Zayn pov

I heard him open the door of his bedroom and I put my book away, almost being blown away when I saw the boy in front of me. He was wearing a black skinny jeans that hugged all his curves. And a white shirt buttoned halfway. The pink nipples it was showing made my pants feel tighter.

I suddenly had to fight with Cade for control. He wanted his mate, and he wanted him now. I managed to hold him back, "Damn, you look good harry." I spoke.

He twirled for me, and I felt like I could die peacefully,

"Thanks." he spoke with a soft smile on his face.

Shit, "Now I wished I could have come along." I spoke.

He's going clubbing, where a lot of males will be looking at him. Dancing with him. Cade tried to give another push for me to mark him.

'Cade no. We can't mark him without his consent.' I growled at him.

' What if he meets another guy?' he shot back.

' Then we'll accept it for now!'

' Why haven't you told him about mates yet? This is ridiculous!'Cade snarled.

'I don't want to scare him off you mutt!'

"I can always take you along on the leash." Harry teased, making Cade shoot forward again.

I clenched my jaw as I fought with him for control.

' Just let me mark him!' Cade begged.

'No! Stop fighting!' I responded.

"I swear harry one of these days I won't be able to hold him back." I managed to get out.

He giggled, "Sorry, he's too easy to tease."

I was about to tell him that he was playing a dangerous game when the doorbell rang. he looked at me, "Shift,

now!"

I took off my sweatpants and boxers, glad that harry was looking away. This way he wouldn't see the clear boner I had for him. I shifted as I saw him walk over to the front door.

'Behave Cade. ' I warned him as I gave him control.

'Whatever. ' Was his dry reply.

I heard our mate greet his friends. I had found out that their names were Robin and Fred. I had panicked at Fred, but he told me her name is French and no one can pronounce it. And I was glad to hear the pronoun 'she'. I looked up when a short girl walked into the room. Her hair was a fiery red and she had a crazy grin on her face. Fuck.

"Oh my goodness. He is adorable!" she squealed as she aw me. she started jumping up and down and got closer

with her hand extended.

Cade growled from the comment and the proximity. Damn mutt has been in the forest for too long and is now

not happy with human contact.

"Oh don't you growl at me big boy. I have wrestles cows in my day, I ain't scared of a dog." The girl said.

She isn't the smartest one of the group, I figured. I fought with Cade to keep him from biting the girl's head off. It wasn't an easy fight.

"The pet shelter said that he doesn't really like people." Our mate explained and his voice calmed Cade slightly.

"Awww, is our baby boy shy?"

Scratch that calmness he's full on rogue now. Fucking hell this girl should know how badly Cade wants to bite her. He gave another growl.

"How about I get the glasses out." our mate said as he clearly tried to steer the conversation away from me. It

worked, as magically, the girl ran towards the dining table and sat down. She was holding a bottle of vodka, which worried me to say the least.

I watched our mate return with the glasses and his other friend, who had been silent before all this, asked how I the dog - had been so far. Her skin tone was darker than our mate's and the other girl's. Her hair was long and

brown, and her eyes were also brown. She smelled slightly weird.Like a werewolf had been close to her

recently. Maybe she's friends with one without knowing? She's human for sure, the scent just surrounds her

slightly. Maybe she has a mate, she's not marked though.

'Well neither is our mate' Cade pointed out.

'Shut it'

I could see harry smirk. Oh no . "No, he's a good boy. A sweetheart really."

He glanced at me and Cade gave

him a glare which the minx just returned with a grin, "At the pet shelter they said it was weird that he was so kind to me. We don't really know why he likes me so much

over anyone else."

Halfway through his sentence I stopped listening as I saw one of his friends mix her a drink with way too much alcohol in it. Harry seemed to have noticed it too, "Excuse me?"

"Come on hun. You've been teaching all week. Live a little!" his friend said.

His other friend sighed, "You say that every week Robin."

"Shhh. Usually it works!"

Harry rolled his eyes and took a swig of the glass. His face scrunched up and I cringed at the sight. "God that

doesn't get easier." he spoke.

"Your choice. Just know your dog can't clean up your vomit when you get home tonight." His brown haired

friend spoke. Oh I could. But did I really want to?

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Two hours later I was truly panicking. Our mate was clearly tipsy, and his pats have gotten sloppier. Cade had

walked over to calm us. Whenever our mate touched us, sparks would follow wherever his skin had been, which felt absolutely amazing. Trying to calm us worked at first, but not so much as the signs of alcohol started showing on him.

What if something happens when he's drunk? What if a guy comes onto him? Fuck. I should be the one protecting him.

' Calm down human. You're freaking me out' Cade growled.

'Sorry. I can't help it.'

'Don't you think I don't know that. I would shift and let you hold him back if it wasn't for his friends being here or the fact that he wants to leave.' Cade spoke.

I sighed. This sucks. Maybe I should just introduce myself next week. That way I could join without raising suspicion.

Except for the fact that harry told me he doesn't want them to know about a guy living in his house. Dammit!

I decided to listen to the conversation again. I had learned who Robin and who Fred was. Robin was the

party redhead, and obviously drunk already, while Fred was a lot calmer and took it easy on the alcohol.

"Nah, he didn't have enough stamina." Robin spoke with a slight slur.

"Your standards are way too high." Harry told her with a chuckle.

