~James POV~
" Alice left to get Avery. When she comes down I want everybody to be happy and talkative. There should not be any silent moment for more than five minutes or she will have too much time to reconsider the plans. Is that understood?"
I said as we were standing beside each other in the dining hall. In a symphony-like way Amber, Alex, George, and the five cooks uttered " Yes Alpha" and then they all returned to their respective seats and the cooks headed back to the kitchen.
" So, my beloved brother, if I may ask, how badly did you fuck up?" Amber asked with a big smile on her face and angered eyes
" Enough to make her interested, not enough to make her cancel. However, I did underestimate her power to fight against her urge for me. And also, wipe that look off your face. I didn't hurt the girl." I responded as I leaned back in my chair crossing my arms.
"Damn, resisting the charm of the one and only James Knight, I like her already. But seriously James, she seems like a really nice girl and she's young. Don't fuck with her." Amber said and I leaned forward placing my elbows on the table and clasping my hands together.
"Or what sis?" I said with a challenging voice.
"Or I'll kick your ass." Amber answered mimicking my position, then we all broke out in laughter.
"Maybe I should take a shot, doubt she'll resist me," Alex said, throwing a peanut up in the air and catching it with his mouth. With those words, I felt my blood begin to boil as my anger took over. My wolf was fighting to come out, but I had to resist or I would hurt my brother. I stood up causing my chair to slam back on the floor and a loud growl emanated from my mouth before I could stop it. Alex's words had too much effect on me and I needed to calm the fuck down.
" James, she can hear you!" Amber quickly stood up as she warned me about the repercussions of my actions but I couldn't tear my eyes away from Alex. He raised a brow and tossed another peanut into the air.
"James, do you really think that she will be happier about coming with us if she finds out we're werewolves?" Amber saidas she whispered the last part and I slowly began to calm down and fixed my chair and sat back down still staring at Alex.
"Now is not the time for you to push my buttons, is that clear?" I said, my voice holding much authority seeing as I spoke as his Alpha and not his brother.
" Yes, Alpha. I'm sorry. Can I just ask you one thing?" Alex sounded cautious so as not to anger me again.
"You seem quite overprotective over a girl who is a mere business agreement, how come?" With Alex's question, I looked down and shook my head.
Yeah? What's going on with me?
'Mate'
My wolf Blade said in my head.
I had been hearing that word come from his mouth ever since I laid eyes on Avery, I had just not yet been able to accept it. She's a human, nothing more. How can my mate be a human? I am the Alpha of the world's most dangerous pack. Everyone feared us. We had made a name for ourselves, not intentionally, we just did things our way and to some people "our" way may seem barbaric, even for werewolves, but that is how I and my pack survived after the death of my parents.
'She's not human, you dumbass'
Blade said in the back of my head. Okay so in all honesty she wasn't just a human, she was also a werewolf, at least partially. According to my parents she was at least half werewolf, that's all we knew for sure. My parents had told me everything just a few months before they passed. They made sure she was stripped of her powers before she was born. This was so that she wouldn't be too powerful when she joined our pack, so that she wouldn't be stronger than me. There was more to it than that though, but they didn't make it long enough to tell me.
I realized I was drifting off into my own thoughts when Alex cleared his throat.
I dragged my hand through my hair and then looked up at both Alex and Amber as I spoke.
"I think she might be my mate."
Both Alex and Amber looked at each other with quizzical faces and their mouths wide open as if I had just told them I'd seen a ghost.
"But James, that's fantastic!" My sister yelled out as she rose from her seat and started to jump like a little girl until she realized that I wasn't smiling.
"isn't it?" she asked, now starting to dial back the excitement and opting for the pity look.
"She's human." I spoke in a dark voice.
" She-" I started to say when I heard footsteps coming towards us. It was Avery and Alice.
She walked into the dining hall looking beautiful, breathtaking even. This was the woman I was going to marry. She's going to be mine in a matter of weeks. Every thought in my mind faded away the moment I saw her. It was blank, and then like a refreshing wind under the sweltering sun, she spoke out.
"Good morning, everyone," her voice was soft and smooth and somehow just like the rest of her appearance, her voice was innocent.
" Good morning, please, have a seat," I said as I pulled back a chair to my left.