MATED TO ONE BUT TRULY FATED TO ANOTHER

" MUM!!!! " I screamed as she choked on her own blood

I woke up with a sweat covered body and a tear filled pillow. I touched my eyes and they felt quite swollen .

"Another nightmare. When would they end ; when would I be free from their nightly torments " I thought

"4:50 " my alarm clock read. I couldn't go back to sleep not because I was unable to but because I didn't want to. The nightmares only had power over me when I slept. I was a prisoner to them as they held me in chains, chains which I was too weak to break.

I reminisced about the good old times. Times when the list of my worries was what I wanted to eat.. Times when I woke up to the melodious laughs from my mother and the declarations of love from my father. Times when I laughed freely and loudly without a care in the world. Laughter that would begin from your stomach and worked its way up. Times when I had friends that I cherished with every fiber of my being .

"Ewww" I would go and put on a show of gagging as I watch my father softly kiss my mother's forehead and even more softly kiss her swollen belly. She would always blush as though it was a first kiss ; as though they were teenage lovers .

My father knew exactly how to pacify her during a fight . He would work kisses from her forehead down to her lips paying more attentions to her plump red lips .

" Don't do that!, not in front of Christabel" she would glare and lightly hit him .

But by then her anger was forgotten . It was a regular occurrence as we came up with a song for it .

" A little kiss here , a little kiss there . A loving kiss there , a loving kiss here puts out a simmering heat " .

My parents were true mates , the rarest form of mates to encounter .... Their love was as strong and deep as the tides on a disturb ocean . My mother was like a drug to my father , he was intoxicated by anything and everything she did .

Was It her laugh, her smile or the way her cheeks turned red when she became agitated or angry. I would catch him just gazing at her as if she was an oasis in a desert.

I had always been a mummy's girl, not wanting to share her with anyone. The first time I heard the discussion her being pregnant came up. I threw a tantrum.

" No!. I don't want a sibling, you can't make me want them " I cried on the brink of hysterics. Nothing was getting through. I ran to my room as my little legs could take me, spilling and tossing everything in my path.

"Christabel " My Mom ran after me. When she came into my room it just made me cry harder. My little brain just couldn't accept the fact, the fact that I wasn't going to be the only one anymore.

" Have I been bad.. Is that why you want to replace me? I promise to clean up after myself, I promise to take my training seriously... I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please don't replace me! Please don't stop loving me " I pleaded as tears streamed down my cheeks.

" Ohh child " hugging me to her " I would never replace you! I would never stop loving you! Besides I'm not yet pregnant so you don't have to worry your pretty head over anything. " " But wouldn't you want someone to take care of, someone to look up to you? She tried reasoning with me.

Beep, Beep, Beep.

7 o'clock

My train of thought was cut short as my alarm went off. I was already dreading the day as a heavy sigh left my lips.

Another Day to be Humiliated

Another Day to be Ignored

Another Day to be reminded of my deadly actions.

Another Day to be Abused.

No!!! I wasn't going to let my mind wander to that day. The dreadful day that changed everything for me. For now I was going to take the day a step at a time , hoping it wasn't going to be as terrible as the day before.

As I stretched, a sharp pain went through my back . I turned to the dainty mirror that lined the walls of what I called my room . New scars decorated the old ones making an almost scary but intriguing photomontage . I remembered the whip lashes that formed the new scars , I had incurred the previous day .

" No! Please no more.. Please I didn't mean to sleep on duty.. Please stop " I didn't bother calling out for help, knowing fully well no one bothered enough to help me not even my father. In fact HE was delivering the blows to me.

" You had one job!! Clean the pack house before pack meeting!!!! You couldn't even do that right!." Spit flew from his mouth.

" Father please I beg you! ..... It wouldn't happen again! , please show mercy " I was on the verge of passing out .

