Not Your Mate Anymore

We arrived at yet another lycan pack thanks to my uncle Deacon. 

It was huge with just over a 2000 normal  pack members and a 1000 warriors ran by one alpha. We had to buy our way in and I didn't want to ask my father how much he had to pay so we're not treated as pack omegas. 

"Welcome to Red Creek Pack. We are one of the oldest standing packs since the beginning of time. We don't normally take in any new members but your sizable donation will help greatly and ensure your stay is comfortable." One very tall and muscular guy said.

He walked closer to us and held out his hand to greet my grandfather. 

"My name is Lucas, the beta of this pack. My alpha is away on business  but he should return soon." He says as they shake hands. He then turns to me and bows his head. 

He led us to my apartment in the pack house. It took up the entire floor. Definitely too big for Adrastos and I alone. 

"I take it your stay is only temporary sir?" He asks looking at my grandfather. 

"Yes. I'll only be here for a few days to help my granddaughter settle in. I can't stress this enough, her being here is to stay secret. Word of it does not leave this pack." He says sternly to Lucas. 

"Yes. That was the agreement and we will keep our word." He says. 

He bids us farewell and close the door.

I go into my room to settle down and put my son to sleep while I freshen up. I make a pillow fort around him and head into the ensuite. It was white and modern. 

Just perfect. 

After freshening up and giving Adrastos a bath, I walk out, Adrastos in mu arms to sit with my grandfather who seems to have company. 

"Who's this?" I say as I make myself comfortable on the couch. 

"Hello my lady. My name is Margot and I will be helping you with whatever it is that you need. I can look after your son or also do some housekeeping. If you don't want to dine with the pack, I can also cook for you." She says to me. 

She was probably around my age. 

"Oh don't you have school?" I ask her. 

"I do but my duties come first." She says to me and my heart sinks. 

"Do you have any family?" I ask her and she brightens up at that question. 

"Yes. My mother and father who are at home and I have two older brothers who are warriors of the pack. My parents and I are very proud" She beams at me. 

"Oh and your mother and father?" I ask. 

"My father is retired my lady and my mother was recently fired from her last job. That is why I'm here as nobody would hire her." She said. 

"If you don't mind me asking, why was she fired?" I ask. She shifts on the couch uncomfortably. 

"She was accused of stealing." She says looking down. I gasp loudly. 

"That's a serious accusation Margot." I say to her, now worried if she won't do the same. 

"She didn't do it my lady. She was falsely accused but nobody would believe the word of an omega over a higher ranked wolf." She says as tears fill her eyes. 

"I'd like to meet your mother then. I can hire you both so you can attend school but I'll have to have a word with her first before I make my decision." I say to her as a smile makes it's way on her face. 

"I can get her right away!" She chirps and I nod my head at that. She scurries out of my apartment, leaving me with my son and grandfather. That got me thinking about how I will be able to pay Margot. 

"Grandfather, how will I access my money without tipping Max off?" I ask him. 

"Cj has set up a new identity for you and the boy. New accounts and everything. He had your money up in a way that is untraceable. Something about hacking and stealing and IP addresses." He says to me and I laugh at him. 

I'll have to call Cj to have him explain all of it to me. 

"It will be a while before your bank details are delivered so until then, you'll have to use cash. The money is in the two duffel bags I put in your room. The beta told me you have a safe in your room behind a painting. Make use of it." He says to me and I nod. 

An excited Margot comes rushing in and dragging an older looking woman behind her. She sits down followed by the older lady. My grandfather takes that as his cue to leave and go in to the extra bedroom. 

"My lady, this is my mother, Dorothy." She says to me. I shake my head at her.

"Call me Sabrina, please." I say to her and she bows at me. I then look at her mother. 

"It is nice to meet you Dorothy. Margot here has explained your current dilemma and I wanted to hear it from you." I say to her. 

"Hello Sabrina..." She says as she looks at me nervously. I nod at her to continue. 

