The Alpha's Mate Is The Kitchen Girl

Draka's pov

"Faster, dummy! Wash all my clothes and make sure that my shoes are sparkling like diamonds!" Claire yells as she drives her knee into my stomach.

I fall into the stream, the throbbing pain from her kick causes my eyes to sting with tears. She is the lowest member of this pack, but even she has more power than I can ever imagine.

She was a mere human until one year ago, but she is bullying me, even though I was born a pure breed.

The difference between her and I is the fact that she has a wolf now, and I don't. I never got my wolf, even after my sixteenth birthday.

That's why I'm the laughingstock of the pack. I cook and clean for all of them in exchange for the protection of the Alpha and Luna of my pack.

I know that it's dangerous out in the thick woods. I will not last a day if those notorious hunters get me...

I pick myself out of the water, not minding that Claire and her friends are laughing at me as they happily stroll back to the pack house.

I am working as far as I can, because I want to be done before the sun goes down. I know that a wolfless girl won't be able to survive when the bad creatures comes out with the darkness...

I also need to cook for the pack, Luna Denise will have my head if food isn't made in time.

"Wash faster, slave! That's all you are good for!" someone yells from a distance.

"She doesn't have a family, a mate, or even a wolf. She must be cursed to be this unfortunate."

I scrub even harder till I'm done with the clothes. I run all the way back to the pack house and set to cooking immediately.

My hands are shaking with fatigue, but that doesn't stop me from cutting up the mushrooms and vegetables at a great speed. The pot of soup is boiling now, and only then do I let myself slide to the floor and take a deep breath of relief.

Luna Denise walks into the kitchen, her clicking shoes sends me into panic mode.

I quickly get on my feet and bow deeply to her. I avoid eye contact because I know that she dislike people holding her gaze. I found out the hard way, and at the ripe age of ten.

"Good evening, Luna." I greet her.

She doesn't bother to answer, but that's not what's on my mind right now. I hand her a spoon and stand a few distance from her as she takes a taste.

I am a great cook, but each time she tastes my food, I am holding my breath. I remember when I slept off and forgot that I added salt already to my soup. It was too salty and she threw the whole pot of boiling soup at me.

She clicks her tongue a few times. I feel relief washing over me, her reaction is a good sign.

"Not bad. Add some tomato paste and serve it. The boys are hungry, and don't keep my husband waiting."

"Yes, Luna."

I immediately get to work. There are hundreds of people in this pack, but I am the only one who cooks for them all.

I also wash their clothes, get slapped and beaten by them, but I have to take it all because it's better than the outside world.

The bones of people like me that I see on my trips to the stream reminds me of how grateful I should be that I was taken in.

The outside world is filled with vampires, hunters, and those good-for-nothing humans. I just have to continue to accept the maltreatment till my wolf comes one day. Or maybe I will find my mate... how am I supposed to find my mate when my wolf hasn't come?...

I work like a robot. I stack the food tray as high as a tower and then I walk out towards the bonfire, where the members are laughing and catching up about the day.

Alpha Kaleb and Luna Denise are sitting at a corner. They are making out in front of everyone, she is even saddling him, but no one even bats their eyes.

I'm not allowed to sit here, not when I don't have a wolf, not when I am just as worthy as a human carcass.

It takes a few trips, but I am finally able to get everyone their plates. I return to the kitchen to see Stella washing the plates. She is the only one who helps me, but she doesn't even speak to me, not until today.

As soon as I walk into the kitchen, she looks over her shoulder and says to me, "Rowan asked you to make him a fresh pot of soup."

"What?!" My heart sinks into my stomach.

Rowan is the son of Alpha Kaleb and Luna Denise. He is the most feared wolf around these areas and more scary because he is going to be alpha in a few months. His father is soon going to retire...

I walk over to the pot and yes, the soup is very fresh.

"I just made these, they are fresh and still steaming." I say to her, "Why does he want another fresh soup?"

"Why don't you ask him yourself and leave me alone?" She snaps. "Am I not just a messenger?"

