Unwanted Mate

Something is Wrong

Fleur didn’t even wanted to even step out of the cabin. She didn’t even want to move even a single muscle of her body. She stayed coped up in the cabin.

Her body and heart felt numb to the world but the world would carry on no matter what. She wasn’t the one who would laze around and neglect her duties as a member of the pack but right now she really wanted to make an exception. She could care less about her duties for the pack.

“ Head Alpha said that each and every unmated wolves should be present by the time he makes that announcement.” Elliott had said while looking at Fleur with sympathy before he looked at his wife who gave him a nod, silently conveying that she will bring Fleur with her. Fleur didn’t wanted to go .

True to her words, Freya somehow managed to drag Fleur away from the sofa and made her walk out of the cabin. Obviously, Fleur protested , saying that she was not in any mood to attend any stupid pack meetings now and that she didn’t care about the stupid announcement that the head Alpha had to make.

For God sake! She had lost her sister and instead of letting her mourn in peace, they are forcing her to go the meeting. She seriously doesn’t give any f*ck for the meeting.

Her feet hurt from standing for too long this morning for the funeral, but that was her doing. It was not like she could complain about it because at the end it was she who stood in the cemetery because she thought that Rosie would be afraid if she was left alone. Rosie would feel scared if she was alone even in a cabin. How will she stay alone in the cemetery? It was Freya and Felix who dragged her away from the grave after two hours of her just standing and staring at the grave. She was not ready to leave but after a lot of begging from her friends she let go of her protest.

The soil under her feet was moist and somewhat muddy because it had unexpectedly rain this morning. It was not even monsoon.

The wood were wet and everywhere she could smell the serene scent of rainwater. For some reason the smell of soil after first rain had always made her feel better but right now even that wasn’t doing its magic on her. She felt alone in the crowded world.

Halfway towards the ground, Felix joined them with a stiff smile, eyes swollen and face red. It was weird to see Felix be so calm and content because he is the one who was talkative in their group. He was trying to cheer her but his efforts were fruitless.

“ Have you eaten anything, Felix?” Freya asked as she peek her head from Fleur’s side. Fleur too turned to look at him who just nodded his head and offered them smile. The smile didn’t reach his eyes.

“ Had some berries , don’t worry .” He replied and looked forward as Freya nodded. Berries were not enough to fill someone’s stomach but at least it was something.

Other wolves were rushing towards the same destination and almost everyone would offer a sympathetic smile to Fleur who didn’t had in her to reciprocate the smile, so she kept a neutral face. She hated that people were feeling obligated to show their sympathy to her.

Her parents were taking a rest and Fleur didn’t wanted to bother them. So it was just her for the meeting from their family.

When they reached the ground , the head Alpha was standing on the platform that was slightly higher than the ground so that he could see clearly.

Freya tugged on Fleur’s hand and made her look at her.

“ I have to go up there. You know the tradition and all.” Freya said as she cupped Fleur’s face softly. “ I’ll be back here soon.” She promised her voice sweet and Fleur nodded as she watched her friend make her way towards the platform after giving her Hands a squeeze and stood beside Elliott who immediately pulled her closer by her waist and buried his nose in her neck, silently scenting her. He was on his edge too after all an Omega had died in the pack.

Freya was the daughter-in-law of the head Alpha, wife of Elliott who would be the head Alpha in the future. Fleur had always thought that he deserved to be the head Alpha . He had always placed the pack mates before him. He was a friendly Alpha with good leader skill.

Felix was silent beside her, his honey scent hyper aware. Fleur looked to her side and saw Daniel looking at them , or more specifically at him. He was worried for his soon-to-be Omega.

Tonight was their mating night but none of them had any idea whether the mating ceremony is supposed to be celebrated tonight when they had lost their one of the Omega in a cruel way.

“ We are gathered here to discuss something very important and which need to be discussed immediately.” The head Alpha said, voice loud and aura dominant as he spoke. “ We have lost our wolf today and for that we are regretful.” He said . “ But we have to carry on with the tradition that has been with us for centuries.” And that is when the murmurs began to erupt among the wolves. Fleur scoffed , no one cares that someone had the same dream about getting mated but instead now they are buried under the ground. Rosie had dreams too.

“ What the hell?” Felix muttered under his breath beside her and Fleur didn’t had to look at him to know that Felix was scowling, his honey scent had gotten even more sour at the announcement . “ How can we celebrate this day when someone has died?” He asked more to himself than to anyone else . His voice was as low as a whisper but it was stern.

