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Shiela's POV

"Come back here Shiela!" He ordered..

Duh who does he think he is..

The Alpha prince, the next Alpha king.. so what?

Okay.. I know we have an unfinished business.

Yeah he is meant to apologize and accept me as his mate and future Luna..

"What?" I said rudely.

"You are very ill-mannered!" He said..

"No wonder your sister likes me and prefers me to some girl" I fired back at him.. and he smirked.

"You dare talk back at me.. Oh really?!" He yelled and I trembled abit.

"Now listen to me, I rejected you a long time ago. I found someone else and incase you don't know, she has completely taken your place.. yeah she's the lady in your thoughts right now!" He said.. Without being remorseful about my feeling or something.

"You know what Shiela, I almost wanted you back yesterday but I can see you are a whore"

"Whore??" I exclaimed.

"Do not pretend! Your partner in crime is Lincoln. I've confirmed it"

Okay he is not getting it right I swear, he has gotten the wrong idea and he won't let me speak for myself like I did yesterday. He kept interrupting me... stepping on my nerves and giving wrong conclusions about Lincoln and I.

"You are having this Ego, pride because you are mate and most likely to become my Luna. Anyone can be the Luna even her! Today, right now.. I Ashley Tusa, the Alpha prince reject you!" He said and walked out of me.

"No Ashley.. I ." He gave me deaf ears.

I broke down immediately. Just look at what I brought upon myself. It's exactly what I've been avoiding.Being a Rejected Wolf.

But just yesterday, Ashley talked with a jealous and in pained tone.. he isn't like this today. I fucked up big time. I know the spirits of my family won't be happy with me when they know I've become a rejected wolf because they've all been rooting for me to find my mate who turned out to be a playwolf (playboy) and he turned me down.

I cried even as much as I tried not to. I'm going to be a lonely wolf forever just like Lincoln.. I walked back to my room really sad and the tears won't stop flowing..

"I meant it when I said Ashley doesn't deserve you" I heard Lincoln voice, I looked up and saw him standing in front of my door.

"Lincoln.." I muttered like a baby and stood up to go and meet me but he walked to me first and embraced me tightly.

"He rejected me" I told Lincoln.

"I know" He said and wiped my tears.

"Stop crying, he doesn't worth it. Earlier I fought back my tears, did you notice it? Neither Athena or Ashley deserves a single tear from us" He said and I sniffed.

"Lincoln are you not angry with me too?" I asked him.

"Urrh why will I be?" He said and pulled me close to him.. my wolf felt so relaxed and more comfortable around him.

"You know what Lincoln, if the moon goddess allows me to choose a mate myself, I would choose you" I told him and he looked at me.

"I would choose you over and over again Lincoln" I can't believe I just confessed my feelings to him.

"It's okay, I know the moon goddess has a reason why he gave us a different mate" Lincoln said.

"But here we are, rejected and lonely" i said.

"Yeah, we are two lonely wolves and I think I like the sound of that... It's better than just saying Rejected and Lonely" He said and I laughed and cleaned my eyes. They were red already.

"What excuses did he give?"

"Yesterday he said I was a weak wolf that's why I couldn't do anything about my family's death. Today he said he supects something between you and I.." I told him and he smiled.

"We could make him think there is actually something is between us"

"What again?"

"Ashley is expecting you to weep all day and beg him to have you back but no, you are not gonna do that. You would play along with me.. that way he will be the one begging you to have him back" Lincoln said and I was speechless for a while.

"Are you sure about that Lincoln?" I asked.

"You don't have to worry Shiela. I gat your back each and every time" He said.

"Between us, are you sure there would be no strings attached.."I added.

"Uhmmm?" He murmured..

"No strings attached you say? I'll catch the feelings for him if I'm out of control" My wolf said and I sighed..

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Ashley's POV

I walked to my room and threw myself almost unconsciously on the bed.

When father asked me to call Shiela to join us for breakfast, I saw Lincoln in her room. They looked happy and interested in each other. She showed less concerned about her mate. After the short quarrel that happened between us yesterday, she ought to apologize and make it up to me this morning but instead she was engrossed with chattering with another guy.. Ugggh.. He probably slept in her room last night, who knows..

Is this the way Lincoln could pay me back when his mate, Athena rejected him? I never wanted Athena! She threw herself at me first! Okay what if Shiela did the same too! Arrrrghh..

I'm angry with myself for rejecting her but I did that because I overheard her when she said what she fears the most is being a rejected wolf.

I growled angrily and fought with my pillows, assuming I transformed to my wolf form, I would have torn the pillows apart and ripped off the king size bed.

"Ashley!" My mom walked into my room..

"Is everything alright?" She asked me, a pillow I threw almost hit her.

"Everything is fine" I said as I picked up the pillows from the floor and arranged them on the bed absentmindedly.

"No I don't think so, what if it was someone else that walked in.. he or she will tell everyone that they are about to have a psycho as the next Alpha king" My mom said.. and I nodded.

"Whatever" I murmured..

"Tell me what the matter is, a problem shared is half solved"

"No mom. I think I would like to keep it to myself this time around. I'm not a kid" I scorned.

"Okay fine. Well I came here for a purpose before finding out how crazy my son has gone" My mom said.

"What purpose?"

"What are your plans with Athena?, I'm your mother, so I've noticed every damn thing... Don't lie to me"

"Uhm"

"Since you haven't found your mate and she rejected her mate... I can see that Athena makes your tail wag involuntarily... She makes your heart b..."

"No mommy. Athena doesn't. We are just friends"

"With some benefits?"

I sighed.

"Aren't you considering making her your Luna?" My mom asked me.

"No" I blurted.

"You see Ashley, being from the royal family has alot of benefits, I already told you that you can decide whoever you want to end up with, not necessarily your mate beside, you haven't found her yet.... the moon goddess has given us that preference to choose whoever you want... You should grab and use it wisely" She advised.

"But mommy, I don't feel anything for Athena. We would become wrestlers if we end up together.she..she only matches with me sexually" I told her.

"Uhmm.. little do you know that you can't be the next Alpha king if you haven't found your mate or decided who will be your Luna?" My mom said.

"Really?" I exclaimed.

"Yes"

"Ah!" I sighed.. "I'm confused"

"What are you confused about? Isn't Athena willing to be your Luna too?" My mom said.

"No mom.. I've found my mate" I confessed.

"Really Ashley and why are you just telling me that.. You didn't even tell anyone about it"

"Athena knows about it" I said.

"Who is she? Do I know her? How is she like? Damn, where have she been? Where is she right now?" My mom bombarded me with questions.

"I..I rejected her" I stammered.

"Why?"

"Because I found her late"

"That's not a reasonable excuse"

"And she seems to have moved on" I added.

"Ah that's sad. If she has.. you can move on too with Athena" She said.

"No she hasn't moved on. I don't know... I just don't know" I raised my voice.

"By the way, who is she?"

"She is the lady that...." I paused..

"Forget it. I'm over her already" I told her as I stood up and walked to the door.

I wanted to end the conversation already.

"But Athena can't be my Luna.. I know her well... She's most times annoying" I said but my mom didn't say anything.

"I'm leaving the room as you can see" I told her and she stood up..

"If you see Shiela, the new girl on your way... tell her I, the Luna wants her to join us for dinner today. I haven't spoken with her before.. You know the kind of mother you got, I can predict the kind of girl she is when we have a one on one conversation" My mom said and I nodded and watched her leave..

"Rethink what we just discussed Ashley" She turned back and said to me when she was few metres away from me.

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