Another Choice

(Noah) - now

Fuck! That was intense! Seeing and feeling everything they felt. She gave him everything... Her first kiss, her first time. He's his first everything and surely the last. Goddess, I'm so stupid! All my life I hated the fact that fate was already decided for me! I hated people telling me that I should not care about my other mate that I will break her heart because Selina is my true soulmate. That my destiny was to become King one day and nothing else matters. I hated the fact I don't have any choice and I felt so stuck. Stuck in the situation I don't want. And more people told me that the more I hate that, the more I hate Selina. The more I wanted to punish her for that. I have ever thought about the fact she was in the same situation? That she has nothing to do with that? Never! I dreamt so often about my other mate because she was representing freedom for me that I never thought about the price of this freedom. If it's freedom... I need a drink.

"Do you think a drink is a solution? You do know as a werewolf you can't drink to oblivion?" Dad asks.

I'm in his office. I can here because it was close and I knew nobody will dare come here, well except my father.

I shrug.

"How do you know where I'm hiding my alcohol?" He asks again.

"This word map is not correct so why keep it if it was for something else." I say.

"What are you drinking?" He asks before serving himself.

"Whiskey, it's the only alcohol she's drinking." I reply.

"You went to spy on her head?"

"On both of their head, actually."

"What did you see?"

"How much they love each other." I sigh and finish my glass.

He nods and drinks his glass before serving us again.

"I'm so stupid! Five minutes in her head and I'm already falling for her. Hard. Too bad, I'm too late. She already chose him!"

"How can you be so sure? She is in danger and she doesn't have a lot of friends now. You develop stronger feelings in these circumstances. Maybe it will fade."

I close my eyes: "I felt what they feel for each other. It's so deep. Moreover, they look so happy together, I can't be the asshole who break their happiness."

"It's your life-" He starts but I cut him.

"And I need to live with my choice. It's what I'm trying to do now. After what I did to her, I deserve that. It was my choice to ignore her, even if I didn't expect someone else to seduce her, I was not here to stop him either. I'm the one who pushed her away."

"Don't you think you are too hard with yourself. She's your true soulmate, you should fight for her."

"And destroy Tom's happiness. How that's fair for him? After what happened with his mate."

"You're my son, it might be unfair but your happiness passes before his."

"What do you know about the plot against her?" I ask, wanting to change the subject.

"Since your reject-, I mean her 18 birthday (He corrects himself when he sees me scroll), she is partying a lot, she even appears aggressive with important persons creating problems, big problems. I have to say the last time I met her, she was really mean and disrespectful with everyone. A few call her the black widow, as she likes to seduce men. A few of them even die trying to mark her like Oleg. Anna-Lynn succeeded to fix all the diplomatic incidents but I don't think she will able this time. Oleg's death is more an act of war than a diplomatic incident. More and more voices are rising, they don't think she should become our Queen. And maybe they are right. Anna-Lynn thinks she is under influence. She is the first the Lycan ever rejected by her true soulmate, we don't know the impact it has on her."

"I didn't reject her! How fucking time I have to say it!"

"Calm down! I'm on your side."

"Sorry!"

"It was not her." I say a few minutes later.

"What? How? Are you sure?"

"Someone is usurping her identity to make her lose her credibility."

"So that means a witch is involved." He says.

"Yes, Me!" I say annoyed.

"What!?" He says not understanding.

"Someone is also usurping my identity."

"Show me what you saw." He says extending his hand.

"Everything?"

"Everything! Hurry up!" He replies impatiently.

So I give him my hand. He is doing is Alpha's face. I don't like that as he doesn't show any emotions and I have no idea what he is thinking. When he gives my hand back, he goes to his door and locks it.

"You can't speak to anybody. Do you understand me?" He tells so seriously that it's scary.

"What's going on? Maybe we should call mom."

"NO!"

"You're scaring me."

"I don't know who is behind this but this is big. You can't trust anyone." He tells me.

"No one?"

"No one. The witch involves is very powerful and she or he knows you really well. It's someone close to you. Selina has already restrained her circle of trusted people. You have to do the same but I don't know who you can trust."

"What aren't you telling me? Do you have an idea of who it's could be?"

"No, but I'm worried about Tom's reaction. His wolf recognized you."

"Do you think it's me!" I say angry.

"No, but he recognized a blood-related wolf. That is what worrying me."

"Do you think it's someone of our family because we don't have a big family so the possibilities are limited,like very very limited."

"I know and this why I'm worried. You know now why we can't involve your mother."

"Yeah, she will be freaking out."

"Yeah..."

"Do you really think it could be mom, or Fynn, or Lila? I mean there are the only powerful witches I know."

"I don't know. It seems impossible but the history of werewolves tends to prove it happened more often than we think."

"Fuck!" My wolf says. He’s a wolf of a few words even if he is always present in my mind. Mom thinks it's because We’re a hybrid and we're destinated to become a Lycan.

"So what do I do?"

"You mean what do we do? I'm with you. First, I need to speak to Liam. You, you need to find Selina and Tom. We need to work with them."

"How? They are protected by an unknown witch?"

"Maybe, but she is your mate. You can use your bond to her."

"They will kill me when they see me."

"Possibly but they need to know we're on the same side. And it's not like you don't deserve it." He smirks.

"Thank you, dad! Good to know that the idea of my death makes you happy." I reply with sarcasm.

"It's called parental love peanut!" He says shaking my hair like he used to do when I was young.

"More seriously, why did you sleep with the girl at Selina's birthday? And why in the restroom where everyone could hear you?" He adds.

"I'm asking myself the same question. I was a virgin before that and believe me I didn't want my first time to be with a girl in a restroom. I was waiting for the girl. But that night, I was so excited that I needed it. The day after it didn't already make any sense. A moment of madness."

"Or maybe someone gave you some to push you to act like that.”

“You think?”

“I almost sure. You always have ignored her but never disrespected her.”

“I wish it was true...” I say thinking about my fight with Tom.

“You’ve lost your virginity in a restroom. Every wolf will prefer to go into the wood if it’s not a room.”

"What do I do?"

“It’s time to fix this.” He says.

“I don’t know if I can come between them. You saw their pledge, they’re linked deep in their souls. It sounds like wedding vows for me.”

“Well, it was not. It’s more like they’ve created their own pack. A pack of two but still a pack. I don’t say what they feel for each other isn’t strong but I don’t think it still loves.”

“Why do you think that?”

“Because the last memory you saw was a few months ago. Selina’s hair is longer and Tom was bulkier.”

“I don’t know.”

“Your mother always says magic is tricky. It always shows what you’re asking for. What exactly did you ask to see?”

“To see how they become what they are.”

“As they are meant a couple in your mind.”

“Maybe.”

“So there is still hope. Nothing is stronger than the pull between two soulmates. Believe me.”

“Than, how do you explain he’s becoming a Lycan?”

“I don’t know but they didn’t mark each other so you should fight for her. No one can make her happy as you will. She needs you by her side as much as you need her too.”

“I don’t think I can’t make her happier than with Tom.” I say doubting his words.