Chains

Chapter 1 - Birthday

Everyone in the pack is at the pack's meeting ground because Alpha Pete had called everyone together to discuss the fact that rogues had been seen passing our territory recently. He wanted to make sure everyone was alert an takes precautions, in case there were any conflicts that arose. You could never be too careful. Alpha Pete is a good Alpha and takes his responsibility seriously when it comes to pack safety.

About the time Alpha Pete arrived and walked up to the stage, I suddenly caught a scent on the breeze that rocked my world. It smelled like deep forest pine with a hint of mint. My knees went weak and my wolf said: "Mate". I started looking around to see who it might be, my excitement bubbling over. My parents noticed what I was doing and dad gave me congratulatory hug, squeezing my side. They were both nearly as excited for me as I was. I breathed in that heavenly aroma as I continued looking around for my mate.

Pete

As I approached the stage to warn the pack that rogues had been sighted in the area, I caught the most wonderful scent I'd ever smelled coming from somewhere in the crowd. It was part cinnamon with an undertone of lavender. It was heavenly. "Mate", my wolf growled in my head. Finally, we'd waited so many years and she was finally here. We had been so disappointed when we didn't meet our mate on my 18th birthday, and had begun to think she would never come as the years passed by. I hurried through the announcement and then rushed into the crowd to find her.

I wandered through the crowd searching for my mate and I saw them; "No", I yelled as our eyes met. "There's no fucking way you're my mate". The gay omega kid, the son of one of my scouts. I had nothing against gays, and nothing against this kid himself, but I'm not gay and there is no way I'm mating with a guy. My anger and frustration boiled over after four years of waiting to meet my mate; and it's a guy. I could hear Levi in my head urging me to run to him and accept him on the spot.

I looked at him standing there shocked at my outburst, his eyes wide and before I could think about it any further I opened my mouth: "I, Alpha Pete of White River, reject you, Jaxon Archer as my mate" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I watched his eyes crumble at my words, shocked, he simply crumbled to the ground unconscious, his parents rushing to his side to make sure he wasn't injured.

To make matters even worse, the entire pack was here, and witnessed the whole debacle. They were all going to think I was gay, and that made me even more angry. On top of that, my wolf, Levi is howling in despair in my head giving me one of the worst headaches I could recall. I couldn't even think.

"Take him to the cells", I ordered two of my warriors, and then I did something unthinkable.

"All unmated warriors", I used my Alpha voice, "go fuck the little bastard senseless". They had no choice against my command and about 20 men followed him down to the cells below the pack house. His parents growled in anger; protesting my words. I gave them thirty minutes to get out of the pack and severed their pack link right there. I'm not quite sure what's come over me tonight but I felt the deepest fury I'd ever felt in my entire life. My wolf was going crazy, yelling in my head: "What have you done?" I ignored him and suppressed him so that I didn't have to hear his wails.

"And put him in the chains".

Levi

The moment we caught the scent of our mate I urged Pete to hurry through the announcement to go search for her. I wanted her, now! Pete was as excited as I was and as soon as he could, he was walking through the crowd searching for our mate. When we caught sight of our mate, I felt Pete gasp and heard him shout "No, there's no fucking way you're my mate".

Our mate was a very small omega, a male. I recognized him as the son of one of our scouts but I didn't care what Pete thinks, I fell for him instantly. My heart was so filled with love for him and I wanted to grab him and squeeze him to my chest and breath in that wonderful cinnamon and lavender scent. Pete wouldn't give me control of our body, shoving me into the dark and telling me to forget it and be quiet. I'm not gay, he insisted, doing his best to ignore my demands.

His next words sent me into a whirlwind of despair: "I, Alpha Pete of White River, reject you, Jaxon Archer as my mate". I felt the nascent mate bond snap right then and our little mate's eyes filled with shock as he passed out, falling to the ground.

My own shock was no less than that of the little omega and I began to howl in agony at the loss of the mate bond. Pete, angry that our mate was male then did something unthinkable. Not only did he reject our mate, he then ordered that he be imprisoned and raped by the pack's unmated warriors.

I started fighting for control, there was no way I was letting that happen, howling at the top of my lungs, even if Pete was the only one to hear it. He angrily continued to refuse me and we fought an internal battle as I watched through our eyes as the unconscious little omega was dragged off towards the cells in the pack house basement.