Chapter 4
Mate
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POV: Shea Vestine

“Huh?” Shea unconsciously asked – her hand was still in her chest.

She was trying to calm her raging nerves, but her ears were so deaf to the loud booming sound because of the fast beating of her heart. Her hands were cold and sweaty – as her apprehension intensified.

Shea couldn’t believe that their new Alpha was in front of her and talking to her too!

She must be dreaming!

Denver chuckled at her foolish reaction. She blushed profusely and slightly bowed her head while biting her lower lip.

And that gave her a confirmation of reality – she wasn’t dreaming at all.

Shea tried to calm herself. She didn’t want to suddenly shift into her wolf form and humiliate herself more.

She let out an inaudible sigh.

“The moon is glistening so brightly in the night sky, huh?” Alpha Denver calmly said.

His voice was certainly just so gentle and comforting. It was the first time that someone had given her this kind of kindness aside from her parents and Carrie.

Her eyes slowly moved towards where the Alpha was. He was standing sideways while his both hands were inside his pockets. He looked so dashing and that made him more attractive in her eyes.

Slowly, she felt like the awkwardness she felt a while ago suddenly vanished. She began to realize how gorgeous this man was – evading the nervousness she felt a while ago.

He was certainly tall with a well-toned body. He was slightly tanned with dark brown hair that almost reached his nape made him a bit more charming and mysterious. His proud nose matched his luscious thin lips and perfect jaw. His soulful gray eyes seemed to glow under the moonlight – mirroring a thousand unspoken words and giving her the intensity and ambiguity at the same time.

Shea bit her lower lip as she was lost in the beauty that was presented in front of her. But her cheeks burned when he suddenly turned towards her and caught her gaping at him.

“Am I disturbing you? Do you want me to go?” Denver's cold but soothing voice rang in her ears, lulling her.

She slightly shook her head – secretly hoping that he would stay.

She wanted him to stay.

“Uhm, y-you… you can s-stay.” She stammered and just focused her eyes on the moon.

Shea let out a deep sigh – calming herself.

She shouldn’t be too clumsy, and she must not ruin the moment.

Besides, he was the new Alpha of the pack – and she’s just a mere servant omega.

Shea felt her heart sunk down just by thinking about it. However, her father’s words resonated in her mind saying that she shouldn’t let her insecurities not the status of life caged her confidence. She must be strong, be humble, just, and sure of who you were.

She suddenly missed her father so much.

“I’m Denvereaux Thorne, by the way. But you can just call me Denver.” That made her eyes move towards where the kind Alpha was.

He was staring at her, and that made her a bit conscious of herself. He raised his hand for a handshake, and her eyes widened in shock at that.

Shea was a bit hesitant, but she slowly raised her hand to shake his hand.

“Uh, I… I know.” She hesitantly replied.

Denver let out a slight chuckle.

“Oh, yeah. I’m sorry it always makes me nervous when a beautiful woman is in front of me. But don’t think of me as a playboy, okay? I rarely see a gorgeous woman like you.” He charmingly explained – causing her to blush profusely.

Her heart was beating wildly inside her chest – making her stomach flutter.

“And you are?” Denver smilingly inquired.

Shea swallowed the lump in her throat as she tried to refrain herself from stammering.

“I… uhm, I am Shea Vestine.” She tried to give him a small smile to lighten up the tension that was building inside her.

But the moment their hands met; they both felt a sudden electricity that instantly enveloped them. Her dark brown eyes turned even darker, and his gray eyes instantly turned a darker shade – even close to black.

Shea gasped at the peculiar feeling that she felt, and based on Denver’s reaction, she knew that he felt that, too.

She instantly pulled her hand back, but Denver held it tightly – but she could still feel the gentleness in his touch.

“Uhm…” The awkwardness she felt intensified, but nothing came out of her mouth that she closed it again.

“Can you call my name, Shea?” He calmly requested.

Shea bit her lower lip. She couldn’t deny that the man in front of her could give her such strange and new emotions she couldn’t comprehend. And the longer she held her hand – the more her inner wolf became restless.

“B-But I… I c-can’t do that.” She whispered and looked down – on the rocks they were both stepping in.

“You can. And you can call me now. I want you to call my name now. Or I will kiss you right here and then.” He playfully said those words, and her eyes bulged from their sockets because of shock.

Her lips turned agape while she unbelievingly stared at him. Her heart was thumping so hard inside her chest.

Shea didn’t know whether Denver was just toying with her, or he was just really serious with what he was saying. But her heart was jumping with both glee and excitement, which she believed that she shouldn’t be feeling.

It was not right for her to feel that way. She shouldn’t feel that way, but she couldn’t stop herself either.

But her emotions intensified, and her foxy eyes widened more the moment he pulled her closer to him. Her chest bumped with his. She saw how his eyes turned black, and she knew that hers darkened, too.

“W-What are you doing to m-me?” She managed to whisper – with her low and strained voice.

Denver swallowed hard – making the bone in his neck move.

Shea bit her lower lip, and his eyes moved towards it, and it made her tremble in excitement.

‘God! What was I thinking?’ She castigated herself in her mind.

“I should be asking you the same thing.” Denver’s voice was soft and calming – more of like hypnotizing every bit of her.

“D-Denver…” She unconsciously called his name.

Her eyes moved away because of the insolent action she took. She shouldn’t have done that. He was the Alpha of their pack, and she was just a mere servant omega. She shouldn’t be calling him by his name.

But Denver stared at her – like it was melting her. She couldn’t stand his eyes, but Denver put his thumb and index finger under her chin to make her look at him.

“Look at me.” He seriously commanded, which made her snap her eyes towards him.

“I know that you felt that, too. And I want to know more about you, Shea. You caught my attention, and I won’t let this pass. You are my mate.” Denver declared, and before she could even process everything, he had left her dumbfounded.

Shea didn’t know how long she had been standing there – alone. She couldn’t feel the fear or the anxiety of being there alone. Because all that was running through her mind was the words that he had told her before he vanished from her sight.

“I know that you felt that, too. And I want to know more about you, Shea. You caught my attention, and I won’t let this pass. You are my mate.”

Shea blinked her eyes.

‘What was he saying?’

Shea couldn’t comprehend what the heck was happening.

“I know that you felt that, too. And I want to know more about you, Shea. You caught my attention, and I won’t let this pass. You are my mate.”

His voice lingered in her head once again.

‘You are my mate…’

That particular line repeatedly ran through her head – like a mantra that was echoing repeatedly again and again.

“He is my mate?”

Shea’s eyes widened.

“Can that be true? He is my mate?” She trembled at the thought in her mind.

“Oh, my God…” She whispered under her breath as she leaned against the huge rock – her legs were trembling, and her mind was a mess.

But then, she knew that her heart was beating like crazy inside. She didn’t know whether to believe what he had just said. But all that she might do was to just hope for it to be true.