“ She died yesterday so you can still celebrate it today.” Fleur said casually but Felix can easily detect the underlying sarcasm in her voice. She had a calm expression on her face as if she had known hoe the pack would react , after all the pack was never treated her better.

“ This is so wrong.” He declared, scowl permanent on his face .

It was wrong for the one who were loss to Rosie as they were the one who were suffering from the loss, the entire pack doesn’t have to pay for that. They didn’t have to sacrifice their happiness.

“ As you all know , that we need Alpha for hunting and for guarding our territory and that is not possible until the Alpha had found their mate.” The head Alpha said and Felix scowled deepened .

“ There we go again. Alpha superiority sh*t.” He cursed at that. His voice was loud enough that few wolves turned to look at him.

It was reasonable reason though, Fleur thought. Unmated Alphas are not allowed to do works like, patrolling, hunting or guarding the territory. It is common belief that once an Alpha gets a mate, they become more powerful, gets better emotional level and their wolves senses gets risen. Once they are mated, they are eligible for Alpha duty. It is taken as a insult that the Alpha is not able to do the Alpha duties and so alphas get mated sooner or later. They have to have an Omega to make them even more stronger.

“ That’s how it works Felix. Congratulations, I guess. You are getting mated today.” Fleur said, her voice void of emotion and Felix frowned at her.

“ Stop it Fleur.” Felix said with no bite whatsoever. They both were emotionally drained and to think that something do important was going to take place when none of them was ready . Fleur, though a little jealous of her own destiny, she was, nonetheless, happy excited even to attend this mating ceremony for Felix and Rosie . But now that something so bad had happened with Rosie, she knew that she wouldn’t be able to attend the ceremony.

“ Therefore, mating ceremony will take place as per planned. “ The head Alpha said and both Fleur and Felix could tell by the frown on Freya’s face that she too was against this idea.

How can they celebrate when someone had died?

. . .

“ I can’t believe this!” Felix exclaimed on their way back home. Freya wasn’t able to join them as she being the member of head family, had to take the responsibility of the necessity of the mating. “ I am not even sure whether I should be happy or sad about this mating.” Felix frowned at that .

“ Be happy for yourself , Felix. “ Fleur said as she tangled her arm with his , as they walked side by side. “ This was the day of which you had prayed for so long. You are going to be mated with Daniel, the love of your life.” She tried to cheer him up but the boy gave out a sad smile, not looking anywhere near to being excited about the whole deal. “ And be sad for Rosie if you want to but trust me, she wouldn’t like you to be sad on your big day. So smile.” She instructed.

If Rosie was alive then maybe Felix and she would be getting ready together. Rosie was great with make up. Maybe she would’ve helped Felix with make up.

The more she thinks about Rosie , the more her heart sunken about how moon goddess was unfair with Rosie. The girl didn’t deserve this.

“ Okay. I’ll try.” Felix said as he tried to smile at her softly but failed miserably when his smile was filled with sorrow. Fleur smiled back as they reached his cabin and hugged her tightly with a quick note of ‘best of luck’.

With that said, she walked towards her cabin. On the way towards that, Fleur kept her gaze downwards because as soon as she would look up , someone would always give her a sympathetic smile and Fleur really didn’t need any of that.

Her mind instead drifted to her mother’s tear drained face and her father’s heart broken face. She wasn’t the only one who was suffering in this phase. There were so many people suffering, her parents ,for starters are like a living corpse.

They had not said a word since yesterday and that made Fleur wonder how is going to take care of them when she can’t even take care of herself. But she had to be strong for them.

Her mind drifted towards Noah and her heart ached immediately. She had always seen Noah as her brother-in-law and nothing else. They are pretty close to each other now. But Rosie was Noah’s little world and he would orbit just around her.

There were so many people suffering and Fleur had to be strong for them. And so she decided to be strong even though deep Inside she knew that she was a weak Omega. She was not able to control her own sorrow. How is she supposed to take care of people around her?

She raised her eyes and only then realised that she had reached her home. She made her way towards the cabin and pushed the door open, ready to be greeted by an empty cabin but to her surprise, there sat Noah and his parents.

Mrs Evans, Noah’s mother looked at her and gave out a most nervous smile and Fleur could already tell that something is wrong. Noah didn’t even lift gaze to greet Fleur , instead he kept his gaze downwards. Yup, something was definitely wrong.