The girl lifts her head, her eyes gazing at the man who put her in chains. She growls, her face elongating to a snout momentarily.

Hold up, I'm sure you, dear reader, don't know what's going on. Well, allow me to illuminate the situations leading up to this.

*1 Month Ago*

The female walks into a diner, sitting down. She rests her head against her hand, yawning softly. The waiter comes over, flirting, but she ignores his pitiful attempts at grabbing her attention and orders. The food arrives rather quickly, with the female looking out the window, absentmindedly eating the food. She stiffens, sitting up when a black car pulls up, her eyes following as the doors open to reveal a family of four. She relaxes, keeping an eye out, but eating slightly faster, so as to finish and be ready to leave as needed. She loses her focus, eating the food, and fails to notice another black car pulling up, with only one male hopping out of the passenger side.

The guy looks at the diner employee at the counter, who tells him of the mystery female who ordered and was watching out the window, jumpy and paranoid. He sits in the booth in front of the female, who looks at him, her eyes widening as she gets up to leave in a hurry. Before she can get far enough, the waiter from before sits her down and tells her this nice man paid for her meal, and she should hear him out. She remains in her seat, however, it is painfully clear that she is on edge the entire time the silence remains. Eventually, the guy smiles gently and speaks.

"Hello. You're not from around these parts are you?" The girl looks away from the male, sighing softly.

"No. Was it obvious from my jumpiness or the fact I don't look like I was cloned and plopped here." The guy chuckles, smiling and leaning forward towards her.

"Well, aren't you just a funny gal. Why are you here?" The girl freezes, sweat beading up on her face.

"Just on a vacation, ya know?" He chuckles, shaking his head.

"Then why aren't you relaxing?" The girl's sweat is coming faster and in greater quantities, before she looks over at the entrance, and her eyes turn pure silver. She jumps out of her seat, and with barely a second of standing still, there is now a silver wolf standing where the girl stood. The guy stands, raising an eyebrow, and running his fingers all along her spine. Her fur practically stands straight up, the wolf growling at the person who caused this reaction. The male who caused this reaction has black hair, black clothing adorns his body, and his eyes dark with a sick kind of elation is staring right at the silver wolf. The silver wolf is practically poised to attack, but the male she was speaking with, his touch is calming her down slightly. Not a lot, but enough.

"Who are you?" The guy said to the dark man. The dark man chuckled.

"I'm just a traveler. A traveler who has found what he is looking for. Give the girl to me." The wolf looks at the guy running his fingers along her spine, waiting for his choice to decide her reaction. The guy looks into the eyes of the wolf and catches glimpses of fear, fear of the dark man, fear of being handed over, fear of what may happen. It's uncertain what fear she is feeling, but the guy knows, she is afraid. At this moment, he has a choice to make, and something deep inside him has already made the choice for him.

"No." The dark man blinks and laughs.

"Oh. You will sorely regret not handing that bitch over to me. Very well, I shall take my leave. For now." The wolf whimpers, but the dark man disappears as if he was never there. It's only then the wolf's tail tucks between her legs and she slowly walks to the exit, an employee of the diner locking the door before the wolf can leave. The wolf tilts her head, confusion overtaking her face.

"Come into the bathroom, we have extra outfits, you can shift back." The wolf's eyes light with amusement before the wolf shifts back to the female from before, however, her eyes are still silver.

"Thank you for the offer, but we don't need new clothing when we shift." The silver finally fades, leaving only the blue eyes of the female, who promptly stumbles to the counter, holding herself up by leaning all her weight against the counter.

"Jesus...never thought he'd be so close to getting me...I need to be so much more careful." The male walks forward, pulling her up by her other arm, the two look at each other, the male smiling, the female looking...it's hard to read her emotions.

"I bet you feel the sparks. Don't you?" The female gets the strength to stand, nodding slowly. The male smiles.

"Then you're my mate, and I have even more reason to keep you around." The male pulls her into a hug, whispering softly in her ear.

"And I promise, I'm never letting my mate go~" She freezes, closing her eyes.

"I'm sorry, but the last time somebody said that to me, they tried to rape me." The male narrows his gaze.

"Who?"

"Trust me, I ripped his larynx from his body as I told him I would. He's six feet under. Just. Give me a minute to adjust a little bit. I'm not what you would call an average werewolf." The male nods slowly, letting the female walk back to the counter, leaning against it slightly. It seems she's still very afraid.

"Why are you scared, I'm your mate, my only goal is your love and protection." The female laughs softly.

"Because the last time I had a mate, he rejected me, and banished me from his pack for being a wretched wolf killer, despite the fact that the person I had killed was trying to rape his mate, in front of him. So forgive me for being hesitant to trust the words of one who claims they are my mate and are an Alpha." The male tilts his head, anger flickering in his eyes momentarily.

"How did you know I was an Alpha?" The female gestures.

"Big guy, knew me by scent, felt the touch before any marking or mating. It's not hard to sniff an Alpha wolf either." The male relaxes, smiling.

"Well, how about we head to my castle for some time, get to know each other, say a month of that, and you can leave as you please at the end of the month if you don't want to stay." The female tilts her head, the offer intriguing.

"Maybe I'll take you up on that offer."