Me, Jack and Cole ran through the woods doing our usual daily patrol when we caught the disgusting scent of a rouge. We often had to miss class to do pack work but thankfully the principle was a werewolf in the pack so he happily excused our absences, his wife was actually our pack doctor. Speaking of Principle Sanders, after speaking with Eleanor I forced him to extend Millie's punishment which he was not pleased about but I wasn't pleased that he'd disrespected my Luna.

Seeing Eleanor in the woods curled up made my heart ache, I knew she was lying to me. The bruises that had formed on her face were from a fist not from a wolf attack. I know Eleanor is keeping many secrets from me and I plan to find out what they are. I'll never give up on her never mind how stubborn she is, she will be worth it in the end. I wish she knew I wouldn't hurt her and I wish she'd let me in. But firstly we need to track the bastard rouge that hurt my beautiful angel.

"The scent is heading east Alpha" Jack called through the mind link, Jack isn't very talkative and usually keeps to himself the only person he's open and loud with is his mate Evie.

"Lets speed up they are traveling fast" i insisted picking up the pace.

I lead them through a different path of trees which was a shortcut only known by us, my intention was to cut of the trespasser while they ran the long way. We cut through the trees and pushed further through the woods immediately smelling the scent getting stronger here meaning the rouge was close.

Slowly we began creeping and hid our scents so we could catch them by surprise, peaking around some trees we saw a wolf running. It was a sandy looking average sized male wolf which had the classic look of a dirty rouge. The eyes looked dead and evil being a red colour and their fur looked matted and dirty, they were carrying a pair of shorts in there mouth as they trotted along.

At that moment the wolf got closer and we shot out of the trees and ran towards the rouge, the rouges eyes widened as he shot away from us heading towards the pack border probably hoping to cross into another territory.

"Quick he's nearly at the border" Cole called through the mind link before growling lowly at the rouge a few meters in front of us.

As we continued to follow we started to gain on the wolf causing them to take a abrupt turn to the right making us stop for a few seconds to turn and follow them. We were now a few feet away from the border and my fear was that the wolf had already crossed over. But to my surprise the wolf was stood in human form at the border line carving something into a tree with a knife.

I ran at him and threw my body into him knocking him flying and bit down harshly on his shoulder making him cry out in agony beginning to desperately kick my chest slightly knocking me off him. He took this opportunity to sprint 5 steps and into the neighbouring territory, he then turned around and gave us a smirk before disappearing into the trees beyond us.

Unable to follow him into the pack territory since it would cause a war we shifted back and pulled our shorts on standing together as we calmed our breaths after the long chase. I wiped his disgusting thick blood off of me onto a nearby tree cringing at the rouge smell that now covered my body as Cole stood their cursing angrily staring after the rouge.

"Erm guys, come look at what he wrote" Jack shouted to us in a worried voice before mumbling 'what the fuck' under his breathe.

Knowing Jack doesn't usually swear I snapped my eyes over to Jack who was slightly crouching down and tracing something in the tree looking shocked with wide eyes "what is it? What does it say?" I asked hurriedly making my way over to where he and Cole now stood.

I pushed both of them to the side and read what the rouge had carved into the tree

I growled loudly at the threat on my mate as well as someone else saying she's there's, who the fuck was that rouge and how does Eleanore know him. The thought of another male touching or thinking about Eleanor made my blood boil, she was mine not theirs. Our pack is very large and dangerous with the best training around, surrounding packs which aren't in an alliance with us may have heard of me finding my mate and want to use her as my weaknesses. I need to protect her I refuse to let someone hurt her ever, especially if I'm the cause.

"We need to do further research on Eleanor and her life, there's got to be something she's not telling us" Cole suggested turning to look at me.

I nodded stepping forward and ripping the side of the tree, with the carving on, to take it back to the pack office. No one patrolling or running through the woods needs to see or worry that's there is trespassers or something going on until we figure out what the fucks going on ourselves. I agree with Cole i think there's something deeper going on with Eleanor, I just didn't know what and how this rouge is connected.

"Lets head back to the office now and pull up her file and records" I said turning around and beginning to sprint in the direction of the pack house.

A gentle sweat dripped down my back as we ran 10 minutes in our human form to the pack house arriving at the back garden. I slowed my speed and walked up the steps onto the porch and headed towards the glass sliding back door, sliding it open I was met with the scents of my pack members all jumbled together.

