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That night, he texted me on my battered phone.
“Meet me at the woods behind my house at nine. Don’t be late.”
The text was curt so I didn’t expect any k!sses and cuddles. I knew what was coming. Rejection. I braced myself for it. I wouldn’t accept his rejection. I couldn’t. It would kill me to give up my mate without a fight.
I dressed by eight and left by eight-thirty. The Beta’s home was close to the pack house. It wouldn’t take me up to ten minutes to get there but I wasn’t taking any chances. I rushed to the woods behind his home and waited a full hour before he arrived. I couldn’t be late but he could. My time didn’t matter but his did.
“I don’t want you,” he said before he even got to where I stood. “Of all the girls in the world, I got you?” He didn’t raise his voice because he didn’t want anyone to hear him even if the woods were quite far from his house.
“Am I so bad?” I didn’t want to be self-deprecating but the words fell out. “We were best friends once, Lucien. What makes me so repulsive that you can’t bear to be with me? Me, your chosen companion?”
“Oh, spare me the theatrics.” He hissed. “You’d be a stain on my reputation. A weakling. A f*cking omega!” He pushed his hand into his hair.
“But the goddess- Are you saying the goddess made a mistake pairing us together?”
“There has to have been a mix up because I deserve better than you. You’re a traitor. I’m not going to have pups with traitorous b***d! Look, let’s just keep things simple.” He took a deep breath and my heart fell.
“I, Beta Lucien Strauss, Future Beta of Redville Pack, reject you as my mate. We share no bond now and forever.” Pain pierced every cell in my body.
My eyes rolled back in my head but I refused to faint. He would gloat if I did. My brain felt bigger than my head. Everything hurt. Even breathing.
“I can’t – I can’t accept your rejection.” Foolish words.
The memories were too bitter to be revisited.
He spat on me. Insulted me. Called me names and goaded me until I accepted his rejection.
The pain made me blackout.
“I am sorry.” I waved off Celeste’s apologies.
She cried and cried and I felt there was more to her tears than she let me see but someone came to prepare my bath soon.
A small omega with kind eyes knocked on the door and when I opened up, she jumped back. Relief crossed her face when she didn’t see Valens anywhere in the room.
“The alpha is scary. Oh lord.” She fanned herself. “When he came with Astrid to my room, I thought I was about to be banished.” The girl talked a lot and her voice was calming, helping me get my mind off the bad memories I had to revisit for Celeste.
“Umm, I think I’ll go.” Celeste picked up her purse with her red eyes and tears stained face.
“It’s okay. I’m fine now.” I hugged her. “Thank you for visiting. Maybe we can get something to eat tomorrow?”
“Thank you. That’ll be nice.” She squeezed me before she left with a watery smile.
“You smell fresh,” the omega who prepared my bath said. She leaned into me, making a hand gesture as if blowing my scent into her nose. “What a pretty Luna.” She beamed at me then surprisingly, she gave me a hug.
“Are you from Redville?” Even before I asked, I already knew the answer. I knew most of the omegas in Redville and none of them liked me.
“No, I’m from the Nightingales. The prince conquered my pack and I tagged along. I’m Octavia.” She stretched out her hand and I had no choice but to take it.
“Nice to meet you, Octavia. I’m -” She cut me off with a giggle.
“I know who you are. You’re Luna Aysel. Everyone knows who you are now.” She exaggerated but it made me feel good to be recognized as somebody even if I didn’t feel worthy of the recognition yet.
“Don’t you miss your pack?” I changed the subject before my head got too big.
“No,” she said stiffly. All the humour in her wilted in a second. “They weren’t very good people.” She sighed. “But I left them behind so that’s their loss. I will leave you to do your thing. It was a pleasure meeting you, Luna Aysel. Now, I will go brag to the others that haven’t met you yet about how gentle you are.”
“Ah – okay -” She stole a quick hug before running off. I was too stunned to speak for a few seconds. Then I laughed. She was cute.
I spent the rest of the day eating and stressing over why Valens wanted me at his office. I still walked funny even if I tried to hide it. I would be happy to go out but going out to see Valens made me anxious.
I started dressing by three. I wasn’t putting on makeup or a fancy dress but I needed to keep busy. I tried on three different jeans and a bunch of other tops, trying to choose a fitting look.
“Uggh!” I threw the baby pink shirt I was holding. I didn’t have this problem when I had only a handful of clothes to wear. Choosing clothes had to be a disaster and much of my clothes were to Clover’s taste and not mine.
The clothes were pretty and all that but I felt they weren’t practical and there were too many colours. I preferred dull colours because I didn’t want to stand out, but the clothes I had now would not help me blend in. They looked flashy and expensive.
I got to the Office with a few minutes to spare. The place was so busy, a boy almost ran into me carrying four hot cups of coffee.
“Sorry, Luna!” He exclaimed as he dodged and continued his speed walk down the lobby.
His words drew attention and I immediately felt numerous eyes on me. Before I knew it, three girls and one man had already approached me.