I suck my tongue as I silently go around and make another small pot of soup. By the time I'm done, Stella is gone and everyone has probably retired to their quarters.

With no werewolf ability to aid my eyes in the dark, I feel my way around with Rowan's plate of soup in my hand.

I get to his quarters and knock on the door. I have never had a personal encounter with Rowan, I've seen him only from a distance.

He is one of the finest men I've ever seen. I have watched him eat with the tail of my eyes many times. I'm sure he doesn't know my name, he surely has never and will never notice me.

The door pulls open and my face immediately turns red as his chest gets so close to my head. That's how tall he is.

I know that I'm not supposed to look them in the eyes, but I raise my eyes to see the coldest blue eyes ever.

His jaw is so finely chiseled, his bare chest and abs are making me feel sweaty.

That's when I hear the wolf I thought I never had, that's when she wakes up after years of deep slumber and whispers to my conscious...

"Mate.... Mate...."

Rowan's POV

Her gray eyes are staring at me, if they could, they would have drilled holes through me.

She is looking at me as if she has seen a god, I could tell by the way that her throat rippled when she swallowed her saliva. She is thirsty for something and it's not water.

She is shamelessly looking at my bare abs, has this girl never seen a man without a shirt before? I clear my throat and she immediately comes back to her senses.

"Sorry, sir... I brought your food," she keeps her eyes on the ground.

The sweet scent of the food hit my nose even before I could collect the food from her. She is the best chef that I've ever eaten from.

Her name is Draka, the chef and slave of the park. She never joins the park meetings, she always has her eyes on the ground, she never speaks to anyone.

I still remember being a young boy, sharpening a stick on the front porch with my pocket knife and my parents pulled up in their truck.

There was a little girl with them, I didn't know where they got her from. They said she was now going to become a member of our park and that was it....

"I asked for fresh soup, you will be in trouble if this isn't fresh." I warn her.

"It's fresh... sir," she assures me.

Her chest heaves and she looks away, her hands fidgeting. I would be a fool to say that I don't understand what's going on with her.

"Go on, get out of my presence." I say to her as I start to spoon the food into my mouth.

She gathers the hem of her gown in her hand and begins to hurry down the stairs. She turns around, trying to catch another glimpse of me, but she falls down the stairs instead.

I huff as I shut the door with my foot. I walk to the window and continue to eat from the bowl of soup that she gave me.

I shut my eyes and savor the food. She is really the best chef, she even cooks better than my mother.

I watch as she walks out of the house. It's a huge house and it has a lot of rooms, but she doesn't sleep in the house.

She sleeps in the shed that holds all the tools and stuff that no one wants. She stays there in the sun, rain, and snow.

I watch her get into her little shed and I keep on eating. I know exactly what's wrong with her, I know why she was acting strange in front of me.....

The first time I noticed it was when I turned eighteen. I was supposed to get my mate finally, I had been looking forward to that for all of my life.

"Have the moon goddess revealed who your mate is to you yet?" My mother asks in excitement.

I was supposed to have known my mate as soon as I turned eighteen. I got my wolf pretty early and I knew that he was looking forward to meeting her too.

Imagine my shock when my wolf growled as soon as I saw the kitchen slave walking to the back of the woods to get some mushrooms one day?!

I was disgusted, so I immediately instructed my wolf to quit it. I was not going to be mated to the low life kitchen girl.

That was six years ago, I have kept myself under control, my parents are worried that I hadn't gotten my mate, but I kept my secret to myself.

I don't know what I am going to do to her yet, but now I could see that she was starting to feel the attraction already... it had taken longer than usual, but the kitchen slave is finally getting her wolf. She will be able to feel the mate bond.

I have so many things to do, I don't have the time to think about the kitchen slave and whatever glitch it is that has got her mated to me..

*****

I watch Draka for the next few days and it has started to become even more obvious. She can't control herself.

She is always staring at me, sometimes someone has to smack her before she comes back to her senses and everyone will laugh at her.

