Don't Judge a Wolf by its Human

Rebecca's POV.

I can't believe it! What did I do in my former life to deserve this? The person I hated the most in this world, is my MATE! How? Why? Grrrrr! I can't believe this! What the hell am I going to do now?

He’s got jet black hair, muscular tone, blue eyes with golden specks. Yes, he looked like the perfect mate. But everybody knows, looks can be deceiving. He was pure Evil!!!

" Just claim him, Becca! He's our mate! How can you still hate him when we were born to love him?" Isobel was saying in my head.

So, Isobel is my wolf side. When I turned fourteen, I started to hear her; although, I couldn't turn yet. Wolves are not supposed to be heard or changed into until our sixteenth year. But there she was, talking away. She was just as surprised as I was, when she realized I could hear her.

The Moon Goddess came to me, and she told me why. She said I must not tell anyone, not even my parents. Lives could be in danger if I were to tell anyone. She also said that she would always be watching over me, to help keep me safe. So, no one knows my secret.

But back to the issue at hand. How could this jerk be my mate?

" Izzy, I'm not going to claim him. I can't stand him. Yeah, we're supposed to be mates. Yes, he smells like lavender and vanilla. And yes, it may hurt to reject my mate, but I'm not going to do it! I don't love him!"

" My mate! If you won't claim him, I will! Stop being so stubborn, Becca!" Izzy half groaned, and half growled at me.

" Not going to happen, Izzy! We can find better than a narcissistic, lying, cruel jerk like him! Look how he treats everybody in our pack, just because he thinks he's better. All because his dad is our Alpha! Even his own dad won't let him claim the alpha seat, don't you find that odd?"

I knew how cruel he was to the younger pups. Little Ben was just the latest assurance. Poor Ben had ended up in our hospital wing because after the beating Kormac gave him, that jerk threw Ben into the wolfsbane that surrounded our territory. All this, because Ben dared to say hello to Kormac Andrews. Yes, Kormac, my soon to be rejected mate.

“After all the things we know he's done, and knowing he's done even more that we don't know about, Izzy, how could you want me to claim such a monster? We need a strong, caring, compassionate man for our mate. And you know as well as I do, Kormac does not fit the bill!" Izzy sighed as I said this.

" Maybe he will change now that he knows you're his mate. You really should give him a chance." I could hear the please in my wolf's voice.

But how could I even begin to forgive him? Let alone love him? I really need to speak to the Moon Goddess about this! Why would my mate be someone like Kormac? It must be some kind of joke. Maybe I was wrong, it could be someone else that was nearby. Who else was near him? I know I’m stretching it, but there has to be another explanation.

Classes would be starting in about an hour and I needed to find the gang before I went completely crazy. Maybe they could figure out what was really going on. Until then, I had to avoid Satan at all costs. I didn’t want anyone thinking I actually had a thing for him. Plus, I didn’t want to hear his ideas of a how a perfect mate should act. I could only imagine what his version would be, and that idea doesn’t set well with me.

I saw Josie pull into the parking lot with Jared. If only he wasn’t a human. He is definitely my idea of the perfect mate. He was the one I felt most comfortable with. He always made me feel like a princess. I know he wants to be with me too, but wolves can’t mate with humans. It would be different if he was a vampire or a warlock. Then we would have a chance. This really sucks.

After Josie got herself parked, I ran up asking for Elizabeth. Josie said she was on her way, and we walked to the library together. That was the only room other than the cafeteria open this early. I definitely didn’t want to go in there to find Kormac waiting for me. Liz texted to find out where we were hiding. When she finally got here, that’s when I told them all about this morning's unfortunate events.

“Oh my Goddess, Becca. I’m so sorry. Maybe you’re mistaken though. Maybe someone else was there and you just didn’t see them."

“I wish that were the case, believe me. Izzy is chomping at the bit to mate. Meanwhile, I’m trying not to vomit. I don’t see how today could get any worse.” I know I shouldn’t let this bring me down.

“Actually, I heard we’re supposed to have a pop quiz in ancient studies today. It’s supposed to be in the next chapter.” I couldn’t tell if Josie was joking or not.

“Not funny, sooo not funny. Next thing you’re gonna tell me me is that training has been cancelled too. Or maybe that the bonfire has been canceled. Well, I just won’t hear any more of it.” I pretended to be pissed as I fake stomped away.

Everyone just laughed as we headed to the cafeteria to grab a quick bite before going to class. Josie went in first to make sure the cost was clear. Thank the Goddess he wasn’t here. Hopefully he stays away. It was bad enough he was in most of my classes. At least I had at least one of my three friends in each class to protect me from going off on the ass. Who knows what I might do if he tried to talk to me, but it wouldn’t be good.

I had wondered why it had taken so long to find my mate. Now I wish I never had. It was just a few days ago I had thought perhaps I could spend my life with Jared if I didn’t find my mate. Now I find myself wishing that was still a possibility. The only problem with that, I would never be the same person I am now once I reject Kormac. My heart would ache for all time of the loss. The only thing that I hated about being a wolf.

“You’re just being silly, Becca. We can still claim him. You haven’t rejected him yet. Why not give him a chance to prove himself? He might prove to be a better man. You don’t know until you try.” I knew this was driving Isobel crazy, but I couldn’t take any chances.

“And what if he’s worse than we think? We’ll be trapped forever with an evil mate that we can’t be rid of. Forced into our own personal prison of hell.” Which was more than I was willing to risk.