"I was working on the floor above you, the alpha quarters. See, the entire alpha family lives up there and I've even raised our current alpha." She says to me. Her eyes look glassy but she takes in a deep breath to calm herself down. 

While saying this, her heartbeat has been steady and I've been listening in to see if she lies to me. 

"One day I caught the youngest daughter of the previous alpha, our current alpha's little sister, doing dirty bits with a young boy. I reprimanded her like I've done with all the alpha children when they were young. She continued this behaviour until one day I told her I'll tell on her. She didn't change her ways but instead she planted her mother's expensive brooch in my cleaning supplies closet and had me fired." She said as tears broke out and stained her face. 

She looked broken. I felt really sorry for her. 

"I'm so sorry Dorothy." I say to her and she gives me a small smile. 

"All those alpha babies, I raised. I will plead my case with the current alpha but he's been away for some time now. I can only speak to him when he returns." She says to me. I nod in understanding. 

"Until then, you will work for me. You have better experience at looking after children than Margot and I'd like it if she didn't have to miss school." I say and the mother looks at me with her eyes about to pop out of her face. 

"How much was the alpha family paying you?" I ask her. 

"No no no. I can't expect you to pay me what that family was. You only have one child." She says but I smile and raise my eyebrow at her waiting for an answer. 

"The beta already paid me for 6 months of work." Margot chimes in. 

"Since you've already been paid, your mother will find some work for you to do after school and on weekends around here. Dorothy, your pay will stay the same until the alpha returns. I'm stubborn so you can only agree." I say to her and Margot laughs. 

After some minutes of explaining how I want things done, I had Margot go change so she can accompany me to their mall so I can buy clothes and supplies since I didn't get to pack anything. Dorothy met my grandfather and insisted they will both stay behind with Adrastos while I went shopping.

The beta showed me to the car my grandfather asked him to borrow me. It was a pickup truck, nothing crazy. I was missing my super car now but the truck will do as I needed a lot of things. I got in with Margot and followed her directions. 

"So you wanna go to the commoners mall or where the higher ranking wolves shop?" She asks. I look at her confused. 

"You mean, you guys don't shop at the same place?" I ask her and she shakes her head no. I shake my head in disbelief. 

Bloody Lycans. 

"I want designer. So take me to where the alphas shop." I say and she sits up excitedly. 

"I've never been inside before! I can't wait to see all the shops they have." She says and I laugh at how cute she was being. 

We pulled up to the mall and it looked like a tall skyscraper. 

We walked in and the cool air hit us. Margot followed me everywhere from shop to shop just looking at everything in awe. I had to remember to buy her something before we leave. 

We walked in with a duffel bag full of money and walked out of the mall with it all empty. I definitely know how to waste money. I also passed by a baby store less expensive to buy baby stuff. I couldn't buy Adrastos designer clothes if he's only going to wear them for 2 minutes. No ways. 

I got Margot a pair of designer sneakers but I didn't tell her. I'll have to give it to her when I drop her off. 

"Sabrina, I've never seen anyone spend as much money as you have on clothes. That was crazy." She says to me. 

"Wait until you meet my sister then!" I say as I chuckle remembering  my father's angry face when Josey maxed out his credit card. 

"You must come from serious money then." She says looking at me. 

"I come from a beta family. Before our pack was attacked anyway." I say to Margot. 

"I'm sorry Sabrina. That must've sucked" She said. 'That's not the half of it!' Athena says in my head. 

"It's okay. Here's to new beginnings." I say and I smile at her. Deep down I was heartbroken but I was going to embrace this new change, even if it took everything out of me, I will take this new life and raise my son. 

We arrived back at the pack house. I parked the car and Margot ran out to get someone to help carry the shopping bags. 

I was waiting outside the car as it was too hot to stay inside. The beta made his way towards me with someone following right behind him. I couldn't see who it was as the sun's Ray's were blocking his face but he looked to be a tad bit taller than Lucas and definitely carried more muscle. 

