The Alpha’s Unwilling Mate

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I shot awake as I heard my alarm clock go off. Cold sweat ran down my back and forehead as I tried to calm myself, I had the same nightmare again. A nightmare that makes me afraid to sleep. Looking at the time if I didn't get up now I was going to be late for my interview.

I tried turning on the lights but the power had been cut off I didn't pay the electricity bill, so I am not surprised. I gritted my teeth as the cold water hit my skin, quickly scrubbing away the dirt on my skin with the little bar of soap that remained.

After having my shower I put on the old suit that I had gotten from the thrift store down the street, it looked borrowed but it was all I could afford.

I rushed for the bus before it left me and signed good morning to James the mute driver.

After a 30-minute drive, I finally arrived, I looked at the company building I was going into, looking at its structure that stretched to the skies, and said a little prayer to the moon goddess, I know I'm not her favorite person because it looks like life has it out for me but this job was my last option.

I looked at the floor on which my interview was going to be held and rushed to the almost closing elevator I saw.

"Wait! Wait! Hold it!", I yelled as I ran in my heels but the man in there just looked at me like I was crazy but made no effort to hold the doors open for me. I got there in time and stopped the elevator.

"How rude ", I frowned and mumbled under my breath. He couldn't even stop the elevator for me.

"Excuse me what did you say Ms ?", he asks but I just keep quiet and roll my eyes.

We both reach the same floor and get off the elevator, I get strange looks from the people working there. It must be the suit I thought to myself and walked to the receptionist.

"Excuse me Ms I'm here for the job interview for Personal assistant", I said with the friendliest smile I could master.

" Yes please just sit there and wait in line for your name to be called", she says barely looking at me.

I sit among the others who are here for the interview and if I had known I'd be the only person who would look like they had no chance at getting this job I would have stayed, but I may be homeless in the next coming month so if there was anyone that deserved this job it was me.

I looked out of place with the maroon suit I was wearing, looking like I stepped out of an 80s movie while the other ladies had their hair done and dressed like they came for a fashion magazine interview. Getting all the looks from some of the ladies made me straighten the invisible wrinkles on my suit. I may not look the part but my qualifications are to get me this job or at least I hoped. After working my butt off to graduate top of my class I bet I had better qualifications than anyone here.

“Calm yourself “, I mumbled to myself as I heard their snickers and whispers.

"Ms. Sasha King", my name was called and I got up, straightened my clothes despite the ridicule in the other people's eyes, and walked into the office.

But because I was the person that life messed with when it was bored, I tripped and landed on my knees as I walked through the threshold of the door.

I felt my wolf steer within me and I had no time to find out what she was excited about "Sky not now please". But she didn't stop, so I blocked the connection between us so I couldn't hear her thoughts I needed my full attention on this interview.

"Excuse me", I apologized picked my staff up, and sat down in my chair.

"It's granny pants", the voice of the man I was in the elevator earlier with says.

I look up and come face to face with him, now that I see him close I can tell how handsome he is but my eyes are not on him, they are on the man sitted next to him.

The man looked like a demi-god, an Adonis here on Earth. Black lustrous curls, blue eyes with flecks of silver that glinted in the sun, a gracefully curved prominent jaw. His lips were pressed in a thin line, a firm chest, and broad shoulders, I felt my heart racing just sitting here.

But my heart raced for another reason as well, it was him, I'd recognize him anywhere.

Because I lost control of my emotions, the block I put up between my wolf and I crumbled.

"Mate!", she excitedly said and I got up and ran out of there like my heels were on fire.

"No! Mate?", she kept yelling. The elevator looked like it was taking long so I opted for the stairs as I saw him walk out of the office and chase after me.

I took the stairs two at a time but despite being a wolf I was already tired after six floors so I went and used the elevator on that floor.

It was him Faruk Black, Beta to the Alpha king and the man that killed my father.

Tears streamed down my face as the night they attacked my pack played over and over again in my mind. I was happy, I had a family, even after my mother left it was just me and my Dad but he took him from me. I promised myself I'd never forget his face so that when I met him again I'd kill him myself.

