I Scored Myself A Mate

Everything after that happened in a hurry. Daniel with Markus running to pick up Adam from the ground and taking him away. His Beta warned everyone not to speak about it and didn't spare them a second gaze before he disappeared. 

Luke at first seemed lost, he didn't know where to go or who to follow. At first he tried to follow his hurt father but Markus stopped him with a negative nod. So he stood looking around for a while until his eyes spotted Alex and everyone else again. 

Alex on the other hand was looking at the broken door. Theseus had really done that. It was broken into many pieces. The thick wood leaving small splinters on the shiny floor. The way he had looked at him before he left was still vivid on his mind. How his purple eyes lost their narcissistic shine and gave away a question. He was sure his green eyes mirrored that, that specific moment. There was an itching feeling of wanting to remember something but he couldn't. 

"Why were you looking like that at Theseus? Do you know him?" Luke questioned him and he realized that their gazes were not obvious only to them. 

"I don't know him. Didn't you hear me ask him who he was?" Alex said not understanding why he had to explain himself. "There are things we need to talk about. Important things."

"I can't right now. Mikael I will need you. Theseus came to warn us. He had received information about a clan of hunters coming to investigate this area. Sooner or later they will arrive and we need to start preparing" 

"What?" Mikael asked "Hunters? After so long? We have been keeping ourselves hidden. Could it be a mistake?"

"I don't know but we can't risk it" 

"Luke wait. We need to talk!" Alex said insisting.

"About what?" he asked obviously impatient to leave.

"About you lying to me?" 

"Didn't we talk about that yesterday?"

"Yeah yesterday. While I was under the influence of some ridiculous spell at the portal. That yesterday"

"That was to calm you down a bit."

"Oh really? Good to know. So tell me. Hiding from me that you don't have a mating mark had a specific reason too or was it just for fun?" Alex asked him his hands forming tight fists, his knuckles turning a pale white from the pressure. 

Luke's moon like irises expanded revealing the black center. Alex wanted to laugh with his expression. It was almost like someone had electrocuted him and forced him into silence. At least this was a satisfying moment for him. The moment he exposed all of his idiocy and the lies. 

"Listen. I have a reason for that but right now is not the time to talk about it. We can discuss this later"

"You don't understand how important this is, do you?" Alex asked him. He was feeling a bit disappointed. He understood the fact that, yes they had just received a message of a possible threat and that was a big deal but still he was just exposing all his lies but Luke was acting like he was arguing about what they would have for dinner. Did he think that he would easily forgive him? He was taking him for granted. That's all he needed to realize for the last string of kindness to die inside of him. After everything he had done he also took him for granted. No matter what a part of himself felt for him it was about time he opened his eyes and saw Luke for who he really was. 

"I know; I know but the pack needs help." Luke told him "How about we talk later okay?" he repeated his words and actually came closer and gave him a kiss on the forehead and a very gentle smile. It took every bit of restrain Alex had to not head bump him right there. 

"Okay then if you find me later. We will talk" he said 

"What?" 

"Nothing. Go do your thing and we will talk…Later" he said with a faint smile.

"Thank you Alex. You will see I had a good reason for this. Mikael come on let's go" he said urging his best friend to leave.

"Luke I don't know maybe…"

"Come on. We need to talk with the other people. Organize a meeting" he said and Mikael with a sigh, defeated followed his friend.

"Wow." Mark exclaimed "he is denser than a log. Stupid too" he added and looked at Alex. "Dude your hand is bleeding" 

"Oh, yeah I needed a lot of self-restrain not to kill him" Alex hand had four, little crescent shaped wounds that were dripping crimson drops of blood, rhythmically. To keep his actions in check he ended up hurting himself. "Come on Mark. Let's go." Alex told him and started walking the opposite direction from where the two wolves had disappeared. 

They walked in a hurry through the labyrinth like corridors not looking anyone who was passing them by in the eyes. Up the wooden staircase and ahead Alex's steps were filled with resentment and he wished that in every place that he stepped a fire would start. 

"Our room is not in this floor." Mark commented.

"Oh believe me, I know." 

"Then where are we going?"

"We are going to Luke's room. We will steal everything he has and run away from this hell hole. I will find the truth behind this mark myself." 

"Oh my God are we really doing that?" Mark asked 

"We are. Now come on and be careful so no one sees us." He warned him and turned the cold doorknob. 

As he entered the room he stopped for a few seconds organizing his thoughts. They needed clothes, money, a phone and a bag. He would take everything and while Luke was busy solving his other "important" matters Alex would be freeing himself from his restraints. 

"Search his closet" Alex told Mark and the boy began snooping around. Alex first went through his drawers finding his wallet and a few spare cash that he kept. He obviously grabbed all of it and shoved it in his pockets leaving them open on purpose so he could easily notice. Mark was already shoving clothes in a sports bag he had found when Alex began messing up the bed. He was planning to destroy his laptop too but he stopped because when he raised the covers ready to throw them on the floor a heavy object fell from the bed hitting the ground. 

Both boys halted their actions and looked at the unknown thing. It was a very big book, with a leather cover. Alex picked it up and noticed that one of the pages was folded. He opened it at that exact page to look at its content stunned. Mark approached him to sneak a peek at it, noticing the same thing as he did. 

In the middle of the page drawn very delicately was the tattoo Alex had on his back. 

"Rip the page and let's go. We don't have time. We need to leave now that the uproar will begin because of the threat."

"Yes" Alex agreed ripping the page messily and stuffing it too in his pockets together with the money. 

After that the boys began running, thanking the gods that no one cared enough about two crazy humans to actually stop them and ask them where they were going. Apparently now the word about the warning had spread and everyone was too busy running around preparing their defenses or god knows what. 

So sneaking out was really a piece of cake for them. At some point Mark tripped at a tree's root and dramatically called out to Alex. 

"Go! Continue without me. You need to carry on" He said and Alex almost burst into laughter. 

No one would even realize they were gone. For a while at least because to everyone else Alex had the value that Luke gave him but he had just thrown him away, not caring about him. So yeah these two boys were of almost zero significance at the moment and no matter how much Alex was hurt by that he needed it. He needed the shock of realizing that he didn't matter, that he was taken for granted to understand that there was no point in waiting or giving more chances if his kindness and love were being taken advantage of. They were supposed to be a pair made by fate. No one guaranteed them that it would be a happy ending though. 

So after helping his friend up he felt a burning in his chest. Yes, he could smile and turn this whole situation into a tragic comedy but his body knew better of the weight he felt no matter how hard he tried to be strong. With teary eyes he left this place behind, stepping on the concrete road, still foolishly wishing that Luke would appear and stop him. That wasn't going to happen though. 

The two boys began walking searching for a mean of transport when Alex remembered that Luke had spoken to him about a bus stop. They set that as their first destination unaware that sadly they wouldn't make it too far. 

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I believe sometimes we have to realize that not all people are good for us no matter how much we might love them or how much they love us. To be honest I don't even know if Luke loves Alex. What do you think?

Thank you!