Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 34

Carter's POV

As soon as we stepped onto the main floor, I smelled the most delightful smell of strawberries and cream. I apologized to Raven, and Austin, and went in search of my mate. I cannot lose her, as she is my second chance mate, and I know better than to give her time to get away. I mindlinked Austin and told him that I had scented my mate, and he understood. He wants his mate, just as badly as I do, and he was very happy for me.

"It is fine, I will stay with Raven, you go find your mate. I am happy for you Carter" Austin linked me back and I headed into the main area of the venue. It was on the other side of the dance floor where some were already seated at the tables set up in next to the dance floor. I saw a beautiful brunette standing with her back to m, and I had to keep myself from running over to her. Her bright red dress had a strap on one shoulder to hold it up. The side that needed to be marked was free and bared to me, free for me to sink my canines in, to show the world who she was, my mate, and Luna. That is great, easier for me to get this done. She was speaking to an older woman, who looked vaguely familiar to me, but all my attention was back on my mate and my excitement at having found her. I prayed to the Goddess that I will have a good mate and not a replay of the one I had just broken the bond with. I hope the Goddess is willing to help me out in this. I want a mate that will be my other half, like with my parents. I want the kind of love that they have. I slowed down as I neared her, but my gaze was intense as I approached.

The lady saw me coming up and I guessed from the look in my eyes she knew exactly what I was doing there and gave me a bright smile. I smiled back and when my mate turned around to see who the lady was smiling at, I was met with a surprise. "Simone?" I managed to say.

"Yes, mate," Simone told me, and then she flashed me a brilliant smile, making my heart start to flip in happiness. I have had a crush on her since we were kids. I just haven't seen her in the last few years. I had no reason to go to her pack, and she had not been here as she got bored at the treaty meetings. I guess I did too, as I had not been participating in them either. The treaties renew every two years, and each time, the location changes between us. The last time it was at their pack to sign the treaty, and it was up for renewal in two months. They would have been coming here to do it this time, but it would be her older brother coming here to do the honors now.

Her dimpled smile is captivating me, and I cannot look away from her. I thank the Goddess for giving me this beautiful woman as my mate. Even though we really haven't seen each other in a while, Simone was special to me. Her mom beamed with happiness, and I knew that her family was there, as I had seen her brothers earlier when I was looking down on the first floor while I watched people arriving. I just hadn't seen Simone or her mom. I sure hadn't scented her, as I would have come straight to her. I grinned back as I am too stunned to carry on an intelligent conversation.

"This is funny, Carter," Simone told me, and I freeze up. Is she about to reject me? What is funny about this? The thought of loving me? Why is this happening?

I feel her grab my hand in both of hers and looked down at her. She sees that I am panicking and is trying to calm me. It works, and very quickly, in fact. The tingles are helping to calm me, but I still feel bad, is she trying to soothe me, to help me get past the rejection? I gulp, as I am worried. Does she have a boyfriend? I close my eyes and brace myself as I wait for her to do it.

"Carter, are you OK? What is the matter with you?" Simone asked me, and she has concern all over her face as my eyes popped open to look her in the face.

"Are you not rejecting me? I thought that is what you meant by funny, are you not upset with me being your mate?" I asked Simone.

"No, I have always liked you, Carter, although these new feelings are very much stronger than the ones I used to have toward you. I meant funny about our siblings being mates too" Simone said, and I am shocked, who are the other mates? This is the first I heard of one of her two brothers being Raven's mate. Dad said that Raven had a second chance mate, but he never said who it was. Just that he was going to tell us all later on tonight.

"Krew, or Brandon?" I asked her, as they are both older than Raven, and I didn't know which one she had received as her mate.

I see her dimpled smile flash before she said, "Brandon."

I am glad for them both, Raven deserved to be happy, and Brandon is a really good guy. I can't remember him being a jerk toward us even though we were a lot younger than him. I believe that he was waiting for his mate too, so that is a good thing too. Shouldn't be a problem with any jealous ex-girlfriends in his pack. He trains a lot, and he will be able to keep my sister safe, and that is the most important thing to me as her brother. I will too, as will dad, and Austin, but her mate is the one who is with her the most. Her safety is his responsibility, so I am glad that she has him.