I was known to other packs to be a ruthless and cruel man and this was partly true as I'd killed many, fought and won many wars and my wolf is more powerful than the average alpha which is why I took the title instead of my older brother. Because of my wolf being stronger I could sense out any wolf from a long distance and read the minds of my pack members through the mind link making it very easy for me to determine who is safe for this pack and who isn't.

Usually any rouges that arrive on my pack land come with bad intentions which is why I immediately kill them to set an example that this pack isn't something to mess with, but innocent children and women usually come by accident escaping from cruel alphas or abusive households. Over the past year I've accepted 21 women and 38 children into my pack after checking they are safe of course. Many of the women ended up being mates to a few men and women of my pack and the children got moved into my pack orphanage or adopted out by mateless wolves or mates unable to conceive.

The rumours are true when it comes to trespassing I'm not afraid and do not hesitate to kill however I'm very different with my pack mates. Im still strict and show power over them but I know every pack member by name and only use violence with them when necessary. Being weak and being seen as soft is the last thing I want which is why I publicly punish anyone who disrespects me, my family or my fighters. I will never be a soft alpha that's how other packs will take advantage, I'll only be soft with Eleanor which is dangerous news for other packs to know. She is my weakness.

Entering the pack house and walking to the kitchen I opened the fridge and searched for a drink and eventually grabbing a can of cherry coke. Turning and leaning against the kitchen counter I sipped my drink as Cole and Jack eventually entered through the back door.

"Are we heading up to the office now?" Cole asked opening the fridge grabbing two cans of lemonade for him and Jack.

"Yes" I simply replied watching as jack poured his drink into a glass since he thinks drinking out of a can is 'dirty'.

"Lets head up now" I said walking past them towards the front of the house where the stairs were. I'm a very impatient person and the fact my mate won't let me be a mate to her hurts me a lot. But I see her eyes when she sees me, I can see she wants me she just doesn't let herself, I don't understand it. Even when she's laughing I can see sadness on her face when her face rests, I wonder what happened in her past to make her eyes look so empty. I want to love life back into her and I'm determined to find out what's happened to make her this cold.

Heading up to my floor where my office was located I got out my key and unlocked the door waiting for Cole and Jack to follow behind me. Once inside I locked the door and headed to the office, the office was very modern and was also soundproof to ensure no one heard our meetings. I was the only person with keys to the floor anyways but in case someone broke in they would hear nothing.

I seated myself at my desk and switched the computer on as Cole and Jack seated themselves in the chairs sat in front of my desk. I began typing in the computer and pulled up all the files I have on my pack members, with this I can see medical records, school records, criminal records, notes on them from previous packs and a description of their wolf.

"Have you found her file yet?" Jack asked sipping his drink and tucking one of his legs over the other.

I sighed and pinched the bridge if my nose, because my pack was so big there was so many files "not yet, do you know her code?" A code is something every wolf has so it'd be easier to find their name in files.

Jacks eyes glazed over telling me he was mind linking someone, seconds later his eyes went back to normal "I asked her brother what their codes were but he wanted to know why we wanted it and I said it's a security measure and we needed both of them to check before the ball next weekend" he said placing his glass down.

"What's her code then?" I asked turning back to my computer clicking the search option ready for Jack to read out the code.

His eyes re glazed over before repeating the numbers '9721306'.

I nodded, typed it in and pressing search watching files pop up. I clicked them and sighed in relief when I saw Eleanor's picture and full name, a smile spread over my face as I clicked through the pictures on her file. I pulled out the remote from my desk door and turned on the TV before sharing my screen onto it.

The first file I clicked was the notes on her from her previous pack, it was a page full of writing along with some pictures attached.

After reading it of my computer screen and waiting for Cole and Jack to finish reading I clicked on the images attached. The first one was of a lady laid on a hospital bed with numerous wires and machines attached to her, she looked pale and worn out but also looked very similar to Eleanor. She shared the same eyes, hair and face and I immediately knew it was her mother. She was gazing down lovingly at a tiny bundle laid on her chest despite looking exhausted. There was a man sat in a chair next to her bed who i recognised as a younger looking Alpha Daniels's, he was smiling while crying staring at both girls proudly but I could see the sadness in his face.

Looking down at the date it was labelled "my heart ached for the family, she'd died after childbirth with Eleanor. That explained why Alpha Daniels was such a cold quiet man but did it explain why Eleanor was so cold and closed off? Loosing your mate usually leads the wolf to suicide but what affect did it have on Elenor and her brother? growing up without a mum and with a cold hearted dad must have had an impact on her but the feeling in my stomach told me this wasn't it.

