The Alpha's Demon Mate

CHAPTER 5.

ISABEL'S POV.

8 YEARS LATER.

I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock ringing loudly in the air. I sat up sleepily and stretched my tired limps high above my head with a loud yawn.

My shoulders slumped as I brought down my hands. I sluggishly got out of bed still feeling sleepy, but I knew I wasn't allowed to stay too long in bed like the other pack members.

As their now house help, I had to clean up the house, prepare breakfast, water the garden and run errands for the old wolves in the pack house.

Hell, I know.

Unfortunately, that is what my life has turned into after the attack on our pack eight years ago. That incident seem to have changed a lot of people in the pack, especially Aden.

We use to be so close. He was my best friend, but after that day, Aden hated me. Whenever he looks at me, I see contempt in his eyes, and I had no idea why.

I have tried to ask him so many times. Why did he change? Why does he suddenly hate me so much? But Aden remained tight lipped, and instead treated me like a nobody in the pack.

At first Aden was the only one who despised me, but after I turned eighteen and I couldn't transform to my wolf, they all hated and treated me like s**t. Back then I use to cry like a baby whenever they insulted me, but over the years, I got used to it even though it still hurts a lot.

What I couldn't get over was the fact that it all started with Aden. He somehow made a lot of people believe that what happened eight years ago was my fault. It hurts that Aden who used to be my friend would turn against me in such manner for absolutely no reason at all, or maybe he has a reason for it, but he won't tell me.

The worst part of it was on Aden's eighteenth birthday where he realized I was his mate. I didn't know it because I did not have my wolf, but Aden realized it instantly and he confronted me right in the middle of his birthday party.

I was happy about it. I thought maybe Aden's hatred for me would change, but I was wrong.

Right in the middle of his party, Aden rejected me as his mate.

I couldn't feel the mate bond, but something in me weakened. Aden told me that the mate bond would not disappear completely unless I reject him too, but I refused to, even though he kept pressuring me to reject him.

It hurts that Aden would go so far as to reject me as his mate.

What went wrong in our friendship?

All these sudden thoughts on an early morning was giving me a headache just like every other morning, so I pushed them aside and left my room to the kitchen to begin making breakfast for the pack.

I was always the first to wake up in the pack house, because if Aden doesn't find the table set when he wakes up, I am going to be in a lot of trouble.

Breakfast was already ready when the others started waking up. In a while, I could hear them coming out of their rooms, probably to just eat and go to school for the children, and work for the adults.

Aden as the Alpha, was now in charge of the pack's company. Most pack members are employees there as well as a few clueless humans, but Aden refused to let me work at the company. He told me bluntly to my face that I belonged in the pack house as a maid. That really hurt my feelings.

Nevertheless, I was doing my very best so Aden would accept me as his mate. I wanted him to forgive me for whatever I may have done to him. That is one of my prayers to the moon goddess every single day.

In that moment, Sonia, Oliver and Olivia walked into the kitchen all fully dressed and prepared to go out for the day.

Oliver and Olivia were twins. They were both still in high school, and they were incredibly annoying and disrespectful too. They never cared that I was older than them, and they never seized to make fun of me for being wolf less.

Sonia however is a girl my age. She had straight black hair with fringes at front and deep brown eyes. She is the vice CEO of Firehall co-operation, and also the beta female. She's literally the only person who is nice to me in the pack house.

"Morning Isabel," she greeted with a polite smile as she settled on the stool beside the kitchen island.

"Morning Sonia, how was your night?' I asked politely.

"Splendid!"

"Of course it was splendid." Olivia chirped in her annoying high pitch tone. "The Alpha organized a bonfire party where we all gathered to show off our wolves. Weren't you invited?" She asked just to mock me.

"Of course she wasn't invited. She is wolf_ less remember?" Oliver replied, stressing out the word less, and they both laughed.

"Maybe when you get your wolf in your late fifties, I'll make sure to invite you." Olivia said again, and they laughed harder.

