The Alphas Slaved Mate

Chapter 2: Eighteenth Birthday

3 YEARS LATER

My Alarm woke me, 3:00am as always. So I can get an early start on my chores . I brushed my teeth and washed my face. I threw my black leggings and gray sweater on, then slipped on my high tops. I looked in the mirror to put my hair up. I thought back 3 years ago when I promised I would never do anything to get myself in trouble again. I've kept my word. I have tried to ignore the twins as much as possible. They have seemed to not try and get me in trouble after that one night. They do pick on me when they catch me off guard. They are turning 21 in three days. They will be taking over for their father alpha Clyde Wolfe. Their parents are going all out and throwing a big party for them. Which I'm not invited nor did I want to go anyway. However my eighteenth birthday is tomorrow and at midnight my first transition into wolf will happen. I'm nervous as hell, Sarah helped prepare me, the best she could in the 2 years she was here, I miss her. She was like a mother to me. She passed away last year. She worked here until she died. The poor woman was working off her son's debt so the alpha wouldn't track down her son and kill em. Her son Lorenzo killed some wolves in the Moon Howl Pack about 20 years ago, then took off. Sarah begged the alpha to work off his crime. Which was a lifetime payment. She rooted her whole life to work off the debt of her son. He never once visited or even wrote to her. A mother's love is truly unconditional. Sarah left me all of her books and a beautiful quilt that she made, It definitely helps with the cold basement. I got a few chores done before it was time to start making breakfast, from scratch. It was around 4:00am when I darted into the kitchen. I froze in place Felix the blonde twin was in there flipping pancakes. Oh no if his mother knew he was even lifting a finger to cook his own food, she would have me punished again. I wanted to scream no and take away the spatula, but I was told not to speak unless spoken too. I just kept my head down and started working around him. My sweater fell down my shoulder a little, due to it being 2 sizes too big. guess it showed my scar on my back, from being whipped 3 years ago. Felix I guess noticed, he has never touched me before. I felt his fingers tracing my scar. I backed up into him. Sh*t I moved away from him lifting my sweater back up. My heart was pounding at his touch for some reason, maybe it's because I've never been touched by a man before. I was embarrassed by my scars, especially

the one on my eye. Keeping my face down. "Sorry I didn't mean too....... he said." His mom walked in, she eyed me by the stove and saw Felix standing by the counter. She had a smug look on her face. "What are you doing in the kitchen Felix?" He looked at me then to his mother. My breathing started to pick up, I felt like a panic attack was starting. "I was hungry so I asked Nevaeh to cook me pancakes he said." What? I thought. His mom looked at me standing by the stove. "You couldn't wait to eat with the family Felix. Let the help finish cooking." Felix shook his head no. What the hell am I missing, I thought. His mothers mouth dropped Felix Carter Wolfe you aren't alpha yet so do what you're told. He looked at me then got back to his mother, He nodded and walked off. Mrs. Wolf walked over to me, I don't know what's really going on here but no half breed will ever be so lucky to be with my boys. I just nodded and continued to cook the food, so she walked off. I finished the food and set the tables. Mrs Wolfe, "Nevaeh set up an extra spot for our guests that will be coming right away." Hendrix and Felix asked their mother who was coming. I darted to the kitchen and came back with a place mat, dishes and silverware. I started setting the extra spot up, as Mrs Wolfe was talking to her boys. She is the best party planner in the world, of course I have to go big for my boys. Your 21/alpha party is the most important. Clyde made his way into the dining room. Mr. Wolfe "She is also very single and very beautiful." The twins looked at their father then their mother. Hendrix "we want to find our mate." Mrs. Wolfe "you both have dated multiple girls, what hurts to date Zoey until your mate comes along. Plus who knows maybe Zoey is your mate." She said with a smile. They kinda got excited about that thought. They have been searching for their mate since they turned eighteen. There was a knock at the door, well Nevaeh don't just stand there, go answer the door. I darted to the door and opened it. "Hello miss, I'm Zoey Sanders. Is Mrs Wolfe here? She was very beautiful. Mr. Wolfe wasn't lying. She had long black hair, Blue eyes and was shaped like an hour glass. Her dimples could light up a room when she smiled. I shook my head and gestured for her to come