I should be your Beta, not your Mate

39 - Brothers

Present.

Present.

Present.

No.

No.

Not that either.

Nop.

That doesn't fit.

He wouldn't like that...

»What the fucking hell is this!«

A few other customers turned their heads to me and looked at me as if I was some madman that escaped some Asylum.

But I wasn't a lunatic! I only searched for the perfect present for my mate! And that was the biggest problem of all.

Cas' birthday was already in, not even a full week and I still had no idea what I could give him. Though there were a few things that came to my mind, I couldn't give him that on my card and maybe he wouldn't like that too, if I could get over it.

That thought was the second part of the marking. However, I wasn't ready for that – and I didn't want to prostitute my body to him, which I would do in some way if I gave him my body – and on the other hand, I didn't even know if he was ready for that.

This damn uncertainty really turned me into a madman! Maybe someone should put me into a Asylum! Or I should get therapy.

»You still have no idea?« Naika asked while leaning against a shelf and chewing on some gum.

Together with her and Caleb, I looked up some antiques shops which were farther away from our village – not in our territory anymore.

I actually had thought I would find some interesting things here that I could give Cassian but that was the biggest dead loss ever.

»Don't provoke me,« I grumbled and searched further through the shelves.

»Do you even need to give Cassian a present?« Cal asked and I turned my head around to him, angry.

»Of course! He's my mate!«

Defensive, my brother lifted his hands and shrugged with his shoulders.

»I just mean, your presence is present enough for Cassian. He probably don't expect something him.«

»Ugh,« I groaned. »Caleb, I need to give him something. You're his best friend, you spent the biggest part of your life with him. You need to have some kind idea. And I need to be there because of the announcement of me being the Luna.«

It was crazy. Why didn't I have any idea?

It couldn't be that difficult to buy my mate a present. He was quite an easy going person.

He drank his coffee completely black, without sugar and milk. He didn't like sweet things, except for the cookies of his mother, milk mice and cheese cake, well and the ice cream we both liked.

Mostly, he didn't take a shower longer than 15 minutes and he didn't like to take a bath, even though his bathtub was so big that I could dive under the water completely without any limp showing outside.

He didn't really style his hair that often but only tousled it a little bit and they were perfect. His skin was clean and his body perfectly muscular.

Though he was an Alpha he didn't really have the urge to control others – well now not like back then. He would rather solve problems with talking than fighting – but he was unbeatable if he fought.

He was kind and lovely, and panicked when I got sick. His free time was spent on his lacrosse training, his friends and his Alpha lessons, series and movies or me.