DISCLAIMER: Just a fan of Kassandra. Almost all characters belong to Ubisoft.

A/N:Right, so, this is my first attempt at Alpha/Omega fic. I've decided to go very non-traditional Alpha/Omega with this as it suits what I prefer. For anyone who doesn't know the Omegaverse is basically: Alphas can impregnate Omegas. Meaning my Kassandra doesn't need to be forced to sleep with the sad sack of shit that Nakatas is.

This is a fix-it it to Ubi's shitshow of a DLC. Their queerbaiting really stings, and I probably shouldn't even be giving them my time of day with fanfics, but hey, Kassandra deserves better. Have you played it? Read about it? What are your thoughts?

Contains a wee bit of smut.

Please leave a review. I will try to get back to reviewers!

~Elm

.

.

CHAPTER ONE

Kassandra has spent the past two years travelling Greece, chasing down cultists and trying to find her mother. She's followed every crumb she's found taking her from the green hills of Phokis to the small island of Keos. And all the while she's kept a keen eye out for the extraordinary animals Daphnae had mentioned to her. And Kassandra has found four of them already.

Each time Kassandra brings the pelts, Daphnae seems happier to see her. Her voice is softer, and she smiles instead of dropping her hand to her sword. When Kassandra returns with the third Daphnae even touches Kassandra's arm with her fingertips. Then she asks Kassandra to stay. Share supper. Kassandra couldn't have said no even if she wanted to.

She's enthralled by the omega. Daphnae speaks about the Daughters with such passion. Her eyes glow when she gets excited about something and her hands gesticulate wildly when she talks about the hunt. A wrinkle forms between her brows when Kassandra asks why. Why Daphnae promised herself to Artemis. They took her in, she explains. Kept her safe when no one else would. Taught her everything she knows. Then Daphnae asks Kassandra why she became a misthios. It's with a small smile she listens to Kassandra tell a similar story. Perhaps, she says, they have more in common than she thought.

After that time, Kassandra returns whenever she can. Even if she only has ordinary pelts. A sacrifice for Artemis Kassandra tells herself. She places the pelts on the altar and one night, after killing the Nemean lion, she notices Daphnae watching her.

That night they share stories again. Daphnae of her sisters and Kassandra of her travels. It is not until the moon starts to fade they realise they've spent the entire night talking. Kassandra likes those nights. Getting to know the huntress. But there's always something distant between them. Something Kassandra can't put her finger on.

Unlike other things.

Daphnae likes Kassandras fingers. She whimpers this into Kassandra's mouth the first time she takes her to bed. It sends a wave of heat through Kassandra. How her name tumbles across the huntress lips. How Daphnae's breathing grows quicker, hips rolling against Kassandra's palm.

"Don't stop," she begs at first. Kassandra doesn't and soon Daphnae's words are merely breathless moans as she shivers in Kassandra's arms. But before Kassandra can finish her off the huntress' hand grabs her wrist. Determinedly.

"You are exquisite," Daphnae purrs in a low, husky voice as she strokes the tip of Kassandra's arousal. When Kassandra looks at her the huntress grinds her hips roughly against her. The contact, flesh to flesh, sends an intense shiver through Kassandra and she closes her eyes. She musn't lose control. Best case she might offend the huntress, worst case she could accidentally mate with the omega. Kassandra thinks all of this in a matter of seconds, but then she feels herself lined up with the huntress' entrance and all her thoughts of self-control slips her mind.

Lips and tongues explore, Daphnae's hands cupping Kassandra's face. The heavier the omega breathes into her mouth the more Kassandra loses herself in her. Getting lost in the omega's scent, the soft skin rubbing against her own, and the way she feels around her. Soft, and so incredibly warm.

The fiery storm builds quicker than usual and when Daphnae tenses, holds her breath and arches into Kassandra, like a well-strung bow, before collapsing Kassandra pulls out of her quickly.

