My Mate, My Fate

EMERY'S POV

"Mate"

"Mate!" I turned around and saw my twin sister Emilia rushing towards the same guy I recognized as my Mate.

She pounced on him and started kissing him on his cheeks sweetly while I stood rooted in front of him.

No! No! No! This can't be!

Me and my sister can't be mated to one guy, and not just any regular guy but the Beta of our pack, James.

How bad can my life be? Why can't I just be happy for once?. I can't share my mate with my sister never..I can't ever imagine such a thing, she won't give us space, and it will be just so difficult and unbearable for me.

I felt a deep pain in my heart, he's not even starring at me, and for the very first time since I know him, his lips stretched into a smile, like he was happy my sister was his mate or he was happy he found his mate.

Everyone in my pack has been eager to be his mate, and I was included. Like he was handsome, tall, and lovely. The dude has everything a girl wants. James is 25, while me and my sister are 21 years old. Geez, for so long we've been searching for our mates only for us to be mated to the sexy Beta.

"Emery?" Emilia's voice pulled me out of my trance, and I stared at her before noticing both her and James eyes were on me.

"We both have the same mate?" Her voice was laced with shock, and I knew deep down she was angry about it.

My sister used to be my world, my everything, my love, and my best friend, but everything changed when we turned 16.

On our 16th birthday, just like every other wolf, my sister shifted, but I didn't, surprising me. She felt bad for me and consoled me, saying we haven't turned 18 yet and there's still hope, but when we turned 18, it was the same.

My wolf never talked to me neither could I feel anything from her. My mom tried taking me to different witches for help, but nothing worked. Then my sister changed and thought she was superior over me. She normally does bully me and beat me up as the pack infirmary was my second home because other wolves do also pry on me too, and when questioned, she will say she's doing it to anger my wolf so she can come out.

There was only one thing I do get on her nerves with, is being unmated, just like me since all of our friends had mates already.

"We've got the same mate, so we will live together for life..."

"No!"

I shouted before I could stop myself. Living with my horrible sister for life? Never ever. How's the house going to look? It won't be peaceful because I believe Emilia will turn her pup against mine, forcing them to be sworn enemies.

If only she would ever let me get intimate with our mate.

"You don't want to stay with me again? Haha...too bad, twinie." She laughed.

Everyone was still dancing as the party was ongoing. The alpha of our pack, Roland, hosted a party inviting other alpha's to our pack just so everyone could find their mate. He's also an handsome young guy like James, but he's mated already.

His Luna is so pretty that everyone showers her with praise. Most people found their mate, and they were in each other's arms, with others dancing and some eating and chatting, but I seem to be uninterested in all of it all.

How can I live knowing the fact me and my sister share the same mate?.

"But sis, how were you able to recognize your mate without your wolf, or do you have one and just pretending?" My sister's words felt like sharp daggers piercing into my chest.

I can't even give an account of how I recognized my mate, but I know something in me forced me to say those words out. I felt it, I felt the pull, and when I turned around, he was staring at me like he felt it too, but why isn't he saying anything? Or did I imagine it?

"What makes you think I will pretend about not having a wolf?" I snapped angrily. "Then how did you recognize your mate?" Emilia asked with a frown matching mine.

I opened my mouth to say something but shut it back, then I opened it again and shut it back. Slowly, I brought my eyes down.

"I don't know" Was the only word I could form as my tears were fighting to be free. Was I mistaken all along? If he wasn't my mate, then why did I feel it? Why did I get here before my sister? Or was I feeling her emotions? Is it a result of the twin bond that I had those feelings from her?

"Emery?" His deep voice called out my name, and I raised my head up starring at his face. His brown hair fell on his face with his green flecks eyes that were reflecting brightly. He had a perfect face with a sharp jawline, and his full lips that were pressed tightly on his each other made him look more sexy.

"You don't go around claiming other people's mate as yours. I understand you're both twins, but I don't think the moon goddess will ever mate you both to me, though it will he lovely but unfortunately it's not," He stated firmly.

I took my lips, knowing he was right, he didn't felt the mate bond like I did. But maybe it was that of my sisters.

"I'm sorry you're not with a wolf, but when you see your mate, he will be the one who recognizes you first before you might feel the tingles. I guess you might have mistook it, but I'm not your mate, Emery. I don't feel attracted to you neither do I feel the pull. Emilia, here is my mate," He said with a soft yet strong voice, and he placed his hands on Emilia's own, forcing her to stare at him in shock.

