I Scored Myself A Mate

Daniel threw Mark into a dark room with little to no lighting. He looked around confused only to spot Mikael and Luke sitting in two armchairs, completely silent. Both of them looked at him confused and Luke jumped up immediately, going to where he stood.

"What are you doing here? Where is Alex?" he asked him and examined his face carefully so he could get a hint on the situation before he spoke but all he could notice in Mark's expression was pure confusion. "Tell me!" he urged him unable to wait.​​

"Calm down Luke how do you expect him to speak if you are scaring him like that?" Mikael intervened. "Come on sit here" he told him and gently led him to one of the chairs. "are you feeling well? They didn't do anything to you right?" He asked him his eyes filled with concern.

"No they didn't do anything but something weird happened" Mark said.

"What do you mean?" Luke asked.

He just wanted Mark to finally speak. He knew that the boy was probably shaken up and scared but still that urge to know about Alex was something he couldn't just suppress. He didn't care about anyone else. All he wanted to know was if Alex was well. He knew his father and what he was capable of. He could do the most terrible things to someone just to get what he wants or to show off to the rest of the pack. Alex had gone through a nightmare like that before and Luke felt responsible as to stop anything even remotely close to it to happen again.

"They gave us a change of clothes and told us to change so we could meet the alpha. Alex and I were trying to get it to our heads that this is the end. We cried and apologized and then we got ready to change. But when Alex took off his T-shirt I noticed something weird on his back." Mark explained

"What do you mean weird?" Luke asked. "Was he hurt?"

"No, no physically he was fine."

At the sound of that Luke exhaled deeply. He was alright and that for now was more than enough. Once they met he could make everything alright for him. For his mate.

"There was suddenly a weird tattoo on his back. Out of nowhere."

"Well that could be just Luke's and Alex's mate bond mark." Mikael said and he sat at the edge of Adam's office. Taking in his hands one of those sharp letter openers. This one had a red rose engraved at the top of the silver handle and Mikael examined it with his eyes, not really that concerned about the mark that had worried everyone else so much. Mate bond mark were common to appear sooner or later in a fated relationship.

"What? Wait guys you are mates? That fateful romance or something wolves get?" Mark asked surprised and looked at Luke.

The young wolf scratched the back of his head and Mark noticed his cheeks turn a slight shade of pink. He averted his gaze and mumbled a yes.

"So you have been torturing him just because you were in the closet?" Mark shouted and shoot up from his chair. "Listen here now…" he said and pointed his index finger at him, right between Luke's icy eyes. "…my friend has been through so much so you better treat him well since he is stuck with you." He scolded him and Luke nodded. He felt a bit of shy admitting to it. Mark was the first person who knew of that intimate bond they shared and it somehow felt refreshing to be able to talk about it so openly. Even though many of the fears remained Luke wanted to accept his fate, because all he could imagine was a future with Alex and he would do everything to achieve it.

"Soo my princess keep going with the story" Mikael teased him and mark scoffed.

"I will, thank you. Then after Daniel appeared, looked at it in shock and ran to get the Alpha who took Alex away."

"So you mean Alex is with my father right now?" He asked.

"Yeah. That's what worries me."

"Don't worry" Mikael said "He is your mate; the law says he can't harm him so easily. Even if he is human. There are procedures in such a complicated situation so for now he must be alright."

"Yeah. You're right. At least we know that he is alright." Luke said trying to reassure himself. Hus father was a man of the law, at least he could be sure of that. He would have to talk with the elders first and with him too. He couldn't just execute someone's mate so easily and that for now was enough to give Luke some hope. They were going to find a way to save him and live together. The happily ever after they deserved.

"But honestly. That gold tattoo was the prettiest thing I've ever seen and calling mates Children of the Veil sounds really poetic too."

"Wait what did you say?" Mikael asked and Luke looked at him like he had just been hit by electricity.

"Your father called him a Child of the Veil."

"We need to get to my father. Now" Luke said and headed towards the door.