Hating My Mate

Chapter Four

Dom POV  

(Why can’t she just fall in line. Why does she have to be so rowdy and defiant! It pisses me off. Everyone that knows me knows that I am a strict person. I like things done right and since I am going to be Alpha, I expect the pack to submit to me.)  

I watch her as she gets in one of the vans with her sister that is heading to the training camp for the monthly rankings.   

(No one even dares to talk to me the way she does. I mean, what the hell is wrong with her.)  

I head to one of the vans that is far away from hers and get in. Gabriel and Harvey sit with me and then we all head out.  

“Are you going to challenge Nova again?” Harvey asks Gabriel. I give an involuntary growl at the mention of her name. My wolf is irritated with her.  

They look at me but I wave them to continue.   

“No, not yet. I’m going to train a bit more.” Gabriel says.  

Harvey laughs. “She’ll just kick your ass again.”  

Gabriel laughs. “Yea, I think she will.”   

(Gabriel has no motivation, I don’t think he wanted to be beta at all.)  

They keep talking about something else but the conversation steers back to her.  

“Oh, it’s the twin's birthday in a few days.” Harvey says.  

Gabriel scrunches his face. “Oof double trouble.”  

“Ha yea. Stella is sweet but Nova scares me.” Harvey says.  

“I thought you said Nova was the hottest girl in the pack?” Gabriel asks.  

“Yea, she is but... and I might be a p***y for saying this, I know that I can’t handle her at all. She would walk all over me.” Harvey says and Gabriel starts laughing and nodding.  

"Yea, I feel sorry for whoever her mate ends up being." I say. 

They look at me. "You know the funniest part?" Harvey asks. "You say you don't like the girl, but you were all over her when we first met." 

I narrow my eyes at him. "Yeah well... I don't know why." I say looking away. "She is infuriating." 

Gabriel laughs. "She is hard to handle, that's a fact. I mean so far, the only one who's won against her was Dom, and it wasn’t even a challenge they just went at it.” Gabriel says.  

“Goddess I remember, it was at breakfast the first week that they got here.” Harvey says and turns to me. “What the hell happened anyways. How did you guys end up physically fighting?”  

I shrug my shoulders not wanting to talk about it but that gets me thinking back.  

-Flashback-  

I walk into the dining room where the teenage pack members from both packs mingle with each other. My dad’s idea.  

“Alpha.” Members lower their heads at me as I walk by.  

I grab my food from the buffet table and sit on one of the empty chairs next to Harvey.   

“Alpha, how has your day been?” One of the she-wolves asks. The lust in her eyes does not go unnoticed. I give her my best smile and nod.” Good.” And then give my attention back to my food.   

I am very selective of the girls I date. In fact, I rarely date. I flirt a lot but I don’t like sleeping around, mostly because I can’t afford to get a female pregnant, whether she’s human or wolf. My dad would kill me if something like that happened.  

From the corner of my eyes, someone walks in, I turn to them and see Nova walking in with her sister. I can’t help notice her in a tight white tank top, black leggings, and white sneakers. Her hair up in a messy bun, she looks like she’s ready to train.   

(She pisses me off so much! My wolf wants her to submit to us.)  

I watch her as she walks by and I give a low growl. She looks at me with the corner of her eyes and I hear her giving a low growl back that is barely hearable. That pisses me off, no one ever growls back at me.  

(Not today.)  

I get up and head straight for her. She doesn’t see me coming. I grab her from the back of her arm and turn her around. She glares at me. “You better rein in your wolf.” I spit out.  

“My wolf is perfectly fine the way she is!” She shouts. I can feel everyone staring at us.   

Knowing that I can't let her disrespect me like that in front of everyone, I push her to the wall and she hits hard. I rush and hold her by the neck but I don’t squeeze, I just pin her there.  

“Submit.” I say lowly with a warning tone.  

“No.” She says determined, looking straight at me.  

“Please Nova stop.” Her sister says with concern.  

I am fuming and my wolf is about to take control. I take her off the wall and throw her on the ground. (I have never treated any female like this.)  

She slowly gets up, still looking at the ground.  

“Submit... Now!” I growl loud, my wolf is nearly at the surface.  

She finally looks at me and her eyes are completely dark.   

(Her wolf.)  

Suddenly, she rushes at me and I am shocked that she did that. Anyone who does that has a death wish.  

Everyone in the room gasps.  

I quickly dodge her and as she slides by me, I take her hand and pull her to me, locking her in a choking hold.   

“Nova stop!” Her sister and Rose shout.  

Nova just growls. I know she’s not there. She then twists in a way that she gets out of my grip and swings a punch at me but I block it.   

I grab her fist and pull it around me. She falls on the table and she effortlessly flips around backward and stays crouched in a stance that says she’s about to attack, so I prepare myself. She’s about to run to me but I don’t let her. I rush her and take her by the neck lifting her up and slamming her on the table. I get in between her legs and weigh my body down on her to constrict her movement.  

(I don’t know what the hell is wrong here, but I know I should have subdued her at the beginning of the fight. She held her own with me. If she didn't piss me off so much, I’d be impressed.)  

“Nova, that’s enough!” I shout.  

