Alpha Zander
Chapter 21

He kneeled to be level with the fire stove stirring the pot full of our dinner.

I tried to make some conversation, I thought a nice comment will be ok. Oh, how wrong I was.

As soon as I asked he was all uncomfortable, squirmish his eyes flashing a gold rim with his wolf peeking through like he was arguing something.

I didn’t even consider the history of this place, then it dawned on me… maybe it belonged to his mother.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have asked, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.” I started backtracking quickly.

Things were already somewhat awkward because earlier when he tried to k**s me, It came so naturally to him to want to do the action. I didn’t mean to hesitate when I did, I just wasn’t ready yet I hope when I get to know him more as himself then maybe I’ll feel more comfortable doing those things naturally too.

Kia was fuming I didn’t let our mate k**s us, but I wasn’t ready and she needed to understand that.

“It’s alright, you should know anyways. I’m still coming to terms with this place myself if I’m honest” He mumbled

I frowned not sure where this was going.

“It was my grandmother’s cottage, My mother’s mother. I guess she moved here to be close to mum when she moved to Dad’s pack, I hadn’t been here in years. I only have a few memories of this place, some of them are snippets of mum with me in the garden but not too many” He said with a shrug and his eyes darting all over the place not wanting to be on mine. Damn me and my big mouth.. I try to make nice yet I just make him uncomfortable. So Instead of making things worse l just nod my head and smile at him waiting to see if he will continue.

“I think dinner is ready if you would like to eat now?” He confirmed after a few minutes.

“Sure, is there anything I can help with setting up?” I asked looking around.

The cottage inside was beautiful, loved the little living room and kitchen area, it was a cosey area, not too small. Just enough for two people or a small family.

He nodded in response and grabbed some plastic bowls from the bench and started to unwrap them.

“I wasn’t sure what else was around so l just bought a few throwaway cutlery and dishes for tonight, I might have to go to the shops properly later and buy a few things if we are going to spend Our time here”

I looked up to him a bit startled that he would consider meeting regularly here.

“what’s wrong?” he asked studying my puzzled face.

“I didn’t know you wanted to meet regularly?” I shrugged, I knew we were mates but I kind of thought the whole thing with our pack’s history and all the girls he likes to be with might turn him off being with me.

Yes I know he gave me the Luna heirloom and has confirmed he wanted to work things out, but I still had a small bit of doubt lingering in my mind, that maybe one day he would wake up and just not want to be together anymore, especially with his history.

He nodded and said “Yeah, for sure, you are my mate, I want to be with you and you only. Plus Jace would never let me be with anyone else.”

I smiled at the reassurance and determination in his voice, it makes me feel a little bit guilty for having the doubtful thoughts.

He moved closer to me invading my space cupping my cheek sensing my unease, “you will always be the one I want, I know it’s only been a few days, but the only way you will be getting rid of me is if you reject me.” His scent is making me dizzy and with the feeling of the sparks coursing through us, it’s like all time has stopped and I didn’t want to move away from this feeling, to be here in this moment together forever.

His eyes turned dark with l**t as l unconsciously licked my bottom l*p soaking in his delicious scent.

I said I didn’t want to wait to be intimate with him just yet, but being alone here in this house with him is harder than I thought.

A sizzling sound startled us bringing me back to reality, the soup had boiled over the top spilling onto the fire stove.

“I think dinner is officially ready” Zander smirked.

I sware I see a little glint of mischief flashing through his eyes as he moves back towards the stove.

“He knows exactly what he’s doing’ I mumbled to Kia.

‘of course, he does, he wants to jump your bones, I also wouldn’t mind getting a taste of our mate’ Kia responded l!cking her chops greedily.

I rolled my eyes internally to her, silly h0rny wolf… maybe one day we will be with him, but today is not that day.

Kia grumbled about me being silly and retreated to the back of my mind.

As Zander dished out the meal I could see outside through the kitchen window the sun had set completely leaving a black sky covered in shining stars. I loved running in the evenings, Kia felt so free at the night, everyone was asleep it was peaceful to be out running by ourselves without any worry. I wondered If Zander did actually want to go for a run tonight or if he meant next time.

While my thoughts rambled he guided me through to the lounge to sit and eat, I looked around and realized there wasn’t a table for us to sit at…

He must have noticed me looking and asked “is the here all right? The dining room is out the back, here felt a bit more comfortable”

“Ohh yeah, this is ok,” I said back with a warm smile. “let’s eat, I’m starved”

He chuckled and rolled his eyes at my exaggeration as he sat down on the lounge placing the things on the table for us to use.

“So you were thinking of fixing something up?”

I asked while stirring my food and taking a sip of the beautiful rich sauce, hoping this line of conversation will be ok to discuss and not make him feel uncomfortable again.

He nodded with a mouth full of food he’d scooped up the soup making the bread all nice and soggy.

“I just need to make a list of a few things and maybe get some updates for a few items too, I was surprised Dad didn’t have anyone checking in on the place, but then again maybe he also didn’t know anything about it.” He shrugged.

“I can help out too if you like, the Garden looks amazing, I don’t mind getting into that if you want some help,” I suggested.

“Anything you need help with just let me know,”

He nodded in response, settling down and relaxing back on the sofa.

I was still leaning forward with my bowl placed on the coffee table for support, but I could feel Kia wanting to push back and cuddle into our mate.