A Secret Alpha Mate

(Hailey)

There is the most gorgeous man standing at the top of the stairs. I thought the other Alpha's were hot but this man was something else.

Tall as f**k, dark hair slicked back, blue eyes that seemed to look right through you, his muscles bursting out of his black suit, that I couldn't wait to get off him.

I found my man for the night, and possibly forever. My eyes go dark with **t as I walk up to him and see him staring back at him. He takes a pause and then sniffs the air until he locks eyes on me again.

“Mate,” I say losing control. I've never felt like this before. Holy crap this man was gorgeous.

He walks up to me quickly now and takes a deep sniff of me. He pulls back and looks confused and then sniffs the air around him again.

My legs wobble a little and I lose my balance, he catches me and I look up, his blue eyes looking down at me with 1**t, or was that confusion.

His touch makes me feel hot and suddenly I don't care about the rest of the party, all I want is to bring this man to bed with me immediately.

(Jackson)

I smell the faintest scent of warm cinnamon and vanilla float up to my nose. It was the most comforting scent I've ever smelled and it instantly made me feel relaxed.

What was that scent? My wolf, Flint starts pacing in my head.

I immediately go looking for it, desperate to find out where it was coming from. That's when I hear the soft words, “mate” come out of the girl at the bottom of the step’s lips.

'm instantly drawn back to reality and pause for a second appraising her, skinny, thick brownish-blonde hair pulled into some crazy pile on her head, her features seemed long, and dull eyes a bit too small for her face. She wasn't ugly, but she definitely wasn't my type.

Too much makeup for my liking, I usually preferred a more natural look, but maybe this was for a special occasion? 'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt. There wasn't an immediate attraction but maybe that would grow, I've never h a mate so I wasn't sure exactly what would happen.

I walk up to her and get another soft whiff of that amazing scent. I smell her again, and although she does smell like cinnamon and vanilla it is faint. As if she put on perfume hours ago and it's starting to fade.

I sniff the air around her and smell nothing.

She falls and I catch her, her eyes pooling with [**t as I look at them with confusion.

Could this woman really be destined to be mine? If she was I would do anything to make this work, but something felt off I've seen others find their mates before and they instantly knew. I didn't feel that instant attraction I thought would go w it.

“Alright then, let's let the new couple have a few minutes of peace and I'm sure they will rejoin us when they're ready.’ I look up behind her to see Alpha Benjamin booming in an authoritative but happy tone.

He nods to the omegas at the doors of the ballroom and they open them at the same time.

I didn’t even notice a crowd around us but they start to disperse and gasp at the splendor of the ballroom and all start filtering in to continue the party.

I hear Lucas and Cam approach me slowly.

“You good, man?” Lucas comes around me and grasps my shoulder

Cam stands next to him looking confused as I feel.

“Ym not sure what's going on honestly,” tell them

“You found your mate!” Cam exclaims, but he doesn't sound sure himself.

I slowly release her and make sure she can stand before taking a step back. As I take a step back she takes a step toward: me, and surprisingly the motion annoys me.

“I need to talk to my Beta and Gamma for a moment, please.”

She smiles widely and places a hand on my chest, “I understand the importance of getting advice from your lesser ranke members, being a daughter of an Alpha myself”

Lesser ranked members? Before I had a chance to think about it Cam and Lucas were pulling me into the dining room where only omegas were left cleaning up.

“Do you mind if we sit here for a second?” Lucas asks no one in particular, they all nod and start to head out of the room give us privacy.

“No no no that won't be necessary. Please don't let us interrupt you, pretend like we're not here. Continue with what you were doing, we just need a few minutes and we will be out of your way." Lucas flashes them his award winning smile.

We pull out chairs and the end of the long table and sit down.

“Can 1 get you two anything?” A young girl walks up and asks, I don't even look at her face.

“Do you have any whiskey?" Lucas responds. She nods and turns away, coming back almost immediately with three glasse and a bottle of whiskey from the bar area behind us. She goes to pour it but Lucas takes it from her, “We got it from here, darling” He says with a wink, 1 look up enough to see her blush and turn away.

“50...” Lucas says, swirling the whiskey around his glass, letting that word hang in the air.

“I have no idea. I smelled something and thought it was coming from her but I can’t be sure. I swear it's the scent of my mate, I've never smelled anything like it

“Maybe it was a perfume she was wearing?” Cam suggests.

“It was more than that, it was more than the scent, it was a feeling attached to it” I try to explain, but I can’t find the wor to accurately describe it. Neither of them were mated so they weren't much help in this department.

I glare down at my whiskey glass before knocking the entire thing back in a sip. Maybe I'm just so desperate to find my mate, my Luna, that my mind is playing tricks on me.

The omegas continue to clean around us and one of them opens a side door to carry plates away. I suddenly get a whiff c that scent again, it's faint but I know I'm not imagining it now. I stand up and follow the scent to the kitchen to the shock the omegas.

The blonde barbie is immediately at my side, “What can I get for you, Alpha? I'll bring it up to you you don't have to look it down here with these" She gestures her hand around to the omegas her word getting stuck in her mouth, “People” She finishes.

Cam and Lucas are behind me now, “I just had to check something, do you mind?” I say distracted, not wanting to lose th scent.

She shakes her head and takes a step back still looking confused, Lucas shrugs at her.

I continue to sniff but the scent keeps eluding me. I get a trail of it for a second and then its gone, it's hard to keep up wi all these different scents of food and people in the kitchen.

A door opens to a hidden staircase and I get another faint smell before it closes. I tear the door open and the scent gets stronger as I follow it up a narrow staircase, It opens to a small hallway and the scent keeps getting stronger until it lead: me and into a cramped room.

The scent is overpowering here and I follow it to where it's the strongest.

Mate - Flint howls in my head.

I can't help the wave of emotion that washes over me. She's here. I found her.

The last mattress on the floor of what looks like it's supposed to be a bedroom, with five, six, six other beds? Lucas and cam are behind me and we all barely fit in the room standing.

“What is this place?” Lucas looks around disgusted

“Is this supposed to be a bedroom? This is disgraceful” I can hear Cam's anger in his voice echoing the anger I felt.

“A bedroom for seven people,” I respond, touching the mattress where my mate sleeps. I picked up her pillow and smelle it and the warm calming feeling washes over me. This is it, I found my mate.

“I found her” I get up smiling at them triumphantly.

“Yes, man!” Cam cheers, “Let's go get our Luna” I smile at the thought, I finally have my Luna.

“And you said this weekend wouldn't be fun.” Lucas smiles at me. I can't help smile back, I've never been happier in my li Now 1 just need to officially meet her.