Found Ch. 03

"I see your point Lucas. Well I'm sure you have been told to take it easy with him. Why not become friends with him first? That way you can gain some of his trust and then move on from there."

Lucas gave a sigh and nodded his head in agreement.

"Ask him to show you around town. Since you are new here, I'm sure he would be happy to. Also ask to work with him personally so you can learn the ropes of how they run things there. Do it enough times where you can gain his acceptance, but not so much that he thinks you aren't capable of doing your job."

"You may be on to something Eugene."

Martin and Travis entered the office once again. With the final preparations set for the stake out, they all said their good bye's. Martin saw the puzzled look on Luke's face and wanted to know what was troubling him.

"What's wrong Lucas? You haven't been focused all that much the last couple of days."

"It's nothing really Martin."

But it was something. He figured he should tell Martin about Calen now, but didn't want to burden the alpha with his situation.

"You can tell me Luke. I know with the Braydon mess and buying the new company, I haven't been there much to interact with you all. But I really do want to help out in any way I can." Martin said as he put his arm around Lucas.

"Well..." Luke said apprehensively. He walked towards the window of the office. He was nervous and tense. Martin sensed the tension and just waited for Luke to speak.

"I've found...I've found my mate."

"Really! That is great news Lucas!"

"Yes I know it is, but he is human and doesn't know I exist."

"Ok you just lost me there; he doesn't know you exist?"

Turning to face the alpha, Luke walked towards him and gave Martin a slight smile which quickly faded.

"It's the guy who saved me all those years ago. He's the one who took me in and healed me. I fell in love with him the moment he carried me in his arms."

It was then that Martin knew why Luke was apprehensive. Martin knew that after Luke arrived back home, he sent him out to search for Braydon. He didn't know that Luke had any feelings for his rescuer, other than gratitude for taking him in. Guilt ran through his heart, keeping a pack mate from their true love is something alphas NEVER do.

"Lucas...I didn't know you had feelings for him. If I would have known, I wouldn't have sent you out for that long. How come you didn't say anything at the time?"

Looking at the alpha, Luke gave his reply.

"Well I was young and didn't understand those feelings yet. Then when I smelled his scent; it hit me bad. I couldn't understand what was going inside of me. I thought maybe it was due to the blood loss and me being incoherent. I came back so I could really get healed and because I knew you and the pack would have been worried about me."

Grabbing the young lycan, Martin hugged him. For the first time in a long time, he felt guilt, but on the flip side he was happy Luke found his mate.

"I'm so sorry for doing that to you Lucas. Believe me if I would of known I would of taken you back to his house myself." exclaimed Martin.

"I know you would have Martin."

Letting each other go, both lycans walked towards the couch and sat. The few seconds of silence that passed seemed long.

"Were you ever angry at me for sending you out Lucas?"

"At first I was mad at you. But being so young then I didn't know how to express myself. You know how I was; shy, timid. When we were finished with the search, I went back to look for him but he was gone. I was even angrier and blamed you for keeping me from him. But really, I was pissed at myself. I didn't speak up and I let him go away. I guess I blamed you to lessen the sting in my heart. But I don't blame you at all anymore."

Giving a light smile, Martine placed his hand on Luke's shoulder as if to say THANKS.

"So tell me about him Luke, I mean I have to know everything about a soon-to-be pack make." Martin said happily.

"Well his name is Calen Ortiz. He is 28 years old with dark brown hair, deep, dark brown eyes, light skin." Imagining his mate, Luke almost went into a daze again. He knew he has to meet his Calen soon.

"So how did you come to find him again?" asked Martin.

"Well I didn't. Melania is the one who found him. She was at some restaurant and met him. She came home and told me all that went on there. She introduced herself to."

Martin nodded his head.

"There's something else too...he works for us at Smith's as the assistant manager."

"Oh wow! So that's why the name sounded familiar. I talked to him maybe 2 weeks ago about the meeting. He has a real nice voice if I do say so myself."

"What else can you tell me Martin?"

"Well our conversation was brief. He introduced himself to me and then I asked him how long he has worked there. We talked about the housing market and then set the date for the meeting. He's a very nice, smart young man Lucas; very personable."

"Melania, William, and now you..."

"Oh yeah I had a few missed calls from him. What does wants?"

"He wanted to call you to tell you he wasn't going to be home for dinner. He is going out with a patient's mom. Want to know who it is?" asked Lucas.

"Who?"

"It's Calen's best friend! Why does it feel as if the whole world has met Calen but me?"

Giving a giggle, Martin patted Luke on the back. "Well what do you expect? You're in love so of course it's going to seem like everything is against you. It's just going to make that moment that much sweeter when you do meet him." exclaimed Martin.