It's the first night they fall asleep together. In the small tent almost overgrown with weeds and holes in it. This time Kassandra stays. For a second night. And a third. They cook, hunt, and make love. And Daphnae laughs at Kassandra's attempt to arrange Artemis' altar.

Kassandra promises she will practice and that next time she will awe and amaze the omega with her flower arranging talents.

It's not until early winter before they see eachother again.

"Beast Slayer!" Daphnae exclaims when she sees her. "I've missed you." It used to be ' I'm glad to see you' .

"Why do you call me that?" Kassandra mumbles against the soft lips welcoming her eagerly.

Daphnae pulls away eyebrows lifting. "And what would you have me call you? Eagle Bearer?"

"Kassandra, will do just fine." Kassandra pulls her back in trailing kisses along the delicate skin on Daphnae's neck.

Whatever Daphnae was doing when Kassandra arrived is all forgotten as Kassandra walks them towards the tent.

"Your tent is still broken?" Kassandra scowls at the shoddymaterial as they tumble onto the bedrolls.

"Kassandra," the omega growls and lifts her head from the pillow, "I am half-naked, and you haven't seen me in months, the tent can wait. I cannot ."

She likes it when Daphnae gets dominant. She likes everything about the omega. It's a feeling that only grows stronger as Daphnae's hands roam the length of her back, nails leaving shallow scratch marks. Her legs wrap around Kassandra's waist and when Daphnae whispers "stay" the feeling intensifies until Kassandra thinks she might not be able to fight it.

"Wait, wait." She stops, her breath coming fast and hard. "I have to...you're…" Her brain cannot think up the right words.

"Stay," the omega murmurs again.

"You know I can't. The Cult, Diemos…" It's only when she catches the look in Daphnae's hazel eyes that Kassandra understands what she means. "But what if…"

Daphnae let's her thumb stroke Kassandra's bottom lip, and her eyes, laced with desire, lock with Kassandra's. "You are magnificent. Strong and brave like Athena herself. A worthy warrior and opponent. Worthy of Artemis." She looks away then.

"And what of you?"

"I could never take from the goddess."

Kassandra frowns. "I belong to no one . Neither god nor goddess or anyone else but y—" She stops herself. But you .

A smile spreads across the huntress' lips and she pulls Kassandra closer until their foreheads touch. "Then stay with me. For tonight."

And so Kassandra does. Until Daphnae is all she can feel, her hips snapping against Daphnae's. Her lips sucking at the exquisite skin below Daphnae's collarbone. Marking the omega. And when her scent and presence envelops Kassandra completely, she gives in to the wildfire that rages within her.

It's the sweetest feeling, the soft flesh that ripples around her, squeezing her tight. With one final barley controlled push she buries herself deep in Daphnae whose hands keep her firmly in place. They stay melded together for a long time, nothing but the forest animals and leaves making any sounds.

Eventually Kassandra rolls on to her back. Daphnae curls up next to her drawing invisible circles on Kassandra's chest, tracing the different scars with feather light touches. Kassandra doesn't remember when she falls asleep. She only remembers waking up some time later from the popping and crackling of a campfire. Then voices. Upset and angry voices.

She sits up as a new scent intrudes on her territory. An alpha scent. She scrambles into her clothes and armour then steps outside, the voices falling instantly silent. Daphnae and two other women turn to look at her.

The one standing the closest to Daphnae is tall, with a lean build and dark hair. The other one is smaller with red body markings that curl around her limbs.

"Beast Slayer." Daphnae says. "This is Dike and Gaia. My closest beastmaster and huntress."

Gaia, the huntress with red body markings, eyes her with curious blue eyes whereas Dike's eyes narrow darkly. When Daphnae motions towards her she stands a little straighter. Her alpha scent is so strong it almost drowns out Daphnae's.

"I heard voices." Kassandra bites down on the protective instinct that rises within her. From where she cannot say.

