The Alpha Chose Me by Missy Elliottxo

Dinner was nice. It was good to have everyone together as a family. Charlotte didn't throw her dinners as often as she used to, so it was good to have everyone under the one roof. I loved the chatter that filled the room. The laughter and the love of everyone here. Everyone was floating around chatting and drinking coffee.

Another tradition that came with the dinner. Coffee was necessary.

"Bear". Carter nodded. "Ready for your first patrol?".

"You didn't come for coffee". I frowned. "I invited you over and you didn't come. You didn't even respond to my text".

"You texted me?". He pulled out his phone. "Oh, yeah so you did. Sorry Leah I've been busy trying to get back into the swing of things". "How is it being back home?".

He shrugged. "It is what it is. How are you doing?".

"I'm good". I smiled. "Doing my first patrol, looking into going to college and I'm going to be taking more responsibility within the pack".

"That's not what I meant". His voice lowered.

I knew exactly what he meant but like I told everyone else I wasn't ready to talk about it yet. I was doing okay with keeping it locked away. I would talk about it when I was ready to. "I'm fine Carter I promise".

"We've only got each other out here Leah. You're the only family I have left so we have to look out for each other".

"I'm guessing your parents didn't take the news well that you were coming back here".

"Something like that".

"What happened Carter?".

I'm here, I'm not going anywhere everything's fine". He kissed

was not fine, but I wasn't going to pry because it was none of my business. He

on the side table and went in search of Jake. He had disappeared after

and I always found myself distracted with the decor. It didn't take me long to find him. He was in the

go?". He

I had

are you feeling about

"Good, excited".

is going with

nodded. "She's showing me

you'll do simply fine. Am I right in saying

I frowned turning my head towards

the outskirts while

himself? Is that

that way". He smiled. "Now are you ready to go home and get ready for tonight?". "Yes".

....

Jake had already packed a bag for me. Extra clothes, snacks