"Yeah I guess you are right. But if the next person that comes in and says they met Calen before me I will..."

"You'll wait like you have been doing." interrupted Martin.

"BITE ME OLD MAN!"

"Oh you know I will Lucas!" Martin said teasingly. Lucas pounced on his alpha. Both flipped over off the couch turning it over. Lucas playfully grabbed at Martin's side jabbing his side with his finger to make him laugh. Martin wiggled Lucas and laughed, begging for it to stop. He turned himself and took down Lucas. He was sitting up over on him and grabbed both of Lucas' hands and pinned him down.

"You better not do what I think you are gonna do!" Lucas said in horror as he watched Martin take a finger and put it in his mouth.

"Martin I know where you sleep and I will..."

"Martin!"

"Martin!"

"MARTIN!!!"

Martin stuck his wet finger into Luke's eat. The sensation of the wet finger was too damn gross. Martin laughed as Luke wiggled and thrashed about trying to set himself free. Luke as incredible strength, but it didn't match that to Martin's.

"You dirty bastard...that was so fuckin nasty...ewww!"

Martin rolled off Luke laughing hysterically. Lucas grabbed his shirt and tried to clean out his ear from Martin's slimy spit.

"I swear one day old man!"

"Come one lets fix the couch. I don't want to hear Melania complaining about us destroying the room." Martin said as he got up from the floor still laughing.

Both lycans fixed the couch and picked up the few papers that fell on the floor. Luke was still fidgeting with his ear. He could still feel the spit in his ear. Martin briefly chuckled and went on with the cleaning.

"So what are you going to do about Calen? When do you plan to meet him?"

"Not till the day of the meeting. Melania thinks it would be better to wait then so I won't make an ass out of myself in front of him and the rest of the staff. She thinks I'd probably just jump on him or something."

"Young love. I remember how that goes." Martin knew that feeling very well. He tool fell in love with a human; head over heels in love. Tim Stone was his mate and part business owner in a catering business Martin used to own. Tim was a highly acclaimed chef that Martin met through mutual friends. The chemistry was instant and both hit it off well. Their first date together was a typical first day; dinner and movie. Most of the date was spent talking about each others lives. Their relationship blossomed into a beautiful unity. Tim was fazed about Martin's lycan side at first, but he loved him so much he accepted it. However, fate wasn't as accepting. While heading to a function to cater, Tim drove the company van through a massive rain storm. He was running behind due to the three dozen chicken breasts being sent late from the butcher. Rushing through the rain, a deer ran onto the street. Tim swerved to miss the animal and lost control of the van. The van ran off the road and ran into a tree head on, killing Tim instantly. Nine years have passed since then and to Martin it felt like only yesterday that it happened. Being the alpha, Martin had to move on quickly. Alphas are allowed little time to mourn the loss of a loved one. The nights were cold and lonely for the lycan. After the loss, Melania, Luke, William, and a few others slept in the same room with Martin. The closeness of one's pack also aids in the grieving process. Even with the pack there close by, it wasn't enough to fill the void.

"Thinking about Tim again?" asked Luke, noticing Martin's gaze into the floor.

"Yeah I was, but let's not talk about him right now."

"So how are you going to approach Calen?"

"I don't know. We are going to be in that meeting for who knows how long. I guess afterwards."

"That's what you should do. Just introduce yourself to him again and talk to him. I know he's your mate but take your time to get to know him and for him to get to know you."

"It's easier said than done Martin."

"What do you mean?" asked Martin.

"Well Calen has some of issues going on in his life. Melania said she saw it in his face when she first saw him. Even William said that Natalie said that both Calen and her had gone through a lot of stuff together. So it's not going to be easy to get him to open up."

"Well that's why you have to take it slow. You can't expect him to be your mate right off the bat. If he is going through something, you have to wait o him. He is in your now, as a co-worker, nothing more nothing less. Be his friend but don't hover. Gain his trust and let him come to you."

"You're right, and I know not to rush it, but damn it's hard not too. I mean after 10 years, I just want to bear hug him and stay like that forever!"

A soft giggle left from Martin's mouth. He could see that Luke was totally in love and he was doing everything he can to restrain himself. That is not an easy job. A wolf is a wild animal that does what it wants when it wants. When a person is blessed with lycanthropy, he or she can only withhold their inner wolf for so long and he could see on Luke's face it was starting to get to him. Be he knew that Lucas is a strong man and stronger lycan.

"Luke I think we need to start with our paper work for the meeting. I want to be prepared and ready for the day."

Nodding his head in agreement, Luke stood up and finished with his paperwork. Both lycans paused for a brief second and smiled at each other. Soon the destiny of one will forever be changed.