The Rejecting Mate

That Night (Darcy)

“Lucas where are you?!” I yelled, Lucas is my best buddy since we were kids, and we have been running out to the woods since we were 12, our fathers were unlikely friends.

myself and my family were just simple pack members of no importance, my Dad was a carpenter whilst my mum was a teacher, we may not have been from a ranking bloodline but I was glad not to have an entire pack looking towards us, I appreciate not being noticed. Lucas however come from a long lineage of pack warriors and he would be someone important like his parents, our protectors, and he wasn’t in it for the glory but because he wished to help to serve our Alpha and the Pack.

We are now 16 in 2 years we both get our wolves but when Lucas turns 18 he and his wolf will also join the Alpha and the Beta and train like he has training his whole life to join the ranks of the pack. I’m dreading this time and I’m going to miss him he is my best friend, Part of me wonders if he will be my mate as our feelings struggle to stay in the friend zone, but we needed to keep that next level at bay until we are 18 because we never want to regret each other. “Rah!” Lucas grabs me from behind and of course I screamed! I punched him hard, but he didn’t even flinch “oh was that suppose hurt you scaredy-wolf?” He grinned at me that’s not funny! Since everyone was reporting about rogues” I argued “oh quit, there hasn’t been an attack on the pack in decades there just being alert with a new Alpha stop being so spooked!” He said rolling his eyes at me, he was right I was slightly on edge but I felt something bad was about to happen I couldn’t shake it.

I don’t get into the pack politics much, but we had a development in Alpha, Alpha Zac Hennessy step down for his son Alpha Kane Axel to take his place and the pack is vulnerable when there is a shift of leadership.

We haven’t had a transition for 50 years, being one of the largest packs the pack warriors are a little uneasy and I had a direct line to the inside scoop with Lucas as his parents keeping him always in the know, grooming him to their bouncing baby warrior to stand join them soon. On the down side Lucas constantly is always talking in my ear off over it. “Look I’m not like you, I don’t have a warrior bone in my body so excuse me for being a little nervous! look it’s getting a little dark we should head back”

“Don’t worry little wolf, I’ll protect you!”

“Ah, Lucas, I hate it when you call me that!” He has called me that since I can remember because he was so tall and muscular,I was smallish and frumpy.

“Sorry Darcy, ok let’s go! just wait here for a sec I have to run back and get my training pole,”

“Fine, but be quick!”

Lucas ran off into the trees to our spot were we hang, a minute has passed, and I was then feeling anxious, then from behind me I hear a stick snap I spun around towards the sound.

“Lucas, this isn’t funny stop it!” I started to scream.

But I heard nothing! then I heard the tree ruffle, this was low even for Lucas I can’t believe he is trying to scare me!

“Lucas!”

A figure appeared in front line of me much larger than Lucas was, and I caught a scent I have never smelt before, it was like garbage and smoke.

This wasn’t Lucas in front of me but a mysterious wolf! He came closer, he was ragged and middle-aged with short dirty blonde hair, and he was naked, so that suggested he was a mature wolf.

“Well, what do we have here, a little pup straying from her pack?”

My heart raced! everything in me advised me to run! I knew I was in enormous danger, but the fear serge and it froze me. The wolf got closer and he wasn’t from our pack, and then I realised he was a rogue. Lucas has informed me that rogue’s has an unpleasant smell.

“You're a pretty pup, I’d imagine that you’re not far off from being a wolf, are you?” His sadistic voice broke my frozen fear and I ran! he bellowed in laughter I knew I had no hope, he shifted and ran at me. He knocked me over and banged my head hard onto a rock, f**k that hurt!! I felt a claw throw me over on my back I screamed as he tore my clothes off. He shifted back to human form using his body weight to pin me down, I was helpless I tried to use any and all the strength I had to fight him off me, but it didn’t work, I couldn’t move, I had lost.

I heard a crack, and the wolf roared retreating off me and there was Lucas with his training pole.

The pole had hit the wolf so hard it snapped! Lucas used the end to swing again only this time slicing across the wolves eye. The wolf was angry and charged at Lucas again, but Lucas was faster, he leaped up and planted the splintered edge into the wolves shoulder , The wolf bellowed in pain “DARCY RUN!!” Lucas yelled at me, but I couldn’t I was badly hurt, worst I didn’t want to run I just wanted to die.

‘No!’

a voice came into my mind

‘Darcy, I am Sinnix your wolf!’

‘But I’m not 18 how?!’,

‘You need me now give yourself to me,’

I did and I shifted for the first time in my life at 16! My wolf wanted us to survive, Sinnix was now in control. The rogue was injured and he retreated Lucas turned around tears and fury has flooded his face but it changed to shock upon seeing Sinnix.

Sinnix grabbed Lucas and ran us home to safety.

“Darcy your wolf how?” Lucas struggled to figure out how this happened, but I needed her right now, and I needed to let Sinnix be free for as long as I could! after tonight I would never feel safe as a human again!

“Darcy I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have left you, this is my fault!” Lucas cried. Sinnix just shook her head to communicate it wasn’t. Lucas needed to be in wolf form to speak to her, but of course he doesn’t have his wolf yet. Sinnix turned and ran away, and I felt myself slip into the back of her mind to the darkness and she ran free.

‘Darcy, it’s time,’

‘Huh! oh hey Sinnix’

‘baby girl you require to come back,’

‘No just a little longer,’

‘Darcy, it’s been weeks and Lucas needs you,’

‘Weeks?’

‘Yes, you need to listen’.

As I tune in to the outside world, I could hear Lucas crying and he sounds broken, I haven’t heard him this low before. Sinnix sat next to him from the feelings of Sinnix she was comforting him.

“Darcy I miss you so much! I need you! I can’t believe my parents are gone they were so powerful and strong,” gone I thought, what did he mean?

‘They were killed Darcy,’ he cried

Oh my goddess I needed to wrap my arms around Lucas! Without realising I shifted, Lucas beautiful green eyes widened filled with tears “Darcy?”

“I’m so sorry Lucas” I cried wrapping my arms around him, and we just sat there crying together for all we had lost in that one night.