Maybe I was wrong after all. I'm such an horrible sister for claiming a mate to be mine when it's that of my sister. The same voice that forced me to say the word 'mate' hasn't pushed me further yet, isn't it supposed to keep on nagging until he realizes I am his mate?.

"I apologize for my behavior, Beta James, it won't happen again." With saying that I turned back and walked out of the hall as my legs took me to wherever I don't know, and the tears that's being forcing it's way out were let loose.

A dull yet sharp pain pierced my heart like the feeling of rejection. Did he just rejected me by claiming not to feel it? But he was staring right at me, and he's claiming I mistook him for another? Such a freaky moron.

I crutched on the floor, leaning against something as low sobs escaped like mouth. How can the world be so cruel to me? First, I don't have a wolf now I don't have a mate like why me? Why do my sister get to enjoy everything and not me, or did I perhaps wronged someone in my past that somehow laid a curse on me because I can't bear this unbearable pain in my heart.

Here I was angry at sharing my mate not knowing he wasn't even mine to speak off.

"Excuse me!" A voice said behind me and I jerked up. Turning around I met a girl starring at me worriedly. She looked down on me that's when I noticed I was sitting my ass on the cold floor.

"I'm sorry but the alpha is about to make an announcement and he wants everybody outside to go in so I thought of telling you" She said and I quickly stood up.

"Thank you" I said wiping my tears. She nods at me and walks away. I hesitated in going back in. I can't bear seeing those people together really.

It would be best to go back home to my mother and lay in her arms like old back days till I fall asleep.

"Please go back in!" Someone ushered at me when I almost crossed the gates and he seems to be a warrior. "I want to go home, I'm sick" I lied. The warrior scrutinize his eyes at me as if trying to detect if I was lying or not.

"I'm sorry but please you have to manage, the Alpha demands everyone present please bear with us and just listen to what he has to say then you can leave" He said.

"Okay thank you" I headed back to the pack house. There was no need arguing with him because he won't go against his alpha. It's best I listen to what the Alpha has to say then I will head back home.

"I'm so excited for someone special to me and I believe you all will be as happy as me" Alpha Roland as everyone looked curious. I leaned against a table with my head down. I was tired as hell and also felt sleepy at the same time but the sleep in my eyes disappeared when I heard....

"My Beta James finally found his mate and she's one of our wolf Emilia Callus" Alpha Roland said forcing the crowd to roar loudly in excitement. So this is what the announcement was all about to warn us the unmated to stay clear away from him by announcing them....ooooohhhh.

I focused on the stage and my sister was grinning. Guess today might be the best day of her life. My eyes met with James and he had the same look on his face of when I recognized him as my mate.

I quickly averted my gaze and decided to respect the fact he is my sister's mate. Now the speech or announcement is over no warrior to stop me. My legs found it's way to the door when my sister's words stopped me to halt on my steps as a frown form on my face.

"I can never unhate you Emilia"

EMERY'S POV

"Congratulations, baby," My mother said, and my sister smiled, saying,

"Thank you, mom. We were sitting opposite each other in our living room. We weren't ranked werewolves, but we weren't omegas either, just regular wolves.

Wasn't even expecting my sister to be here at home. I thought by now she would already have the mark of Beta James on her, but guess she's here to act like a lovely daughter and inform our mother about it.

"I'm so glad the Alpha welcomed you in," My mother said, and Emilia blushed.

"I wasn't expecting it too, he knew the moment me and James walked hand in hand, so he decided to announce it, warning all the unmated to back off..." Emilia said, and I felt those words were being directed at me.

"That's how nice the Alpha can be." My mother nodded her head in agreement, still with a smile.

She must be very happy that one of her daughters finally found her mate. Now she will stop worrying because I don't want her to anymore. She has done enough for us already, ever since my dad passed away, but I never got to meet him, nor does my mom love to speak about him, she turned to our guardians.

Always protecting us and doesn't make us lack anything at all. I suddenly wished to be by her side forever. It's sad that my sister mated the beta of our pack, so she won't be moving away from our pack and will still be here, dragging the only person I love with me.

"Umm Emery, I..."

"Oh, shut it." I beat her to it. I'm still angry about the nonsense she sprouted on stage when she was asked to say something by the Alpha.