I found James’s bus who signed asking what was wrong with me but I mouthed nothing to him.

He signed that I didn't look pretty when I cried and handed me some tissue.

"We have to go back to our mate", Sky said.

"No Sky! Just stop it! That murderer can not be our mate!",.

This must be a joke by the goddess or something, I just don't understand why she hates me so much, why I have to suffer.

Without knowing it I dropped off at the old bar where I work part-time, here I only manage to make enough for rent and for food that lasts me a week. But because of some construction, the city told everyone on this street to close down.

"What's wrong, short stuff", Ricky the old wolf who is the owner of the bar says.

"It's nothing", I sniff

"Nothing but I still see tears in your eyes, tell me who's the i***t that broke your heart and I'll rip his beating heart right out through his chest", he says.

All I do is hug him and sob " Why me, Ricky? Why does the worst always have to happen to me?",

" It's okay sweetheart, sometimes we may feel like life has it out for us but we always have to see things from a different perspective. When life gives you lemonade?",

" You squeeze them in life's eyes ", I say and chuckle.

" Yes that's right, now Rosie told me to bring some apple pie that you like, it's in the kitchen", he says patting my back.

I am hungry after the emotional rollercoaster I just had and running down the stairs, plus I didn't eat last night. So I go to the kitchen to have some of the pie, maybe I may end up having all of it because I didn't have any food for later.

Rosie is Ricky's mate, they have the most beautiful love I've ever seen, plus she was the one that helped me get a scholarship that helped me get a degree in college, they help me so much which is why I don't like bothering them about my problems.

After eating the pie I changed and started working because it was almost time for my shift. Later, Diego, my workmate comes in.

"So how did the interview go?", He asks.

"Horrible don't even ask", I sigh, handing the beer to a customer.

" What went wrong? Was it the suit?", He continues. “It must have been the suit”,

" She said not to ask dumbass", the man I handed the beer to says.

Diego just rolls his eyes and presses me for more information. After refusing to talk about it he finally leaves me alone. Why would I want to talk about my worst nightmare?

It was a relief that we had a lot of customers today, it at least got my mind off things. Before I realized it, it was time to close.

"I want you to know that you can count on me, no matter what, you can tell me anything and I really hope you can consider being my mate, I promise to love and care for you", Diego says as we stand in front of my apartment building after giving me a ride on his motorcycle.

"Diego you know I'm not a member of any pack, plus what happens when you find your mate?"I asked, breaking away from his arms. Even though I liked him, I wouldn't go ahead and do such a thing and mate with him what happens when he finds his mate?

" I'll reject her", he says, grabbing my hands.

" A mate is someone special, the other half of your wolf, you'll always feel incomplete without them, look I appreciate your support and care but I can't be your mate", I said ignoring the stinging pain I felt in my heart. Besides I'm leaving this place soon. I can't stay in the same city as my father’s killer who is also my mate. I won't be able to resist him, especially when I go into heat.

" Don't say no yet just think about it okay?", He pleads and kisses me, the kiss lasts a few seconds and he shyly walks away to his motorbike. I watched as he got on and rode away in the night still feeling his soft lips against Mine.

“We have a mate”, the sky reminded.

“Enough Sky don't get ahead yourself we are leaving this place soon so forget we ever met that man, he is no mate of ours”, I said and I heard her growl and then whine in frustration.

I looked up at the sky and The pale crescent Moon, shone like a silver claw in the night sky, it cast shadows on the buildings.

I took in the night air and made my decision I'm not going to stay in the same city as the man who ruined my life. I remember the look in my father's eyes as he died, I just stood by the stairwell with the teddy he got me in my arms. Faruk destroyed my pack and gave it to someone else.

"We're leaving this place Sky", I tell my wolf but she is still upset and she doesn't respond.

I walked up the stairs because the elevator here no longer worked. I miss my pack so much, my dad always told me one day I'd succeed him and become the Alpha.

After lamenting about my tragic life I finally reached my door and opened it but before I could walk through the threshold of my home I could sense something wrong. There was a different scent in my home, the scent of my mate.