Moonbeam's POV

"Ask away, mate. " He said as he sat down in the chair next to mine.

I turned my chair so that I was looking him in the eye. I wanted, no, I needed to be able to tell if he was lying or not.

"First, I want to know how old you are, when your birthday is, and when you are supposed to become Alpha." I didn't bother beating around the bush because that's just how I am.

"Wow. Straight into it then. Well, I am 17 years old, my birthday was exactly 3 months ago, and I am to become Alpha whenever my father sees fit."

I nodded my head taking in this information.

"What about you? " He asked.

"I am 16 years old, my birthday was 2-3 days ago, I'm not exactly sure because I've been running for a while, and I was second Beta in my pack, my brother being the primary Beta to future Alpha Bracken, who is also my sister's mate."

"Woah. So you got some connections don't you? I guess that means that people treated you with the highest respect at your pack right?" He asked. I cringed slightly, thinking about all the bullying.

"Actually....I was bullied frequently, almost everyday since I turned 13, and I was a loner at school and at the pack house. No one wanted to talk to the freak with purple eyes and naturally rainbow colored hair." I shrugged like it meant nothing. Deep inside, even though I like to tell myself and other people that it didn't affect me, I knew that what I said hurt me.

It hurt that people didn't accept me, their own pack member, just because I didn't look normal. But I put up a tough front and always told them it didn't matter because my dad used to tell me that if I let them know that what they do affects me, they'll do it even more.

I shook my head to rid myself of the memories. I didn't want to think about that right now so to get my mind off of everything, I asked Dayton another question.

"So, Alpha Dayton, how big of a player are you?" I leaned back in my chair and smirked at how uncomfortable he looked.

He's panicking. Fang told me he thinks you'll be mad if he answers.

'I'm guessing Fang is his wolf.'

She confirmed what I thought and then I focused back on Dayton.

I could see his palms were starting to get sweaty, his eyes were darting from side to side, and his foot was tapping repeatedly on the carpet.

'He must be really nervous and that means he's a big player.'

Yeah, he is. I just found out that they have been with a lot of girls but apparently they haven't done anything other than kissing with other females.

'I don't know if I should be happy that he saved himself or angry because he didn't save his first kiss for me.'

I didn't get an answer from Gleam though because Dayton had decided to answer my question, finally.

"I guess you could say I'm a player?" He answered hesitantly. I already knew this but it still hurt to hear it from my mate.

I wiped my face of all emotion and just stared blankly at him. He started to look even more worried and I turned my head to the side and started to blink furiously. Tears began to slowly fall out of my eyes and I could feel that my lip was starting to quiver.

He started to look worse than before.

"Why? Why couldn't you just wait for me, your mate? Am I that unimportant to you that you couldn't even wait for me?" I felt the tears flowing down my face more freely.

"What? No! No, that's not it! It's not because you not important to me because you are, it's just-" he tried to explain but I cut him off.

"It's just that you don't want me, right? You never wanted a mate and so you are trying to find a way to reject me without hurting my feelings. Well, newsflash! Lying won't make me feel better so just be straight with me. I've been rejected my whole life but this one definitely hurts the most." I shook my head and got up from my chair.

I stormed out of the room hoping that he would follow me but I didn't hear any footsteps behind me. My heart sank at the realization that he really doesn't want me.

I shook my head and ran out the front doors. I couldn't actually leave the pack because I had just been accepted into it but I needed a breather from his scent. I found a big oak tree about 50 feet from the pack house so I masked my scent, another power that I have, and climbed up the tree. I sat on the highest branch I could and put my back up against the trunk of the tree.

I pulled my knees up and held them while thinking about the past couple of hours. I had just gotten to a new pack, a new life and already I had found out that my mate doesn't want me.

I didn't know if I could stand anything else. Too much has happened and it all started with these stupid powers. If only my life could be as normal as it used to be.

My train of thought was stopped by the sound of crunching leaves.

"Why are you so stupid! You finally find your mate after all these years and you mess it up because you get tongue-tied? And then when she leaves, you don't even go after her because you don't want to get rejected? Pathetic." He talked to himself for a little while more before sitting under the tree that I was in.

I was going to let him know that I was above him but the things he was saying intrigued me.

"Now, you can't even find her, there's no trace of her scent anywhere, and she probably isn't going to come back ever." He was really strange, talking to himself and all, but it was kinda nice to know that he wasn't rejecting me before.

"You know, for a player, you sure reprimand yourself a lot. I thought all of you hot-shot wanna-be's always talked about yourself highly....or maybe that is just what Bane does. I'm not sure." I said and jumped down from the tree.

