Shelby's pov

I made a group with Andrew, Amanda, and Trevor, through the whole class period I could feel someone staring at me. I had missed talking to Andrew and Trevor so I let it slide but I would pay careful attention to who had been watching me, he had some nerve. He probably thinks I did not catch him checking me out in the hallway, but he wasn't exactly subtle. Just because he is my Alpha later tonight and there will be a huge ceremony and party gives him no right to kiss me then walk out after I had fallen asleep then stare at me in the hall as he did. I was not like every other girl in this school, I refused to fall to his feet and beg him to go on a date with me. I mean I would love to date him and could not get that kiss out of my head, but I refused to see him as anything other than my future alpha.

"Class dismissed," Eric said. "Ms. Bolton may I see you after class," Eric was gripping the desk.

Amanda gave me a look; I knew that there was something going between the two of them. She was lucky to have met her mate already, we were old enough to meet our mates, but my wolf was still too young to sense ours even if he had been in the same room as me. I would have to wait for a little bit about a month before I would know who my mate was.

Amanda's POV:

"Mr. Evans," I said, my heart was pounding, I knew who he was before he even opened the door. I was terrified, I had waited for so long for my mate and we had a very special predicament that most people do not have. Though he was only a couple of years older than me he was my teacher and I was only in high school.

"Amanda, what class do you have next?" Eric asked.

"English, why?" I asked.

"Can I write you a pass?"

"Yes, I mean no. It is the first day of school and I do not want to make a bad first impression," I said.

"Smart and beautiful. Can I drive you home after school?"

"Yes, I'll see you then," I said.

James's POV:

When school finally ended, I walked out of my car which just happened to be parked right next to Shelby. She had brought her flashy car, the one that she had taken to the mall the day before. Her father had always bought her the best of everything she could ever need or want.

"You did not have to walk me to my car, I can find it and I am more than capable of protecting myself against unmated males," Shelby said to Trevor as she approached her car.

"Well, I had an alternate reason for walking you to your car. I am anxious to learn the answer to the question I asked you earlier today," Trevor said but he was looking at me, he knew I loved her. "I want to date you and you promised me an answer by the end of the day," Trevor turned to her, looking her in the eyes.

"Yes, I did promise you an answer," Shelby paused, finally noticing that I was standing nearby. "Got a problem with privacy dumbass?" Shelby asked addressing me.

"Not particularly but in all honesty, I don't particularly like you being alone with him," I answered sending a glare at Trevor.

"Who I am alone with is none of your concern James, you are not in control of me," Shelby said back. I leaned back onto my car to watch the rest of their conversation, I had to drive Trevor to the packhouse to prepare for tonight's celebration.

"So, will you be my girlfriend?" Trevor asked Shelby again.

"Let's go on a date and I will answer after. I don't really believe in dating outside of mates, but I suppose it would not hurt. I mean if I meet him, we could always break up," Shelby answered.

"Does tomorrow after school, work?"

"Yea we could go see that new movie that you were talking about earlier in homeroom,"

"Great now you two have a date can we go now, we have a lot to do," I said in an annoyed tone, I can not believe she agreed to go on a date with him.

"Yes Mr. Alpha, you can go set up for your birthday party," I said annoyed that I had interrupted their moment. Then Trevor did something that royally pissed me off, did he have a death wish, he leaned in and kissed her. She giggled as he pulled away looking directly at him, but his eyes had shifted to me struggling to keep my wolf contained, he had a smug look on his face that would be wiped off as soon as we got into my car.

"See you later beautiful," Trevor said opening the door for her.

"Bye Trevor," She said getting into her car and starting her car. She started it up listening to the revving on the engine, it was one of her favorite sounds, I would often catch her closing her eyes listening to it. It was only for a couple of seconds before she drove away heading back to her house.

"What the fuck dude?" I said as soon as she was out of sight.

"Oh, were you planning on asking her out? I did not think that you were ever going to get around to asking her out," Trevor mocked.

"Fuck off man, I was going to ask her out on her birthday, but she was in the middle of her first shift so there were more pressing things,"

"You have been trying to get with her forever, just tell her how you feel man, oh wait she hates you for choosing Thomas," Trevor laughed.

"Get in the fucking car jackass?" I opened the car door for him and slammed it when he got in.

"Rude," he replied when I got in.

"You know who she is to me, she is my fucking mate dude. How the hell could you ask her out right in front of me two times in one day," I say as I start the car.

For most of the ride, we sat in silence, when we got home Trevor had a meeting with my father. I walked him to his office and knocked on the door, "Dad, Alpha Trevor is here to see you," I called through the door.

"Send him in," my dad called back. I opened the door and Trevor walked in, greeting my dad formally. I left to find my mother in the kitchen, she loved cooking for the pack, she was in every sense of the word a mother.

"Hey mom, can I talk to you?" I asked when I walked into the kitchen.

