JULIE'S POV
The night had been a blast, to me at least. I had gone to the club, taken a few shots and flirted with a few lonely men who definitely were not my type. But it was fun. Then I met him, and perhaps it was induced by alcohol, but I felt such an attraction to him that I wanted to tear off that shirt that clung to his body so nicely. We had left and gotten a room at the motel. It was a blissful night, in my opinion. A night well spent.
It was not my intention to have such an encounter, but the man I had gone with was one I felt so attracted to, I could not control myself.
Now, though, I was awake, and boy, it was a rude awakening.
I was still just waking up when I felt him shift from me. I frowned in response, and my eyes cleared slowly as I yawned, resting my head on one hand.
Then I saw him too, and the pleasant haze I was in was quickly replaced by surprise.
I was about to speak but he did first.
"Julie Scarborough," he growled at me, hands clenched into fists. I sat up tensely just as he vacated the bed with breakneck speed, picking up his pants from the floor.
"Well this is an unpleasant surprise," I snapped, my memories of a blissful night fading away into nothingness. Way to spoil the day, Julie.
"Trust me, the feeling is mutual. I should just kill you right now."
I laughed mirthlessly at him, "Kill me? Oh really? Wow! That’s rich of you, thinking you are strong enough to kill me. You would not be able to lay a finger on me Alpha Donald. That is your wishful thinking," I had gotten up from the bed, pacing dangerously and all but spitting venom at him for whatever had happened last night.
"This was your plan then? To take me unawares, trick me? Is that it? Rogues like you must not have a problem stooping so low to accomplish your goals!" He was ranting now.
"I was drunk!" I growled at him. "Why didn’t you stay away from me, huh?! Why is this my fault, and not yours?! What an Alpha you are!" I snarled in disbelief. How dare he!
He was now wearing pants, and turned facing me. His eyes spoke of intense hatred towards me, and he could see the same in my eyes.
We were now a great distance from each other. I faced him, my eyes could not help but look over his naked torso. I hated myself for it, pulling myself out of this haze of attraction. I looked away, frowning at my body betraying me at this moment. What was going on? I searched myself, turning to give him another glance, and it was then I saw him hold his chest as if he just felt a shockwave. As I was about to speak, I suddenly bowled over, my stomach feeling queasy. I looked up and my eyes met his. He had a dark look on his face.
I gasped, feeling it just the same as he did; a bond between the two enemies.
Mates.
How could we be mates? The Rogue and the Alpha? How ridiculous.
I looked at him, my eyes widened.
"No," I saw Donald stumble backwards in shock. I could see the five stages of grief played out on his face as I myself went through the same thing. Except for the last stage – acceptance. I would never accept this. Goddess forbid.
"You are not my mate," I whispered, anger coursing through me like an avalanche. Oh moon goddess, why him?
"I could say the same for you, Rogue," he bit out. "I reject you as my mate."
"As do I!" I felt a shiver run through me at her words. I turned away from him, speaking as I struggled to put on my dress, "We will pretend this never happened. Forget about all of this, Alpha." I could not help but bite out his title with hate. "Should we ever meet again, it will be on the battlefield." He growled and with that he exited the room, letting the door slam behind.
