My Mate: The Player

Chapter 1 - And So It Begins

2 Years Later...

Rebecca's P.O.V

    It's getting near the end of another amazing summer and about two weeks until Sarah and mine's sixteenth birthday. We both can't wait. This is the year where it's possible to find our mates. Sarah is way more excited about that than I am right now. I've really been focusing hard on my training and making sure that I'm ready to protect anyone at anytime. My dad and I have been working a lot one on one when he's home, but these days that's not that often. He's had to be away either with the Alpha or out on special assignment that no one else can go on. Sarah's mom still checks up on me, but not as much now that I'm older. With my dad gone right now he's left his second in command in charge of trainings. His name is Connor, he's about five years older than I am. He's like the older brother that I never had. 

    It's too early for anyone else to be awake. Which is how I like it sometimes. I have my swim suit on and decide I'm going to swim some laps before training this morning. I get out into the back yard and set my towel on one of the chairs and then dive on and start. I lost track of how long I've been swimming when I see someone has jumped into the pool. I resurface to see who it is. Once I can see them I just groan and roll my eyes. 

    "What are you doing Jake?" I ask, annoyed.

    "The better question is what are you doing up this early when you should be getting your beauty rest before training today." He smiles as he swims over to me. 

    "I like to push myself to do more. Especially with my dad gone. Connor is doing his best with me, but he just doesn't know how to push me." I explain. But I hear a growl come from Jake, which I find weird, but I ignore it.

    "I bet I could push you." Jake says with a smirk. "Why don't you train with me today?" He asks while placing his hands on my waist. 

    My breath hitches in my throat at his touch. It's just warm, but I can feel tingles run through my whole body even though he's only touching my waist. I close my eyes to try regain control of myself. Since my shift Jake has been more handsy with me, but also he hasn't stopped with tons of other girls and I've never known why. I feel a stirring in my head and know that it's Blu.

    'Mate. It's our mate.' Blu says.

    'No, it can't be. He can't be ours. He's too much of a player to be ours.' I try to explain to Blu, but then I hear Jake mind link me.

    'Mate.' I hear him say. 'I've known for two years now, since you first shifted.'

    "No." I whisper out loud to him. I push him away from me. "If you've known then why continue to be with all those girls?" I ask with so much hurt in my voice.

    "I wasn't sure that it really was you until right now. It's close enough to your birthday that you can feel the mate bond. I know now for sure that it's you. I am now done with all those sluts and I will never be with someone other than you." I pleaded.

    I didn't say anything. I just closed my eyes to think without having to look at him. I try to decide if I believe him or not. It's so unclear, if he knew then he should have told me or at least stopped f*****g around with all the sluts that just want him for his title. I open my eyes releasing the tears that pooled in my eyes. I can feel them run down my face. I go to wipe them away, but Jake beats me to it. Again I can feel his warmth all over my body. 

    'Tell him we want him!' Blu yells.

    'But I need time.' I say sadly.

    'Fine, but don't let him believe that we are rejecting him because we aren't.' I chuckle a little

    'Fine.'

    "Jake, I just need some time okay? I'm not rejecting you, but I just need to some time to digest all of this and figure out my feelings." I say and then climb out of the pool. I turn to look at him and I can see the sadness in his eyes. I see them go black and I know that he's talking to his wolf, either that or someone is mind linking him. He just nods at me, I grab my towel and head back inside. I run into my room and change into a pair of black leggings and a bright green sports bra. I throw on my white and black Nike tennis shoes and then run up to Sarah's room. I start to banging on the door so that she'll wake up. 

    After a few minutes a very angry Sarah opens the door and shouts, "What?!" 

    I rush into her room and pull her back to the bed. "I just found my mate." I rush out hoping she heard me.

    Her eyes get really wide as she fully digests what I just said. "What?! Who is it? Are they cute? Did he mark you on site?" She asks question after question while looking over my body looking for a mark, but frowns when she doesn't see one.

    "It's Jake." I whisper.

    "As in Jake, the future Alpha, Jake?" She asks in confusion of why I look sad.

    "Yes. He said he's known since our birthday two years ago when we first shifted. And..." I trail off before I can even say the rest.

    That's when it all clicks for Sarah and she just pulls me into her chest. I start to cry a little, but that only last a few minutes. "What do I do?" I ask her.

    "Do you want to reject him?" Sarah asks curiously.

    "No, I talked to Blu and we definitely don't want that. It's just how do I trust him? How do I know that he's going to stay faithful to me?" I say sitting up.

    "You don't. But he's your mate and you have to trust that the bond is greater than the want to be with sluts." She says as her alarm goes off. And she leaves me sitting in her bed to turn it off and then change for training. I think while she changes. She's right. I have to trust the bond. Maybe we can go on a date this afternoon and get to know each other better. Sarah pulls me out of her bed and pulling me out of my thoughts as well. 

    "Don't tell anyone about this please? I'm not ready for the pack to know about this." I say and she just nods and I'm forever grateful that Sarah is my best friend.

    We are some a the first few to get to practice. As we get closer I can see some people making out and I just roll my eyes. It isn't until we get closer that I can feel my chest start to tighten and I know it's Jake and some slut from the pack. Sarah is trying to hold me back, but she isn't the strongest person. "Mine." I growl out that it makes the slut stop and look my way. I start to charge at her, but then I feel stronger arms wrap around my waist and I see that it's Connor. I'm confused for a few seconds, but decide to leave it be until after I rip this b***h's head off. I start to fight against him, but he throws me against the fence that surrounds the training grounds and holds me there until I can sense that she's gone. I almost let Blu take full control until I feel warmth take over my body. 

    I start to calm down and I stop fighting to see Jake standing right in front of me with both hands on my shoulders. I control myself once again and that's when the hurt sets in and I throw Jake back off me. He sends me a warning growl, but I don't listen. I start to throw punches and kicks and Jakes starts to throw them back. I never lose so eventually I swipe Jake's legs from underneath him and pin him down.

    "I told you I needed time to think and you took that as go make out with other girls until I want to be with you. This is the problem to begin with. I was ready to trust you and be with you, but now I'm not so sure. I hate you so much right now. My heart is breaking right now." Tears are starting to run down my face and that's when I get up off of Jake take off for the woods. I take off my shoes and my pants and shift and just keep running. The last thing I see is Jake trying to go after me, but Sarah stops him. I run deep into the woods and start running to get away from everything and everyone. I finally stop after an hour of running. I've come to my secret spot, it has a little lake and it's just so beautiful here. I get into the water for a little to cool myself off enjoying the water I shift back and swim around a little before getting out and I just sit on top of the biggest rock. It's about seven feet tall and flattens at the top so it's perfect for just sitting up there. I just start to think about everything in my life.