Three Alphas, one selection

Chapter 10

Rowan POV

I laid up thinking about her last night. Thinking about everything I would do to her. I will make her pay for disrespecting me and then she will beg me to continue. How dare she have made plans to mate with someone else before she even knew me the nerve of her I swear. I’m any girl's dream guy. She should have changed her mind the moment she saw me. I would prefer it if she was lusting after me. I would have made her wait until she needed me more than she needed anything else in the world. I’ve played this game once or twice with girls that were too desperate. I guess this will be an adventure, I’ve never needed to chase someone who so desperately wanted to get rid of me. At least I have the mate bond in my favour. That bond will make her want me. I don’t know the extent of it, but I will go and talk to Joshua. He will know exactly how it feels since he has a mate. I’m not going to feel any of it so when I am done I will walk away. I got out of bed and looked at Aceline lying there naked and spent. When I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking too much I called her and she came. It was a nice distraction until she passed out and left me to my own thoughts again. I took a shower and got dressed. She was still sleeping. I had really exhausted her last night. I drove over to the campus and went to Joshua and Alicia’s apartment. I knocked on the door, multiple times before I finally heard someone coming. It was Alicia. She isn’t bad-looking. If she wasn’t mated to Joshua I would have had her for a night, maybe even two. She was glaring at me with those judgy blue eyes of hers. My mates' blue eyes are deeper. I like her doe eyes, it makes her seem so innocent. It makes me want to taint her.

“What do you want? We were sleeping. Since you kept him out so late last night.” She doesn’t approve of our friendship. She was fine in the beginning, but she seemed to start hating me at some point. Something about my loose morals and man w***e behaviour. At least that is what she said when she finally had enough of me.

“I’m here to see Joshua. I’ll take my coffee sweet and with milk.” I said as I pushed passed her into their apartment.

“Make your own damn coffee.” I just shrugged not phased by her lack of hospitality. I watched as she stormed off before I went to the kitchen to make my own damn coffee. I made Joshua a cup too and placed it on the tiny table before I sat down and started to sip at mine.

“Dude, I’ve told you about boundaries. One day she is going to stab you with a steak knife. She isn’t a morning person and she likes her sleep uninterrupted.” Joshua said as he came walking into the kitchen rubbing at his eyes.

“She just threw me out of bed by lifting up the mattress. It hurt, I was sleeping and didn’t know what the hell was happening.” I laughed. At least she isn’t just mean to me. She punishes him whenever I bug her. He grabbed the cup of coffee growling at me.

“I thought mates were supposed to be nice to one another. Shouldn't she be worshipping the ground you are walking on?” I asked. That is how it was with my parents. My mother would have done anything for my father. She never raised her voice and she never said no, but she was demure and shy. She didn’t have the personality to stand up for herself. Still, she loved my father and he loved her too. I swear he loved her to the brink of his own sanity. Sometimes I wonder if that is why he distanced himself from her because she was too weak and he couldn’t constantly be worrying about her.

”No it isn’t like that. It’s a normal relationship. You are matched with the person who is perfect for you in every way. I am a jokester and she is grumpy. No matter how angry she is I can always get her to laugh and she keeps me rooted. We complement each other. Your father had a very strong personality so he needed a mate that didn’t overshadow that, but that could also keep him calm and centered. That’s just how it works. Like your mate. She is hard working, goal orientated and basically perfect so she would have made up for your imperfect lazy ass.” Joshua joked. I just rolled my eyes at him. I wonder how it would have been if we didn’t want to reject one another. How would she have complimented me?

“That is why people are against wolves that mate with anyone other than their mates. The balance is off then.” Just then Alicia came in. She had gotten dressed and put her black hair in a ponytail.

“Can I make you guys some eggs?” She asked, her being polite to me was odd and I don’t care for it.

“That would be nice, try not to ruin it like you ruined him.” She stomped to the fridge not even replying to me. Her being silent, now that is something I could appreciate about her.

“Why do you have to rile her up like that?” I only shrugged at his question.

“How was it when you first met her? The mate bond, how did it make you feel?” It’s time to get down to business. After all, I have a mate that I need to start bothering.

”It was intense I guess. All I could do was think about her. When I wasn’t with her all I wanted to do was be with her. When I was with her all I wanted was to rip off her clothes and mate and mark her…”

“Joshua too much information!” Alicia said in a rush as her entire face turned red. She hid in the fridge pretending to be looking for more ingredients for the eggs.

“It is consuming. It’s like the goddess is pressuring you until you take that leap and mate. Once you are mated it calms down a bit more, but never completely. You still feel the electricity every time you touch one another. You still yearn to be close to one another. We waited a while before actually mating. I thought about her constantly when I was awake and when I was sleeping I dreamed about her. The ache gets stronger the longer you have to wait. I bet you are glad you rejected your mate. She didn’t seem like the type to rush things. She would have made you wait a long time.” hearing all this I am glad I don’t have the bond pestering me. On the other hand, I hope everything he describes is what she is going through. I want her needy after all.

“How did Aceline react when you told her about your mate?” Alicia asked from the stove where she was busy with the food.