He chuckled bitterly " Mercy?!!..Mercy??!!! Do you understand what mercy is?!. Mercy is what I have shown since that day , Mercy is me not killing you . I have been nothing but merciful to you. You weren't mine but I took you in! Raised you!! Fed you!!! Loved you!! . Haven't I not been merciful enough??!."

"I lost her because of you! The only person that mattered to me is gone and it's all your fault! .. Why weren't you killed?, why weren't you taken!? Why her? Why my sweet Evelyn? " He dropped the whip as heart-retching sobs wrecked through his body.

I knew his mind never left that day, I knew he wasn't really angry about me not carrying out my duties. He was angry about what I did. The guilt he carried about not getting there on time gradually turned to Anger.

I bore everything he dished out. From the whipping down to the maltreatment... I couldn't blame him.... His mate was gone and it was all my fault. I wished I didn't run that day, that I had waited like I was instructed . The beatings were my punishment and I took it hoping it would ease a fraction of the guilt I felt.

" THAT'S ENOUGH!!!" The door was pushed open.

I heard a growl as I passed out and wondered " who was bold enough to stand up to my father?."

How dare... ohhh apologies Alpha... I didn't know it was you"

"Beta John!!. That's enough , we have more pressing matters to attend to.. You can continue this later" Alpha Felix said while looking at my body with disgust in his eyes .

" What could be more important "

"ROGUES "

Those six letter words hardened my father's features and immediately he left with Alpha Felix

When I came back to it I was in my attic of a room with blood sipping through my shirt.

As I still stood in front of the mirror ,I became loathing my appearance. I had brown straight long hair that I couldn't be bothered to take care of, I had a shadow of a curve but was not defined as I wasn't fed regularly. My best features were always my eyes, they were the brightest blue eyes I had ever seen and seemed to sparkle when in sunlight. I loved my eyes to the tilt as they were the only thing I had inherited from my mother .

As I loved them , my father did the opposite. He hated them to a fault , with a fearful passion as he had said on multiple occasions , it reminded him of his mate and how she was gone .

Ever since my mother was killed , my life changed for the worst . Before then I was loved and cherished by not only my parents but also my pack .

My father was Beta of the Silver Moon pack , a pack I was born into . My mother was original from the creek oak pack , a little pack east of ours . A pack known for it's peaceful and calm life and it's interaction with humans that went by .

It was one of these human , my mother came across in her young age . She fell in love with him and decided to give him a chance . She knew it was forbidden as Wolves and Humans are not allowed to mate. She was also aware of the fact that she had a mate out there searching and yearning for her .

" It felt like love at first sight.... I was ready to settle with him" as a story she would tell me .

Against her wolf's opposition , her pack's threat of disownment and her better judgement she mated with him and took in . How joyous she felt . The fact that she was expecting , solidified her moving in with her lover in the Human world .

Her parents didn't know what else to do , so they turned to the elders of the werewolf council . The Council were a group of the wisest and oldest werewolves to ever exist , they oversaw the affairs of every single pack and ensured peace and harmony was maintained .

A meeting was called and it was during this meeting my mother came across her true mate , Beta Alex.

" Evelyn!! Time to go , the elders are here " Her parents called her from her room .

Unbeknownst to them , Evelyn had sneakily gone to the river located deep in the forest to avoid any confrontation with the elders . She knew the elders would give her an ultimatum

Either she abandons her silly thoughts of her lover and stays back in the pack with her expecting pup . Or

She would be disowned by her parents , exiled by her packs and cut of from everything she ever knew as home .

She would have to pick an option as the elders decision were final and she was at a roadblock on what to do.

Yes , she loved her lover with all her heart or "so she thought" and was not ready to depart from him but on the other hand, she also loved her pack and was not ready to lose the only home she had ever known.

It was while her mind was preoccupied, she was ambushed by the most intoxicated scent ever . It smelt like home ...... A home she didn't know she longed for . She didn't have to look for where it came from because it stood right in front of her in the form of a man .

"MATE " her wolf was going wild and so was she .

