Worthless to Priceless The Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 7 

After Caleb left my office, I was thankful for the blissful silence. I ran my hand through my hair in barely contained frustration as I stared at the stack of papers in front of me. The worst part of my job is the paperwork and if I had my way, L would delegate the job to someone else but I don’t trust anyone to take care of my pack the way I would. 

I was trying to figure out the budget allotment for the next few months when my phone rang. I glanced at the screen and felt 

the frustration build inside of me as I saw my mother’s name flash across the screen. 

I had half a mind to ignore her but I knew she would only keep calling so I picked up the phone and put it on speaker. 

“Hello mother,” I tried to keep the frustration out of my voice, “To what do I owe the pleasure?” 

“You have a date in an hour.” 

That’s my mother- she never wastes her time with pleasantries or greetings. She just goes straight to the point and makes whatever demands she has of you. More like she forces you into her demands because she also never takes no for an answer which is why I didn’t bother fighting her on it. 

I should have known that she would be calling because of a date. That is the only reason she has called me in the past few months. She is hell bent on setting me up with the daughter of one of her friends or family. She is of the opinion that I need a mate as soon as possible and fears that I will not find mine or she will not be of the right status. 

“Who is the girl?” I asked after a beat of silence. 

I could feel her happiness at me agreeing through the phone as she spoke, “her name is Gianna and she is the daughter of my second cousin removed.” 

“Mother,” I began slowly hating that I was going to have to disagree with her, “I cannot mate with her if she is family.” “She is a beautiful girl; you will both have beautiful offspring.” 

“We will have unhealthy offspring,” I corrected, “Look at our history and see what has happened with families that interbred.” 

I knew my mother was upset that I had refused her. Her silence was enough indicator of her frustration. 

“I already organized the date for both of you.” 

“You should have asked me first.” I said softly. 

That must have been the wrong choice because she ended the call without saying another word. I knew the right move would have been to call her back and apologize but I could feel the tell tale signs of a headache forming and the last thing I wanted was to speak to my mother longer than I should have. If I want to make her happy then I might have to just suck it up and go for the date. 

I was still debating the idea when I felt my wolf stir up inside me. He was restless about the idea of the date and I knew it based on the way he was pacing in my mind. 

“You can’t go for the date,” he said defiantly, “We have to focus on finding our mate.” 

I almost rolled my eyes at him. My wolf has been adamant about finding our mate and has been against all the dates my mother has been setting for us. Each time I have gone, he shuts me out and refuses to speak to me until I am back home. 

“I cannot refuse mother and the girl might not be as bad as you think.” I tried to reason with him but he was against the idea because he turned his back to me. “If the girl is an airhead with a terrible character then I will reject her on the spot. She might be a good candidate.” 

He must not have noticed the teasing note in my voice because he frowned, “She will not be as good as our mate. The moon goddess knows what is best for us and our mate is going to be exactly that. Your other half will be equally as good,” he paused and analyzed me, “or as bad as you are.” 

After saying that, he promptly went to ignoring me and I resisted the urge to pull at my hair. My mother and my wolf are annoyed with me and I cannot appease one without risking angering the other one. 

I rubbed my fingers against my temple to try to reduce the migraine that was already forming. It seemed to be working but 

office door opened and I knew that whatever peace I had gotten was over just as quickly as it started. 

then 

my 

I looked up to see Caleb. He had a look in his eye that was a mixture of panic, hurt and worry. I was instantly on alert because it takes a lot to rattle Caleb There is a reason I made him my Beta out of everyone else. Part of the reason is because he is my longest friend but the other is because I can count on him to be ruthless when the time is right. 

“What happened?” I asked and he hesitated for a second before speaking. 

“Clara had one of her scary visions.” 

I finally understood the tremor in his b*dy. I have only experienced one of her scary visions and it was enough for me to never want to see it again. Caleb has experienced every one of them with her and I’m not surprised he is like this after it. 

“What was it about?” 

“The Alpha’s daughter,” I almost rolled my eyes and Caleb saw that he was losing my interest because he rushed over to my side, “She is in danger.” 

“How does this concern me exactly?” 

“She is being chased by rogues and she thinks they are the same ones who were attacking the pack.” 

On a normal day, I wouldn’t have cared but I was in a bad mood and I needed a way to deal with my frustration. I was also willing to do anything so I didn’t have to think about my mother’s demands. I stood to my feet and I saw Caleb let out a sigh of relief. I knew he wouldn’t have stopped unless I had agreed to go with him. 

“It is a good day to kill some rogues, don’t you think?” I asked and he smirked. 

“I couldn’t agree more.” 

Caleb led me out and towards the car so we could drive towards the border. Caleb was relaying directions to me from Clara through the mind link. I didn’t know where we were going or what we were looking for and for a second, I wondered if Clara had seen wrong. 

“Are you sure this is the place?” I asked Caleb and he nodded. 

“Clara said she was heading this way and we should see her soon.” 

I was about to say something when I saw the car. I couldn’t see the girl inside clearly but she looked panicked as she tried to outmaneuver the rogues that were chasing her. The car was beaten up on some sides from where she kept bumping into the trees. It was clear she was young and inexperienced and it only annoyed me further. 

My wolf stood up in agitation. If there was anything that got his interest just as fast as the topic of our mate, it was rogues. He shared my mutual dislike for them and I could feel his anger. 

“You wouldn’t mind ripping off a few heads, would you?” I asked and he growled. 

I stopped the car and my feet had barely hit the ground when I shifted effectively ripping my clothes in the process. I didn’t mind because there were always clothes around the forest for situations like this. As I rushed towards the rogues, I let out the loudest growl that I could muster.