"Sabrina, I'd like to formally introduce you to the alpha, Xander. Alpha Xander, this is Sabrina, the one I told you about." Lucas says. He moves out of the way to reveal a man cut out of a magazine catalogue. 

Perfection. 

His muscles were stretching the poor shirt and don't get me started on his legs. Does this guy ever miss leg day?  Me and my still bloated belly stood still taking in the sex god. 

"Hello Sabrina." Xander says to me. 

possibly lead to war if Max

like that around. I'd like to hear more of your story. Once you're all settled, come to my office."

nowhere and beams at

the alpha. He's never this friendly." Margot

loves beautiful

shopping bags to my floor. I silently left them to it as

find my grandfather

past him and put all the bags on the floor in my room. Margot and her

in at the same time and starts handing us our

go to my room to get the shopping bag that had Margot's

you something to thank you for helping me shop all day." I say handing her the one shopping bag that has

you asked for my

with her friend and I decide to freshen

a basic white shirt with boyfriend jeans and my new white air jordans. I'll leave my hair to air dry. I put on some chapstick

so I tell my grandfather about the

him on

promise." I say and quickly walk out to go

and followed his scent. It was behind a large brown wooden door.

walked in to see the alpha drowning in paperwork.

times I had to teach Max my father's filing system so everything could be in order.

find my way around after being away for so long." He says and motions for me to sit on one of the chairs opposite him, only

enough if Xander decided to take me on

allowed in. I'm

running away from the alpha of Green Forrest pack. He is the father of my child and my chosen mate. I could sit here for hours explaining

He asks with

up and walk to his side of the table. I point to his

me. I take hold of his hand with both of mine. Oh a man with

is wrong with

with Max to when I ran away from Percy. I then showed him my time with Max as his mate and Luna. I showed him the war that transpired and how I saved everyone. I

a tear fall on Xander's hand and it hit me that I was crying. I stepped back and

Xander asks me

that even makes sense." I say to him. He rubs his chin looking at me, taking me all in

the

this horny

your power?" He asks smiling at me, looking like a school kid that just discovered a store that

him and then let it out. All of it and then reeled it in after a

towards me until my back hit a wall.

clears his throat.

very useful in training. I expect to see you on the training fields every day at 6am." He says

stay? What about Maximus?"I ask him and he

lie, I can put you to good use." He says that but I pick up

forces his eyes

Reel it in

rogues in these parts so you'll come in handy and if your mate decides to pay us a visit, I'll leave that for you to decide. I do promise you, our border is impenetrable. There is absolutely no way he can get to you without warning." He says to me and I let out a loud sigh.

finish school."

8am. Your mail came in

I say as walk to the

He calls out.

He takes a second as he checks

Creek." He says to me sending me that

and then walk out. I rushed back to my room to take a shower but I was also  missing my baby boy. I've been out and about

even though he slept most of the

got to talk to them all and share a few laughs with grandfather

and I took the chance to change up my room to my taste. The bedding, the curtains and throws. I put all my toiletries and perfumes

so I can quickly pump before I have to go for training. I went to bed around 9pm, nervous

hate being the new

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Max's POV

I say to my friends sitting around the table in the dining hall.

happy about that?" Nicole asks me. She's been giving me hell for

wolf is feeling

it. You got what you wanted so I don't want to hear about Sabrina anymore." She says to me.

houses. She still isn't happy about being forced to abandon a pregnant Luna but she couldn't go against alpha orders. Although

If she's so strong, then she can survive anything. She doesn't need any of us, she proved that when she took on all those warriors and regained her energy within minutes while I was kept by a barrier and even before that, we were losing. I led my pack to a slaughter and she

"I won't mention her ever again." I say to her.

they all shrug and pretend to be engrossed with simple scrambled egg on toast.

added extra hours. I doubled the number

time when they feared him as he ruled with an iron fist. He

at me as he runs his chin.

