The Alpha’s Temporary Mate Novels & Stories

It isn’t an attack after all, it is the mark of an Alpha to his mate. Alpha Wilson has just marked her… there and then it dawns on her that the Alpha has taken a mate for the season. She is not sure whether she should be excited or feel misfortunate because she doesn’t know if Alpha Wilson is also her mate. She is also not sure if the marking ritual is only a temporary arrangement since it is Haze season. So much uncertainties… her mind is in splinters, the landscape of her mental faculty is running wild like a stampede of buffaloes in the gorge, unorganized thoughts that can blow her mind.

Two days have passed since the I got rejected. I haven’t seen Marionette or her friends on campus, nor does my mate. I was busy doing my assignment in the library when I heard these five, she-wolves talking. “Have you heard? Our future alpha will be studying here.” “Duh? Obviously, cause Marionette is here. What should we expect?” “But I also heard that our future alpha’s mate belongs to this pack.” “Seriously?!” Four of them shouted.

I asked him, as he took a step back towards his friend, as I could see pure fear in his eyes. Urijah let out a growl, as he moved to my side, and stood right next to me. I moved my hand to his mane, as I softly glided it acrost his fur. The two men turned their eyes to me, and I put a smile on my face, before I said to them, “That Alpha that you are looking for, he is my mate, and I don’t think I will be going anywhere with the two of you, nor do I think the two of you will be going anywhere.”

And then the old Alpha from the Blue Moon pack comes in with his younger son, as his oldest has a mate and is not the Alpha. I stand and go to greet them as they are our closest allies and friends, and walk over there. “Alpha Adam, Alex. It has been a while.” I saw and bowed my head. “Alpha Liam, good to see you. How are you?” “I am good, thank you,” I answer, but then we get interrupted by Alex blurting out MATE. We stop talking and watch as Alex starts walking towards Alpha Mike and his sister. The girl is lost looking at him, and I can see her say the word, mate. Alex offers her his hand, and she takes it, blushing hard, as they leave to get to know each other.

“You stand in my pack’s heart. You speak demands. You forget yourselves.” A man laughed. A harsh sound. “We remember too well. That’s the problem.” Kieran stepped forward. “You will show respect.” The man’s eyes slid to Kieran. “You’re not Alpha.” “No,” Kieran said. “I’m not.” I felt the words before he finished. He was choosing again. Always choosing. “I’m her mate,” he said. “That’s enough.” Murmurs spread. Some knelt then. Slowly. Carefully. Others stiffened.

Because I’ve officially passed the point of reason and landed in straight-up backwoods fever dream territory. “What the hell does that mean?” I say, voice too loud. “An Alpha? Claimed me? Are we seriously doing this right now? Is this some kind of twisted local mating ritual? Because if a dude wants to ask me out, he can start with literally not leaving bloody deer on my porch!” Elsie doesn’t blink. Doesn’t flinch. She just watches. And somehow that makes it worse. “You’re not even surprised,” I spit. “You knew this would happen. You brought me here knowing.”

Allan demanded. “I, Hilary Henry, eldest and sole survivor of the Cherry Ridge Pack, accept you, Allan Price, future Alpha of the Cherry Ridge Pack, as my mate and Alpha.” Tia watched in horror as her arranged fiancé and her traitorous sister marked one another and basked in the aftermath of their passionate embrace. They weren't permanent and real mate marks. These were temporary but served a purpose. Hilary belonged to the Delta now, and everyone would know it.

The Beta stepped forward and bowed to the Alpha with his hand on his chest. While this was going on, the scent was so hard and Alpha Kasper couldn't hold back. He descended the podium, he'd found his mate, he thought the moon goddess was going to give him Chelsea, his childhood sweetheart and best friend. He knew the direction the scent was coming from. But he couldn't see who his mate was. Everywhere seemed crowded and he could only see a pair of eyes, he locked eyes with her but he needed her to step out, she's his mate, the future Luna of the pack.

The finality in his tone left no room for doubt, cementing the reality of my situation in my mind. Alpha Mark had completely misinterpreted my intentions, believing I desired the Alphas as my mate. Summoning every ounce of courage, I felt compelled to articulate my feelings about the mating issue. “I don’t want to be the Alpha's mate; I simply want to live my life in the shadows, just as I always have,” I replied cautiously, ensuring my tone was measured and respectful so as not to provoke his anger.

We reached the top of the grand staircase. Below, the front doors stood open. Three northern alphas waited in the courtyard, silver chains glinting under the moon. Their warriors stood behind them, eyes wary. The lead alpha stepped forward. “The bond is an abomination, Milrac. Surrender the girl. We will end it cleanly before it destroys you both.” Milrac’s voice carried down the stairs, calm and lethal. “She is my mate. The bond is complete. Touch her and every alpha here dies tonight.”