REJECTED

ROWAN.

“Going somewhere? Mate,” he asks, his voice cold and his eyes even colder.

“Dominic-”

THWACK.

My head hit the floor at the force of the slap and I tasted blood in my mouth from my split lip.

“I told you never to call me that! It is Alpha to you!”

“I am sorry…” I say, only to notice my vision going blurry.

Something he seems to notice as I try to look up at him.

“Good, it is working,” he remarks as he gets to his feet.

“I told you it would,” a voice says.

Clarisse.

She is here…

She drugged me.

And he knew about it.

Why?

“You must be wondering what is happening right now,” he says. “So am I. Tell me, where are you going?”

I don't answer him.

He is not stupid, he can clearly see what I was planning to do.

“Wow, she really has grown some guts,” Clarisse croons as she walks towards him, her vicious voice spitting poison at me. “She must think she is something special because she was mated to you.”

“Quiet Clarisse, can't you see I am talking to your Luna,” he asks.

“Luna my foot! How can she dare aspire to lead us when she can't even produce a wolf? It makes me wonder what kind of sin you must have committed in your past life to be saddled with her. Can you imagine what kind of children she will have?” she asks with a scornful laugh.

At the mention of children, I freeze, dread pooling in the pits of my stomach.

I am ovulating.

If I were to get pregnant, these few days would be the perfect time to do so, and Dominic…

Please…

Please goddess, no…

“It doesn't matter,” Dominic’s voice brings me back to my surroundings. “I won't be saddled with her for long.”

“Just let me go,” I say in his general direction, no longer able to see and my limbs numb. “I will never come back again, we will never have to see each other.”

“You think I am going to believe that?! From you? After everyone knows you are my mate and are to be Luna by tomorrow?”

“You are the one who exposed that fact, not me!” I snap back.

“You are right,” he scoffs. “I was the one who made the mistake, a moment of weakness on my path but I am going to correct it now.”

“Just… just let me go, please. I swear it, I will never come back.”

“Oh, I know you won't because I will make sure of it. Take her,” he orders.

I hear the movement of several feet and I only have a moment to panic before I am grabbed and dragged to goddess knows where.

“Please! Please!” I beg as they continue pulling me.”I don't want this either!”

“What?” his voice cuts through the panicked has and stills the men carrying me. “What did you say?” he repeats as I hear him come to my front.

“You heard me. I don't want to be your mate either!” I snapped at him.

“Like I would believe that.”

“It is not that hard to. You have been, cruel, vicious, mean, and spiteful all my life, and on the day if found my mate -on my birthday- you raped me! Why would I ever want to be your mate?! You beast!”

“Is that so?” he growls as I feel him grab my face, squeezing it until the bones begin to ache. “Then let me make it easier for you. I, Dominic Valor, Alpha of the Obsidian pack, reject you, Louisa Kane, as my mate!”

The pain that rips through me is enough to send me collapsing to the floor, ripping my arms out of those who were holding it.

“Ugh,” I gasp and groan as I grip my heart in anguish at the hell I feel right now.

It is like my heart just caught on fire. A blazing inferno that makes it nearly impossible to breathe and then moves in a slow, excruciating circuit around the rest of my body, the pumping blood taking the effects of his rejection to the rest of my nerves.

“What is wrong?” I hear him croon over me. “I thought you said you didn't want this.”

His delight and smug satisfaction with my pain are just what I need to break through the blinding pain.

Slowly, but with determination, I stagger to my feet and face the direction of his voice. I still can't see, unfortunately, and my legs keep trying to buckle, but I want to be on my feet when I do this.

“I,” I gasp out through the pain. “Louisa Kane… accept the rejection… of Alpha Dominic Valor and pledge to stand by it.”

I hear the surprise gasps at my declaration and the whispers that follow.

“Oh, wow.”

“She actually did it, she accepted his rejection.”

“Dominic isn't going to like that.”

I wonder why.

I already said I didn't want him.

That I hated him.

That I wanted to leave.

Why are they still so bloody surprised?

Do they think the world revolves around him?

Why should I care and mourn for the affection of someone who has shown nothing but loathing towards me?

What kind of world do they live in?!

“You… you pathetic, weak, spineless bitch!” Dominic snarls before I feel his hand on my neck, seizing me by it and pulling me forward, my steps dragging rocks and rubble as he speeds up.

“Dominic!” I hear Clarisse scream as they hurry after us. “It's over! She has accepted, just let her get out!”

“Oh, she will get out alright. Get out of life!”

What?!

“No… no, let me go!”

He stops all of a sudden and I can distinctly feel the cold breeze of the sea on my cheeks.

We are at the cliffs.

“Dominic!” Clarissa shouts again and he snaps at her.

“Stay back! All of you. That is an order.” And then he leans closer to me, just enough for me to feel his breath on my cheeks, and whispers. “For as long as I have known you, you have been of no use to the pack and now you are of no use to anyone. After this rejection, you have no purpose in life, so why don't you do everyone a favour and die? At least, there will be people waiting for you on the other side.”

And then, he shoves me away from him.

In darkness, I fall, my screams lot to the winds, and with a resounding splash, I fall into the sea and lose consciousness.