Turning Down the Alpha

Prologue

I screamed at the top of my lungs as the grubby lunatic tried to grab me. I landed painfully on my ass and hurt my back. I frantically searched for a weapon. Fortunately, there was a rock lying in the mud.

"What do you want? Why the hell are you attacking me? Fuck off, you moron", I kept shouting to distract him. As soon as my hand closed in on the stone, I flung it with all my might. Bits of mud attached to the stone flew in the air. I tasted a bit of it too. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers.

The stone had hit his stomach, really not the part I was aiming for. But it gave me time to crawl on the ground and get a headstart. I dashed to a nearby park in hopes of finding someone around. My mobile phone had fallen down on the way. I was naturally pissed. Why the fuck was this happening to me?

I looked behind to see him gaining on me. I madly flailed my arms and made as much noise as I could, hoping someone would call the police. I saw a group of guys smoking what most likely was pot and chatting by the swings. I rather preferred these teenage miscreants to the potential rapist/kidnapper.

So I made my way to them and huffed out in between breaths. "Help please! There's a hobo behind me. Can you please scare him away or something? He tried to grab me." I immediately hunched over and tried to gain my breath.

I looked up to see five pairs of eyes staring at me. I was immediately drawn to the guy sitting on the swing with a cigarette in hand. He was staring at me intensely. He was very attractive and tall. I probably would have never had the courage to talk to him if I had met him elsewhere. My heart was hammering in my chest.

He had the brightest green eyes I had ever seen. His brown hair was casually swept over his head. He was so ruggedly handsome, that I wanted to cry.
He tossed away the cigarette and came over to where I stood. Inspite of coming quite close, he didn't stop. He stooped a little because of our height difference and whispered in my ear.

I froze in shock hearing the word "Mate".