The Alpha's Young Mate novel Chapter 23

Rosalind's POV

Today I am leaving the pack hospital, the pain in my back started to vanish very quickly because of that mate bond thing.

"You sure you're alright?" Clay asks while helping me off the bed.

"Yes, I'm perfectly fine." I laugh at him, he's always so protective and it gets kind of annoying.

"I know, I know. I just want to make sure you're alright."

"I'm fine." I tell him. He smiles and leans in to kiss me, but I pull away. I don't feel like kissing right now, I just feel like getting out of this horrible room.

He frowns and kisses my cheek instead before he grabs my hand and leads me out of the hospital. As we walk down the hall to the main pack house area, a couple of pack members stare at me.

I ignore them and walk with Clay. When we reach the main room of the house, a few girls stare at me.

I turn to Clay, "I feel awkward.." I tell him as I look around at all the pack members that are looking me.

He chuckles and heads outside.

I try to ignore the members as I walk outside following Clay. When we get outside I see my dad talking with all the trackers, and Ace.

I forgot all about Ace. I haven't seen him since the day I went into a coma, which means I haven't broke things off with him yet.

Clay walks over to them, "Were did the rogue's scent end?"

They all turn to him as my dad answers, "Along the Southern Border."

My dad then sniffs the air and snaps his eyes to my neck. He growls slightly.

He looks back at Clay and they look at each other as if they are mind-linking. Ace looks at me and I give him a nervous smile, rage fills his eyes and he looks away immediately.

Okay, so I guess he knows Clay is my mate.

My dad turns to me, "Rose, can you leave us so we can discuss issues involving rogues."

I nod my head and walk away, back into the house. When I enter the house I see Alexa in the living room. "Whatcha doing lex?" I ask plopping down on the couch next to her.

She sniffs the air and looks at me with wide eyes.

"YOU'RE MARKED BY THE ALPHA!" She yells excitedly, even though she didn't have to yell because I am sitting right beside her.

"Yea, he's my mate." It feels weird to call him my mate, but yet it feels right.

"OH MY GOD! wait how'd you know he is your mate? You haven't shifted yet? Or did I sleep through your birthday somehow!"

I laugh at her, "He told me."

"You know what this makes you!"

"Um, no?"

"You're the Luna now!" She says while she rolls her eyes at me as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.

I forgot that when a Alpha to a pack marks his mate it makes their mate Luna. How could I forget that? I'm too young to help control and protect a pack though. I'm not even 16 yet.

"It seems weird to think of myself as a high ranking like that." I laugh while Alexa gets up and starts jumping up and down.

"My best friend is the Luna! This is so awesome!"

"Calm down you over excited kangaroo." I tell her while standing up and heading to the kitchen.

I scream and take off running towards the house with him following behind. I quickly open the door and hurry in without shutting it. I run past the living room and kitchen, laughing.

Everyone in the house watch me run past them with Clayton following after me, which makes me laugh even more.

I turn quickly and head up the stairs, when I reach the top I stop running and look down at Clayton to see how far ahead of him - and apparently I'm not to far, so I shouldn't have stopped.

I turn back around and start running again but I feel Clayton grab me by the waist and pick me up over his shoulder.

I start hitting his back with my fists and kicking my feet, "Aye! Put me down!"

He doesn't answer as he carries me down the stairs and into the kitchen, my struggling seems to not be helping me here. I stop kicking my feet and cross my arms.

He finally reaches the kitchen and goes to the fridge, he grabs out a egg - oh great not him too!

He puts me down and cracks it on my head.

I glare at him, "I'll wipe that smirk right off your face if you do that again." I turn to walk away but I feel another egg on my head.

I turn on my heel to face him while he raises an eyebrow at me. I smile and go in to give him a kiss, but without him knowing I grab an egg. Before our lips connect I smash the egg on his head.

I pull away and smile, he growls playfully and pulls me back to him by my wrist and kisses me.

It's weird to kiss him.

When he releases me he laughs, "You really should go shower, you smell like old milk." I hit his chest with my hand, "What a loving mate."

He smiles and I run upstairs to shower off.

When he chased after me and we goofed off it felt like I was young again and he wasn't known to me as my mate - he was just the guy that I had a childhood crush on. It also reminded me of how close we were before he left. I hope we can get close like that again, I really miss it.