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Chapter 7

Cole

I wake up and make my way down to the kitchen. Marie and Julian have made breakfast and I sit down at the table. I start to eat as Marcus comes in with his mate Shelly. We start up a conversation and then James comes in and sits down.

“Good morning people.” James says way to happily. “Did you know mother has decided we need to hold a mating gathering.”

“Are you serious.” My sister says as she walks into the kitchen. “She can’t stand that both her younger daughter and oldest sons don’t have mates. What do you think about this Cole? Do you think you can get her to just drop it? I mean I just turned 19 it’s only been a year. I get her pushing you. Your alpha but me, I’m young and I have time to find my mate.”

I roll my eyes and go back to my omelet and toast. Oh, dear little sister I have found my mate and I intend to figure things out. But I think it may be a good idea to keep the mating gathering since I may have to reject my mate, if she is in fact a criminal.

I clear my throat “Marcus can you watch things I am going to do some paperwork and then go for a run.” He just nods and gives me a smile. He knows that later today I will find out what my mate is all about. He is excited for me I can tell. I know he just wants this to go in a positive direction not negatively.

Marcus knows I am getting older. I still do not have a mate, and that means he has more pressure to produce an heir. Because If I don’t settle down soon, he will have to provide an heir to follow me as Alpha. Luckly for him he already found his mate.

That is just how it works. If for some reason the Alpha does not produce a male son to take over as alpha when he steps down or when he passes on. The beta son would be the next to be Alpha. It is just how our hierarchy worked.

I head down to my office and start to read over some letters from a few neighboring packs. I notice it’s about time to head out when I get a knock on my door. “Come in” I look up to see Charlotte. Fuck, I have no idea where she got it in her head that our fling was going to last. For some unknown reason she thinks that she means something significant to me.

“Hi there Cole, you want to have a bit of fun tonight. I’m just dying to have you again.”

“No, I’m not interested. I told you we are done. I said that months ago why can’t you get it through your thick head?”

“Aww you know you want me. I can see that your lonely, and I just want to help you.”

“Fuck off Charlotte. You're not going to be in my bed again okay.” With that I get up to go. As I am leaving, I push past Charlotte.

Winter

I get up at the crack of dawn and decide fish would be great for breakfast. So, I grab my spear and head down to the river. I see the trout and throw the spear. It gets its target. I wade in to get my catch and do that a few more times until I think I have enough fish. I head back to my shelter I cook it up. It’s a beautiful day. I decide that I should just lay a blanket out and read till Cole gets here. I wonder if he will think I’m weird. I mean honestly most people in packs have never interacted with rogues other than to run them off or kill them.

Just thinking about being killed for being a rogue makes me shiver. After all I am not trying to do anything to the packs. I mean I would love to be a part of one again. I miss having others around, and Athena gets lonely. I mean it’s not always bad. I keep myself busy and have a pretty good life, at least as far as I know. It is a good life. I have met other rogues that are way worse off than me.

Cole

I get to her camp, but I don’t see her. I putter around looking and notice a small clearing. There she is. Winter is nose deep in a book. She is just lying their feet kicked up. She is laying on her belly. So, her ass is just pushing up. Goddess she is sexy in jeans. I start to wonder what she looks like naked. All I want to do is run up and crawl on top of her, and kiss her plump pouty lips. No that is not why I came. I came to get answers.

“Hey.” I call as I stride over. She doesn’t look up. My that must be a good book. I crouch down and tap her shoulder; she jumps.

“Oh, hi just give me a minute I’m just about done with this chapter.” What? She is putting me on hold to finish a chapter. This is not what I am used to. I’m the fucking Alpha of my pack. When I talk people, they stop to listen. All except my close friends and my family anyway. They respect me and follow orders, but they are a bit more relaxed.

“Okay, I’m good now. Do you Wanna go back to my camp, and we can talk. I have some fish left from this morning. You can help me finish it off. Leftover fish doesn’t store well out here unless it’s really cold.”

This woman...I can’t believe she went and caught fish. I thought she would have just hunted as a wolf and ate it all up, but no. She went out in human form to hunt and eat this woman is interesting.

“I would be cool with some fish” I say.

“Cool, I also have some water, but you will have to share my canteen with me if that’s okay?”

We walk back it’s just a few yards from her camp. She sits down in the dirt, grabs a few fish, and starts to gut it in front of me. Goddess, that's hot. She is definitely not a meek little woman. After she throws the fish in a pan, and gets them cooking on the fire; she looks up at me. She doesn’t say anything though while the fish cooking. When they are done, she sets the pan down between us and speaks.

“Sorry I only have one fork. Since you are the guest, you take it. I’ll just use my fingers. No biggie.”

She is so nonchalant, and so dam confident, and just a plain badass. Honestly, I must adjust myself, so she doesn’t see that I’m getting quite hard.

“Well, I don’t know how to put this politely, but why are you a rouge? What did you do?”

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