my grandson, what do you plan on doing with your life now?" My father asks. He

and make sure we never

you can guarantee that now. People around the country were talking about Sabrina's great strength. She is the most feared wolf and

to go to my office and get away

office door and make my way to my chair knowing very well I was about to get an earful. He closes the door with so much force, I looked up surprised to see it

a number on all of you and from my experience, he

that. I am tired of hearing how powerful she is! I am powerful. I shifted in to my wolf when I could barely recite the alphabet. I was the top student at the alpha training and my record was still standing until a few months ago. I worked hard to deserve this and what did she do? She was born that way. Didn't have to push herself beyond what she's already used to." I

what if I took on another mate? All she had to do was fight her. That was the lycan way. She was supposed to rip her to shreds after finding out about her. She was the fucken Luna.

you think if she was given a choice she'd choose those powers?" My father

she is so undeserving! She's always complaining about how

her? Also, why are you expecting her to have the same beliefs

her." I say through

you but that's certainly not the way she was raised and

Now if you're done lecturing me on being a good mate, a lecture you of all people shouldn't be giving, please leave me alone.

a problem with it,

I'm not training or patrolling around the borders. I'm not stupid, I know Reginald will be back. His children are still in my cells and he can't push his

lock. Only I can open or close it. His children are in there and I give them one meal a day so they stay weak. I've even turned them in to vegetarians,

they'll do anything to my bidding for a taste. They were still under Sabrina's mind control, which means they will kill their father at first contact

I have not been in the mood since Sabrina had our marks removed. Just the thought of her taking another

My wolf loves her but I've had him since I was a kid so

Sabrina. 

that was for when I cared for her. Now I just want to know where she is so I know what

didn't know that. That's why I had the pack move houses so that she would be alienated and think that everyone hated her. I worked too hard to have some ungrateful wolf strip me of my title. She had to go and the further away

you can walk in to my office whenever

stomps out of my office and bangs the

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Sabrina's POV

5am and I groaned in my head afraid to wake king Adrastos.

take some getting used to.

away dried milk and sweat. Don't want to put off

as my tummy hasn't snapped back yet but I'm hoping with all the training, I'll be good as new soon. I

monitor and connect to my phone so I can record the day even though I'm not around. I will watch the feed later on in the day. Dorothy should be arriving at 5h50 so I have a few minutes to make my way to the

door at 5h45 and I rush to go open the door thinking Dorothy was early but as soon as I opened the door and met with a shirtless man, I knew that wasn't my helper. I try to blink away the nasty thoughts in

he shakes his head no and walks right in to my apartment like he owns it, which he does

I just thought I'd check in with you,  having a newborn and all. I have a younger sister and some cousins, I know how new mothers appreciate their sleep but it seems like you're coping just fine." Xander says as

I'm struggling but I was not about to disappoint the alpha on the first day of training. I can slack off in a week or two."

I could

my joke and I mentally swoon at the sound, imagining a very naked alpha in my bed

when Dorothy enters my apartment and Xander pulls her in for a hug. Whoa, messed up. Miss me with that.

see the next day." He says and I just shrug. I was not about to tell him how Dorothy came

This man loved Dorothy like a mother but I hope after hearing her side of the story he doesn't take her back. I need her now.

me. She sold that story to me yesterday. How could I not hire her?" I ask playfully. Dorothy laughs at my comment.

tries to push us out of the house. "Don't want Sabrina late on her first day." She

he laughs at my actions.

do know I'm the alpha right?" He asks me. Well duh!

go

eyes at me." He says in a low but warning tone. It

I have no ranking. Naturally I should be an omega but I'm living on the floor right under the alpha. Your shewolves won't like that and I'm not trying to give them

how will I

to take you on." He says stepping back

latest conquest and I'm abusing your alpha power." I say in all honesty. Xander laughs out loud as we walk to the

in for a hug and licks

will give them something to talk about."

Now I smell