Choosing The Omega

No escape

ALEXIS’S POV

I had always known that my union with Selene wouldn't last long and I knew that once she came of age she would be given to another but that fact had never stopped me from loving her. I loved everything about Selene and she had the most beautiful laugh in the whole kingdom, her hair was long and golden and she had the most beautiful sun-kissed skin. I had also convinced myself that she was my mate, I mean all the signs were there but I guess that didn't matter since the woman responsible for allocating mates disapproved.

What broke my heart about today was the fact that I had to hand her over to another man on a silver platter. I felt like such a loser because I knew that my time with her had run out. I was a poor Omega who had spent most of his life doing house chores in the palace. A male Omega had never been heard of before me butt after my father was accused of committing an unforgivable crime a long time ago, he was stripped of all his powers and our whole family was cursed for generations to come. The crime he had committed had never been disclosed to me but I was forced to accept my family's position without being allowed to change it or redeem my family name.

Here I was cursed to be an Omega all of my life and in love with the goddess’ daughter, I had a death wish. Of all the things I could ever long for or want in life, I had to want the one thing that I wasn’t allowed to want.

But Selene made it hard for me to not want her, I had met her at the river one day when I went there for my daily walk. I watched her from behind the bushes but no one could ever catch Selene off guard because she was always so alert to her surroundings. It was like love at first sight and we were inseparable from that day. Hence I was convinced she was my mate.

However she did seem to be caught off guard today when her mother announced her union to Adonis, I was also hurt but I had always known that that day would eventually come because I knew that the odds of her mother accepting me were very slim. I had however hoped that I would get the chance to bid my love farewell when that day came.

“How long did you think that was going to last?” the guards that were instructed to throw me out of the ball like a stinky dog asked me

“Not long enough,” I said and they both burst out laughing

“You had to have known that the goddess would never allow someone like you to be with her precious daughter,” the second guard said

“At least I can say I did have some time with her and she allowed me to love her,” I said

“The goddess must not hear you saying that otherwise you will be banished from this realm and thrown to the earthly realm to live with your fellow peasants” the first one warned me

“Unfortunately, I think that Is my fate, And I would rather suffer down there without her and without seeing her being held by another than up here with her and watching her being caressed and loved by another. I simply cannot bear it” I said as the pain in my heart got a little too much for me to bear.

“Let us go back inside, leave him here before we get punished for associating ourselves with him,” the second guard said and they both laughed as they walked back into the party leaving me outside the palace.

And just like that, my relationship had ended just as they shut the doors on me.

SELENE’S POV

“Mother how could you?” I asked my mother after the party had ended as I burst into her chambers

“How could I what?” she asked me

“Mother you knew that I had already chosen someone for myself,” I said and she laughed

“Don't be silly Selene, do you think I can rely on you and go with your childish decisions?” she asked me

“It's my life” I snapped

“And it's my kingdom and it's my job to protect it from chancers like Alexis,” she said

“You think Adonis is better than Alexis?” I asked her

“In more ways than one, he will make a fine mate,” she said

“This is not fair, Adonis is just after power and you know it,” I said

“And Alexis is not?” she asked me although her question sounded more like an accusation directed at Alexis

“At least he loves me, he knew that being with me would put his very life in danger, and yet he took that chance,” I said

“Oh young love,” my mother said “why didn’t you tell me you were seeing him, it would have made this whole process a little easier for me,” she said

“What?” I asked her

“I mean I would have spoken to him beforehand and warned him that your relationship with him was going nowhere,” she said

“I love him and I will always love him, my relationship with him is the one thing that I won't allow you to ruin or dictate,” I said

“I run everything in this realm, my dear, in case you haven't noticed,” she said with a smile

How could my mother treat me like this, how could she shatter my dreams like this? How could she treat me like I was nothing to her? My mother had always been my role model, the way she always knew how to pair others up, she seemed to always know what was best for everyone especially the werewolves down on earth, and yet here she was failing me. It was as if she had no idea what love was or she just didn’t care about me.

Soon after I left my mother’s chambers, I headed to my room to cry my eyes out until I could cry no more. I was met by guards moving things into my room and I wondered why they were doing that.

