Together Again

Part 1

It couldn't be him, of all the wolves I could have been mated to it could not be the omegas son; it just couldn't, I didn't want him.
It wasn't even about wanting pups one day, because honestly I didn't want the responsibility of them; Why couldn't I have been mated to a she-wolf? At least then I wouldn't be so embarrassed that I'd want to reject my mate; but I knew that if I did my wolf would be weaker, start deteriorating until eventually there'd be nothing left of him. Sighing at my thoughts I walked away from the pack hall and back to the pack house; heading upstairs to my bedroom and pushing the door shut, stripping out of my shirt and pants and lying down on my bed, I closed my eyes and tried to let my mind relax enough to sleep. I was still banned from turning, except on full moons and if there were rogues, so my wolf was antsy; and now with him showing up it would only get worse; it looked like I'd have to talk to my father about this after all.

When I got up the next morning and made my way downstairs, I found my father standing in the doorway of the house talking with somebody, so deciding to hang around until he was free and I could discuss things with him, I went into the kitchen and grabbed some juice.
It took twenty minutes to finish whatever he had been doing and come and sit at the table; where the she-wolves had set out breakfast.
As he began to lather up a piece of toast, I cleared my thtoat to get his attention; the juice glass resting empty between my hands.
"Alright what's going on son?"
My father asked me, putting down the knife he had been using and taking a bite of his food.
"Well, ah, see the thing is,"
I didn't know how to say it. How could I tell him that I'd been mated to an omega? It was ridiculous to even think about.
I toyed with the glass, thinking on how to phrase things; my father watching my every move with suspicious eyes.
"If this is about your probation again, I'm not speaking to the alpha about it; you're lucky you didn't get a more severe punishment."
I stilled my movements from twirling the glass and looked at my father; he would never understand just why this was the worst punishment I could have been given. But talking to him about it would only bring up things that I really didn't want to think about.
"That's not it, I just, have a problem with something and don't know what I should do about it."
"Oh, well what's the problem? You haven't, tell me you didn't get a she-wolf pregnant."
"What? Dad no, nothing like that."
"Well then spit it out already Evan, I've got to be in the training yard in twenty minutes, the alphas looking for new ways to train the warriors and as the head guard it's my job to help teach them."
"I know; do you think I could join today?"
"Nope, working as wolves; now spill it boy, what's got you in this fidgeting state again?"
"Well, I, I've found my mate but its a guy, and he's a low ranking wolf and I was just wondering if the bond could be broken?"
I finished on a murmur, my dad wouldn't care about the rank of my mate, but he wasn't exactly open to the whole same-sex pairings between wolves; and I hoped that would be enough to persuade him, we were both pretty like minded when it came to that.
"Oh; um well it depends, who is it?"
"It's the omegas son, that Grant kid."
My father choked on his bite of toast, hitting his chest as he reached for his coffee cup, taking a giant gulp before replacing the cup.
"No."
"No? What's no?"
"No, you can't break the bond, not with the omega."
He told me, with a look of steely determination on his face.
"What?! But why not?"
This was absurd! My father opposing this was the one thing I thought I could count on, he knew how I would feel about this and I'd hoped he would agree with me.
"Because for one, you're lucky to have a mate at all after what you did, and two, because this is your mate; and its rather ironic. I know I haven't always been the most accepting wolf when it came to, you know, the same-sex mate issue, but after everyhing that's happened over these past months, I've sort of had a change of heart. So you can keep your mate Evan, and for your sake I hope that he accepts you; he and Adams mate are twins after all."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Well in the best case scenario you'll always have a place in the alphas household, you'd become family if you and Grant mated, which would mean better things in your future than a normal wolf."
"But, I thought I was supposed to be Adams gamma?"
"Well, after everything that happened with Josh, and your past, the Alpha's decided to leave it open, so it's not certain if you'll be third now or not."
"But that's my rank! I earned it!"
"You didn't earn squat, now step up, claim your mate and secure your position."
"Fine; but this is bullshit!"
"Watch your mouth boy; I've got to be leaving, but when I get back later tonight I want to hear progress on this mate thing, am I clear?"
My father gave me his 'don't fuck with me' look, so I nodded my head. Putting my glass in the sink and walking outside.
That conversation had definitely not gone the way I'd planned.