Ava's pov

I get done cutting the grass so I put the lawnmower away and go inside. "I'm going to change real quick," I tell her. I wanted to wear something that makes me look a little more presentable.

She gives me a little nod and I walk up to my room. "No go back," Danny wines.

"We will, I need to change first," I say, while taking off my shirt.

"But mate, I want a hug."

"No, we just met her."

"Please, please, please," Danny begs.

"If I do, will you stop?" I ask.

"Yes," she answers quickly. I put a light blue shirt on and walk downstairs to the beautiful woman. "Ask her."

"Hey can I ask you something?"

Mia nods her head and says, "Yeah anything."

"Okay so it’s a little weird."

"Please don't tell me you want a piece of my hair," she says as she stands up.

"No my wolf’s not that creepy."

She laughs. "Okay. What is it?"

"My wolf wants a hug."

"A hug? Is that it?" I nod and she walks over to me and hugs me. Her touch is soft and full of love. I pull her in closer to me not wanting to let her go. She takes a deep breath, taking in my scent.

My wolf purrs and my cheeks go red because I know she heard it. I was never going to let go. I want to stay like this forever but I hear a knock at the door so we do. I look her in the eyes and go to get the door. I open it and it is my friend Izzy.

"Hey what's up?" I ask.

"Hey. I know I should’ve called first but I was wondering, does this hurt?" I give her a confused look. Then she pulls out a spoon but not just any spoon, a silver spoon.

"Don't know, never tried."

Just as Izzy puts the spoon in my hand Mia comes running in and tackles Izzy. Mia’s growling at Izzy so I wrap my hands around her waist and put her off and put her behind me. "What the fuck!" Izzy says.

"It's okay Mia," I tell her as I help Izzy up.

"What was that for!" Izzy raises her voice.

"You were going to hurt my mate!" Mia snaps back.

"Mate?" Izzy repeated confused.

"It’s a werewolf soulmate," I told Izzy in simple terms.

"I'm Izzy by the way."

"Mia." They reach out and shake each other's hands. I bend down and pick the spoon up and hand it to Izzy. After Izzy takes the spoon Mia grabs my hand and looks at it.

"Mia what are you doing?"

"Did it not hurt?" She questions.

"I'm fine, why?"

"Can I see the spoon?" Izzy hands the spoon to Mia and as soon as Mia's hand touches the spoon she moves her hand like she touched boiling water. I move my hand to catch the spoon and hand it back to Izzy.

"Are you okay," I asked worried for my mate.

"Yeah I'm fine, how is it not burning you?"

"Maybe because I am a true Alpha," I state.

"No, sliver would still hurt."

"Wait, what rank are you?" Izzy asks my mate.

"I'm an Alpha,” she responds.

"So because Ava is a true Alpha she has more power over you?" Izzy asks.

"In theory, yes." I'm glad to see my mate and friend getting along.

"So she can take your power?"

"Yeah." My mate looks at me. "But you wouldn't, right?"

"I would never, that power is yours," I assure her, kissing her head. She blushes and it’s so cute.

"That’s so cute." Izzy seems to think so too.

"Shut up," I retort as I blush and slap the back of Izzy's head.

"Will she help you lead your pack like a Luna," Izzy asks looking at my mate.

"Yeah when she’s ready the pack will accept her." She looks at me.

"I'm not ready to help lead a pack again." Mia gives me a look of confusion.

"Again?" Mia questions.

"I lead troops in Iraq," I tell her.

"Oh then you will be good at helping me lead," she says with a smile.

"I got them all killed." Her smile drops. She wipes the tear that fell, feeling the grief of losing all those soldiers.

"Hey, it wasn't your fault," Izzy reassures me as she puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey we can do a movie night at the pack house, just the three of us," Mia suggests.

"How does that sound?" Izzy asks.

I nod my head and we walk out of the house. The pack house is only fifteen minutes away. We make small talk and Izzy stops when we get to the end of the woods. "What's wrong Izzy?" I ask.

"What about the wolf the Sergeant told us about?"

"That was just my Beta Zack," Mia answers.

She nods and we start to walk again. Right in the middle of the woods is this little town and a big house. "Welcome to the pack house."

"Alpha your back," Beta Zack says as he runs up to us.

Izzy turns around and locks eyes with Zack. "Mate."

Izzy looks behind her but no one’s there. She looks back at Zack and points to herself and says, "Me." Zack nods and walks over to Izzy.

"Alpha," he starts.

"Go ahead," she says and Zack takes Izzy's hand and starts walking her away. Izzy looks back at me and I give her a smile and nod my head. She turns back around and walks with him, side by side. Mia grabs my hand and leads us into the house.

"Our movie room is under renovation so we can watch the movie in the living room or my bedroom." We walk into the living room and see the kids watching cartoons.

"Let's go to your room so the kid can watch their cartoons," I say with a smile. She nods and leads me upstairs to her room.

It’s very spacious. There’s a king size bed with a couch in front of it. The TV is on the wall opposite of the bed. She walks over to the bed and climbs in. I followed behind her, she put her hand out to help me climb on the bed. I leave a space in-between us because well I just met her. We picked the movie Zootopia.

Throughout the movie I find myself moving closer to her. Next thing I know I am laying on her chest with her tracing shapes on my back. Her soft touch puts me to sleep.

I was a little sad when she decided to sit with space in-between us, but I was happy that she was moving closer. She lays her head on my chest and her hand on my stomach. I think I’m going to lose my mind. I start to trace shapes on her back because I have no idea what to do with my hand. I see her eyes slowly closing. She looks so cute when she’s sleeping and I love her sleeping in my arms.