Alpha's Rejected Omega Mate

Chapter 1

[Mallory's POV]

On the eve of my 18th birthday, I lay in bed when a deep voice whispered in my ear, "Mallory."

"Mmm." I tried to turn and push the figure away, but the person looming above me yanked a handful of my hair.

"Ah!" My eyes snapped open, and I saw who stood over me. Ace Lennox. The Beta's son.

"Ace... What are you doing here?" I asked, gazing into his honey-brown eyes.

"Shush..." He hushed me, pressing his thumb against my thin lips.

"I came to see how you're doing. Your birthday is tomorrow. Don't you think you deserve a gift?" he asked, stripping off his white top.

"What kind of gift is that? Why don't you wait until tomorrow to give it to me?" I asked, but he shook his head.

"No, Mallory. You deserve it tonight. It's special, and I've been saving it for you."

"What is it?" I asked, studying his handsome brown face.

Ace was the Beta's son, and even though I was the Alpha's daughter, I had lost all respect because I hadn't shifted since birth. My younger sister, Sonia, had shifted at fourteen.

Everyone in our pack admired her while they overlooked me. Worse, Sonia basked in the attention and made me appeared to be the bad person.

I loved Ace and wanted to be his mate, but he never spoke to me during the day. He avoided me most of the time, and I wondered how he had sneaked into the mansion and into my bed.

My room sat on the top floor of the two-story Alpha's mansion. It amazed me that Ace had found his way in.

"I want to give you a priceless gift, Mallory. But you must promise not to shout. You have to endure it," he said, pulling off his trousers.

I gulped, taking in his broad chest. The sight of his strong, masculine frame stirred an urge to touch him. I believed Ace would become my mate tomorrow and wondered what my 18th birthday would bring, since my father disliked me too.

"I want to fụck you, Mallory. Just don't shout. I want you as much as you want me," Ace said, his brown eyes glowing in the dark.

"Alright." I agreed. His words warmed me. Everyone in the pack looked down on me, but knowing Ace wanted me made me happy.

"I know we're destined to be mates. I want you, Ace," I told him, caressing his chest. He brought his face closer to mine.

Ace kissed my lips hungrily. He was twenty-one, and many girls in the pack crushed on him. Even Sonia hoped that when she turned eighteen, she would become his mate.

Sonia and I were only a year apart. My father married her mother after my mother died giving birth to me. We were half-sisters, and my father had taken a new Luna to help protect the pack.

My mother, an Omega, had been my father's true mate. When I was born, the pack doctor told him I was an Omega too—a weak link—and his disappointment settled deep. To make matters worse, I couldn't shift like the rest of the pack.

I was short, not as tall as Sonia. She was tall, light-skinned, and strikingly beautiful. I wasn't a dwarf, but I stood at an average height and never matched her presence.

It hurt that no one wanted me, but seeing that Ace did, and believing he was my mate, I agreed to make love with him. I hoped he would give me the best birthday gift. After all, my eighteenth birthday party was tomorrow.

"Are you ready?" Ace asked, now fully naked on my bed.

I swallowed hard, unable to believe I was doing this with him.

He had removed my nightdress and left me naked beside him.

"Yes," I breathed.

Ace thrust into me. I moaned, then cried out, and he didn't stop.

He kept going until I nearly fainted.

"Damn it, Mallory! You're so tight!" He buried his face against my neck. "You're mine," he said, sinking his fangs into my neck skin.

"Ah!" I groaned as Ace climaxed inside me. After a moment, he pulled out and licked the spot where he had marked me.

"I have to go now, Mallory. Happy birthday." Ace kissed my lips and dressed in a rush. Footsteps approached my door.

The door burst open, but Ace had already fled out the window. I wondered if he had broken his leg. My stepmother, Luna Lily, stormed in.

"Mallory, what are you doing naked in bed at this hour? Was that you moaning?" She marched up to the bed and ripped the sheet from my chest.

"Mallory, you bìtch! Who were you fụcking in your room?" She growled and dragged me by the left arm, ignoring my nakedness.