I smiled too, as just seeing her smile makes my heart do funny things in my chest. I want to kiss her, I want to kiss that cute dimple too, and I want, no, I NEED to mark her. As soon as possible, as soon as she will let me. I cannot let her go without doing that. I look over and see that dad is nowhere to be found and tried to link him, but he has me blocked. I tried to link my mom to tell her, but she also has me blocked. What in the hell is going on here tonight? I go to link Austin, and he said, "Not now, dealing with a problem" before he drops the link.

"Is your dad around?" I asked Simone and her mother. I wanted to ask my parents if I can just go ahead and mark her. I can't let her get away, and I don't know if that is acceptable or not. I certainly don't want to start off on the wrong foot. I am kicking myself for goofing around and not paying as much attention as I should have in high school. I should know this, but I figured that I would be getting all the information that I needed when dad trained me to take over, to know how to do things as he does. I wasn't sweating it before, but I am now. Hopefully, she will think that it is charming that I am going to ask permission before I just take her to a corner and mark her as being mine.

"He is, but he is doing something with your dad. They didn't tell us what, just that it was important, and for us to stay here where we were safe. Oh, he also said for us not to accept any food or drinks from anyone until they got back. Brandon and Krew are with them, so I believe it is something serious, but I didn't know. Why? What is going on?" Simone asked me.

"I was going to ask permission before marking you, I wanted your parents to be OK with it first," I told her, and her mom smiled even bigger. Thank the Goddess she thinks it is out of respect, not because I was scared that Simone might not allow it, or that I shouldn't do it tonight.

"That is cute, Carter, I appreciate the fact that you want to make sure that we approve of you as mates, but you know that we have always hoped that you two would be. You only have to get Simone to allow you to mark her tonight, our opinions do not matter. The Goddess bound you two together for a reason. It is probably the reason that you two were so close to each other while growing up. Even though you two thought you were so sneaky, walking around the forest just inside the tree line hand in hand, it was just the sweetest thing. I know Olivia and I had prayed about you being mates. It is not like you are first meeting each other Carter, she knows you, and your family. This is a wonderful thing, and I feel like the Goddess herself has blessed you both with this. This is between you two, we as your parents, do not have any business being involved in your decision" Simone's mother, Angie, told me.

I glanced at my mate and saw her blushing. I don't know if it was because her mom was so happy about us being mates, that she was practically encouraging me to mark her daughter right here next to the dance floor, or not. I bet it was because she just remembered us walking around hand-in-hand together. We did think that no one knew about it. I loved to hold Simone's hand. It made me feel like we were together as boyfriend and girlfriend, even when we were very young, like 10 and 11 years old. We were pretending that we were together, and I know the memory of that is probably the reason for the blush on Simone. I grinned at her and gave her a wink, and her blush grew deeper.

"Simone, do you accept our bond? Are you willing to be the next Luna of Blood Walker?" I asked her in all seriousness. I was so relieved to see her nodding to me. She is suddenly shy, but I know her, she is not shy. She is a beautiful, strong, she-wolf, one who is smart, and kind and will help me to lead my pack. The draw to make her mine is pulling me hard, and I don't know how much longer I can hold. So, I am glad that she accepted. I am hearing some yelling coming from another room, but the memory of what my father told me comes to mind. I can't go see what is going on. It sounds like girls fighting anyway. I need to stay focused on accepting and marking my mate, so she can't be taken away from me. Both he and mom have drilled into us about not wasting any time when it comes to our mates. That we need to accept the bond and mark our mate. This gives me a small shudder at the thought of marking her, so I excuse us from her mother, and escort her upstairs. I had seen a little private area, with a balcony that overlooks the forest. It is beautiful up there, and when I pulled her behind me onto the balcony and shut the French doors behind me, I appreciated that mom went to so much trouble for the night.

