Logan's POV

The alpha stepped into the meeting room, where his beta and gamma, alongside all the head wolves, were sitting around a long table and waiting.

"Good morning, gentlemen. Apologies for my lateness."

The men all stood up in greeting the Alpha. He walked over to the table and sat down, and all the wolves followed suit.

"We're happy to have you here, alpha." Aidan his gamma spoke up. "We were just discussing about the recent happenings in and around the pack's borders."

"That is the main reason I called this meeting. We need to put a final stop to these killings of our subjects."

"So, what do you suggest, Alpha?" Casper his beta asked.

"I suggest..." Logan paused and looked around the table. He knew that what he was about to suggest would cause a bit of uproar among the men.

"I suggest that we prepare for battle and go out to fight those wolves instead of waiting here and doing nothing as they slowly kill us."

"But alpha, our numbers are largely depleted and we don't have the strength nor the ability to go into battle now. Our young wolves are barely out of training yet." One of the head wolves spoke up. Logan could see a lot of the men murmuring to themselves and shaking their heads.

"Alpha, this idea isn't totally bad but I think for now that it would not be wise to go into battle, what with our diminished numbers," Casper added.

"Alright." Logan sighed "What do you all suggest?"

All the men around the table began to place suggestions on how to stop the rogue attacks. While they did that, Logan leaned back into his chair and let his mind travel. His thoughts went to Aella and he was left wondering if she had woken up from her sleep. He had to admit, he did hit her very hard.

He had taken her to his room immediately after he'd brought her back. He frowned, wondering why he had done that again. She would be even more of a distraction if she stayed in his room. He silently berated himself for thinking about her again.

"Pull yourself together." He whispered to himself and tried to zone in on the conversation going on at the table, but within seconds he was drawn back to his thoughts again. He found himself wondering again why he had brought her to his room in the first place.

Remember you want to keep her under close surveillance. His wolf answered his thoughts. Till you can confirm that she's not a spy.

You and I both know that that's not why you want me to keep her close, Logan replied his wolf.

So why, Alpha? His wolf asked slyly. Why do you really want to keep her close by?

He hastily shut his wolf up and concentrated on the meeting, where Casper and another wolf were having an argument about increasing the patrol guards.

Logan groaned as he watched the two men exchange words. He knew that the killings and general unrest in the pack were causing the men to get anxious, and anxiety wasn't the best time to make foolproof plans. At this point, he really did not know what to do anymore.

Just call the meeting off and let's go to our mate. These men are clearly ready to leave too. His mate spoke uninvited in his head.

This is not the time for frivolities like mating. War is at hand. Logan snapped back and tried to push his wolf to the back of his mind but it was insistent. 

You cannot fight the mate bond, Logan. I know you're itching to go back to her. You're literally having a boner just thinking about her.

Logan groaned and rolled his eyes at his wolf. He had forgotten that the men before him were watching his every move. They looked confused as they watched the change in their leader's expression.

"Alpha? Are you okay? Why are you rolling your eyes?" Casper asked worriedly.

Logan snapped back to reality and looked around at the concerned faces. "Wh-what?" He stammered.

"I don't think you were following all that we were discussing, Alpha," Casper answered with a sly smile. He could guess why the alpha was so lost in his thoughts and was almost certain it concerned a particular dark-haired she-wolf.

"Uh, yeah. I think we're all too uptight to come up with any plans. We should take a rest and reschedule this meeting, yeah?" He proposed and the men murmured in agreement.

Logan stood up and almost ran out of the room in his eagerness. He couldn't really explain why he was so eager to see her but he found himself smiling at the thought of seeing her beautiful face again.

He got to the door of his room and the guards let him in. Once he got in, he saw his mate on the bed, curled up in a corner with her arms around her knees. She looked so fragile and innocent, and he felt his heart jumping at the sight.

Soon enough, all the innocence melted from her demeanor as she immediately stood up from the bed and came to face him. Her scent hit him like an avalanche and he almost moaned at the smell of cinnamon, trying to control his throbbing boner.

She opened her mouth as if to say something but he quickly turned his back to her and walked to the closet before he did anything he would regret. Her smell was so potent, like a sorcerer's potion, doing unimaginable things to his body and mind.

Logan saw her shocked expression for a brief moment, but it quickly passed away as she followed him towards the closet, where she tapped him on the shoulder.

"Your bodyguards kept me locked up here for hours. I'm sure they were acting on your instructions. Why?" She demanded.

He was about to answer her, then decided against it. It was too much of a risk. Even her standing so close to him was making his breathing ragged with desire.

He quickly walked into his closet before she said anything else and jammed the door in her face. He heard her surprised gasp from the other side of the door and an image of her making that same gasp but naked beneath him came to his mind and he shook his head in frustration, walking away from the door.

He changed from his dress shirt into a pair of sweatpants and white tee, coming out to meet her still standing in front of the door. He saw her eyes travel from his face to his chest and his sweat pants, saw how her eyes widened at the sight of the obvious bulge in his pants. He stared openly at her white dress. he could see how her nipples pushed through the thin materials and his stomach lurched. He wanted to take her breasts in his hands, see how she melted under his touch. His wolf was turning round in happiness at the thought.

But he quickly broke eye contact with her and moved towards the bathroom. Aella, however wasn't having any of it. She quickly grabbed his hand and stared into his eyes.

"I asked a question, Logan. I demand an answer."