The Wannabe Warrior
Chapter 62

Zane POV

Wow, was all I could think at that moment.

We had mated and I could feel her every emotion. I did not realize how the connection between mates made you feel, so close, as if you are one person. Sure, we are told about it, and see others get extra touchy, but until you are actually mated and can feel this bond, words cannot describe it to the fullest. Close does not really explain what I am feeling right now.

I am positive the pack felt our bonding too, as she became a member of our pack at that moment, they may not understand who joined, only that we gained a new member.

I couldn’t believe it, when she agreed to mate with me, right then and there, and get me out of mother’s scheming hands or that our joining was no longer a waiting game.

My wolf was singing our praises, that we did a good job and it was about time.

But before we started the mating, I felt both thrilled and nervous at the same time, and my wolf was screaming in my head. Let’s do it, and don’t wait or try to change it. She said yes, let’s go, and all my plans, of how I would romance her and put flowers and candles around the room, snack foods on the table for after, as I wanted to go all night and into the next day and lavish her with my love, are now gone.

Those plans have made me hard each time. I added another idea to it and I could not wait for that day. I hope she is not disappointed, my mate did not get her special day as I had planned.

Though my scheming mother had put a stop to all my plans, what we just did had blown my mind.

It was not slow and loving like I so wanted to make our bonding day be.

It ended up fast and needy, and was over long before I wanted it to end. The next time we make love, I want to be more loving and caring, and make sure all her desires are met.

Yeah, that sounds like a good plan to make up for my l**t-filled bonding.

The idea that mother would try and kill Madison scared me a bit, but I was not going to let Madison know I was worried. I will have to talk to dad about this. I cannot let it go, he will wonder why we had not waited for the ceremony, like we had planned.

‘Come, let’s have a shower and replace dad, he will need to get the paperwork done, now you are part of this pack.’ I pulled her up from the bed and, with my hand on her lower back, walked her to the bathroom, kissing her neck the whole way.

I washed her body, making sure to take my time and enjoy what is now mine. She was so beautiful, and I just wanted to touch her. She was accepting, and allowed me to enjoy the moment, lost in her own thoughts.

We dressed and headed to dad’s office, passing staff, whose eyes widened and then bowed as we passed them by. I guess one look at us and you can tell we are a mated pair now.

‘Enter.’ Was heard as we knocked and waited outside dad’s door.

Jonathon was seated on a sofa with dad on a chair, not behind his desk as he usually is.

‘Dad, Jon.’ I greeted them politely.

‘Dad, Alpha,’ My mate also greeted them politely.

Both dads stood and stepped over to us, my dad pulling me into a tight hug, thumping me on the back hard and Madison’s dad pulling her into a warm hug of his own. I saw him k**s her on the forehead and whisper something to her, but I did not hear, over the voice of my own dad, congratulating us on finally doing the deed.

We changed dads, getting more hugs and congratulations from two very happy dads.

‘Come sit and talk to us.’ Jon said as he directed me to the sofa.

Madison and I sat on the two-seated sofa while dad and Jon pulled a chair over and sat down facing us, their faces full of joy and expectation that I was sure would change as we explained how we came to make the decision to mate now.

‘Dad, you are not going to like the reason why we have mated now, and not waited like we had planned.’ I started carefully, trying to think of the right words to tell dad about mum.

‘Go on.’ Their faces dimmed a little, but not completely.

‘We had just entered the monitor room, mum and some woman entered a little after we did. Mum was confused because she was sure that was the room we had entered. Anyway, when she did not replace us, she turned to the lady, and they discussed getting me together with the woman’s daughter.’

‘What? How can she do that? It is not like you are going to suddenly not want your true mate.’ My dad interrupted.

‘Pheromone spray.’ Madison replied so softly. If it was not for our wolf’s hearing, we would not have heard her.

Jon’s face dropped in shock, as the implications of those words meant. Dad’s reaction took a little longer to manifest. Slowly his face went from excitement of our bonding, to the slow realisation of how far his mate would go to have someone. She wanted to be my mate.

‘How was she going to get you alone with this girl, for the spray to work?’ Dad queried.

‘She was going to set me up in the theatre room, say that it was a movie night and we would all be there, but it would only be this girl covered in that spray.’ I answered as pieces of different conversations I had overheard came to mind.

‘I can see you two have taken the matter seriously and avoided some unfortunate outcome, if Luna’s plans worked. We will have to…’

At that moment, the door burst open and my mother walked in confidently with a woman and a young woman behind her.

‘Darling, I would like to introduce you to….’

Mum did get to finish her introductions.

‘Who the hell do you think you are? That you can burst into my office with our knocking.’ Dad boomed loudly, and the woman and girl fell to their knees, their necks bared in submission, tears rolling down the young girl’s face as she trembled on the floor.