Mate

I paced my room, looking at the clock above. “few minutes more” I whispered to myself, biting my lower lips as I waited desperately.

The door snapped open making my neck to snap instinctively towards it “don’t even think about going there” my father said, standing there with a look of disapproval.

“but Dad!” I said, the desperation in my voice could not be hidden, “his mating ceremony is today!  I can’t not be there!”

“then you should have bloody thought of that before you invaded his personal space!!!! Like what the fuck were you thinking going into the bathroom when he was having a personal moment!!!!!” my father’s face twisted with rage as he spoke.

I shrugged “I mean he is mine anyways, there is no need to hide something I am going to eventually see and…”

“you…” my father took a step towards me and I visibly cooled down, the fear starting to seep in

“honey!!!” my mum called, saving me from the chaos that was about to happen “come help me get the snacks” I let out a sigh as I watched him pause, looking at me with a click of his teeth

“you better stay in here through the night or I swear…” this was not just his random threats, you could tell from the tone in his voice. I nodded, not wanting to argue with him, not in this state at least.

I listened for a while, listening to the conversation of my parent’s downstairs before they finally left for the ceremony.

“this is it” I whispered to myself, looking at the mirror bracing myself to go. “I’ll just pop in, and then I would leave” I muttered to myself.

Somewhere at the back of my mind, I knew that was not just going to be it, but I convinced myself otherwise.

I rushed to my closet, grabbing the darkest shade of black clothes I owned so that I could blend into the night better, covering my face so that no one could see me.

I sighed, looking at myself as I felt the heat rise up in my chest.

‘what if he was right? What if he was not my mate?’ a shiver ran down my spine as the thought crossed my mind.

I shook my head, trying to get the thought out of my mind. “he Is mine, I am sure of it” I whispered to myself muttering a spell that got me out of the house in an instant and at the garden were everyone was gathered.

“by the goddess!!” Alpha Lucas beamed as though he had won a luxury. “we have found a mate, worthy of our son, confirmed by the oracle to be ordained tonight!!!!” there was cheering all around, even Ethan smiled, looking at the girl in front of him like he had found something precious.

I felt my gut twist. ‘he had never looked at me that way.’ The thought crossed my mind, making me want to leave.

There was no point anymore. I saw it now. He did not like me, it did not matter if we were mates, it was obvious he was never going to look at me that way.

I took in a deep breath, deciding it was best to leave.

The count down begun, the excitement in the air was sickening.

Their new Luna

“3… 2….1” everyone carried on, then it went silent.

I, for some reason, decided to look back. The last thing I could at least have was the reaction on his face when he found his ‘new mate’ and keep it in my mind forever, pretending that it was him looking at me or something.

I watched him look at her, the anticipation and excitement in his voice dying as realization hit him “you… you” he looked around, his nose picking up something in the air in confusion “you aren’t the one” first in his eyes were confusion, then there was a hint of sadness then back to confusion. “this… this can’t” he looked to his father, then the priestess of the pack. “there is some mistake right?”

Everyone started to mumble, talking about there must have been some mistake or something then I walked towards him, my legs thinking before my mind did.

As though he could sense that I was moving, his head snapped towards me, locking gaze with me through the crowd. I felt myself unable to breathe.

“you…” he said, looking at me with wide eyes. I clutched my face, letting out a sigh as I wore a mask.  “mate” he growled, making his way towards me.

This was it, the moment I had always dreamed of, the moment I had always prayed for that he would see me as something more than an inconvenience.

Then my mind snapped to the times were he told me that he hated me, were he said that he could not love me.

Panic filled me as the images flooded my mind, the smile on his face as he approached me, made me even more nervous.

‘would he still have the same smile on his face if he knew that I was the one behind this mask?” he was at least seven feet away from me at this moment.

“I would rather you never see me again reject me” I muttered, my eyes watering as I turned to leave.

“HEY!!!” you could hear the panic in his voice as he called “stop!!!” he screamed, breaking into a run just as I done.

Chaos broke out almost instantly, some people, wondering what the hell was going on, the others rushing to catch me just as Alpha Lucas had commanded.

I increased my speed, running like my life depended on it, because at this moment, it did.