The Alpha’s Broken Mate

The Event (Part 2)

(Lena’s POV) 

    As I was standing in the bathroom fixing my make-up, I couldn’t help but feel giddy. I had found my mate. Now, I needed to tell my parents. It was what I was dreading most. I don’t know how they are going to react. I think my mom will be ok with the news; it’s my dad's reaction that I am worried about. I’m just heading to the door to go back to the party when I feel my phone vibrate. I pull it out and see it’s a text from Kita. “Hey, gorgeous. I am back downstairs in the ballroom. I miss you already but remember to take all the time you need. I will be here waiting for you when you’re ready,” with a ton of heart emojis. I smile and text back, “Thank you, my love. I appreciate your support. It means more than you know. I miss you too, and I will let you know as soon as I tell them,” Sending just as many heart emojis back to her.  

    Suddenly I realized I had read her text before I opened my phone. I didn’t need my parents to see that before I told them. I changed my settings, so no text messages were previewed on my front screen. After fixing the settings on my phone, I made my way back down to the party, looking for my parents. I could feel someone staring at me, and then I smelled Dutch apple pie, and I knew it was Kita. It took every ounce of self-control I had not to turn and run to her. So, I decided if she wanted to watch, I would give her a show. I walked around slowly, swaying my hips from side to side very seductively. It didn’t take long for my phone to vibrate, letting me know I had a message. I smiled as I pulled my phone from my purse and opened my text messages. 

    “Woman, are you trying to make me cause a scene in here? LOL! Keep swaying your hips like that, and I will come and drag you away to an empty room and have my way with you *kissy face emoji* *devil smile emoji*.” I laugh lowly, knowing she can see me, and say, “Well, I could feel you staring, so I decided to give you a preview of what's to come once I tell my parents and we can be together. I am glad you are enjoying the show *kissy face emoji* *heart eye emoji*.” All I got back were naughty emojis, so I slipped my phone back into my purse and continued my search for my parents. 

    I finally found my parents on the other side of the ballroom, laughing and having a drink. Once I got close enough and saw me, my mom smiled, but dad gave me a stern look. “Where have you been? I had a few more people for you to meet, but they couldn’t wait any longer and left.” I sighed. “I was in the bathroom, dad. You know I hate these things and wish you would just let me find my mate in my own time when I am supposed to. I am not some trophy you can parade in front of people in the hopes that MAYBE one of them will be my mate.” I was angry, and I knew I should have waited until we got home, but even if I hadn’t found Kita tonight, I would have told him the same thing. He looked a bit stunned at my attitude, but I didn’t care anymore. It was ridiculous, and I was tired of being paraded in front of strangers at all these things.  

    "We are in public young lady, and you will watch how you speak to me. I am your father and Alpha.” I walked over to him so as not to embarrass him further and whispered in his ear angrily, “Well, then start ACTING like it. A good father would let his daughter find her mate when the time was right. Not parade her in front of strangers.” He looked like he was ready to spit nails, but he wouldn’t say anything further in here. “I am going to wait on a bench outside. When you and mother are ready to leave, that's where you can find me,” I said, turning on my heel and heading towards the front door.  

    Making my way through the crowd to head outside, I felt someone following me; I almost spun around to confront them until their scent hit, so I kept walking. Once outside, I found a bench off to the side of the door and a little hidden. I sat down on the bench and started to cry a little. I was so angry at my dad for talking to me like that just because he couldn’t find me to parade me in front of another stranger. After a minute or so, I smelled her before she sat down. Kita grabbed my hand. “Baby, are you ok? I saw the confrontation with your dad.” I relaxed a little and sniffled. “Yes, even if I hadn’t met you tonight, this has been brewing for a while. He thinks forcing me to find my mate will help me, but all it did was make me angry. He paraded me around like some trophy.” She let go of my hand and cupped my face. “Well, the wait is over; in a way, we will have to thank him someday. If he hadn’t dragged you to this event, I wouldn’t have met you, and I have been searching for a while. But he still should have given you a choice to come, not force you,” she said, kissing me softly.  

    After enjoying a few minutes alone, Kita whispered, “Baby, I’ve got to go. Rosita is waiting for me. They just brought our car around.” I looked at her with betrayal and anger. “Who the HELL is Rosita?!? You came here with another woman, and even though you found me, you are LEAVING with her?!?” I started to shout and draw attention, which was not what I needed, but I couldn’t help it. She never mentioned she was here with another woman. I was hurt. I just found my mate, she said she wanted me too but was here with another woman! “BABY! Keep your voice down, and let me explain!” I crossed my arms but didn’t say anything waiting for her to continue, “Rosita is my Beta and my best friend. She comes to all these events with me. My parents are a little like yours, and they insist I attend a few of these events every year to hopefully find my mate. I don’t have to attend them all, just some. It was part of their stipulations on passing the title of Alpha onto me.” 

