Mated to the Alpha Knight

“Babe, you don’t understand! I can't wear pale pink polish!”

"What about hot pink?”

“No! That's even worse, I need like a sassy pink or maybe an angry pink,”

“An angry pink?” Emrys questioned as he watched Ostana bicker to Laker about nail polish, I laughed and pushed both boys out of the way. Laker and Emrys reflected each other's faces as Ostana was deep in thought, peering over each polish bottle, her finger twirling a strand of her raven black hair.

“Here,” Picking up the color I knew Ostana was looking for, I turned around as all three pair of eyes landed on me. “Cerise pink,”

“Perfect!” She squealed, prancing in a small dance. Smirking towards Laker, I shook my head.

“Don’t worry, you'll learn soon,”

“I hope,” He murmured, ice green eyes wide. Ostana chuckled and pecked his cheek, after we paid for the nail polish and went to a few more stores, I was feeling hungry; Ostana and I agreeing that the food court would suffice, both boys took our orders and went to get the food while we sat at a table.

Ever since Emrys and I got closer, my heat had kept itself at bay, but still my body yearned to be close as possible to Emrys; this morning we had hardly woken up and I was already atop of him, my lips gaining heavenly dominance over his, and the only reason we didn't mate was because Laker started banging on Emrys’ door, screaming about dragging his ass out of bed so we could all go get pancakes.

“I love this city,” Ostana spoke as she watched passing people, all of them laughing and happy; so different from our shallow faced town. “Its bright, beautiful, and the people are so nice; a part of me wouldn't mind moving in with Laker tomorrow,”

Smiling at her, I agreed. “Yeah, and did you see that huge park in front of Laker's house? It's super gorgeous!” Before I could utter another word, two girls came up to us. One was short and plum, her dark complexion complimented by a gold nose piercing, while her friend was tall and super skinny, her almond eyes darker than Ostana’s and hair much shorter.

“This might be weird,” The tall girl started. “But are you two for real hanging out with the future knight and his beta?”

“The future who?" I questioned raising my brows as Ostana looked towards me in confusion. Pointing a finger, the shorter one smiled and blushed, following her line of sight, sure enough - she was pointing at the backs of Laker and Emrys.

“Future Knight of the King's army, you know the hot tall one with black hair,”

“The beta is hot too,” The girls voices overlapped each other, giggling, and their first sentence was enough to send me into a fury of rage; Emrys was mine. How dare they look at him, at my mate, and drool over him as if all he was is a sex item. And Future Knight? As in Future Knight Alpha... No... It couldn't be.

Ostana and I both whipped our heads towards the girls, a growl deep in our throats as they spoke of our mates.

"Watch what the fuck you say,” Ostana’s voice was deeper than I ever heard, but her words barely passed over my head, the girls dropped their smiles and turned into a snarl.

"Excuse me?” The tall one spoke, crossing her arms. Ostana and I both stood, her hands slamming down on the metal table in front of us, and even though we were probably causing a scene, I could've cared less. Holding back my wolf from wanting to tear the girls a new one, I spoke.

"Are you deaf? She said watch-"

"Woah there, killer,” A hand touched my shoulder gently and by the sparks, I knew immediately who it was

“What's the issue?” Laker came into my view as I was pulled against Emrys' chest, his finger looping through my back belt loop, and holding me back. But Laker and Emrys both knew if either one of us opened our mouths, we'd regret it as soon as we settled down; Laker spoke before Ostana opened her mouth. “Sorry for the dispute ladies,”

“No harm, no foul,” Emrys chimed in; Ostana didn't loosen her harsh glare. “We must get going, I'm afraid.”

The short one muttered something as our boys forced us to walk away, Emrys pushed me forward softly as Laker gripped Ostana’s hand, and they led us through the mall; cramping into Lakers car, Ostana huffed from the front passenger seat. Emrys sat next to me in the back.

“That fricken bitch,” Ostana spat as Laker pulled out of the busy mall, his car purring, and the sun shined overhead. Agreeing, I leaned back in the tan leather seat, Emrys placing his hand over my knee.

"Babe, she just thought-"

"Oh, I know what she thought about Laker.” Ostana huffed, ignoring his quick glances and focusing on the passing scenery, watching the passing skyscrapers, and focusing on anyone but her mate. “And,” She added, turning and glaring at Emrys. “You're the Future Knight Alpha? Thanks for not telling us,”

Emrys ignored her comment completely, grey eyes looking towards my blue ones waiting to see what I'd do; but what could I do? If he really is the Future Knight Alpha, which would be either really hot or really scary for me, there is nothing I could do about it. In my heart, even before I knew Emrys was my mate, I always knew he had Alpha blood flowing through his veins - he had power rolling off of himself all the time, the type of power that makes you question if you're worthy or not to be in the same room. Plus, it would explain a lot from his strength to his stoic posture.

“Is it true?” Offering him a small smile in hope to let him know that the truth was okay, I faced him. Emrys instantly relaxed but his eyes still deep with worry.

Emrys took a deep breath. “Yes,”

“And he’s damn proud of it,” Laker spoke up, taking a turn, and glancing at us through the rearview mirror.