Chapter 26

Marissa’s POV

Me and Alex walked out of the big chocolate shop with one big bag in our hands, he had taken me too one of the biggest chocolate factories in the state. I told him I always wanted to go to a huge chocolate factory and taste it all. Well that’s exactly what he did for me, he took me there and we spent time tasting chocolate and simply having a good time. He even bought me some of my favourite ones, too bad it was time to head back home now though.

“So did you have a good time?” he asked as we drove through streets, heading back to the pack house. “Yea I really did. This has already been the best birthday and I don’t think anything can ruin it” i looked at him with happiness displayed clear on my face, he did things that I wouldn’t think to do myself but enjoyed.

“that’s exactly what I was aiming for” he bit his lip as he looked at me and turned back towards the road. “Thank you for everything, I don’t how this could have been more perfect” I admitted as he pulled in towards the quiet area that the pack house was located in. “Well you could give me a kiss” he suggested making me laugh. A couple seconds later we pulled up at the house, I was kind of sad that it had to end but then again the day only had more to offer.

“Do you want to come inside?” I offered as I got out of his car. “No thanks, I have to do some stuff later today, plus it’s your family I think you want to spend some time with them today” he shot me a soft smile as he walked over to me, we walked together up the driveway towards the door and stopped. I turned towards him and took a good look. His bright green eyes shone so brightly with excitement and wonder, it was hard not to find him attractive.

I couldn’t help the smile that appeared on my mouth at the sight of him. I leaned forward ever so slightly and brushed my lips across his. I looked into his eyes and I could see the plain excitement there, we felt the same about each other, that much was nice to know.

I finally smashed my lips too his, sparks were definitely there as my lips moved softly against his. I pulled away and looked at him, his face was slightly flushed from the cold but his eyes stayed directly on mine. “You’re so beautiful Marissa” he whispered. It was nice to hear that, not every girl get’s told that and was lucky enough to have such a wonderful guy.

“You should probably get inside now” he said while pulling his arms away from around of me. “I’ll see you later, thank you again for the great day” I leaned in and pecked him on the lips once before smiling and opening the door. He started walking back to his car as I walked inside, giving me one final wave before disappearing in his car. I don’t know why but something just felt so off. Kissing Alex felt good but wrong, it felt like something was missing that I didn’t know. I shook my head clear and tried to get my mind off it, Alex was perfect and I had no reason to doubt him, but why does some little part of me feel like something is wrong with that?

I had a couple hours till I had to go out with Zane at seven, I don’t know if he felt obligated or just plain guilty, but before we were mates he didn’t have any interest in me and I don’t want his pity. I don’t want him being nice to me because he feels sorry for me, I can handle myself. and if he feels like he needs to do something to spare my feelings then I'm just going to reject whatever offer he has, I'm nobody charity case and I refuse too be.

“Oh Marissa the alpha wants to see you in his office, he said it’s something about training” some girl walked by and said too me, I looked at her oddly. I haven’t ever seen her around here, so how does she know my name. she simply walked by and didn’t take another glance back I shrugged but walked towards the alpha’s office anyway. I walked straight in knowing he was expecting me. He shot me a warm smile as I walked in.

“Happy birthday Marissa, I have some matters that I wanted to discuss with you” I nodded and muttered a polite thank you before taking a seat in the chair across from him. “So John tells me your training has been going very well, he said you improved a lot and have learned at a much faster paste than estimated” I nodded, somewhat confused. I thought this was just to get me better at fighting, why did they monitor my progress on paste?

“you were set to train for a couple months, two to three to be exact and I think it’s time to let you know what I plan to do with this” I nodded my head and waited for him to continue. “You’ve really grown as a fighter and the original plan was for you too be trained by John then you would go and attend WFA, the werewolf fighting academy, it was where John had graduated from and he turned out too be one of the top righters in the country. You will be training there for two years, I set your departure for one week from now” he said it as if it was nothing, it was a big shock and who even said I wanted to do this? I never agreed to anything much less leaving my home for two years to become a fighter, fighting was never important too me so why me? why not someone who would love the opportunity?

“I never agreed to this and I don’t want to go, I'm not interested in fighting and I'm not going” I crossed my arms over my chest and glared holes into his desk. “Yes you are Marissa I have already told Kyle about this and John knows also. You will be going and your brother and friends can visit every couple of months” he started but I shook my head.

“I don’t want to go” I argued. “It’s already set and you did agree, when I first brought up the idea of training I told you to just agree to whatever I had planned and trust me, which you did. I'm sorry to spring this news to you on your birthday but since you did not find your mate today then it is final” I narrowed my eyes at him. “What does a mate have to do with this all?” I asked harshly.

“Well if you found your mate then I would leave the decision up to you, I wasn’t about to take you away from your new found love and family, but you haven’t and look on the bright side you might meet your mate at the academy” he said happily. This was more for his benefit, I could feel it. It was on the tip of my tongue, I wanted to tell him about Zane but I couldn’t do that because we weren’t together, and plus I wasn’t about to betray Zane just because I didn’t want to do something. I sighed, it was final and I didn’t have a say.

“What about all the progress I’ve made down here?” I said half-heartedly. “Your only gone for two years Marissa, just relax and look at it like an experience. Your going to be coming back home” he said. I looked down as I felt tears spring into my eyes. I was forced to leave my home for two years and train to fight, then when I came back I would probably be forced to put my abilities to good use and become a pack warrior. I never asked for any of this, so why me? why of all people me, and when life was just getting good.

“I'm sorry Marissa but I had to wait to tell you” he said with no trace of any apology in his voice. I stood up and walked out of his office, I had lost and I was going away. in one week my life would change drastically although I didn’t want it too. I could handle not having a mate, I could handle my old life, and I could handle whatever problems I had here. But I could not handle being shipped off to who knows where and staying there with a bunch of strangers for two years and training in fighting. It was like spending to years in hell too me.

Tears ran down my face as I faced ground and walked towards my room, I just hoped no one saw me because I didn’t want to have to explain. But some words came back to me as I ran back through the conversation, Kyle knew? Why wouldn’t he tell me? I could have had the option to cancel all the training and he wouldn’t be able to make he go there with no training. And john knew too, that was slightly disappointing since I thought we were actually friends now. as I walked up the stairs I bumped into someone.

I didn’t raise my eyes to meet there because they didn’t need to see the tears but I looked at them from the corner of my vision. There stood Kyle with a concerned expression on his face. “Marissa what’s wrong?” he asked, my effort to hide the tears did nothing because he clearly noticed.

“You should know, your one of the reasons I'm getting shipped off for two years” I spat at hi before dashing into my room and locking the door behind me. I locked the door behind me and slid down the back of it. I held my head in my hands as Kyle pounded on the door and I cried, I could do nothing about it but it was my fate. The only thing that could save me was a mate but I don’t have that option either.

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So this brings back up an issue that was slightly inroduced like ten chapters ago. sorry for the long wait, it's been a long week and it's a bit short becuase i wanted to get something up at least. So comment and vote it you like it or have anything to say. This chspter is dedicated to mgwescoat for all the comments and the votes, it really helps at times! thank you so much

next upload- Thursday or friday