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Charlie

We walked hand and hand to my home which was on the outskirts of the territory. He, of course, drove as far as he could, but we live on such a small rode there's only enough space for me and my mother's bikes.

"Tell me, why do they call you, Pinocchio?"

I knew this was going to come up. I sighed and tried my best not to answer, but I knew if I didn't answer now, I'd have to at some point.

"Because of my nose," I said softly and avoided eye contact with him. He just hummed to himself and kept his face forward. Once we made it to my home, I ran inside the small place to find my mom.

"Hey, Mom, there's a visitor here," I said, opening the door slowly.

"Oh, Charlie! You're back. How was it?"

But I didn't answer; him being here was going to explain how it went. She walked around the corner and immediately stopped in her tracks when she saw the big man next to me.

"Alpha King Tyler." She quickly put down the broom and bowed out of respect.

"No, please stand up; you no longer need to bow. You are the mother of my mate. I should be bowing to you." He said with a chuckle, and my mother's face lit up.

"MATE!" She yelled and started jumping all around the room, talking about how excited she was.

"Yes, Mom mate, but listen, we have to pack. The whole pack is leaving with Alpha Tyler to live with him in his territory." I said, grabbing her and calming her down.

"Oh really? Alright, yes, okay, I will get right to it. Oh, my daughter has a mate!" She walked around the corner into the closet with the suitcases and started packing.

"Alpha Tyler, I'm going to help my mom," I said, trying to have him let go of my hand.

"You call me Tyler, understand?" He said, laughing; boy, do I love his laugh.

"Yeah, right. Sorry." I said nervously, looking down and blushing. Then suddenly, he grabs my cheek and has me meet his eyes.

"Don't hide your face from me." He whispers, and all I could do was nod my head in agreement. Trying my best not to let the heat coming from his hand affect me.

"I will have Ryan and Kenny come help your mother. I want you to do no heavy lifting. Understood?" I just rolled my eyes; this guy has no idea what omegas do.

"I will be fine; it's not. I haven't done it before; I'm an omega; after all, I carry heavy-" He cut me off with his loud and big alpha voice.

"Understood?" This told me I had no choice but to listen to him.

"Yes, Alpha Tyler." It slipped out before I could stop myself, which earned me a growl from him.

"It's Tyler."

"Sorry, I'm sorry."

****

"Alpha, everyone is ready to leave." Ryan walked up to Tyler and told him.

He still has not let go of my hand this whole time; he wouldn't even let me go to the bathroom until I was to the point of almost peeing on myself. It seems a little extreme if you ask me.

"Alright, get every on the jets. I called my dad. He sent us some we can borrow from neighboring packs. How does 100 sound? That hold up to 200 hundred people?"

"Whoa 100, that's a lot," I said, eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop," I said, looking away, embarrassment flooding me.

"Stop apologizing; you can eavesdrop anytime." He smirked at me, and I died a little.

How was everything he did so attractive? But of course, me being me, I blushed. Ryan and Kenny grabbed my bags and put them on the jet that I was riding in. At this point, it was around midnight, and we wouldn't get to his territory till noon the next morning because he lives in England. So I would take this time to take a long relaxing good night's sleep—something I haven't had in a very long time.

We loaded into the jet, and all sat down, and the jet began to take off. Don't get me wrong; I was happy that I found my mate; rather, my mate found me. But something wasn't right. Something wasn't clicking.

Maybe it was me still in belief at the fact I found my mate? I don't know, but I was going to force myself to enjoy this. I went to lay down on Tyler's shoulders because I could feel sleep coming on, but then he did something I didn't expect. He pushed me off, and I looked up at him confused.

"What do you think you're doing?" He asked me.

"I was just going to lay on your shoulder," I said, moving away from him slightly. Then he starts laughing hysterically.

"Oh my goodness, you think that me, Alpha King Tyler, would accept you as my mate?" I looked away, trying to find some words to say.

"But I thought that-" I try speaking up, but he interrupted me.

"Oh wow, you did. You are just a stupid omega. You bought the entire act; I should become an actor or something. Was I that convincing?"

At this point, the tears are already flowing down from my eyes.

"Look here, Omega, I only made it seem like I was going to be your mate because I wanted this pack and a few other things I can't understand. Look, you bait to me. You may be my so-called mate, but I would never fall for an omega. And to think that you bought so shows how naïve and childish and stupid you are."

I just looked at him and felt everything in my body start to ache in agony.

"Yes, Alpha." That's all I could say. There is obviously no convincing him to stay; he saw me as worthless. I was.

"Now, moves away from me. I don't want you near me during this trip, Pinocchio."