I was stunned. It took a second for me to register what Kita had just said to me. Rosita was her Beta which means she’s an Alpha......HOLY s**t!!! She’s the female alpha everyone has been talking about! “BABY! You’re the alpha of the Silverback Warriors?!” She laughed. “Yes, my love, I am. I am assuming you have heard of me?” I looked at her, smiling. “Yes, but I didn’t know your name, and you didn’t mention that when we talked upstairs. Why didn’t you say anything?” She sighed. "As soon as someone figures out who I am, it goes one of two ways, they are impressed I am a female alpha running a pack, or they judge me because how could a woman possibly know how to run a pack better than a man.  I could tell as soon as I saw you that you didn’t know I was an alpha. It was nice to be seen as a woman and not the female alpha.” I grabbed her hand and pulled her close, kissing her. “Baby, I am sorry I yelled about Rosita, and I don’t care what your rank is. I am glad to have you as my mate. I can’t wait to tell my parents so we can start our life together.”  

    Smiling at me, she kissed me quickly. “I have to go, my love. We will talk soon, my little minx.” Then kissing up my jawline, she whispered into my ear seductively, “Do not think I forgot about your little show in there. I will pay you back for that eventually,” she said, then kissed my neck, sending shivers down my spine. She turned and started walking towards her car, stopping to wave at me before she got in and left. I couldn’t believe it. First, I find my mate, and then she turns out to be the female alpha EVERYONE has been talking about. Maybe my parents will take this better than I initially thought. She is an alpha which is what my dad wanted. We can figure out a way to have kids. This is the 21st century, after all, so I am sure we can do something. Shoot, I don’t even know if Kita wants kids. I guess that’s something she and I will have to discuss. I am feeling better about telling my parents now than I was before. Not that her rank matters to me, but it will help me tell them since that was one of the things they kept bringing up.  

    About 30 minutes later, my mother linked me, telling me they were ready. So, I got up from my bench to meet them at the door. My mother smiled at me, and dad went over to the valet to have him bring our car around. We all piled into the car and started our two-hour drive home. It was quiet for about the first 30 minutes of the car ride. Then my dad broke the silence, “Lena, as an alpha, it was completely disrespectful for you to speak to me that way in front of all those people.” He paused for a moment, and I was waiting for the tongue lashing to continue but instead, he surprised me. “But as your father, I deserved that, and for that, I am sorry. I knew you were not fond of the events, but I didn’t know you were feeling like I was parading you around like a trophy. That was never my intention. I just wanted you to find your mate and hopefully help bring your wolf forward. I hope you can forgive me. I still want you to attend some events, but I will back off some.” 

    I was stunned. I never expected an apology from home. “I know you were just trying to help dad. I forgive you. I don’t mind attending some events, just not all of them.” I only agreed to the last part because it would look suspicious if I didn’t know full well, I would never have to attend one of those events again. He smiled at me, and the rest of the ride was pleasantly quiet. Tomorrow I would get up early and cook my parent's breakfast and break the news to them. Hopefully, it went well, and if it didn’t well, I would just call Kita, pack my stuff and have her come pick me up. I didn’t want it to come to that, but I refuse to be made to feel bad about my sexuality and my mate being a woman.  

    We arrived home around 1:00 a.m. After kissing my parent's goodnight, I went to my room, locked my door, stripped off my dress, and took my hair out. I jumped in the shower washing all the product out of my hair and washing all the make-up off my face. Wrapping a towel around myself, I braided my hair and wrapped it in a bun on top of my head so it wouldn’t be in my way while I slept. I dried myself off, turned my fan on, and climbed into bed. I loved sleeping naked. Something about being clean and climbing into a cool bed: I grabbed my phone and snuggled down into my bed. I set my alarm clock for 8:00 a.m., knowing my parents would sleep in. They always do after a party. Then I sent Kita a quick text, “Hey baby, we made it home. I am going to crash. I am cooking my parent's breakfast and telling them tomorrow morning. I miss you tons *kissy heart emoji*. Goodnight, love.” She replied almost immediately, “Thank you for texting me. I didn’t want to text you in case your parents were around. Good luck tomorrow. I am so proud of you. I miss you to my love. Goodnight *heart emoji* *kissy face emoji*.” I put my phone on the charger and drifted off, knowing tomorrow, my life would never be the same.