The Alpha

Beta Mallory came in the morning to get me. He took me to get breakfast and then said it was almost time for the therapy appointment.

Truthfully, I didn’t want to go. What would it do for me? They expect me to confide in some random person and tell my whole life story so they could ‘help me’. No. Pointless. What help could they provide? Could they take away twelve years of abuse? No.

Pointless.

We arrived at some office. It was a nice size, a dark brown interior with maroon furniture.

Quickly I met a doctor. He was about an inch taller than Beta Mallory. He had darker skin, possibly of Spanish descent, curly dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes that stood out with his natural crow feet.

“Good afternoon, I’m Doctor Socorro. Nice to meet you.” He held out a hand to shake and a smile on his face.

It was quite friendly and infectious. Dang it, I wasn’t supposed to like this.

“V-v-violet…” I mumbled and shyly shook his hand.

'It’s your fucking name and you can’t even say it.'

“Alright Violet, lovely name, shall we get started?” I nodded and he said his bidding to Beta Mallory and took me to his office.

It resembled the lobby, with maroon furniture and nut-brown walls. It had a window, a desk, a beanbag, a sofa, it was very inviting.

“Please, make yourself comfortable.” He walked over to his desk and grabbed a clipboard and sat in the seat across from the sofa I sat at.

“How about we start by telling a little bit about ourselves? I know very little about you, only your name and a glimpse of your past- in fact not a lot of people know what you’ve been through…” he had a very smooth, nice voice, “so, I’ll go first.”

I nodded as he waited for a sign by me.

“As you know- my name is Socorro. My parents are from Spain, and I was born there but moved here when I was younger. I do visit often. I’m forty-three. I have a beautiful mate, we’ve been married for twenty-four years and we have three wonderful children. One boy and two girls.” He smiled at the end and let me speak.

There isn’t much to me.

“I-I’m t-twenty one….” I had no clue what to say, “...u-umm… A-alpha D-Derek i-is m-my mate.” In the end, I shrugged. There wasn’t anything el-

Oh my. What if Alpha Derek didn’t want people to know we’re mates?

Tears pricked my eyes as I knew I’d be punished for my slip-up.

“Violet, it’s okay.” He assured seeing I was getting upset.

I nodded and sniffled.

'Crybaby.'

'You’re seriously gonna cry?'

'About something you said?'

'Fucking pathetic...'

“It’s okay.” He smiled. Something about him made me want to talk to him. It was frustrating to me, I didn’t want to do this but he made it seem different.

“Now through-out this whole session- if you don’t want to answer or go into detail, you are never obligated to. If you feel uncomfortable- you are welcome to leave.” Again, I nodded. “And of course, this is confidential.”

“So, Violet, what brings you here?” He inquired.

I shrugged.

“A-alpha wanted m-me to c-come.”

He wrote on his board and gave me a reassuring smile.

He asked me some more ice-breaker questions and quite truthfully I found it a little easy and slightly refreshing to talk to him.

you ever met

you feel? Describe your

your views

were fine, the next one

He trailed and looked at me, it wasn’t full of judgment, it was full of

what causes you to feel

No. I

answering, I shook my

and I felt like it was

me and shook

up and as we walked out, he said I did well and he would like for me to come back, I

Mallory walked me back to Alpha Derek’s

M-Mallory-” I started only to be cut

me, “I’ve told you, just call me Mallory.” He lightly chuckled and

He teased, which caused me to blush

as

you l-live in

no, but I do have a room there. I mean, I’m over there quite frequently so sometimes I’ll just stay the night- but I do have my own house. In fact…” He trailed and then directed his hand to a house

light beige, single-family home. A two-story with some windows and a set of

I

you.”

some food. I had some fruit and water

you’re not gaining

you for

were wrong but it was hard to argue with the voices in your head. Weight isn’t something I can bump up overnight. Beta Mallory and Reseda both told me that. Alpha Derek hasn’t so much, I don’t recall us talking about

see my mate struck.

was hesitant in

eyes zoned out for a second meaning he was mind linking someone, most likely Alpha Derek. “Alright, yeah I’ll take you. Follow along, madam.” He cheesily said and did a fake bow which earned a

reached a big brown door. His office. I felt winded just from walking up the stairs, come to think of it, I’ve done a

knocked on the door,

other side. Mallory opened the door and told me

found myself standing there in the middle of the door and the chair by his desk. Subconsciously, I started to rub my wrist while waiting for one of us to break the

seat.” Obediently, I shuffled over and sat in the familiar seat,

study. And yet again, my hands found my wrist

emitted across

felt my heartbeat pick up knowing

took all of my will to pry them apart and to keep them from finding each other, I put my hands on the outer sides of my thigh and

cringed at my

I looked up at him as

...Wow, he's so pretty...

A-alpha?” I was confused. Did he want me to call his Alpha Derek? Did he not like

were still focused on his work when he spoke, “call

as I was about to call him his

it was quiet in the room. I was looking at Derek as he did his work. He was breathtaking. His straight dark brown hair looked so soft.. His deep-set blue eyes focused on the papers in front of him, a slight crease between

Breathtaking.

I wouldn’t- no, feeling I don’t feel.

there something you needed?” His voice was cold as he asked

my head as his iced eyes

w-w-wan...” I trailed, not having confidence in

in his wintry tone. Why was

you. Stop

j-just s-saying that umm… m-my wolf wanted

work. My wolf wanted his attention and to be

'Slut…'

‘Violet, don’t

Focusing back into the present, Derek was now out

asked