Are you my mate?

Chapter 6 Memory Loss

I felt leafs beneath me. I could just hear the chirping of the surrounding forest.

'Ro... se... I’m weak. You need to gee...t up please' I hear Ana saying in my head.

'That witch did some.... thing to me. Looks like I'll be out for a few hours' my wolf says weakly and, drifting off to sleep. I can notice when she's sleeping.

I struggle to open my eyes, but when I do, I can see that we are in the forest side, but I can see the pack house across from me.

I try to push myself up with both my hands on the ground and push up with my legs, jumping in to get myself up straight. I felt a bit wobbly but caught myself before falling and stood up straight again while balancing myself against a tree with my left hand before I fell. I gave out heavy breaths while hanging my upper body a bit down with my right hand on my knee. After I caught my breath, I stood up again.

I was about to take out my phone when I remembered that I shifted and shredded my clothes, so my phone must be lying somewhere deep in the forest. "Well great! Nice going rose. Now you can't check the time". I scold myself like I always do.

" I start moving myself towards the pack house while still balancing myself out."

I went near the pack house, but there were petrol guards standing at either side.

"Hay Tony, Brad" I said while looking at either side. I wanted to ask what they were doing here, but I shut my mouth and remembered again that I am just an omega, so I cannot speak freely just to anyone. I normally just speak to Liz and the beta, but that's because they approach me. There's no punishment for talking up or anything. I just think that I speak because I'm an omega, I'm not considered important or anything to speak freely.

"Good evening Rose", Brad smiled at me. I know his name as I saw him training before, but I never thought that someone would notice me or even know my name. I remember theirs, of course, because I feed them, but still.

"Time to get inside, Rose, and to the kitchen. The Alphas will be here any minute now. It's 6pm". Tony said in a tone I had come to hate and an angry expression on his face. I never knew what was up with him. It must be that I'm an omega, so he looks down on me. Oh crap! It's 6pm. I have to run.

I just ran in and didn't look back. I didn't bother going to the kitchen and went straight past the staircase to get to Olivia's room. Luckily, I'm not late. She said it would be fine to come just at 6pm. So, I'm all good.

I halted at my steps in the corridor as I remembered the last words that the witch said, "You have a choice to make". It echoed in my head. Right. If I give this potion to Olivia, and she's the one to give it to the Alpha, she will pay the price. If I decide not to go through with this and keep the potion or even throw it away, I will bear the price even if the potion does not come near Alpha Damon. So, I don't have a choice in the matter. I'm going to ruin an Alpha's life. But maybe... if she does turn out to be his mate, then this won't be an issue. "Okay, Rose, we can do that. As long as we just think to ourselves that Damon is her mate, we are all good. I think" I tell myself. I stood up straight and headed to Olivia's room.

I did not even knock as I approached her door before she opened it and snatched me inside. Closing the door in the process.

I almost stumbled on my feet and fell before I caught myself.

"Took you long enough! Where is it?" She demanded and reached out her left palm upright, opening her hand.

I hesitated for a minute. "Oh, you will pay the price if you don't do this rose" I tell myself. I don't even have Ana here to help me out to make a decision. I'm really weak without her here. I didn't know what to do. "They might be mates, so we should be good," I told myself before thinking about the potion bottle. Oh, right! Where the hell is the bottle? I never took it from the witch. Omg Rose, how stupid can I be? Maybe she put it in one of my pockets? I reached in my jeans pocket and hole and behold, the bottle with the blue liquid inside. I lifted it up in front of me, but Olivia moved closer and snatched it out of my hands.

She slid it into her handbag. Oh, well, doesn't she look pretty tonight with her long high-cut dress? When I look at her face, it's like I'm trying to remember something that the witch mentioned, but I cannot get into my head what she said. The witch must have wiped my memory. Oh well, I hope it was nothing important that I should know about Olivia. I still didn't know why she knew that the witch was real though. I could have sworn that I knew why, but I couldn't put my finger on it. This is going to be a battle in my head that I don't have the time for. I need to help make sure that all the food is ready for dinner. I am the main cook, but I had Alissa cover for me. Hopefully, everything went as planned.

"If you are done standing there like a lost puppy, you can go now," Olivia said. Not even a thank you for going out in the forest looking for a witch that could have killed me or anything.

I didn't say anything as I walked out of her room and down the corridor to get to the kitchen. I see on my way everyone that is all dressed up for this occasion. Deep down I wish that I could dress up and look pretty for once. I'm always in jeans and a simple top and look like a mess, since I'm always either cooking or cleaning. I chose this though. Even the witch put me in jeans and a simple top, like she already knew me. The price for wanting my own place and being on my own, I guess.

This is part of the reason why I am working here also. Also, the reason why I cannot get kicked out. As soon as I do, my house goes away, then I'll have to live with my parents again. It's not a bad thing, it's just that I want my own space. I cannot cry myself to sleep or do anything in my parents' place all the time. They caught me a few times doing that and are always worrying about me. I always felt like an outcast with no friends. Some days I couldn't take it and would lay in my bed and cry it out. My parents heard me and let me sleep in their room to watch me like a baby. I wasn't though.

The last time I was 17 at the time. They check up on me from time to time and now that I have moved out. The only reason why I got the deal to get a house and work at the pack house, was because my father is the pack doctor. He made a deal with the Alpha for this. The Alpha also knew that I always wanted to live on my own. He isn't a bad Alpha. He has always been nice to me and Luna, too.

"Hello....earth to Rose" I heard Alissa say. I guess I was stuck in my thoughts again and did not notice that I was already in the kitchen.

"Hey, Alissa. Thank you for covering for me. I hope that everything is in order. Is there anything that I need to do for the finishing touches?" I asked her to look guilty for letting her cover for me and not help finish up.

"It's all good, Rose. I want to hear all about where you were though. We are friends now, remember?"

"Yes I guess we are”.

"Don't guess, because we are. So, you can spill as soon as we are done with his dinner. Right now, we all have to get dressed in the nice clothing that Liz provided. This event is so special, that even us as omegas need to dress the part to blend in, apparently." Alissa said with the biggest smile ever. I haven't worn anything like what the other wolves are wearing tonight. This would be so awkward for me.

"Well come on, we need to go to the omega room to dress up. Liz is waiting for us. I did let her know that you had an emergency and would be back soon", Alissa says, while grabbing me by my hand and dragging me out of the kitchen.