Rogue Squad

Life's Full of Choices

"Thanks for covering for me Rina." I thank her as we head to her room, just the two of us.

She smiles happily at me, "it's what friends are for, don't worry about it." She pauses. Her features drop a bit, informing me that she's a bit concerned with something. Before I can ask about it, she voices her concerns, "don't you think...now this is just a suggestion... But don't you think you should tell Greyson?"

My cheeks flame red and my heart drops to the floor. "I... I..."

"I mean I know I'm not in your shoes, but I just feel like you should tell him, don't you think?"

"I can't..."

"Why not?"

"Well for starters, I don't know how Greyson even feels about me..."

"But," she cuts me off, "if he does feel towards you the way you feel about him, then this is something he should know and be prepared for."

I frown, "personally, I think the opposite. If he does like me, then why should I tell him? If I tell him, then I will end up telling him how much I care about him, and he would return the feelings, yet we would be stuck. I will still have to mate with Damien, no matter if he likes me or not. If I tell him, and he does like me, it will only hurt the both of us more than it has to."

She sighs, "I suppose that's true... I just feel that it's not fair for either of you. Why don't you get to be with the person you want?"

I shrug as a stinging pain shoots through my heart, "that's the way it was decided to be. It's simply something I don't have a choice with."

"Are you going to sleep with him?"

"What!?" I ask shocked. I turn to Rina who's looking at me with a straight face.

"With Damien. Are you going to ... you know... have sex with him?"

My face scrunches up in disgust. "Um, no. This is Damien we are talking about here."

"But..." She comment, "he is going to be your mate... and he is going to be Alpha... won't he need kids?"

I stick my tongue out in disgust, "he won't be getting them from me, not as long as I have a say in it."

"I see... I guess that's at least good to hear, that you won't let yourself be forced into that."

I smile with pride, "of course. I may be forced into being a mating pair with Damien, but to actually have sex with him? That's a whole other story. A whole other story that's not happening -- ever."

We continue small talk after that, as we make our way to Rina's room. I notice how hidden and tucked away her room is in the girls' hallway.

Yet her room is huge. When we walk in, I'm shocked by the sheer size of it. It is way larger than most normal rooms in this pack. The Alpha sure knows how to treat people well when he appreciates their work.

"I forgot I have never been in your room before," I comment as she leads me over to her walk in closet. She opens the door wide, revealing a huge area with loads of clothing. "It's super nice in here."

She smiles proudly, "indeed it is. I started off, after my parents abandoned me, living with one of the maid in a small room. Then the Alpha discovered my power. Instead of shying away, he decided to help me build my ability, strengthen it in a sense. Once I was old enough to live alone, he gave me this room. Pretty cool, huh?"

"Very cool." I trail my fingers over the wood on the doorway leading into the closet.

I watch as she goes behind a rack of dangling shirts and dresses. She pulls out a large safe, equipped with an impressive circular twisting lock. The ones with all the numbers. Those ones are far more difficult to break into. She quickly scrolls in the code and unlocks the safe. Once the door is fully opened, she shoots her hand out towards me, waiting.