The Alpha’s Abandoned Mate

Maureen

I stared at the door of my daughter's room.

I have never felt so nervous and scared in my life. It has been a long time since I have seen her.

My wolf was howling. She wanted to be with her pup, but I knew how my daughter felt; it was clear when I met her father a few days ago she hated me.

"I want pup," she whined, but I sighed, knowing exactly how she felt. I knew this was going to be hard, but this was awful.

I wanted my mate, he wanted to come, but I thought it would be best for Madelyn and me to talk first. She knows nothing of our world or about him.

My thoughts drifted back to the past, taking me through every decision I made that led me down this road.

After eight years, I reached out to her father, telling him I wanted to see our girl. He didn't agree at first, but I asked him to meet. We got talking, and I soon realized that I was too late.

Sam was a human whom I fell in love with back in college. I moved from my pack to come here to go to college, the only werewolf at the time. I was a student at the local college, and not many people in my pack could get into a college, but I did and was the first in my family. My parents were so proud and still are.

But at one party I met Sam and every changed. I knew he wasn't my mate. Sam was someone who you would call a nerd back in the day, But he was so sweet and innocent, something I never saw, well not with the males in our pack.

Sam and I were a couple all through college, and I fell in love with him. When college was over, I had to tell my parents, who weren't too thrilled but were okay with him once they met him. My parent came to visit and loved him as I did. The weekend they stayed, they told me to tell him about our kind, and I did after my parents left. Sam was shocked, but after many questions, he was okay with it.

A few months later, we bought our own house and even got jobs at the local school. Everything was perfect, and two years later, I fell pregnant with Madelyn.

My life felt complete.

My wolf never mentioned anything about our mate; she was content with Sam and even loved him as much as I did. Everything went smoothly for five years, and we were the happiest family in the world.

After Madelyn's fifth birthday, I received a sad news that my father was attacked and was severely injured. My mum was a mess and wanted me to come home. My mum told me about how rogues went into the pack and killed many members, including the alpha. She wanted me to come home to help with my father. I knew I was going to stay for a few weeks, but I had to leave Sam and Madelyn behind.

My parents knew of my relationship with Sam from the start, but not about Madelyn.

I lied to Sam that they knew of her, I was too scared about what they would say. Having a child with another person besides your mate was wrong, and I had one with a human.

Sam offered to come with me, and we could leave Madelyn with our friend. I told him I didn't want him to witness all the gore. I was also scared for his safety.

I felt lost, especially as it was the first time I was leaving Madelyn alone.

I left that night. I drove away and looked behind to watch the man I loved holding our daughter's little hand in his. It broke me.

When I got to the pack, I stayed with my father and helped look after him. My father was okay, and my mum made a big fuss over nothing, but I was concerned about him too, so I stayed for a little while.

It was the first time in a long time that I had ever heard about rogues attacking our pack. We were a strong pack, but a lot had changed over the years I was gone. I had planned to leave after the alpha's funeral, but one fateful day, my mate showed up with his pack to pay their respects to the alpha.

My wolf was happy, but everything came at me like a hurricane. I was shocked. I had lost hope of finding him, but everything was a mess. I had to tell him about my life amongst the humans and the family I had.

I was heartbroken and so confused.

My mate made a big scene about us being mates. Everyone was thrilled, but I couldn't tell them how I felt. I spoke to my mate and learned that my mate was a warrior. After a few hours of talking, he left but told me he would stay with the pack to be with me.

I was flattered, but I didn't say anything. Later that night, I left the pack without speaking to my family about my mate.

I drove back to the city to continue my life with my family. I knew I had to be there for my own family, but it didn't take long before things changed drastically.

First, it started with my wolf not wanting Sam to touch us; she would go nuts when he was around or even try to come near me. After two weeks of being home, I was always on edge, and arguments erupted between Sam and me.

One fight was hurtful, and I blurted out that I had found my mate to Sam. He knew about werewolves and their mates, but I told him my wolf wanted our mate, not him. When he asked me what I wanted, I couldn't answer him. I watched as I crushed Sam’s heart in two.

He left me that night, taking Madelyn with him.

During all this time, my parents were trying to get me to come back home. They kept telling me to leave Larry and that I should be with my mate, like the moon goddess.

The night Sam left and took Madelyn; my wolf wanted to return to her mate. She forgot about our pup. She wasn't even thinking about Madelyn, only about our mate.

I stayed in the house, crying and worrying about them. Sam came home the next day with Madelyn. I wanted to wait for a week or two and make a decision about everything. But that was short-lived, as my mate showed up and demanded that I come back home with him.

Sam was out with Madelyn at the time, working. Everything was strained between us. Sam never knew that my mate was here. I told my mate I would go with him, but I needed to sort some stuff out with my work and other things as I had a life here.

I was in a pickle. The only person on my mind was Madelyn, who was only six, I didn't want to leave my child but looked like I had no option.

I remember walking into my job and telling them I had to leave, but my contract was invalid for a year. I had to finish the year off, or I would lose out on some money and would have legal terms thrown at me.

I was relieved that I had a year and could figure out what I would do, so I decided to go back with my mate, but I told him I had to finish my year at work. He agreed and even took a job training other packs locally to be close to me.

I was leading a double life for a year. I would stay with my mate for a few nights and be with my family for the rest.

Sam grew distant over that year. I had stopped being intimate with him, as I knew my mate would suspect. I thought I was doing so well in keeping my mate and Sam hidden from each until one day, Sam came up to me in front of my mate and gave me some documents to sign.

My mate was shocked and even pissed. I had no idea what was happening. Sam told me that he had been following me and saw me with him. He knew what was going on. Sam thrust the documents into my hands and told me to sign them.

I had never seen him so angry, but the hurt in his eyes was there too.

I looked at the documents, and one was for Sam to take full custody of Madelyn.

My heart broke, but I knew it was the right thing to do.

After I signed everything over, Sam took the documents and left.

I stayed with my mate and had to explain everything to him, but I didn't mention Madelyn as there was no point. She would be better off without me.

That day I left.