Bonded By Destiny

Chapter 11

***Ryker***

My two hundred pack members (pups not included) chattered away in the open meeting pack grounds awaiting my speech. I stood on the podium stage made of oaken woods. Behind me, my beta stood alongside Theodore and his father Pete who wasn't even supposed to be standing on the rostrum.

He was the first born of my grandfather Zaid Manoa and my grand mother Marie Manoa. I hadn't met her, was told that she passed on even before my dad became the Alpha. As if that was not enough, shortly after my grand mum's death, uncle's mate of one year went missing shortly after giving birth to my cousin Theo.

Following the loss of his mate, granddad went stark raving mad for a few day after which he died. It was common for mates to run mad after the loss of their other mate and would shortly die after that.

Now Pete had to deal with the loss of both his parents and the sudden disappearance of his mated wife. He couldn't take it and he eventually went rogue and would remain unseen for years until Theo turned 15 years.

Initially everyone in the pack questioned his return and the state of his mind. Even as a six year old kid, I still remember how my mum kept on telling my dad that something was wrong with Uncle Pete. However, the doubts soon became a thing in the past as he correlated with the pack just like he had before the tragedy.

So when he fled the pack, the Steel Pack needed an Alpha and in return the title fell to the able hands of my dad Lionel.

According to tradition my uncle was the rightful Alpha but he refused to assume his duties by fleeing away. He showed no interest in the title after his return and even if he had, the elders would have never agreed to it.

My mind continued to relive the past and after a while it steered away the thoughts, to those of the little witch. I hadn't seen her for three days, a long time if you ask me. My Beta had suggested that she was going through something similar like me and that she needed some time alone to figure things out.

Jayson had pointed out that she had been spending time with his mate Janette. The little witch needed friends and I was glad she had found one in my best friends mate.

Speaking of her, my eyes sort out my little witch among the crowd. She stood at the front with Janette beside her. They seemed to be engaged in a pretty serious conversation, unaware of the scowls directed at them by the surrounding pack members.

As if feeling my eyes on her, she lifted her face up, zeroing on my profile on the podium. Her unwavering stare invoked catchy vivid memories from the nook of my brain. A picture of my mouth between her thighs back at the hospital was brought forth in my mind.

The reminiscence of the taste of her arousal that day prompted me to move my tongue across my lips. My eyes didn't seize connecting with hers as I remembered her sweet moans. My cock enlarged at the thoughts, pressing the front of my zipper painfully.

My little witch must have noticed because her gazed shifted downwards towards my fly piece. As if detecting the attention from our unknowing mate, my length grew impossibly harder. The utter exhibit of my unequivocal sexual desires had my little mouse fidgeting on her feet.

'Why don't you make this quick for the both of you? ' My Beta's whisper broke my eye contact with Tamara.

'What? ' I wanted to act irritated so that he'd just leave me alone.

'Janette just mind linked me that she can catch a whiff of Tamara's arousal. It won't be long before the rest of us do if you don't control your animalistic desires.' He paused, lowering his voice more.

'Alpha. ' He mocked.

'Ahem! ' I cleared my throat, getting the attention from both my pack members and my beast. He was wiggling his tail around and about in pure bliss.