Chapter 3

My palms are a little sweaty, I am not scared of the Alpha, I'm not scared of anyone, I am scared that he will tell me no and dash my dreams "just breath Annette" Meda soothes my mind "go in there girl, you got this, so what if he tells you no, we're stong we will figure it out".

I knock on the door to his suite of offices in the packhouse, which is huge by the way, it is almost like a human hotel but a little more grand, maybe closer to like a fancy Vegas hotel. Alpha Marks assistant Veronica opens the door "Can I help you Miss..." she looks me up and down in the most judgy of ways, she knows my name, we had a class together in high school and we were on the same cheerleading team too, "Annette,  Annette Valentine, I have a request I would like the Alphas permission on" I respond in an irritated tone, she stares at me for a moment then scoffs "wait here" as she turns around almost wipping me in the face with her long blonde ponytail, she also knows I am an omega and her being the Beta's daughter she thinks herself above me, in more ways than one. She pops back around the corner a few minutes later "He says he can see you now, though I'm not sure why he'd waste his time on a wolf like you, follow me" I roll my eyes at her remarks, Meda wants to rip her face off for speaking that way to us but knows it'd be a death sentance if we did. 

"Ah, Annette, please sit down" Alpha Mark says as he looks at me curiously. "It isn't often that an Omega has a request, I must say, my interest is peaked, what can I help you with?" he asks. Alpha Mark is a kind man, he is defintly arcaic in his ways of thinking when it comes to ranked wolves, but would never disrespect the women in his pack Omega or otherwise. 

"Alpha Mark, thank you for seeing me, I wanted to get your persmission to pursue and education at a human university, and maybe work amoungst them as well, I do not wish to leave the pack or become rouge, I just want to provide for my mother in a more unconventional manner, if you don't mind of course" I say, surprisingly with no hint of intimidation in my voice, my palms are still sweaty but I am rather pleased with how I am handeling myself given I've never had a one on one sit down with the Alpha before. 

He looks at me blankly for a moment, I'm not sure if he is just processing what I said, or thinking I am crazy shewolf. " I see" he pauses.."I can say I am impressed with your request and your demanor, however.." another pause, he's making my hands even more sweaty " I cannot grant your request Annette, if I do, other members will think they can do the same, and I just can't have all our female omegas running off to join the human world, we will be left with hardly anyone to help the pack if that happens" I instantly feel my face go red as anger consumes me "Annette calm yourself" Meda warns, but I don't listen, I can't, this man has just dashed my dreams because I am a woman. "Are you kidding me Alpha Mark? You won't let me follow my dreams because I am an omega WOMAN?!" I say as I'm standing up with my entire body on edge, half at anger and the other half at the fact I just yelled at my Alpha. " I do not even have a mate here, I work in town with the humans, not in the packhouse, no one will even notice I am gone, and you deny me because of my gender and ranking? If I were a man you would have said yes and sent me on my way already" I vent out before I can control my tounge. Alpha Mark stands up, clearly angry at how I am speaking with me, "Annette Valentine you will not leave our pack and you will marry a choosen mate, since you think you can speak to me out of line, I expect to have your choosen mate ceremony by the end of the week" he uses his Alpha tone on me so I couldn't refuse. I storm out the room and bump my shoulder into Veronica on the way out "HEY!" she wines after me, but I don't care I need to get out of here and to the forest now before I get myself killed. 

I sprint to the forest, I am pretty fast for my omega ranking, faster than most even in human form, I take my clothes off and shift, "Meda can you believe that asshole?!" I yell to her, "well yes girl, I told you to calm down, you know you can't speak to our Alpha that way" she says calmly but I can feel she is just as angry about having to choose a mate, she wants to wait for our fated mate. We run for what feels like ages, before coming home and crying to my mom about what happened..then she says it "Well honey, I am sorry that happend, but Lorenzo came by after you left, he wanted to ask me if he could marry you, so at least it wont be hard to find a choosen mate" I can't help myself, I just get up and walk away, I feel Meda's anger growing once again about choosing a mate. She doesn't seem to care for Lorenzo or his wolf, I'm not really sure why exactly, I figure it's just the mate thing. "I knew something was up with him Annette" Meda tells me, "I know Meda, but it could be worse, we could be set up with some random man we don't even know, at least Lorenzo is nice to us and he's cute" I remind her. I'm angry too I know she can feel it, but what other choice do we have. Meda wanders off to the back of mind to sulk while I do the same in my room.