Wolves don't get fairytales

Mate.

*Cassandra POV*

     Waking up on my 18th birthday feels like a miracle. Calypso is howling in my head, begging to be let out and go for a run. I smile, today might be my last day here, who cares if I don't do what I'm asked. 

    Finally! I can be free, and I know Calypso feels our mate, he's near to us, he is part of this pack. We know him! It'll be so easy from here on out. He will love us. He will protect us.

    I scamper down the ladder and let out a howl of excitement, and then I'm shifting, letting Calypso come out. 

    Calypso was a beautiful blue grey wolf, and she was the perfect size. As a human I was 5'6, which is average. 

    We ran, and ran. We let everything out, howling happily at the freedom we feel in this moment. 

    When it was time for school I shifted back, dressing quickly. I didn't care how mad my family would be that I did nothing this morning, I just wanted to go to school. It felt right. My mate would be at school. So I put on my nicest outfit, Susan's old maxi dress that she turned out to be too short for (she was only 5'2). I grab my booking which I'd stashed in the bushes near school, heading inside. 

    There were many in my pack who were already 18, so I had high chances to find him. 

    I look around at every face, taking deep breaths as I walk down the hall. Then I catch it. Oh, it's so sweet, honey blossoms and fresh oranges. Just the smell turns me on. I have to find the source, and now.

    It's so close, I began to push through the crowds, much to peoples dismay. They yelled and threw things at me, but I didn't stop. He's near the cafeteria, I can smell him getting stronger. I see a big group of people standing near the doors and I groan from need. Which one is it! Look at me!!!! Mate!

    Then I notice who the group is. Ugh. It's the group that Harvey and Susan hang out with. I see Peter, our next Beta, Molly, the school slut, and Marcus, our next alpha. They all turn to look at me and I see anger in Susan's eyes. 

    "What the f**k are you doing here! Oh you'll be in so much trouble when you get home!" Her voice is shrill and she looks ready for a killing. 

    But I ignore her, instead looking first at Peter- nothing. I feel nothing when I look at him. He can't be my mate. I look to Marcus next and Calypso howls in happiness.

"MATE! HE'S OUR MATE! HE'S PERFECT CASS, HE CAN SAVE US! " Calypso cries.

    I see the change in his eyes, how his pupils blow wide as he realizes I'm his mate. I smile, I feel radiant, I feel on top of the world and like I can do anything. 

    "Mate!" I cry, moving forward. I want to be in his arms as soon as possible.

    His face changes, from confusion to disgust. Oh no. No no. I glance at Susan and Molly, and they're both huddled close to Marcus.

    He sneers at me "I'm not your mate. How dare you even approach me." My heart cracks. Oh no. Please goddess no.

    Marcus steps closer, growling at me and crossing his arms.  "I, Marcus Grey Hanson, future Alpha of the Waya Yona pack and son of current alpha Wayne Hanson, reject you, Cassandra Trumance, daughter of Gary Trumance. You will never be my mate, and you will never be my luna."

    I feel my heart break into a million pieces and I stare at him, feeling that connection between us sever. My eyes are wide and I know my mouth is open.

    "N-no.. you… you can't. Mates are supposed to love eachother forever.. you're supposed to take me away and protect me…" my voice is a hoarse whisper, and I'm trying to hold in my tears. I haven't cried since I was a child. 

    "I ain't supposed to do s**t. My luna is going to be Susan, at least she's a proper lady" he snarled, stepping back "and she's well loved by everyone. Who would want you, who's hated by everyone. Including me." 

    I couldn't take it anymore, my heart was turning to ice and Calypso was whimpering and fading. I blinked and stood straight. "You don't deserve my devotion. A true alpha would love his whole pack. You are a piss poor alpha already."

    "How dare you" he snarled at me again, and I saw true anger in his eyes. Good. Maybe he'd kill me and put me out of my misery. "You will forever be the omega of this pack, and you will start to work in the pack house, starting today, and no more school. You will be the packs punching bag, and the packs whore." He smirked "you refuse anyone, and you will be whipped."

    He couldn't do that? Could he? To his own goddess chosen mate? I looked at Harvey and Susan, and I realized this is what they wanted, I could fall further than before. I hear Calypso speak to me again, though it was soft.

"Run. Just get out of here, his father wont allow this, we'll be fine. We'll talk through this"

    I turned on my heel and ran for it, I would not let them see me cry. Never. As soon as I was out of the school I shifted and went to find a cool cave to rest in for the day.