Chapter 8
Alpha Ezra POV
I watched my mate leave, completely unaware I was her mate. I knew her family was hiding something, something I was eager to find out. If she wasn’t my mate, I might have reconsidered letting them into the pack. Something was amiss; they left the second strongest pack. A pack, her parents built a life with. When I got the request, I was a little shocked but also blinded by the fact I could take them from Jackson. Our feud goes back generations, so given the opportunity, I took it.
Derrick was well respected, and so was his mate Shirley, yet I never heard they had a child, and it made me curious why she was kept a secret. I could smell her strength, her genes strong, but something was off with her, too, despite her potent scent.
“She is your mate, isn’t she?” My Beta, Mateo asks. He was my best friend since we were old enough to walk, always stuck by me and I, him.
I sigh, no point lying to him; he knows myself half the time.
“Yes, and until she realizes herself, I want to keep it quiet,” I tell him, and he nods, his eyes sparkling with mischief and also burning curiosity. Mateo was like an open book. His facial expressions always gave him away. I could tell a mile away something was playing on his mind; I knew him that well.
“What?” I demand as he folds his arms across his chest and leans back, eyeing me.
“Nothing now I know why you refused to come to the whore house with me, she already got you whipped, and she doesn’t even know who you are to her,” he says before laughing. I glare at him.
“I am not whipped.”
“Whatever, man, then why did you knock back Madeline. I saw her running from your room the other night crying,”
“She isn’t my mate,” I deadpan.
“Never stopped you before.”
“Yeah, before I found her, I only want her now. You will understand when you find yours,” I tell him. His brows furrow, and he looks anywhere but at me for a second. His lips press into a line before he nods his head once.
“So what’s your plan, then? Keep giving her detention?” He asks, looking back at me.
“Well, you ruined that, didn’t you? I was hoping to spend time with her,” I tell him, annoyed that he lingered when he could clearly see I wanted to be alone with her.
“Why didn’t you command her parents to tell you why they really left?”
“Because I don’t want to piss her parents off. They have influence over her, and she trusts them. If I start off arguing with them, she will hate me,” I tell him, and he sighs.
“Well, what now then?”
“I don’t know. I don’t really have a reason to hang around her without looking like a creep,” I tell him. Mateo seems to think for a second.
“Thursday night?” He says with a shrug.
“Pack run is Friday after school. Most of the Pack kids choose to stay at the packhouse.”

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