"Yea what's up?" she replied walking to wipe off her hands.

"I just do not know what to do and you have always given me the best advice," I said as we walked up the stairs.

"This is about Shelby isn't it, she is your mate, right?"

"How did you know? I have only told a couple of people,"

"You sneak out every night and her father has informed me that you had brought her home for her first shift. It only took me so long to put the two together, you had always liked her, or at the very least admired her. She is strong, beautiful, and brave," My mother had always known what to say and what was going on.

"Ok, I get your point. She will be the perfect Luna, but she agreed to go out with Trevor, her wolf is not old enough to recognize me as her mate. If she were a normal wolf my touch would not have affected her at all, but she is a white wolf, so my touch drives her crazy,"

"I don't need the details. Do you know what she is mixed with?"

"Probably an angel, she is a white wolf. So, her legendary half must be pure," I explained.

My mother sighed, "My son, don't you have training soon," she said, and I realized how late I was.

"Shit," I said grabbing my gear and ran out the door.

"Language young man," my mother screamed after me.

Shelby's POV-

"I can not believe that jackass is late," I said waiting in the woods by the lake. Amanda had reminded me about the practice five minutes before the practice was set to start.

"He is normally late, but he also usually shows up in his wolf, so it is usually a show," Amanda said amused.

"Gross," I gagged.

"You still like him,"

"No, I do not,"

"Yes, you do, you are trying to cover it up with hate and disgust, you only agreed to go out with Trevor to get back at James for being with another girl the other day at the mall," Amanda countered.

"I...I don't know what you are talking about,"

"OK sure," Amanda said. "He is on his way, give it five minutes," I could hear his paws pounding.

"How's Mr. Evans?"

"What do you mean?"
"He is your mate right?"

"I am his student first," Amanda said blushing. "We can not do anything, it would be inappropriate," Amanda stuttered out.

"You are such a bookworm, but I understand your position," I said to her, she was my best friend and a straight-A student. I am glad that Eric was her mate, he was perfect for her, I had trained with him several times.

"Sorry that I am late," James said causing me to turn around and turn right back around to face Amanda who had turned around seconds before he arrived.

"GOD James put on some clothes," I screamed. 'He has a nice 6-pack and it was like every muscle in his body was constantly in the gym,' Oh my god what was I thinking.

'I heard that,' James's voice echoed in my head. Which caused me to turn around and look into his eyes.

"If you guys are going to make out, I'm going to start my training over here," Amanda said walking away to do her training.

"I'm not going to make out with him. He is gross and repulsive," I screamed after her.

"Gross and repulsive, good one love," James whispered in my ear, I could feel the heat radiating from his body.

"Step away please," I whispered not actually wanting him to step away. His body heat was so comforting, for some reason reminded me of home. 'Kiss me' was all I was thinking.

"I still heard that," James said as he looked down to my lips, his eyes filled with desire and I could not have wanted to kiss him more than I did at that moment. "Then kiss me," His lips were brushing against mine and I could not help but kiss him. The kiss was just as intense as the one the night before, the way he kissed me back was like a fire that was hot but also calm and made it impossible to stop. I did not even want to stop kissing him, I wanted him.

"James," I said breaking the kiss temporarily.

"We should start your training," James said looking at my lips. "You're mine, Scarlet. You are the only one who does not see it," James back up just enough to still make me want to kiss him.

"I am not yours; you just have some charm that is irresistible," I said realizing my mistake as soon as it comes out.

"So, you find me irresistible," James's voice sounded so cocky, and the smirk on his face.

"Shut up," I growled.

"Let's start," James said still smirking.

"About time," Amanda said walking back over to join us. "Shelby get in the water," Amanda ordered.

"Wait why?" James questioned.

"Just watch," Amanda said confidently.

I stepped toward the water, "Guys, I don't have any other clothes," I said scared of how James would reply. 'Why am I scared? I don't care what he thinks,' I thought to myself as I took another step toward the water.

"Don't worry babe. I brought extras," James said winking. I kept walking toward the water, I reached the edge and took off my shirt and bra so that I would at least have a dry one for when I got out. "Thanks for the show," James shouted.

"Only the first one is free, after that she charges," Amanda jokes.

"Not funny," I said losing my balance falling backward into the water after slipping back into my t-shirt. The water was so cold, but it felt comforting like my mother's hug. I heard her voice again; it was like she was connected to the water.

"Listen to them, learn to trust James. He is your mate," My mother said.

"That is not possible for anyone to know. I am not old enough yet,"

"Your wolf is not old enough, but your angel knows,"

"My angel? Mom am I a hybrid?" I asked.

"Child there is much you do not know about yourself or the life I lived with your father. Maybe it is time you stopped hating him and you talk to him?"

"He let them take you, how can I not hate him?"
"He was protecting you at my request,"

"Why?"
"Our time is up my child, I will see you again soon, I promise" with those words she vanished as she had never been there in the first place.

