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Presley's POV 

The internal struggle I felt was no match for the other hardships I had faced. My natural instinct was to go to my mate, to claim them, to make them mine; on the other hand, my brain thought otherwise. To stay back, to run away before he smelled me, or even caught a glimpse.

It quickly became less and less possible that I would get away without the wolves noticing me, my mate began looking around the pasture, noticing that something was awry. The little brown haired pup noticed too, he was a little larger than the other pups, making me assume he was an Alpha pup.

It almost made Ezekial see red. That's not our pup, why is there a pup at our mates feet?

Don't jump to conclusions, you buffoon. I muttered to my wolf. That was one thing I hated about my wolf, sometimes he didn't think logically.

That pup has his scent all over our mate. He growled, mocking the pup who bared his teeth in our direction.

Ezekiel, if you do not stop with this behavior I'm shifting back and you'll have to deal with the repercussions of this incident later on. It was ridiculous, to think that our mate would have waited for us for all these years of the two of us being mateless. I hated that I, too, jumped to the conclusion that our mate had a pup, for all we knew he could also bare the mark of the pup's father.

I swallowed my pride and forcing myself to turn away from them, scared that Ezekiel might actually try something stupid. Each step I took in the opposite direction of my mate hurt, my feet dragged, my heart felt almost cemented down to the ground. It almost felt like I had inadvertently rejected my mate. Only I had gotten a good look at the omega, maybe he didn't notice that I was there...

The sound of leaves cracking made me stop in my tracks- the lemon scent I had been trying to get away from was now flowing through my nostrils. I let out a whine, ducking my head, tucking my ears back.

"Um, hello." The melodic sound of my mate's voice echoed, his voice was soft and sweet, his Italian accent was thick and very apparent. I turned toward him, and words could not describe the beauty in front of me.

He was wrapped in a large robe, or was it a sheet, I couldn't tell, but the stark white color made him look angelic. As if he had come from heaven. He had high, strong cheekbones, his hair was white as winter snow, and his nose was small and pixi like. His pouty, cupid bow lips were a light blush color, his eyebrows were neatly groomed and a darker shade than his natural hair color.

My body heated at the mere sight of him, of the one word he spoke to me, he was absolute perfection. He was unlike any other omega I ever had seen, or anyone really. "Mate?" He tilted his head to the side, trying to show me his submission to me. His neck was free from any marks, meaning he hadn't mated with anyone else. I was going crazy, with all my willpower it took everything in me not to just shift and take him right here.

I then became hyper aware of the pups that surrounded my mates feet. I couldn't link to him, couldn't talk to him. But I could tell by his select words he didn't know much English, so communication would have been limited anyways.

He fell to his knees in front of me, reaching his soft delicate hands out to me, cupping my face. The fur beneath his hands tingled with his touch. Letting out a sigh, I rested my head in his hands.

I had quickly fallen under the spell of my mate's presence, the world melting away from us. He gave me a soft smile, making my heart beat faster.

How could such a fragile creature like him be my mate? I didn't even know his name, but he was perfect.

The larger pup interrupted our moment by nipping at my paws making my head snap down to growl at the little pest. I bared my teeth and the pup did the same, not afraid to challenge me.

My mate grabbed the pup by the scruff of his neck making the pup yowl in response. He said a few words in Italian making me cock my head to the side in curiosity. When he was done scolding the pup he put him on the ground shooing them away.

When the area was clear of the pups my mate spoke up. "Spostare." (Shift) Although I didn't know many words in his native tongue, that was one of the few I did know.

My bones cracked into place as I shifted back into my human form. He was much smaller than I had originally thought, his eyes glazed over my body, looking me up and down slowly, his eyes snapped back upwards and a blush tinted his cheeks. He tried covering his face to hide from me. I chuckled, taking a step forward, grabbing one of his small hands, moving it from his face.

He peaked up at me shyly, his face becoming redder by the second. There was shouting in the distance, but I could care less about the racket while the mate that I had been looking for years for was in front of me. I was speechless, I didn't have any words that I could muster up.

