Presley's POV

I hated when my parents would ask that question, if I was interested in someone I would be with them. I had several flings, and that's all they were, flings.

Meaningless sex, no feelings attached, no sparks.

Sometimes it was like an itch that couldn't be scratched, especially when I fell into a rut, my wolf wanted more and more each time.

At times I wondered if I should just settle down with a submissive wolf, although I wasn't attracted to any of them. It would appease my pack members, my council, and most importantly my family. I mainly slept with dominant wolves or submissives, I couldn't find it in me to ever touch an omega, let alone sleep with one.

In my eyes, I wasn't attracted to omega's, they were small compared to my 6'4 self, I felt as if I would break them. In my mind, I couldn't even come up with a clue on what second gender my mate would be... I never cared about their first gender because, in reality, it was all the same. If I'd been asked years ago, when I had first turned eighteen, my answer would have been a sweet submissive wolf. A beautiful wolf that would rule the pack by my side. The perfect Luna. At one point and time, I could have possibly seen myself with an omega, but now I felt tainted.

Many omega's chose not to have sex before mating even when they were in heat, just for the fear of getting pregnant with someone that was not their mate. Not all omega's chose to do so, but many did. I would feel as if I were doing them wrong, having had so many partners in my time being without them.

Sighing, I gave my dad an uninterested look. "Obviously not, or I would have brought them here." I finally replied.

"Well, your mom and I aren't getting any younger. It seems like Adam will give us grandchildren with his mate before you do." My dad crossed his arms over his chest.

"At least he has his mate. What if my mate is a dominant male? What then?" I asked pointedly.

Giving me a sympathetic smile he responded, "I would be happy that you found your mate and that our family got one person added to the crazy mess that is us. I know there are other ways to have an alpha child, son. Hell, even if your brother just so happens to have one, and you and your mate would be happy just being together, that's all I would care about, kid." He sighed, "You're just so far into your work, I see you living no life... I want you to have time to enjoy yourself, to enjoy having someone to share that time with."

I swallowed, biting down on my lip. When my dad would talk like this, it made me long for the time where I was nervous on my eighteenth birthday hoping to find my mate. When it didn't happen, I waited, and waited, giving up after a couple of years.

"Well thank you for that, but honestly I'm content with how things are going right now. Maybe after a while, I'll actively seek out someone to mate with."

Giving me a solemn look, he nodded in response.

I knew he only wanted what was best for me, and honestly right now, being alone didn't bother me. I wasn't held back because of a relationship. I didn't have to worry about anyone when I traveled to other packs to conduct audits. I didn't have to think about my actions and how they could affect my mate.

Everything was alright in my eyes.

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When I landed in Italy, the first thing I wanted to do was stretch my legs and go for a run in my wolf form. Although there was still an hour's drive to the Cervo Davanti pack. One thing I hated most about traveling was the time change, I was exhausted although it was morning.

Once I got my bags I began looking for the beta, Andres, of the pack who was supposed to drive me to their pack. The young beta leaned himself up against the wall, barely holding onto the sign with his index and middle finger. He looked very uninterested in the world around him and was more concerned with his cell phone.

I rolled my eyes and approached the young wolf that stood a couple of inches below me, black hair, olive skin tone, and a lean muscular build. "Um, you're Andres right?" I asked him, pointing at his small piece of paper with my name on it.

"So you're the infamous alpha, right?" Andres raised an eyebrow, finally showing interest, doing a once over of me. "You look a little less bigger than I thought you would." He shrugged his shoulders, motioning for me to follow him. "I don't know why Karsen is so afraid of you."

"Karsen has fought with me," I chuckled, "I think that might have a big role to play in that."

"He's wimp, I can take you on." Andres scoffed, although English wasn't his first language, I noticed that he was pretty well versed, more than I could speak in Italian. Although my dad tried to get me to learn other languages it would never stick to me.

I bit my lips from trying to keep my laughter in, "I mean if you wanna give it a shot, I'll be here two weeks."

"Game on." Andres turned around, giving me a thumbs up and a wink.

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The ride to the pack was silent, I couldn't help but admire the sights I saw. The beautiful countryside was a sight on its own. When we reached the back roads, we pulled off into a wooded area. I gritted my teeth when we passed over the border of the Cervo Davanti pack. My instinct was to challenge the Alpha of the pack for the territory, as he probably wanted to do as well the second I passed over his borders.

"We're almost there..." Andres noticed me shifting in my seat uncomfortably.

"I can tell," I responded through gritted teeth, trying to hold the growl down that Ezekial wanted to let out. I balled my hands up into fists, I could feel my talons dig into the palm of my hands.

"Alpha says if you want you can run, to give wolf time to stretch his legs." He tapped his temple, indicating that Karsen had linked him. "Just let me know, I stop." Andres glanced over to me before directing his dark brown eyes back to the road.

"Please, I don't think I can be confined in the car much longer."

The car lurched to a stop and Andres nodded to me, letting me get out of the car.

"Dinner will be in two hours, Karsen says he will find you." I nodded, opening the car door, ripping off my shirt. Letting myself transform into my large wolf form.

Finally, My wolf Ezekial linked to me. Do you know how hard it is to just be complacent? Let's go rip that Alpha's head off.

You're a bigger idiot than I thought, we're here to do the audit, you knew about this a month ago. How do you always forget the important things but you probably surely remember the last time we slept with someone, probably by the minute. I mentally rolled my eyes, wanting facepalm. Of all wolves I've interacted with, mine seemed to be the most ignorant idiot. Unfortunately, I got stuck with the bastard for life.

Sure do, she was kinda ugly though. You could have done better. He barked, trekking through the woods. The climate different here, the air felt a little clearer, Ezekial loved the different areas. She was able to handle more than the others though, would give her that much. Though I still can't wait to go in raw, other wolves tell me how good it feels.

Yeah, no. I don't want children just yet. We have so much to accomplish before we have a spawn running around.

Like finding a mate? So that way I can breed them, but your small brain can't even come up with a mental image of our mate. He huffed. I imagine a beautiful omega, that way I can breed them with my alpha pups.

That'll never happen. I'm not even attracted to omega's. I responded.

Then what's that smell? He asked, looking around. We were somewhere in the thick of the wooded area, I could hear running water with our sensitive hearing. I took in a deep breath of air and the strong scent of sweet lemons caught me off guard. Hm?

There's not any lemon tree's around, but I smell lemons, sweet lemons, like lemon pie or lemonade. I responded, thinking nothing of it.

And you call me an idiot, he snorted. What do you feel?

I mean, my stomach feels kinda funny. Maybe it was the airline food?

You always bitch and bitch about me and how I don't use my head. Well, the right one. Y'know mom always would say that dad smelled like whiskey and oak, dad would say mom smelled like coconut and honey.

Okay, and what does tha- It then dawned upon me.

I was near my mate, that funny feeling in my stomach was the bond pulling me to them. After years and years of searching, I was just a quick run to them. I almost wanted to back out and cower away.

Unfortunately, Ezekial did not have the same feelings and he was weaving through the trees, jumping over any obstacle in our way. His head was filled with perverted thoughts, such as wanting to fuck our mate into the ground.

The scent got stronger the closer we got to the person that I had stopped looking for years ago was just a moment away. Ezekial let out a growl, ducking his head down as we reached the edge of the forest.

In the clearing, there were a bunch of pups running around a small but older white wolf. The source of the smell.

My mate was an omega...

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