"Wow, Rowan , since when has the kitchen slave started to notice you?" Levi, one of my friends, mocks me.

"Shut up." I look away.

"She looks like she wants to fall on her face and beg for your dick–"

"Shut they fucking hole in your face." I give him a harsh shove and he immediately shuts his mouth.

I see my mum looking at me. She knows what is happening, my father too.

I am twenty four and I will be becoming alpha in a month or so. I will be needing a Luna, I will be needing a mate, and it's sure as hell not the kitchen girl.

Everyone knows, I can tell by the way that they are all whispering to themselves. It's just an open secret at this point, there's something between I and the kitchen girl.

"Rowan!" My father calls my name with great authority.

"Yes, father," I stand up to my feet and everyone goes silent.

Everyone has their eyes on me. Even Draka, who is the farthest away from the circle. Her face is partially illuminated by the bonfire.

"Is there anything you want to say to your Luna and Alpha?" He gestures to himself and my mother. "Is there anything you would like to say to the park that you will be leading soon?"

I brush my nose, knowing that this day is going to come anyway, but I hate that it's here already.

"My mate has been revealed to me." I say.

Everyone starts to mumble, the ladies are looking at each other. They all have been hoping that it's one of them.

"Who is this person?" My mother asks. I could see the disappointment on her face, she thought I was going to tell her as soon as I found out.

I sigh as I look at the ground. I don't want anything to do with the kitchen girl, how can I confirm to everyone that she is the one?

"It's me." Draka raises her hand, to the surprise of everyone.

Everyone gasps and looks as she walks into the circle, even though she is shaking like a leaf.

She is scared, but the bond is irresistible. The only reason I was able to control mine is because of my strong will and stubbornness. She is not as strong as I am, she can't hide her lust and the way her wolf is drawn to mine.

Some of the members of the park are laughing at her. Perhaps they suspected that it was a crush, but it's obviously more than that now.

"What do you have to say, Rowan?" My father asks with a very tense voice.

I look at the timid kitchen slave and blurt out. "I reject her!"

Draka's POV

I wish that the ground will open and just swallow me, so that I don't have to keep existing to experience this pain.

They are all laughing at me, pointing at me and jeering.

"How foolish she is!"

"She thinks that Rowan, the future Alpha, would ever be mated to her?"

"She is nothing but a kitchen girl, she thinks that she can become a Luna?"

I shut my years as I feel the pain growing in my heart like a thundercloud. I knew I was going to get rejected, I knew that there's no chance between Rowan and i, but the mate bond pushed me.

I wipe the tears from my face, but it won't stop pouring out. My heart is broken.

"You have heard your future Alpha, Draka. He has rejected you." Alpha Dante says. "Accept his rejection!"

I know that it's just protocol and I have to accept his rejection, but I run into the woods because the laughter is just too much.

I know that disobeying Alpha Dante is going to attract a heavy punishment, but I don't care.

The tears are blinding, but I keep running into the woods. It's dangerous, I don't know which kind of animals that will find me.

I finally get to a huge tree and fall on my butt. I pull my knees and cry as hard as I can. I cry for my parents who died and left me alone, I cry for being fated to be mated to Rowan, just to be embarrassed at the end. I hate my life....

****

I have managed to recover from the embarrassment of the rejection from Rowan. I waited for Alpha Dante and Luna Denise to punish me, but they don't. No one even speaks to me about it.

I go about my duties around the house, and it's almost as if what happened has been forgotten. I haven't seen Rowan since the day it happened.

I am in the kitchen, mopping the ground so hard that my hands hurt. It's midnight and it's not a hunting day, so everyone has gone to bed.

I'm the only one here. Stella didn't show up to wash the dishes, so I have to do everything by myself, that's why I am here so late.

I stop mopping for a second, trying to clean sweat from my forehead, that's when I see Rowan coming out of the woods. He is not wearing a shirt, his body is glistening with sweat.

His hair is wet, his pants are hanging so lowly on his waist and his chest is heaving.

