Beyond Fate

Rose

Flash back

Three years earlier

(Alisha’s pov)

I stormed through the school trying to make sure I was off school grounds before I let my tears flow chanting to myself there was only a few more weeks of school and it would be over.

Today Kelly and the band of bitches had been on top form. They had stolen my clothes after P.E and hung them off the roof of the school. When I’d gone up there in only my shorts and T-shirt they had locked me up there for the rest of the afternoon.

When I’d finally been freed I went back to the changing rooms to find Nathan and Kelly having s*x in there. It hadn’t been a surprise I’d felt the familiar pain in my chest of the bond being betrayed.

Kelly had obviously planned it that way she’d smiled at me evilly as she climbed off my naked mates lap adjusting her short skirt, the stench of s*x had invaded my nostrils making me want to vomit.

I hated that it always got to me, seeing them together, Nathan at least had the decency to look ashamed but he never apologised to me. never.

He was a selfish boy and I’d grown more and more sick of him in the months since finding out I was his mate, he still locked me in my room at night, though I was grateful to Rose, her visits were preventing him for coming to my room, at least until a couple of weeks ago when I’d experienced my first heat.

Nathan had smelled me a mile away I’d tried to keep him away, Rose had even given me some masking spray to hide my scent. A female goes into heat once every six months it wasn’t like a monthly human circle, we still had those but heat was different it happens at the time a female is particularly fertile, the whole point of heat is to make pups and your consumed with an overwhelming urge to mate, especially if you have said mate the female actually experiences horrific pain if they do not slake their urge to mate, their body also sends out a strong pheromone in order to entice male wolves to mate with her. it’s so powerful that only marked males can resist the urge. Basically it turns you into a horny w***e of a she wolf that will screw any male with a pulse and any male who gets a whiff of a female in heat will do whatever they can to screw the female, to the point where males will fight to the death over rights to the female.

I know fun right almost as much as the mating bond. Not.

So obviously the second Nathan caught a whiff of me he turned into a crazy Horner wolf than usual. Despite my best efforts I hadn’t been able to keep him out even when Rose had stolen the key to my room, he had broken in through the window to get to me and well.....we’d spent three full days mindlessly screwing like wild animals.

When the heat finally died down enough for me to find my brain again I’d kicked Nathan out proudly for the first time, making it look like I’d used him for s*x.

The story around the pack was that he’d been away on business for those three days but People weren’t stupid, when you spend that much time having s*x especially during heat each other’s scents are imbedded on the others body. Rose had told me I’d smelled like Nathan for almost a week after no matter how much I’d scrubbed my body, Nathan would have had my scent all over him too.

No doubt most of the pack knew he’d been with me during my heat only they thought I was just some w***e who had trapped the future Beta in my room and he’d had no choice because apparently it’s so easy for the Beta male to be overpowered by a little omega, oh of course no option just to go along with my evil deed. Note the sarcasm.

It was yet another reason to be disliked by the pack plus Kelly and her gang had made me pay for it. I'd been beaten everyday the following week by the end of the second week they had reduced it to just cruel pranks.

I walked home letting my tears fall, I hated my life at the pack house, I couldn’t even see a way out of it. Was this my life now, to watch my mate with another, to face constant bullying by that b***h while my mate uses me a his little play thing till I eventually become pregnant and are forced to live in ‘the block’. This was the nickname we gave to the apartment complex at the far end of the pack, past the omega family homes the people that lived there were mostly female wolves with illegitimate children by mated males of the pack. A lot were cases like mine. Where the male had found their mate lacking but like Nathan couldn’t resist the mate bond.

When I was young I’d seen the blocks and the state those females lived in. It was heartbreaking. It made me wonder why anyone would choose that life, then I found out for myself how strong the mate bond can be.

As I reached the pack house I saw a group of my class mates hanging outside the front, not wanting to suffer anymore insults today, I wanted to just sneak into my room and lock the door for the rest of the night and pray Nathan wouldn’t come calling.

I snuck around the side of the house to use the patio door that led into the back lounge area. It would be quite this time of day. Everyone would still be working, if I was quick. I'd miss the other teens heading back from school.

I came to the patio and opened up the door peering in there was just an omega cleaning he had his back to me so I slipped inside the room and ran through to the hallway, as I was passing the kitchen I smelled the delicious scent of baking instantly smiling my legs began to move of their own accord and I was suddenly standing in the kitchen with a heavily pregnant Rose happily baking away.

She was in her nesting phase, the doctors had put her on rest bite because she had become anaemic during the last month of pregnancy, luckily she only had a few weeks to go, she was so excited for her mate Mitchell to be coming home, she’d been baking all his favourite treats for days. No one had the heart to tell her they would probably be stale by the time he got here, her logic was the baby could come any day so everyday I’d come home to this.

The counter was littered with cakes and cookies. She was in the oven taking out some kind of pie, probably an apple crumble . It was Mitchell’s favourite. Yes I knew his favourite everything thanks to Rose, her mate is her favourite subject.