Her eyes go back to her bright green. “Let me go!” She shouts.  

And that’s when my dad walks in breaking it all off.  

-End of flashback-  

(My dad punished me for that. She always gets me in trouble.)  

We finally arrive. There are five other packs here. Each pack stays together because even though we are allied packs, we have little beefs with each other.  

We head to one of the courses with one of the five instructor Alphas that oversees our training, Alpha Declan, Alpha of the River Bed pack.   

My dad warned me and Nova to stay away from each other, so I am on the front and she is way in the back with her sister and Rose.  

We start with warm-ups and then head to the obstacle course. I go first like always and then the betas. I watch Nova when is her turn and she does good. She always does good. I know she is probably the best fighter in the pack after me but, she is too wild. She doesn’t like authority and that is a problem.   

(How are we going to function properly with me as Alpha and her as my beta?)  

We all have to stop when we hear some scuffing and growling from the side.  

We see one of the male Alphas fighting a female Alpha from another pack. We see this all the time when an Alpha male has an Alpha female as mate. Most Alpha females are so dominant that they won’t let their mates mark them willingly ever. Female Alphas wolves don’t want to be marked because they want to be the Alpha of the relationship and if they are marked, it means that they submitted to their mate. So ninety percent of the time, the Alpha male forces the mark on them.  

Female Alphas are always mated to male Alphas because no one else can handle them. However male Alphas can be mated to any female. Sounds sexist I know but that's how the goddess willed it.  

I feel sorry for that guy. If Nova is a beta and she is so strong-willed, I can't imagine what a female Alpha is like.  

(If that’s the case, I’ll take Nova any day.... wait... what the hell is wrong with me! Goddess why did I even thought of that.)  

I pull my hair feeling frustrated for what I just thought.  

The guy ends up marking the female Alpha, she still looks pissed at him but I heard that she is supposed to calm down a bit after the marking.  

After they mark each other, they give each other heated looks.  

After a marking, the bond grows along with their need for each other. 

We continue the training as the instructors take notes of how good or bad we are doing. We are finally almost at the end of the day. All we have is the last event which is challenges. In this one, all packs participate and can challenge each other.  

We are on a break right now waiting for it to start. I sit waiting and with the corner of my eyes I see Nova leaning on one of the tables looking calm and composed like a badass, next to her sister. Most females right now are scared and nervous because someone might challenge them to a fight, I can sense it on them but not Nova. I admire that about her but I would never let her know that. She has a big head as it is already.  

The matches start and the only ones that were challenged from our pack were Gabriel and Nova. Gabriel has a normal fight and wins against a normal warrior but Nova was challenged by a female Alpha. To our surprise, it was a tie. Neither of them could make the other one submit. The Alpha female left pissed and I know exactly how she feels.  

We head back home completely drained. When we finally get home, I head straight to the kitchen where I find Charlize and my dad. He is preparing her a snack.  

My dad quickly perks up when he sees me. “So?”  

I roll my eyes. “No, I didn't find my mate.” I say. Every time I come back from anywhere where there are other packs, he asks me. It’s exhausting and I’m too tired to argue over this.   

“Son, a mate is important, especially for an Alpha that is leading a pack.” He starts.  

(And don’t I know that. I am relieved that he finally chose another mate after my mom died. It took him six years. His temper was getting out of control without a mate. He is more relaxed now and I can see that he really cares for Charlize.)  

He finishes the peanut butter and jelly sandwich he was making and puts it in front of Charlize, then he looks at me.  

“You’re eighteen, I get it, you're young. But you are to be Alpha, and you have a responsibility to this pack.” He says.  

“I know dad.” I have heard these same words countless times.  

Charlize gives me a sympathetic look.  

He crosses his arms. “Whoever is deemed to be Luna of this pack, it is by the goddess will. So the moment you find her, you mark her. Do you understand?”  

I sigh. “Yes dad, I understand.”  

“Good. Now tell me how did the ranking go.” He asks.  

I sit on one of the stools. “It went good, only Gabriel and Nova got challenged by the northern packs. Gabriel won but Nova-”  

“She lost?!” He interrupts and asks surprised. Even Charlize looks surprised.  

“No.  She was challenged by a female Alpha. It was a draw.” I say.  

Both Charlize and dad smile. “Good, the more wolves like her we have the better.” He says.  

I look at him like he’s crazy. “What? Even if she’s so uncompliant and is always getting into major trouble?”  

“It’s a phase.” He says nonchalantly.   

Charlize laughs. “I’m not so sure about that. She’s been a trouble maker since she could walk.” She then mumbles looking at her food. “You haven't seen anything yet.”  

I nod. “You do remember that she almost started a war with the Night Walker pack, right?” I say remembering how she offended the older Alpha by saying that he had a toupee. She got angry because he belittled her for being a female warrior. The Alpha is old and has old views, he believes that she-wolves should focus on bearing pups. Well, she got pissed and almost pulled the wig right out of his head. 

He sighs. “Let’s pretend that it never happened.” He mumbles.  

(Whatever he seems to let her get away with a lot.) I get up and head out up to my room thinking of what Charlize said ‘you haven’t seen anything yet.   

“Should we be worried?”