THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

The atmosphere stilled, a stark tension brewed, as Derek’s eyes found Emma, and of course the professor whom he had heard so much about from Ava, Claire, and then Louis, the son of the beta of Wind Winders Pack. He didn’t know which one grated on his nerves; the fact that the professor had been too close to Emma since today, was actually still close to her even as they approached them, or the fact that he was a creature of the night, a vampire.

For fudges sake, he was only out for less than two days, and already she has managed to attract to herself another supernatural, just when he had thought that it was just witches and phanthoms. Oh, good now. He mused. He just used fudge in a sentence. Seems his little witch was already rubbing off on him. And why not? She is his mate for fudge’s sake! Not some friend for some professor. He wondered on what his parents would think of this. His mate seemed to have a knack for brewing trouble for herself. A vampire?? Of all people to know, a vampire?

He would have gone ahead of the others and dragged Emma away from the beast, but then the handsome tall man, he had to admit even though it angered him to do so, was walking under the sun. Something spectacular, and all together impossible. Deadly too and rung of the unpredictability of the beast. Vampires as he knew, didn’t walk under the sun; had never walked under the sun. So, what should he think of this? Had they evolved or something?

What was happening? He thought, digging his fingers into the lushness of his thick black air, as he restrained himself based on his cousin’s advice, from moving forward and claiming his mate. Seeing the way, his little witch had pointed at him and blushed, he was sure that she had introduced him to the professor as more than a friend, a boyfriend perhaps. Good then. He thought. It would be better, as Maya suggested, that they waited it out, since the professor didn’t seem hostile.

After all, he would be taking them on history tomorrow. He might as well get to know him now, and know how to keep him away from his mate. He didn’t want to fight with a creature way older than him for her, but he would, if he had to.

“Stop squeezing your face like that. And untighten your fists for god’s sake. You look like an angry jealous soldier about to fight. You would come off as hostile. We don’t want that. We don’t want him to think that either. And remember that he is a vampire, so he should be way older than us and smarter. I don’t think that he should also know about your mateship with Emma, until we know why he is here. So, quit looking like a possessive bulldog.” He heard Shane snap out at him, through the mind link.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“Coward.” He mind linked back.

“I don’t think so. It is simple wisdom. You have to know your enemy first before you attack. Until then, you have to make sure that you don’t have any open spaces for him to figure out your weaknesses. It would be deadly in the later run. So, curb your crazy will to touch Emma for now. You can do that later once you guys are safely inside pack.” Shane opined.

He grunted in reply, knowing that his gamma was right. But of course, he would never admit it, unless he wanted the latter to tease him continually about it. The dude was no much different from his cousin.

But why Emma? Why his little witch? He thought, musing to himself, as the professor and his little witch neared them the more. He could see the wary look in the man’s face, like that of a hunter or a warrior, as he looked straight at them, then at the surroundings intermittently. He must be one. He thought.

When he had heard the first tale from Ava, Agrip’s grand-daughter, he had been shocked and a bit scared. He had just been recovering from the tale his mother and Anthony had told him about the threat on his little witch, both at her house, and in the forest, including her witch friend which Clem had briefed them on, only to hear another, in quick succession; this time, a vampire. His mate’s life was threatened, and it made him restless and, on the edge, and the worst part of the whole issue was that he didn’t know why she attracted this much attention from various supernaturals. She was just a human.

Ava had visited them, not long ago, actually hoping to find his little witch, to give her some texts she had said, for a quiz the next day. And when she found that that the latter had been absent, she had expressed her concern, mentioning that the new history professor which she knew was a vampire, had called Emma to his office. At first, he had told her to repeat her statement, unable to process it as it was. And she had, but not without an amused look on her face. But of course, that didn’t perturb him, even in the slightest way, the latter didn’t know that the Emma might be their Luna in the nearest future. And when his cousin had asked why a vampire was allowed to teach in the school, the brunette had laughed at them so hard, that he had been tempted to give her a hard knock on her head, but for the fact that she was his mentor’s grand-daughter.

She had filled them in then on the all the abilities of a vampire, since none of them had actually seen a vampire before, and the elders hadn’t deemed it fit to tell them about the night creatures, but for the side stories. She was Agrip’s family, so he hadn’t been surprised. The old man would want to pour out his whole knowledge on his only grand-daughter. But then she had been surprised too, about his ability to walk under the sun without scorching to death.