New Beginnings

Chapter IV

James' P.O.V.

What is this feeling? I've never felt this before and it's so strange. It feels like my mind is going a million miles an hour just thinking about her. I can't focus on any of my classes and I had her in two of them. I couldn't stop glancing at her and I knew she could tell, it was obvious. Even my friends knew I was acting strange.

I should probably introduce myself. I'm James Adler and I'm the alpha of the Blood Moon pack. I'm eighteen years old and a werewolf. My wolf is large and solid black and is named Jack. I shifted on my tenth birthday and have been close to him ever since.

"Earth to James, earth to James," I was broken from my thoughts as a hand was waved in front of my face. I smacked it away and looked over at my annoying friends. "Dude, you've been daydreaming since this morning. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Rowan. Just a little distrac..." I stopped mid-sentence when she walked into the cafeteria. My friends, Rowan, my beta, and Jake, my gamma, follow my gaze.

They gave me a confused look before Jake asked, "Wait... she isn't your... no she isn't your mate, is she?"

I looked at him with my mouth agape, realizing it could be that. "I-I don't know. She's human so would the bond still have the same pull that one for two wolves would have?" I asked, more confused than ever. No, she can't be my mate. She's human. I need a powerful mate to help rule over my pack.

"What do you mean you don't feel a pull?" Rowan asked.

"I don't know. I mean, I feel attracted to her but it's not like how my parents explain when they met each other. I know there's something there but it doesn't seem right, ya' know?" I asked. "And plus she's human. She would just hold back the pack if she became our Luna."

They looked at me in shock before Jake started scolding me, "Dude, if she's your mate you can't fucking reject her. The Moon Goddess gives the right mate for you and you know that. How could you even think about rejecting her? I don't understand your thinking on this. Having a mate will help you and the pack grow stronger. So stop being an asshole and be nice to her. Get to know her or something."

"Ya dude, come on don't even say that. You can't reject her. It will just hurt you, the pack, and her," Rowan continued where Jake left off.

I look down in shame, "But what if..." I trail off and look down at them. "I just don't want to get hurt."

"But you won't know until you at least try," Rowan tried to convince me.

"So why don't you go over there and try to talk to her? She's sitting all alone," Jake continues.

I look up and stare at her with a faint smile. "I guess it would be good if I did go sit by her," I was about to get up to walk over to her but the dumb kid from her first-hour class along with his friends beat me to it. He is a kid from my pack who is seventeen and is a horrible person, even to me, and I'm the alpha. He's a player and a fuckboy who just messes around with girls. My face instantly fell and I started glaring at him. This isn't going to end well.