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Chapter 1: Falling out of love
Ashlyn
Waking up, feeling overwhelmed with excitement. Today is my 18th birthday, the day I find out if my boyfriend of the past two years is my fated mate. Ian Walker, the future Alpha of the Blue Moon pack. Tundra, my wolf, is equally excited to find out if Jax, Ian’s wolf, is her fated mate.
Getting out of bed, I headed to the bathroom to have a shower and get myself ready. After I blow dry my hair and curling the ends, I apply some eyeliner and mascara. I’m looking in the bathroom mirror, feeling pretty good about myself. My auburn hair fell to the middle of my back. It’s layered and has rose gold highlights. My emerald green eyes are sparkling with bits of gold flakes. My black eyeliner makes my eye colour pop.
I walked out into my bedroom to get dressed. I choose dark blue skinny jeans, a light pink cami, showing off some cleavage, and a floral knit cardigan. I’m not one to wear heels, so I just put on my white sneakers. I’m a pretty laid back person, I would only get dolled up if I was going somewhere fancy. I’m more of a “Tomboy”.
It was about 9am when I entered the kitchen to find my aunt Grace drinking her coffee.
“Happy Birthday my Ashlyn,” she sings out, getting up from the table to give me a big hug. She kissed my cheeks.
“You must be so excited for today,” she smiled at me. My Aunt Grace is only nine years older than me. She’s my guardian and best friend. She and her mate, Brad, have been my guardians since my parents’ death, almost ten years ago.
“I’m going to go find Ian. I’m sure he must be back from training this morning,” I told her.
“Good luck my dear, I love you”
“I love you too”, I called to her before I closed the front door.
I started walking towards the pack house. It’s about a 10-minute walk on this chilly morning. It looks like we could get some snow today. Tundra keeps me warm. One of the pluses of having a wolf.
I’m surprised that Ian wouldn’t have come over this morning after training. He was just as excited about my birthday as I was. Even if he’s been acting weird these last couple of weeks. I know he must be under a lot of pressure, with the Alpha ceremony coming up soon. Ian is soon to take over from his father, Alpha Jason. He did text me last night to tell me how excited he was today and that he loved me. He had gone out with some of his friends last night. I’m more of a homebody, or an outdoorsman. Being in a bar really isn’t my thing.
I walked into the pack house and was met with the most delicious smell. It’s musky with cedar wood, maybe a hint of cinnamon. It has my mouth watering and Tundra purring in my head.
“Thats our mate,” she purred to me.
Following the scent, we made our way up the stairs. We ended up on the fourth floor, which I know is the Alpha floor. I’ve spent a lot of time here the last couple of years with Ian. But even before Ian and I were ever a couple, I spent a lot of time here with the former Luna. I kept walking until I was in front of his room.
“Oh my goddess, Tundra! Ian’s our mate! I can’t believe it,” I exclaimed to my wolf.
Grunts and moans pulled me out of my excitement, coming from the other side of his door. What the hell is going on? I thought to myself.
I went to turn the handle, and it was unlocked. So I pushed it open and my eyes went wide. There was my mate in all his nakedness with my best friend underneath him. Ian is a very sexy man, tan, 6’5″. He has so much muscle and at least an eight pack. He has short dirty blond hair and steel-blue eyes. His body was glistening with sweat. I may not have had s*x yet, but I’ve seen porn. I’m not na?ve. I knew what they were doing. He had his back to the door and didn’t see me in the doorway.
Tundra let a loud growl. And the room went quiet. Ian turned his head towards me, and I could see Nicole lean her head around his body to see who was interrupting them.
“Ashlyn?” Ian stuttered.
He was still balls deep, as I just stared at both of them. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms across my chest. He finally stepped away from her.
“It’s not what it looks like.” He stuttered out. As he’s standing in front of me, naked, with Nicole lying naked in his bed. He didn’t close the distance between us, thank the goddess. I probably would have punched him in his handsome face.
I’m not sure where my bravery came from. It smashed my heart to pieces, but I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of knowing that he broke me. He’s his own fucken mate. He was my best friend, they both were.
“It looks like my boyfriend and best friend are f*g. Is there anything else I’m missing? Oh sorry, my mistake, my mate and best friend are fucking.” I rushed out. I should be furious. I should be yelling and throwing things at him, but I couldn’t. If he loved me like he said, I wouldn’t be looking at the scene before me. How the hell can you do this to someone that you care about? If he didn’t want to be with me, that’s all he had to say.
He looks at me with his mouth open in shock. Finally, snapping out of it, he sniffs the air and his eyes go wide.
“Mate.”
“Ex mate.” I told him, shaking my head. I looked him in the eyes.
“I, Ashlyn Knight, future Alpha of the Emerald Lake pack, reject you, Ian Walker, future Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack.” With that, I grabbed the door handle and slammed the door close behind me. I could hear him screaming, but I just kept walking. I was walking down the stairs and I had almost made it to the front door when I was pulled out of my trance.
“Happy Birthday Ashlyn” and before I could even register who it was, they wrapped me in a hug. Breathing in, I knew it was Alpha Jason.
“Thank you, Alpha Jason,” I whispered into his chest.
Pulling away from me, he’s hands on my shoulders. He looked down at me. I was 5’6″ but he was at least 6’2″. Looking up at him, I knew I couldn’t stay in Ian’s pack.
“Alpha Jason?” I stuttered.
“Yes, my dear? Are you okay?” He looked worried.
“Yes, Alpha, thank you. I was wondering if I could ask your permission to leave the pack. I would like to do some traveling.” I told him matter-of-factly.
“Of course, Ashlyn, but did something happen? Where’s Ian?” He asked, confused.
“With all due respect, Alpha, I think I’ll let Alpha Ian explain,” I sighed.
“That good, huh?” He let out a sigh and pulled me in for another hug.
“Yeah” I whispered. Alpha Jason has always been kind to me. After his mate passed away, we spent a lot of time together. Ian was always off with friends and I knew Alpha was grieving, so I made a point to be around the packing house to help and keep him company. We have a father-daughter relationship and I was going to miss him.
We both turned to look up when we heard a commotion coming from up the stairs.
“You go, my dear, please call from time to time”. He kissed my forehead and stepped out of my way. I nodded to him and headed to the door. Once I was out of the pack house, I started running.
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