"Alex, come on, get up." I shut my eyes tighter when my annoyance nudged me. The sunlight was pouring through the thin shades.

"I don't wanna." I mumbled. "Don't make me get up."

"Fine then, I won't make you." He kissed the back of my head, "But I'm getting up."

"Angus!" I whined, "Then turn down the AC I'll freeze to death!"

"Nope, not going to happen." He got up and I felt the weight leave the bed. I finally opened my eyes and looked around the floor on my side of the bed.

"And to think I have to find everything before I go to bed tonight." I sighed, "Stupid nightclothes, you threw yourself around. What am I going to wear tonight?"

"I like you naked, personally." Angus offered.

"Angus!" I snapped, "I was having a conversation with my clothes, don't interrupt! Wait...what did you say?"

He smirked.

"I said-"

"No need to say it twice! I heard you!" I covered my ears but I could hear his laughter as he shut the bathroom door behind him.

I decided to change into jean shorts and a tank top, then considered it too informal. Why were "mates" and "I-had-almost-no-choice-in-this-matter-mates" invited to this thing in the first place? Either way, I changed and decided I wanted my morning coffee.

"Angus, hurry up!" I wasn't very pleasant for the most part without my coffee.

Then I realized he was already behind me.

I'm a little slow without my coffee too.

"Oh, hello. Let's get going then."

He chuckled and held the door open for me. When we arrived on the lobby floor I immediately headed for Starbucks, Angus grabbed my arm.

"You know we have until ten right? We can eat breakfast..." He checked his watch and I grabbed his wrist to see too.

"You woke me up at eight in the morning?" I hissed.

"More like seven-thirty, seven-fourtyfive-ish?" He offered.

"I don't get up that early EVER!" I mumbled.

"Well, we tried something new, now let's get breakfast."

"How can you eat breakfast?" I asked honestly. "I get nauseous just thinking about it."

"You don't eat breakfast?" He asked, he looked worried. "You know-"

"Yeah, it's not healthy. I haven't been able to eat breakfast since I was like...twelve probably. I don't know why, I never did."

He frowned then decided my explanation was good enough. I don't know why it wouldn't be because I told the truth.

And, he dragged me downstairs anyways.

Stupid werewolves always being hungry!

So I had my coffee at this little table right by the huge window through which you could see the Washington Monument. Of course, next to us were two other wolves that I recognized as Tanya and Jason Millerz who were from either Miami or Atlanta, I forgot which. Jason was number twelve in the US though. They smelled like sex.

Tanya's eye met mine and she pretended not to notice until Jason left to get food and she glared at me.

"Mine."

"Yeah, yours." I agreed.

Her eyes narrowed and she assessed her enemy I shrugged and I sensed someone behind me. I looked at her and she looked frozen. I smiled, wrapping my arms backwards around Angus' neck.

"Mine."

She made an annoyed face and focused her attention on her breakfast. Angus sat down and gave me a look that said I was clearly in trouble for my fraternizing with other important alpha's mates besides Mercy and, though Charles wasn't an alpha, Anna.

We didn't speak until we left around nine-ish, a little bit before actually. It was probably record time at like...eight forty-five. I wanted to visit something important.

"What were you thinking back there."

"Honestly?" I looked at Angus' face.

"Yes, honestly would be good, Alex." He agreed.

"I was terrified, but I wasn't trying to challenge her or anything, I was just kind of frozen staring at them." I admitted.

"Uh-huh." He nodded, "Okay, and toying with her control is you coping mechanism?"

"Exactly." I frowned, "Wow you know me too well, now I have to change my whole personality."

"Very funny, Alex." He sighed.

"It's true!" I said innocently, "It's my thing, it's what I do when I can't think of anything else! She was all possessive and I panicked!"

I took a few pictures with my phone of the Washington Monument, but the heat was too much for my accustom to Montana so I was literally dying. We went back to the room to rest for the remaining hour.

Yeah, it took us less than fifteen minutes to walk to the monument and back! We didn't go in, besides the fact I was scared of heights. I'm naturally impatient and the line was HUGE.

Angus closed the door and flipped on the TV. I sat on the edge of the bed.

"We could try again." I offered.

"No." He said firmly.

I wasn't really hurt, I had expected it. It still hurt a little though.

"Why not?"

"Because we only have an hour."

"I was raped in like...half an hour." I frowned.

"Well, I'm sorry, if you want to get raped again go find yourself an alley or something." He said harshly and I winced because I could feel the anger. He softened a little, but he was still tense. "Alex, you need time. twelve hours or whatever it's been isn't time and one hour isn't time."

I thought about what he had said, pondering before I smiled.

"Okay," I agreed, "Later."

"Alex." He turned around and I frowned.

"Liam, put Angus back on the phone, he needs to be completely controlled by the time we get to the meeting and there can be no wolf there." I scolded. "And you've gotta stop jumping out like that! You're not supposed to, it'll get you in big trouble."

Today was going to be a long day.