“I didn’t tell her.” I scoffed. It has nothing to do with her and it isn’t like I accepted my mate. It won’t influence Aceline life at all.

”Why wouldn’t you tell her? She has every right to know. I thought that is why you called her over last night.” That is the problem with Alicia she thinks too much.

“No, I needed her to come and please me,” I said knowing it would bother her even more than just saying we had s*x.

“She isn’t your damn servant! You can’t just summon her like she doesn’t have a life apart from yours. You are an egotistical bastard!” I smiled knowing I had riled her up.

“Joshua, maintain your b***h!” Now I’ve reduced her position making it sound like she was Joshua’s servant.

“I might be a b***h, but at least I am not a damn man w***e with commitment and probably mommy issues!”

“I am your Alpha! You will not speak to me like this.” I’m not even mad, I like playing the Alpha card to keep people in check.

“You aren’t Alpha yet! I swear the pack will need all the help it can get when you become Alpha. You are going to ruin it!” Now that snipe actually bothered me. Everyone assumes I am lazy and I won’t be a good Alpha. I will be the best Alpha this pack has seen. They just need to wait and see. She rushed off to the room again. Joshua jumped up and took the food off the stove before it burned. He plated the food handing me a plate.

“I’m going to take her food to her. Eat and go. I need to fix this…again.” I smiled at him as he left the kitchen. I quickly ate the food and left the apartment. It’s time to go and bother my mate a bit. I already checked her dorm number. I walked over and saw her roommate leaving which is perfect since I know she only has classes in the afternoon and I want her all to myself. I walked into the dorm and straight to her room. I knocked, but there was no answer. I listened in and there was no one in the room. She had already left. That is unfortunate. I walked back to my car feeling annoyed. I was looking forward to seeing her again and putting her mate bond to the test. As I got in the car my phone rang. It was my father. I wasn’t in the mood to deal with him, but every time I declined the damn phone rang again. I threw it on the seat next to me and started heading home, hopefully, Aceline was still in my room. Then I can take some of these frustrations out on her. All the way to the pack house my phone kept on ringing. It was driving me insane. I parked the car and stormed to my father's office to see what was so damn important. As I neared his office I smelled her. She has been here. Not recently though probably an hour or two ago. I stormed into his office.

“What is with the excessive calling? If I didn’t answer the first three times it means I don’t want to talk to you.” He sat there glaring at me. He seems pissed. I haven’t seen him this angry in a long time.

”What is wrong with you! Don’t you care about this pack at all?” Ah of course the speech. I wonder what important duty I forgot to do this time. I’m enjoying my freedom before I become Alpha. As soon as he steps down I will take this seriously, up till then it’s his problem.

“What are you going on about?” I said as I sat down on the couch leaning back, placing my arms along the back and spreading my legs. I was showing him my dominance, I was not threatened by him.

“Why would you reject Dilara!” I shot up, sitting up straight. How does he know, she told on me the little b***h.

“You know what a valuable asset she is to this pack and you could have made her stay, but once again you aren’t thinking with your brain. That blonde slut asleep in your bed has brainwashed you.” Brainwash really? It’s more like she has put a spell on me with her pu…

“She is a scholarship runt. She is beneath me. Anyway, we have her with us until she graduates. She is all too ready to run off and mate with someone else. If I didn’t reject her she would have rejected me. You can use her as much as you like until she leaves, I’m sure it won’t be a problem.” I’ll make sure to make her stay a while. She won’t be able to graduate in time. Not with what I have planned for her.

“She came in here to quit. She doesn’t want to be the interim Luna because then she has to work with you and train her replacement. You better f*****g fix this!” So my little mate wants to run away from me. That only means that the bond is taking effect, she wants to hide and avoid me. This is going to be more fun than I thought it would.

“I got to go.” I said getting up and leaving. It is time to go and find my mate. She won’t be able to hide from me for very long.

Lara POV

I've put all the papers in one pile. Sorting them out is another day's problem. For now, I am dusting. I found everything I would need in the storage cupboard. The house clearly has someone who cleans, but they must have noticed no one cones here and conveniently forgot to clean it. Getting this room back on the cleaning agenda. I can't spend most of my time in this office on cleaning. After dusting I started wiping everything down and polishing the glass desk. I took the cups to the kitchen placing them in the sink. I don't know who they belong to so I can't just throw them out, but they are basically growing new species. I guess if they have been standing there for so long they won't be missed. Next, I moved onto the couch. I hit it with the broom handle to get the dust out and then I vacuumed it and then the floor.

"What are you doing?" I looked up to see a girl standing just inside the room with her arms folded over her chest. She was tapping her foot at me.

"I am cleaning. This place was really dirty." I stated the obvious. She is standing there glaring at me.

"Well that is my vacuum and thanks to you I'm behind schedule. We have rules. Each cleaner has their own thing so next time don't use mine." She started walking over to me to grab the vacuum.