I grab the mop tighter, I feel my wolf growling inside of me. She wants him, even after the embarrassment and the rejection.

"Stop it, Draka. Please, stop it," I mutter as I continue to mop.

I should hide. If he confronts me about what happened, I have nothing to say to defend myself. I'm going to ogle at him the whole time.

I keep on cleaning, trying to get my mind off him. I try to tell myself that he is just going to head to his bedroom and leave me alone, but he pushes the kitchen door and barges in, frightening me to the extent that the mop slips out of my hand.

He doesn't even look at me, he walks to the refrigerator and grabs the biggest bottle of water. He starts to chug it down like he is a maniac.

I swallow a gulp as I move away from him. Whatever I am feeling, whatever my wolf is telling me, it's getting stronger. I don't know if I am going to be able to resist it.

I have never shifted to my wolf form, she has been dormant for years, she has never come to save me when I'm in trouble, she only reacts when Rowan is close. She is such a.... whore.

He looks at me with the darkest eyes and my throat immediately goes dry. He looks like he can hurt me, I'm crazy, but I want him to.

"What do you have to eat in here?!" He hits his hand against the refrigerator. His voice is different, it's hoarse, it's new.

I don't say a word, I walk over to the cooker and starts to dish out some food for him. My hands are shaking, sweat is gathering on my forehead.

I gasps as he suddenly grabs my hand and uses his other hand to grab my chin, forcing me to look at him.

His hands are so hot, it's like he is running a fever, I want to ask if he is okay.

His face comes closer to mine, I can see his teeth are bigger and pointier, I can hear the little growls coming from within him.

"What are you doing here?" He grunts.

"I don't know..." I sound so close to tears.

He growls with anguish as he pulls away from me, cursing himself. He was fighting it too, I could tell.

"Get out. Now!" He orders.

My wolf protests, but I run to the door as fast as I can. He is faster, he blocks the exit before I get to it.

I take a step back, he looks scary, his muscles are showing through, like he can crush me if he wants to.

He grabs my neck and I hear my wolf purr from excitement. His warm hands are all I want on me.

His eyes are completely dark this time around. I know exactly what's going on, I have heard the other park girls talk about it.

My wolf is in heat. She has been releasing scents to attract her mate and she has got me caught up in a tight spot.

"Strip..." he orders me....

******

For days I keek getting random flashbacks of me and Rowan in the kitchen. I have never experienced anything like that before.

He tore my clothes and took me right there on the counter. I felt my soul leaving my body, I was moaning like a sex addict, even though it was my first time of ever being with a man...

He left afterwards without a word and I went to shower and clean myself up. I didn't tell anyone about it, I haven't seen Rowan since then too.

Luna Denise walks into the kitchen and I immediately bow my head and greet her.

It's so early in the morning, she is not what to inspect my cooking, so my heart immediately starts to thump.

"Come into my room, Draka. Now." She walks out.

Gosh, I am in trouble. She would have sent someone to call me, but she has come herself.

I wordlessly follow her to her bedroom and my jaw falls to the ground as I see Alpha Dante and Rowan in the room.

She shuts the door as I bow to greet Rowan and his father.

"Good morning, Alpha Dante. Good morning, sir." I say, without looking at anyone of them.

"What happened between you and Rowan?" Alpha Dante asks with his hands folded.

"I, uh... I don't understand..." I stammer. What's going on?

Rowan sighs and looks away, that's when I know that I'm really in trouble.

"Don't you dare lie to us, Draka. Remember that I can punish you," Luna Denise warns.

I clasp my hands in front of me. It doesn't stop them from shaking too much.

"Did you and Rowan have sex?"

I can't lie, it could cost me my life. I might be living a very miserable life, but I don't want to die.

"Yes, Luna." I answer in truth.

I hear Luna and Alpha sigh with disappointment.

"Rowan, did you forget that you never broke the mate bond with her? She didn't reject you!" His father says angrily. "You are mates now."

"What?" My heart drops.

"You can't reject her now. She is now your mate!"