The Alphas Rogue Mate

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Zackary

I groan as I look at all the complaints from the last batch of messed up pack orders. 'Who the hell is messing with these orders Apollo! I'm losing my mind! This is the tenth messed up order in the last six months!' ' Maybe try talking to your little friend that I despise so much.' 'Who? Jasmine? She knows better there is no way! I'm going to call the guys up here and get some ideas on suspects." "Whatever you say human, but I don't trust that girl. Plus she's not Mate so I don't know why you even bother with her.' Apollo huffs and retreats to the back of my mind. I sigh, I know she isn't my mate but I've started to lose hope of finding her. For Goddess sake I'm 25 and still haven't found her. I need my Luna.

I sit back in my chair. "Hey Mark, can you get Anthony and Matt and come to my office. I need your opinions on an issue." "Yeah boss headed up!" I chuckle. We've all been friends since we were pups and I'm so glad their mates decided to stay here instead of them moving packs. I don't know what I would do without them. I hear a knock at the door and they all come strolling in. "What's got you all worked up Alpha? More girl problems?" Anthony smirks as he drops onto the couch. "Haha, very funny. No, actually I have more complaints about messed up pack orders and I'm curious who you all think it might be." They nervously look at each other. "What? Come on, who do you think it is?" "Well... Jasmine has been bragging a lot about how you're going to pick her as your chosen mate since she helps you fix all these problems. She also always is bragging coincidentally on the days you get all the complaints..." Mark looks nervous as he says all this. 'Told you so.' Apollo snorts at me before retreating away again. I'm stunned. "I never told her I would make her my chosen mate. What is she thinking spreading these lies. I've made it very clear I want my true mate by my side." "Apparently not clear enough," Matt snickers. I growl at him, "Not funny. I need to go for a run and figure things out. I'll be back. Keep an eye on Jasmine and tell me if she starts acting weird." "Yes Alpha!" They all stand and bow, then head out.

Jasmine

My plan is working perfectly. Just a few more months of messed up orders and helping fix them, working closely with Alpha and I should be able to convince him to take me as his chosen. I deserve the Luna title. I was born for it. I doubt his "mate" will be any better than I am. No one is as pretty as me. All the men want me and all the she-wolves envy me. I could have any man I want, and I want Zackary. He will be mine! 'Why Jasmine? I just want Mate, he isn't Mate and I doubt Apollo will want anyone but his mate either.' 'Rose I have already told you, I am not interested in our mate. He's just a lowly omega. I deserve better than that and you know it. The Goddess made a mistake pairing me with that! I'll keep him around as a side piece if that will make you happy though.' 'No, I want Mate and the Goddess doesn't make mistakes. You are also an omega, what makes you think you are better than him?' I roll my eyes and put up a block. Rose will never understand. I deserve better than the life I have now. My mom has trained me to be better than some worthless omega. She always says I was born to be more and I intend to be the Luna of this pack. No matter what.

I go inside the pack house and head to the dining room, maybe I'll see Zackary in there and I can ask if he needs help with anything. I know there will have been more complaints. I made sure to have my friend Sasha flirt with the guy that does the ordering so that he would mess some more stuff up this month. I look around as soon as I am in the dining room and I frown. Where is he? I notice Mark is watching me with a look I can't figure out. When I become Luna I will make sure I talk Zackary into picking a new Beta, Gamma and head warrior. I know his friends don't like me, I know they suspect I am up to something. I guess I'll need to be more careful and maybe lay low for a bit. I quickly look away from Mark and head over to get some breakfast from the buffet then go find a seat. As soon as I sit down I smell my mate. Damn, I have been avoiding him since I found him, he doesn't even work in the pack house so why would he be here this late in the morning. "Is this seat taken?" Shawn, one of the garden omegas and unfortunately my mate walks over and asks me. "This whole table is reserved. So yes, this seat is taken, you can't sit here," I snap at him. I see a look of hurt flash across his face but he quickly hides it. "But you're my mate, why can't I sit with you? Why have you been avoiding me?" I quickly look around to see if anyone heard him and notice that Mark is watching me with more interest now and it looks like he called Anthony over as well because he is also watching me. s**t. I hope they didn't hear that because that would ruin everything I have been working on. "You are not my mate. I deserve better than some low life garden omega. I thought I made that clear when I told you to leave me alone and not to talk to me." I whisper and look at him with disgust. "Well if that's the case then I guess I am just going to reject you, I will not be strung along and made to suffer every time you find another man and take him to your bed. In just two weeks since I have been in this pack and found you, I have felt the pains of betrayal almost every night. I will not have such a disgusting she-wolf as my mate. Hopefully the Goddess has pity on me and gives me a second chance. I, Shawn Redmoon, Beta of the Darkmoon Pack, reject you Jasmine, as my mate and future Beta female. I know you thought I was just an omega but I came here in disguise to see if my mate was in this pack with permission from your Alpha, I have been searching for my mate for a long time and was making sure my mate would want me for who I am and not my title. I don't want a mate who is only looking for a title and looks down on anyone that they deem as unworthy. You are the one who is unworthy. Now accept my rejection so I can move on and hopefully find my true mate." I am in shock! He was a Beta this whole time! I know he isn't an Alpha but a Beta would still have been better than where I am now, I have to change his mind! If my plan doesn't work with Zackary at least I could still be the Beta female of one of the strongest packs in the area, next to ours. "Wait, I didn't know you were a Beta. I am so sorry for the disrespect. Please give me another chance!" 'I told you the Goddess doesn't make mistakes Jasmine. Now Mate doesn't want us. How could you? All because of some fantasy about getting the Alpha.' Rose is whining in my head, 'Shut up Rose, I didn't know he was a Beta. I'm trying to talk him out of it, maybe I can keep him as my mate if things don't work out with Zackary.' 'Would you just let this whole thing with Zackary go? With how you are being I doubt the Goddess is going to give us a second chance. Just accept the rejection already, don't string Mate along. We will just have to hope we can find someone willing to be our chosen once word spreads about this.' I frown and put up a block then look at Shawn. "Please just take back the rejection and give me another chance." "Why? So you can keep stringing me along as you sleep with your pack members and try to get with the Alpha? You think I haven't heard the rumors? No. Accept the rejection and let me be." I growl, "fine, I Jasmine Steelclaw of the Crimson Moon Pack accept your rejection Shawn Redmoon." I scream and double over in pain as the bond snaps, while he just grunts and then looks at me with disgust and walks away. I stand up and look around, everyone in the dining room is watching me with knowing looks. Well that's just great, this is really going to mess up my plans now. Maybe I'll just see if moms witch friend can help me out with a potion and I can just trick Zackary into marking me. Hopefully I can do that fast before he finds his mate.