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Mate

~Carson's POV~

I woke up around seven-thirty in the morning with the sun shining on my face; I groaned and cursed at myself for forgetting to close the blinds last night. While I was getting out of bed, I felt a little different, like something is going to happen, but I don't know what though. I could feel my wolf, Tyson, getting antsy and won't stop moving around in my mind. So I know something is going to happen today.

'Tyson, why are you so antsy? I asked, but he didn't say anything. Whatever! I just pushed him to the side and blocked him out for a while.

As I was getting ready to go take a shower, there was a knock on my door. "Come in!" I said and my door opened. My dad came in with a smile and he said, "Good morning and happy birthday son. When you're done getting ready, meet me in my office."

"Good morning and thanks, dad. I will see you in fifteen minutes." I replied and my dad nodded while leaving my bedroom to go to his office.

After my dad left, I went to my bathroom, brushed my teeth, stripped from my PJs and took a quick shower. Once I got out of the shower, I dried my body and wrapped my black towel around my hips and went to my walk-in closet. I put on my boxers and my white tank top followed by my black knee ripped jeans, a white crew-neck t-shirt, my all-white Nike shoes and my black blazer. I went back to the bathroom and combed my hair back neatly.

When I got done getting dressed, I went to my dresser and put on my silver Rolex watch to complete my look and left my bedroom to meet my dad in his office.

I walked up to the door that leads to my dad's office and knocked on it twice. I heard my dad say come in and I walked in. He looked up from his paperwork and motioned for me to sit on the chair that's in front of his desk and so I did.

"I want you to take the day off from Beta training." Said my dad and I looked at him questioningly.

"Carson, I want you to take the day off because I want you to go out and find your mate." That's when I realized you find your mate on your 18th birthday. How could I forget about that? To be honest, I have always wanted a mate. I always wondered what she's like? What are her likes and dislikes? I wondered if she's going to love me for who I am or is she going to reject me? No, I won't let her reject me, I won't allow it. Whoever she is, she is MINE! I could hear Tyson growl in the back of my mind and I started to feel angry at the thought of our mate rejecting us. Then all of a sudden, I got pulled out of my thoughts by my dad's loud voice shouting my name.

"Sorry dad, I kind of zoned out, what you were saying?" I apologized and my dad was glaring at me for not paying attention to what he was saying, but he closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"Never mind, but what were you thinking about son?" My dad asked curiously.

"I was just thinking about my mate. Like, will she love me and accept me? Or will she reject me?" I replied

"Oh son, don't think like that. Of course, your mate is going to accept and love you. Don't think negative thoughts, just positive. Plus, one good look at you, your mate will fall instantly in love with you. Look at your mother and myself, when I first laid eyes on her, I immediately claimed her, marked her and ma-" I had to cut my dad off there because I didn't want to hear when or how he 'did it' with mom. YUCK!

"Sorry dad, but I have to cut you off there. I don't want to hear about you and mom 'doing it'." I said and my dad laughed. He laughed so hard, you could see tears rolling down on the side of his face.

"Sorry son, but soon you'll be 'doing it' too." My dad chuckled while his eyes holding amusement.

"Yeah, I'll be 'doing it' too, but I don't think you want to hear about it." I retorted.

"Okay, point taken son. Now let's go have some breakfast, I'm hungry." Said my dad

"Go ahead dad, I'll be there in a minute." I replied and my dad just nodded leaving his office going to the kitchen.

I hope I get to meet my mate today and hope that she's in this pack. I said thinking to myself

~Time skip: after breakfast~

After the delicious breakfast that my mom cooked up for my birthday, my dad had to leave to go to the pack house because he got mind-linked by the Alpha to discuss on some important matter privately. I stayed at home for a bit to help my mom and my baby sister, Lexi, to clean the kitchen. When Lexi and I finished helping our mom, I decided to go out for a walk around the pack territory to see if I could sniff out my mate. As I was walking, my senses caught a delicious, intoxicating scent. It smelled like strawberries mixed with roses and mint. That scent was making my wolf go wild until realization hit me and that's when I hear Tyson shouting.

'MATE, MATE, MATE!' my wolf kept repeating.

'GO FIND MATE!'

Tyson kept on telling me to go find our mate and that's exactly what I did. While I was walking down the street, turning my head from left to right in search for our mate, the scent was getting stronger and stronger. The scent leads me to this gorgeous looking girl gardening. She tensed up a bit and stops what she was doing. She got up, brushed the dirt off her black jeans, lifts her head, looks at me in the eyes and gasps. She was beyond gorgeous, she's perfect. She's about five feet and five inches tall, with dark brown hair that cascades down past her shoulders. She has beautiful almond-shaped brown eyes, the perfect shade of color that I could get lost in. She has a cute button nose and high cheekbones. Her juicy, plump pink lips, I could kiss them all day and night. She has a gorgeous hourglass body with curves in all the right places and perfect for her height. I can't wait to touch her smooth supple tanned skin.