"We need to keep looking theres nothing out of the ordinary here except her mothers death" Cole said twisting in his chair to look at me.

I scrolled through the rest of the connected photos which just included Eleanor at different ages through school and her training. Some as a child painting, one with her brother, one with a old looking lady labelled 'Martha', some of Eleanor with friends and some of her cheerleading. Surprisingly none with her father.

I clicked out of the notes and clicked on her wolf information, their most likely isn't anything interesting in this but my wolf was curious since he has been unable to speak to her "my wolf wants to read this" I mumbled to the other's clicking through the document.

"Leila, Leila, Leila!" My wolf chanted in my head howling happily at discovering his mates wolf name, weirdly he couldn't sense or contact Eleanor's wolf which was very strange to me, she was also the only wolf that I couldn't read through mind link which made me even more frustrated.

Without even discussing the document we'd just read, we moved onto the next since there was nothing of interest written there. I then clicked onto criminal record and pulled up the very short document.

"What a naughty girl ayyyy" Cole laughed reading the screen "if she was arrested for it that means she probably put them in hospital and they reported her".

This made me wonder if there was more fights that hadn't been reported by the police, if there was I would find it in her school records so I immediately began searching for it, once finding it I pulled it onto the screen and skimmed through the introduction before finding her information.

After reading I growled, me and my wolf unhappy about what we just read "she had a boyfriend" I seethed angrily cracking my knuckles glaring at the computer screen.

"Well at least you know she can be the relationship type" Cole said wiggling his eyebrows trying to lift my spirits, which unfortunately doesn't work.

"But she doesn't want one with me!" I exclaimed outraged "why with him and not me he wasn't even her mate! What if she slept with him" I growled my fists clenching and knuckles turned white.

"Dude I'm sure she didn't it was probably just a stupid high school relationship she would have just turned 15" Cole said calmly making me roll my eyes.

"Cole you've seen first hand what she does with boys" I said in a jealous tone making Cole look guilty, I still hadn't forgiven them doing stuff but I just have to remind myself that he didn't know but it doesn't make me less angry or jealous. The most we've done is kiss and hug she barely even lets me close to her.

"There's one thing I've read that I don't understand" Jack said grabbing our attention "The police record said she had a fight with Daisy Andrews but her school record listed her as one of Eleanor's friends." I had apparently overlooked this fact and scanned down both documents quickly, thankfully Jack always notices the little things

"Why would you fight one of your friends?" Cole asked looking lost in thought.

"I would only fight one of you of you touched my mate" Jack said truthfully.

"So would i" I agreed cracking my knuckles.

I silently turned back to my computer and began looking up the last file which is her medical file, praying this had more information in it as the only thing I've learnt so far is that she's a fighter, her mum died at birth, she used to faint, she has ADHD, she had a boyfriend called Zack and she has assault charges.

Fury invades my mind as I see Eleanor's medical file isn't available to me, frantically I type and search for the file having a strong feeling that it has importance. I roughly grab the roots of my hair and pull once in frustration as I conclude it isn't there and groan loudly.

"What's wrong bro?" Cole asked cracking his knuckles.

"The file isn't fucking there" I say angrily reaching for the phone, both of my friends remain silent as I pick the phone up and dial Alpha Daniels number using the number sheet I keep in my draw.

The phone rings twice before Daniels gruff voice is heard through the phone "Alpha Daniels speaking" he said simply awaiting a reply.

"Yes Daniel it's Alpha Xander, I've been looking over the new arrivals files as a security measure and have come to realise that Eleanor's medical file is missing?" I said typing in my computer and checking to see if her brothers medical file is missing too which it wasn't "is there any reason for this as Kayden Jenkins files are all here so why aren't Eleanor's?" I said in an almost accusing tone anger clouded my judgement as I thought about someone hiding something from me about my mate.

Silence was all I heard on the phone except a gentle muttering in the background telling me he was talking to his pack members but as much as I strained my wolf ears to hear what is being said I realised it was useless since they were speaking Spanish anyways. "I wonder if mate speaks Spanish" my wolf hummed dreamily jumping around in my head.

Just as I was about to speak Daniel spoke again "I'm sorry Alpha Xander there seems to have been a mixup or a problem getting her files from the hospital. I will send over the file myself it should be there sometime next week" somehow I didn't believe him and wondered what was on the files that they didn't want others to see?