I swear, all this girl talks about is sex.

"Excuse me, I just expect a man to be able to hold out." Robin defended.

Cade and I let out a snort, which was punished by a pinch in our ear. He did that whenever we did something that

wasn't dog-like. It didn't hurt, and it was actually kind of cute.

Our mate is perfect. ' Cade spoke.

'That he is. ' I agreed.

"Well then what about you hun? I don't see any guys running around your apartment?" Robin asked my mate, making me stiffen. Harry choked on his drink. Yeah, guys

running around his apartment huh? What a concept.

"I'm not looking for a guy, you know that." He explained, making Cade whimper in my head.

'Maybe he's just telling her this to keep her off his back?' I tried to cheer him up.

'What if he's serious? What if our mate doesn't want us?' Cade mumbled.

'He doesn't know what we are to him yet. he'll understand once we explain it to him.' I told him.

'Well go ahead and actually explain it then.' Cade snarled at me.

He has been trying to force me to tell him, but I don't want to pressure him. he's human, we can't rush this. I might have to do this the human way entirely, the last thing I want is for him to push us away because we

forced this on him.

He clearly responds to the mate bond. he feels safe and relaxed around us, I can see it. Even right now, while

he's casually petting us, he's relaxed.

I was shot from my thought process when I heard harry tell the girls it was time to head out. Fred agreed and I

heard Robin chug her glass.

"We are not carrying you back to your apartment." Fred warned her.

"Oh you know you love me," Robin responded before I heard her stand up.

Harry gave us a pat on the head and we opened our eyes to look at him.

"I've gotta go." he mumbled, his words were slurring too.

We whimpered, but moved our head from his lap. he stood up and stumbled slightly, regaining balance by placing his hand on the table. God he really shouldn't be going out while he's already this intoxicated. Cade nudged his side and he giggled and looked down at us.

"I'll be fine Cade. Don't you worry about me I'm a tough mama!" It didn't reassure us.

Fred and our mate started to talk about pets and he eventually made his way to the coat rack. I reluctantly

watched him put on his coat and open the door. He turned around to look at me and smiled, "Protect the house for me. I'll be back!" she told me.

Cade gave a snort and she waved before closing the door. We waited a minute to make sure none of the girls forgot anything before we shifted back. I grabbed my phone and

texted him.

Me: We'll protect it with our life. Be careful.

He took a while to respond.

Harry: Thanks! I will br.

Great. he can't even type properly.

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We were awakened by the sound of the door opening. I shot up and checked the time. It was 4AM. I must have fallen asleep somehow. Cade and I were set on waiting for him to get home, but we must have dozed off.

Mate of the year award.

I stood up and carefully looked into the hallway, making sure it was actually our mate that came in. His scent hit me, but it was mixed with alcohol and sweat. he was trying to take off his coat, but he didn't seem too successful in completing the task. I wonder how much he drank after he left.

"Hey." I spoke, making him scream in response.

"Jesus!" he spoke as he held a hand on her heart, "Don't scare me like that." he slurred as he held himself up

with the door.

"Sorry." I walked over to him, "Need help?" he nodded and held his hands out. I chuckled as I took his jacket off.

"I'm home." he slurred as I helped him take off his shoes.

"Welcome home." I replied with a smile.

He gave me a lopsided grin in return.

When he managed to take his shoes of he made his way over to the bathroom and started to freshen up.

"How was it?" I asked. I tried to make out more of his scent, specifically to see if other guys had been close to

him. For now, we were all clear.

"Fun. Robin took a guy home. Fred and I just danced and had fun. Basically how all our night went" he mumbled

"That's great."

He nodded, "Yup. Now bye bye. I need to pee." he said as he waved me out the door.

I chuckled and closed it behind me. A full 10 minutes later he emerged from the bathroom again. Only wearing

his and panties.

"Shit." I mumbled as I looked away from him, trying to reign in Cade and my own desires to mark and mate him right then and there.

"It's not like you haven't seen it before." he giggled. I felt him touch my back, making sparks spread through my skin and making me shiver, "Besides, I've seen you naked

too." he spoke, the slurring words a reminder that she was drunk. Drunk means no consent.

"Let's get you to bed." I spoke in a strained voice. he giggled but thankfully followed my suggestion. Keeping my eyes on his face, I helped him put on his PJ's and into bed, relaxing slightly when he was fully under the covers.

"You're really handsome." Harry blurted out.

I grinned, "Am I now?"

He nodded and pulled his covers up over his face to hide his blush. "Yes." he mumbled.

I chuckled, "Well, we think you're beautiful."

He beamed, "Really?"

"Yes. Absolutely stunning." I whispered the final part. He yawned and I shook my head. "Go to sleep haz."

He smiled at me, "Goodnight zayn and Cady."

"Cady?" I asked with a smirk.

"Cade is cute. So he's Cady." he mumbled.

I chuckled as Cade was grumbling in the back of my mind. I could feel he secretly liked it though. A nickname

he made specifically for him.

"Goodnight harry." he nodded, and not a few seconds later he was asleep.

I smiled at him and lowered myself to him. I gave him a soft kiss on the head, "Goodnight mate." I whispered.

He responded to my touch and snuggled against my cheek, making me smile. I moved back and stood up, giving our mate one last glance before heading to the couch. he's perfect.

'That he is' Cade agreed.

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