The Alpha's Stubborn Rejected Mate

Chapter 5 - Sasha

Ever since alpha Hartford had announced the meeting with the other alpha the pack had a strange air of apprehension going around. All of the omegas knew that something big was going to happen but everyone seemed too scared to talk about it.

I wasn’t immune to that fear, but at least I had my meal with Dante tonight to provide me with a bit of a distraction. Tonight wasn’t meant to be a date, though that wasn’t going to stop me from daydreaming that it could be. I got butterflies in my stomach every time I thought about Dante, and in my fantasies he felt the same way about me.

I had already decided that I was going to pretend that tonight was a date even though I knew that it wasn’t. I had never been on a real date before, I had spent most of my life waiting for my mate only to get rejected within a few seconds of laying eyes on him. I still felt the dull ache in my chest whenever I thought of what could have been between me and my mate but I was sick of letting that fractured bond dominate my life.

At first I wondered why he hadn’t asked for my full name so that he could fully reject me. It gave me hope that he would one day come back and claim me as his, but now I realise that hope was foolish. His real reasons for not giving me a proper rejection were probably a lot more selfish, such as prolonging my pain and ensuring that I could never get a second chance mate.

That was exactly the kind of thing a future alpha would do in my experience. They seemed to love proving their superiority over others, and what better way to do that than to have your ex mate pining over you while you moved on to be happy with someone else. He probably expected that I would be alone and unhappy for the rest of my life.

Well screw him! I was going to have the best damn life any omega had ever had, and he wasn’t going to be involved in any part of it. Dante would find someone to get me the document that I needed and then I would leave this life behind me forever.

When I walked into the restaurant that Dante had booked for us, I did so with a confident sway in my hips. I had dressed in the best outfit that I owned, a tight black dress that accentuated all of my curves. Like many of my non-work clothes I had found in a ranked pack member’s trash and altered it to fit me. It wasn’t much by other people’s standards but I felt amazing in it.

Dante was sitting at a table near the edge of the room and when he noticed me heading towards him a smile spread across his face. My heart rate elevated. He looked so hot wearing a suit even though it covered all of his sexy tattoos, and when he smiled at me like that I felt like the only person in the room.

“Wow, you look gorgeous. It makes me wish that I got up the nerve to ask you out on a date earlier.”

“What do you mean?”

It sounded as though he was thinking of this as a real date but I needed to be sure before I allowed my heart to get anymore invested than it already was. I wasn’t sure that I would be able to cope with getting my heart broken again so soon after my rejection.

“I have liked you for a long time and I wanted to see if we could be more than friends. I just wasn’t sure if you would be interested in that after what that asshole did to you.”

“What he did hurt but I am ready to move on with my life now.” My smile was so wide that I probably looked as though I had lost my mind. Dante let out a nervous laugh before leaning over the table to kiss my cheek.

“You have no idea how relieved I am to hear you say that. I have been worrying about how you would react to my confession all day.” He told me as the waitress joined our table.

Once I had given my order to her I noticed that my wolf was stirring within my mind. She had become quiet and lethargic after I was rejected. I still had strength and increased senses but she hardly ever spoke to me now, something which made my life as an omega all the more lonely. If it wasn’t for my friendship to Dante then I could have gone for weeks at a time without talking to anyone.

‘You can’t get involved with him, he had a mate out there somewhere.’ My wolf told me, her voice rough through lack of use.

Warlocks didn’t have mates in the same way that werewolves did. On very rare occasions they would find someone was magically compatible with them. Once bonded to that person they would both become much more powerful, but other than that they could choose to bond with anyone they wanted. Some of them even bonded with humans.

Although it was possible that Dante would have someone out there who was his other half, it was very unlikely. Especially considering that he wasn’t accepted by most of the magic community. I was sure that my wolf was just using that as a way of deterring me from having any kind of relationship with him because she still wasn’t over losing her mate.

‘Just because you gave up on him too easily, doesn’t mean that I have to,’ she replied with a huff.

I could understand her desire to be with her mate, but she was there with me when he said all those cruel things about me. It wasn’t so much a matter of giving up on him, it was more about having some damn self respect. He could come back to me crawling on his knees, but it wouldn’t make a difference. He didn’t deserve me.

“Are you having trouble with your wolf?” Dante asked, pulling my attention back towards him. The waitress who had been taking our order had already finished writing everything down and left us alone.

“It is just a little disagreement. She thinks that our ex mate is worthy of redemption but I don’t think he is.” My wolf growled at my words before fading into the background of my mind.

Dante shuffled his chair around the table till he was sitting right beside me, before taking my hands in his. There was part of me that was worried that he was going to tell me that he had changed his mind, that I wasn’t worth the hassle even after everything we had been through together. I closed my eyes and turned my face away from him. I didn’t think that I could look him in the eyes if he was going to reject me too.

It wasn’t as though I would blame him for not wanting to be with me. It was hard enough to date an omega werewolf without also having the knowledge that her wolf didn’t want you. Maybe I was going to have to get used to the idea of being alone for the rest of my life after all.

“Please look at me beautiful.”

I was still apprehensive but I slowly opened my eyes and directed my gaze towards him. When I did I noticed that he was looking at me with desire. I had seen that look from a lot of different men before but this was the first time that I felt the same way about them.

“I didn’t decide to date you overnight, I had a lot of time to think about how we would make it work. I know that it will take your wolf a while to accept me, but once we have fully bonded things will be a lot easier.”

Before I had time to process his words or formulate any kind of response Dante leaned forward and pressed his lips against mine. He ran his tongue slowly over my lips and into my mouth while wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me closer.

He didn’t pull away until we were both breathless and the scent of my arousal was filling the air around us. Even then he made sure to keep his face close to mine. I could feel his warm breath against my skin as his eyes burned into mine.

“Don’t ever doubt my feelings for you beautiful, because I will do whatever it takes to make you mine.” Dante said, sending tingles of desire all the way down my spine.