Page 10 of Silas

Opening my phone I shoot a text to him: I need to see you in my office immediately.

There is an immediate text response.Alright man, heading that way.

Not even ten minutes later, there is a knock at my door as it swings open. “What’s up, man?”

“Close the door because I don’t want anyone else to hear this.” I say quickly.

“Uh, alright.” Clicking the door shut and sliding the lock in place, he heads over to the seat in front of my desk. “You are kinda freaking me out. What’s going on?”

“Last night while I was sitting at Pour Me Another, the smell of warm vanilla, cinnamon, and apples suddenly enveloped me. It reminded me of my mother’s apple pies. I was so wrapped up in the smell that I didn’t realize that I was essentially being a perv and checking the woman out. When I came back to her eyes, she was glaring at me. It was at that moment that I realized she was my mate and she…” I rush out the words.

“Wait, you found your mate? That’s great…”

“No, it's not great. Fuckkkkk. Man, she is human!”

“Oh shit, okay that isn’t the worst thing. I thought you were going to say she was ugly with a missing leg or something. Her being human isn’t that bad.” He huffs out a laugh.

Glaring at him, I take another sip of my whiskey. “I can’t have a human mate. The goddess had to have gotten it wrong. Maybe I am so desperate to find the Luna of our pack that I thought it was her, but it was someone else there. That has to be it, right?”

“I think that you are making a far bigger deal out of this than it really is. I mean did you even talk to the girl?” He says with an eyebrow lift.

“I might have, sort of, been a complete asshole to her by assuming that she is a big city girl and that she has no place here…”

“You did what?” He says as his mouth drops open.

“Yeah, I might have been a bit of an asshole to her, hoping that she would leave town if people were mean to her.” I say as I scratch the back of my neck.

“Who was it anyway? I forgot to ask that with all the revelations of your behavior.”

“It’s exactly who you thought it would be.” His eyebrows crunched in confusion.

“The new girl?”

“I don’t know. I think so? I mean I didn’t see her before and I’ve never seen her around town. So, I guess it is? Regardless, I came here this morning to talk with you because I don’t have time for this. I have too much going on with the debt and fixing this pack to be worried about a mate.”

“I think you are hiding away from what you know to be true. Maybe you should bring her around the pack and let her meet everyone. It will be easier to tell her about wolves and you know shifters that way.”

“I’ll think about it. I am not sure what I will do yet about my mate.”

“Alright man, well, if you have nothing else, I am going to head out to do a run around the perimeter. I want to make sure that we don’t have anyone sneaking on to pack land.” He pushes his chair back as he heads towards my office door.

“No, you are good to go, but I will head outside with you.” Gathering my jacket from the coat rack, I slip it on as I walk out the door behind him.

Warrick claps me on the back as we head outside. I always love the smell of the fresh mountain air and the cypress trees that arewarming in the sun. I love listening to the pups running around playing tag with the faint sounds of giggles ringing out through the trees. The tinking of hammers from the leather workers, the smell of fresh breads coming from the bakers, and the tinkering sounds of wrenches coming from the mechanics.

It is wonderful to hear this pack finally developing into what it should have always been. I know it’s only been a few short weeks since I became Alpha, but already you can see the growth in our pack.

I don’t see how bringing Nova into this and spending any ounce of my time on teaching her about pack life will be beneficial to us. I just don’t have the time to spend on that. We still have this festival to put together and a silent auction to get items for. I just don’t have time for a human woman even if she is my mate.

I will just have to avoid her for now. That shouldn’t be that hard, really. I know it’s a small town and all that, but with everything I have going on, I really won’t be in town that often. I just will have to avoid going to Pour Me Another for now.

We are down to less than two weeks until the Ghost River Pack will arrive for their money or our females. Ugh, I don’t have time for anything else but this festival.

Nova is off limits for now.

Chapter 6

Nova

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