in. I took her coat and showed her the way to the dining room. The twins sat up straight when she walked in. Mrs. Wolfe got up and hugged Zoey. "Please sit dear, this is Hendrix and Felix my boys or should I say young men" as she smiled real big. I've never seen her smile unless it came to her boys or her husband other than that she had a smug look like she smelt something nasty constantly. Once everything was in order the way they liked it, I was dismissed to school. My last year at Raven Claw high. The first year sucked due to the twins being seniors and made my life miserable there. But after they left the bullying simmered down, I even made one friend. I rushed to school as fast as I could. "Hey Nevaeh" Skylar said. Skyler was my gay friend he knew what it was like to be bullied and picked on daily. I went crying under the bleachers one day from being shoved in the mud, by the twins friends my first year here. I found Skylar, under there crying too. He has been secretly seeing one of the quarter backs, but the boy broke up with him due to finding his mate. We talked and hugged it out and have been friends ever since. Hey Sky how's it going? "Better now that you're here." You wouldn't think he was gay at first until you got to know him. He was tall and lanky, sandy blonde hair and brown eyes. He dressed like any other teen boy. A lot of people thought we were the outcast couple. We let them think it, if that means people left us alone. "First transition tonight Vae you scared?" He likes giving people nicknames. I couldn't lie to him "hell yes I'm scared, I won't have anyone there for me." He put his hand on my shoulder. If I could be there I would, remember after the first transition it gets Easier." Gee thanks I said as I nudged him in the side with my elbow. We had a good day at school. Sky and I hung out at our spot, under the bleachers where we first met like we did every day for an hour, after school. He had the obsession of brushing my hair and putting my hair in cute hairstyles, today he put some cat eye liner and some lip gloss on me. "Oh sh*t" I said as I looked at the time. I got up and gave Sky a hug and took off running. He was used to me darting out quickly and understood why. For he helped cover some of my bruises during school or help clean me up when I would get punished right before school. I made it just in time to finish my chores before I had to start cooking dinner. I saw Zoey and Mrs. Wolfe was getting along quite well. The twins seemed bored of the conversation that Zoey and Emma were having. I noticed in the corner of my eye that the twins were watching me. I darted around the corner to make dinner. The twins barged in there a few minutes later. Great what do they want now, I thought to myself. Hendrix leaned over the counter where I was cutting veggies to make vegetable soup. "Who are you wearing make up for?"... Hendrix hissed under his breath. Oh sh*t I forgot to wash my face when I got here I thought. I started to wipe the lip gloss off with a rag. Felix reached over, took the rag from me. Felix "I believe my brother asked you a question, Nevaeh it's not polite to ignore when spoken too." I looked up, into Felix's eyes for the first time, in 3 years since he had that sorry look before I got punished. His jaw was sharp and his hair was combed back, his different colored eyes looked gentle. Then I looked at Hendrix, his hair was styled in a messy way. They both had tattoos covering their bodies. I looked back down, "I'm not wearing makeup for anyone." In almost a whisper if they weren't wolves they wouldn't have heard me. Hendrix chuckled under his breath. He walked over to me, "Well better take that off before our mom sees it." I quickly grabbed the rag back from Felix and started to wipe off my makeup. They watched me cook for a few seconds before they turned and walked out of the kitchen. What the hell just happened, why are the twins being nice to me. Usually they call me every name in the book or nudge me into the walls as they walk by or pull my hair as I walk pass them. Nothing too crazy to catch Luna's attention. They were always discreet when they bullied me. I finished cooking and set the table. Once I was dismissed I went to my room to finish homework. Once I got done with that I finished my chores, by the time I got back to my room it was 30 minutes before midnight. I needed to go outside for my first transition. I snuck out the back door and into the woods. I sat there looking at the moon until my watch said 11:58 I stripped my clothes off and set them to the side by a tree. I sat back down, my knees to my chest waiting for the transition. My bones began to feel like they were breaking and rearranging. It was the most painful experience I've ever felt. It took about 35 minutes for my body to complete the first transition, a