"What the fuck is Jared doing here? It's been years and he's still hell bent on taking revenge?" Micah yelled, Raphael tried to calm him down by keeping his hand on Micah's shoulder, but the soon to be Alpha shrugged it off roughly.
"Of course he is. Both of us were humiliated and kicked out of the pack for something that wasn't honestly anybody's fault. How was it my brother's fault that they were attacked by rogues? Even if it was, it was as much of Jeremiah's fault for wanting to visit our old home anyway. My brother didn't force him to go there." Jensen glared at Micah.
"Guys, all this doesn't matter. How did Jared even know Jer was in town?" Raphael asked, the only calm one present.
"Who knows?" Jensen shrugged, "Maybe someone from your pack told-"
"No one," Micah cut him off angrily, "No one from my pack is a fucking snitch! They all hate Jared's guts as much as I do. How do we know that you didn't tell him, huh?"
"Wow," Jensen scoffed, "You really think I would put my brother in harm's way? Especially after he found his mate and is finally happy?"
"Listen here you little shit," Micah's eyes were now glowing red, "I don't care how your brother found out or what his plans are. But if he tries to as much as hurt a single hair on Jeremiah's body, then I will put him down the only way I know how to."
"Touch my brother and I will-"
"What? Run off to my mate and tell him the truth? You know what? Feel free to. You can't keep blackmailing me forever. I need to tell Elias the truth anyway, the sooner the better." Micah was bluffing, but by the look on Jensen's face, he knew it worked.
Jensen looked tense, like his trump card was suddenly snatched from him. He glared at Micah, that was all he could do before he got in his car and left. Micah let out an annoyed sigh. He really didn't know how he would handle Elias getting to know the truth through someone else. Especially someone like Jensen that would probably twist and turn the words to suit himself.
Micah had always been a little bit relieved. He knew that even though Jensen only befriended Elias in order to have an advantage over Micah, he didn't wish for the human boy to be hurt. So he knew, since they had become friends no matter under what circumstances, that atleast Jensen wouldn't hurt him physically. He wouldn't stoop that low.
But with his brother being back in the picture, Micah wasn't sure anymore.
"Keep an eye out on Jensen, try to keep him away from Elias." Micah told Raphael, who nodded.
"Maybe you should tell the rest of the pack? Even though he's human and some might not understand that, I'm sure they'll still protect him. He's their Alpha's mate." Raphael said.
"Soon to be Alpha," Micah corrected, "I'm not going to tell the pack before I tell Elias. I need to.. I need to know that he's okay with all this."
"I hope you know what you're doing." With that Raphael left as well.
"I hope so too." Micah whispered.
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Elias watched Dom carefully as the two of them sat in the library. They had an essay to submit in the next period which both of them had so carelessly forgotten about. Hence why they were spending their lunch break researching about World War I rather than eating tacos in the canteen.
Elias wasn't exactly sure whether Micah would be okay with him telling others that he knew of werewolves. Micah hadn't told him to keep it a secret. And Elias knew that no other human would believe him. But would it be okay for him to tell his friends that he knew their secret?
Micah must've trusted Elias for a reason. Elias doubted Micah would go around telling all his human friends about his little secret. Now that Elias thought of it, he was pretty sure he was the only human that Micah spoke to.
They weren't exactly friends either, they were more. Micah had made it clear from time to time that he had feelings for Elias. Is that why Micah told him the truth? Because he had a crush on Elias? Elias shook away these thoughts and continued staring at Dom, who was now starting to look a bit annoyed.
"Why are you staring at me?" Dom finally looked up at Elias.
"Twilight is a nice movie, don't you think?" Elias asked.
"Really?" Dom scoffed, "It's pathetic."
"Yeah? But Edward's so hot. I've always been Team Vampire." Elias stated.
"Oh no, werewolves are much, much better than those stupid vamps."
"Eh, I don't get what's special about mutts." Elias smirked, he knew Dom was getting frustrated and he loved it.
"Fuck you," Dom rolled his eyes, "Werewolves are awesome."
"Why? Because you're one?" Elias burst out laughing as Dom looked like he almost had a heart attack. Dom looked at Elias with his eyes so wide open, the human was afraid they'd pop right out.
"What? Me? A werewolf? So stupid." Dom had always been a terrible liar.
