Because Of You

Chapter 22

Arsen POV:

Waking up next to my mate was one of the best feelings ever. Last night Grace fell asleep in the car and when I put her down in her room she asked me to stay. I fell asleep next to her and woke up with her sprawled out on top of me. I groaned when I realized that I would be gone all day to another pack who needed to talk about an alliance.

Looking at her peaceful face, I decided not to wake her up and leave a note. As soon as I gently moved Grace off of me, I wrote the note and left it next to her. After leaving back to my room, I took a quick shower and got dressed. I met Nick and Matthew in the kitchen where the two barely looked awake.

"Morning guys, we should head there now." I said after grabbing a granola bar for the drive there.

"Which pack are we going to again?" Nick asked.

"The Full Moon Pack." I answered while Matthew snickered at the name.

As soon as the guys got their food for the drive we all piled into my black hummer and began our journey to the pack.

Almost 2 hours later we finally made it and were greeted by the Alpha who was around his 40's. He had a ragged scar going from the middle of his cheek to his eye. And his grey hair was barely there on his head. All in all, he looked like a creep but who was I to judge. "Arsen. Long time no see." The Alpha said.

"Alpha Sean." I said greeting him respectfully. The first time I had talked to him was when he called me to his pack after my father had died. He had told me that he thought it was Grace's pack that killed my father and I had believed him. I was angry at the time and didn't think rationally.

"Come guys, let's go to my office." He said. I noticed Nick frantically looking around the pack grounds.

"Nick, what are you doing." I asked. He simply shook his head and continued walking.

As we walked into the house, I noticed Nick doing the same thing. "Do you guys smell that?" Nick asked us.

We shook our heads in confusion as we came to Alpha Sean's door.

"Take a seat boys, can I get you anything to drink?" He asked as he took a seat at his desk while we took the seats in front of his desk.

"Water would be good." I answered while the boys nodded in agreement.

His eyes glazed over and I assumed he was mind linking someone to bring us the water.

"So Arsen. This deal is mainly towards you. I had an idea that by making an alliance we could gain greater power. We can become more powerful than the other packs which gives us advantages. We can simply help each other out when needed. What do you say?" He asked folding his hands on his desk.

"It sounds good." I answered.

What do you guys think? I asked in the mind link.

Sketchy. I think there's more to deal. Matthew answered.

Looking towards Alpha Sean I scrutinized him. "Is that all there is to the alliance?" I asked suspiciously.

"Well there's one other thing. I was hoping the alliance would be through marriage. As you know I have a daughter who will soon take over the pack and I think that joining packs through a marriage could bring a great advantage to the pack." Alpha Sean explained.