"I am not a cleaner. I am the new interim Luna. This is my office and it was disgusting. I don't imagine you have cleaned it in months. Now that you are here you can finish vacuuming. I will wipe down the couch. Send the throw pillows in for washing and if you could get me a steamer and a fogger I would appreciate it." I know how to be assertive when I need to be it came with my position as the assistant to my old Luna. I'll be able to manage the scholarship students, but I don’t think the born-pack members will be up for listening to me.

"Sure, I will do that now.'" She said taking the vacuum from me to continue. I quickly wiped off the coach before going to sit down. She brought me a steamer when she was finished. I steamed the couch in order for it to smell better. With that done I decided to turn to the paper mountain. I had just sat down when I heard the door open and close, by my wolf going crazy I knew it was him. I looked up to see him standing there looking at me.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him. He frowned at me before smiling. I don't think he has anything to smile about.

"I just came to see." I don't like his smile it seems dubious.

"Well, I don't want to see you. In fact, I would be at my happiest if I could see you as little as possible, Rowan." I threw his name in there so that he could see that I knew his name and I'm able to reject him.

"I see you know my name now." He said walking closer to me. He was too close to my chair I didn't like the disadvantage it left me at so I stood up.

“Yes, I do. I…” I was about to reject him, but he interrupted me.

“You actually went and told on me.” He makes it sound so juvenile. It isn’t what I did. I was just trying to make my three years here better for me. Running into the guy who rejected me won’t be better.

“I didn’t tell on you. I am not a child. I just requested a different job. I thought it would be awkward to run into you all the time. I, Dilara Seren of the Lupus Nobilitatis pack hereby…” I started the rejection, but he kept coming closer. He was standing right in front of me. It is very intimidating. He is so much taller than me. He is even glaring down at me.

“Now why would you want to see any less of me? Might it be that you had a dream about me last night?” I blushed bright red instantly. How did he know that? Can he feel it when I dream about him, does he know how turned on I was when I woke up?

“No, of course not. I just don’t want to deal with you, but as you can see the plan backfired as your father rejected.” He took the last step his hand touching my face. He was cupping my cheek his thumb stroking over my blush.

“I know you dreamt of me. I can see it in your red cheeks, I can hear it in your rapid heartbeat.” I swallowed hard as he leaned in his mouth near my ear.

“And I can smell it in your arousal.” I jumped away, slapping the hand away that was still in the air where my face used to be. This has to stop now.

“I, Dilara Seren of the Lupus Nobilitatis pack, hereby re…” I tried rushing the word out, but I wasn’t fast enough. He grabbed me pulling me flush against his chest. He grabbed my chin tilting my head up before he leaned down and slammed his lips against mine, the kiss instantly took my breath away. It was like my lips were on fire and it was spreading, every nerve of me craved him. I felt my fingers tingle to reach out for him, but I was fighting it. I was summoning up the will to pull away when everything in me wanted me to do the opposite. I started moving away when he bit down on my lip hard making me open my mouth in reaction. He took that moment to deepen the kiss. I felt my blood on my lip, but I couldn’t get myself to care as my body's urge was too strong and I grabbed onto the back of his neck kissing him back. He grabbed my ass with both his hands and squeezed. It made me moan as the movement made me rub against him. I could feel how hard he was for me. My wolf was whining in pleasure, she wanted more. I started to get some of my senses back. I don’t want more. There is no way I am sleeping with him. I’ve never slept with anyone. He must have sensed my hesitation as he lifted me and placed me on the glass desk without breaking the kiss, my traitor legs made their way around him. He broke the kiss and started kissing my chin and down my throat to the place where he would have marked me. It erased the last of my reserve as I arched into him, moaning loudly. It was too intense I couldn’t take it. I wanted to rip his clothes off and make him take me on this desk.

“Rowan.” I moaned again as he sucked on the spot just like in my dream. The coldness of the desk caught my attention pulling me out of my s****l stupor.

“The desk will break.” I said out of breath as another moan left my mouth. He growled at me. He didn’t want to stop. We were basically dry-humping here in the office. I wanted more, I wanted to feel him. He seemed to have the same idea as his hands started stroking my exposed legs and slipping into my loose shorts. I stopped his hands, but he started nibbling on my sensitive spot. I threw my head back in a moan.

“Rowan I ne…” I stopped myself before I uttered those words. With one hard push on his chest, I pushed him off of me.

“No!” I said clearly, making sure he heard me.

”I, Dilara…” He placed his hand on my mouth.

“Don’t even think about rejecting me. If that sentence leaves your mouth one more time I will make you regret it. I want to enjoy you first. You are my mate and I will enjoy every piece of your body before you run back to the other guy. He will see that you are all used up. You are mine to f*****g ruin.” My eyes stretched big as it set in what he said. He doesn’t want me to reject him, because he wants me to feel the bond. Why would he want that? I thought he didn’t want a mate. He has rejected me meaning he isn’t feeling the bond so why would he want me? His arm wound around me as he pulled me off the table. He let go of my mouth just as he slammed both his fists onto the table full force making it shatter completely. I screamed out loud.

“Now next time I want to f**k you on a desk you won’t have an excuse. Your new one will be here by tomorrow. Clean this up.”