lot longer than normal due to me being a half breed. I ran on all fours to the nearest lake, I looked at my reflection in the water. My fur was golden brown and my eyes were bright blue. My wolf form was absolutely beautiful. I knew I needed some sleep, I still had chores and school in the morning. I rushed back to where my clothes were by a tree and I shifted back to my human form. The wind blew my direction. I was fighting to put my clothes on. Then the strong sweet smell hit me, Sandalwood and cinnamon. I couldn't help but walk toward the smell. I had on my underwear and my gray sweater. I followed the smell I then heard laughter, I hid behind a tree. The twins were in a hot tub with some girls and their friends. Mate??? But who?? There are like 5 guys over there. I looked down and remembered I was in my underwear and sweater. I darted back to finish getting dressed. I snuck back in the house and went straight to my room. Is my mate friends with the twins. I didn't even think I would have a mate, due to me being a half breed. My stomach started to growl with hunger pains. I made my way to the kitchen. One of the guys that was in the hot tub spotted me. "Hey you" he said. I turned around to look at him. Aren't you that girl we used to pick on in highschool as he walked over, he smelled of alcohol. Who would forget Blake Dior he was the one who shoved me in mud. I quickly smelled through my nose making sure he wasn't my mate. Lucky he wasn't but I did smell a hint of my mate on him from being in the same proximity. Blake got closer I backed into the door way of the helps kitchen. He kept getting closer, until I was back up to a counter. He lifted my head so I would look at him. "You're much prettier than I remember," as he looked me up and down. He then lifted my sweater and grabbed my breast, "These have grown for sure, what are you a C cup now?" I smacked his hands away from my chest. He punched me in the face. Then leaned into me where his lips were touching my ear as he had his hand on my throat. Chill out b***h no body wants you anyway. He then turned around and stumbled out the door, as he was mumbling under his breath. I stood there holding my face as tears fell down my face. I took off running to my room. I shut the door and locked it. I threw myself on my bed and started crying into my pillow. I must of fell asleep because there it was. The nightmare that is like a movie, printed into my brain. My family was killed in a horrible car accident, my alarm woke me up. My pillow was wet from tears that escaped my eyes while I was sleeping. I slowly got out of bed feeling dizzy from not eating yesterday. I went to the bathroom and did my normal morning routine. My face was swollen and bruised from Blake punching me. I darted up the stairs and took care of my normal stuff. I didn't see the twins downstairs this morning, they must have partied too hard last night. Once I was dismissed I went to school. Sky was digging in his locker when I approached him. He pulled out a cupcake and started to sing Happy Birrr... then saw me and he gasped. "What the hell happened to you?" I looked at him and said "Blake Dior." He hugged me. We continued to talk for a few minutes. Told him about my first transition and how I smelled my mate, but couldn't figure out who it was. Then told him about the Blake incident. He comforted me and applied foundation to my face until the bell rang. School felt like it took forever that day. Skylar and I met at our normal spot after school. We were sitting on the grass. My legs laid across his, he was reading pride and prejudice out loud. Then the smell hit me again with Sandalwood and cinnamon. I looked up to two very angry looking twins Hendrix and Felix. They were staring at my legs laid across Skylar's. They had Blake Dior in their hands. He almost looked unrecognizable, They looked like they used him as a punching bag. "Who the hell is he" Hendrix growled under his breath as he was pointing to Skylar. I glanced at Skylar and took my legs off of him. He was smirking at me like he already knew. Skylar Addams is the name as he stood up and put his hand out I'm Nevaeh's gay best friend. Hendrix pushed Blake to the ground as he walked over eyeing Skylar. He shook his hand with a hard grip. "Ouch okay I can see I'm going to have to earn your trust." Skylar said as he rubbed his hand. Hendrix and Felix both walked over to me and lifted my face up looking at my swollen face. Hendrix wiped some foundation off with his thumb to reveal a bruise. OUCH!!! I smacked his hand away from my face "I'm going to kill em" Hendrix mumbled under his breath. Felix "we beat him up all night I think he deserved what he got and he learned his lesson." "WAIT YOU KNEW I WAS YOUR MATE SINCE LAST NIGHT?" I was frustrated. I crossed my arms and waited for them to answer me.

