Above: The pack house!

Lucas's POV-

Wow. Just wow. That all I could process when Max transformed into a pure white wolf. To say I was speechless would be a pure understatement. Like holy shit! He's so fucking beautiful as a wolf! His pure white fur, his striking blue eyes! When he caught me staring, he gave me the "like what you see?" look. As soon as he turned to pick up his bag, I spun around, blushing hard. After taking a breath to compose myself, I looked back at him, to see him signaling for me to lead the way. I shifted into my wolf and walked out of the clearing, telling the others through the mind link to follow me. I then broke into a run, the others right behind me.

I turned my head to see Max right beside me. Damn he's fast! Faster than Sam! Now thats funny, and something I can tease Sam about for a VERY long time. He'll be annoyed, but he'll get over it. A few minutes later, we all made it to the pack house and Max's stunned look was priceless.

He was staring at the pack house, like he couldn't believe what he was seeing. I mean, I don't blame him. The pack house is amazing. He must have realized that he was staring for a while because he shook his wolf head, dropped his bag on the ground, and transformed back into his normal self in a puff of white smoke. Max picked his bag up and slumped it over his left shoulder, while holding his staff in his right hand like a walking stick. He walked over to me and gave me a shy smile.

"Your house is huge", he said. I chuckled. I shifted back and grinned at him.

"Well, we have around 500 pack members who live in it", I told him. His eyes widened.

"Damn you have way more people than my old clan", Max said. "It only had around 100 people". I raised a brow.

"That's it?" I asked. "Thats not very many people". Max shrugged.

"Most mage clans are small", he explained. "We have to keep it that way. Too much magic in one area can be chaos."

"That makes sense", I replied. "But speaking of mage clans, I would like to ask you those questions, if its alright with you of course."

"Lead the way", Max said. I smiled. But before I lead him inside, I turned to the others.

"You all, back to your duties", I ordered. "Sam, make sure that no one comes to my floor, it would be best if I talked to him in private". Sam shifted back to his human form.

"Yes Alpha", he said. The others said the same thing through the mind link and sped away still as wolves.

"Your floor", Max asked, giving me a confused look. I chuckled.

"The Alpha and Luna of the pack get an entire floor to themselves", I explained. "Its usually the top floor, and in this case the top floor is the 5th floor". He made an "O" shape with his mouth.

"Lucky you, the rest of us are all crammed beside each other", said Sam, teasingly. I laughed.

"Oh shut up, everyone has their own room", I said, rolling my eyes. Sam smirked.

"I'm Sam by the way, the Beta", he said to Max as we walked to the door.

"I'm Max, it's nice to meet you", Max replied with a grin. I opened the door and led them inside, only to be greeted by 100 people staring at us from the living room. They mainly had their focus on Max, who immediately tensed up. Everything was complete awkward silence, until a man spoke up.

"Why is there a mage here Alpha?" he asked. My wolf growled from the disrespect that he had shown my mate, but I tuned him out. If he or anyone else knew, they wouldn't have asked. Max must have sensed something was wrong, because he whispered into my ear-

"You don't have to tell them if you don't want to", he whispered. "We can wait a while before we tell everyone. There's no rush". I internally sighed in relief.

"Thank you", I whispered back. I then looked back at my pack.

"He's here for pack business, so you will treat him with great respect", I lied. "Or the consequences will be severe". They all bowed their heads in respect and muttered "yes Alpha".

"As you were, all of you", Sam ordered. Most of them left the living room, but some remained to watch football or something. I was about to ask Max to follow me upstairs when a thought popped into my head.

"I hope that they didn't offend you", I mumbled, a bit nervous. "They mean well, they were just curious as to why you were here." Max shrugged, seemingly not bothered at all.

"I don't blame them at all", he replied. "If I was them, and a random Mage just walked in with the Alpha, I'd have the same reaction as them." I took a breath of relief, then I gestured to the stairs.

"This way then", I said as I began to climb the stairs. "I hope you don't mind stairs, because we don't have an elevator."

"Fuck the stairs, I can teleport", he said. I laughed.

"Well that makes me feel better", I responded. We continued climbing the stairs until we reached the 5th floor, aka, my floor. I told Sam to stay by the stairs to make sure no one disturbed us, and I led Max to my office. The desk and bookshelves were a mess upon entering, but when was it not? And honestly, since when did I care? I sat at my desk and Max sat across from me. There was a few minutes of more awkward silence until Max broke it.

"So..." he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "What were the questions you wanted to ask me?"

"Nothing much, just simple questions to get to know you", I answered. "If you don't feel comfortable answering a certain question don't hesitate to tell me, alright?" He nodded.

"Fire away", he said.

"How old are you?"

"17, I turn 18 in around 3 and a half weeks"

"What clan are you from?"

"The Lavellen Mage Clan. My father is the current First Enchanter, or Leader".

"What rank do you have amongst the mages?"

"I was next in line to be First Enchanter of my clan, but when I came out as gay to my father, he banished me. Now I'm an apostate or rouge mage."

"What about your mother? Didn't she try to stop him?" I asked. Max shifted uncomfortably in his seat.

"Shes dead. She died almost 2 years ago", he whispered. A VERY sharp pang of despair shot through my chest as I saw tears forming in my mate's eyes. Shade started to whine, wanting Max to be happy.

"Help mate. Make him feel better", Shade basically ordered me. He didn't have to tell me twice. Without hesitation I stood, walked over to Max, and wrapped my arms around his smaller frame, enveloping him in a tight but loving hug. As I touched him small sparks shot through my skin making me almost shiver from pleasure. He froze for a minute, surprised by the gesture and sparks. But he eventually wrapped his arms around my torso and buried his face into my chest, letting all of his emotions out. As he cried I rubbed his back gently, and whispered sweet things into his ear. I could tell he was close to his mother before she passed. Her death must have taken a toll on him. I won't press the issue. He can tell me how she passed when he feels up to it. After a few minutes or so, he calmed down and looked up at me, meeting my royal blue eyes with his light blue ones that were glossy from the tears, making them even more beautiful.

"You don't have to tell me how she passed if you don't want to, but if you ever need me, I'll always be here", I promised him(damn that was corny), giving him a small kiss on the forehead, sending small but nice sparks through our bodies. Max blinked a few times in shock before saying-

"I, Maxwell James Lavellen, accept you Lucas Williams, as my mate". Shade was practically a blur of energy, spinning and howling with joy. I shut him out before he gave me a headache and said-

"I, Lucas Benjamin Williams, accept you, Maxwell James Lavellen, as my mate", I replied, tears of joy running down both of our faces. I wrapped him into a hug again, and he happily returned it, sparks flying throughout our bodies. We just sat there, for what seemed like hours, wrapped in each other's arms, enjoying each other's company.

After a while I could hear Max's breathing even out, indicating to me that he was asleep. I picked him up bridal style and carried him to the guest room thats on my floor. I was tempted to put him in my bed with me, but I didnt want him freaking out in the morning because of it. I sat him on the bed very gently and covered him with the sheets. I went back to my office for his staff and duffel and placed them VERY quietly in the corner of the room. I gave him a quick peck on the forehead before leaving the room and making my way to my room. I showered then went to bed, my last thoughts before falling asleep being "I think I'll take Max out tomorrow".

To be continued...

AN: So what did you all think? And AWWWW THEY ARE FALLING IN LOVE! Like I said in my post on my home page, my updates will be slower for a while because of school. And like I also said I WILL be writing as much as I can whenever I can during the school year. But with the shit-load of homework ill receive it will be very minimal. Anyways I hope to update soon! Dont forget to follow, vote, and comment!