Orphan Alpha

The Iron Hide pack house was much larger than the rustic pack house of Silver Moon pack. It was obvious from the size of the place that the pack was both extremely large and extremely wealthy. I felt ridiculously out of place as Tristan led me inside.

He led me by the hand to his office, not bothering to stop for introductions to any of the wolves we met as we passed by. Their stares made me more nervous than I had been since the night I met him in the woods. I didn’t know anything about pack life, but it seemed odd that an Alpha wouldn’t stop to introduce his mate to the pack.

Once inside his office, he gestured for me to sit before making his way to his own seat behind his oversized desk. I felt my face drop at the loss of physical contact. Simply holding his hand had me running on a high I had never experienced before. I was afraid that he was changing his mind about accepting me as his mate.

“When is your birthday?” he asked quietly.

“July second.” I responded quietly, looking at my hands as I clasped them in my lap.

“Hey, look at me.” He encouraged. “You’re underage until July second. Until then, I think it would be best if we took things slow. Get you settled in as part of the pack and get to know each other before we complete the mate bond. Do you understand?”

“I.. Well, I don’t really know what any of that means. I was studying the pack law information from Barb, but that’s all I know about packs.” I blurted out.

of me. I wasn’t sure what he had found so funny, my lack

hands. “First, I think we make you part of the pack. You won’t scent like

agreement. He rose and grabbed a letter opener from his desk. I gasped as he drew it across his hand, slicing open his palm.

make you a part of the pack,

I nodded and he quickly cut my hand with the letter opener.

I swear to protect the happiness and wellbeing of the pack and my alpha, to the best of

as the final word passed my lips, my mind was filled with voices of the pack, welcoming me. Sensing it was overwhelming me, I heard

that? I whispered.

officially be made Luna until after your birthday.” He grinned at me, obviously pleased with

from his desk to clean the blood from our hands, the cuts having already healed.

“Hannah. I need you to understand. I’m almost twenty, you aren’t of age yet. As much as I want to feel you close to me, it makes it difficult not to give in and complete our mate bond. It wouldn’t be right for me to do that

a minor and a ward of the state at that. He couldn’t do anything that

stuck in my mental tantrum when there was a knock on the office door. A plain looking girl entered and informed Tristan that my belongings had arrived. He

“This is your room, until we complete our mate bond. You can decorate it