Fated Mates

I turn to leave, but immediately bump into Beta Ander and stumble. 

He grabs me, making sure I don't fall down. "There you are, Omega Elesi. I have been looking for you. Rainer and I have some questions for you, please follow me." 

I want to go back to the dorms and lay down, but it seems fate has another idea in mind. I follow Beta Ander, letting out a sigh, fidgeting as I feel like I am being sent to the principal's office. I kept silent, not really knowing what I could say.

Ander leads me to the Alpha quarters, and then the office. The Alpha and Luna are absent, but Rainer is standing there lost in thought. "Rainer?" The Beta speaks up, aiming to pull his friend's attention. "I have brought her." 

Rainer looks up at me, then stands quickly. "What happened out there?!" 

Ander puts himself between Rainer and myself, protecting me from his outburst. "Get yourself together, Rainer. Your parents put you in charge of figuring this all out as a test. Do not disappoint them with anger towards an Omega. We don't know what happened." 

Rainer's eyes flash this darkness, clearly fighting anger before he moves to take a seat at the desk. "Then let's hear it." 

Ander moves, allowing me to go sit at the chair in front of the desk beside himself. "What happened after you heard the explosion, Omega Elesi. Start there." The Beta says in a polite manner, opposite of the Alpha's attitudes towards me. 

Vesper is quiet, likely intimidated by the Alpha's anger and not wishing to upset him further. 

"I was with Rhory at the pack clinic when I heard the explosion. He told me to go shelter inside, but then I was caught off guard by a scent. It was strange, and my Wolf was curious so I went to investigate. When I arrived at the source of the smell I found my Mother, or what was my Mother. She was the walking dead, a zombie." I pause, allowing them to react to this piece of information before moving on. 

"Go on." Anders says, listening to me intently. 

"She chased me and I ran, not wishing to fight her. I soon found myself lost and unsure of my surroundings. I wandered for a bit trying to get back to somewhere familiar and that is when I smelled Juniper. I went towards her to check on her and to help her, but I didn't know how to. She was badly hurt, so I alerted others with the mind link and waited..." I am nervous, feeling Rainer glaring at me like I was the one that hurt Juniper.

"Then the white wolf appeared and he at first seemed hostile. I shifted to protect Juniper. We haven't shifted much yet, my wolf and I. But I knew I had a better chance at fighting if I was a wolf." I shuffle a bit in my chair, looking over at Ander. "But then the white wolf started to act strangely as it approached. I was so glad when everyone else showed up."

"So you didn't see nor hear anything before finding Juniper injured." Anders asks carefully. 

"No. It was quiet when I got there. I didn't smell anyone else either..." Something with no scent maybe. Vesper is starting to perk up, thinking the same as me. Vampires do not have a scent, but I don't want to let them know about Tirian. 

"Just the white wolf." I state and dare look back at Rainer. "Alpha Rainer please. I did not hurt Juniper. I wanted to protect her. She is of the pack now, and we are taught to treat each other in such a way." 

Rainer finally softens, clearly just upset that Juniper was hurt. Does he care about her more than he lets on? More than friends? Is what she said about them true? "I understand, Omega Elesi. I was just hoping you'd be able to give us more. The white wolf is Elwood, her brother. He'd never hurt Juniper." He rumbles and runs his hand through his hair, clearly distraught. 

Ander lets out a sigh himself then turns to look at me. "Elwood would like to meet you. Is that okay?" 

Vesper growls, unsure of that wolf. He is a cultist, a fanatic. 'What does he want with us?'

"Why?" I look at Anders confused. "Must I?" 

"You are not being forced to meet him, Omega Elesi. But it would be helpful for us if you did. He has become a bit distraught since meeting you and I think it may calm him down if you spoke with him." Rainer says bluntly, giving me a look. "Do this as a favor to me."

A favor for the Alpha, can't say no to that. Fuck. Guess I have to go talk to the weirdo. "If you wish, Alpha Rainer." I frown, standing up and moving to the door. "Where is he?" 

"Ander will take you to him. He is in a room that we had for Juniper prepared down on the lower floor." Rainer responds to me, Ander standing and joining me. 

They put Juniper on a lower floor of the pack house and not in the dorms. There is something going on with her and Rainer. Vesper agrees. 

I follow Ander down the stairs to the lower floors, unable to really say much. We stop at a door and he knocks, raising his voice as he speaks. "Elwood. The girl from the woods is with me. She has agreed to speak with you." 

The door swings open as the man from before just looks at me with this strange expression. "You!" Elwood says in an excited manner, yet I just feel a huge sense of dread wash over me. 

I take a step back, unsure of all this. "What about me?" Something feels strange, my body feels odd. "I came here as a -" 

Elwood steps forward and moves to grab my arm, his touch sending a trickling of sensation up to my chest. My heart begins to beat faster, and my body feels like it is getting warmer. 

"Don't touch me!" I pull myself away, Ander moving to calm down Elwood. 

"You felt it didn't you? I thought there was something about you when I saw you in the woods. You are my mate. My fated mate! I have found you finally!" He allows Ander to keep him still, but he is looking at me with this hunger in his eyes. 

"We do not believe in fated mates. That is nothing more than witchcraft and trickery used to control a pack. It isn't real." I snap back at him, but my body now feels so strange. Have I been cursed? Vesper is whining, not enjoying whatever is happening to our bodies.

"It is the Moon Goddess's blessing! She has made us each destined for each other!" Elwood is distraught, clearly upset. I am not just immediately accepting his love. 

"No!" Is all I can muster as I can feel a need within me growing, a mating need. I want this male to breed me, to make my body tremble under his touch - but I know better. This isn't normal. I need to get away from him. I need to quell this desire. 

Anders looks to Elwood, clearly disgusted by him. "That is enough. We told you she'd reject you." 

Elwood looks upset, but can't take his eyes off me. He takes a few steps forward, wishing to touch me and Anders again stops him. "Not all packs are like yours, Elwood." 

I take this chance to run. To get the fuck away from that man. To try and calm myself. I can hear him calling after me to 'wait' and 'come back' but I rather deal with my undead Mother then continue to feel this way. 

No one stops me, no one comes after me. I find myself back on the path to the clinic when I finally stop and look back. I need to see if I am cursed now. 

Vesper rumbles and growls. 'That wasn't of the moon goddess.'

I know. That lust felt wrong. I know how it feels to want, to need - to be horney, but that was different. I felt drunk or as if I had taken some sort of drug.