The Goddess did gift Mates at will to her own liking. Probably thought it was funny.
His mother had picked out the clothes for him to wear, frustratingly annoying to him. Caelan could do that himself, he was not a child. Hadn’t bloody been a child for a very long time. She had glared right at him, pointed one of her long manicured fingers at him and rolled her Luna Aura at him “You will do as your mother tells you. I’m still the Luna around here, till you get one for yourself… Could have one now, if you weren’t so stubborn.”
He’d not wanted to get into an argument with her yet again about Lydia, so he had just frowned at her and said nothing, reigned in his anger, he did not want to Mark or Mate the girl, no matter what every one around him wanted him to do.
Knew it was going to be a sore spot with her father when he arrived today. But Caelan needed other things sorted out in his life before he made that decision. Had actually been thinking about the girl and how attached to him she was, what to do about it.
He’d not made a decision yet. Still needed to wait at this point.
She would not be standing by his side for these Alpha meetings. That much he did know. It would speak volumes if she did, and he did not want that. Was going to have to talk to her father about it. A new alliance would have to be drawn up if she didn’t go home with him, now that he was the Alpha. Caelan was not looking forward to that, the man was definitely going to be pressing for a Mating Alliance for sure.
He was standing on the front steps of the pack-house, had been notified that the first Alpha was at the front gate, Alpha Alfred, Lydia’s father. It did not surprise him that he would arrive a couple of hours earlier than all the others would. Here to see his daughter, no doubt, hadn’t seen her in a couple of months now.
Caelan could feel it, there were eyes on him. Felt for the tether in his mind and knew it was Daisy. It had not escaped his attention that for the past 2 days the woman had been stalking his every move, and with that camera of hers to boot. What she was after exactly he had no idea. She’d stayed well away from him, got a good zoom he thought absently, as he stood there.
He had seen the photos she had taken of his swearing in ceremony. He’d looked like one angry, imposing Alpha. That was fine with him, his pack was not as large as others, but he was not one to be messed with. Not many Alpha’s were, though some more than others.
Caelan knew at this very minute he could feel through his tether to her that she was somewhere down off to his right, tuned his hearing to location and could hear her laughing softly at something she found amusing, likely that she thought he had absolutely no idea about her sneaking around after him for the past 2 days.
Couldn’t actually help it, when his mouth twitched into a smile, as he heard her chuckle at something, it sounded so genuine, she was really happy right this minute, he could hear it, lifted his head though he didn’t want her to know he knew exactly what she was doing right this moment, allowed his eyes to sweep over the pack and right past her position, did not look directly at her.
She was sitting cross-legged under the shade of a large tree, her camera pointed right at him, somewhat hidden by a hedge along the road, her hair was pulled up into a pony tail, she was smiling behind that camera of hers, and she looked very comfortable. Been there a while, he thought.
“Waiting on him, it seemed, she knew he would be out here waiting to greet the arriving Alpha’s What are you smiling at?”
Mason stepped out of the pack-house mind-linking him.
“Nothing of significance,” Caelan responded, yet he could discern the cheerfulness in his tone. Something seldom heard.
“Is she still pursuing you?”’
‘What?’ Caelan asked, a bit confused.
Daisy, still stalking you, you think I hadn’t noticed?Mason fired at him, thoroughly entertained. It was foolish of him to believe he would be unaware of the woman’s whereabouts.
‘Yes’, Caelan admitted ‘Why? Who knows? Do you know?
‘No.’ Mason laughed, and shook his head ‘Her own mission, I have no clue.’
They heard the car coming and his happy mood evaporated just like that. Alpha Alfred was here. He stood and waited for the man to step out of his car.
It did not surprise Caelan in the slightest, that he was met with a frown by the man, or that his son Ryan stepped out of the car after him. He was due to take over their pack on his next birthday, only a few months away. Beta Edward and his son the future Beta Brian also stepped out of the car. None of them greeted him warmly, they were all expecting him to have Marked and Mated Lydia by now.
“Alpha Alfred.” he greeted the man.
“My daughter not with you?” he frowned.
Caelan knew that it would normally be the Alpha and the Luna that would be standing here greeting arriving pack members.