"This is no concern of yours, Beast Slayer. We are here to confer with Daphnae." Dike puts her hand on Daphnae's shoulder. The combination of Spartan blood and alpha instinct takes over and Kassandra draws to her full height as she bares her teeth at the other alpha.

Dike doesn't move her hand, only tilts her chin upwards in challenge. It's a challenge Kassandra is willing to accept. She has killed lesser beings than this alpha. A grin tugs at the corner of her mouth when Daphnae steps between the two alphas. Her palm presses gently against Kassandra's chest, the touch enough to snap her out of the rage surging through her.

"Enough," the omega speaks with the same commanding tone she had the first day they met. Dike wears a smug smirk on her face, but it vanishes when the shoulder of Daphnae's garment slides to the side displaying Kassandra's marks. "Enough, my love," she whispers softly and it makes Kassandra's stomach flip. Like free falling.

"Daphnae!" Dike hisses, her voice dripping with disapproval. "What about Artemis? Have you forgotten about the—" She's silenced by Daphnae's hand.

"I have forgotten nothing, Dike."

Kassandra doesn't like the way they all look at her. Or the sudden sadness in Daphnae's voice. "What is this all about?"

"Tradition," Dike spits, "but what would you know of it, misthios ?"

"Dike…" Gaia looks at her sister as if she's just insulted the gods.

"A misthios' only concern is drachmae. Do you even know why you're here?" Dike ignores the huntress.

"I said enough !" Daphnae barks, eyes blazing with anger at her beastmaster.

Even Kassandra feels herself taken aback by the ferocity in the omegas voice. Kassandra looks at the omega. Not many omegas would dare snape at an alpha in such manner, and had Kassandra been a weaker alpha she would have taken offense to this omega defending her honour.

"You have what you came for. Now return to your sisters." Daphnae, her voice hard and terse, cuts the conversation short.

Dike's glower says she won't back down, but she knows Daphnae's marked now and so when Kassandra bares her teeth at her again, she relents.

"As you wish." The beastmaster clasp her hand behind her back and gives a bow.

The omega watches the two sisters retreat into the darkness of the forest, her body tense and rigid. Kassandra doesn't touch her, careful not to intrude on the omega's space when she's agitated.

"Daphnae," Kassandra murmurs when the smell of agitation dissipates. And then she tries the words, for the first time in her life, none other worthy of them: "my love."

The omega melts into her. It's almost preposterous how well Daphnae fits in her arms. As if Kassandra herself was molded just for her. She wants to ask the omega what happened. What Dike had meant. But before she can Daphnae turns in her arms and rests her face against her. Her face fitting perfectly in the bend where Kassandra's shoulder and neck meet.

"Daphnae, what did Dike mean?"

"Finding a mate that isn't part of the Daughters can be dangerous."

She slides a hand behind Daphnae's ear gently lifting the omega's face towards her own. "I am a misthios. You knew this. But I will never betray you."

Daphnae blinks back at her then, her eyes growing damp. "It is not you I am worried about."

𝛀

Kassandra didn't return for several months. Daphnae knew this was a possibility. Just as she had known the possible outcome of bonding with the alpha. She had prevented it with herbal remedies. But it had been risky. She shouldn't have mated with the alpha, she knows this. Not when Kassandra is the one sent by the gods to be her challenger.

Dike has berated her for her behaviour. What would the goddess say? Daphnae knows the beastmaster is right. But then she finds herself in Kassandra's strong arms again and all sense leave her body.

Daphnae tells herself she will stop Kassandra from carrying out anymore of the kills. Next time she comes to visit. Daphnae will explain everything. But the next time and the times after the next seem to slip through her fingers. Kassandra hasn't found more of the beasts, but she visits anyway. As often as she can.

Winter turns to summer and then winter again and she still can't find the right time to tell Kassandra. Their moments are so fleeting, she forgets. Or perhaps she chooses to forget.