“ I know you're there Ali” Rose turned smiling as she brought the pie to rest with the others. Her red hair was piled high on her head and she was wearing a white summer maternity dress under her floral apron she loved anything with flowers on. I knew she hated the plain white maternity dress all her normal clothes were as colourful as her hair anything floral and multi coloured. She moaned it was nothing but uncomfortable but she always looked radiant whatever she wore.

“ Hello Mary Berry, how do you do that?” I smirked coming into the kitchen, dumping my school bag on the stool by the island. There was no room anywhere else.

“ I’m about to be a mother, I'm developing the eyes in the back of my head” we both chuckled but then Rose stopped, her face dropped and came to me cupping my cheeks.

“ What's wrong?” She touched just under my eyes, wiping away a tears with a look of concern on her face.

“ Same s**t different day” I sighed sadly, wiping the last of my tears away. Rose nodded, turning away from me knowing I was too raw to talk about it yet. She hobbled back towards the end of the island where she had just laid the pie. She began to busy herself icing off some biscuits she’d obviously left half finished when she went to the oven.

“ You know I had a dream the other night” she whispered, not looking up from her work. I rolled my eyes, smiling walking towards her. She always claimed to have visions when she knew I was sad.

“ oh was this another Mitchel one” I joked Wiggling my eyebrows as roses unofficial best friend. I got to hear all about her hormonal wet dreams about her mate. I had to admit it wasn’t always easy to hear, it was hard not to envy their happiness.

Rose had sent me pictures of them together the last time she’d been to visit, Mitchell had always been good looking but being in alpha training meant he’d beefed up a lot. I had to admit he was hot stuff even Nathan didn’t come close in the looks department, not that I’d even been one of Mitchell’s followers. I wasn’t that girl that had a crush on her friends mate I wasn’t that stupid. I just wished thing had been different. If Nathan had accepted me maybe I’d have a beautiful baby pup like Rose too right now or at the very least happily mated to my fated mate and the four of us would be best friends.

As it went Mitchell and I had never said more than two words to each other if I’m honest, despite our fathers being best friends and future Alpha he’d always hung out with Nathan and Johnny. I was just Johnny's dorky little sister to his friends. In the good old days we’d had family dinners together but none of the boys ever spoke to me.

I was just happy seeing Rose's face light up when she thought about her mate. You could tell he’d never caused her one day of upset. Unlike mine.

“ where did you go? I was talking and you weren’t there” she frowned. She had stopped what she was hiding now. I shook my head clearing my thoughts.

“ sorry!…your dream…go” I raised my arms pointing at her to emphasise I was hanging on her every word.

“ I had a dream, neigh a premonition I saw you happy and in love” she sang proudly and a little too loud for my liking she waved the piping that was in her hand accidentally squeezing it all over her biscuits.

“ oooo ok mystic rose so tell me does this love you speak of to be with my mate or another” I waved my arms around dramatically.

“ Ahhh mystic Rose will get back to you on that one” I chuckled, dipping my finger in the icing on one of the ruined biscuits, popping it in my mouth, licking the delicious icing, moaning as the sweet taste hit my tongue. Man my girl could cook, I looked back up to see Rose grabbed her bump frowning.

“ hey, hey mama take a seat” I grabbed her arm taking the new batch off her, leading her away from the oven and to one of the stools at the counter.

“ No I have to get this done he could come back any day” she whined as I helped her up onto the stool.

“ Rose, unless your monkey decides to make an appearance today, Mitchell isn’t coming back and if you keep pushing yourself that’s exactly what’s going to happen” I scaled her.

“ I’m failing to see the down side I to me being on my feet all day then” she shot back to me, she didn’t move but she placed her hands on her hips looking up at me a picture of authority. She was gonna be a great Luna.

“ Rose please you need to go easy” I urged her, she had been over doing it for weeks and it wasn’t just me worried. Everyone had been warning her to take it easy Luna Jamie was contemplating making her stay in bed till the pup came.

“ but I’m already committed to the task” she moaned gesturing to the mess in the kitchen. She was right, the place looked like hurricane Nigella had hit.

“ I’ll help, I make a mean apple pie” I told her even though there was Severn on the island already, no doubt all apple. She sighed pulling out her hair from

it’s hairband shaking her hair out.

“ oh great you know that Mitchell’s favourite” Roses eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. I know you told me, woman!!! I screamed in my head then chuckled thinking about how loved up she was.

“ oh wait feel” she grabbed my hand resting it on her huge belly, I felt the little pup kicking away.

“ wow!!” My voice barely a whisper. I couldn't believe she would soon be a mom, she was going to be amazing at it.

“ I know I think my little monkey is about ready to see the world... I can’t wait to meet you little one” she cooed rubbing her stomach, she looked so beautiful the last of the day's sun shining in through the window, bouncing off her red hair giving it a glow she looked angelic stroking her bump lovingly. I felt the image imprinting forever in my memory.

“ don’t move” I held my hand up moving from the counter running round to where I’d left my school bag.

“ why?” She frowned at me, I grabbed my bag off the stool, pulling out my sketch pad and pen.

