Chapter 5 Finding us

(Alessia)

Running, that's all I ever knew as of late. I wasn't even sure what spurred on this moment of me fleeing like that from my mate, it's just that having this overwhelming feeling of being mated to a royalty, was just too much for me. No, I wasn't a coward. But, I knew when to say fuck it.

"Are we there yet?" Anya asked, still looking a bit sad. She didn't find her mate at the ceremony, so she fell into a depressed state. The moment I told her that I was going to move to our grandparents' abandoned house, that they died and willed to us, she decided to tag along.

The house was a three day trip from here. Luckily for us, our Alpha didn't deem us as rogues when mom and dad decided to have this independent streak and live on their own. So, we were able to travel anywhere without having to worry.

"It's only been two days, Anya." I replied. She scoffed and folded her arms.

"I can't believe I'm running away with you! You are a sicko you know that right? A sicko, sicko, I tell you." Anya said while folding her arms.

"Why am I a sicko again?" She gave me a look as if I were insane.

"You turned down the opportunity to live in a castle, dammit! Mom and dad are already planning on moving there since your 'mate' told them that they were welcome to stay there. Even my pet mosquito has more sense than you." Rolling my eyes, I felt annoyed that she was constantly bothering me about this. Ever since, I arrived home, and I began to pack my clothes while telling them what had happened. To say they were shocked was an understatement, their mouths fell open, and their eyes widened with what seemed to be a comical expression. No amount of pleading could get me to change my mind, though.

"You wouldn't understand." I replied.

"Then make me understand, dammit!" I jumped a little from the tone of her voice. It seemed as if not finding her mate was taking a toll on her mind that had her acting like an ogre.

"For starters, being a queen for the entire werewolf colony is not something that I intend to do. Second of all, if I do accept my undying fate, they would want me to dress up. Be as fashionable as you, as dad said before, I don't do dresses or speak royal." That had her laughing. I was now wondering where, in what I said was funny, such a weirdo.

"Speak royal? That's a first." If that isn't the proper way to say it, then what is?

"I don't care. If you want, you can turn back around and go with mom and dad to the castle. I am not going to allow myself to do something that I don't want to, I would have been better mated to an omega." I mumbled, slamming my fist on the steering wheel.

"Yeah, at least you will still have a mate." Hearing the sadness in her voice, I glanced at her for a brief second before returning my focus on the road.

"You will find your mate, sweetie. Look on the bright side. You can be with anyone you want for now without having to be tied down to one person! Isn't that lovely?" She sighed but kept quiet after I said that.

It was another thirty minutes into the drive, that I decided to pull over so that we could get something to eat and use the bathroom. I spotted a small diner and pulled over. After I parked the car, I got out and waited for Anya to do the same. She scrunched her nose as she continued to survey the place.

"Not much to look at, this place is not fit for a queen." I smacked her on her hand and told her to stop it. She only chuckled and shook her head.

"Why couldn't we get KFC or something else?" It's not like I wasn't thinking about that, but I was too impatient, and I haven't spotted a KFC outlet anywhere, so this had to do for now.

"You get what you get, now come on, let's order, and you can find a seat, I'm starving and cramping up already." She gave me a weird look but nodded her head. Anya and I got a burger with fries. I asked about the bathroom, and they showed it to me, after relieving myself and washing my hands, I made my way back to my seat only to stop dead in my tracks when Anya was there talking to three guys. She was a gigging mess, which was kind of idiotic if you asked me.

"What's going on?" I asked as I sat down. The guys turned their attention to me and started to give me strange looks.

"You didn't tell me you were a twin? Hi, I'm Eric. Nice to meet you." The nerd looking guy said. I scoffed and shook my head.

"And I'm not available. Move on, bugger, you're ruining my lunch." I felt a kick under the table, while Anya was staring at me with wide eyes. As if I cared, I would rather not hear any cringe worthy pickup lines. It's just not my cup of tea.

After the guys left, I breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, I am able to eat my food without any distraction.

"You didn't have to do that, you know, it was rude." I stuck my tongue out at her, showing her the chewed up burger on my tongue before swallowing it.

"Gosh, you're nasty as heck. It's a good thing I have a strong appetite, and this burger looks too good to pass on." That was something that we could mutually agree on.

Finally finishing our food, we got up and decided to leave. But not before a loud voice stopped us dead in our tracks.

"Stop right there! Alpha King Nicholas wants us to take you back!"