The omega hummed, leaning himself into my embrace. The lemon scent that permeated from him made my mouth water in want. He made me feel like a giant, he was almost the same height as my mom. I hugged him tightly to my chest, enjoying the first few minutes with the beauty in my arms.

Claim him, he's ours. Of course, my idiot wolf would have something stupid to say, and in such an important moment.

(A/N: Friendly reminder to read authors note ;) k thx.) 

If you think I'm going to just take my mate right here and right now, you have something wrong with you Ezekial. I don't even know his name. I snapped back internally, making my wolf huff.

My fingers played with the hair at his neck, making him shiver and nuzzle into my chest.

The shouting got closer, and people, more importantly Alpha Karsen Berger walked through the brush of trees. We snapped from the trance that we were in, I let go of my mate taking a step back from him. When the Alpha approached us he roughly grabbed my mate's shoulder, making me bare my teeth at him. How dare he touch my mate like that? It was as if he had a death wish stamped on his head.

"What the fuck is wrong with you Reid?" Karsen growled, stepping in front of my mate. Blocking my view of the small angel entirely. "Who gave you the right to not only touch my brother, but to also make the pups come back to the packhouse with a warning." The Alpha poked at my chest, speaking through his teeth. His eyes were glazed over with anger, the ire causing his face to turn crimson with anger.

"Your brother?" The words finally processed through my mind, it was as if someone splashed ice cold water down my back.

"Yes my fucking brother," He now pushed me, making me take another step back.

Years... I had gone years without my mate in my life. Not only was he across the world, he was the brother, no he was the son of the people my parents hated the most... I sighed, rubbing my hand over my face, I didn't know what to say after that. The walls that I had quickly tore down, quickly demolished for the small omega behind Alpha Karsen, quickly repaired themselves.

This couldn't be happening.

It couldn't.

All of the worst-case scenarios played out in my head, and I really couldn't see any positives playing from this, from both ends. I know his family hated mine just as mine hated his. For obvious reasons. Ethan Berger had killed my parent's first pup, it was no secret, it was widely known among the packs. The Cervo Davanti pack was almost made a rogue pack when the OPP had been put in place just because of the stunt that their father had pulled.

"È il mio compagno." (he's my mate.) The omega spoke up, making his brother's head whip around.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me..." Karsen let out a sigh. "You've got to be fucking kidding me." He repeated.

"What did he say?"

"How am I not surprised you don't know Italian," He mumbled a few words in Italian. "Stupid American."

"Well damn let me add that on my long list of shit I normally do," I rolled my eyes. "I'm a busy man Berger, it's hard enough to keep up with my normal duties as an alpha, I don't think I have much more room to add speaking Italian on top of it."

"Well he told me he's your mate, so I'd assume you might actually have to take the time to learn how to speak it. That's if my papa doesn't kill you, because once he finds out that Charlie is mated to you, I'm sure he'll want blood. He knows, we know-" He motioned between him and his brother. "That you've slept around and have had your fair share of partners in bed. Charlie, he hasn't even kissed anyone but family on the cheeks."

"Boy, thank you for throwing that in my face, you act like it's my goal and mission to just fuck anyone that walks into my bedroom."

"You sleep with people who don't mind blabbering about it afterward, need I remind you of the last Alpha summit, that one of the beta's that had taken place for her alpha kept saying how good you were in bed?" He quirked his eyebrow. "You act as you can change in one night but you and I both know that Charlie is too good for you."

I looked down at my feet with shame, I knew his words were harsh, but they weren't too far from the truth. The small omega was too good for me, and I knew it. I knew it from the first time my eyes laid on him. He was perfect in every way, and me? I was a curse that came into his life.

"Look, I know I'm not the most ideal choice to be his mate, but the goddess, by some wicked chance, chose for us to be together. So, as much as you, or well your family, or for fucks sake, even him, don't want for us to be together. Fate did. Trust me, I'm not as thrilled about this either, if anything, I want to show a moment of weakness when I have to call my parents and tell them that I'm bringing the child of Ethan Berger home with me."

