied into a bun

and grey dull eyes masked by black circular glasses

my mom looked at me from the pan and smiled "Eat up honey

Alice would be here any minute now" she says

I complied and sure enough five minutes later Alice's white car

halted into a stop in front of our house her horn blaring loudly

"Alright...alright," I say kissing my mom on the cheek

before skipping out of our house and into Alice's car

"Good mornin' " I greeted Alice she looked at me side

ways her raven black hair following her movement like silk and winked her

chinky golden eye

"Good morning to you," she says with a suggestive tone

I tilted my head and looked at her "Why?" I asked

She laughed "Oh..you know it's just Alpha Xavier's 18th

birthday" she says playfully10

I bit my lip and clenched my fists oh..that you see when wolves

turn 18 we start to feel the pull of the mate bond it helps us figure out who

our mates are and well... today Alpha Xavier Black the alpha of our pack Dark

the moon will know who his mate is

I felt a dull sting in my chest as I thought of who his mate is

To say Alpha Xavier is hot is an utter understatement he is

almost...angelic well at least his facial features are anyways I mean he isn't

rude or anything just merely...cold

He is extremely smart and get high grades but never shows much

effort in studying and is very collected I almost never hear him talk unless in

pack meetings and is clustered with friends who have high ranking parents or

are high ranked themselves

He isn't one to date those easy mean girls either he only dates

classy girls who are undeniably stunning he had his fair share of broken hearts

as well

I know how stupid it is but I kind of...well alright really

really like him since we were 9 and I'm 17 now so I guess it's safe to say that

my feeling for him isn't really just "like" anymore

I snapped out of my own thoughts when I realized that Alice has

just finished parking the car

Inside the school, it was full of whispers of who his mate is

since Moon falls High is a school for werewolves the whispers aren't that

hushed I gulped and bid Alice my goodbyes as I snuck into English my first

a class that I share with Alpha Xavier

I heard Sabrina the girl with pink hair on my right say " I

think its Jenna they are just made for each other"

silence dropped into our room as he entered the class with beta

Jordan my eyes like everyone else's followed him as he made his way to the

chair in the back, in his dark, washed jeans white v neck shirt that clung to

his torso and defines his biceps with his jet black hair messily tousled in the

the sexiest way his dark blue eyes glinting with mischief seriousness and power

I forgot to breathe and had to close my eyes to collect myself

again when I opened them though Mrs. Kings was already there and I didn't get

another chance to look at him

I was late for math...well technically I was early but then i

realized as I sat in my chair that I forgot my math book and have to get it

again in my locker that seems to be miles away

the hall was deserted and I hurriedly grabbed my book but when i

took a turn into the hallway my body seemed to freeze

there he was the love of my life making out with Jenna who i

don't feel like loving as of the moment I dropped my book in surprise and it

met the floor with a thud

making them jump apart that's when I met his eyes and i suddenly

felt like I'm floating and falling at the same time he's my mate I realized,

every molecule in my body told me to fling myself to him his

yet...there's a certain coldness in his eyes that stopped me he doesn't want me

he tilted his head and smirked at me before turning back to

Jenna kissing her fiercer this time

pain wove itself to every strand of my being and I

took off running heading towards...where else the

janitors' closet.

I was sitting in the janitors

closet, by the floor, when I heard a knock I quickly opened and saw Alice and

Gabriel both standing there with sad smiles plastered in their beautiful faces

"What's wrong?"

Gabriel asked

The janitor's closet had

always been our... safe haven ever since freshmen year when Chuck Dalton called

Gabriel a faggot in the middle of the cafeteria days after he came out, then

during sophomore year when Alice heard Summer Sutton call her a drama queen for

bursting into tears when she found out that Beta Jordan was going out with Hail

Anderson, I used this back in sophomore year when Francine Wade not so

accidentally broke my glasses and now...

Gabriel wove his fingers

through his perfectly styled golden blonde hair, brown eyes wide with shock as

I told them what happened

"Oh..." Alice said

softly

"Yeah...oh" I say

holding back my tears by closing my eyes

We stayed there until the end

of the day talking about things that are so meaningless their almost funny

"You remember red

thongnado right?" Gabriel was saying pertaining to the pretty sophomore who

wears short skirts and twirls a lot giving everyone a view of her red thongs

hence the name

I laughed while Alice rolled

clutching her stomach while laughing the next thing we know it was the end of

the day and we had to get out...at some point

I was about to open the door

of Alice's car after bidding Gabriel good bye when I felt his presence behind

me I froze

"I'll give her a ride

home." his deep voice says making me shiver Alice tilted her head and

looked at me before shaking her head9

"No need Alpha I can

take her" She says politely

I made no move to turn around

"I wasn't asking" he says grabbing my wrist sparks shooting from

where our skins touch we stopped in front of a sleek black car

he entered the car and I

guess he expected me go inside as well so I held me breath...here goes nothing4

I opened the door and sat on

the front seat he ran his fingers through his hair making it messier than it

already is

in this close space his scent

engulfed me it was a mix of woodsy mint power and man my hands shook and my

lips quivered

"Put your seatbelt on I

won't do it for you" he says in a cold tone before driving I complied

snapping the seatbelt across my chest

I stared at him as he stared

ahead his beautiful face bare of expression his hands tensed on the steering

wheel the sleeve of his shirt ridding up giving me a perfect view of his

biceps...I gulped

"Stop staring" he

says without looking at me I turned my eyes to my side of the window "I'm

not staring" I mumbled

The car stopped in front of

my house and I made a move to get out when...

