My Second Chance Mate

Chapter 3: Piece of s**t

I was lying on the bed, my head was reeling with the day's incident giving me a banging headache. My pillow was soaked with tears. Sleep was far from my eyes. I popped 2 or 3 headache tablets but still no sign of relief. I clutched my heart again feeling an unbearable pain there. My mate's words cut through my heart again as I remembered it. 'God, why, what I have done to deserve this? I only wanted to love and be loved. Is it too much to ask?'

Alka had stopped responding to me and retrieved herself to the back of my mind closing the walls. I know the pain she was going through but I wished she was there with me now. I don't know how I returned home and when. I never knew a mate can treat the other half like that. I always had good examples of mates, Mom and dad, Sam and Samaira, Kate and Will and my aunt and her mate. They all are good with their mates. Kate has been my best friend since my diaper days and Will is her mate. Kate and Will found each other a month back on the same day she turned 18, they accepted and they are happy together. Their parents also approve of them. Will is a warrior as Sam. So, I was expecting the same with myself.

Earlier that day

My mate is a playboy. I have heard he has slept with many girls. I am not stupid many wolves sleep around until they find their mates. Some will find early some late. But once they find them, they remain faithful to their other half. But, but after knowing who I am to him, he still kissed her and it went on and on, the way he caressed and kneaded her body, he knows her well or her body. I was frozen, too shocked to make a move. My heart was aching badly, Alka was howling in pain. She wanted to pounce on him and make him feel the pain we were feeling but there was no strength left in us. Something in us had died. I was not only the one but whole market had witnessed the scene and my mate didn't care or her, they were in their own world. The world which he wanted me to see, to see that I am not important to him. I am nothing for him.

When the show ended, I was still standing there like a rock. He gazed at me lazily and said "Did you enjoy it?" holding her waist "More is yet to come". I stood their like a dumb I was. "Don't you have anything to say? Why are you doing this to me, we are mates and all?" he paused and continued when he saw me making no move to talk "I don't care. I give s**t about mates and you being pathetic, weak girl, you think you can stand beside me? Become a beta female? I can get any girl who is confident, strong and sexy. Isn't it Quincy?" He turns to her and locks his lips with hers and kneads her breast and she moans so loudly for the whole market to hear. "I like the way you moan, sweetheart. I can't hold any longer, come on." he smirks at me again and drags her with him. I stand there sobbing silently, tears rolling down my eyes until they both disappear in their car. I want to scream so loudly. Alka is whimpering and howling in pain.

My phone goes off for the nth time and I finally pick it up to check who it is. I am in no mood for anything today. I already had the surprises of my life, I just needed some peace, which was a dream. I pick the call and answer "Where are you? Why is the shop not open?" comes a screeching voice of my friend. I move the phone away from my ears but pull it back shortly. "Don't you want to earn enough for the college? How will you do that when you keep your shop closed? You don't want pappa's help either." she pauses and continues in low tone" I know you were in the mood yesterday, but today, get your ass back here now. " By the time she finished the sob that I had held in my throat releases and she hears it. "Lyla, what happened?" she waits but nothing comes of off me other than another sob " Hold on there, I will be in a minute" she says and hangs up.

After what felt like an hour or so Kate barges into my home. She starts telling me how she met her mate on the way and how they made out heavily, but she quickly apologizes seeing my face fall. She tells him the reason for her hurry and he spills the overheard talk about my mate and the show he put up. She is fuming by the time she comes with all the slangs she heard or used in her life time on my mate. Though it feels lite at heart, it doesn't make me feel any better. But I am grateful for my friend to be here for me in my Wolf's absence.

I know, she is more hurt than me. For wolves, mate is everything. They are born to find a mate, claim them and produce pups. If they have additional responsibilities like Alpha or Beta is a plus. Above all, Mate is everything. It's very unfortunate we won't find a mate. Goddess has created a mate for every wolf, even the rogues. However the other part, the human part can find other wolves or humans as their soulmates, if we are unfortunate to find our destined mates. Though we mate with them, our wolf will never be satisfied with any other, other than their true mate. Elders say, our species cannot produce pups if they are not mates. If a wolf mates with a chosen mate (not destined by the goddess) they may not have pups or their pup will be born with abnormalities or the pup doesn't live long or something. This is one of the reasons that we werewolves wait for our mate. This is the reason mates and mate bond is so sacred.

Kate is in the kitchen cooking God knows what, I didn't had anything in there other than milk, cereal and eggs. I had planned to go grocery shopping today while returning from shop. I didn't have anything in my stomach too since yesterday I didn't have a proper meal.

Kate tried to console me saying I am strong, too good for him and that he is a piece of s**t and all but I am too deep into it, her talks are passing from one ear to another. But, I am thankful for her for being there for me, I wish I had my Wolf and my parents with me I miss them so badly. They would have told me what to do, how to convince him or make him understand. I sigh heavily, shivering as I feel empty inside. Its like I'm shell. I don't know how long it will take to get Alka back. I had called for her many times but she is too far, not responding.

I was standing leaning on the kitchen door for too long staring at nothing in particular. Slowly I made my way to the kitchen counter as Kate placed two plates of bread toast with Omelette and a glass of milk on the table. So, ok bread was there in some corner of my kitchen, Kate was very good at finding objects like that. She sat in front of me picking up her own toast. She asked me to eat as I made no move to take it. My stomach growled looking at the food in front of me, Kate shook her head smiling. I picked up the toast to quench my hunger. Before I could take a bite of the toast, a sharp pain pierces through my heart. I released a high pitched scream clutching my heart, stumbling back knocking off the chair I dropped on to the ground groaning in pain, my head spins and soon darkness consumes me.