After I was done checking her out, I noticed she was checking me out too and I smirked. She started to blush when she realized what she was doing and saw me smirking. She quickly lowered her head to cover her blushed face and I chuckled a little while I was walking towards her. When I was two feet away from her, I used my finger to lift her chin so she could look at me. "Don't hide your blush from me, it's cute and I like it. So, what's your name my beautiful mate?" I asked and she blushed even harder.

"Avery. Avery Jasmine Michaels." She replies

"Avery. So beautiful." She shivered as I said her name and made my eyes go black for a second.

"What's your name?" Avery asked

"Carson. Carson Cortez." I answered

"Carson, I like that name." My name rolling off her tongue sent shivers down my spine and I liked it. So the next thing I said shocked her.

"I, Carson Cortez, future Beta of the Silver Moon Pack, accept you, Avery Jasmine Michaels, as my mate." I said happily and proud and she gave me the biggest smile ever

"I, Avery Jasmine Michaels, accept you, Carson Cortez, as my mate." She said and I couldn't take it anymore. I reached around her waist, pulled her towards my body and kissed her, she responded quickly and wrapped her arms around my neck.

I heard Avery whine a little when I pulled away from our mini make out session and I rest my forehead on hers. "I'm sorry love, but if I didn't pull away, I wouldn't be able to control myself and I would have taken you right here in this spot where we're standing in front of everyone and I'm pretty sure you don't want that either. Plus, I don't want anybody looking at what is mine." I said and growled lowly at the last part and nuzzled my face in the crook of her neck. I inhaled in her scent and it instantly calmed me and Tyson down. I then hear Avery chuckle a little and I looked at her confused. "What's so funny?" I asked while raising my right eyebrow.

"I chuckled at your possessiveness, but you don't have to worry because I'm all yours." She replies. I smiled, kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly.

"How did I get so lucky to have a mate like you?" I asked. Avery replied saying it was fate and I couldn't agree more.

After a couple of minutes has passed, I asked Avery if she wanted to come over to my families house to meet them and have dinner with us. She looked nervous and I told her that she doesn't have to be nervous because my family will love her. She smiled at that and said yes.

Right now, we're walking to the house and we're about ten minutes away so I decided to quickly mind-link my dad that I found my mate and I'll introduce her to him during dinner. He congratulated me and said that he can't wait to meet his future daughter-in-law. I smiled at his last statement. I'm definitely going to marry her when the time is right.

I told Avery that I mind-linked my dad and told her our conversation. She looked up at me and gave me a big smile and said that she can't wait to meet him and the rest of my family. I smiled back at her and said I can't wait too.

Five minutes later, we arrived to my families house. I opened the door for Avery so she could go inside first. After I stepped inside and closed the door, I see my mom walk out of the kitchen to greet me and when she saw Avery next to me, I told her she is my mate. I had to put my hands over my ears because my mom shrieked loudly with excitement and engulfed Avery in a huge hug. I see my baby sister, Lexi, comes downstairs with her best friend, Brianna asking what's going on. I introduced Avery to Lexi and Brianna and vise versa. Then I hear a low growl coming from my mate and I realized that Avery doesn't know Brianna is a mated she-wolf. So I cupped my mate's face and told her that she doesn't have to worry because Brianna already has a mate. Avery pulls me close to her and hides her face against my chest out of embarrassment. My sister went back to her bedroom with her best friend and my mom went back to the kitchen to finish cooking dinner. Avery and I went to the living room, sat down on the couch and got to know each other better.

Dinner time came around and I finally introduced Avery to my dad and I could say that my family already loves her and accepted her into our family. My wolf and I are ecstatic and very happy. We were all eating in comfortable silence when my dad broke the silence to tell us that in 3 days there's going to be a ceremony to introduce Avery as my mate and the future female Beta. We didn't say anything because there is nothing to say. We only just nodded our heads and continued eating our dinner and talked about random stuff.

After dinner, Lexi and Brianna helped mom wash the dishes, put away the food and clean the kitchen while I took Avery upstairs to my bedroom because I wanted to spend some extra time with her. Avery and I cuddled in my bed and I asked her if she wants to spend the night with me. Of course, she said yes. I looked down at her and noticed that she was starting to fall asleep. I chuckled and kissed her forehead and pulled her closer to me. "Goodnight my beautiful mate." That was the last thing I said to her before sleep took over.

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