It's early spring when she feels the scent of the alpha again. Strong, wild, and untamed. And something...Daphnae stops what she's doing. Something dark. Something...broken?

She walks over to the opening of the temple. Rain whips through the air, winds tugging roughly at the trees, and rustling the leaves. A night like this is better spent in the shelter of the wooden structure than in her small tent.

When Daphnae sees her alpha she doesn't recognise her. She slips off Phobos and walks towards the temple like she's carrying a ton of stones on her shoulders. Her powerful scent is the only thing Daphnae recognises.

Kassandra pulls her into her arms and holds her so tight Daphnae thinks she might faint from lack of air.

"Kassandra?" She gives the misthios a worried look when she finally releases her strong hold of Daphnae. "What happened?"

"The Cult." Kassandra's head drop towards the ground. "They have taken everything from me. Alexios, and my mater."

Daphnae strokes the alpha's arm. "Tell me everything."

And while Daphnae fetches new, dry clothes for her alpha, Kassandra tells her what happened on Mount Taygetos. The same mountain her father had once thrown her off.

"I killed my little brother." Her voice is small, brittle. "I had no choice, but Mater says she cannot look at me anymore. I'm not to go back to Sparta again." Her tears fall, freely, and Daphnae kisses them away, impressed by this strong woman. Who isn't afraid of anything. Not even her emotions. Unlike most alphas.

"You still have me." It's a promise she shouldn't make, but she does it anyway. There's only so much one soul can bear and can Kassandra's need a rest. It's been through too much.

Kassandra stays for longer this time. Her spirit growing stronger each day. Some days she even allows herself to laugh without feeling guilt. It's mid-spring when Ikaros returns with a message for Kassandra. Barnabas had a run-in with a Persian, someone who might have more clues about the cult.

She drags a tired hand through her thick hair. She doesn't want to go. Daphnae doesn't want her to go, but they both know better.

They share, what Daphnae hope isn't their last night together, before Kassandra sets off before dawn breaks. Daphnae watches her leave, feeling the emptiness settle in her chest. The temple which had once brought her solitude and peace felt cold, and empty.

Kassandra won't be back for a long time. She rarely is. Perhaps going back home to her sisters would do Daphnae good. Keep her mind off other things.

She's almost at Chios when she feels it for the first time. The sudden wave of nausea as she walks across the hull of the boat she's sailing with. Sea legs so far into a journey? It doesn't happen again, so she decides it was sea legs. For a time she's convinced it was. Until Dike wonders why she's not in heat yet.

Dike was the alpha who would help Daphnae during her heat. She would make sure she was safe, that no other alphas would try to mark her. Dike would patiently pace outside Daphnae's hut, like a wolf ready to bite anyone who dared intrude. Daphnae was their leader after all, and she must be kept safe. Only this time her heat hadn't arrived.

She blinked, her mind reeling. She was sure she'd made certain to drink the herbal tea the days after they mated.

The beastmaster's eyes narrows and she draws a deep breath through her nostrils, scenting the omega before her. Then her eyes grow large with shock.

"The Beast slayer?" Dike takes a sudden step away from Daphnae as if she's been stung.

"I...I was careful."

"You're with child? With the very person to challenge you?!" Dike stares at her and for the first time ever the respect she once looked at Daphnae with is gone. "You care nothing for Artemis and our traditions?"

Dike might be an alpha, but she was not the leader. "Do not lecture me about the way of our people. I know them well and I will deal with this."

"See to that you do it. And soon." The beastmaster's voice is as sharp as a knife's edge. "If you don't the other leaders will hear of this."

Daphnae watches the beastmaster skulk off and then she escapes into her hut. She is with child. She is carrying Kassandra's child and though she should take the necessary steps to deal with it something stronger than Artemis and tradition stays her hand.

This child was hers and Kassandra's. Her mother's instinct has already kicked in and she wraps her arms protectively around her belly. She will protect this child from everything. Even if it means her own sisters.

TO BE CONTINUED...