“I know you’re right. I just don’t want to have to think of a life after you reject him. We will be so lonely. There will be no one to call our own. I don’t want a future like that.” I could feel her pain.

“ I know Izzy. I don’t want that either. But I would rather be alone than be living a nightmare. At least we’ll have each other, and our friends. It could always be worse.” Having to live with Satan was definitely on the list of worse.

Izzy went silent for now. I knew how depressed she was. I knew there was nothing I could do to help her through this except be here, ready to talk when she needed me. I looked at Jared and couldn’t help but feel a little sad of the things I’d never have with him. Although there still might be a chance. Maybe, just maybe, Mother Moon could help me in all of this.

Kormac's POV.

" So, this is our mate. But why is she not coming to me? Instead, she's looking at me with hate. I will have to teach her how to respect me as her mate. Oh, she will learn that I won't tolerate such attitude!” I could never let her get away with this.

I watched as Rebecca gave me one last glare before huffing away. How dare she not acknowledge me! Who does she think she is? It's not like she's that special. Albeit she is a prize, with her beauty like none other in the pack. Her golden hair waving in the breeze alone is like something out of the movies. Her golden eyes and the way her skin always seem to glow in the moonlight as well. I have been watching her for about three years now, studying her, sizing her up.

It's true she was more beautiful than any of the other girls in the pack. She would make a fine trophy. With her as my mate to control maybe my father would change his mind and make me the alpha. I could fake being nice until I become alpha, I just have to make Rebecca think that I have changed long enough to get her to mate with me.

" Why can't you just be nice? Then you wouldn't have to trick our mate, even though I'm sure she doesn't want us because of you." Drake, my wolf, said with a low growl. " Even I don't want to spend time with you because of your shared lack of humanity!"

I just responded with an "ugh, whatever" then went on to say, "I will approach her tomorrow to claim her as my mate" I felt pleased with myself thinking that I had a plan that just might work to become alpha, and I would be damned if anyone gets in my way, including Rebecca or Drake.

I had gotten up early this morning just to get to school and run a few laps around the track. I honestly wasn’t expecting to find anyone else around, let alone my mate. I had figured she was in a different pack since most wolves find their mate by eighteen. I was twenty-one now.

Yeah, I know it seems weird that I’m still in school at twenty, but pack life is different. See, we have two graduations. One from high school, then another into pack life. Once we finish the basics, we can choose to go to college, or to stay and take required courses to get pack jobs. I mean we can always take online classes to get started on our degrees. Some do that, then when they finish the courses here, they go to campus living until they finish their degree. That way if they want to be a teacher, doctor, or even a lawyer for the pack, they are prepared for anything.

I wonder what Becca thinks her plans might be. I mean, I don’t think she’s taking any online courses, but then I can’t be sure. Well, whatever she thinks she’s going to be doing, it’s not going to fly with me. She’ll be lucky if I ever let her leave her room. I can’t have my mate running around all willy silly now could I? Of course she would protest, thinking that she would go to see her family. That just wasn’t going to happen. I couldn’t let them think they could try and tear us apart.

I will teach her how to behave as well. There will be no more dirty looks, no more snide remarks. She would wear what I told her to wear, do what I told her to do. There would be no more running around with her friends either. Plus, she better be prepared because I plan on having a lot of pups for her to take care of.

First, I need to convince her that I really am a good guy. This was going to be hard, being nice to other people when they clearly didn't deserve it. But by the time I was done, I knew it would be worth it. It’s not like I really wanted to take her as my mate. I didn’t want to take anyone as a mate. If it wasn’t for needing my destined mate to help heal me and give me strength, I’d just as soon keep a breeder or two.

I finished my run and went to grab breakfast. I needed to get my energy back up for training. The only problem I was having at the moment, was how could I change enough to prove that I was a good guy. Maybe I should just start out by putting my head down and just not paying attention to anyone. That way I wouldn’t be cruel to anyone. So, I wouldn’t be nice either, but small changes might be better.

Soon I would be Alpha. I had plans to weed out the dead weight in this pack. I’ll be graduating soon and that means more training to take on the leader role of this pack. Even if my dad decides to try and choose someone else, it won’t matter. I will be Alpha, no matter what. It really wasn’t a matter of if, but a matter of when. Dad thinks he’s going to be around for a few more years. I’ll just let him keep thinking that. After all, it’s not my neck on the line.

The cafeteria was starting to fill up, so I just grabbed my food and left. Rebecca wasn’t here anyway. I needed to clear my head before training, which meant I needed some peace and quiet. The only place I could think of would be back outside by the track. I still had a half hour before I had to get to training, so it was worth my time.

Between my food and meditation, I was ready to and headed to class. Rebecca would be there, but so would all her people. Let’s just hope they keep their distance. At least Jared wouldn’t be there. Humans aren’t allowed. Thank the Goddess for that. We lived close enough to humans that we had to go to school with them. That was bad enough. One thing I plan on changing. There will be a separation. The humans around here know what we are and have no problem with it. We protect them and they protect our secret.

I honestly didn’t see the need to go to their school. We could have just put a school on pack lands just for us. Dad said no. His reasoning was stupid. Having to find teachers, getting the state’s approval, and he didn’t want to offend the townspeople. Personally, I think he just didn’t want to make the effort.

I hurried off to class with a smile on my face. Today was going to be a good day for sure. Until tonight’s barbecue anyway. I really needed to put on my fake smile for that.