"Are you angry at me?" She asked with an innocent look, and I felt the urge to go over there and pinched her cheeks until she bleed but knowing my sister...that's when she will beat me to death because she's stronger.

"If I'm angry at you? Like, is that even a question?" I asked, forcing her to glance at my mom and then at me.

"What did you do, Emilia?" My mother asked as if sensing my anger.

"Nothing mom, I don't understand why she's mad at..."

"Are you crazy? When you announced me to the whole crowd, you didn't know what you did?" I can still remember how everyone was staring at me. Like the people from my pack made the guests realize who she was talking about...me.

"I was only encouraging you," She said in a low voice. I can't seem to fathom why my sister is always calm whenever we're around my mom. She acts like she so much cares for me, and my mom still sees us as the lovely twins that we were once known for.

"So you mean you were trying to encourage me when you said this....Hi everyone, I'm so glad that I've finally found my mate and didn't get rejected, so I'm telling all the unmated out there to not give up and keep searching, especially my twin sister Emery. You might be wolfless and unmated, but believe me, both will come for you. Your wolf will show her face, and your mate will love you wholeheartedly." Just as I love you...scratch that part because my sister can never love me.

"Did you say all that, baby?" My mother questioned my sister. "I was only trying to encourage her," Emilia replied.

"By telling everybody about the girl with no wolf yet her twin as one," I said.

"It's not my fault you don't have one, yet you were able to recognize my mate as yours too," She said and the anger I had dissipated. I was literally trying to forget that part, but here she was reminding me all about it.

"What?"

"Honey, did you recognize your mate?" It was my turn to be questioned, and I glared at Emilia. I wasn't going to say it to my mom, and I thought Emilia was doing the same too since she never mentioned it, but guess she's saying it to make my mom mad at me as I did to her.

"I..I...I..it don't matter," I said, not finding a word to say.

"Yes it does, Emery. I was dancing with a guy when I felt the strange pull. I turned around and saw him starring at me, and I smiled as my wolf recognized him as my mate. I rushed towards him, and before I called him my mate, you were already there addressing him as your mate, which is so shocking and surprising..." Emilia narrated her part. So he was staring at her and not me? Oh, now I know I was indeed mistaken.

"Honey, is it true? Did you recognized the beta as your mate?" My mom suddenly rushed to my side, and the anger that once dissipated rose up again, but it wasn't directed at my mom but Emilia.

"No it's just something I thought I felt and then..."

"Tell me all about it, honey." My mom interrupted me, and I glanced at my sister, who also seemed interested too. I sighed and decided to explain myself.

"I umm... I was about to go grab a drink when I felt a sudden pull and my stomach churn. It was so mighty and powerful like it was calling onto me strongly, and I turned around and saw him starring at me. Something in me leaped up in excitement, and a word was forcing it's ways out of my lips "Mate" and I just said it...but now we know he wasn't starring at me but Emilia." My head drops down with my hair falling to my front in sadness. I felt a warm and soft hand on my hair, and I knew it was that of my mom.

"Do you still feel it?" She questioned. I stared at her, trying to think about it, but I don't. I remember feeling severe pain when he said those words that were more like a rejection. I guess I've finally accepted it. "No, just...nothing"

"Listen honey, I understand how you feel...just maybe it was the twins telepathy stuff, that somehow you felt your sister's feelings instead, the twins bond stuff," My mother said, rubbing on my hair. That's exactly what my head is registering to me.

But why am I the only one feeling the twins stuff? Why doesn't she feel it too?

"It's not fair, mom, why am I the only one feeling it?" I muttered with a low voice, which I knew Emilia heard.

"Like I don't feel it too?" She scoffed.

"Oh you don't, because if you do, then you wouldn't be able to do those things you do to me all the time!" I shouted. My sister can't actually feel the twins telepathy if not, she would have died of heartache coming from me.

"What things are you referring to?" She asked, sitting straight as if getting ready for a real conversation with me. Since she's ready for it, I will give it back to her. My mother is here, so Emilia won't be able to lash out on me when she gets angry.

"When you beat me around and inflict scars all over my body? Humiliating me publicly and making me look like an outcast just because I don't have a freaking wolf. Do you know how I cry myself to sleep, and as the day grows by, I become sad? Do you feel it don't tell me you do because it won't be able to sit right with you!" I yelled, and silence dropped. Tears found their way out of my eyes as I stared at her, and I could see an emotion written on her face.

