Zara

It's been a week since I've seen my mate...in person anyway. He's been all over the news. Packs just can't get over how young he is and how it's somehow disrespectful to everyone. I personally think they feel threatened.

I've watched pretty much every news story about him, practically drooling over how sexy he is. I've only had one interaction with him and I'm already addicted.

I'll be lying if I said that some news about him doesn't have me feeling some type of way.

The hashtag 'Alpha Kai's Mate' would normally be a good thing to see if the pictures included my face.

Nope, the hashtags included pictures of my mate and the Purple headed chick from my brothers office. Countless pictures and videos of them hugging, smiling, and so very close to each other.

When you look up his name and click on images, 94% of the pictures have her in them.

What makes it worse is that I have no idea who she really is or anyway to ask him about it.

I just see this drop dead gorgeous girl next to my mate every fucking day and it kills me. She's at every meeting, every conference, everything he does she's right there like I should be.

It honestly made me feel defeated.

What if she was also in his bed? Hell I wouldn't even be surprised!

Her stupid tanned skin and dumb big brown eyes. Her horribly perfect body that was beyond fit and her horrifically angelic voice!

The thought of her being next to him made me want to punch someone in the face.

Anyway, it was about 7pm and I decided to go for a walk to clear my mind because if I spend more time thinking about it I'm going to explode.

I liked to take my walks late in the day where most people are in the house getting ready for the next day. This time the night was perfect, it wasn't noisy, hot, or dark.

I had on a Nike jumpsuit that I got in the towns where the humans lived. I loved going into their towns, they have the coolest stuff and best food.

We normally eat just a few meals because we only eat what we grow, hunt, or trade. Humans eat EVERYTHING! Including sweets! We don't have anything sweat besides maple syrup.

"Excuse me ma'am?" A strange voice called out. Judging by the pitch I could tell it was a child.

I looked to my side and met eyes with a young girl.

"Hey honey, where's your parents?" I asked, walking over to her. She seemed to be about 9 years old.

Light blond hair, green eyes, with clothes covered in mud.

"At home. I told them I wasn't ready to go in yet and they tried to force me, sooooooo I went back out to play. I tried to walk home but I think I'm lost" she said, grabbing my hand.

Luckily I was the one who found her and not some creep! This little girl was very trusting. She held my hand confidently.

"Do you know your address?" I asked, continuing to walk. Our pack's addresses are broken up into Street, Avenue, Drive, and Road, all started with a number and the our pack name, midnight. It should be pretty simple to find her house.

Kids normally don't get lost in our pack. My brother absolutely hates crimes against children. He made it a law that all children must be indoors by 8pm if they are not with their parents or a family member listed as a Guardian. He does have a list of all of the guardians of each child to make sure this rule is upheld. Families could spend 6 months jail or have to pay a good amount if their child is not accounted for at all times.

"Yes! 36 K.A.I Avenue. We finally moved into the big houses!" She said, smiling big.

My eyes widened in realization. How in the hell did she walk here?

"How...how did you get here?" I asked.

"We went for a trip to see some of the boring landmarks and just when I found something fun to do they tried to take me home" she said, shaking her head.

The closest landmark is only 4 miles away, maybe that is where they were. Did she really walk that far?

Some bigger questions are , how did she get past security? How long did it take for her parents to know that she's gone? Do they even know? Does Kai know? Is he on his way? Is SHE with him?

"Okay honey let me call our Alpha he'll contact Malakai and have you home, oaky" I said, walking towards a bench.

We sat down and she happily swung her feet, not letting go of my hand.

"Yes Zara" he said, answering on the second ring.

"I have a little girl here from Malakai's pack with me. She tried to find her way home and ended up here with me. Her parents took her on a vacation" I said, as she laid her messy head on my shoulder.

"A fucking child without a guardian? Find out her parents name, I will have them pay. She could've gotten killed, or abused" he growled.

"Key part, from Malakai's pack. Her address is 36 K.A.I Avenue. You can't punish them because they don't belong to you. Could you contact Malakai and let him know she's here?" I asked, rolling my eyes. It's like he only heard what he wanted to hear.

"Call him? Shouldn't you have his number? Or at least a mind link?" He asked, making me feel like crap!

I should be able to call my mate but he never gave me his number. He just gave me an orgasm and left me for days, then had that damn girl up in his face!

"Well I can't okay!? So can you contact him?" I snapped.

"Sure, bring her to my house," he said, hanging up.

I sighed loudly. If I felt like doing that I wouldn't have called him.

"Okay honey, we gotta walk a little bit" I said, standing up. She quickly held on to me tightly and nodded her head. She's such a sweet girl!

The walk only took 8 minutes, but that's 8 minutes I did not want to use. The whole walk she was telling me about her whole life. I know what school she goes to, her parents name, and what her room looks like.

I knocked on the door and waited about 30 seconds for him to open the door.

He didn't even glance at me, giving the child his full attention.

"Are you okay?" He asked her.

She gripped onto me tighter and moved behind my leg. Zion took the hint and stepped back. He started to walk up to his office and we followed him. The child was so pressed up on me she might as well be in my jumpsuit!

"He's a good person" I whispered to her as we walked in his office.

He sat down on his desk and pulled out a small book, which I'm guessing he kept everyone numbers in. After turning through a few pages he pulled out his phone and started dialing.

"Here take down his number for yourself" he laughed, showing me the book. I didn't even look at it, I want him to be the one to give it to me, not anyone else.

He placed the phone on the desk and put it on speaker.

"Alpha Malakai's phone, how can he help you?" a familiar voice said. I tried my hardest not to break the chair I was sitting in. Why was she everywhere?!

"Hello this is Alpha Zion. I need to speak to Malakai about a member of his pack" he said, crossing his arms.

A few seconds later a sweet manly voice sounded over the phone.

"This is Alpha Malakai, I heard that you needed to speak to me about a member of my pack?"

"Yes, she's a young girl, maybe 10 years of age. From what I was told she went with her parents on a trip and got lost. Luckily she found my sister, who brought her to me" he said, looking over at the child.

"Kate Kenner, yes her parents reported her missing a while ago. Soon as we were notified we headed to the place she was last seen. I was just getting ready to call you to see if she somehow got in your borders. Can you let your guards know we are coming in to take her?" He said.

Okay so just ignoring that I'm here? I know it's a bigger picture but knowing she's with him and didn't acknowledge me is killing me!

"Of course. How close are you so they can be ready?" My brother asked.

"Honestly we can get to your borders in 5 minutes. Thank you for keeping her safe, and tell your beautiful sister thank you as well" he said, making my heart thump.

"Oh she can hear you, we'll see you soon" my brother said, hanging up.