"Dude, I know. About you and Kat." Elias chuckled.
"Did she tell you?" Dom sighed.
"No, I haven't told her that I know yet. But judging from your reaction. I'm gonna have loads of fun when I tell her."
"I swear on my future mate, I'm definitely going to get back at you." Dom narrowed his eyes.
"You future what?" Elias raised a brow.
"What? You know about werewolves but not about mates?" Dom questioned, an amused look on his face as he looked at the confused blonde, "Each werewolf has a mate, like a soulmate, you know? We get to know who they are by their scent, and we're automatically drawn to them. They're our one and only. Werewolf mates can't survive without one another. Mates complete each other."
"Huh, can a werewolf only have a werewolf as their mate?" Elias asked.
"Yeah, well, mostly yeah. I don't think I know any wolf with a human mate but I do know it's possible, rare but possible." Dom answered.
"You haven't found your mate yet?"
"No, barely anyone our age has yet. Oh except Micah, he found his mate. He hasn't told us who yet, just that he found them."
"What?" Elias yelled and got up from his seat in disbelief, only settling back down after being shushed by the librarian.
"Yeah, wait, who told you about us anyway, was it Jensen?" Dom asked and Elias shook his head, "Then who? Wait, don't tell me it was-"
"Micah, yeah," Elias bit his lower lip, "Why would he flirt with me if he had found his mate? Why would he-" He stopped midway as realisation hit both him and Dom.
"Unless.." Dom trailed off.
"Unless I'm his mate."
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As the bell rang signalling the end of the last period, Elias walked the hallways like a zombie. He couldn't believe Micah would keep something as important as this from him. From all that Dom could tell him before he ran out of the library after realising what he had done, and from a few Google searches, Elias knew that mates were a huge deal for werewolves.
He was mad at Micah for keeping this from him, but a part of him understood. It was a big secret, and Micah had to be afraid of rejection. Like Dom had mentioned, werewolves can't live without their mates. This was more committing than marriage, Elias had thought, and technically werewolves didn't even have a choice in who they want to mate with.
Elias yelped in surprise as someone pulled him inside an empty classroom before shutting the door. Elias was ready to throw a punch but calmed down when he saw Jensen.
"I need your help. I know you know about werewolves, I don't know if you know this but I'm one too. Even though I'm not a member of Micah's pack." Jensen said.
"I know." Elias nodded.
"Oh," Jensen looked down before he sighed and started explaining the situation to him. He told him what had happened between his and Micah's brother. How they were attacked, and that resulted in him and his brother getting kicked out and how Jeremiah grew fearful of wolves, so much so that he left his pack and his position.
"What? It wasn't anybody's fault! Only of those werewolves that attacked them! You can't blame someone for wanting to explore." Elias ran his fingers through his hair in frustration of the unjust punishment.
"I know," Jensen whispered, "But we weren't really part of the pack, you see. Even though the Alpha had accepted us, we were still rogues that he took pity on. And after the first sign of trouble, he kicked us out. He could've punished Jared in other ways but he did what was the easiest, he just disposed of us."
"This is so unfair," Elias frowned, "But I don't know how you expect me to help. I don't know what I can do."
"Micah cares for you, I don't know why so, but he does-" Jensen's half lie was cut off by Elias.
"He cares because I'm his mate," Elias grunted, "Or atleast I think I am."
"You know?" Jensen asked in disbelief.
"Wait, you know too?" Elias questioned, "Great. Just great."
"Look, yeah you're his mate and that means he would do anything for you. I don't think I can protect my brother if he goes after Jeremiah. Micah and his father.. I don't even want to think about what they'll do to him."
"You think.. you think Micah would hurt your brother?" Elias asked and Jensen scoffed.
"Hurt? He would kill him in order to protect his family," Jensen sighed, "Please Elias. You're my only hope. Please help me protect the only family I have. Please." Jensen begged and Elias nodded.
Elias wasn't sure what he knew anymore. Getting to know about the existence of supernatural creatures was one thing, but being thrown into that life was a whole another scenario.
He thought he knew Micah, he thought he knew the boy he had spent the past few months with, even after learning that he was a werewolf, he still thought that he knew Micah. But after today's revelations, he wasn't so sure anymore.
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