ROSE
What could be said about this powerful being standing before Deamian and I? Well firstly she was powerful- of course. She was also in charge of the whole "mates" thing. So, she decided who each person would spend their entire lives with. Miserable, I know. She chose the titles each wolf was born into and was basically in control of everything to do with werewolf magic. Her most important job, however, was keeping balance by making sure that werewolf magic was being used properly and wisely. The only thing she seemed to have difficulty controlling was her arrogant son, Deamian. Nowadays, however, nobody could control him, not at all. Ever since my parents died when I was 18 and he decided to disappear-
My thoughts about the Moon Goddess were, however, brought back to the present when the loud shouting began. My office was beginning to seem less like an office an more like the set of a long-winded family drama TV show.
"What is it mom!?" He asked irritably. He then turned away, not wanting to see her, and gave a childish huff.
I saw how she saddened at that. If I had the emotional capability to feel sympathy, I would. The only thing I seemed to be feeling was disbelief- that and anger.
She sighed, "Look son, I need you back in your place-"
"Back!?Back!?For what!?" He yelled, not even allowing her to complete what she wanted to say.
"To fulfil your duties! I need you to take over from me!" She said.
"Ruler? Why don't you just ask Rose over here. She looks like she can sit, stand, stay, roll over and fetch like a good dog. She's perfect!" He said, smirking at me.
I growled and my claws elongated as I bared my teeth at him. I had to tell myself over and over to stay calm and not to let him get to me. I wouldn't want to kill the son of a Goddess.
"What are you going to do Alpha? Oh wait, you can't do anything. All you can do is listen to my mother like the good dog-"
SLAP
And it was then that my hand "accidentally" made contact with his cheek.
He placed his hand on his red cheek and smiled like the creep he was.
"Great hit. See, perfect ruler. Rose, the Moon Goddess, famous for slapping people." He mocked as he tried to rub the glowing red hand mark on his face.
Honestly, was he five? It seemed as though, instead of growing up, Deamian had a serious case of growing down.
His mother shook her head at him. But despite the boiling anger in me and the images of Deamian decapitated in my head, I couldn't help but finally realise why she had left her mythical spiritual realm to come here. She wanted her son to take over her position. Clearly, he didn't want to. Was that why he disappeared? And if so, what had he been doing all this time?
While I thought this, I accidentally knocked a sharpener from my desk as I leaned back to rest my hands on my desk. This seemed to draw the quarrelling pair's attention to me. The Moon Goddess looked at me intently, and then back at her son.
"Rose, would you please give us some privacy?" She asked.
Obliged to obey the woman who had a huge influence on me being able to run this pack, and use werewolf magic, I nodded and left. It was only afterwards, that I realised I had been kicked out of my own office. Wonderful. Most powerful female alpha, kicked out of her own office. I really was behaving like a little dog today.
I attempted to eavesdrop, but then realised that the rooms were soundproof. I didn't want my pack members spying on me and now, I was suffering from my own paranoia. Eventually I just gave up trying to find out what the mother and son were discussing and resorted to checking up on the pack.
My journey began at the front of my headquarters in the small offices littering the outside of the building. These were the general maintenance, pack maintenance and home affairs offices. My pack was designed in such a way that there was no need for help from external packs or the human world. As I continued my way throughout the pack grounds, I could not help but sense the fear each pack member had as I crossed paths with them. I couldn’t be that bad, right? I just sighed, realising that there was no point in dwelling on whether my pack liked me or not. I then went to discuss a few pack precautions with my Beta and decided to head back to my office, fearing that the pair could have torn my office apart with their rage. I had weapons in there and they had recently been cleaned and polished to perfection.
When I got there, I was about to barge in, but froze when I heard voices as I opened the door. Luckily, I hadn’t opened it wide or been too loud and so, the bickering pair did not notice my intrusion.
"You know what mom, just leave!" Deamian yelled.
"Fine, you know what... I expected more from you." She then looked up, making eye contact with me, and said, "Come in Rose. I was just leaving."
And with that, she literally vanished into thin air.
Deamian then sunk into my chair and placed his feet on my desk as he let out a frustrated sigh.
I scrunched up my nose in disgust and moved his feet off my desk with a ruler. His manners had seriously gone down the drain
"I see your manners have become as trashy as you," I said placing the ruler down, trying hard not to throw it at him.
"I see you're more uptight nowadays. And scarier. Tell me, is it because you haven't found your mate yet? You don’t even at least have a boyfriend, right?" He asked. He had a sly smile on his face. He knew that he was pushing my buttons.
"Look, I don't believe or find interest in the "mates" nonsense, nor do I have time or patience for a boyfriend." I said crossing my arms.
He began laughing, as though I told him the funniest joke ever. Clearly, he did not take me seriously. "You? Okay then, keep telling yourself that. You and I both know that, that isn't how you used to feel about mates and love." He said getting up and getting ready to leave.
He then froze, stopping midway and looked at me.
"Oh, I almost forgot... here's an invite to a party of mine. I have some things I'd like to talk to you about. Please make sure you come. For old time's sake." He then looked me up and down and said, "Try to wear clothes that don't scream single and don't want to try. You look like... never mind."
He handed me the invitation and then left.
How dare he though? He hasn't seen me for years, and now he wants to insult me.
When did he become so infuriating?
But then again, people change. I know I did.