My heart dropped when he called me that. The one person I thought would never call m that just did. I knew I was destined to be cursed. This proves it.

He still kept talking about how dumb I was and how my nickname suited me. I tried to block him out and not listen by curling myself up and covering my eyes but not good enough because I still heard him.

"You bought the whole 'my queen' act...."

After a while, he finally stopped, and I looked at my knees which were drenched with my tears, and I finally found some way to get myself to sleep. I knew it was too good to be true...it always is.

******

"Pinocchio!" I heard someone yelling at me, and I got up quickly with my head down.

I knew exactly who that was, that once smooth, silky voice that was now hard and demanding and disgusted by me.

"Yes, alpha," I said quietly.

"Let's go. We are here." He said, not once turning my way.

"Yes, alpha." I walked off the jet, following him, making sure I wasn't too close to comfort. I follow him to the castle, which I assume is where his immediate family stays, but I'm not going to ask. Kenny and Ryan came up beside me and walked with us inside.

"Kenny, take this omega to her room when we get inside." Kenny looked confused at the sudden change in affection.

"Wait, I thought she was sleeping in your room?" He asked her, and Alpha Tyler just started laughing.

"You thought I would take this omega as my mate? You must be kidding; as my best friend, I thought you would know I would never do something like that."

The tears started flowing down my cheek again, but I wiped them away as soon as they fell so that no one would notice. We finally walked into this huge castle, and let me say it's as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside, and it's huge.

Though I didn't have enough time to admire before, I saw a beautiful brunette with the greenest eyes and nicest curves run towards Alpha Tyler as he jumped on him. She wrapped her legs around him, and in return, he grabbed her ass and started kissing her.

"Kenny, take the omega to her room; I'm tired of looking at her." My heartache yet again watching this unfold before me. We start walking away, and the tears start to well up again.

'Mate???' says my wolf Sadie

And that sent me over the edge bawling; my wolf rarely talks to me; she didn't even tell me that was our mate.

She only talks if it's needed...or if she is an absolute pain. '

No, no mate for us, Sadie.' I respond with.

All she did was whimper and go back to the back of my head. I haven't been on the run since the first time I turned 13, and ever since then, I never have. I have known since then that my wolf was different and wasn't like the others because I didn't want to be embarrassed by the other wolves. Because of that, Sadie stopped talking to me and rarely does.

I didn't realize that I was still crying until Kenny wiped my cheek with his finger. It may have been a simple gesture to most girls, but that made my whole day; I blushed extra hard to the point where my face was red; I could feel it. Kenny chuckled at me and lingered in front of me.

"A pretty girl like you, Charlotte shouldn't be crying, especially over a guy like Tyler....don't tell him I said that." I started to blush, but then it caught me off guard. He said my name, is Charlotte.

"Wait, how do you know my name?"

Very few people knew my full name, so he knew it was very random.

"Your mom was talking about you for most of the plane ride here. I learned a lot about you, Charlotte." He smiled, and I looked away. My mom...what was I going to tell her?

"Oh." That was all I was able to say.

Honestly, though, he was also handsome. He has blonde hair that sits just right on his head and beautiful hazel eyes. But of course, he'd be attractive; he's a beta.

"Was it like this with your mate? Was it this hard?" I asked him as I followed him through the castle.

"No, at that time, it was easy. We just clicked. Then when she passed in a rogue attack on a bordering pack, it was like my whole world was gone. So I can sympathize with you."

"Oh, I'm so sorry." I looked away, embarrassed and wishing I hadn't said anything.

"No, it's alright, my wolf and I have come to terms with it. But we are ready and open for any opportunities that the moon goddess is willing to bring us."

I realized that we weren't walking anymore but standing in front of a door that must be my room. I was just about to walk in until I turned around and looked at Kenny.

"Kenny, how do you deal with rejection? Is there any way?" I said, my voice cracking a bit.

"Well, my mom was rejected by her mate....and she told me the only way to get over it is to find someone that can make you forget. Then she married my dad, and his mate had died too, and now they are happy, and you wouldn't be able to tell they weren't mates." He said with a big goofy smile; I could tell he admired his parents.

"Find someone to make you forget?"

"Yeah, I know it sounds crazy and out of the ordinary but I can't help but think that maybe they are right..." He took a deep breath and gave me a soft smirk.

"Well, here is your room. I'll try to check on you as much as I can. Again I'm sorry for Tyler, I have no idea what's going on with him. But I'll be here. A friend."

He gave me a sweet smile and walked away leaving me alone. I closed the door to my room. My suitcases were already up in the room, and I start unpacking. I sit down on the bed and look at the door, remembering what Kenny said to me.

"Find someone that can make you forget."