Can't Get Near The Alpha King novel Chapter 25

She promptly hugs James and then follows on the greeting everyone, she finally reaches me and gives me a light hug and volunteers to help me which I kindly accept.

Lily and I are friends but not too close as we are both very busy but when we are together we get on very well, the male company is lovely but you always have to have some female time.

We make a chicken ceasar salad, a personal favourite by me, some different sandwiches consisting of ham and cheese, tuna, chicken and a toasted brie, bacon and sauce. To finish, we have some small little cakes from a lovely bakery in the town.

We all eat and chat about general topics, overall having a good time - liking the fact that I can catch up with gossip in the pack that I'd usually know just the business has taken over at the current time.

Times flies by and soon it's 2.30pm, everyone leaves and once again Ashton and I are left. We both head upstairs and freshen up and get dressed into more formal clothing.

I'm wearing a red, lace skater dress with small, black heels complimented with some light silver jewellery; I also plait my hair so I have two dutch plaits, my makeup simple as usual with some light blush, mascara and winged eyeliner.

Ashton looks fit as usual, his black hair naturally curled and tousled to the side, he's wearing a black dress shirt, blue jeans and black boots.

We then both head back downstairs and it's around 3.30 so we decide to head to ceremony location now so we can make sure everything's ready and the fact we have nothing else to do.

We walk hand in hand, my petite one perfectly fitting into Ashton's big one, we pass many members on our way there who bow their heads, some also heading to the ceremony early or some heading home to freshen up after work.

I love the hustle and bustle that my pack has, there is never a feeling of emptiness, someone is always there to talk or hang round with - I love that feeling of community.

We arrive and many people are already there or arriving like us, all mingling with each other, catching up on all the news with each other.

4.30 comes round very quickly when you're talking to lots of different people, hearing all the gossip. Everyone then takes their allocated seats when they hear, smell and see the four new men arriving.

All wearing matching red tops as I'm wearing a red dress, in my pack if you enter whatever colour the Alpha wears, e.g. me, the men/women also wear.

The four lads are led to the stage where I am now situated with Blake beside me and Ashton a couple yards back as he isn't officially in this pack yet.

This process repeats with all the men, I never get used to the feeling of someone new joining, a sense of pride and a new grown power grows within; it's exhilarating.

When all the men have officially joined the pack the whole hall is full of excited and happy shouts, merry for the new comrades.

"Okay now settle down for a minute and then we can go back to the fun stuff." I say into the mic and the hall quickly settle.

"So from the dinner we had a couple days ago, when you greeted Ashton, we also mentioned being cautious of more rogues.

I've been sent a letter with threatening content, this has caused me to go on edge. So now I will not order curfew but your training will be made harder and compulsory from the age of 16, so if anything did happen then you could protect yourself and others.

If an attack was to happen, which I'm not insinuating, you will go to the bunkers under your home if you don't have enough time to get to the Social House. Once you get into bunker, on the panel you will press the 'Safe' button - this is sent to the training centre and me, it will tell us all of you from your household are safe.