Alpha Ocean ✔

9. Ocean P.O.V.

Ocean's P.O.V. Parallel to previous 2 chapter.

"Are you going to tell her?" Aaron breathed down my neck. He'd been doing that for the past month, since my mate moved to be with me.

My Naya. A foreign sensation attacked my chest every time I thought of her, every time I saw her. Maybe because I was lying to her. Or maybe I was in love with her.

Rubbing my forehead with my fingertips in distress, I inhaled loudly. Naya's tear stained face invaded my thoughts. I wanted to punch myself for walking away from her. The chair creaked under my weight when I leaned backwards. 

Sleeping in the quarters was a terrible idea. Knowing Joshua was there put me at ease, protection wise but everything else in me wanted to storm over to my own house and claim my mate. All I wanted to do was gather her up, take away all her pain, like I did when I busted through the door at first.

Joshua's projection of Naya's quivering body on the ground scared the life out of me. We were near the lake, sussing out best areas to insert motion sensor detectors but we were coming up empty. 

The water in the lake fluctuated depending on the weather. The lake had frozen over during winter and now that the sun was making an appearance, slowly defrosting the icy land. The rain would follow soon after, with thunders and storm, rising the water level again. 

Anything embedded in the ground would be ruined. The mountains past the lake was our kryptonite. We needed to have a pack meeting. A meeting where everyone would be advised about the pros and cons of building a damn wall.

That's the last thing I wanted. We locked ourselves off when their Alpha and Female Alpha, along with many others were slaughtered. My mom and dad. A painful sigh left my lungs. I nearly died myself.

 If Adeya hadn't put her life on the line to stop the silver from spreading, I would have been with the spirits like my parents. Subconsciously, my hand reached for the scar.

The feel of Naya's soft lips replaced my hand. Her delicate touch ghosted over my skin.

"Ocean?" Aaron jolted me out of my thoughts. "You can't just leave her like that." He was on the verge of hysteria.

"But if I stay away maybe it will stop for her. You saw when Macey projected to you. She put her hand out when they were being shot at and now this..." I shook my head from side to side. "I have to think about her safety."

"But it doesn't mean you keep her in the dark." He countered.

"It will get worse. Like me. It will overwhelm her." It took me years to control it. The first time I was told why this was happening to me, I didn't believe it. Who would? But it made perfect sense.

That's when I first saw her. My mate.

We didn't have the large walls back then, we just lived in the woods in houses like this. Hence, I was able to visit Alpha Russo's pack on business that my parents were conducting. They didn't allow strangers but he complied because my grandparents were acquaintance of the real Alpha and his family.

Alpha Jace Russo was a born beta. His father was the second in line after the future Alpha, Jace's best friend was murdered.

We weren't close back then but we respected them. They lost their future Alpha but no one knew how. I remember his reaction when he first saw me. Like he'd seen ghost. When he told me why later on. It felt like I had seen a ghost.

Another reason why I didn't want to tell her the truth is because I didn't want to scare her. Have her living in fear.

"Then you teach her how to control it. The poor girl thinks she's sick." Aaron kept pacing around the office I had in the Quarters. I hardly stayed at my home before Naya. I had my own place here in the Quarters. Thankfully Uncle Steven didn't show Naya my place here or she would have seen all the pictures I have of her.