Rejected By Alpha, Claimed By the Tyrant Rogue’s

The full moon hung heavy in the sky, casting long shadows across the territory and serving as a silent witness to my misery. Sighing as I dropped the piece of fabric that I've been using to clean the packs administration office for the past hour, I crouched down to the floor, trying to regain a little energy.

My inner wolf whined, her paws pacing restlessly in my mind as the scent of lemon polish and old paper filled my sensitive nose. But the low creak of a sound sends me standing immediately, and Zach walks in with an exhausted expression, not even sparing me a glance.

The heavy musk of cedar and pure Alpha dominance rolled off him in suffocating waves, making my instincts scream at me to submit. I mean, he is the Alpha of our pack, so I understand not wanting to stress him out. I slowly walk try to get out with my cleaning utensils without —

“The stupid pack representative from the east coast visited, so keep your ugly ass here; I don't need you parading with my pup inside you.” He snarled.

His fangs elongated slightly as he spoke, a terrifying reminder of the beast lurking just beneath his skin. Nodding, not wanting to anger him anymore, I stood stiff. The mate bond pulsed weakly in my chest, a bruised and battered tether that only brought me pain.

Finally looking at me, Zach asked in a low irritating voice, “Did you help the ladies with the preparation for the mating ceremony tomorrow?"

My ears twitched at the mention of it, my wolf letting out a soft, hopeful whimper. Exited that he finally talked about our mating ceremony that is to take place tomorrow after being with him for two years and currently being pregnant with his pup in me. I mean, no Alpha would choose a lowly omega like me; Luna's are mostly preferred in our territory.

“Yes, I helped clear a few bushes and also—”

Flicking a careless hand at me like he didn't care what I was to say before he interrupted. A low, rumbling growl vibrated through the wooden floorboards, silencing my voice instantly.

“That's good to hear. I don't want anything out of line, and do make sure that the settings are all great.”

Smiling at him, I nodded. “Did you by any chance inform the other packs? Is that why the East Coast are here?”

I asked, trying to be curious, but Zach completely ignored me, skimming through the files. I made sure to revise them last night before they are to be sent out today after Zach reviews it of course.

Well, I don't work as his secretary, but I normally do most of his job to make it easier for him. I mean, that's what I'm here for. I am his mate, so I should make things easier for him. That was the duty of an unmarked mate, to serve the Alpha's bloodline and submit completely to the pack's needs.

“There are some errors here, you can't be stupid and useless at once, Mia.”

“I'm sorry." Slamming the file on the table, he snarled at me, "Sorry for yourself, always acting like a stupid victim. I gave you one simple job: make sure to write a good report to send out to the north territory, and you give me this?!”

North?

He never asked me to—

“You never asked me to write out reports to the —

A hand suddenly grasped my throat, and my breath hitched immediately; I could feel my wolf squirm back into me. His claws pricked the delicate skin over my scent gland, a deadly warning of his absolute authority.

Barring his dangerous fangs at me, “Are you calling me a liar?”

Shaking my head like my life depended on it with the way he was holding my throat, making it impossible for me to breathe.

Pressing his nails into my throat with his eyes blazing, he said, "Don't you ever open that filthy, lowly Omega mouth of yours and call me a liar? Never try that?!”

His feral golden eyes flared with the power of his inner beast, suffocating the air in the room. With that, he released his hold on me, and I fell to the floor with a loud thud, gasping while holding onto my stomach as I could feel a prick of pain from it.

Coughing out to get more air, I look up at Zach, who is staring right back at me like my entire existence is an insult to him.

Throwing the files to my face, “ Get it ready by the time I'm done talking with our guest."

Brushing my feet out of the way as he left while I watched his back fade. Goddess knows that I am trying my very best and it's just not enough.

—

The hours dragged on, thick with the scent of anxiety and the heavy burden of pack duties. Later that afternoon after I was done with correcting the file, I felt low sounds of a foot moving. My supernatural hearing picked up the heavy, deliberate padding of boots long before the door opened. Staying stiff till I got the scent of the wolf, Zach’s face brushed the side of my cheeks as he leaned and pressed a soft kiss to my cheeks. I hummed at the affection.

My inner wolf purred, the intoxicating scent of my destined mate temporarily clouding my better judgment and easing my terror.

“Already back from the meeting?”

“Yeah, just had a few words with them about how tomorrow would be and how many guests I expect for something.”

Not wanting to peek in and start asking of the ‘Something’ he needed, he didn't ask me to take care of it this time.

“Have you told the council that I would be your mate tomorrow or you—”

I flinched as Zach suddenly hit his hands hard on the desk, making me to clutch my chest.

The sudden spike of Alpha aggression crackled in the air like dark lightning, making my omega instincts recoil in terror.

“I can't just have a moment of peace with you, huh.”

Laughing nervously as I wasn't getting his thought yet, "Zach, I just wanted to—”

“We are holding the ceremony tomorrow. Isn't that enough for you?" he scoffed as he stood up, brushing my shoulder hard. "You just have to act pathetic all the time.”

Gulping down, I nodded my head, not wanting to piss him off more, as my wolf kept clawing at me. I don't know, but I've been having these mixed feelings that something would go south tomorrow, but I can't put my finger on what it would be.

The Moon Goddess was trying to warn me, my pack instincts howling in the dark that my world was about to shatter.

But I paid it no heed.