Rejected By My Mate

I couldn't see because of my blindfold but I could hear the truck shake and move to goddess knows where. I wasn't the only one in the back of the truck, we were ten in number, omegas being sold out as slaves. Omegas were at the bare bottom of the werewolf community and were used as slaves to higher ranking wolves. I was once the beautiful daughter of the legendary commander Ernest and Arnica but after their tragic death, I was an Omega slave who the pack blamed for their death. It was my fate and I had no choice. The truck came to a stop, and I heard the truck door open. “Come on, get your mutt asses up” I heard a man say harshly with a guttural voice, girls began screaming and I assumed they were being pushed around harshly. It soon got to my turn, the blindfold covering my eyes was ripped off and bright light pierced my eyes causing me to wince. “Get down” The bulky man ordered with a growl. I walked to the edge of the trunk and jumped down, my chained hands made moving harder. “What's your name?” Another lanky man asked. “Fiona” I asked with my head bowed. “Age?” “I'll be eighteen by tomorrow” I couldn't stop the tears when I answered. I would be turning eighteen tomorrow and would be able to see my mate but I felt sad, I was all alone in this world. The pack I grew up with sold me out to another pack as a slave a day before my birthday and I was heartbroken. Now, my birthday was going to be in a strange pack in captivity. “Hmm” the man responded before turning to look at the other nine girls. “This is the pale moon pack, you are our property and no traitor will be tolerated. You are to serve the Alpha with your life, do you understand?” he asked. “Yes Sir” we chorused with our head bowed. “Now, follow me” he instructed. We followed him till we got to the most luxurious building in the pack. He walked in through the front door and there stood a man, a little old and emaciated, I could tell he was an alpha from his domineering aura. “Old Alpha Ralph, these are the new slaves” the man bowed and said. Old alpha was the previous alpha of the pack, which meant his son had recently taken over. “Good. Take them to Hailey, she'll assign them to their post. They begin tomorrow morning” He said, I could feel his eyes look through us with nonchalance. “Yes, old Alpha Ralph” the lanky man said and led us out of the building to pass through the back door. We walked for a few minutes and arrived at an office, the man knocked and an elderly woman came out. “Are these the new recruits?” she asked “Yes” the man answered. They spoke a few other things and he left two minutes later. The woman scanned us intensely before saying, “I am Hailey, the sector chief of the slaves. Your duty as maids is to take good care of the alpha house, any form of disobedience will not be tolerated and I'll not take the fall for it. I will call out your names and where you will be stationed” she said with a stern voice. We stood there quietly and listened, trying to imagine the new life forced upon us. She began calling names to which we identified ourselves and took note of the section we would be working. “Fiona, you will be stationed at the kitchen” she said “Yes ma” I answered. When she was done, she led us to our living quarters. The room was in a worse state and smelled funny, it was a small room with nothing but empty shelves and cupboards. It seemed like the room was once a storage room and now was where we would be sleeping. “You are assigned two to one sleeping mat. You should be dressed in your uniforms as early as 5 o'clock and be stationed at your appropriate workplace by 5:30am. Lateness would not be tolerated” The woman said before turning around and leaving. We all stood in awkward silence after she left, looking around and familiarizing ourselves to this new life we were being exposed to. Memories of my former pack haunted me and made my heart ache, what if my mate was there? Would we be able to cross paths when I was moved to a new pack in blindfolds? I felt the thick feeling of loneliness envelope me, I was all alone in the life and everyone hated me. It would only be a matter of time before this pack hated me too. A chubby red head girl finally moved and took the bundle of sleeping mats by the side. It was five in number and looked like it would barely fit two people. “The oldest will pick sleeping mats while the juniors will pair with them. I'm the oldest so I'm picking one” The girl said, I recalled her saying her name was Anna and that she was twenty three. She was truly the oldest, I was the youngest. Everyone listened and the other four seniors picked a mat as well. The juniors didn't waste time to pair with them and soon I was the only one left with the red head so I had no choice than to pair with her. “We better catch an early sleep, it's going to be a stressful day from tomorrow” another senior said with a slight manliness in her voice, I think her name was Oviena. Everyone agreed and began spreading their mats to sleep, we arrived at the pack in the evening so it wasn't a bad time to sleep as it was already getting dark. It was when the mats were laid that I realized what had happened. The juniors had quickly picked their seniors to avoid pairing with Anna who was the fattest among us. Anna covered more than half of the mat which meant most of my body would be outside it. I could feel the other girls eyes watching me secretly, waiting for realize how slow and uncalculating I was. I ignored them and attempted to lie down beside Anna, my body was barely on the mat and no matter how much I struggled and Anna's eyes were sealed shut as if she was asleep but I knew she wasn't. She was just avoiding a confrontation. “Uhmmm, Anna, excuse me… I…” I was about to continue when I felt a harsh push and I rolled off the mat to the ground. “How dare you call me by my name? I'm the oldest here and you're the youngest, everyone here is your senior so you address them with ‘Senior’ attached to their name, got it?” Anna thundered, looking at me with blazing eyes. “Y..Yes senior Anna” I answered with my voice choking with tears. The impact from the push gave me a bruise on my elbow. The rest of them burst into laughter, their voice mocking and disheartening. I felt extremely bad, all I wanted to do was sleep but even in the midst of fellow omega slaves, I was still rejected and mocked. I got myself up and walked to the dark corner of the room, I knew there was no way Anna would let me lie with her so I didn't bother asking. I found a long piece of plywood by the wall and turned it into a makeshift bed before lying on it. Drops of tears trailed down my eyes, I was angry about my existence which has always been clouded with misery, maltreatment and sadness. I was the most unluckiest person I have ever met, I couldn't remember when last I smiled or laughed or felt any pinch of happiness. I would be able to see my mate tomorrow, should I be hopeful that I would finally feel what's it's like to be loved and not be alone? I tried to imagine what my mate would look like in person, would be tall with dreamy eyes? Would his smile be able to light up my world and rid it of all my suffering, guilt and loneliness? I would become his mate and be taken out of the hell hole and no longer be stigmatized as an Omega. I couldn't stop the excitement bubbling inside of me when I thought about it. And then another thought ran through my mind, stopping the excitement and damping the mood. What if I don't see my mate here? What if he rejected me? I sure hoped not. * Sunlight pierced into my eyes disturbing my relaxing sleep, I turned to avoid the rays when my brain jolted me awake with a reminder. I was late… Shit! Hailey was going to kill me…