ROSEThe party was tomorrow night and I was still unsure as to whether or not I wanted to attend. I never left my pack... ever. And why would I? Without me I'm sure there'd be chaos. Only I could control this pack properly. Only me.I sighed, looking at myself in the mirror as I tied my curly, dark copper hair back. I had turquoise coloured eyes just like my mother and apparently, I was as beautiful as her as our facial features were quite similar. But I never saw it. I was an alpha, I wasn't supposed to be beautiful, I was supposed to be feared. The question that Deamian had asked before, however, was still on my mind. I hadn’t found my mate… I had no boyfriend. He seemed to be the only person not satisfied with my current relationship status. Then again, he wouldn’t be, not when he still thought he knew me. He was unfortunately in for a rude awakening.I then decided to go over my notes on the various reports to get my mind
ROSEI sat opposite my mate who was clearly very interested in me. We sat in my office, the only place which could offer us a bit of privacy.He was in an oversized shirt of mine to cover up and sat there playing with the hem of it, and occasionally relishing in the remnants of my scent which lingered on the material. Creep.Unfortunately It turned out that my mate belonged to a pack of rogues and as per the agreement between the Moon Goddess and my pack, if an important pack member is to have a mate from a rogue pack, our pack must welcome the rogue pack in. It was their choice to stay or not.But that wasn't the problem. The problem was that my mate existed. What was worse was the he was an omega, the symbol of weakness in any pack. I was a strong alpha, there was no way I could have such a weak werewolf for a mate."Why don't you just reject him," Carina, my Beta whispered in my ear. She was the only one who actually knew
ROSEI woke up the next morning, hoping that last night's events were all just a dream. Unfortunately, reality came in the form of a brunette with green eyes- Carina. She insisted on "talking" with me about throwing my mate in the basement. I truly didn't see what was wrong with it. I just threw my mate into the cold, windowless, foodless basement along with his pack. Absolutely fine. I mean, it wasn’t as though I’d let him die or anything.Of course, Carina harboured something called compassion. A horrid thing to harbour, if you ask me. It made one quite weak! She went on and on about how mates are amazing and how my mate will make me stronger and take some of my work load off because I was, and I quote, "cranky"."I'm not cranky. I'm just...""You're just lacking love. And a mate comes with that!" She said as she sat on my bed and watched me search for a pair of shoes in my cupboard.I turned around and sighed, "
ROSELater on, in the day, after checking up on Ryker again and then again- it was just because of Carina, at least, that’s what I told myself- I decided that I would in fact go to the party after a heated argument with him. He just couldn't stay out of my business and the troubling part of it was that I was slowly becoming addicted to our little quarrels... And it was only day 2 of knowing the idiot. So, I told him I'd go to this party and just to tick him off, implied that I would be dancing in the arms of strangers. The downfall of many mate pairs was their jealousy and possessiveness. All I did was use that to get under Ryker’s skin.That however was not my actual plan. My actual plan was to-"Are you done yet? I want to see what you look like!" Carina yelled. I just groaned, irritated by her childishness, and continued to run the straightener through my copp
ROSEI woke up the next morning with a killer headache and Carina laying at the foot of my bed. Idiot.As I looked at her weirdly positioned self, an evil idea made its way into my mind. So, I slowly crept out of bed, tiptoeing and allowing the wolf side of me to take over. I then went to the bathroom, filled my water jug with some water, snuck back into my room and dumped it all over Carina. She awoke with a loud scream while I just stood there, arms crossed and an evil smirk on my face."The other day you questioned my maturity. This would be revenge!" I said.Carina looked up through her soaking red strands of hair. She was drenched with theicy water which made her poor, expensive, navy dress cling to her body."Rose! I hate you!" She yelled.I shook my head and tisked."Th
ROSEDeamian looked at me curiously. He knew I was lying but didn't say anything as he just smiled and attempted to hook our arms together. I pulled my arm away and shook my head at him. This happened multiple times."So where to first?" He asked me.I sighed and told him that I'd take him to the training grounds. By this time, it was midmorning and the sun shone brightly in the sky making the cut green grass appear shimmery. The place was large and divided into sections through the use of white paint, fences and some places even covered in netting. Each specific place had a specific purpose. The netted sections covered muddy terrain for training in rainy weather. Others contained deadly obstacle courses, combat grounds, gymnastic areas, open space for running, sections containing small pools for underwater training, sports grounds toward the end of the large field, bordering the woods, and finally, the large indoors training building.As soo
ROSEDead was an understatement. As soon as the brunette with grassy green eyes looked at me, I saw her smile for Deamian turn to a scowl of resentment for me."You. What are you doing here?" She spat, crossing her arms over. Although she had every right to be angry, she was still talking to her alpha and I was not one for letting others disrespect me."Excuse me, but I am not a dog that you can just speak to like that." I said. It was then that Deamian spared the both of us confusing glances."You sure do act like a dog! And you look like one too. Like a mutt." And that was it. That was a boundary she overstepped... not even overstepped, she leapt across it and stomped on it.I could feel my claws elongate and my fangs as well. I let out a low, angry growl which ripped from my chest. But she didn't look like she was scared.
ROSEI sat across from the Moon Goddess who sipped her tea and then looked up at me. I'd asked her a question and yet she still refused to tell me the answer."How familiar are you with your pack’s history?" She asked me as she daintily placed her teacup back on her saucer and cleared her throat.I shrugged, "I don't remember much. I was young when my parents told me about the pack."She shook her head in disappointment."You never even tried to find out?" She asked.I sighed, not in the mood to be lectured, "Look, I didn't have time to go and find out okay? Now if you would please enlighten me, Your Greatness!"She leaned back and placed her cup beside herself on the coffee table. She then crossed her legs over like a lady and interlocked her hands.