I woke up early as usual the next morning and decided to make pancakes, I was done with a couple when the smell of chocolate filled my nostrils, I felt my body relax knowing it was Troy.
"Good morning" I smiled serving him some pancakes and handing him maple syrup. "Coffee?"
He gazed at me in wonder and smiled as he nodded. Taking a seat at the counter the marble slab separating us, he poured maple syrup on his pancakes and dug in. His eyes lit up as he swallowed "this is delicious. I wasn't expecting you to cook"
"I didn't have anything doing, plus I was hungry" I took a seat beside him accepting the maple syrup from him. We ate in comfortable silence as other pack members within the pack house began to stir and move about getting ready for the day. We were joined by the twins, they looked at us in surprise
"He cooked?" Lyra asked in disbelief
I couldn't stop a giggle from leaving my lips "I did actually"
"Wow. He's lucky to have you, you know" Axel teased
Troy growled lowly making me pat his chest softly, he calmed down and pulled me to him sniffing my hair.
The twins were giggling at this action and a few wolves passing stared in awe.
"Ignore them love, I'd like to take you around the pack today, I'll be your personal guide" he winked
I laughed before agreeing. "When do we leave?"
"Whenever you're ready love" he said
"Let's go right now" I said in excitement
Troy took me around the pack, from the Temple to the clinic and the training grounds where I saw Axel training with the other warriors. I met the women who worked in the kitchen that cooked for the whole pack, they were nice. I met a few omegas, I was glad to see they weren't mistreated, some packs were known to put their omegas through torturous work all day without pay sometimes.
They also had an orphanage which the older she-wolves maintain and ran. The previous Luna usually came to help them according to what I'd heard. Pups that were affected by war and didn't have anyone to look after them were brought here and looked after.
People bowed as we moved through the territory,
"They're curious to know about their future Luna, I haven't announced you as my mate yet but I think it's pretty obvious" he whispered as soon as we were out of their hearing range, wolves had an acute sense of hearing.
"I hate to leave you alone but I've got some urgent business to attend to" he ushered me into my room his hand on my waist
"I'll be fine" I said leaning into him and basking in his scent one more time, not like it would be enough though.
"You and Lyra could go shopping" he suggested
"Sounds like a good idea"
"Here's my card. Go wild" he was handing me a black card
"Oh please, I have mine." I said pushing his hand away
I was pressed against him our faces so close "What's mine is yours" he grumbled "I'll never hesitate to spend anything on you. You're mine"
"I know" I teased and kissed him, his hands gripped my waist holding me tight to him before we pulled away breathlessly.
"I'll see you later love" he played with a strand of my hair before kissing my forehead "also I'm placing a guard with you" he dashed out quickly knowing I would protest.
Minutes later Lyra bounced into my room cherry as always, "Troy said we were going shopping" she said excitedly
"I guess so. He even gave me his card" I said waving the black card
"He did not!" She squealed in disbelief "Oh my God, you've got my brother wrapped around your finger. I'm so glad he found you. We're gonna be good friends" she laughed as she pulled me out of the room leading me to the garage.
We spent hours at mall, way longer than I expected. The poor wolf ordered to guard me had his hands overfilled with bags, courtesy of Lyra. His name was Casper, She told me they were friends and he was a warrior who trained under the Delta. We were finally back at the pack house and I couldn't wait to be in Troy's arms again. I smiled to myself as Lyra directed Casper on where to put certain bags. I left them and traced Troy to his office within the massive pack house. The door was slightly open, thanks to enhanced werewolf hearing I could tell someone was in his office with him. I listened closely and heard a female voice
"I heard you've been parading around with some She wolf Alpha" she said seductively "You know you'll still come back to me, no matter the type of bitch you bring"
"Don't you ever say a word against her again Brianna! Do you hear me?" He warned sternly
I stepped into the office, and saw a She wolf whose cleavage was exposed trying to rub on Troy who looked disgusted. As soon as he noticed my presence, his face lit up and he smiled at me
"Is this her?" scoffed Brianna glaring at me
Her audacity angered my wolf, we had Alpha blood, we never disrespected anyone and certainly didn't appreciate being disrespected, Especially by an obvious rank climbing She wolf.
"And who exactly might you be pup?" I asked releasing an aura I knew would definitely affect her.
She gasped in surprise as she struggled to resist my dominance "You're gonna let her talk to me like that Troy? This child?"
My wolf couldn't take it anymore and in a flash my hand was on her neck with her back against the wall and I lifted her up a bit as she struggled
"First of all, I don't care what sort of relationship you had with Troy but it's over now" I began " You will address my mate as Alpha, second you will respect me and also people you stupidly think are below you, cause you look like one of those pack sluts that want to be in charge and look down on people they feel they're better than. I won't tolerate it, not for any reason. Do you understand me child?" I growled daring her to disobey me
"Yes" She gulped
"Yes what?" My grip tightened
She whimpered "Yes Luna"
I dropped her and she scurried out immediately before I noticed Axel, Lyra and Casper at the doorway staring at me in shock. I felt Troy's warm arms wrap around me from behind, his scent enveloped me, I felt way calmer
I should've killed her...My wolf snarled
Relax I think she got the message
Next time she touches what's ours, I'll rip her throat out.... she huffed before going silent
"You were amazing" Troy kissed my head " I wasn't expecting you to handle it that way but I'm glad you did"
I smiled easing into him as Axel and Lyra burst out laughing
"Did you see Brianna's face?" Lyra exclaimed laughing
"You're so cool" grinned Axel they scampered away pulling Casper who still had a look of awe on his face away.
Troy rolled his eyes "jeez, we've given them fresh gossip for the pack" he shook his head
"She had to learn her place. I wouldn't want another encounter, it's exhausting" I said
"Look love, Brianna and I may have uh...I mean..."
"You had relations with her before you met me" I put simply
"Yes. We had sex a couple of times. I'm so sorry I didn't wait for you" his face dropped letting go of me
My mother had prepared me for this situation amongst many others. Alphas were known to fool around before meeting their mate, it was much harder for them. "It's fine. It's in the past. Right?"
"Of course, Never again." His voice pleading
I reached up to touch his face, before smiling "Let's go eat, I'm starving"