The Alpha's Stubborn Rejected Mate

Chapter 3 - Sasha

“Susie, would you mind staying for a couple of hours to help prepare for our guest tomorrow?” Alpha Hartford asked.

It was strange, I had been working for the alpha family for over a year and yet he still hadn’t taken the time to get to know my name. There were some things that had changed in the last year though, a year ago I might have taken his comment as a request rather than an order.

I knew better now, my time didn’t really belong to me. It was theirs to do with as they wished. It didn’t matter that I had plans for this evening or that I was already tired because I had to work a double shift for them yesterday. Then again, it wasn’t as though I could talk to anyone about my plans for tonight. My plans didn’t exactly fit into the omegas list of accepted hobbies.

“I would be happy to help, alpha.” I replied, like the dutiful omega that I had to pretend to be.

Maybe if I could get everything done quickly then I could still keep my plans for the evening in tact. All that I had to do was cram four or five hours worth of work into three, or maybe I could skip having a shower before the meeting instead. Humans didn’t have a great sense of smell anyway, so maybe they wouldn’t even notice that I stunk.

For the next few hours I worked on readying the pack for alpha Hartford’s visitors, all the while thinking about everything that I needed to do tonight before I could leave. I had been planning this evening's meeting for months, it was meant to be my way out of the pack.

Ever since I got rejected by my mate I had become even more determined to make something of my life, and the only way I could do that was to leave. To leave I needed money and to get money I needed a job, only that was difficult when I already worked so many hours for the pack and had no id.

Over the last year I had managed to scrape together some money and make a few friends. Today one of those friends was introducing me to someone who might be able to get me some official papers, the kind that would make my new life a reality.

After tonight I could get a real job in a town a long way away from here. All I had to do was show up and make sure that I didn’t mess it up. That was going to be easier said than done, by the time that I finished all the tasks that were required of me I was already running an hour late. I didn’t have time to shower, all I had time to do was change out of my maid outfit and jump on my bike.

The ride into the nearest human town took close to an hour from my cottage on the outskirts of town. It wasn’t usually too bad but today I was already starving, I hadn’t eaten since my breakfast this morning and I didn’t exactly have time to cook anything before I came out. It was getting difficult for me to think about anything else other than my stomach, and yet I needed to push harder if I wanted to make it to this meeting on time.

This was another thing which I hoped to put an end to after tonight. A werewolves metabolism was much faster than that of a humans, and yet omegas weren’t allowed to eat when they were working. I spent more than half of my life feeling hungry and it showed on my body, I was much thinner than I should be for my height and I hated it.

As I entered the town centre I could see Dante waiting for me in the distance. Seeing him always brought a smile to my face. After Michael had rejected me I didn’t think that I would ever be able to trust another man with my heart, but Dante gave me hope. Even though he had never expressed anything other than friendship towards me, my attraction towards him must mean that I wasn’t quite as broken as I used to be.

Dante wasn’t a shifter, but he wasn’t exactly human either. His father was a warlock but his mother was very much human, he was conceived after the two of them had a short fling together. Dante didn’t know anything about his heritage until his father showed up shortly before his eighteenth birthday to give him some warlock training.

“I was starting to get worried that you wouldn’t show.” Dante said as I pulled up alongside him.

“My boss made me work late again.” I told him, as I locked my bike up.

Dante swore under his breath. He hated the way that werewolves treated their omegas, as he was only half warlock he had received similar treatment from the magic community. It was the main reason that he had agreed to help to escape from my pack.

“You won’t have to worry about that for much longer.”

He smiled at me and looped his arm around my waist to lead me away. He led me to one of the nearby cafes, the people that we were meant to meet were already there. I could instantly tell who they were because they looked so out of place from the rest of the customers, they also smelled strongly of fear.

“So this is the chick you were telling us about. Why didn’t you say that she was hot?” One of them said, his eyes trailing shamelessly over my whole body. I had been worried about dealing with these humans but apparently I didn’t need to be, it was just the same as dealing with all the ranked members of my pack who treated me like property. Except with these guys I was able to speak my mind without being punished for it.

“Now that you have finished ogling me can we get down to business?” I asked.

“Oh I see, little kitty has claws. I like that in a woman. How about we forget about money and I take one evening with you as payment for my services.” He leaned forward and tried to stroke my hair, but I pushed his hand away from me. Why did everyone I met seem to think that it was fine to touch me without consent?

“You need to back off.” Dante growled, barely hiding his anger.

“I don’t know what you are so angry about. I just want one night with her, it’s not like I am trying to steal your woman.”

This was getting out of hand. Dante and the other men looked as though they were going to start fighting at any moment and I was stuck in the middle like some kind of prize. This wasn’t how I saw this meeting going and I needed to do something to bring it back on track.

“I just want to make one thing clear, I will not be sleeping with any of you. Now can we get back to the reason we are really here.”

The man turned his gaze back onto me and a smirk spread across his face. There was something about the way he was looking at me that made my skin crawl. I needed to get this over and done with as quickly as possible, or I was going to end up punching this guy in the face, and then they would never give me the papers I wanted.

“Seen as we are making things clear,” he stated, leaning over the table so that his face was only a few inches away from mine. I could smell the coffee on his breath and the pungent scent of old cigarettes on his clothes.

“If you don’t agree to my terms then the deal is off. I don’t need the money, but I do enjoy making feisty girls like you bend to my will. So those are my terms, you can either take it or leave it.”

Dante got to his feet, leaning over the table to push the man back into his seat. All of his muscles were tense and I could feel the static charge of magic in the air as Dante struggled to retain his composure. I had never seen Dante this close to losing control before. I knew that I should probably find it frightening, but I didn’t. If anything it only made me more attracted to him. Thank the goddess that he wasn’t a werewolf, if he was then I wouldn’t be able to hide the scent of my arousal from him.

“That is not the deal that we agreed to before this meeting and Sasha is not for sale.” Dante’s jaw was tense as he spoke. The man opposite him shrugged his shoulders before getting to his feet.

“It sounds as though we have nothing left to discuss. Feel free to call me again if you want to accept my terms.”

He tapped his friend on the shoulder and the two of them walked out of the cafe, leaving me alone with Dante once again. Once Dante was sure that they weren’t coming back he practically collapsed into the seat beside me. He took a few deep breaths in order to calm himself and regain control over his emotions.

“I’m so sorry. I knew he was a creep but I didn’t realise he was that kind of creep. We will find someone else to help us out.”

I nodded my head in agreement, trying to hide some of the disappointment that I was feeling. It had taken us months to find someone with the right contacts to give me what I needed. I had been so hopeful about this working out that I hadn’t thought about what it would be like to have to go back to my normal life after today.

“How about I take you out for a meal in a couple of days as an apology?”

“That sounds nice,” I replied. Ignoring the butterflies which had just taken flight in my stomach. I knew that he only meant it as two friends having a meal together but my heart apparently didn’t get that message.