True Mate

Making it Right

Andrew

After Judith and I left the pack house she had me practice telling myself in the mirror that I was worth it and perfect and a whole bunch of other nonsense until I started feeling better. I felt so used when I realized that Austin was not really into me. Yes he seemed to enjoy our mating but then he just withdrew completely to the point of almost ignoring me. He would not touch me or look directly at me other than when we were meeting with Elijah and I now think he only did that to keep up appearances. He didn't even come to sleep with me last night and when he did come to bed he avoided me like the plague. The icing on the cake was flaunting that woman right in front of me and the rest of the pack on the stairs. Yes most people did not realize I was his mate yet but surely he could have made it more discreet as everyone did suspect he had a mate. Most of them probably thought that bimbo was his mate.

Judith took me to get a power suit for the town hall and she did my hair so I would look 'to die for' as she called it. I think she was more furious then me that I am saddled with such an inconsiderate mate. I told her I would keep up appearances and he could do whatever he wants. In time I may find someone to warm my bed as well. I plan to move back to my room tonight but I am not going to let him have his hussy in our house. He will have to find somewhere else to have his little affairs because I will not put up with that shit. When I walked into the town hall, almost late on purpose, I could feel all of the eyes on me, especially Austin's. He seemed to want to get my attention but Judith told me to stay strong. She told me I am better then him and he could not use me and discard me like some toy. I felt like I owed him a chance to talk it out but she said that it was clear as day how he felt and that I owed him nothing. I am determined to stay the course.

After the town hall my talk with Elijah went well. He told me that he was planning on starting a tactically warrior outfit requiring speed and agility, both of which I excel at. His plan was to have me hand pick and train this elite group of warriors with the hopes that they could join our regular warrior fleet and offer better recon and forward battle planning. I told him my plans to finish out high school and take on this role as it sounded perfect for me. I did express concern around the fact that the warriors may not show me respect and that my lack of size may be a deterrent but he reiterated that as the second Beta I had the authority to remove anyone from the group and I could always go to anyone else on the leadership team, especially Austin, if I needed to. At the mention of Austin I guess I made a face because he changed his tone.

"I noticed some tension between Austin and you during the town hall. Did Austin not talk to you about why he has been stand offish lately?"

I shook my head no and rudely stated "He was too busy with his floosy to bother with me today. Perhaps he would rather spend time with her?"

Elijah growled at me in his Alpha voice making me jump back "Austin does not have a 'floosy' and if I ever hear you speak of my best friend and Beta like that again I don't care who you are you will feel my wrath. I think the two of you really need to sit down and talk. I thought he was going to speak with you after he came to see me this morning but I guess not. I will not tell you what we spoke about because that is not my place but I can assure you that whatever you think is going on is far from the truth. I know you are young and probably relatively new to relationships but you should always talk to the person involved directly and never jump to conclusions. That is my advice. Now get out of here and find Austin before it really is too late."

I meekly said thank you and left the back room we were in to find Judith waiting for me with a few pack members milling around. Judith ran at me as soon as I came out with a distressed look on her face. "I had some words with Austin and I think that I made a mistake telling you to give him the cold shoulder. I don't know the whole story but I don't think it is what we think it is. You should head home now and speak with him directly. I am so sorry if I made things worse."