Four - Zayne and Zachary's POV

Zayne - Ever since we became of age we have been looking for our mate or mates. Zachary and I have always wanted our mate or mates since we were at a young age seeing how happy our father was with our mother his mate. The day that we lost our parents was a very bad and solemn day for us and out pack. Our father always wanted one of us to take over being alpha of the pack when he was to either die or resign but since we both had strong alpha attributes we decided to take over the pack together. Most packs only have one alpha with one luna but we work better as a team and the pack does well with the both of us in charge and not just one of us.

Since we became alpha we didn't really have much time to go out looking for our mate but we still managed to go our from time to time looking without ever finding her. Zachary thinks that we have separate mates but I don't believe that that's the case I think that there is only one girl out there for us and it wouldn't surprise me since we have dated the same women in the past but we never had sex with any of them since we were both wanting to share that experience with our true mate. Now that our pack was back in order and was doing extremely well and all of our work was done for the next 2 years since we both worked super hard to get a lot of our work done so that we could take a leave and look for our mate. Leaving out Beta in charge of the pack was a no-brainer since he has been our best friend since birth and was the former Beta's son.

When we left our pack we were only planning on being gone for a set amount of time which only gave us a limited amount of time to go from pack to pack looking for our mate. So far we have been to about 15 packs and we haven't had any luck finding our goddess given mate not like any of the she-wolves didn't waste anytime throwing themselves at us. Zachary and I never gave them a second look since we were both very adamant about finding our mate and not fooling around with other she-wolves who threw themselves at us. Along the way we have been getting towards more troublesome packs that have always been allied to The Goldpaw Pack who have always had a problem with us especially when Zachary and I became co-alpha's of our pack.

The smaller packs that gave us trouble are no longer packs since they are now either apart of our pack of just disbanded or outright killed or rogues. We already had problems with them and so it wasn't any sweat off our backs to finally take them out since they were also becoming more problematic for others around them who had no connection to them of their allies and posed no threats which was just pathetic. Taking over pack after pack was getting to be so exhausting that Zachary and I were thinking about actually cutting our mate search short and just head home and move on without and maybe even choose a mate later on in our lives even though the thought disgusts me.

After this last pack we were about to call it quits and head home when we realized just how close to The Goldpaw Pack we were and decided to go look there before finally calling it quits and heading home for good. As soon as we got to their borders after fighting off several rogues that had seemed to accumulate around this pack for some odd reason we were stopped at their borders by their Beta.

Zachary - Being stopped by The Goldpaw's Beta was embarrassing for them since their Alpha didn't even have the decency to know when we were going to arrive and greet us like he's supposed too. When we did research for this pack I was appalled by all the things they have done and got away with even though they were investigated several times every time they always concluded that these were just allegations since no such evidence could ever be provided or found. Alpha Dean Williams is known for being a dick and a very angry and violent alpha but he does seem slightly capable of running a pack into the ground that is since he's been making some really stupid decisions and losing the packs money.

The task of trying to find ones mate can be hard, long, and very tedious and sometimes many who go searching for their mates never actually find them even after years of looking all over the globe. I've heard many sob stories of those who never found their mate and just settled for a chosen mate and make a life with them even though it's possible to still find your true mare even after settling with a chosen one. My brother thinks and still believes that we have the same mate but since that's very rare and unlikely I think that we each have a mate that's right for us. Looking for the one that belongs to me has been hard and I'm starting to give up hope of ever finding her and if I do then I'll eventually have to choose a mate to make a family with just so that I have an heir and if I don't choose to do that then I'll just be mateless for the rest of my life.

Zayne can sometimes be a hopeless romantic and has his heart set on looking for his mate but over the past few days I've been noticing that he's becoming less and less like himself and more like me hard and emotionless. I hate that he's becoming more and more like me but I guess in the long run if we don't find our mate/mates then it'll be easier on him if we don't ever find her. As we are waiting for their alpha to arrive after the beta mind linked him I noticed just how restless my brother and the warriors we brought with us are getting knowing that since this particular alpha is exceptionally rude and hard headed they all know that he's not going to let us in since he had a grudge against my brother and I since we are both alphas of the same pack and it works since our people love and respect us and he ahs trouble keeping his pack members in line without using his alpha tone on them.

We have been standing around here waiting impatiently when finally this stupid pain in the ass alpha finally arrives to greet us. As I watch him come out of the bushes after shifting to get here fast I watch his expression closely knowing that this isn't going to be easy and that he's not going to let us in no matter what which is going to result in us fighting and him losing his life and pack even though I know he thinks that he can beat us but the one thing that we have that he does not is the respect and loyalty of our pack plus we are stronger, faster and smarter then he is and we can come up with plans on the spot when we get into any sticky situation.

I let Zayne talk for the most part with me chiming in every now and then since I already know how this is going to go and what the outcome is going to be which is a fight. As I chime in explaining the last of the stakes of our challenge of which if he should accept and win and lose even though I know that he isn't going to let us in to even fight or accept our challenge, he's going to refuse and have an all out fight thinking that he can take us on and win which is foolish since everyone knows that we are very powerful even though some still think that they can take us on and when they do and we show them our strength they freak out and try running away which just excites our wolves into chasing them down and killing them swiftly.