The Further Alpha's Shy Girl novel Chapter 44

I flinched when there was a knock on the door and then it slowly opened, and Emily stuck her head in.

"May I come in?"

She asked gently, I didn't answer, but a moment after I felt that the bed dip a little when Emily sat down beside me and put her arm around my hidden body.

"Clarina, I talked to my brother, he's feels like crap, what he did was wrong, but you have to understand, if our wolf get control, then we can't do much to prevent the wolf to decide what must be done, in Mathieus case, he was probably worried that another man would claim you before him, you have to understand, in our society any unclaimed woman is 'free prey', so since Matthew met you, he has had to live with the fact that it could happen, that another man would take away what is his, it doesn't excuse, but maybe that explains why he did it."

Slowly I came out from the covers and looked up over the edge at Emily.

"But he must know that I would never let others touch me ..."

Emily interrupted me.

"Clarina, not all he-wolf ask for permission, it had happened before that a she-wolf had been forced into a relationship with someone other than her mate, because a he-wolf claimed her against her will, To be Claimed means that we can't stand being without the one who claimed us, and therefore is forced to remain with the person, either we love the person or not. Fortunately it's not often that someone gets claimed that way, but it has happened, and in my opinion just once is too much; imagine being forced to be with someone who's done that to you."

I look at her, before I said sadly.

"But he knew I wasn't ready yet, he would force me, what's the difference?"

Emily pulled me into an embrace.

"I know you may feel betrayed, but there is a big difference, Matthew is your mate, if he had claimed you, it would not have caused pain, you would have enjoyed it, yes I know you don't feel ready but your inner being is more than ready, and want to be with your mate. It often happens that when one of the mates is human, the person takes longer to feel ready, because of the norms that person grows up with. But if it is two wolves, it's not unusual that they claim each other the day they meet."

I look at her in surprise.

"Really? And no one will look down at them?"

I pull Emily into another hug.

"Thank you for explaining to me how you look at things in your society; It has given me something to think about."

Matthew's P.O.V

I have seen nothing to my little mate since the party four days ago, I wanted to give her space, but today I've been looking everywhere but she is nowhere to be found, I'm starting to get nervous. I constant get the feeling that something is wrong, but since we hadn't mated yet, we have not achieved the connection, so the emotions I constantly get, must be because I am concerned, and therefore imagining that there must be something wrong. I was interrupted in my thoughts when Steffanie came up to me and smiled welcoming.

"Honey, I'm glad to see you, I've really missed you, are you getting tired of playing with your little 'mate'?"

She asks in a tone that made it clear that she expected I agreed with her statement.

"No, I'm not tired of my mate, you must know that it's not the way it is, as soon as I claim her, she is mine forever."