Met his mate

Chapter 2

Two weeks earlier 

    Alpha Kai 

    'You need to find your mate as soon as you can, Alpha' the chief's words ring in my head for the fifth time while resting in my chamber. I wonder why this has to happen to me when I have done nothing wrong. I have lived for over thirty-three years, yet I haven't found my mate. I have tried hard to find her, but I guess I wasn't just lucky, or maybe I was cursed, who knows?

    My thirty-four years birthday is coming up in two weeks, and I am expected to choose my mate then, but how am I supposed to just choose anyone and make her my mate? It doesn't make any sense, right? I need a fated mate, and not chosen one.

    "Alpha," I hear one of the guard's voice from outside, and I raise my gaze to look at the closed door, realizing that I asked them to get me the young lady that tried to run away while they were importing slaves into the pack yesterday. I mean, I don't know why anyone would try to run away, knowing the consequence if they are caught.

    "Come in," The door opened, and only she walk inside. Her face is held low, and I can see her shivering even if she tries to control it.

    "Look at me," I utter as I stand up to my feet, and walk over to where she's standing. As she raises her gaze to look at me, her pair of hazel eyes pierce into mine, and my heart froze in my chest for seconds.

    "Mate!" Ralph, my wolf suddenly growls and wavers excitedly inside me. I step away from her immediately and my mouth drops open in shock.

    "Mate!" Ralph growl for the second time as I stared down at her in shock. For the past seventeen years, I have been looking for my mate, but never found her. I was beginning to think that I was cursed for a thirty-three years old Alpha to still not have a mate at this age.

    "Mate!" Ralph growled for the third time, and I gulp down nothing as I suddenly become nervous. 

    I turn away from him, clueless about what to feel. Should I be excited that I finally found her, or should I be sad and disappointed because my mate is a mere slave? Why does my mate have to be a stranger?

    I gulp down nothing, feeling a bit nervous. I feel my wolf so elated like he has never been before. I wasn't expecting less, anyway. I mean, we finally found our mate after so many years, and it is only right for him to be happy.

    "Guard..." I call out, and the door opens as one of the guards walks in. 

    "Yes, Alpha," The guard bows to me.

    "Tell Rebecca to dress her up, and bring her to my chamber," I say to him, and he nods his head before he leads her out of my room. I wanted to question and maybe scold her for trying to run away, but knowing she's my mate, I couldn't have done that, right?

    "Aren't you happy that we found her?" Ralph asks me disappointedly, and I sigh briefly as I throw myself on the bed.

    "It's complicated, Ralph... It's complicated," I mutter.

    "What is complicated?" He further asks, but I only sighed.

    A knock suddenly sounds on my door, pulling me out of my deep thoughts, and I quickly sit up on the bed. 

    "Come in," Following my response, the door opens, but my heart froze in my chest for moments as I stare at the angel standing in front of me. She is adorned in a long gown that fits her so perfectly. She looks more beautiful now that she has changed her dress. Her hair which was rough earlier is now packed in a tight ponytail, with its tail falling freely down her shoulders. Her skin looks smooth, and when she finally raises her gaze to look at me, my heart melts at the sight of her beautiful hazel eyes. This was the same lady that looked so tattered some moments ago?

    "Alpha," Rebecca's voice pulls me out of my trance, and that is when I realize that she came into the room with her. Have I been so captivated by this strange lady that I couldn't even notice the presence of someone else?

    "You may leave now, Rebecca. I need to speak with her," She bows her head before she turns and walks out of the room.

    "Sit!" I say to her as soon as it's only the two of us in my large room.

    "Hmm," She bows her head before she walks over to sit on the chair that's just opposite my bed. She looks extremely nervous, and I understand her feelings though. I mean, I am one tough Alpha that people fear, so she shouldn't be an exception. 

    "Who are you?" I break the awkward silence that creeps in the air, as I stare at her, and she stares back at me with that innocent look that drives me crazy.

    "Why did you try to escape even though you know the consequence if you were caught?" I finally ask her the question I wanted to ask earlier. She was lucky the guards didn't kill her when she was caught. 

    "Forgive me, Alpha... I was... I was only trying to save myself," She stutters nervously, and I sigh briefly.

    "Who are you?" I ask her, a bit curious about her identity. I shouldn't just bring myself to accept someone I literally know nothing about, as my mate. It's not done that way.

    "I'm just an omega that didn't have the right to live for herself..." She replies to me, and I squint my eyes confusingly. I know omegas are always unlucky, but her story is kind of complicated.

    "What do you mean?" I inquire.

    "Since I was cursed to be an omega, I didn't have the right to live for myself, Alpha. I lived and did whatever I was asked to... My life was ruled by the alpha of my pack," She explains to me, and I guess I understand her well enough now. A part of my heart felt this sting when I saw the pain in her eyes as she said those words to me. Has she been through so much pain? Here I was, enjoying my life all these years, and my mate was somewhere, going through pain and being maltreated by a bastard Alpha.

    I stare at her, feeling a bit hurt. I guess it must be the mate bond. I feel myself getting attracted to her. I don't think I have a problem with her being an omega or a stranger I haven't seen all my life, but what matters the most to me now, is that I finally found my mate after so many years.

    I want to touch her and at least know what she would feel like in my palm, but seeing the fear written all over her, I don't want to make her feel uncomfortable.

    "Mate!" I find myself calling her, since I can't control it anymore, and her eyes widen as she stares at me in shock...