Alpha Zander
Chapter 22

We sat and talked for about an hour, the sun set long ago. It was getting colder in the evenings now being so close to winter.

It didn’t so much bother us shifters but we could feel the nip in the air.

The more I got to know Ashleigh the more strongly I felt about her, I have never felt love before, not from a girlfriend or any of my f**k girls at least, they may have loved me or my status but I always was explicit in my intentions, everyone knew wolves have mates, and I was not going to give mine up for some one night stand or some girlfriend I could barely stand or knew.

I tried not to make her uncomfortable, she was still sitting so stiffly on the other side of the lounge, not even budging to move closer to me. I was a bit surprised she didn’t lean into me and relax a bit more, I’ve felt the itch to be closer to her all evening.

‘Kia says she wants to know us before doing anything further’ Jace mumbles answering my thoughts for me.

That makes sense I guess I responded to him.

I remembered the comment Kia made before about going for a run and meeting Jace, maybe that will help her relax a bit more.

“Would you like to go for a run around the backwoods?” I asked.

“Um, sure, are we allowed to be out there?”

I nodded, “yep, the back woods are a national park, you need a permit to be in there so it should be ok for us to go for a run for a little while, I saw a stream before heading into town so there might be a water hole they can swim in if you want.”

“Sure, I have to be back home in an hour and a half, if you think that will be enough time then happy to do that. Kia would love to have a run and meet Jace. Although I don’t have a change of clothes to swim this time, maybe next time if we are going to be meeting here more regularly.”

“that’s fine too” I shrugged, I jumped up and grabbed her hand helping her up, she seemed a bit startled at the action when helping her up. “Come on, if we don’t have much time let’s head out now then”

I lead her to the back door next to the kitchen, as we stepped out the moonlight shone through the thick trees.

The backyard was very much the same as the front, all overgrown trees and shrubs you could barely move except for a little paved pathway out towards the back woods.

I held onto her hand and moved towards the back, I could feel Jace getting all excited to be let out and meet Kia officially.

They can communicate on some level now but not huge amounts since we weren’t marked, but it would be nice for them to meet in each other’s forms.

We passed another date through to the open woods, I turned around to face her to see if she was ready to shift she stood there looking a bit confused.

“What’s wrong?

“

“l erm don’t have any other clothes..” she mumbled.

I frowned, looking at her trying to decipher what she meant.’ she doesn’t want you to see her n*ked’ Jace rolled his eyes at me.

“Ohh, ok umm I’ll turn around and you can shift” f**k.

I wanted to steal a look I’ve been dying to know what her t**s are like.

‘don’t let her know you’ve been thinking that’ Jace teased.

“Just take it easy with Kia, Ashleigh still has to be comfortable with everything you do’ I warned him as his emotions became more prominent, with lvst and excitement overpowering.

I turned around to let her strip and shift, Jace pushed forward to shimmer into our black fur, and within seconds I was on all fours.

I could feel Kia moving around behind me, she n!pped on Jace’s tail letting him know she was ready. Kia is a bit more playful and relaxed nature than Ashleigh. I stayed at the back of my mind and let Jace take the lead just watching through his eyes as he chased and played with Kia.

I still had a little bit of control but when we are in his form he has more control. I don’t mind we are equal, we share a body we have to be on the same team and terms on how things run.

If one side is more overpowering than the other it can cause huge problems later on. Previously if the wolf has more control over the body than the human they can turn feral especially if they don’t have a mate to ground them back to reality.

This usually happens if someone’s mate has passed or a person has been rejected. The wolf will lose meaning and takes control of the human side.

It is rare to be rejected, and it is rare to not have a mate, especially more so nowadays considering everyone knows about the supernatural and all the rules and laws around mates it makes it a lot easier to replace your mate.

Kia and Jace run around for about 40 minutes to an hour, I think both of them enjoy being out in the open and peace, with no responsibilities, no drama, and no issues.

It’s just us.

There are times like this I wish I wasn’t the Alpha Heir, that I could just be a kid and be myself, and maybe our situation won’t be as hard as it is, but at the end of the day, I’m still the Alpha, I have responsibilities, I have a pack, My Dad, everyone relying on me.

I have no idea how we are going to bring up the subject of moving forward when it is the right time.

l just hope my father won’t make me reject her, l am already liking her so much and so is Jace, he would never choose someone else in replacement of Ashleigh now especially since he has met.

After a while of playing around in the trees, I tell Jace we need to head back so she can go home to her family. He grumbles but gives in heading back in the direction of the house.

Ashleigh hides behind a tree and quickly gets changed while I just stand there getting changed in the open.

“Thanks for that, Kia loved it” She smiled.’

“Any time so did Jace, maybe next time it can be longer.” I shrugged.

I lead her back through the cottage and to the front door,” Don’t you need any help cleaning up?” she asked.

“It’s all good, all throw away so it won’t take any time at all”

She nodded opening the front door and turning around to face me. “Thanks for tonight, It was nice to just sit and chat.”

I nodded in response agreeing with her.

I moved my hand closer to her testing the waters to see what she was comfortable with, maybe a goodnight k!ss?

Her eyes were darting to my lips regularly all while she moves her tongue along her bottom l*p, this girl will be the death of me, I was already supporting a semi-hard-on, was definitely going to be having blue balls again tonight.

Or was she going to hesitate again… Her cheeks blushed furious pink as my hand softly stroked her cheek, I loved I had that effect on her.

Moving in slowly to k!ss her l could feel the hesitation as I moved towards her. I was just about to reach her lips but she turned her head just enough for my lips to land on her cheek.

I could hear Jace chuckling ‘smooth’

‘Shut up,’ l snapped back. Dam I guess she still wasn’t ready.

“I’ll see you Monday!” She said stepping out into the night.