Are you my mate?

Chapter 3 A potion

Olivia jumped on her bed with her iPad in her hands.

" So, here is how it's going to go..." she tells me while I make myself comfortable on one of her couches.

"Alpha Damon is coming with the other Alphas tonight, right? I need him to be my mate. If he is not, I still need to make sure that he chooses me", she trails on while I sit and listen to what this god-for-sake plan is going to be and how the hell it involves me.

"So, I'll just go out and say it and not beat around the bush, but if I hear you say anything to anyone about this, then you are as good as dead! You hear me rose???" She says with daggers in her eyes and facial expression giving me a sense that I should fear her. I am not, but I always pretend to be scared to keep her satisfied.

"Yes, Olivia, whatever you say. I will not tell a soul" I really meant it. Who would I tell? I do not have any friends.

"Okay, so.... if it comes to the fact that Damon is not my mate, I need to make him believe that I am"...she says with a wicked grin on her face. I don't like this plan, it sounds dangerous.

"I need to visit the witch oracle in the woods after you leave here now. She needs to give me a potion that does exactly what I want. I heard about this being used back in the day, but it has never been heard of again as it is forbidden." She speaks.

I stood up. Pacing her room up and down thinking of how many ways I can just let her kill me as I get it over with. She watched my pace, waiting for my reply. "God Olivia! Are you f*****g insane and want to get us both killed? You b***h!!" I said to myself and not to her. Even though I might say this now and let her kill me so that the Alpha does not.

The witch oracle is very powerful and can-do dark magic. She does not live in our pack because of the type of magic she does. She is banished from the pack and only gets called upon when it's necessary or someone important is about to die. She can basically bring someone back from the dead, but there is always a price to pay, and....you are in debt to her after that. So now you can see why she was banished. We'd have zombies of wolves running around here now and selling their soul to the devil, which is the oracle.

Oh, and right, one last thing, she just does not exist!!. She was just a story in our history books. They never even mentioned that she ever existed. Everyone has different stories to tell about her simply because they are all made up. The only reason why I am pacing and reacting this way about her, is because I frankly believe she is real! Yes I said it.... I’ve always loved reading about our history and the moon goddess herself. So many stories that I got lost in as a child.

My parents always said they were real, so I believed them. My mother especially. She's the only one that mostly spoke about the oracle. I even thought once that I saw my mother talking to her when I was about 5 years old. When I first saw her, I felt like I remembered her from somewhere, but I was only 5, so I thought about how I could remember her from anywhere if I was only 5 at the time of thinking this. I just shrugged it off as a dream seeing her.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I noticed that I hadn't given Olivia a reply yet, s**t! And she was already looking angry at me.

"The witch is not real Olivia. How can I go into the woods looking for someone that does not exist and even if she does, which she doesn't, how do I even know where to go looking in the woods?" I said to her while fiddling with my fingers near my stomach.

"She does exist. Don't ask me how, but she does. I need you to go to her before the Alphas get here. This is my only shot. I can't have him meeting another person here that might be his mate! He will be mine!" She goes on saying while holding my arm tight. That's just a teeny tiny bit too tight, Olivia! I scoffed in my head.

" Oh, and as for how you'll find her", she trails off..." If she senses that someone is looking for her in the woods, there is a path that clears out in front of you. There will be a scent that you can pick up as well that will lead you right to her cabin. Her cabin is hidden, so only the path she gives will reveal the cabin".

I know what Olivia is saying is true because that's exactly what I've heard my mother mention, but how in the hell did Olivia know that? If everyone knows this, then why has no one gone looking for her before for favors? There must be a catch here that Olivia is not telling me though. The witch cannot help without price, so that's why no one went looking.

"Olivia"... I trail off getting her attention as I stood in front of her..." I'm not saying that she exists, but if she does, which she doesn't, obviously. What is the price that will have to be paid for this potion?" I asked her with worry on my face and noticed my reaction, but I had a sneaky-looking grin on her face. "Don't worry about it-pretty little ass about that rose. The oracle will say what her price is after the deed is done. She will say what the price is and who needs to pay for it." My eyes went wide at that.

"So, I could be paying a high price in the long run and not know what it is? Since I'll basically be the one going to her for this favor?, “I asked her worryingly.

"Look! It's either you do this, or I'll go to my father and say that you were rude to me and stole something from me, just so that he can go to the Alpha and have you kicked out of the pack house. Then you can say goodbye to that pretty little bird cage house of yours" she says, with fury in her eyes and her face blood-red like in the movie Angry Bird's.

"Olivia?" She asks while yanking me to her by pulling my elbow.

"Are you doing this or not? It's your choice," she scolds me while looking deep into my eyes. She's really determined to do this for a mere Alpha. There are so many Alphas that could be her mate. What makes this Damon so special? I'm

Glad I don't have to worry about a mate or anything. I'm good on my own.

I took a deep breath while closing my eyes. I really don't want to cry, because she will do exactly what she says. She'll really throw me to the wolves, as the saying goes...even though I am a wolf! But a damn weak one at that! "Fine, I'll go".

She squeals and puts on her brightest smile with her shiny white teeth and claps her hands one too many times from excitement.

"You need to get going. We've been here for an hour because of all your thinking and pacing instead of just doing what I ask!" She says while pushing me towards the door.

"Now go!" Be back before 6pm or just after 6pm. No one comes on time to an event anyway, so you are lucky you might have extra time to get back here.

I rolled my eyes in my head and just walked out. I headed down the stairs and headed to the kitchen. Everything seems like it's in full swing already with the food prepared.

I saw Alissa and thought that I might need to take up that friendship offer so that she could cover for me with Liz while I was gone for an hour.

I approached her while she was carrying food trays to the big hall for dinner.

"Hey Alissa!" I said while she turned around my way with a smile on her face. Still shocked how friendly she is to me.

" I need the biggest favor ever for the next hour!" I said with pleading hands in front of me.

Alissa chuckles "Go ahead, I just know that you will owe me 2 favors after this. I don't mind. What's up?" She asks while giving me a grid smile.

"I need to do something and will be gone for the next hour. Please cover for me with Liz. I promise that I'll be back in an hour. I just need to take care of something very important," I asked her with teary eyes to make it seem very important to me.

Alissa tilts her head to one side while still keeping the trays in her hand. Like she's thinking.

"Alissa please!. I need to leave right now if I want to make it back in time”.

"Okay, okay jeez chills there...you better tell me what you are up to when you get back since you'll be in a hurry to tell me now. I was serious about the whole friendship thing, so I want all the juice!" She exclaimed.

I gave her my brightest smile and leaned in to just give her a kiss on the cheek, but she pulled away. “Wow rose, I know that I said that I'd be here for you, but not like that girl, I don't swing that way. I swing the other way. You know, with boys...." I could not hold my laugh...

"Sorry, I was about to kiss you on the cheek. I also only swing one way, or so I think. I don't even know, since I haven't even thought about boys much”, I say while thinking and being in my thoughts again.

"But anyway thanks, catch you later in an hour" I said while glancing at the time on my phone after pulling it out of my pocket. "Crap! Make that in 45 minutes, or still 1 hour since I could be a bit late I guess" said I, while walking out the door and not saying anymore, so that I could just get this over with.