'Rip off their heads! You know you want to.' That voice in my head spoke, but I quickly brushed it aside.

There is this voice in my head that's always trying to push me into doing something bad. I always ignored it because I assumed it was my subconsciousness, but it got worse ever since I turned eighteen.

"Okay, that's enough kids! Stop making fun of Isa and leave the kitchen. It's not her fault that she's wolf less," Sonia defended me.

"It has to be her fault," Olivia disagreed. "Maybe she really is the reason why our pack got attacked years ago. Maybe the moon goddess is punishing her for it. First she's wolfless, and now she's mate less."

"And that equals to, useless," Oliver mocked, and they burst out laughing again.

'How dare they talk to you like that?! Kill them! Pull out their hearts! Don't be a weakling Isabel!!! Kill them! Kill them!! Show them that they can't mess with you!!! KILL THEM!!!!"

"SHUT UP!!" I screamed out loud holding my head in my hands and breathing hard. My eyes were wide in terror. What the hell was that voice?!

"Are you running mental now?" Oliver questioned with raised brows. They were all staring at me startled.

"I_ I'm sorry," I quickly picked up the spoon that had fallen to the ground. The twins thought my outburst was directed at them. It is the first time I had ever snapped, and it left them shocked.

"Okay kids, get out! I've heard enough from you guys." Sonia scolded them, and they scurried out like rats.

The room was silent, and Sonia was watching me in concern. The voice was now gone, but my heart was still terrified and my hands shaking.

"Isa, are you okay?" Sonia finally asked. "You've never snapped at anyone before. Is something else bothering you?"

Sonia and I weren't friends, not even when we were kids. I never paid much attention to her because she lived outside the pack house, but after she was brought into the pack house as the beta's mate, she has been nice and sympathetic towards me. If I told her about the voice in my head, she may think I'm going insane.

I decided not to tell her. "I am okay Sonia. Nothing is bothering me. I guess I just got fed up with their childish insults, but it's nothing I'm not used to."

She stood from the stool and came towards me to place a comforting hand on my shoulder. "You shouldn't let them get to you Isabel. Things will get better someday."

I sighed tiredly, "I doubt that. It's painful that I lost my parent and my mate. I have no one anymore."

"You'll be fine, don't worry." Out of the blue, an excited smile took over her lips. "By the way, I have some good news for you."

I stared at her curiously. "Good news?"

"Yup, a news that is definitely going to cheer you up."

I was curious as to what news would cheer me up in this sort of predicament. "What's the news?"

She looked around as if making sure no one was within earshot before leaning in to whisper in my ear, "do you remember Josh? He's now known as Alpha Josh though."

I felt a slight twirl in my heart at the mention of his name. Josh, my childhood friend who I had a big crush on. The one who gave me a rose flower and promised to take me away to his pack if we turned out to be mates. How could I ever forget him?

"Of course I remember Josh. What about him?" I asked casually trying to remain cool about it.

Sonia was all smiles as she answered. "He's coming to visit the Firehall pack tomorrow. It's been so long. I've only met him twice, but I sure am excited to see just how much he has grown."

My eyes were wide in surprise. Josh is coming to the Firehall pack?

I felt my blood coursing in excitement. Josh is now the Alpha of his pack, and I wonder what he would be like?

Would he still be playful and funny? Would he still recognize me? Would he like me?

A sudden fear that he might hate me like Aden did came to mind, but I pushed it aside and decided to focus on my excitement.

What will I say to him when we meet again?

What will he say?

I was happy and excited, but I felt a sadness deep down. Josh was so certain that the two of us would be mates. If he still likes me same as before, then he would no doubt be disappointed that Aden and I turned out to be mates.

I was also disappointed too, because I had wished and hoped that Josh would be my mate.

But nevertheless, I was excited to see him again, even though it's just as a friend.

My first Love Alpha Josh.