We searched and searched but by 12:15 we still hadn't found him, and my next class was starting soon Melody seemed pretty upset I mean most people would be if they had the chance to find there fated mate, only for them to slip away at the last moment.
Melody stood next to me under the large oak tree that grew in the middle of the seating area outside the library, her head hung low, I wrapped my arms around her for comfort, she started to cry softly into my shoulder.
"Shhhh shhh it's okay, we're going to find him, actually you know Hans is really good friends with my professor Grey Dagner"
I told her trying to make some sort of attempt to cheer her up, even though I was sure she wasn't really listening.
She just nodded letting out soft sighs.
That's when I remembered the summit, he was going to be there, maybe I could convince my dad and Alpha Pascal to take Melly with them.
They usually take a couple omegas with them anyway.
"Hey I have an idea" I exclaimed, causing melody to lift her head.
"Hans is going to be at the Alpha Kings summit and so is my dad, we maybe able to convince him to take you with him" I explained, she wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at me in surprise,
"Um why would an architect be going to the Alpha Kings summit?" she questioned skeptically.
"Well you see Hans is the Alpha Kings Beta" I explained quickly, her face went from surprise to sad in a matter of seconds.
"What? aren't you happy you get to find your mate" I couldn't figure out why she looked so sad.
"Essie didn't you hear what you just said?" she questioned.
"He's the Alpha Kings Beta, he's gonna reject me right away, I'm an omega" I hated that she thought that but most of the time that's exactly what happens, her fear was valid.
"Come on he could be different, he was very easy going around me" I reasoned, but she just shook her head.
"You don't understand all my life I've been treated differently then you, oh course he was nice to you, you're both Betas" I opened my mouth to object, but Melody just raised her hand and quieted me.
"Go to class Essie, don't worry about it" she turned to leave walking out of my embrace heading to the computer science building.
Then she mumbled something under her breath.
"What?" I called, she turned to me.
"I said he smells just like what I thought my mate would smell like, honey and coffee" then she continued walking out.
"Wait...honey and coffee?".
"Yup" she replied and kept walking.
That seemed odd to me I smelled vanilla and licorice but Melly smelled Honey and coffee.
"That means you weren't scenting Hans earlier" Nissa chimed in.
"It was the scent of who ever he was with before he got to the classroom" Nissa continued.
Well that's odd I wonder who it was, taking my phone from my back pocket I checked the time, and I was late, awesome.
"We could run" Nissa de offered up the idea.
"No not now if I leave school without letting dad know I'll get yelled at again" I sighed and started walking around the corner of the library, I was about fifteen minutes from the law building, my professor would definitely be letting my dad know of my tardiness.
I was walking up the steps to the old brick building when the sharp sound of the attack sirens started blasting throughout the campus grounds.
My legs stopped rooting me in my spot unable to move, and on the edge of the forest where at least a dozen rouges.
I wanted to move I needed to move but I just couldn't.
"Essie go run!! get out of here! now!" I could hear Nissa screaming in my head, but she sounded far away.
The sirens were ear piercing but I could hear something louder like hundreds of voices in my head, the mind link, I guess now that I had a wolf I could hear them.
I watched them creep closer to me Nissa still screaming at me to move.
"Essie what's your position?" a voice pushed through taking over the others.
"D-Dad??" I called down the mind link.
"Yes where are you?"
"The law building they have us surrounded" I replied.
"Aer you inside? Are you safe?" he asked, he sounded out of breath.
"Dad theres so many" fear over taking me.
"Essie-- please tell me your inside" he begged, I could hear the fear and sadness in his voice.
"No" I whispered, dad let out a growl.
"Essie!! get inside now" he was screaming.
"I - I can't there on the steps. It's too late" I replied.
"You need to run or shift and fight till I get there, please Essie!" he was yelling down the mind link.
"D-Dad I can't" he cut me off
"NOW!!! ESSIE NOW!" He ordered, he sounded desperate, I looked around there were so many, it was all out war.
"Nissa!" dad screamed.
"Make her shift, I'm ten minutes out!" that was the last thing he said to me as I felt Nissa push forward warmth flowing through my body and the sharp pain as we shifted, the second Nissa took over 4 large wolves lunged.
Nissa dodged, light as air flipping over them, she started tearing into the rouges ripping flesh from bone.
Two came from up from left side she put them down slashing one in the eyes the other she killed using her fangs to rip out his throat.
We brought down 6 all together but they just kept coming we had a few wounds but nothing major.
"Ryan , Rocky, I'm going to lead them away how far out are you!?" Nissa was in Beta mode and she was amazing, she was made for this.
"understood Beta" many voices rang through my mind, "they called me beta" I whispered in disbelief.
"No they called me Beta" Nissa shouted with pride.
"No your left Beta" Alpha Pascal exclaimed, falling in line with me, followed by the other pack warriors.
We moved as fast as we could but the rouges were getting the better of us, I heard the battle noises getting louder, it was then I saw the familiar sight of my melody, she was fighting the rouges that were attacking the computer science building with a few other students, Harlan, Tyler and Poppy were fighting too, they watched our backs.
I dared take another look at my best friend she was losing blood fast, I needed to get to her.
"No stay I'm fine, I've got this" Melody huffed her pride on the line, I knew she couldn't hold them back much longer, where was dad?
I turned to run to Melody when pain rocked through me as a rouge tore into my right flank, Tyler locked his jaws around the wolf's neck snapping it in half like it was nothing.
Another one jumped on my back taking me to the ground, my body hitting the earth hard knocking the breath from me I groaned.
"Essie are you alright?!" Alpha yelled from above me, he had already finished off several rouges and now he ran towards me, grabbing my scruff pulling me to my feet, I was bleeding everywhere.
"There retreating" I heard dad shout through the link, hearing his voice I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in.
"Any casualty's Ryan?" Alpha asked ripping a smaller rouge to ribbons.
"We lost four Alpha" he whined.
"But the pack house is secure" he added.
"Don't beat yourself up we took action quickly and pushed them back" everyone agreed as the remaining rouges ran away.
Pack warriors picked them off one by one, Nissa looked around at the students that didn't make it inside torn apart not yet at the age to shift, it broke her heart, we felt someone nudge our side, Melody brushed against us for comfort, Darlene her red brown wolf hadn't taken much damage and she had begun to heal.
"Why" she sighed.
"I'm not sure but I froze and we lost so many" I lowered my head in sadness.
"Huh?? what are you talking about? you held the line they didn't even make it to me till you came around the corner to the mall" he said looking lovingly into my eyes, so much pride shining in her yellow brown eyes.
"She's right" father chimed in coming up to us, he must have ran all the way here from the pack house, blood coating his white and gray fur.
"Nissa was amazing" he complimented my wolf making our tail wag wildly.
"But Essie you" he stopped taking a deep breath, "You need more training, you almost got yourself killed, if Nissa hadn't taken over you wouldn't be standing here now" he stated sternly.
My ears drooped, I couldn't deny that I'd almost been taken down.
"But once you came around, you did great"
He continued his expression softening slightly.
"You fought like a true Beta wolf" dad said with a big Wolffish smile.