THE GAME

VALERIE I enter the hall and everyone turns to look at me. I smile at them shyly. I can see all the lustful looks the men in the room are giving me, however, I choose to ignore that because I'm used to it. Even the women in the room are looking at me with envy. I know why they have that look. They are staring at the handsome guy right next to me who is holding my hand in his. He's my mate. Ignoring all their gazes, we walk together and the media person starts taking our pictures. "Miss Dorah Caren, who is that guy with you,?" one of the reporters asks. My cheeks are on fire immediately. "Is he your boyfriend?" another asks. "He is not just my boyfriend," I say and blush. "He's my mate." I say and turn to look at my mate but let out a loud gasp when I see the pacific blue eyes staring at me with adoration. "Mine!" the guy with the pacific blue eyes say and I frown. "My mate." he says and bends down to kiss me. "Shawn!" I scream his name and immediately open my eyes. Sitting on the bed, I pant continuously. "What a nightmare!" I say and rub the sweat from my temples. "It is just a dream Valerie, you didn't find your mate." I assure myself. "Just a dream." I say running my fingers in my hair. Taking a deep breath, I adjust my pillow and notice Evie who is sleeping soundly beside me. The walls of the room are light blue color. This isn't my room, so it's true I am at the Silverstone Moon Pack and Shawn Franklin is indeed my mate! I groan loudly and turn to look at Evie who is sleeping soundly. I kick her thighs and she growls lowly in her sleep but doesn't open her eyes. "Stupid female" I mutter and lay back on the bed and close my eyes, hoping that I can get some sleep. I feel someone poking my arm but I try to ignore it because I barely slept last night and now I want that sleep. Whoever that person is, he or she is poking me again. "Hmmm...." I say, irritated. "Wake up." Evie whispers. "Hmm..." I say and close my eyes. "Huh? I've told her to wake up and she is sleeping again." Evie says annoyingly. "Wake up." she says again, pulling my arms. I try to cover myself with the comforter but Evie yanks it away from my hold. "I want to sleep." I say lousily. "I swear to goddess if you don't get up now I'm going to start tickling your feet." Evie says and I sit up straight. "Okay, okay. I'm up." I say, rubbing my eyes and hiding my feet inside the comforter. "Good girl." She says, giving me a victory grin. "What now?" I ask her, closing my eyes. She pinches my arms and I open my eyes. "I did something." She says showing me all her teeth. "Okay." I mutter carefully. "You won't ask me what I did?" she asks ,raising eyebrows. "No, cause you are going to tell me anyways." I say. "Ha ha, true. But yeah, I did something and you'll get the result in like..." she says and looks at the clock. "Oh! Only 3 seconds." As soon as she finishes saying that, there are loud fire-crackers bursting noise coming from the hallway, mostly from other rooms and I have to close my ears from all that noise. One look at Evie and I know she's behind all these. "I thought you brought those for Shawn and Jasper." I yell through the noise. "I did, but plans changed." She screams. Yeah right, plans did change. Who would have thought they would be our mates? "Whose room?" I ask her, shouting loudly because the noise isn't even stopping. "The usual." She says and I frown at her. The usual targets... Nathan, Oscar and Ivan. "Why?" "You know, they were sleeping and snoring when I couldn't sleep a bit. That is so not fair." She tries to reason and I roll my eyes at her. That's Evie, she doesn't like anyone sleeping after she's up. This always happened in our Pack. Evie thinks the best way to take revenge is by ruining someone's sleep and trust me, it works. Evie would always be up to some mischief or the other. She once woke them up using a gong bell to which their revenge was drawing on her face. I don't know what they will do now. As soon as the noise from the crackers stop, the room door is pushed open and three strong mad looking guys are standing near the door. "Where. Is. She?" Nathan asks me. I look in the bed to see that Evie is pretending to be asleep behind me covering herself from head to toe with my comforter. That's the best she can come up with? 'Idiot, cover me up.' she says through the link. 'She is... uh, she is sleeping.' I lie to which Oscar nods his head a few times and barges inside the room. "You are a dead meat Evie Trisha Donald!" Oscar says and tries pulling the comforter. Ivan joins him and together they pull the comforter off her and make her roll and fall down from the bed. "Ouch!" Evie says in a fake sleepy voice. "That's the least...." Ivan says, chasing after her. Nathan catches her in one hand, lifting her off the ground while I burst out laughing. Evie is trying her best to wriggle from their hold, but it is impossible because Ivan is holding her legs while Nathan is holding her hands, swaying her. "Val, I lie. They said they think they are faster than you in running so I kept crackers in their room." she says quickly and I narrow my eyes at the three guys who are laughing. "What's there to think? We are faster" Nathan says chuckling and I grit my teeth. "Let's make a deal, shall we?" she asks them and they drop her down on the ground. "Oww! That hurts you idiot". She tells Ivan, smacking his arm. "What's the deal?" Oscar asks her. "The deal is if you catch Val in thirty seconds, then I'm going to accept you are faster." She says, raising both her hands near her shoulders. My mouth drops open. "What?" I ask her. "Why would I do that? I know I am faster" I say and smirk at the three male wolves who think they are faster than me. "Um... because you love me." she says. 'Please, please, please.' she tells me privately in my head and I roll my eyes at that. "I doubt on it now." I tell her pinching my lips together. "I'm hurt." She says and fake sniffs. "It's okay." I tell her smirking. Drama queen! "Huh? That's it! That is so easy" Oscar says while grinning and gives a high five to Ivan and Nathan who are both smirking looking at me. "Do not mock my friend like that." Evie says placing her hands on her chest sounding hurt. Stupid female! I know she's having fun with this. I narrow my eyes at Nathan, Oscar and Ivan. Easy huh? I'll teach them what's easy. "Are you ready Val?" Oscar asks smirking while Evie smacks the back of his head for calling me Val. "My copyright." She reminds him. I so badly want to wipe that smirk off his face. I get up from the bed and stand right in front of him. "Bring it on." I tell him, giving an innocent smile. "Okay Pack, there's a game to begin soon." Evie squeals clapping her hands and we go out of my room only to notice that all my Pack members are in the hallway. "It's Alpha versus three over-confident idiots. Whose team are you all in?" she asks loudly. There is loud echo from everyone supporting me, their Alpha. "Show them what you got Val." Evie says excitedly. 'I'll take care of you later.' I tell Evie and she blinks innocently. In case they forgot, I know every nook and corner of this house, so I'll make sure to make them visit each and every room. "Okay..... time starts in 3, 2, 1. Go." Evie yells and I run through the hallway and jump off the railing from the first floor with them chasing after me. As soon as I'm on my feet, I go out the door with Nathan chasing me. I'm out of the house and running towards the backyard when I see Oscar coming from the front towards me, and I immediately hop inside a nearby window and go inside the house only to see Ivan waiting for me there. All the members of my Pack are cheering either "Alpha" or "Valerie". Ivan tries to catch me but I duck and run past him, jumping to the first floor. I run into some room and jump out of that room's window with him still chasing me.