Chapter 5: Alyssa

Alyssa sat at the table that she had just been sharing with the future alpha king and watched him hurry out to his supposed meeting. She was not clueless like he thought. She had known that he had zoned out for half of their date together, and she was also well aware that he did not have a meeting scheduled for another few hours. 

How dare he treat her like this she fumed. All she had ever wanted was to be Nolan’s mate. She had made sure that her father had taken her on trips to the castle after she first saw Nolan. For the last ten years, she had faked interest in the workings of her pack and kingdom matters so that she could attend meetings at the castle and here as her father’s heir. Each time she had made sure that she presented herself well and to make sure that nolan and his parents saw her. Alyssa knew that his parents were supportive of a match between herself and Nolan. The queen herself was the one that approached Alyssa just two months ago after one of the many boring alpha meetings at the castle. The queen had approached Alyssa to inquire if Alyssa had found her fated mate. 

Alyssa did not tell the queen, but she had found her fated mate. Her fated mate had been just a warrior from their pack. Nothing special, no title, no strong line, nothing. Her lip curled as she stood, collected her bag, and made her way out of the restaurant. She hoped the stupid cow that had been their waitress appreciated the tip that Nolan left her. How dare he treat the waitress nicer than he treated her. He even had the audacity to smile at the waitress, but he never showed a single inclination of smiling at anything that she said or did. Alyssa decided that she would make sure to speak to the owner later about her disapproval of the service that they received. She smiled thinking about what she could say to the owner. Getting rid of that waitress would be easier than getting rid of her stupid fated mate. 

She tried to suppress a chuckle as she thought about her poor dumb mate again. The poor boy had been so excited to learn that he had such a beautiful mate and the fact that she was the daughter of an alpha was just icing on the cake. He had been so head over heels in love that he had been easily convinced to go on an impossible mission to bring back her dear mother’s necklace that had been stolen by the alpha of the rogues. Too bad she had found the necklace in her jewelry box right after he left to fight the alpha of the rogues to get her necklace back. Oh well, she thought as she slid into the expensive sports car that her father had bought her for her birthday last year. Nolan should be back in two months. She had two months to think of another way to convince him to take her as his mate.