His Long Awaited Mate

Alice POV

Dark Lord Khor was intimidating to say the least.. However, I now had the opportunity to finally get everything I wanted, everything my pack deserved, and more importantly everything I deserved. I am not going to be shunned and looked down on.. I should have been Alpha by birth, however, the archaic laws of our kind, especially those within the pack forbade this. I knew of other female Alpha’s though and saw no reason my father could not over turned the law. But he was weak, both in spirit and mind, and now in body. His time was over, and mine was coming!

“At a very high cost” my wolf retorted. She did not agree with me, she did not like this plan at all. Dark Lord Khor knew how to concur the Alpha King – give him one thing he always wanted. “You will be Queen Luna”, I spat back. My wolf Rina, was not buying this.. “You have agreed to forego our fated mate. We will never know a real MATE!!! We will never have our mate’s pups!”, she was now screaming at me.. “And for what??”

“For us to survive, for us to be the Alpha – and you will have royal pups”, I snarled back.. “I disagree with this” Rina was growling now.. “This goes against our laws, our tradition – Goddess will NOT be pleased.. Not only are you denying US mate – you are hurting somebody else – two other people and taking their fated mates from them!!!”, she spat. “Alpha King would have killed us!!! DO YOU WANT TO DIE????!!!”… “Honorable death is better than dishonorable life”, she said and with that retracted back from my mind.

The potion and spell Lord Khor gave me ensured one thing… That Alpha King will see me as his fated mate, no matter what. In my human and wolf form I will always look to him as his mate. The semblance of a pull will be there, but only on his side. He will always think I am his mate, as long as I want him..

On my end, cost was high. I would have to forego my fated mate, never know love in my long years of existence, never be able to be with him. Even if I recognized him, which I would, only I would know. I would have to suffer seeing my real mate with somebody else or suffer seeing him alone. In either case I was ruining his life too. Also, Lord Khor wanted me to give him the pack witch. I did not know anything about her except that he wanted her. Many packs used services of the witches or vampires – this was nothing new. Some, wealthier packs had them live in the pack lands – using their services when needed. I found nothing strange with the request, but something was nagging me – I did not know why, but I felt that this witch was more then Lord Khor said. For him to go through all this – she must have been very important. Maybe I could have upped my bargaining price I thought to myself. My wolf was silent, but I knew she’d come around eventually. Or at least I hoped. I had no other options – this had to be done.

I went to visit with my father before I started travel to Alpha King’s lands – he was expecting me tomorrow. Laying in a large canopy bed, his wounds were not healing as fast. Our healers were working round the clock and I know he had the best care possible. However, his power was leaving him and I knew there were more then many jackals lined up to tear him apart in every way, including tearing up our pack. Nobody will dare touch the pack of the Queen Luna, I again thought to myself. He sensed me and opened his eyes weakly. “Daughter”, he motioned for me and I ran to his side. His beautiful blue eyes were clouded, almost lifeless, and fear captured me. I hoped he will leave at least enough to see my triumph, to see that I have secured longevity and survival for our pack, for our family name..

“You look just like your mother”, he said with a gentle flicker in his eyes. They were fated mates, and despite his traditional stance on rules and roles within the pack, I knew he worshiped ground she walked on. They had a wonderful love story I thought, tears prickling my eyes. "Thank you Father, I miss her too", I said smiling gently at him.. "I had a dream he continued.. I dreamt you found a great man, your fated mate, and had many pups daughter.. I dreamt of your happiness”, his had squeezing mine gently, his eyes hoping, encouraging me. “I know you will have that – I have been praying to the Goddess for you”, he said gently.

The guilt was tearing me apart, but I stood firm. There was no way of going back now, nothing I could do. I just nodded.. “Rest Father, you need your energy. How will you dance at my mating ceremony if you do not get better??”, I was trying to shift the mood. “I am going to negotiate with Alpha King Roman tomorrow, I said”.. A worried, almost bewildered look swept his face.. “I will be fine Father, there is nothing to worry about – please trust me”.. “I do .. I do not trust him.. He is ruthless Alice, you need to take best warriors”.. the cough interrupted his words.. “I will Father, everything will be ok”.. In my pocked I squeezed the vial of potion.. kissing my Father’s hand I left him to rest.. Everything will be ok, I reassured myself. Tomorrow, we bring Alpha King, his long awaited mate.