The Alpha’s Broken Mate

Meeting My Mate

(Kita’s POV) 

    I hate coming to these parties, I think to myself. When they realize who I am, all they do is stare, BUT my parents insist I attend at least a few of these parties. Standing there with my Beta Rosita, we are just scanning the crowd observing. Rosita linked me. “Do you see all the new men here tonight” she smiled, looking around, licking her lips, and eyeing the men like a tigress on the hunt for prey. Shaking my head and laughing, my best friend is a bit man crazy. She has been looking for her mate for a while. Then again, so have I, which is part of the reason my parents insist I attend a few of these parties. They are hoping I find my mate. We were both hoping to find our mates early on, but that just was not in the cards for us. Rosita just turned 22 a few months ago, and I won’t be 22 for another two months.  

    This party tonight is different from the other parties we’ve attended. My wolf has been restless all night, but neither of us knows why. She’s very anxious, which is totally out of character for her. “Eva, you sure you are, ok?” “Yes, Kita, I can feel something big is going to happen tonight, but I don’t know what, and it's just making me anxious. We will be fine either way,” she says as she retreats to the back of my mind. I look over at Rosita and start laughing. She’s eye f*cking this guy across the room, and he’s trying to finish his conversation, but he’s side-eyeing her. “Rosita, behave yourself tonight” I chuckle through our link. She gives me the stink eye and continues checking out the man across the room. 

    Suddenly I’m hit with the most delicious smell. It smells like a combination of a fresh ocean breeze and how the forest smells after a good rain. I start looking around, trying to find the source. Eva is going nuts inside my head, prancing around and jumping, yelling, “MATE! MATE is here! Go find our MATE!” I’m stunned for a moment. I never thought I would find my mate at one of these things. I start trying to follow the scent, but I lose the trail. Eva is trying to push forward, and I’m struggling to keep her in check. “Eva now is not the time for you to be aggressive. I know you want to find our mate, so do I, but now is not the time to be reckless” I gently scold her. “I’m sorry, Kita. I’m just so excited to find our mate. We’ve been waiting for so long.” I sigh, “I know, so have I, but we have to be smart about this. We don’t want to scare them off or cause a scene here at the party.” 

    Now that I have Eva in check, I continue to search for our mate. I catch whiffs of their scent, but then the trail goes cold. I’m starting to get discouraged that maybe they left and already, and that’s why the trail keeps going cold. Heading back to Rosita, she links me, “You, ok? One moment you were there, and the next, you were gone. I thought maybe you went to the bathroom, but you look completely disheartened. What happened?” “My mate is here somewhere. I caught their scent, but the trail kept going cold. So, I think they may have already left” I sigh, looking even more disheartened than before. “OMG Ki, that’s great and sad. Anything I can do to help? Want me to help you look? If you tell me what you smell, maybe I can help you.” Shaking my head, “Thanks, Rosi, but I don’t think you can help me with this. I’m gonna go to the bathroom. Please behave yourself while I am gone,” I tell her. She nods. “I’ll be waiting here for you.” 

    All the bathrooms down here look like they have lines waiting to get in. I guess the upstairs bathrooms it is. As I start to climb the stairs, I am struck by the smell of the ocean breeze and forest rain, which is now permanently ingrained in my brain. I follow the scent, and this time it's getting stronger, unlike the last few times it got weaker or disappeared. Suddenly I am standing in front of the bathroom, and I can hear the water running. Eva is screaming inside my head, “MATE IS IN THERE! GO GET THEM! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, KITA?!?!” I steel myself and throw open the bathroom door, and I am confronted with the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen. 

    I look like I may have startled her, but that quickly goes away when I notice she is looking at me, and we lock eyes for just a moment as I start to walk towards her slowly; I don’t want to scare her any more than I already have by busting into the bathroom the way I did. As I am walking towards her, I am just soaking up all her features. She’s shorter than me, curvy in all the right places, her legs look gorgeous, and I just want to run my hands up and down them. As my eyes travel up her legs her thick thighs are peaking out just a little, and I just want to bury my face between them until she’s screaming my name. Her breasts are the perfect size, just round and perky enough to give her some beautiful cleavage but not so big that she looks unproportioned, her hair is up, but I can still see the different colors. It reminds me of a sunset or sunrise. Her smile is radiant, her nose is cute and a little round at the end, her cheeks are full and rosy, and beautiful bright green eyes. Once I am close enough, I gently grab her by the waist and pull her close to me. I felt the sparks as soon as my hand brushed her arm when I held her waist. Just that tiny touch felt amazing, and I know right then and there that I am never letting this woman go. She looks up into my eyes and leaves me breathless as I realize that her eyes aren’t just green, they initially looked bright green from across the room, but now that I am closer, they are a greenish-blue color that reminds me of the ocean with tiny grey specks. They look like the ocean and rain combined, and I've never seen anything more beautiful.  

    “Hello gorgeous, my name is Kita. I’ve been looking for you all night since I first caught your scent. What’s your name” I say to her. She’s staring at me but doesn’t answer. Maybe she can’t hear, so I start to repeat myself. As I was talking, she giggled, which was so adorable and made me want to just pull her into a hug and kiss her all over in hopes of hearing that sound again. “I’m sorry, I didn’t hear a word you said. Could you repeat it?” I look down at her and smile and repeat what I just said. She looks down and blushes, making her already rosy cheeks redder. “My name is Lena. I caught your scent earlier too, but my mother was taking me to see my father so that I couldn’t follow it. I came up here to regroup and was just about to leave when you threw the door open,” she said, laughing. I loved the sound of her laughter, and I just couldn’t help myself when I leaned down and kissed her with a passion I never knew existed. I probed her lips, wanting to taste her. She opened willingly, and she tasted better than I could have imagined. Our tongues battled inside each other mouths as I gently pressed her backward to the wall to lean on. Once her back bumped the wall, she pulled me closer, grinding against me, and I couldn’t help but moan into her mouth. I could smell her arousal working me up even more than I already was. I pushed the front of her dress up a bit, feeling the sparks dance across my hand as I touched her bare leg. I reached around to grab her ass and pull her closer to me, only to realize her ass was bare. Before I could finish registering that, she wrapped one of her legs around me and ground herself into me more. This woman will be the death of me, but I could die a happy woman as long as she was with me.  

