Choosing The Omega

In need of an heir

SELENE’SPOV

It had been a few days since the little incident that I had at the river with Adonis and Alexis, I was happy that Alexis had done the favor that I had asked of him. I knew that I would soon be forced to complete the mating ritual with Adonis but that would have to be put off and delayed because I wasn't feeling well and I had been throwing up a lot. So far I was using the fact that I wasn't feeling well as an excuse to keep my distance from Adonis, he had insisted a few times that he and I make love but I wasn't budging, I didn't have the energy for the fight that would come after he found out I had been with Alexis. Of course, Alexis' scent had started disappearing but the fact that he had taken my virginity wasn't something that would disappear over time.

However, I couldn't help but marvel at how nice he got when he wanted s*x from me but he was so mean when he felt like he didn't need anything from me. What he didn't realize was that I could see right through him and no matter how nice he pretended to be I could see through his pretense and I wasn't going to be easily fooled.

I had been keeping my distance from Adonis because of the violence he had displayed at the river. I still blamed my mother for all of it but I hadn't gotten the chance to see her and let her know what Adonis had done to me and how much I blamed her for it. My mother was away taking care of some palace business for a few days and the only person that I could vent to was my dad. My dad had been laying low and not saying much about my union with Adonis and a part of me hoped that he would take my side and talk to my mother and maybe convince her to change her mind and cut this link between me and Adonis.

“Hi Dad,” I said as I walked into his and my mum’s room

“Selene, I haven't seen you in a while, I see Adonis has been keeping you busy,” he said with a wink and I rolled my eyes disgusted by what he was insinuating.

“I have been too busy keeping away from Adonis, and I am not feeling well,” I said as I sat on the bed and he frowned

“Why would you want to keep away from you mate?” my dad asked ignoring the fact that I had just told him that I wasn't feeling well as if it didn't matter

“He is not my mate dad, he was forced on me, and please don’t tell me that you agree with what mother did. I know she is your mate but you have to stand for what is right and this arrangement isn't right. She is making me do what I don't want” I said

"You know I can't overrule any decision your mother makes because she is the moon goddess and in this case, I think she made the right decision in mating you with him because it's in the best interest of the entire kingdom. Just stop being selfish for once and think about the whole kingdom" he said

“But dad, I know she is the moon goddess and whatever but she knows very well that her decision for me and Adonis wasn’t supported by the gods,” I said

“And how do you know that?” he asked me"how do you know what the gods want?" He asked me

“I know because I don’t want him and because she had to forge a mate bond just to get us together, my mate is probably still out there waiting for me,” I said referring to Alexis

“Honey you can't always get what you want, and even if Adonis wasn't your mate which he is, how would you find your real mate? your mother has the final decision and she probably knows that your original mate wasn't suitable to rule with you on this realm” he said

"This is so confusing, if mom is the one who chooses mates for us and she knew that my original mate wasn't going to be suitable for me then why did she choose him for me to begin with? if she is trying to correct a mistake she made then it's too late for that" I said

"And how are you on her side  when you don’t even like him,” I added when he didn't seem to have an answer to my questions

“And who said I don’t like him?” he asked me

”I know you don’t and that's why I don’t understand any of this,” I said

“Well I think this will be a way for the moon and the sun kingdom to come together,” he said and I couldn’t understand why the two realms that had nothing to do with each other would come together. What were they hoping to accomplish

“I won't debate this with you any further and you should have known that I would stand with and support your mother on any decision she makes,” he said and there was no surprise  there “I am glad that you came here because I wanted to discuss something with you” he added and I wondered what he had to add  to what he had already said

“Adonis was here earlier and he says that you refuse to sleep on the same bed with him, and I won't ask you why you are doing that but I will advise that you allow him to perform his duties with you,” my father said

“What duties are those?” I asked him

“We need an heir to cement the union between the two kingdoms,” he said and I rolled my eyes and stood up I had heard  enough of this

“That is not my problem,” I said as I headed to the door " why dont you and mom try having  son who will fullfil your needs of an heir" I added

“Darling I am only advising you to do this now before you are forced to, this is your fate and I would advise that you just accept it because it won't change,” he said and I turned back to face him

“You mean if I don’t offer myself to him he will molest me?” I asked him

“We don’t call it molesting if he is taking what is rightfully his,” he said and I couldn’t believe their arrogance, I couldn’t help shedding a few tears after he said that, and then I stormed back to my room. How could my own father act like the prospect of his daughter being molested didn't matter.

This was the worst kind of betrayal, how could my father think that Adonis molesting me was well within his rights. This showed me that telling my mother that Adonis had slapped me would have been a waste of my energy because I could see that they would take his side and leave me defenseless. In their eyes, Adonis could do no wrong and I was supposed to just allow him to rule over me like I was his child or servant. How could my mother want me to be treated like I was nothing when my father gave her the respect she deserved as the moon goddess why did she feel like I didn’t deserve what she and my father had. And why did my father seem to be taking Adonis’ side? I couldn’t understand all this but what I knew for a fact was that I was not going to give Adonis any heir.