“ Just keep still the lights perfect” I told her making sure she kept still I went back to the position I was in before, I did a quick outline of her, I wasn’t one that needed the person in front of me the entire time I was drawing, I could fill in the gaps I had an identical memory at least I did when I was sketching once I’d seen the image it was there forever. I just finished the outline when the oven dinged again.

“ oh that’s the next batch” rose went to move but I stopped her before she could jump up.

“ Ay butt on seat mama” after I made sure she wasn’t going to move. I walked over to the oven taking out the latest batch of cookies. The kitchen was still a mess and the kitchen crew would be here soon to set up for dinner. I'd need to clean up fast. I spun round the room looking for a surface to leave the batch to cool.

“ oh there’s no more room Ali I’ve been leaving them to cool on the stand outside. Rose gestures tk the back door. How much had she baked.

“ you know you’ll attract wildlife doing that” I exclaimed, my eyes frowning at her but she just shrugged it off.

“ girl we are the wild life” she giggled, dismounting the stool grabbing a rag. I dropped the tray on another and ran to her.

“ woooo mama you are not cleaning up, sit I’ll do it” I said taking the rag off her leading her back to the stool. Rose just sighed irritated but I wasn’t giving in she had already been having a rough pregnancy and with her mate away from her it wasn’t helping things. I was pretty sure she was hiding how bad of a pregnancy it had been because I always caught the odd glimpse of her struggling or getting out of breath but she’d shrug me off saying she was fine.

“ Fine, ok I’ll take these outside to cool if you’ll let me walk two feet,” she mocked sarcastically, her hands back on her hips. I rolled my eyes knowing she wasn’t going to give in.

“ I’m just looking after my Luna” I said stroking her bump she put her hand on my and squeezed it smiling at me.

“ BFF” she corrected, grabbing the tray of cookies waddling to the back door, I smiled watching her even with the shitty day I’d had being around Rose made me feel so much lighter. I took a look at the mess of a kitchen wondering how I was going to clean it up within the next twenty minutes.

I started boxing up the three dozen cookies Rose had made that were cool, I figured if I could clean away the baked goods I could start on the actual cleaning once I could see the worktop again.

I was about to take a bite out of one when the siren sounded through the house.

Rouges!!

I heard a bone chilling scream coming from the direction Rose had gone. without warning I ran to the back door leaping into the air shifting as I went flying out, knocking into a body of fur as I landed.

I leapt back to my feet quickly, finally getting a look at the scene before me. Rose lay on the floor to my right, the cookies she’d been holding scattered all around her, stained with red liquid. Rose was clutching her bleeding stomach crying.

I didn’t have time to get to her before catching the image of the giant brown wolf in front of me with blood dripping from its mouth as it bared its fangs at me.

Without thinking I charged at it at the same time it did the same it leapt into the air as I skidded under it dragging my claws along its stomach opening a huge gash across its abdomen spilling its organs, the wolf fell to the ground dead it’s insides pouring out into the ground. I was grateful my father had trained me and Johnny growing up my wolf was still a strong Beta and that’s what mattered.

Rose’s ear splitting scream came again and I turned in time to see an enormous black wolf stood over Rose, I ran towards them but the wolf grabbed roses leg tearing at the flesh she screamed in terror as it dragged her backwards into the forest.

I followed them seeing the wolf drop Rose in the clearing and watched as it shifted back into a man one I didn’t recognise. His face was shrouded in the shadow of the forest. I couldn't recognise him but I did recognise the flash of silver I saw on his leg and his eyes his cold dead eyes were red. I’d only ever heard of one wolf having eyes like that but the possibility of that wolf still existing in this world made my blood run cold. The rogue king.

I raced into the clearing seeing the man pull something silver strapped to his leg. Rose lay on the ground crying, still clutching her baby bump as if that was her last desperate attempt to save her pup. The man raised the silver blade in his hand intending to drive it into Rose’s stomach.

Without thinking I launched myself into the path of the blade landing over Rose. I felt the blade slice into my flesh the silver burned so bad I felt it seer through my entire body, my wolf whimpered in pain, her strength being zapped from her bones completely. A howl rang out that was not from my own pack, the mystery man looked around groaning in frustration, his face still hidden by shadows and from this angel I couldn’t lift my head to look closer at him, I didn’t even feel the pain anymore there was just nothing but emptiness, the rouges were retreating and it had seemed he’d lost his chance.

“ stupid f*****g mutt” he spat in hatred looking down on me I could feel his gaze on the back of my neck he gripped the blade twisting it slightly making my wolf howl in pain throwing my head back I shifted, my howl turned into a scream. Sweat coated my entire body and I felt myself beginning to drift away. The man shifted again turning and running seconds before the pack warriors were in the clearing, several ran after the male I now believed to be the rouge king while the others stayed. I thought they were coming to help me until they rolled me not so gently off rose who managed pull the blade from my shoulder before they picked her up and one warrior helped her climb onto the other warrior wolfs back and she was gone the others ran after her leaving me in the clearing bleeding and alone.