"Don't tell anyone"

he says I looked at him but he was still looking ahead "I already told

A-" I started

"Alice Fray and Gabriel

Marcus, I know not a word to anyone else" he says his voice icy

"Why?" I asked hurt

lacing my voice he snapped his gaze on me for the second time and I felt

weightless again

His dark blue eyes gleamed

and he raised his eyebrow "Are you asking me to explain myself to

you?" he says without humor

I bit my lip and shook my

head "Bye" I smiled slightly before running to my house thinking...

That was one hell of a ride...literally

I slowly ate my breakfast

chewing my cereal as if I have all the time in the world

"Honey, faster c'mon Alice will be here any minute

now" my mom says

I'm stalling I know, it's just that I don't know how to face him

just yet

Alice's car blared I pursed my lips and stayed in my sit

unmoving a few minutes later Alice burst through our doors

"Ash Jones get your but out of this house this

instance" she says looking anguish

then her eyes flickered to my mom's curious face Alice smiled

pleasantly "Good morning Sheila" she greeted

"Mornin' Alice," my mom said "Anything new?"

she asked Alice

Alice's eyes widen"New? I'll tell you what's new Ash here

just fou-" I cut her off by standing up and grabbed Alice's arm

"Bye mom" I hollered before dragging Alice out of the

house

"I can't believe you haven't told your mom yet" Alice

was saying while driving to school

"He told me not to tell anyone," I say Alice looked at

me eyebrows raised while shaking her head

"I don't get that guy," she says I shrugged and held my

breath as I got out of the car1

I stayed by my locker dreading English until I couldn't possibly

stall anymore because there are only a few minutes left before the class starts

almost everyone was there already including...him

My eyes flickered to the beautiful man at the back of the room

his eyes a pair of startling blue orbs his hair in its usual mess. Why does he

have to be so freaking gorgeous?

I was so deep in the drowning thoughts of him that I bumped into

Jake a guy with dozens of piercings a think coat of eyeliner under his eyes and

dyed green hair

my books fell and I dropped down to the floor to pick them up to my

cheeks turning crimson red "Sorry" I mumbled while taking a book jake

handed to me he just nodded examining his black-painted nails

I hurried to my chair I bit my lips as a shiver run through

me  I can feel eyes burning through me all throughout English I was

nervous stammering just by the thought of his eyes being on me

I sat in our usual table during lunch with Alice and Gabriel I

looked at the table in the middle where Alpha Xavier sat Jenna on his side he

caught my eye and winked at me as Jenns kiss his cheek

Hot burning pain coursing through my veins but I swallowed it down

clenching my fist under the table

Gabriel raised his eyebrows "My mate better not be like

him" he said since Gabriel's 18th birthday is next week is getting very

excited about meeting his mate

"Well I just have to wait for Beta Jordan's birthday the

day after tomorrow and I'll be claimed" Alice said dreamily have I

mentioned that Alice is head over heels over Beta  Jordan

"What does he see in Jenna any way?" he asked watching

Jenna kiss Alpha Xavier's neck lightly while Alpha Xavier talk with beta Jordan

"She's very pretty," I said looking at Jenna's red long

straight hair and amazing green eyes5

"and smart, and hot" I added with a look in her

slender tall frame her white a little above the knee sundress that hugs her

curves in a flattering but not obscene way

"and rich and-" Alice cut me off "Okay maybe she

is all that but your his mate you're both destined for each other"

I snorted and shook my head if only it was that easy Gabriel

squeezed my hand reassuring me "Well maybe we can share my hot greek god

of a mate when I meet him" he joked and I laughed slapping the back of his

head

I went to the library during my study hall examining books that

looked interesting enough when-

"Looking for something?" A voice asked I didn't have

to turn around to know who it is just by the shiver that ran through me I

already knew

"um..i..uh" I stammered like an idiot I turned around

his eyes were gleaming his angular face making my knees weak

he tilted his head a smirk playing on his lips "Yes?"

he asked

"I..um..w-" dang it what is wrong with me??

"pack your things I'll fetch you around seven," he says

with his deep voice

"huh?" was all that I could say  he rolled his

eyes and ran his fingers through his hair

"You. Are. Moving. To. My. House." he said slowly as

if I'm an idiot

"Later, love," he says slyly before heading out

I'm moving to his house. The alpha's. My mate.

Destiny is playing a joke on me...and

it's funny not in the least