Three weeks.

It has been three weeks since I last saw him. After I found out that he was the alpha of the North pack, I haven't seen him since.

I wasn't complaining though, my wolf was. She has been a hot mess for the past three weeks. Sometimes she wouldn't talk to me for days, other times she would just sit in a corner and cry. It was depressing to see her like this and I needed something to help get her back in her good spirits.

I knew that if she was close enough to him, she would feel a little better. So that was what we were going to do today. I was going on a wolf hunt for my mate to appease my wolf. I would do anything for her, and if that meant facing someone who wanted nothing to do with us, then so be it. She was worth it.

For the past three weeks I have been getting used to people referring to me as their Luna. It was weird at first and it still was, but I had somewhat gotten use to the fact that I was indeed their Luna even though their alpha was a complete douchebag.

I have been training with Elder Victoria, and so far I have been able to control my powers. I now knew how to control it so that when I was healing someone I didn't get myself killed in the process.

Taking a deep breath, I got changed into a dress that Katie had helped me to pick out. Even though Jayden has been keeping his distance he always made sure that I had everything I needed.

He was so sweet... Not.

It was a simple dress that ended at the top of my knees that I paired with sneakers. It wasn't too tight, but it did show off the little curves that I had. And I wasn't wearing this dress for him; I was wearing this dress because I never had the opportunity to wear clothes like this in my old pack.

Shaking my head to get rid of all the depressing thoughts trying to break free, I focused back on my reflection in the mirror. I gave myself a small pep talk and patted my shoulders as a way to assure myself that everything would be fine.

I stood there in front of the mirror for a few minutes practicing what I would say when I saw him. So far, I had nothing. Like what does one even say to their mate?

'Oh hey, my wolf is lonely so you have to spend time with her.'

'Oh my god like babe, we have to spend the day together', I said out loud in an over exaggerated girly voice while twirling my hair.

This was hopeless.

'Grow some balls and go to our mate!', my wolf snapped irritated.

It was easy for her to say. She wasn't the one who was going to face him and make a complete fool of herself. If a guy doesn't want me, I shouldn't go chasing after him I should be moving on.

Moving on?

I cackled to myself after realizing what I was thinking. Like I could just easily move on from my mate, the person that I was destined to spend all eternity with.

"What are you doing?" Katie asked trying to hold in her laughter. I must have looked weird standing in front of the mirror talking to myself.

"It's a good thing you're here. Do you know where I can find the alpha?" I asked with a blush coating my cheeks.

"You mean your mate" she wiggled her eyebrows and grinned.

"Uh yeah"

"Normally he would be in here sometimes since this is his room. He hasn't even been to the pack house in weeks..." she trailed off with a thoughtful expression.

"Wait... Did you reject him or did he reject you?" she asked mortified.

"No and no. I just want to know where he is, that's all"

"Since he's not here, he must be at his cabin in the woods"

"Could you tell me where exactly I can find this cabin?"

"Oh. I see" she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively, eyeing my outfit.

"It's not what you think" I said when I caught on to where she was going with this.

"I get it. You go get your man" she cheered.

She later gave me the directions and left the room. I let out a breath of relief as soon as she closed the door behind her, to which she laughed from the other side of the door. I now knew where he was so all I had to do was go there.

'What are you waiting for!?' my wolf snapped impatiently.

'Well don't just stand there. Go get our mate... NOW!!!' she growled.

My feet moved on their own accord as I hurriedly left the room in search of our mate. I was walking in the direction where Katie had told me to go, at least I hoped that this was the right way. Suddenly my wolf began jumping and squealing in my head, which indicated that we were getting close.

I walked a little further until I came upon a clearing with a cabin standing proudly in the middle. I could sense that he was inside and I knew that he also knew that we were outside. It was made out of wood and glass. From where I stood I could see inside through the floor to ceiling windows, but I couldn't see him.

Taking slow steps to the entrance, I paused at the door before knocking. I heard nothing, so I knew that he hadn't moved. I knocked once again and still nothing. It was clear that he didn't want me here, but his presence had calmed down my wolf significantly. I needed to know why he didn't want me and after that he could go back to ignoring me.

"I know you're in there" I shouted in hopes that he would open the door.

Nothing.

"I'm not leaving until you open the door" I shouted once again.

Nothing.

I didn't leave though. I took a seat on the steps leading up to the porch. I have come too far to go back to the pack house empty-handed.

"Fine stay in there, but I'm still not leaving" I shouted from the steps.

Again I was met with silence.

"Fine, you can be a coward for all I care. Here I actually thought that you were the big bad alpha that everyone feared, but really you were just a little bit-" I was cut off by a loud growl that shook the cabin and had birds fleeing from the terrifying sound.

Not a minute later, a large brown wolf appeared in front of me. I stood to my feet with a smirk and walked closer towards the beast. I was trying to get under his skin and it worked like magic. I mentally pat myself on the shoulders.

His wolf did not look pleased at all. It seemed like my words had offended him even though they were directed at the jerk.

"Jayden's an asshole" I told Jax, who in turn gave me a wolfish grin.

I wish I could have seen Jayden's face right now. The wolf walked over to me and nudged me with its snout. He then licked my cheek which made me laugh. It was gross, but he was happy so I just went with it. The wolf made a gesture with its head towards the forest and I immediately got what he was implying.

He wanted to go for a run. My wolf was more than happy to comply as she urged me to shift. I didn't want to rip my clothes so I looked for a tree to hide behind. I walked in the direction and walked behind a tree.

Just as I was about to take off my dress my eyes made contact with the wolf. He was following me the whole time. I wasn't about to get naked in front of a wolf.

"I need to change" I gestured to my clothes and the wolf only tilted its head.

I guess it's true what they say about alpha wolves. They were extremely territorial and protective, and he didn't seem to be going away anytime soon. Letting out a breath I decided to just shift in my clothes.

I got on my hands and knees and concentrated. I imagined myself to be a wolf and seconds later when I opened my eyes I had fully shifted into my wolf.

I could see all that was happening through my wolf's eyes. I gave her full control so that she could spend some much needed time with her mate.

She ran through the woods with Jax until we came upon a waterfall. It was so beautiful and quiet that I couldn't help but enjoy the moment.

The wolves lay on the ground beside each other and cuddled together. The sun was setting as they laid there tangled up with each other enjoying their time together. This moment brought a smile to my face, but that smile later transformed into a frown when I realized what would happen when we shifted back to our human form.

He would be cold towards us and that would just hurt Alana. All she wanted was for our mate to accept us and that didn't seem to be happening anytime soon, but a girl could hope.

Instead of focusing on what would happen when we left this place, I decided to focus on the moment right now.

I could worry about the future later, but for now this was what I needed, what we both needed.