There are tables with lighted umbrellas on them on the ground outside the venue, making the low lights shine as dusk settles, it looks very romantic. The balcony that we are standing on also has lights wrapped around it on the railing, and the sunset seems to want to cooperate as well, as the sky looks gorgeous tonight. I turn to look back at Simone who was also caught up in the beauty of the night and I know that no one here could have stopped me from marking her tonight unless Simone herself insisted on rejecting me. I won't give her time to figure out that she could do better. I love her, the feeling is new to me, but I never had a doubt about marking her or mating with her. I just didn't know if I could do it, without her parent's blessing. I paid more attention to fighting, and the bookwork that came with being the Alpha, than to the ins and out's of marking your mate.

"It is a beautiful night tonight, Simone, but everything around me pales in comparison to you. I am so glad the Goddess blessed me to be your mate. I have to admit that when we would have those little walks, I liked to pretend to be your boyfriend. That you were mine, and that we were running our "pack" together. Your mom was right, I have been blessed. I am so glad that she chose you to be my Luna" I told her and pulled her to me tipping her face up and kissing her. This I did know how to do. I have kissed a few girls, but I never went any further. Dad was strict about it, and he and mom both warned us about girls in the pack wanting the Luna position. They gave us a serious warning that some of them were willing to get pregnant just to take the position away from the she-wolf that the Goddess was going to bless us with.

Simone responds to the k!ss enthusiastically, I could not have picked a better area for us to come to for us to mark each other. Between the sky showing out, and my stunning mate, my mom could not have planned this out any better if she had tried. I made a mental note to thank her when I go back downstairs. We kiss for a few minutes, breaking apart to catch our breath again.

"Are you sure, Simone?" I asked her because this is it, once she is marked, she is mine.

She nodded and said, "Yes, I want to be your mate, Carter. I always have."

That was all I needed to hear. I bared my teeth and bit in where her neck and shoulder met. I am almost overcome with emotions, and pleasure as I mark her. I cannot imagine how good it is going to feel when I finish our bond tonight and mate with her. I l!cked her wound to help it heal, and Simone shuddered against me as I lapped her mark. It was beautiful, with my large black wolf, and a smaller tan and white wolf protected behind me on her neck. I am so glad that the dress would let everyone know that she was mine. "Your turn," Simone said to me and smirked. I undid my tie and pulled it off slowly. I took my jacket off and placed it on the railing as she watched me with sparkling eyes. She is excited to do this, to put her mark on me. I can feel her emotions running through me, and that makes me happy. Pride that I was her mate, attraction as I can smell her arousal getting stronger as she watched me unbuttoning my shirt. I wanted her to have good access, so I made sure that I unbuttoned almost all the way down, so she could see the abs that I worked hard to earn. Her scent of arousal jumped up much stronger and I couldn't contain my groan. This was going to be so much harder than I thought it was going to be. I want to finish this right now, but at least we are getting the most important part done. She is mine, no one will be taking her away from me.

Simone steps forward and lays her left hand on my chest and I swear, I don't know how I am going to be able to hold myself back. My need for her keeps growing, as well as an additional problem that will be obvious to anyone that I pass. Her delicious scent wraps around me as I leaned down to her. Simone was very tall, at 5'11", but I am 6'4" and she needs me to lean down for her to mark me. I breathe in her scent and when her teeth break my skin, I almost c*m in my pants at the pleasure I felt. My eyes rolled back, and I growled out my approval as she starts licking my wound for me. I hold her tightly to me, and I start to contemplate whether anyone would really miss us if I were to take her to the packhouse, and up to my room, for us to finish this right now. We can always come back to the party later on. I think it is the perfect plan.

Just as I am about to open my mouth and ask Simone about my idea, I get a panicked mindlink from Austin, "I am sorry Carter. We need some help in here."

"Where are you at? I am coming" I asked him.

"Follow the yelling" Austin links back, and then cuts the link again.

I grab my jacket and tell Simone, "Come with me, we need to go back downstairs." Simone frowns as she knows that something came up, and I know that she is just as disappointed and frustrated as I was that we didn't get to finish this how we wanted to. I hold her hand and don't even bother buttoning up my shirt. I had my jacket and tie in one hand, and Simone's hand in the other, and I am not letting go of what I am holding in either one. I hear the screaming as soon as we start heading down the stairs, and when we get to the bottom of the stairs I see that Alpha Graham has lost his damn mind and is about to attack my sister in his anger. That won't be happening tonight.