(HENDRIX POV)

My brother and I invited a few friends over to drink some beers and chill in the hot tub. We were all chilling listening to music. I saw Nevaeh in the corner of my eye running to the woods. D**n she is so beautiful. But our parents have warned us to stay away from her. Half breeds were off limits especially to those who would be alphas. But Felix and I always caught ourselves watching her and comparing our ex girlfriends to her. We never could understand why. It's like something in us just couldn't leave her alone. I got up and couldn't help but go see what she was doing. I told my brother and our friends I'll be right back and have to take a whizz, that way they wouldn't follow. I ran into the woods quietly. I hid behind a tree, so she couldn't see me. I kept my distance but with the wolf vision I saw her clearly like I was right beside her. She was looking up at the moon. She glanced at her watch, she began to strip and can I say I've never seen a body like hers before. She had a sexy a** and some big boobs as well. My heart felt like it was pulling towards her, I wanted to walk over and claim her. I started to feel bad for looking at her exposed, so I started to turn to walk back. I heard her grunt in pain, I turned around to see her body trying to transition. I wanted to hold her through the pain. I didn't know it was her 18th birthday. For we already thought she turned 18. We never celebrated her birthday. She was in a lot of pain. I felt sorry for her I remember the first time my brother and I transitioned. We had family there to support us. She is all alone, like she always has been. I felt sad for her. Felix and I hated when she came to live with us 3 years ago, because our mom always said nothing but bad about her. Nevaeh was a troubled half breed monstrosity. That her and her family were thieves and liars. When she came here 3 years ago my brother and I had the same attitude as our mother. We didn't want a lying, stealing half breeds living with us. She was scum as we thought. But when I tripped her and coffee spilled all over my father. The way my mother was treating her, I instantly felt bad. Felix and I saw her face and she was scared. Felix tried to take up for her, our mother wasn't having that. Our mother had Serenity punished her, my stomach turned. Felix and I actually snuck down to see what was going on. When serenity took a whip to her back, we couldn't watch any more. We quickly snuck back up stairs and never got her in trouble on purpose again. Of course we picked on her still but nothing too mean. Our friends however always bullied her. We didn't stick up for her though, so we are still just as guilty..... I watched for a few more seconds, her body trying to transition. I felt the need to let her be she wouldn't want me to help her. She probably would think I'm up to no good. I walked back to the hot tub with my friends and brother. *That was one long a** pee." Stacy said with a slur. Ugh why did we invite our ex's again. About an hour later we were still hanging out. The guys were roasting each other and had us all cracking up. "I need more beer!" Blake got out of the hot tub and stumbled inside. For him being a werewolf he barely could handle his liquor. Felix "that a**hole better not wake our parents again like he did last time." About 10 minutes later he came out with beers and chips. But something was different my brother and I looked at each other at the same time. We smelled a scent on him that wasn't his, but in fact our mate. It smelled like lavender and rain. I pulled Blake to the side and he was buzzed. "Who were you with?" I asked. Blake "no one I went to grab beers bruh." Felix, grabbed Blake on the back of the neck. "Blake usually I'm a nice guy but I don't tolerate the lies, who were you just with?" Wow who knew my bro had that in him. Blake put his hands up "okay, okay I ran into your half breed slave and can I say she has definitely gotten hot. Don't get me started on her big boobs, Which she smacked me for touching. so I punched her in the face, Dumb b***h deserved it. Then I grabbed beers and chips and came back out here." I growled thinking about him touching our mate. "PARTY IS OVER, EVERYONE NEEDS TO LEAVE NOW." Everyone looked at me like what the hell just happened. I threw the stereo to the ground, "I SAID LEAVE..." Everyone got out of the hot tub and took off. Blake tried to stumble off. "Not you, you're not going anywhere." Felix and I took Blake out to the woods, taught him a lesson for messing with our mate. He didn't know she was our mate until then. But we also didn't condone touching someone in a s****l manner with consent. Yeah he might have been our childhood friend, but nothing matters once you find your mate. You become instantly attached, addicted to their sweet smell craving their touch, feeling the need to be with them 24/7. When you aren't around them or don't have their touch it's like having heroin withdrawals. Morning came and by the time we got home, Nevaeh had already left for school. We showed up to the school and waited around like lost puppies. We needed to be with our mate. Felix "I can't