Unrequited Mates

CHAPTER ONE

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~17 years later~

"Get up, bitch!"

Shaking, I rise to my feet, head down in submission. Today was my 17th birthday, but I wasn't expecting any abuse to stop. Just like every day, my so-called 'mate', Alpha Josh Stone of the New Moon pack, was slapping me repeatedly across the face.

"Good-good m-morning, Alpha."

"Speaking without permission, huh?" he says, punching me in the stomach, "that will teach you."

I whimper softly in pain.

"Well? What are you still standing here for?"

Turning around, I go to get dressed for the day. I put on a light yellow, polka-dot dress, and apply some makeup to hide my bruises. I turn around for the Alpha's approval, to find him in the middle of doing his shirt up.

"Come here," he growls out. I slowly walk over and stand there with my head bowed.

"Look at me, slut."

I know what will happen if I do so I stay facing the floor.

"I SAID LOOK AT ME!"

I shiver in terror and slowly let my head lift up.

Crack.

A spear of pain bursts through my cheek and my eyes water with unshed tears.

"Never look me in the eye. You are beneath me," he says lowly.

"Do up the rest of these buttons for me," I do as he says, and he relishes in the electric, tingling sensations he feels when I touch him.

But I don't feel them.

I never have.

When I ask pack members what it's like for them having a mate, they always tell me that it's like discovering their life purpose. Their mate is their whole world. And every time they touch their mate it's like fireworks exploding in a delightful feeling across their skin. From the moment they meet, they are deep in love.

But all I feel is disgust for my 'mate'. Especially since he is 26 years older than me. I sometimes wonder, if mates are supposed to love and care for one another, why does he hit me every day?

I finish doing up his shirt and step away.

"It's your birthday today, isn't it?"

I look up in shock - I didn't think he had remembered.

I nod, fearing the consequences of speaking.

"And how old are you?"

Silence.

"I said, how old are you?"

"Se-seventee-teen, Alpha."

It's a few seconds before he responds.

"Well," he grins,"we're going to have some fun tonight then."

"No! Oh, pl-pleas-se n-no, Alpha!"

In the next second my back slams into the far wall.

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT! YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!"

Realising my mistake, I try to apologize but he pays no attention to me. Grabbing my wrist, he drags me across the floor and ties me to a bedpost with a piece of rope. He stalks over to the chest in the corner that contains his torture tools. I don't know how he got his hands on them, and I don't really care at the moment. I look over to see him walking back to me slowly, dragging a thick leather whip behind him. He has cup of liquid silver in the other hand.

"Drink up!"

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An hour and a half later, Beta Chad Wilson bursts in to the room. He pays me no mind, having seen this many times before.
Through the haze of pain, and just make out one word.

"Rogues."

Alpha Stone looks absolutely horrified and dashes out the room with the Beta in hot pursuit.

Time passes quickly after that, as I fade in and out of consiousness.

The next time I wake, I am greeted by the sight of two luminescent hazel eyes staring back at me. I scramble back as far as the rope allows - which isn't that far- and search for the person the eyes belong to. As I look around, I realise that there are about 5 men in the room with me. By the smell of them I can tell they are at least some of the rogues that Beta Wilson was talking about.

"She's the Luna of this pack, if we take her, we can gather info on the Alpha Josh Stone and hold her to ransom."

My head whips around to see who has spoken and I see it was the hazel-eyed man from before.

He nods at one of the other men who comes over and unties the rope from the bedpost - but not from my hands, leaving it scraping harshly against my wrists. Another rogue comes over with two pieces of cloth and blindfolds, then gags me.

Moments later, I'm swung roughly over someone's shoulder and am carried off to who knows where.

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