Chapter 03: She’s My Mate.

I WAS SHOCKED to hear that from Alpha Lucas. A breeder? I’ve heard about that before and being a breeder of an Alpha Lycan means that I will be thrown to the dungeon after having his child! Worse is that, I will never get out of the dungeon for the rest of my life!

That’s what I heard. I feel a surge of fear run through my veins. No, this can’t be happening!

“What? You’ve already chosen? But how? We are just about to show you the candidate for a breeder, how come you’ve already chosen her?”

Alpha Lucas cleared his throat and glanced at me while I quickly hid my face to hide my fear. Just by thinking of what will happen to me once I was sold as his breeder, I believe that all of my dreams will vanish into thin air! Yes, although life has been so cruel to me, I never once stopped dreaming!

“Alpha, I’m sorry but I don’t think this is right—”

But Alpha Morris interjected. “Shhh, Iris! We are not done talking here. You must not interrupt our conversation!” he said. “What about this, Alpha Lucas? I will talk to her father about this situation, then we'll proceed. She’s not in the list of the breeders that I will offer you but I believe they will agree! Of course, who would decline this kind of offer?” 

“That’s good to hear, what about this evening? I would love to bring her home tonight.”

My eyes widened and I couldn’t help it anymore. I quickly fell to my knees as I clasped my hands in front of Alpha Lucas. The Alpha looked down at me with his cold eyes while everyone gasped in surprise. 

“Alpha, don’t do this please! I know you saved me, but I believe this is not right! I have dreams, I’m currently studying at a university! I can’t give up everything to be a breeder. Please, let me just pay your kindness with something else!” I cried as my body trembled.

This is not what I expected tonight. The mating ceremony that I’ve been waiting for turned out to be a nightmare. My mates declined me, my wolf went silent and now an Alpha wants me to be his breeder? This is ridiculous! I cannot accept this fate! I’ve had a hard time living my life and now it’ll start to get even worse!

“Oh, Iris! Don’t disappoint Alpha Lucas like that! This is a great offer,” Alpha Morris answered. “Imagine that your father heard about this. Alpha Lucas will pay us a huge amount of money that can be used to support your sisters at school. While you, I believe you can still continue your study once you bring the Alpha’s heir!”

I shook my head. This is ridiculous! I don’t believe that I will be able to study again once everything’s done. And being pregnant with someone I don’t love? That’s not what I dreamed of.

Alpha Lucas turned to me and was about to say something when the door opened forcefully. There I saw Felix. He was standing there as he glared at all of us.

“She can’t be your breeder!” Felix said it out loud.

Everyone turned to him with surprise. Did we hear it right? It’s as if my tears had gone dry when I saw him with full determination. Is he defending me?

“What do you mean by that?” Alpha Morris snarled, even he, was surprised by Felix’s action when he’s not like this. Usually, he doesn’t care at all if it’s not fun for him.

“He can’t take Iris with him because she is my mate,” Felix answered. “I’m sorry, Alpha. But you can’t just take my mate away from me. We have candidates for your breeder, choose one of them.”

Shocked, Felix grabbed me in the hand then pulled me closer to him. I was completely stunned, I couldn’t believe what was happening. Just earlier, Felix declined to recognize me as his mate and now, this? He told his father that I am his mate? This is impossible!

Alpha Lucas glanced at me. “Is that true? Is he your mate?”

My mouth gaped as I looked straight into his eyes. I didn’t know why but I saw jealousy in his eyes. But that didn’t take long when he blinked and it was replaced by coldness. 

“Y-yes…” I lowered my head to avoid his intimidating look. It was as if he was trying to read my mind even though it’s impossible.

The whole place went silent before Alpha Lucas cleared his throat. “Alright, then. I cannot force you to be my breeder if you have a mate.”

“But Alpha! They can just reject each other—” Alpha Morris couldn’t finish what he was about to say when Alpha Lucas stopped him.

“Do you know how painful it is to reject your mate, Alpha Morris? The pain is extreme and I don’t want them to feel that pain just because I want her as my breeder. He is your son, I believe you didn’t want to hurt him.”

Alpha Morris was taken aback, he was surprised by what Alpha Lucas said. But he cleared his throat and shook his head. “Then you’ll get a new breeder, right? I will find someone else! Someone that is perfect, better than this thin omega she-wolf.”

Alpha Lucas lingered his eyes on me and I saw pity on him. But he turned his attention back to Alpha Morris. “I will but for now, I should go. It’s getting late, we might stumble upon some Hyde or other enemies on our way back to our town. Have a good night, Alpha Morris.”

With that, he looked at me once more before Alpha Lucas bowed together with the driver who brought us here. I’m still shocked until they left the Alpha’s house. As soon as the car drove away, Alpha Morris cleared his throat which caught our attention.

“Felix, I think we need to have a talk.” Then he glanced at me. “You, go home.”

I bowed my head and took my hand from Felix. He looked at me before getting in. Felix didn’t say anything to me even after what happened. Their driver brought me back home. As I pushed the door open, Georgia was already waiting there, her arms crossed her chest. 

She flashed an insulting smile. “Oh, what did I tell you? You look like pathetic trash when you come to the ceremony. How could someone like you become Asher’s mate?”

“Georgia, please?”

“Oh, please! My friends laughed at me when you came there. They said I should’ve given you a decent dress. You shouldn’t come in the first place!”

I remained silent as I walked past her. I don’t want to talk to her now that my mind is clouded with so many thoughts. But then she didn’t let me, she quickly grabbed my hair and pulled me back towards her. I shrieked in pain as her fingernails scratched my scalp. 

“You bitch! Next time, don’t show your face to an event like that when you already know that you do not belong there!” Her eyes wide open, I tried to push her away but before I could do that, she pushed me away first. I dropped to the ground as she looked down at me. “No matter how you try hard to please everyone, no one will like you.”

With that, Georgia finally left me right in the front door. I couldn’t help but cry. Why does this day feel so long? So many things happened to me today but Georgia made me think of the last words she said… I smirked. 

“I never tried hard to please anyone, but I also didn’t do anything to be hated like this…”