Claimed by the Alpha

The Alpha's Mate

After a few seconds, the manager accepted the man's card without saying anything after piercing me with a spiteful look. Relief skittered to me and I looked up to the man who saved me. He was a stranger. I never recall meeting him. But all I know right now is I am safe from being sent to jail and the one who saved me was an Alpha.

The Alpha crouched down to level our faces and examine me. When he extended his hand to touch my arms, I almost flinch out of surprise. How can an Alpha like him touch me without feeling disgusted?

“Come on,” he said in a gentle voice and helped me stand up.

I was looking down, refusing his soft gaze as he tried so hard to lock eyes with me. I couldn't look him in the eyes. He seems so perfect. A stray like me should not meet eyes with someone that is above my status. Besides, I am embarrassed. I smell bad and my face was full of dirt. Even my hair is disheveled and frizzy.

I don't have a face to meet his gaze because I am no one.

The manager returned from the shop counter and handed the Alpha his black card. With that black card, I got even amazed by his possession. Not only is he rich and handsome but he has a bank account that is unlimited.

For a second time, I feel so small while looking at him. A stray like me should not be conversing with an Alpha like him because that's how it's supposed to be. I'm sure, he knows that. Talking with someone like me can sully his name in society. And he wouldn't be an Alpha if he wasn't smart.

I had the feeling that he was aware of his consequences but he seems to choose not to mind it since he keeps talking with me, wanting to hear my voice. Stubbornly capturing my gaze like I am not a stray that should be snubbed.

“Come on,” he said and grab my wrist. He walked me outside before he looked at me again. “Are you okay?”

My heart meliorated to that kindness he has shown. It was the first time someone ask me about my well-being. I was so moved I couldn't control myself from tearing up until I let it go because my heart couldn't take it anymore. I never thought that I can hear that from anyone, especially from an Alpha.

That question is a thing that I couldn't answer because I know I'm not more than okay. I am a spiteful stray that's why. My life has never been okay and I forget to ask myself if I am all right or if I can still make it. I am barely even living. For twenty years I am defective. I possess nothing but poor life.

I bit my lips to control myself from sobbing but I was too emotional to contain myself. I can't help but weep until I am bawling my eyes in front of this kind man who saved me from those mean girls. I keep sobbing until a black limousine stopped in front of us.

I heard him sigh. The Alpha looked at me intently before wrapping his fingers on my wrist. “Come. I believe you need a place to stay. Let me help you.”

I couldn't refute the offer because I am indeed in need of help. I get on the limousine with the Alpha and he never says anything but lets me sob. After a few minutes, I am calm and got conscious of our distance. I didn't notice that I am so close to him and he was patting my back as I sob a while ago. I felt the warmth of his back so I give each other's distance when I became cognizant and then the Alpha gave me a sweet smile.

“Are you okay now? I hope you are,” he said with a smile, his voice is even gentler this time.

Hearing those words from him suddenly makes my heart melt for a second time. His kindness was flawless and it was what the city needed. Suddenly, I wonder if is he really that kind, or was he just pitying me like others? Also, he got a nice accent when he speaks, I noticed. I can feel that he was from a wealthy family otherwise I am not inside a grand limousine with him.

I glanced at the Alpha for a second and look away immediately when I find it hard to keep eye contact. I nodded as my reply.

“May I know your name?”

My name? I asked myself. After his query, I forgot that I have no name. I was abused by my mother ever since I was born and because of her hatred for me, she didn't even bother to name her daughter before she abandoned me.

I blink in front of him and think of how can I answer him if I didn't know what to answer. It's insane to think that I am living for twenty-three years yet I haven't named myself. I couldn't just invent a name so that I will not appear weird to him. No matter how pitiful I am, I will not pretend to be someone I am not. I may be inadequate but I am no liar.

“Stray...” I answered when I realized that's what everybody calls me. “I was called stray.”

The Alpha was speechless as he looked into me with exasperation and clemency. He must have not expected that from a stray like me or he was only thinking that I am jesting. But it was true that I don't have a name.

My mother purposely didn't give me a name. That's how much she hates me.

“I guess you are not given a name,” he said after a long silence. “How about I give you one?”

Just like an animal that is given a name, it means ownership. But no matter how much I wanted to decline, I cannot deny the excitement that surge through me. The idea of it makes my heart beam.

“Will you let me?” he asked when I didn't respond.

I mustered up the courage to look at him before I nod to give him my permission. I saw his blue orbs that seem so deep like an ocean that drowns me the more I stare at such a beautiful pair. His presence is pulling me closer and I couldn't help but feel confused.

An unexplainable feeling jolt inside me and I find it hard to get my eyes off of him. My eyes landed on his plum lips and I suddenly wonder how do they look so luscious and how do they taste like.

I bit my lips when I realized what I'm thinking was absurd. I shake that naughty thought away. Where does that curiosity come from?

Why am I feeling this towards the Alpha?

The Alpha meet my gaze with the same level before I saw him freeze in his seat as if he realized something. This time, he wasn't just looking at me. He was studying my face with his eyebrows furrowed like he was looking for something from me but then couldn't pinpoint what. His face screams confusion but at the same time charmed.

What happened to him?

The Alpha keeps staring at me and I meet his gaze with curiosity. Perhaps did something jolt inside him as well when our eyes met for the first time? I had the same reaction towards him when I felt it.

However, the Alpha's reaction was full of wonder unlike me who chose to spurn it. I didn't know what exactly that feeling means. All I know right now was the chauffeur keeps clearing his throat in repeat but the Alpha wasn't paying him any attention.

“He's calling you...” I said to the Alpha and pointed to the chauffeur.

The Alpha blinked a few times in front of me, unaware that he's been pacing while looking at me all this time. “Pardon?”

I tilted my head at the chauffeur and that's when the Alpha realized his attention was needed.

“Oh, yes. I'm sorry. Is there any problem?” the Alpha asked.

“No, we are fine as we are now, Sir. But can I ask you a question?” the chauffeur asked in his polite voice.

The Alpha was having second thoughts when he keeps stealing glances at me while he was shifting his gaze to his chauffeur. I wasn't even sure if the Alpha wanted to give his chauffeur the attention he needed since he keeps looking at me like I could disappear any minute.

He nodded. “Yeah, sure. What is it?”

“You never said where we are heading, Sir...” the chauffeur reluctantly reminded the Alpha. “I am actually driving without knowing where are we going, Sir.”

The Alpha shot me a soft look before he shifts his attention to the chauffeur. A smile formed on his lips before he looked at me and winked.

“Home.”

His answer makes my eyes widen out of surprise, and then I looked down when I realized that it only baffled me. What does he mean by home? Does he mean he's taking me to his home? Or will he dump me out in the middle of the street because he realized that he couldn't get something good from me?

“Take me home to the pack because I am bringing good news,” he continued and then smiled. “I finally found my mate.”

I raise my head and meet his gaze with my credulous eyes. His words keep repeating in my ears it deafens me for seconds. Did I hear it right that I am his mate?

How can I be his mate?

How can I be this Alpha's mate?!