It was at that moment she knew what she felt for her lover was a measly infatuation. It couldn't measured up to what she felt in that moment neither could it compare to the emotions she witnessed fleeting through his eyes.

"MATE , MINE " She heard him murmur . He gave her a very long look over and when he got to her belly ,he gave a very confused but hurt look .

A look she never wanted to see again , a look that made her lower her head and for the first time she felt immerse regret and guilt .

Regret she didn't wait for her mate and guilt she mated with another male and was expecting for that said male.

"How?! " he was more than hurt now , he was angry and frustrated .

He sniffed the air as well as me , hoping to get a scent of the male she laid with . Wanting to inflict bodily harm ,she was sure .

" Human?!!!.... How could you?!!!" He roared

She felt her heart hammering in my chest , her wolf was whimpering uncontrollably and she began sobbing .

" I'm sorry!!. I should have waited .. I don't know what came over me " she pleaded her case .

"What's his name!!?... Tell me!!." His eyes were changing... his wolf was taking over .

"W..What!. No! I can't tell you " ohh what a wrong move she made .

"YOU DARE PROTECT HIM?!!. Do you love him... is that it?!." He had shifted halfway. His ears and eyes were that of his wolf but the rest were that of him . His height had drastically increased .

GOD , was she scared.

"W..wh..what ?!! It isn't that... I just don't want you to hurt him" God this was embarrassing.. " when did I start stammering " she thought.

When he saw how terrified she was , the simmering male calmed down .

"What's your name " his voice was low and husky having lost all previous evidence of anger .

"Evelyn, Evelyn Summer .. member of the creakoak pack... and you are? " She did the necessary introduction.

" My name is John Grace, Beta of the Silver moon pack " He took pride in his post and pack and who could blame him . His pack was one of the strongest one there is . It had it had it's merit in not only strength but in also territory and largeness of pack members .

As he kept looking at her , she summoned the courage and asked the question burning in her heart. The question that made her heart hurt and her eyes water .

"Are you going to reject me?.. If you do , I won't blame you "

"Reject you?!. Why would I do that?" He couldn't quite understand why she would ask that .

" Look at me !!. I'm tainted , I am expecting to bore a child not of my mate but a human " she was pitiful.

His anger was back " don't say that! Never say that you are tainted!. I am not going to reject you just because you are pregnant" " The moon goddess destined us together for a reason and I am not going to question her decision!. I have searched high and low for you and now I found you , I'm not letting you go for any reason. Its you and me till the grim reaper's visit."

Ohhh, how she swooned at those words and every thought she had of her human lover was forgotten . She leapt into his hands and hugged the daylight out of him . From then the meeting was called of and she moved with him to the Silver moon pack as that was custom .

She never really talked about her lover as it was a touchy subject for my father but she did tell me at a young age , I had another father but never told me his name nor where he was ....

I turned away from the mirror with a sigh willing myself not to cry . I had chores to get to and didn't want to trigger my father's wrath again .

The laughs of adults caught my attention and I turned to the little window to see what was the issue.

School... they were on their way to school . A place I had been forbidden to attend ever since that day . I could spot Jasmine and Justin, my once best friends . I did everything with them together and we were once referred to as the " three Musketeers". I was ostracized from the pack and it's activities . People who I thought were my friends were no longer allowed to talk or socialize with me by their parents .

I was like the story of the Ugly Duckling. The leaders of my pack turned a blind eye to everything going on and with time I went from beloved Rosalyn to the runt of the pack.

I had contemplated running away on previous occasion but where would I go . My grandparents were long gone by a raid on their pack and I didn't know who or where my biological father was . If the thought of being homeless didn't scare me , the idea of being a rogue did the Job . As a rogue I would be filthier than a runt , the rotting smell of death and depravation would always cling to my skin and I would be hunted and killed at given chance. Because of these , I banished the idea immediately it reared its ugly head.

