I HAVE A MATE

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After running for a while, she came to the little creek in the depths of the wood, feeling a bit tired. 

She had run for 2 hours straight.

She crouched down and took a sip of the water pulling back to stare at her reflection.  

'do you see us clearly?'

'no'

The water rippling was slowing down and then she saw herself and Monalisa' as one.

A wolf 

A large Brown wolf. She was larger than any normal wolf and even larger than any Alpha wolf she had come across before.

She couldn't help but sigh in content. She was beautiful.

'lets return'

'yes, it's almost dawn'

And she turned towards the direction of the pack house, her tail waving behind her as she sprang into a race.

Back to the dreaded life as a slave.

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A few hours after dawn, it was the day of the Ceremony, it was to start by Noon and it was mid morning. Star wandered around the house adding finishing touches to the cleaning as she was not allowed to contribute to the cooking. 

Miniature errands were thrown her way and soon she was polishing shoes for the pack house members accordingly. 

A whistle was blown somewhere which signaled more guests had arrived at the pack house and it also signified that she was to return to her room.

Somewhere on the other side of the pack house, A certain pack had arrived and they were said to be the second largest pack in the continent. Alpha Philip who was unmated and clad in a very handsome suit stood having a chat with Alpha Darlington who was doing everything he could to please the younger Alpha.

''Philip, please come with me to the kitchen I have snacks prepared for your refreshment"

And soon they were walking to the kitchen and on entering the refined are, Alpha Phillip's wolf smelled something captivating, a smell any wolf would recognize anywhere.

Roses and Jasmine

It was a wonderful combo and he longed to breathe in more of it.

Following his nose and the wonderful scent, he started to walk around the house trailing every object the scent lingered on.

Alpha Darlington who had been talking to the Alpha was not pleased to be ignored. He became confused and asked

"What are you looking for?"

"My destined one is in this pack house, Alpha Darlington"

Seeing the direction that the younger male was heading, he beckoned on him to go out of his house that he would bring out all unmated wolves in his pack house.

Philip obliged as he had nothing to lose. Darlington on the other hand couldn't afford to offend Philip.

All the female unmated had been assembled and none smelled like the sweet fragrance he had become accustomed to over the short period of time.

He's wolf howled in rage over being deceived. It was clawing at his mind to take over.

Philip blocked his wolf out and went back in the house this time ignoring the already panicked Alpha.

Darlington knew that the only unmated left in the house was his stupid disgrace of a slave. He hated the aura he smelled on her, she disgusted him.

By this time when all this was happening, Star had taken her bath and put on fresh clothes better to look nice in my room than smell like wounds and Polish 

She thought.

'something sweet'

Star  did not understand Lisa, she had given her wolf a nickname since she was the only friend she had.

'what are you talking about?'

'the scent is getting closer and it smells so good'

Suddenly her wolf yelped in excitement and Star became more confused.

Philip had already made his way to the basement stairs, taking a final breath to be sure that this was where the beautiful scent was, he pushed the door open with full force.

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As she layed on her bed, her door was flung open and a very handsome man was staring down at her.

She sat up as she heard him growl

'Mine'

"Mine, my mate" he growled. Did I hear him right? He called me his mate.

She was on the rag she slept on for a bed staring at the well structured man in front of her, he was very handsome, but if he was her mate like he claimed, was she not supposed to feel the mate bond?

'Lisa, who is he?' 

'I don't know but I can smell that he is an Alpha'

"What are you doing?, You have had your first shift? "When did this happen Slave?" Darlington's voice seemed to snap her out of her daze, but what amazed her was the low growl from the strange Alpha.

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Philip stood by the door staring at the beautiful puddle of Brown hair and Brown eyes staring back at him, he's wolf was antsy. Due to the bond he felt with her, he wanted to bury his face deep in the crook of her neck where his Mark will be once she accepted him.

He was dazed where he stood looking at her as she spoke to her wolf, he could tell by the way her eyes rolled to the back of her head as if she was possessed.

"What are you doing?, You have had your first shift? "When did this happen Slave?" Darlington that sly Alpha asked, which earned a growl from me. I was already dreading the meeting with him before my pack representatives got here, getting here didn't do anything to ease my dislike of the Man and now seeing the Condition my Mate lived in, I wanted to turn and just snap his neck to end his miserable life. 

Slave?

Why had he called her a slave? That was a question I would get the answer another day but for now I just want to wrap my arms around my mate and make her feel safe while I breathed in more of her scent. I wanted to protect her from any harm or people like Darlington.

Philip took a step forward towards her but she reclined shifting away from him. He frowned and turned to the Alpha behind him who had a distressed look etched in his face.

"Why is she like that?, Why isn't she outside with the other pack members?" Philip asked, anger visible in his voice, his eyes were alternating between the normal cobalt blue to pitch black all because his wolf wanted to take over.

"Now, let's not argue over a slave Philip, she's worthless and not important, we should talk about the ceremony and being allies" Darlington said with a forced smile. The younger Alpha had been rude to him all day and he was close to losing his hold over control. He wanted something to vent his anger on. He looked at his slave, when had she shifted? She smelled different. Surely he would teach her a lesson after the guests were gone, he would make her...

" Answer me now, why is she like this?" An enraged Philip said in his Alpha tone not too pleased to have been ignored.

Darlington seemed to have been snapped out from his thoughts as Philip yelled. Oh he recognized that tone, he had one of his own and he was not going to let another Alpha talk more of a younger one to boss him around.

"It's not wise to use ur Alpha features here, she's a slave and she's not allowed to participate in what normal people do.

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"She's not important at all, she's just a slave and very undeserving of this kindness from you" Darlington continued to rant.

Low growling continued as his words danced out of his lips. Philip was seething and the anger could almost be seen coming out of him in waves. No Alpha had heard or seen their mates being slaves and of course not even rightless slaves at that.

Philip was obviously more angry than Darlington but the scent that lead him into this very small room made him hesitate about carrying out the desires from his anger. He took two hurried steps forward towards the browned eyed beauty in front of him and stopped frantically as she shifted backwards holding her hands out to shield her face as though he would beat her. Her body was shaking furiously.

What had she gone through in this house?

Why had Darlington continued to call her a slave?

Why was she scared of him?

She is his mate? Isn't she supposed to trust him more than other people in the entire world or was she not feeling the mate bond?

Is she a wolf? 

All these random questions and more kept Philip unstable and turning towards the way he had come, he left the room.