Sadness...but why is she sad, she's my nightmare and my tormentor. I can't unhate her.

"All this while I was running to come help you, all those while I appeared when you never expected me to was because I felt it, it was because I felt you. I will be happy, and the next minute I'm sad, I will quickly know it was coming from you, and then I will start looking for you to console you. All those times you got hurt, I felt it too, but never for once did you feel anything coming from me, it always makes me wonder if we're even twins or if my mother is just faming it all up and..."

"EMERY!" My mother called harshly, and I brought my eyes down. From the corner of my eyes, I could see Emilia doing the same as her shoulders were moving up and down. Is she crying? I just couldn't help but wonder.

"You won't ever say such a word ever again!" She warned angrily.

"But my twin sister hates me as much as the pack does, we're not that sweet girl you birthed mother, we aren't your baby and honey anymore, we are enemies sworn enemies, that if any of us were to be given the opportunity to kill another, then we will gladly do it." My mouth was running on its accord, and I didn't bother stopping it.

It's better I let all the emotions out so the burden I'm carrying will lessen. Silence - silence grew as nobody was saying a word, and then I thought it was the best.

I've been harboring that thoughts for quite some time now, and since my sister found her mate, it's time I do it....I want to go far away from here.

"I will be going over to the human world to live among them," I voiced out, and my sister sprang up from the couch.

"You won't do such a thing!" She said with a high-pitched voice as my frown deepened. Why does she seem to care?. I opened my mouth to reply to her when my mother interrupted me.

"Shh..." She said standing up on alert, and I immediately followed suit. I watched her move closer to the windows, and my heart started beating against my ribcage...fear is that you?

"What is it mom?" I asked, trying to mask my shaky voice, and suddenly a loud bang came from our door.

"Emilia, take your sister upstairs!!" My mother shouted, taking her clothes off to shift.

"Come on" My sister pulled my hands, dragging me upstairs hurriedly, when a loud howl came in. What's going on? Are we under an attack?

"Stay here" Was her last word before she ran down, leaving me alone. I felt the urge to go after them, but what can I do? I'm totally useless.

I wish I had a wolf like them. My tears prickled, and I quickly wiped it knowing it's not the time for tears. Immediately a sharp and painful pain hit me, it was like my heart was being splitted into two and I quickly recognized who it was when a familiar growl followed.

"Emilia!!" My legs found their way down the stairs, pushing the door open with full force, and the sight that was before me shook me to death.

"Mother!"

Emery's POV

"Your mother is fine, it's just that the arrow that meant her was too poisonous," The pack doctor said, and both me and my sister nodded our heads.

"Thank you, doctor!" We chorused, forcing us to stare at each other. I tear my gaze from her and walked out of the infirmary.

My mom was still sleeping after speaking to us, and the horrors from last night tore me to pieces. A mother's sacrifice, was all I could say.

"Hey Emery!" Someone called out to me, and I turned around, seeing my best friend running towards me.

"Sunny" She hugged me tightly, and I smiled, hugging her back. It's been quite a while since I have seen her, and her happy face is making me feel excited.

"Come with me." She heard my hands as she started running.

"Geez where are we going to?" I asked.

"Shh..." Sunny shushed me off and then laughed. We stopped in the field that was filled with other people, and she made me sit down with her.

"I've been searching for you," She finally said while I was catching my breath.

"I was with my mother," Came my reply, and she let out a gasp.

"Oh god, I've forgotten. How's Aunty? Heard about all that happened and how she handled the situation; hope she's fine now?" Sunny asked with worry in her voice.

There was no need to say anything, so I nodded. My mother has always been the protector. Putting her life in front of everyone, and yesterday she took an arrow for Emilia. One of the guys lost control, and his wolf was aggressive, going on rampage, destroying everyone who came on his way. His wolf wanted to be in control and not going back which was bad because he was brutal.

A lot of people tried to tame the wolf, including his parents, till they brought the fight to our doorsteps. If the pack people around couldn't reach the Alpha, Beta, or Gamma, they all came to my mother for help, and she's more than willing to help them.

Some warriors gathered around to stop the wolf from going further, but he was hellbent on letting loose when an arrow was fired at him, which he missed forcing it to head straight at my sister, but then my mother intervened, taking the arrow for her, it pierced her chest, painfully making her shift back to her human form.