    I finally broke the kiss because I needed to take a breath. I was just about to go in again when she gently pushed me away. I backed away feeling hurt, she just kissed me back, and now she's pushing me away? What had I done? Is she not into women? She walked over to the sink straightening her dress out, and splashed some water on her face. I was still standing there, not exactly sure what to do at this point, when she looked at me and said, “Let me get myself together so we can talk. I’ll meet you outside in a minute?” She sounded hopeful when she asked, and I didn’t trust my voice, so I just smiled and nodded and walked out into the hallway. I sat down on a bench outside the bathroom and linked Rosita. “Rosi, I found my mate. It’s a long story, and I still need to talk to her. We just made out in the bathroom, and she seemed into it but then pushed me away. I am hoping she doesn’t regret it and that she will accept me. I will come find you when I am done.” “OMG, KI, THAT’S AMAZING!!! I can’t wait to meet her. It will all work out, and she will accept you. Just be patient. I’ll be in the ballroom if you need me.” “Thanks, Rosi. See you in a bit.” 

    When she walked out of the bathroom, she looked worried. I was starting to panic a little, but I was hoping my face didn’t show it. I patted the seat next to me, hoping she would come and sit down. As she walked towards me, I held my hand out to her, hoping she would take it. She smiled, took my hand, and sat down. I felt the sparks from her touch, and I wanted to reach out and pull her close to me, but I knew I needed to be patient and see what she had to say. She sat there for a minute, looking down and using her other hand to fidget with the hem of her dress. I gently placed my finger under her chin and lifted her eyes to meet mine. “It’s ok. Whatever is going on, I am right here, and I am not going anywhere.” I saw her visibly relax at my statement. She took a deep breath and steeled herself for whatever it was she was about to say to me.  

    “Thank you for being patient with me. I’m sorry I pushed you away in the bathroom. I needed to think, but I couldn’t do that with you standing so close to me after making out. I always knew my mate would be a woman. While all my friends were ogling boys, I could have cared less about them, but I had to play my role. You see, nobody but my best friend knows I am a lesbian, not even my parents. Every time I started to tell them, all they could do was talk about me making them grandparents or how my mate was going to be a tall, dark and handsome, rugged man. I just haven’t had the heart to tell them. What I am asking is, can you give me a few days to break it to them and my pack? Will you wait for me? I don’t want to reject you. I want to be with you more than I have ever wanted to be with anyone. I just need to tell them first before I introduce you to them.” 

    I was stunned. My pack, parents, friends, everyone knew I was a lesbian. They all welcomed me with open arms. My sexuality didn’t make me any less an alpha, nor any less deadly. If I’m being honest, it made the alpha males underestimate me, which was always their downfall. I was so deep in thought it wasn’t until I felt her start pulling her hand away, saying, “I’m sorry. If you can’t wait, I understand. Just tell me your full name, and I can reject you.” I saw tears forming in her eyes, so I quickly pulled her to me and hugged her. “Baby, I can wait, and I do not want you to reject me, nor do I want to reject you. I was just so stunned because everyone in my pack knew, and they accepted me regardless. I am so sorry you felt like you couldn’t tell anyone except your best friend. That must be extremely frustrating to have to fake it all the time. I will do whatever you need me to do, I will wait for as long as you need me to, and I have your back 100%. You will never be alone again or have to pretend ever again.”  

    I kissed the top of her head and then rested my forehead on hers. We stayed like that for a bit until I heard her sniffle. I looked up and saw she was crying. “Baby, why are you crying?” She looked up at me and smiled. “Because I have had to wear a mask and pretend my entire life, and now, I don’t have to. That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. To be accepted and loved wholeheartedly is the most wonderful feeling in the world. As soon as I tell my parents, we can make plans for you to meet them.” I smiled and caressed her cheek softly. “Let's exchange numbers, and then you head back into the bathroom and splash some water on your face. You don’t want your parents to ask you any questions. I will go back to the party and mingle so that it doesn’t look too suspicious. It will also make throwing you over my shoulder and taking you to an empty room and ravishing every part of your body less tempting,” I said, grinning and winking at her.  

    She looked sad but agreed it was for the best. I handed her my phone and told her to program her number into my phone. Then I took a few pictures of her, so I had some for later, and just because she still looked so beautiful in that dress she had on, I wanted to make sure I had some of her I that dress in case she never wore it again. I asked her for her phone so that I could put my number in hers as well. After taking a few photos of me, she gave me a long passionate kiss and whispered, “I will miss you.” Smiling sadly, she got up and went back into the bathroom to freshen up. I quickly linked Rosi. “Where are you?” “In the ballroom, the same place you left me.” “Ok, I am on my way.” Shutting down the link quickly before she could ask me any questions I really did not want to answer right now. I made my way down the stairs, happy. I found my mate, sad I couldn’t take her home tonight and angry that she felt the need to hide her authentic self for fear of what people would say or think. When she comes to my pack and becomes my Luna, she will never have to feel that way again. Now to go put on my happy face and get the rest of this party over with so I can go home and start planning for my mate's arrival.