Dayton panicked for a minute when he saw me jump from 20 feet up but he relaxed a bit when he saw me stick the landing without a glitch.

"Now, I think leaving is the best option so any last words to me before I leave?" Of course I wasn't leaving, but I need to know what he actually thought of the whole 'mate situation' thing.

"Well....." He started looking around again and I knew I wasn't going to get anywhere with this so I shook my head in disappointment and turned around to leave to the pack house. Before I left, I decided to tell him how I felt. I didn't turn around while I talked but I knew he was paying attention all the same.

"I don't know why I expected you to be different from all the other douches. I don't know why I believed that you would want me. I don't even know why I bothered to find a reason to stay because-"

I didn't get to finish my amazing exit speech because he grabbed my wrist and pulled me into his chest. I stopped breathing because his scent was intoxicating and I didn't want to fall for any of his tricks.

"You are mine. I don't know what is wrong with Dayton but I do know that we want you. We want to wake up next to you every morning. We want to comfort you when you are sad, well after we kill the bastard that made you sad. We want to take care of you when you are sick. We don't want you to leave us, mate. You are ours and the day that we let you go will be the day that hell freezes over." He growled. It made me feel a little better now that I knew for sure Fang wanted us but I couldn't say the same for Dayton.

"Fang, Gleam and I don't want to leave, but it is clear that what I feel for Dayton just isn't reciprocated and I couldn't bear staying here and watching another she-wolf make him happy. That's why I have to leave because if I stay, the pain of not being with my mate will be overwhelming and I can't handle anymore stress or pain. " I waited for him to say something. I just wanted to know what Dayton's take on all this was.

Dayton's POV

"Fang, Gleam and I don't want to leave, but it is clear that what I feel for Dayton just isn't reciprocated and I couldn't bear staying here and watching another she-wolf make him happy. That's why I have to leave because if I stay, the pain of not being with my mate will be overwhelming and I can't handle anymore stress or pain. "

My heart was breaking more and more as her speech went on.

Look what you did to our mate! They think that we don't want them, well, that you don't want them. Now they are going to leave us. Tell them how you feel you stupid human.

I took control of my body and tightened my grip around her waist.

"Don't go. " I whispered.

"I have to go my own way. It's clear you don't want us, Dayton. " I shook my head at this.

"No! I do want you! I want you more than anything I've ever wanted in my entire life. I want to be able to call you mine in front of everyone, wolves and humans. I want to be with you forever and a day. I want to be there for you when no one else is. I want to sit on the couch with you and cuddle while watching a movie. I want to be with you more than you can imagine because I love you. I don't know that much about you but I want to learn everything I can. I want my feelings for you to grow stronger everyday like I know they will if you just stay with me and be mine. Moonbeam Jackson, I, Dayton West, Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack, accept you, Moonbeam Jackson, second Beta of the Black Blood Pack, as my mate."

I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulder after I told her that I loved her. I could only hope she felt the same and didn't reject me.

Moonbeam's POV

I could feel my heart stitching itself back together after hearing everything Dayton said. I felt a rush of joy go through my body after what he told me.

"Dayton?"

"Yes, Love?" He sounded a bit nervous for some reason.

I turned around in his arms and looked up into his brown eyes. The way the moonlight reflected off his eyes was enchanting. Oh crap, moonlight? Have we been out here that long?

"We should go inside." I told him.

"Oh. Okay." I could see the disappointment in his eyes at what I said.

"And Dayton?"

"Yeah?" He asked, still with a slightly sad tone.

"I love you too." With that I kissed his cheek and ran away towards the pack house giggling. Once I got into the house, I closed the front door and put my back on it.

I felt my lips and the tingles were still there. Wow. I didn't know finding your mate would feel this.....amazing.

Dayton's POV

"Dayton?"

"Yes, Love?" I was a bit nervous at what she would say because I couldn't tell if she was happy or angry.

"We should go inside." I felt what little hope I had, deflate and fly off into the wind.

"Oh. Okay." I was about to start walking towards the pack house when she called my name again.

"Yes?" I replied still a bit sad at her statement from earlier. She obviously is still angry because she basically just blew off my whole speech.

"I love you too." She kissed my cheek and then ran off giggling. I was stunned and didn't move for a while. I could feel a huge grin forming on my face and I laughed.

"SHE LOVES ME!" I shouted out loud to no one in particular. I could still feel the tingles on my cheek from the kiss. Wow. It felt really good to finally find my mate and be accepted by her.

(Picture of Dayton on the side)

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