Strange Mates

Strange Mates - Chapter 15

A/N: So guys here's thee next chapter :D Sorry it didn't arrive sooner!! Hope nobody is getting bored of this story!!! Please comment and Vote!!! Much appreciated. Enjoy my lovelies!!! Dannii xx

Chapter 15

Ryan’s P.O.V

I stood beside Lucas and stared at the daughter he wanted me to mate with. I wasn’t sure how to feel about it. I was torn. Yes I knew that mating with her would make me a stronger Beta because, hey having a mate apparently has that effect. But on the other hand I wanted to mate with my actual mate. I knew she was out there somewhere. I just hadn’t had the chance to find her. I hadn’t had chance to do anything. I was planning on asking Lucas if I could take some time out to find my mate, when he came up with this strange revenge scheme. I didn’t understand why he was so desperate to have his daughter by his side all of a sudden, its not like he’s been bothered about her before. So why now? It didn’t make any sense. Then again Lucas hasn’t been himself since he returned from his “trip”. Nobody knew what happened or where he went, he wouldn’t say and no one dare argue. ‘I bet it had something to do with her’  My panther spat, clearly annoyed that his right to have his mate was being taken from him. I didn’t blame him, it was bugging me to, but there was nothing I could do about it. ‘Leave’ my panther begged, and as tempting as that was I couldn’t, I had no where to go and being a panther rogue didn’t seem all that appealing. Rogues died. I didn’t want to die. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. How had my life got so complicated? I wished I hadn’t agreed to joining Lucas’ pack. 

*Flashback*

I was just a pup and I had just witnessed several rogues tear my parents apart limb from limb. I laid whimpering over their dead bodies, silently wishing they’d wake back up, that they’d soothe me and tell me everything would be okay. But I knew deep down that wasn’t going to happen. The pain that had exploded in my chest when they’d died pretty much clarified that I was no longer part of a family. They’d been cruelly taken from me. Anger surged inside of me and my panther demanded justice. I wasn’t so sure, I barely knew how to control my panther having only recently had my first shift. My father was going to teach me how to successfully train and restrain my panther. I sobbed as I thought of my father. Why did the rogues kill my parents? What had they ever done?  I was so absorbed with grief that I didn’t hear anyone approaching. When a shadow loomed over me I jumped up quickly and growled on reflex. “Shhh pup it will be okay” a man said and I just growled, I didn’t know him so why should I trust him. ‘Can he not see my dead parents!’ I thought angrily. “come with me boy.” the man said, and turned away. ‘Yeah because I just follow strange men’ I thought as he walked away. He turned when he realised I wasn’t behind him and growled. “That was not negotiable” he said simply before beckoning me forward. I was torn, I didn’t trust this man and I didn’t want to leave my parents. But I doubted I’d get to stay here, so hanging my head and slumped over to the man. “Now boy, you have potential. I want you to join my pack” he said simply and I just looked at him like he was speaking a foreign language to me. ‘I was mourning my parents and he wanted me for his pack? Was he mad?’ I thought as I watched him clench is jaw, clearly not liking how long I was taking to answer. “Erm…I don’t know you and I’ve just lost my parents” I said simply. His eyes lit up. “Exactly, that’s more of a reason to take me up on my offer. It wont be extended again, and to be honest now you have no parents, your pack won’t keep you. You will become a rogue. And guess what happens to rogues…they die” he said simply, looking rather smug with himself. I pondered over what he had just said, and he was right. My pack wouldn’t want the burden of a traumatised panther pup on their hands when there’s no one to raise me. I sighed. I was going to have to take him up on his offer, because frankly I didn’t want to die. Looking up I could see he knew what I was going to say because he was looking awfully pleased with himself.  “I accept” I said simply and he clapped his hands and we left, my stomach in knots as a fearful feeling set upon me, that I’d just made a deal with the devil.