believe she has been our mate this whole time." I looked at my brother and confessed what I saw last night. "So her birthday is today? We need to take her on a shopping spree and spoil our baby." I nodded in agreement. "you know mom is going to be pissed about this, What if she rejects us?" I told Felix with anger but worried eyes. I never understood why our mom hated her so much. Blake was in the back seat whining in pain still. "Knock it off back there, you will heal in no time, better be lucky we didn't kill you." Felix said with a growl. Wait!! look there she is, who is the tall boy with her. They look like they are going behind the school. I was getting f**king pissed that a boy was with her. Felix and I got out of the car and grabbed Blake. A lot of students and teachers were staring but they knew not to mess with us. We were always fighting in school and our pack is known to be the strongest around, that and we will be their alphas soon. No one dared to cross our path. By the time we found Nevaeh her legs laid across the boys legs as they were reading a book. I wanted to break the boys legs. "Who the hell is he?" I was pointing at the boy. The boy stood up and held his hand out, introducing himself as her gay friend Skylar. I wasn't sure I trusted him. I squeezed his hand hard to let him know I wasn't playing games. My brother and I walked over to Nevaeh, the sweet smells of lavender and rain strongly coming off of her. We lifted her face to see her swollen bruised face better. Look like she had makeup on I wiped her face with my thumb and exposed a bruise. She smacked my hand away and shouted OUCH!! I became pissed all over again. "I'm going to kill em." Blake started whimpering when he heard me. Felix reminded me we did spend all night beating the sh*t out of him already. I felt like that wasn't enough but I just wanted to get my baby out of here. Nevaeh got up and yelled " "WAIT YOU KNEW I WAS YOUR MATE SINCE LAST NIGHT?" It was kinda cute seeing her stand up for herself for the first time. She stood up and crossed her arms waiting for an answer. We both looked at her with huge grins. She looked down like she wasn't sure if she should have yelled at us. Felix lifted her head. You can tell us how you really feel Nevaeh, we want you to be open and honest with us. She looked as she wanted to speak, but 3 years of being told to only speak when spoken too. That's something that's going to have to change and is going too, I mean right now. I got closer to her, my brother Felix steps in between Skylar and Nevaeh. We don't like the fact we didn't know him and we didn't want him near our mate until then. I told her with a serious face. "You are no longer our slave but our mate Nevaeh, You are free from being a slave. So if you want to go you can go. But I'm not going to promise you that my brother and I won't be right behind you following you, watching your every move for we are mates. You can reject us deny us but we will protect you to the ends of the world, by all necessary. We might have been young an stupid and followed our parents actions. But when you came to us 3 years ago and we saw how my prank got you punished, I felt sick to my stomach.... I couldn't.... I can't even think about that. Felix and I vowed to never try and get you into trouble again. We see the hurt and pain we put you through. We would watch you and see that you were nothing like our mother and father described. You were beautiful and kind. Her face started to light up as I continued to talk like I was getting through to her. We will be alphas in 2 days. A lot is going to change, will you please accept us as mates and make the change with us? Felix smiled and nodded with agreement with everything I just said. He mind linked with me "couldn't have said it any better brother." Nevaeh looked at us like she was seeing us differently for the first time. She looked to Skylar, "you better accept that offer, anyone would be stupid If they didn't. I mean come on look at em." Skylar told Nevaeh. Her cheeks turned bright pink. She turned and looked at us. You mom won't let this happen she doesn't like me. I most likely will be punished just for being your mate. You don't become alphas for 2 days, she could do anything to me until then. Felix "Then we will announce you as our mate after we have become alphas." I quickly looked at Felix "you know how hard that's going to be? I already just want to hold her and protect her and not let go Felix, let alone seeing her be treated as the help." We can tell she was already feeling the bond we were feeling. We each offered her a hand and she grabbed them with no hesitation. Nevaeh "We have no choice, I'm willing to help make a change with you as long as it's for the good. I can't see anymore kids or teens being sold as slaves. We are not our parents, we shouldn't be the ones paying off their debts. My brother and I nodded in agreement. We pulled her in for a hug and kissed the top of her head. She fit perfectly in our arms. "Let's get out of here" I grabbed her hand and she waved goodbye to Skylar, who was smiling giving her the thumbs up. She then grabbed Felix's hand.