Her mate

Conan's POV

"What the hell?" I bawled out, with irritation visibly in my voice as I cleaned off the imaginary specks of dust I assumed had come on my chest from someone bumping into me.

A groan escaped my lips as I squeezed my eyes shut, the body that bumped into me made a thud and a rustling sound on the dried leaves that covered the ground.

My inner wolf, Lexi, growled as she bumped into me.

I had felt this feeling of ecstasy and overwhelming joy on sensing my mate from afar. My heart beat increased rapidly as my inner wolf growled further, one thing I knew was that she was here. My mate was here!

I flicked my eyes open and darted my eyes to the petite figure lying on the ground, to the one that made my heart beat so rapidly. As if it never happened, the excitement that I felt inside of me disappeared immediately.

I ran my eyes through the dainty figure that was struggling to get on her feet, she seemed to be in immense pain as she growled while standing up.

Her obsidian hair tumbled over her shoulders with some dried leaves hinged to her tousled hair, she had a burnished complexion and her face were covered with acne. Her lips were irritatingly dried and she looked like a mess. Her looking like a mess was an understatement, she was totally a mess.

Suddenly, I felt a sudden surge of anger that rushed through my skin.

"The moon goddess must be joking," I thought, "How would this lowlife be my mate?"

Her eyes were filled with so much agony as she stood up on her feet. My eyes met hers, there were sparkles in her eyes and my heart skipped as her reddened eyes pierced into mine.

"She's your mate, finally! You have met your mate" Lex leapt for joy, budging me to take her inside my arms but, hell no! I can't even stand the sight of her.

"How dare you!" I growled, causing her to flinch at the sound of my hoarse voice.

From the mere sight of her, I knew that she was an Omega and most importantly a slave! Why would the moon goddess curse me with a slave when I was an Alpha and the strongest in the pack?

"I am Sorry" I heard her say, jolting me back from my thoughts. A faint smile creased on her face but it disappeared like it never appeared when she noticed the cold expression on my face.

I cocked my brow to the left and watched as she lowered her head in fright, I really needed to know what gave her the impression that she could smile at me.

"You! Were you blind, couldn't you see where you were going? How dare you bump into me with such a filthy body?" I roared till my voice came back as echoes in my ear and watched as she quivered in fear.

Interestingly, I enjoyed every bit of it, I enjoyed how I was able to instill fear in this timid girl.

The more I enjoyed picking on this girl, the more Lex protested inside of me.

"What are you doing? She is your mate!" Lex growled continuously. I pushed him to the back of my mind to be able to concentrate.

There was no way I was going to listen to his rants, and happily accept someone I could not even present to the public, as my mate.

"I am really sorry," She stuttered with tears welling up in her eyes, "I only felt this pain that took control of me, and I was trying to get help. It is only now that I realized that it was my wolf."

Dropping her head low, as she could not stand my gaze,

 "I think you are my mate. My wolf..." She stopped, leaving her voice to trail off, while I watched with bitterness inside of me.

I felt a sudden wave of anger rush through me on hearing that single statement that fell out her mouth. I grasped her by the arm and raised her chin with my finger, causing her to stare at me right in the eyes. She had so much pain in her eyes but I didn't care. My aim was to set things straight with her that was my only aim.

Her eyes glistened with tears as I tightened my grip around her arm. "Listen to me carefully, you are not my mate and can never be my mate! Get those crazy thoughts out of your head. You are nothing but a slave and a weakling that I would not even eat from a plate that you have touched."

The anger in me rose so much, that I had no idea that I still had my hands around her arm.

My claw was not out, as the last thing Lex wanted to do was to hurt her. But with my sharp fingers that were piercing her skin, I was already sure bruises had formed on her skin.

"You are a slave," I repeated, trying to make sure she gets the message, "that is exactly what you are."

I released my tight grip around her arm as she winced in pain with tears trickling down her face. I took a final glance at her pathetic face and gazed at the bright sparks from the firecrackers that glittered in the sky.

"That must be my woman, with the rest of the pack," I said with a muffled voice.

When Lex growled inside of me, I thought she was the one. Even though her scent seemed unfamiliar, I fervently prayed inside of me that she was one, I hoped that it was Claire.

Without sparing the weakling that stood in front of me a glance, I disappeared into the woods and walked towards where the firecrackers emanated from.

"You could have treated her better! She's the one the moon goddess chose for you, How could you do this to her", Lex yelled angrily at me.

I hated the fact that he was standing up for that slave, for someone he just met. Lex had always disapproved of my relationship with Claire from the beginning, we were always at conflict, concerning my relationship with her.

"Can you listen to yourself Lex? How can you say that she's the one for me, An Omega, a slave” I scowled just at the mere thought of her being my mate.

Lex was driving me crazy with how he kept reminding me about that girl, I clenched my fist and threw a punch into the air. It was the only way that I could vent my anger, if that girl was right in front of me, the punch would have landed on her face.

I gritted my teeth in frustration, trying to disperse Lex's howling sound. I clenched my fist by my side, slowly and gradually, all the anger inside of me vanished as I spotted Claire dancing alongside her friends.

A bright smile formed on her face on seeing me and she threw herself into my arms while wrapping her arms tightly around me. She slowly drew herself out of my embrace while I pulled her back in, tightening my grip around her to reassure myself that she was the only one for me, my only mate.

"I feel like I might suffocate" She said in muffled words, while I let out a soft chuckle.

I loosened my grip around her and cupped her face into my hands, staring into her glucose eyes that shone like the brightest and rarest emerald to ever exist. "How could the moon goddess not choose this beautiful woman as my mate" I thought inwardly.

Claire seemed to notice the uneasiness in my eyes and mouthed "What's wrong, uh?"

I shook my head and planted a kiss on her forehead, I just wanted her and no one else.

"Lisa, where have you been?" I heard Aniella say.