Yesterday night confirmed that I just couldn't only feel my twin sister but my mom too. The sharp pain that hit me and forced me out was from my mom and not Emilia, but how? I thought I could only feel Emilia because we're twins, but my mother's own is making it all confuse me.

"Are you even listening to me?" Sunny tapped on my lap, and I stared at her briefly.

"I was saying your sister finally got everyone's dream man." She laughed, and I immediately knew who she was referring to, James. He was every unmated girl's dream like he got...What are you doing, Emery? You should literally stop thinking about that guy Is he not your mate.

"Yeah, only if what I felt was true," I replied, lying on the grass flatly. I was so tried as hell because I didn't get any sleep last night.

"Wait, don't tell me you felt the mate bond?" Sunny asked, and I closed my eyes, not planning to reply her.

"Emery," She pulled me to sit straight, and I immediately regretted saying those words.

"Tell me, please," She begged. A sigh left my lips, and I decided on telling her everything.

"What? You mean he didn't feel what you felt? Oh my god," she gasped, starring at me, and I shook my head.

"Why didn't you tell him to touch you at least? Maybe you might get those tingles," Sunny said, and I quickly thought about it. I never really confirmed, I would have touched him or made him touch me to confirm it wasn't my feelings I had but that of my sister.

I didn't even protest or argue with him when he said he couldn't feel me because, after all, I was a girl with no wolf, so how would I know.

"Well, it's of no use now...I will be leaving after all." I sighed again, lying flatly on the grass, staring at the sky and she followed suit, doing the same.

"Leaving to where?" I decided to tell her about the journey to the human world, and she didn't seem to like it at all, nor do I, but I needed someone to like me for who I am, and I know the humans will because I'm basically like them now.

"What did your mom say about it?" she asked, turning to my side to stare at me. "I told her about it before the massacre that happened last night, so this morning when we went to feed her, she brought it up and said I can go after tonight's final party, and if I still don't find my mate, then she wouldn't hold me back," I replied, and she took her lips in for a while.

Not to forget my sister didn't like my decisions for some reason and didn't also agree with what my mother said, it was like she hated the human world and didn't want me there or she just didn't want me to leave.

"Anyways guess who's showing up tonight," Sunny said with an excited voice, and it was clear she was trying to change the solemn subject.

"Who?" My curiosity was pushing out to know who it was.

"The great Alpha Kaiser," She said in a whisper, and my eyes bulged out of their sockets.

"What!!!"

"Yes, he was invited by the Alpha." Sunny seemed too excited, but why?.

Alpha Kaiser is a brutal man with a heart of stone. He's an enemy and a threat to many packs. His name alone sent deep fear down people's spines like it's doing to her.

I remembered back then in training when the warrior would tell us to train like our pack was about to be ambushed by him, and now he's coming to our pack for the final party. Why,

"You seem too excited" I said to her.

"I'm excited because rumors had it that he doesn't have a mate and maybe my bestie can be..."

"Don't even say it" I shut her up before she could finish it. Why would she imagine me being mated to a monster? He's a scarred and ugly looking man that's what they all said, though I haven't for once seen him but my mind tells me he will be similarly to the monster in looks. It's best I remain mateless than being with him...

"Come on, the moon goddess might pair you both," she said, and my frown deepened.

"Pair me with a monster? How bad can my life be?" I scoffed and could see her rolling her eyes at me.

"He's no longer our enemy but an ally forgotten?"

"Well I don't care, Sunny, and don't ever wish me to have such a mate." My words were final, and Sunny felt like beating me to it.

She opened her mouth to say something when her phone rang. She paused and answered it before placing it down. "I'm so sorry it was a call from my clingy mate." She smiled.

"Oh I would do anything to have a clingy mate." It would be so good having a mate who can't stay or live without me, always by my side, lovely, cute, and romantic, is all I wanted, all I ever asked for.

"No don't say that, he's too clingy and r.o.u.g.h.." She stretched the last part, and I don't need any seer to explain for me to understand what she meant.

"That's why he's our gamma, he needs to be strong and rough," I laughed, and she joined me too. She moved closer to me and hugged me tightly.

"Believe me, Emery, your mate will love you just like you imagined." She said in my ears, and I wished...I wished...I wish I could have one so it can't happen.