Unlikely Mates

Failure to Reject

Amanda P.O.V

The feminine voice sounds oddly familiar, but I can not quite place it. I am internally screaming at myself for my capture by this person. 'How can I have been so stupid? I let my guard down, so much for getting to him quickly'. I punish myself for not getting here faster, forgetting about the person who is questioning me.

"cough, cough."

The coughing brings me out of my internal retribution.

"Are you going to stand there all night?"

I twist my head around to find the source of that cheery voice, standing there in the dining room, who else should I see but the first friendly face I ran into here, my new friend, Laura.

Laura runs over in her pyjamas and holds me tightly, I groan in pain at her tight hug, after a minute she lets me go, 'thank goodness.'

Her cheery disposition turns into one of sadness,' she's incredibly sensitive,' I take a mental note for the future, so I keep her on my side.

"Amanda, are you alright?"

I raise an eyebrow at her question, but I need to answer her.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

I play it off as nothing, but I don't think she sees it that way.

"Don't give me that, you're supposed to be in the hospital, you collapsed on stage?"

"I don't need to be. I'm fine."

Laura opens her mouth to retort, but a grumbling noise makes her mouth shut instantly. She looks at me curiously, then moving her eyes down to my stomach.

"When is the last time you ate?"

I wonder about that myself because I don't know how much time has passed.

"A few days ago, I think."

"Geez, no wonder you collapsed."

I think that's only part of it, the other reason I want to voice to her, but I'm unsure if I should, considering she didn't believe when I said I'm human. I decide to keep quiet about the other reason and nod my head in response.

"Come with me, the kitchens this way."

She gestures for me to follow, and I proceed behind her, now that I think about it, I'm starving, the rejection can wait for a little bit. We trot through the dining room, into the kitchen. As I enter, Laura switches the light on, I am amazed at the spaciousness of the kitchen; 'it's even more significant than the one at home.'

As I look around the fancy kitchen, I notice the digital clock on the large microwave saying it's after 9:30 at night; one thing bothers me though.

"Hey, Laura."

"Yes."

"Where is everybody?"

She pulls some food out from the fridge. She places the food in the microwave and presses a few buttons to heat it. I sit down on a stool by the large counter in the middle of the kitchen. When she finishes pressing buttons, she turns back to me and smiles.

"The pack went to bed early tonight. The hunt, although successful and fast-moving, it did a number on them, probably because most of them were distracted by their concern for you."

I look at her with an expression of confusion combined with disbelief at her words.

"Why would they be concerned for me, they don't know me?"

"Your this packs future Luna; it is only natural."

She says it as if it's the most obvious thing in the world, to me, however, it raises more questions than it answers.

"You see after you fell and were taken to the hospital by Damian, everybody was confused and started to panic, but luckily Eric was there to calm things down."

"Eric?"

"He's Damian's beta and childhood friend; you probably met him. He's got a strong body, with ragged brown hair and lovely hazel eyes, that draws you in."

I smile at her actions as she gushes over him. 'Ha-ha, how nice it must be to feel for someone romantically.'

"Laura, is he your boyfriend?"

Raising her hands in defence, she blushes out of embarrassment to my question.

"What no, we're just friends."

"But you like him, right."

She looks away from me, too embarrassed to admit it. Her quiet response clinches it for me.' Yep, she's in love alright.' It's sweet, too bad though she can't say it. I open my mouth to probe her a little further. I realise I'm kind of forward with her. It's always been a bit of a drawback of mine.

"Why don-"

A rapid beeping sounds in the kitchen interrupting my train of thought. Laura pulls open the microwave door to reveal a plate full of a variety of meat, leftover from tea I imagine. She walks over to the counter and places the meat in front of me. I stare, mouth-wateringly at the food, it smells delicious. I carefully examine its contents. The various meats look to be rabbit, lamb, and pork. I love those.

"Go ahead and eat, there's plenty."

"Thanks."

I smile at her and dig in, my desire for food clouding all suspicions from my mind. Using my fingers as a tool, I pick apart the meat, little by little.

"How is it?"

I nod approvingly and shove more of it into me. I'm surprised I didn't eat my fingers in the process. I must be hungry because in no time at all the meats gone and my stomach feels bloated but satisfied.

Laura must have read my mind, before long, there's a glass of water in front of me. 'This girl is an angel; It's hard to believe she's a werewolf and related to her creep of a brother.' I chug the water down quickly and place it back on the counter.

"Thanks, Laura, I needed this."

"You’re welcome."

She looks down, as if deep in thought.

"Pardon my curiosity, but why did you decide to go on a diet, with no drinks either."

'She noticed huh.' I gaze down at the counter wondering how to answer her; I cannot simply blurt out that her brother is a sociopath who has decided to threaten me into submission until I turn eighteen next year. I'm deep in thought about what to do, but then I settle for a change of topic with a question of my own.