Somehow, even with my head pounding and my scattered thoughts, I managed to take myself back to Dominic's pack. I paused in front of the pack house and quickly cooked up a story about my travels last night, because I knew they were sure to ask. Especially Ray.I sighed and walked to the door of the house, but before I pushed my way in, I stared at my reflection in the glass window and ran a hand through my tousled blond hair to smoothen and arrange it slightly. With that done, I moved into the house and was met with the smiling faces of my friends as they focused on the chess game on the kitchen table. They turned to me instantly and Ray got up, concern written all over his face as he looked me over once and asked,"Where have you been Donald? We were worried." The others nodded their heads at his statement, as they put all their eyes on me and I swallowed nervously."Umm...well I left the club and met with a few friends
DONALD "What?!" He stood up from his chair and stood behind me and his eyes widened in astonishment. "That's not possible. How did that happen?" I looked at him and opened my palms on either side of me as I shrugged. "I'd like to blame the moon goddess for casting such a cruel fate on me." I ran a hand through my hair again, this time messing it up as the image of Julie's body flew into my memory again. For goodness sake! "Wait, hold on. If that's what happened, don't tell me you slept with her. Did you?" He asked again and when I nodded affirmatively, Ray sat back on the couch and looked at my table for a few seconds, before he motioned for me to tell the story. I told him what happened, from meeting her at the club to spending the night with her and then finally rejecting her as my mate, and when I was done, Ray whistled loudly. "You rejected her, and she did the same?" I nodded again, and he shook his he
*JULIE* "What's wrong with you?" She asked with a worried look. I just can't tell her that I went out of the club last night with Alpha donald and we both had sex together. My head swollen with a series of anger as the memory refreshed my brain. I don't think I can get this thought off my head. I will just probably cook up a lie for her because I don't know how she is going to react. "Well, just tired and worked up." I said and she rewarded me with a skeptical look. "You can't tell me you are tired because you have been in the room resting." She said. "I said nothing," I clapped back, almost yelling. I'm really angry and frustrated. I would have told her but I don't know how she would react to the news, but I know that letting something like this out could start a grave tension between Valley field pack and the rogue. "Okay, I'm sorry for disturbing you," She replied, walking towards the door but I held her hand. "Okay am sorry for yel
*DONALD*It has been a few days since the incident happened. I don't really know what is wrong with me. I just couldn't stop thinking of the intimate moment I had with her even though it was over night. I ruffled my hair roughly as I remembered how beautiful and sexy she looked, her lips that were bright pink literally begging to be kissed over and over again, her beautiful scent still lingered on the shirt I wore that night even though I washed it. Why did I really reject her? I am beginning to regret it but I had to do it for my reputation and the pack. I think I'm going crazy, it seems the more I think of her, the more she drives me crazy. I don't really know if the decision I made is right or not. I was still on the bed thinking when a knock landed at the door. It was probably Ray."Who's at the door?"I asked as I stood up from the bed."It's me, Ray," Ray's voice blared at the door."Come in," I said as I sat on a wooden chair. The door
*JULIE*I shook my head and stood up to pace around the room. There were too many dangers with going against Villeyfield Pack and I voiced them out, staring directly at Sharon."We can't do that, Sharon. Think of all the consequences it would bring," I said and brought up my fingers to my face as I began to count on them. "First, Alpha Donald is ruthless, and he has an unrivalled reputation for sniffing out rogues. He'll kill us all. Second, even without him, the Pack is the most powerful of all and very capable of destroying all we have within minutes. Thirdly, I...don't want to see him again."I let out a breath and sat down again, burying my face between my hands. It was getting increasingly hard to forget all about him and from the looks my best friend gave me, she knew it was obvious. Rejecting him immediately had done nothing to reduce the fire in m
JULIE "If he's like the stories I've heard and the wars I've witnessed, then he'll certainly be expecting us. I have no doubt that he will be making arrangements to attack us as well, so what we can do for now is protect our numbers and try to gather more weapons. When we're ready enough, we'll destroy his pack and burn it to the ground." A twinge of discomfort settled in my chest, but I vehemently ignored it and instead began to think of ways to strengthen our pack. Beside me, Sharon burst into a huge grin. "I get your point now, Julie. The best way to strengthen our defences and also our attacks is to get more weapons and landmass. I have the perfect idea." She clapped her hands in delight and brought out the map of all the packs she always carried in her trouser pocket. We looked at it for a moment and at the same time, our fingers tappe
*ROGUE DOCTOR SHASHA* I had already mapped out how to take the possessions of the people there and sell them off, but now my buyers would have to wait and that didn't bode well for my sales. All because of her weak body. I looked at her calm face and swallowed down the urge to tell the guys to drop her. Soon, Sharon came back and motioned for us to follow her, and we walked behind her for a few metres before we reached a small clearing. She quickly made work of setting up a tent, and gestured for the men to drop Julie who was still unconscious. Behind them, I quietly wondered if she always carried an easy-to-do tent for emergencies or if it was specifically for this mission. Something told me it was the latter. However, I silently stood by and watched ot
*JULIE*I slowly blinked open my eyes again and a slight throb started at the front of my head as I adjusted to the dim light coming from in front of me. I brought my hands to my head and groaned softly just as a small shuffling started beside me. Curiously, I turned to my side and saw Sharon's head on my lap as she snored softly. I noticed my surroundings and it seemed like I was inside the easy to do tent Sharon usually carried for emergencies.Through a small crack in it, I saw that it was night time and a lone star twinkled in my sight. I rubbed my forehead, trying to remember what happened, but the last thing I recalled was feeling dizzy and shutting my eyes to rest. Had I fainted?Just at that moment, my friend woke up and I felt her hand on mine. "Julie, how are you f