At that moment my door was pushed open .

Speak of the Devil

"Get dressed and join the others on their way to school " My father commanded.

To ask why was on the tip of my tongue but I knew better than to ask questions . I later found out that word had gotten to the elders of the council on what transpires in the pack on a daily basis, and they sent a representative to ask questions . In order to prevent him getting evidence on the accusations , I was allowed to attend school as well as participate back in the pack trainings . The representative who name I later got to know was Chief Phillip , was going to be staying for a time period of six months .

I was elated when I found out as the beating and alienation would stop, and it did stop but just in the pack when Chief Philip was active . He was the first person in a long time that treated with anything resembling kindness, under his watch I felt free but school was a different setting as he had no control there and I learnt that the hard way.

Kids could be mean especially when it came to bullying as I was a victim of that . It started from gossiping about my mother to name calling and then to "accidental shoves " . I was called every single name under the sun .

"Bastard " "Murderer" " Abomination " "Ugly " . The ones that really stuck to me was an "Abomination " .

"I understood I was half wolf and half human and never shifted but that didn't make me an abomination." I was always good at consoling myself.

My bullies were headed by Hunter Grey. He was the son of Alpha Felix and Luna Olivia. He was the soon to be Alpha and would take the title in the coming months after his nineteenth birthday when he found his mate.

In the werewolf community , a male wolf found his mate at the age of nineteen and a female wolf found her mate at the age of eighteen . It would in a way that even if a male wolf turned nineteen , he would not find his mate until she turned eighteen .

The bullying continued and intensified as time went on . From shoving to being locked in classes . I have been used continuous as a punching bag by Hunterand his friends whenever they wanted to let off steam. No one stood up for me , not even the teachers.

" Nobody wanted to face the soon to be Alpha's wrath " or so I told myself. They didn't just care enough to do something and Chief Phillip couldn't protect me in school.

I began growing extremely close to Chief Philip. I could talk to him about almost anything and he became a father figure to me as well as my only friend. I was still beat and abused occasionally when he wasn't around but it reduced drastically as for most times he was around.

I had mastered the act of hiding the bruises from him as I had been warned by my father and Alpha of the consequences if I did otherwise.

Months rolled by , and Hunter celebrated his birthday . It was the grandest feast ever as everyone merrily enjoyed themselves. I was not allowed to partake in the feast , instead I was made to put up the decorations and clean up after everyone. Chief Philip was away for an important briefing by the council and would not be back until a week's time .

That week was the worst week I had come to experience

" Get up!! You murderer!.. How I wished I had made Evelyn abort you!. " my father was the nastiest when drunk. The celebration had left him in an inebriated State.

He rained kicks and blows on me that night , I didn't bother to beg as it was no use. It would only fuel his anger and I was trying to avoid that. When he had satiated his anger he stumbled out . That was the ritual for the most of the week with him giving me a free day before chief Philip arrived back, in order to heal a bit .....

"Happy Birthday to me!!." Looking at me self in my dainty mirror , I tried my hardest not to cry. I was officially eighteen and have come of age to find my mate. I honestly had no clue how it was going to work for me as I had never shifted and had no communication to my wolf, who was supposed to point me in the right direction.

I was suddenly nervous and I had sweaty palms. A part of me, the part that hoped for a love as pure as the one my parents had, the part that wanted my mate to whisk me and shield me from every trouble was excited; excited at the thought of something more. I journeyed to school with a prep in my steps that couldn't help but be noticed by others . I got stares and snares but paid no heed .

As I got to school, I was immediately bombarded with a thrilling scent . It had a pleasant odor of cinnamon and something I couldn't quite pin but it smelt exquisite and mouth watering. I followed the smell like a bear to a honey pot and it led me to the criteria . My heart sunk and my eyes watered as I located the source of the fragrance .

" Oh no!!.. oh no!. This is bad , this is really bad! Why is he my mate?!!. " I thought as he lifted his head.