"Where's your brother?"

I don't say his name, as far as I'm concerned he's a nameless Jerk.

"Oh, he's in his office working. Would you like to see him?"

I smile inwardly, question successfully averted.

"Thanks, that would be great."

I try to talk as cheerfully as possible so that I can act the part of a girlfriend, long enough to get to an audience with the pack's jerk of an Alpha. I stand up, ready to deal with the dishes when I notice Laura's already taken them and put them in the sink. 'Got to give her credit the girls fast.

"Ready to go."

"Oh no, you've helped me enough, you don't have to come with me, I can go by myself if you tell me where it is."

I just want to confront him, myself, to make it easier on me when I reject him.

"Don't worry; it's on the same floor as my room."

Laura speaks in a gentle voice, smiling as she goes, 'she is undoubtedly persistent.' As much as I want to say no, I can't refuse her when she says it like that. I sigh, nod my head and give in to her kindness.

We leave the kitchen, turning off the lights as we go. I follow Laura through the manse and up to the top floor.

"My brother's office is down at the end of the hall, have fun."

She goes the opposite way and disappears behind a door, into what I'm assuming is her bedroom. 'She's in a hurry, Ah, well.' With her encouragement in mind, I keep walking straight until I come to a pair of grand oak doors, so thick you can't even hear what's going on in the room. I raise my fist to knock, but then again, I lower it, he doesn't deserve this kind of respect, so without thinking I place my hand on the thick golden door handles and push the doors open, scarring my eyes for life. Low and behold, I find Mr Playboy and Nurse Slut slap-bang naked right with her leaning face forward panting and moaning on his desk and him banging into her from behind without a care. I close and cover my eyes, wishing now I could have heard through the doors. If I'd have known I wouldn't have barged in here, even if I did want to catch them so I'd have the proper excuse, but it's harder to swallow than I first thought. I can't stand it anymore. They haven't seemed to notice me over her screams and the scent of sweat yet. I run out of there as fast as I can and into "our" room slamming the door behind me. I drop down to the floor, putting my hand to my chest, trying to steady my fast-beating heart. I don't know why, but even though I know his true nature, it still upsets me to see him with someone else. I slap myself, what was I thinking? I went there to reject him but instead ran away like a coward, 'next time; I'll reject him next time for sure.

Damian P.O.V

I finish up with the nurse and throw her off me. I gather my clothes off the office floor hurriedly and get dressed.

"Get out."

I yell at the "nurse" named, Beth, angrily. I can't stand looking at her right now.

"But Baby the fun is just beginning, you know you want us to continue."

She puts on her best seductive smile, but I take no further interest, I am throwing her to the curb, so to speak, she can't get me hard, not anymore and I think I know why.

"Don't make me repeat myself; we're through. You've outlived your usefulness as my mistress."

She looks surprised and angry, but I could care less. She's not the one stopping me from having decent fun.

"Is it because of, her?"

"That is no none of your concern, now beat it."

After getting dressed, she obeys and flees from the office in a fit of rage. I walk back behind my desk and sit down on the leather chair, letting out an exasperated sigh.

"You're such an idiot."

Jax chants in my head, finally he makes known his presence, lucky me (sarcasm).

"Our mate saw you and that slut. Go and apologise to our mate right now!"

"No, she knows her place."

I did this to prove to her that she means nothing, and now she knows it. I stand up from the chair, sick of this rubbish and stride over to my room. I open the door with a harder push than usual like something is blocking it. I walk in and shut the door behind me to find a sleeping Amanda lying on the floor. 'At least she knows her purpose.' I don't like it; she's already causing trouble for me by going against me and affecting my wolf in such a short time. It's like she has some kind of extraordinary power.

Nevertheless, I don't want my pet to get sick, so I do what I need to. I pick Amanda's exhausted body up off the floor; her arms are automatically wrapping around my neck. I move over to the couch only a few feet away. I bend over, laying her down. I unwrap her arms from around me; she stirs in her sleep but doesn't wake up. I regain my posture and stare at her peaceful form. I have to admit it's fun messing with her, just like earlier. Her reaction, when she got forced to accept the reality of werewolves, was priceless. I still chuckle at it and when she found out about how she is supposedly going to be my Luna, in front of them, 'ha-ha.' I can watch her reactions all day. I smile to myself and formulate a new plan to get close to her. I like it when they're a challenge. It is especially intriguing since she is my supposed mate, so winning her over should not be too difficult. Okay, so having s*x with that woman may have set me back, but no matter I'll win her heart, and send her packing soon enough. I know her better than she thinks, 'oh this will be fun.' Taking one last glance at her, I walk away, get changed and ready for some sleep in My, bed, and who knows maybe I'll get to meet and torture her in my dreams.

"You Sick Human!"

"Shut up, Jax!"