"The hell you will, you're not taking him from this pack." Karsen furrowed his brows, his jaw clenched.

"Just as you are, I am an Alpha, I cannot leave my pack behind." I took a step forward, puffing my chest out.

"You can reject him, right here right now, no harm no foul." Was he stupid? Did he not know the repercussions of someone rejecting their mate? Apparently, my aunt Ella and her mate Joseph had a rocky start. My mom said that Joseph had rejected her at first, she could have very well died from the heartbreak. My mom, before he was even the luna of the pack, quickly thought of a good way to resolve the issue, and that was to get items from her mate and to practically force her to eat. I couldn't even imagine putting Charlie through something so awful.

"So say I do that, and he dies from heartbreak? Which isn't uncommon for omegas when they're rejected. How would you, or your family feel? I'm not going to do that." I lowered my tone, trying to calm down from the thought.

"He'll be fine, he has us. Me, papa, mom, and Emilio. We're all he needs."

"Is that what he said? Or are you putting that into his mouth for him?"

"Well no... Look, you know what happens to alpha's and omega's shortly after they find their mate... He's not ready for that, papa always made sure the dominant wolves didn't even look in his direction to keep him from getting any unwanted attention. He's as innocent as they get..."

"Look, I honestly feel awful. I didn't wait but you and I both know just like omega's our alpha wolves have their needs and ours can't be restrained as easy as taking us to a cabin in the backwoods of the packhouse. Ours is far more animalistic and persistent, plus, I've thought I was mateless since the age of 20, I'm 24. I didn't expect to find my mate prancing about in a field of flowers when I showed up. This was unpredicted, but it doesn't mean I'm not going to take responsibility for my actions..." I crossed my arms.

"Let's finish this conversation over dinner, hopefully, my papa won't fucking kill you with a steak knife. And possibly not naked, you can get dressed in the training facility." He pointed in the direction of the building. "I think I might need to go bleach my older brother's eyes out to purify them."

"Oh fuck off will you?"

A/N: 

Hello, all of my lovelies! I hope you're doing well. Inksgiving is coming up soon on tapas, so you know what that means right? There's something special brewing!!!

This year I wanted to do something special for my readers during this time. This year I'm giving out prizes!

1st PLACE: The person who donates the most ink will be getting a FREE 6-month subscription to my Patreon for the $7 tier, which is 3 chapters ahead!

2nd PLACE: 3 months FREE of the $5 tier, which is 2 chapters ahead!

3rd PLACE: Last but not least, 1 month FREE $3 tier, which is 1 chapter ahead.

Now, Patreon doesn't have a way to give subscriptions, so- with that said, I will need an email address from the winner for them to claim their prize. I will drop my links down below for you to get ahold of me, the announcement of the winners will be announced on my Twitter and Instagram!!! (This will be on my profile on wattpad if you're unable to click the link)

Now, with that also said, I'm not done. *wags finger* I'm also giving a little love to my Patreon subscribers as well! (US only - we will figure something out for anyone outside of the US) The deadline for Patreon Subscribers will be November the 1st and the drawing will be on November the 9th!!!

What I have in mind for my Patreon subscribers is doing a drawing for 3 people! I will need a shipping address, or if you prefer an email address. This will be for a gift box/gift card giveaway!

I will draw 3 names!  I will record a video and put it up on Patreon for viewers to see!

1st Place: This person will receive a gift box, this will include a candle that I based either Charlie's scent or Presley's scent. (The candles will be from bath and body works, the scents are flannel or sugar lemon.) A personal letter of thanks from me to you, a mug, and some goodies I pack myself inside of there, and a $15 gift card of your choice that I'm able to pick up at a Walmart or Target. A personalized chapter of at least 1000 words with the characters of your choosing. (Disclaimer, the chapter may take time to execute.)

2nd Place: A personalized chapter of at least 500 words with the characters of your choosing. A $15 gift card that can be emailed to you, ex. Amazon, Starbucks, Etc... (Disclaimer, the chapter may take time to execute.)

3rd place: A $10 gift card that can be emailed to you, ex. Amazon, Starbucks, Etc..