An angel, that did not seem very likely, but she had never lied to me before. I thought that pure breeds like angels did not mate with wolves. I was unaware that they even had mates, I guess I should probably study up on other species.

The water went cold, and I became very aware of how long I had been underwater; I swam to the top. James was at the edge of the water staring with worry etched on his face.

"Your face will get stuck like that if you don't change it dumbass," I said.

"You really are something, you know that beautiful?" James smirked.

"I'm not yours so stop calling beautiful,"

"Yes, you are," Amanda chimed in. "Can we start her angel training now?"

"How did you know?" James asked not taking his eyes off me.

"Her heart, she hides it from everyone but me. I am her best friend," Amanda challenged James.

"I am her mate," James growled back, he did not like to be challenged.

"No, you are not," I screamed. "Stop talking like I am not here! What the hell was that? I just had my dead mother talk to me about hybrids, so if you could please explain what is going on, I would love to hear what is happening to me," I ranted on the verge of tears. I quickly blink the tears away; Amanda is the only person who has seen me cry and I plan on keeping it that way.

"Well it is a little complicated, I can not see what your special ability is yet. Your mother was water, which is probably why you see her when you are in the water. I can heal others and I can read the makeup of genetic codes to tell which wolves are hybrids and their abilities. James for example, his Alpha gene makes him bigger, faster, and stronger. His wolf is a pure breed, but his wolf still has powers which confused me at first but then we learned that it has to do with the royal blood that all Alphas carry. You know from the dark ages?" Amanda explained geeking out a bit.

"So, you knew this whole time and never told me?" I was hurt by the fact, but I suppose it made sense.

"I was under strict orders not to tell anyone; unlike you, I am genetically wired to obey my Alpha. I would have told you if I could,"

"Was this you?" I looked at James. I could not believe that he would have the nerve to hide something like this from me.

"Why would I hide this from you? Shelby, I love you. Whether you believe me or not, this order came from my father. I had nothing to do with this," James argued.

"Why do you keep saying that you love me? Why do you kiss me and confuse me? I do not understand. Don't you have enough girls that fall at your feet, why do you need to have me? Why are you incapable of leaving me alone? What do you find so entertaining about messing with people's heads? Why me?" I asked.

"Amanda," he said. She nodded and just left. "I have told you the truth many times and you just refuse to believe that. I am your mate. I have been holding back for two years, do you have any idea what it is like to want someone so badly, but you are too young to be able to recognize me as your mate. Two years. I have tried to not think about you and tried to play your little hate game but deep down you know that you love me too. You think I can not read your thoughts just because I am not Alpha yet. I have been able to see your darkest desires, what you want, how you really feel," He held eye contact.

How could he be telling the truth, there is no way that he could read my mind, see everything that I think throughout the day. That would be impossible. "No, it can not be true or even possible. I...I..."
"I know you hate me, but why this time? Because you can not stand how I kiss you or because I actually am making sense? Because you can not stand seeing me with other girls, you absolutely hate it. I know you do; I feel the same way when you get close to Trevor," James stepped closer to me. "I love you," James whispered. "Also, you might want to cover your wings before anyone sees. I think it is cute how they change colors," James said backing up and turning around.

"Wings?" I looked behind me and sure enough, I had huge feathery wings like an angel that were tinted a pinky red. "James, what the fuck?" I screamed.

"They have been there since you came out of the water. Don't worry Amanda can help you with them," James said calmly.

"You sent her away dickface," I countered.

"Only temporarily, she will be back soon," James said. "We should get to know each other in the meantime. What is your favorite color?" He was so calm.

"Green. Why are we doing this?"

"I want to get to know you better. I could command you to do it or you could play along and answer the question," James threatened.

"Ass. Fine, what is your favorite color?"

"Red, it happens to be a lucky color for me," James said staring at me. "What is your favorite movie?"

"I have not seen any in a long time. Probably Captain America? What type of music do you like?"

"How long has it been since you went to the movies?"

"Isn't it your turn to answer the question?"
"I do not have a preference, your turn,"

"A couple of months, I don't remember,"

"Are you finally getting along?" Amanda asked. "I hope you don't mind me interrupting your game,"

"I just have one more question for Shelby, if you don't mind?" James said.

"Not at all, go right ahead," Amanda said.

"Will you give me the same deal as Trevor? One date for each of us and then you make the decision on who to date,"

I looked into his eyes he was begging; it was rare to see an Alpha beg. "Ok, one date. Then I will decide,"

"Thank you, princess," James turned to Amanda. "Wings please,"

"On it," Amanda looked at my wings which were now bright pink. "Are they always that color?"

"No, they change color, I believe that it has to do with her emotions,"

"Still here," I said annoyed.

"Right sorry," Amanda looked at my wings. "I have helped many people hide many different gifts, but I have never seen wings like these. They are angelic and like the ones from the ancients. I'll try my best, but I do not know if I can help this one,"