Passed Out
Third Person
Keisha and Ryan stayed in the Alpha’s office not saying a word and just staring at each other. After a few more minutes, the beta couldn’t take it anymore and broke the silence. “Keish–”
“Don’t call me that!” she snarled at him.
“I will call you however I want to call you,” he replied which earned him a glare from her. He knew how stubborn she was. Just like Kaiser, he’s 29 years old and he has known Keisha since she was born. He had been searching for his mate and almost gave up until Kaiser told him about Adeline.
Thinking his mate could be in another world as well, he decided to wait for her one more time. But that didn’t stop him from being intimate with another woman. “Keisha, that’s my name so you call me that.” she insisted.
“Fine, but you have to listen to me,” he replied and the woman didn’t say a thing but had her arms crossed on her chest as if waiting. “I didn’t know that you were going to be my mate. I am a lot older and I know that it will be hard for you to understand me. But whether you believe it or not, I like you and I want you. I love the idea of having you as my mate so if you will give me a chance, let me show you how much I love you.”
“No.”
“No? Why?”
“Because I don’t like men who have been with different women. I can’t imagine kissing or making love to someone whom I knew had bedded different women for a long time now.”
“It’s in the past, Keisha.”
“And so what? I don’t know why you and my brother have to do it with other females when you know you have a mate somewhere whom you will meet eventually.”
“I get it, I know I have been such a jerk. But it doesn’t mean that I am going to continue doing it even after finding my mate,” he explained. He knew that she was young and may not be ready for their mate bond. But he still wants her to understand that he is willing to do anything for her to accept him. “Tell me what I will do so you won’t reject me,” he said, almost pleading.
“Are you sure?” she asked and he nodded which made her lips curl into a smile. Ryan didn’t feel good about it but he readied himself. He wanted her so much so he would never let his chance of being accepted by her slip. “Court me,”
“What?”
“Court me. Show me how much you’ve changed and how much you want this mate bond.” Keisha answered. She likes him too. Even before she found out that she was his mate, she already saw him as a man. But just as he said, he was older and she thought she would never have a chance against those women whom he had been with. Ryan didn’t say anything and just looked at her. “What, you didn’t want to?” she asked. Although she started to feel worried, she still managed to appear unaffected.
“Deal,” he suddenly replied. “Make sure that you will be fair and that you’re not going to make any unreasonable demands or whatever,” he added.
“Unreasonable demands??” she exclaimed,
“It’s because I already see you grinning from ear to ear and I had a feeling that you’re going to make my life difficult.”
“You can always back out if you chickened out,” she replied, smirking.
Ryan gets up from his seat and walks closer to her. When he was in front of her, he stopped and pulled her up. With wide eyes, Keisha was about to yell at him but the beta claimed her mouth and kissed her hungrily. Out of shock, she couldn’t respond or do anything.
“What the–” she said glaring at Ryan.
“You didn’t say that I can’t kiss you, right?”
“Of course, you can’t! You are supposed to court me first!” she answered, yelling. But Ryan just smiled at her as he gently rubbed the side of her lips with his thumb.
“I will still court you, Keish. I’ll court you for the rest of our lives.” then kissed her again. Just as she was about to kiss him back, Ryan pulled away. “I will settle myself with a kiss for now, but I will make sure to ravish you when I can finally mark and mate with you. Talk to your brother, he needs you as well.”
“Did he just leave me here?” Keisha asked herself when she realized that she was alone in the room. She never thought that she would be as speechless as she was earlier. She already imagined how pissed off Ryan would be once she said about the rejection. But even if she said that she would never do that either. She just wanted to know if her mate would choose someone as young as her over those experienced women he had been with and she was happy with the outcome.
‘Come back here now brother.’ She mind-linked Kaiser when she finally calmed herself. She wanted to know more about her brother’s mate and was curious about what Ryan had told her about Kaiser needing her.
‘I’m at the border, if you’re done there, just rest and I will talk to you once I come back.’ Kaiser replied through their link.
Keisha sighed deeply before she went back to her seat and leaned back. She wanted to help Kaiser just like what Ryan told her but she also wanted to settle her issues with him.
She knew Ryan for as long as she can remember. Growing up, she started to feel something for him but tried not to show it. Keisha was 15 when she realized how she felt towards their beta. Being an alpha’s daughter, she’s also a very strong she-wolf. She had her wolf when she was 16 and they work well together.
At 17, Kaiser assigned her to become the administrator of the pack’s businesses because she was also smart while attending school. Many wouldn’t believe it at first and the elders didn’t want that either. But she managed to show everyone what she was capable of.
Now, she’s 18 but in her freshman year in college. That’s why she stays more in the city than in the pack. Now that Ryan found out about who she was to him, she began to worry that he’d do everything to control her or limit her movements. She likes the idea of going on a trip and having her vacation anytime she wants and her mate bond with the pack’s beta will surely change her routine.
She shrugged her shoulders before she got up and went to her bedroom. She decided to do what her brother wanted her to do and that’s to rest. She knew that once he was back, he would ask for a report about the company and Kaiser being an alpha and her brother, he is smart as well. He just chooses to focus on the pack rather than the corporate world. And if anyone thought that Keisha was out there by herself, they better think again because Kaiser had someone to look after her and Keisha is a good fighter as well.
Meanwhile, Kaiser is on the border doing his regular patrol and remembers the last time he was with Adeline. He started thinking about their mate bond and what he would do once she smelled him. Feeling excited, he couldn’t help a smile form on his lips. Then out of nowhere, he felt a sudden pain in his chest. It became so intense that he couldn’t help but hold on to it.
“Alpha, are you alright?” one of the patrol guards asked, he raised his hand motioning him not to worry. But the pain was evident on his face so the guard was ready to mind link his beta.
“Ahhh!!!” Kaiser screamed as he knelt before passing out.