We finally arrive at the restaurant where the meeting will be hosted. From the outside it looked very simple, but when we stepped in, it was absolutely beautiful. The elegance this restaurant held was to die for.

'Reservations for Reid." Rex tells the host.

"Ah, yes, Mr. Reid. Please, follow me." The man leads us through the main part of the restaurant to a door in the back. We walk through a narrow hallway that leads us to another door. Inside is much more gorgeous than the front of the restaurant.

He leads us to a table that is occupied by seven other people. Four being men and the other three are women. Rex pulls out my chair and gestures for me to sit down. He takes a seat next to me.

"Rex, you've finally decided to join us! And who is this beautiful women that you have brought with you?" Asked the man who sat at at the head of the table.

As he was speaking to Rex I took in his looks. He looked young, around the age of 25. He had nice blonde locks that was pushed out of his face. I'm pretty sure if I caught him on a causal day, it would be wild and beautiful. His eyes were the bluest of blue and his teeth were perfectly straightened and so white you could be blinded by his smile. Overall he was gorgeous.

Rex introduces me to him. "This is my mate, Stella. Stella, this is Bradley, but he likes to be called Brad. He's alpha of the Red Hound pack."

I smile at Brad. "Hello, its nice to meet you, Brad."

Brad gives me a looks me up and down and bits his lip. "It's always nice to meet a gorgeous girl like you."

I blush and look away.

Rex clears his throat and clenches his jaw a couple of times. "Um, Stella, this is Brad's mate, Avery." He gestures to the women sitting to the left of Brad.

If he has a mate, then why was he looking at me like that? Why did she act like she didn't care when everyone at the table noticed?

He finished introducing me to the rest of the guest that were there. Beside Avery was Ethan and his mate Lila, they were Alpha and Luna of the Sun Glade pack. Next to them sat Alpha Sebastian and Luna Robyn of the Golden Moon pack. Last but not least was Adam, Rex's second hand man, who sat to my right.

I gave everyone a gentle smile and nod as I got introduced.

"Is everyone ready to order?" Asked the waiter. We all nodded and gave him our orders.

"So, Stella. I heard about what happened to your pack. Raven's Blood, was it?" Brad rubs his chin as he looks at me, waiting for my response.

I look around the table and notice that everyone is staring at me, waiting for me to respond also.

"Um, yes." I mutter, not know if what to say. I didn't know that everyone knew. Because he brought it up some hidden feelings started to resurface.

"If I was Rex, I would've killed them all a long time ago." He eyes Rex, then me. "But then again, if he killed them earlier, then he wouldn't have such a stunning mate."

"All of my mates have looked exactly alike." Rex states in a harsh manner.

Brad licks his bottom lip. "I know, but there's something different about Stella. Something...better."

I feel Rex tense up beside me. I wonder why he isn't doing anything. Why is he letting this guy make passes at me? Something must be up. Brad has to be someone of great importance if Rex is going to let him say these things and not do anything.

I looks at Avery, Brads mate, as she looks stares at the table cloth. She looks to be utterly embarrassed. I would be too if my mate was blatantly hitting on another girl in my presence. But, I would also call him out on it. If Rex every did that to me I would cut his nuts off in front of everyone and make him eat them for his dinner.

The waiter finally comes back with our food and that's when the real discussion starts.

Alpha Sebastian looks at Rex before speaking. "I understand that you and your group want to become a real pack?"

Rex nods. "I have been leading them for many of years. I have alpha blood in me, so I feel as if it's right for my group to become a real pack with me as their leader."

I take a sip of my water watching as they discuss things. It seems the other ladies are doing the same.

"You have a group of rogues. How do we know that they're not going to get out of control?" Brad asks.

"Have we been out of control yet?"

Brad hums in response and continues to finish eating his food.

Alpha Ethan finally speaks, "Your mate, how do you plan on training her to be a proper Luna if you haven't been in a pack since you were a kid, Rex?"

I speak before Rex can say anything. "My parents were Alpha and Luna of the Ravens blood pack, meaning that I have been trained to be a proper Luna along with being trained in combat."

Alpha Brad let's out a long whistle. "I love a woman that can fight for her own. Maybe you should take some pointers from Stella, Avery."

My eyes widen in shock along with the others. How can he say something like that to her? That's so disrespectful.

Adam chuckles from my left and begins to cover it with a cough when I give him a hard glare.

Rex's grip tightens around the fork that he's using. I place my hand on his thigh hoping to give him comfort. He let's out a deep breath and begins to relax. He looks at me, giving me a kiss on the cheek and intertwines our hands underneath the table.

Looking up, Brad is frowning at Rex and I. I turn to look and Adam and he gives me a shrug because he also saw the look Brad was giving Rex and I.

Brad clears he throat after he takes a sip from his glass. "I will talk to the council to see if they will let you be apart of a real pack on one condition."

"What is it?"

"I want Stella to spend the day with me."

"No." Rex says without hesitation.

I give Brad a look of disguist. Why the hell would he want to spend the day with me? He has a fucking mate.

Brad smirks at Rex, "Did you forget that the head of council is my father? If I ask him to do something, then he will."

I shake my head in disagreement. This is crazy. Rex better not agree or I'm going off.

"I'm not letting you spend time with my mate, when you have one of your own. I'll do anything else, but you're not getting her, so get that out of your head." He growls and slams his fist on the table.

Now this is the Rex that I've been waiting for. The one who doesn't take shit from anyone. I now understand that he was only being nice to Brad because he's the son of the head of the council.

The council consists of 5 men and they were considered the leaders of the werewolves. Nothing happened without going pass them. Since the last wolf with royal blood was Rex and he is a rogue, the council was created to make sure there was control among all werewolves.

"I'm the one who told my father to let go of the fact that you killed a whole pack. If it wasn't for me, you'd be killed." Brad stated.

Rex leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms. "Well, Brad. I don't think you've realized this, but I am Rex Reid and I do whatever I want. If I want to call myself alpha of my group, then I can with or without permission from the council. I don't need your approval, I just wanted to do it the legal way for a change."

Boom goes the dynamite.

Brads face holds so much anger. His face is the color of a tomato and his fist are clenching and unclenching repeatedly.

"And to be exact, in order for me to get approval from the council, I need to have only two alphas who agree that I should start a pack." He points at Alpha Ethan and Sebastian. "That's why I have them here."

"I think Rex is trying to ask for you to be more rational with your request from him, right Rex." Adam says as he gives Rex a look that says calm the fuck down. "With me being the second in command, that would make me beta if we became an official pack. So we would love it if you put in a good word for us to your father."

"At least someone in this gang of rogues has manner." Brad sneers.

Rex rolls his eyes, feed up with this dinner. "I think it's time for Stella, Adam and I to leave. It's getting late and its a long drive home."

Alpha Sebastian asked to speak with Rex and Adam once we made it to the exit leaving me to stay with the women, Ethan, and Brad.

I stand awkwardly to the far side of them as I wait for Rex and Adam to be finished.

Brad walks up to me and looks me up and down. "You really are beautiful."

"Thanks." I mumble.

I see Rex walk from out of a room with Adam and Ethan as Brad whispers in my ear. "You will be mine soon, Stella. Just wait on it."

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Oh my gosh, guys. I can't believe I made it to over 1,000 reads!!!!! You guys are so amazing, like I'm freaking out rn. So, as a gift for y'all, I made this chapter waaaaaay longer than I normally would. Don't forget to vote and comment.