“Wait..wait what is going on here?” I asked one-off the guards as I wiped the tears off my face

“I am moving In my love,” Adonis said from inside my room

“Get the hell out of my room, how did you get my keys, and who gave them to you?” I asked him and he merely smirked without responding to my question.

“I am afraid I can't do that Love,” he said as his blue eyes pierced mine and he moved closer to me with the clear intention of embracing me

“Stay away from me” I warned him

“Why do you keep asking me for things that I can't do for you, ask me for something else and I promise you the answer will always be yes,” he said as he moved closer to me to plant a kiss on my cheek

“Selene…” I heard my mothers reprimanding voice approaching my room

“You will be nice to your mate,” she said

“He is not my mate mum, I don’t want him” I shot back

“But the mate pull will prove otherwise,” she said

“You wouldn't do that to me,” I said

“You leave me no choice, I wanted this to feel more natural for you but what could be more natural than a mate bond,” she said, my mother had never taken it upon herself to mate anyone in the supernatural realm except for the omegas, so why was I such an exception? Why was my case so different that she felt she needed to intervene why couldn't I choose my mate?

“From now on, you will not cringe whenever he touches you,” she said “you will forever be tied to him and him to you,” she said

“Never,” I said as tears started streaming down my face

“Darling I am afraid this is something that you can't run away from,” she said

“Unless you would rather go down and live on earth with those peasants,” Adonis said

“I would rather live with them down there than with you up here…I hate you” I said as I fell onto my bed and covered my face with my pillow.

Adonis came over to the bed and started caressing me, what curse had my mother brought upon me in disguise of a blessing. Adonis was a thorn to my side and how could my mother refuse to see this? The touch that had revolted me to the core not so long ago felt soothing and it made me want more of Adonis. It was like I no longer had any control over my feelings because although my heart was refusing his advances, my body was singing a different tune and falling for his advances.

“I hate you,” I said as I got up from the bed and although I intended to stand up and storm out of my room so that I could find Alexis and see how he was doing, I found myself holding on tight to Adonis, why had my mother chosen to punish me like this?

“Your body seems to disagree,” he said as he abruptly let me go and walked out of my room.

“We will finish this later on,” he said as he stood by the door and looked back at me.

I was not going to finish anything with him later on because I wouldn't be here. I got up from the bed and put on my slippers and ran out of the door with hopes that I would meet Alexis at our usual meeting spot. I knew that Alexis was probably hurt by what had happened today at the party but I wanted to assure him that he was all I wanted and that nothing about the way I felt for him had changed.

My mother’s choice for me was just that, it was a choice she made on my behalf and I didn’t have to accept it, I had every intention to fight the mate pull with everything in me. All I wanted was Alexis, he had captured my heart from the very first day that we had met. With his tall stature and his strong physique. It was the way he had held me and the gentle voice that made me fall for him. Alexis was gentle in every way, he was so gentle to the extent that he had never argued with anyone. I understood that he was in fear for his life but what life would I have without him? And what life would he ever have without me?

I ran out of the Palace and made my way to the river where I had first met Alexis, it was in this river that I had caught him watching me as I took my evening swim. I was startled by him but at the same time, his eyes gave me comfort and assured me of my safety around him. For as long as I had been with Alexis, I had never seen him angry. I knew he had a nasty temper and I also knew that although he was an Omega, he wasn’t in that position because he was a weakling but rather because of his family curse. I was confident that if Adonis ever had to face Alexis in a fight Alexis would easily win that fight.

When I got to the river it was already getting dark and I knew that Alexis must have been on his way already. He normally took his walk around sunset and he had always said that it relaxed his mind. I knew that tonight he would be taking that walk especially after what had happened at the party that I had invited him to.

When I invited Alexis to the ball I had intended to introduce him to my mother as soon as I got the chance to. I wanted my mother to know that I had found the right man for me but I guess I was a little too late in my planning. However, I doubt that any of my plans would have made any kind of difference to my mother’s plans for me. Now I had to assure Alexis that I was his and because of the little stunt that my mother had pulled with mating me to Adonis, I had to offer something more special to Alexis, something that would tie us forever and something that Adonis could never have once I had given it away.