"Marely," Alex spoke in a low voice, there was sadness in his tone.
"Alex," I replied.
I hadn't realized that everyone was watching us. Finding your mate was an important event for the pack. Everyone was waiting to celebrate the new couple after being claimed.
The laughter of my father and the Alpha could be heard throughout the place, they were happy and celebrating this event. But something was wrong, Alex's face did not reflect happiness.
I knew it! I knew this would happen. I know Alex very well, enough for my heart and stomach to sink.
"Mar," Alex said, using the nickname everyone used for me in the pack. His voice was sad and I tried to swallow, waiting for what I knew was coming.
He moved forward, taking a few steps towards me. The bond was strong, so strong that I couldn't take my eyes off his.
His eyes had already told me what he was going to say, even before his words came out of his mouth.
"I'm sorry, but I can't accept you. You know I can't."
I knew this would happen, I suspected it from the beginning, but it's even more painful when you don't see it coming from the person you've always liked, someone who was not only the boy you liked, but also claimed to be your friend and part of your family.
The hubbub of the pack had turned into a deadly silence, everyone was listening and for a moment I wished Alex's words had been a physical blow. At least the pain would have ceased after a moment.
I was ashamed, the pack is seeing how I'm being rejected by the only person who should love me above all else.
"Mar, I will soon become the alpha of the pack, I need a strong luna by my side and you..." Alex continues speaking as if he doesn't know that he's tearing my heart out at this very moment.
"Mar, you don't have a wolf, even if one day you get one, we all know it will be weak. Mar, I love you, you know I do, but my duty is to the pack and this pack deserves a strong luna."
The words were stuck in my throat, I simply couldn't articulate a word. My first instinct was to beg, to tell Alex that I could do whatever he wanted, that I could train and change, but the rational part of my head told me that I couldn't fall so low. That my mother didn't deserve her daughter to stoop to the most vile and humiliating, she hadn't raised me like that.
"Son, you don't need to do this," the Alpha spoke.
"Father, it would be crueler of me to give her hope. I won't do that to her," Alex replied.
"You need to think about this carefully, son. This is not the place or the time," the Alpha replied, there was a warning in his voice.
"I don't plan to change my mind, Father," Alex insisted.
I felt my parents flank me as anger bubbled up from the depths of their being. My mother firmly put her arm around my waist, holding me tightly.
"Alex, think very carefully about what you're doing, you are destined mates. The gods have so ordained it," my father spoke.
"I'm sorry, Uncle," that was all he said.
"Alex, if you do this, you won't be able to join the Games."
This time my father's voice was as cold as ice and a murmur in the pack followed his words.
The Games, were how the packs determined the hierarchical position, these events could only be held every 10 years and could only be executed by the five best members of the pack. In this kind of events, not only physical strength was put to the test but also dexterity, intelligence and endurance and for that, you had to have good physical and mental health. In short, a bond break was considered a mental wound. The council required that at least six months had passed to heal before considering someone in full health. The Games were in a month and Alex was considered one of the best members of the pack as well as being the future Alpha, to attend such event.
"Okay, so be it, I won't participate this year, but I will certainly join the next ones," he replied.
The determination was clear in his face, the last shred of hope was extinguished in my chest.
"Mom! Get me out of here, please," I asked my mother through the link.
I was trying to be strong, but the pain was consuming me. My mother, a strong and fierce woman, was faltering at this moment. Still, she took me with all her strength and got me out of there. A few steps further my body felt numb and heavy, I had no control over it, the pain with each step was more unbearable.
My vision was darkening and I was only walking by inertia until suddenly everything turned to darkness.
Bad enough it was to be known for not having a wolf, now I would also be known for being the rejected of the future Alpha.
Even being unconscious, my mind works and for a moment remembers the promise that my uncle had made me just a day ago. The promise that he and his friends would beat up any male who considered me weak, I guess that doesn't apply when the male was the son of your best friend and future Alpha.
I felt the bitterness of my thoughts and it was what made the first broken sob escape from me. Fortunately for me, I was already in my house and had left everything behind a while ago. My mother was at the head of my bed lulling me like when I was a little baby.
Once awake I curled up into a ball, with my knees pressed against my chest and my arms hugging them. My back was to my mother as she stroked my hair and softly hummed the old songs she used to sing to me.
Finally my tears came and once the first one rolled down my cheeks the others followed. I was crying silently as my body trembled from the force of the emotions.
I heard the door open and close and I smelled a familiar scent, it was my father. I may not have a wolf but still my sense of smell and hearing were better than a human's, so I could easily distinguish the scents, mainly of my family.
The room was silent fortunately no one said anything. I have no idea how long passed like this, it could have been minutes or maybe hours, until at some point I simply stopped crying in my body calmed down.
The pain was still there, it had not ceased even a little, but my parents believed that I had simply fallen asleep.
I couldn't help but notice the absence of my brother, and that hurt. I think he had simply chosen to be loyal to his Alpha.
A short time later I heard a sound at the front door, and my father left the room. Being part of a werewolf pack means learning not to listen to conversations despite being able to do so. But I was sure that their talk was about me and I had a right to know.
"How is she?" the Alpha asked once inside the house.
"How do you think she is?" my father replied annoyed, it was the first time that my father did not show respect to the Alpha and best friend.
"She hasn't spoken, not after what Alex did to her."
"I'm sorry, Manuel, I'm so sorry," the Alpha sounded sincere in his apology.
"Is his decision made?" he asked my father.
"It is," he replied.
"And what do you plan to do about it?" the question took the Alpha by surprise.
"What do you mean, Manuel?" he asked confused.
"Do you expect my daughter to live in the same pack as the male who tore her heart out and trampled on it in front of the whole pack? Carlos you know as well as I do what our rules are if someone breaks the mate bond without a good reason," my father tried to calm down but it was almost impossible.
"Manuel! You can't think that my only son would go to live in another pack, banish him from the pack he was born to lead."
"Why not? No one is above the law. The law is in place to protect the innocent victim. Marely is the victim here," my father insisted.
"What Alex did was not right, but Manuel, Alex has a good reason to do what he did."
"What the hell are you saying?" my father spat out.
"She is weak, she will have a weak wolf, if she even gets to have one. That is a good reason to reject her," the Alpha said again.
"Do you even know that it is my daughter we are talking about?" my father growled making me shudder.
"And you know that I love her like a daughter, but we can't hide the truth."
"The only truth I see here is that your son rejected her and with respect to her wolf, her wolf will come when she is ready and she is perfect as she is. Have you already forgotten everything you have been telling her for the last two years, Carlos! Or were all your words lies."
"I know but that doesn't mean she's fit to be Luna. You better than anyone know all the responsibilities that come with that position."
I didn't hear the answer, I just didn't want my heart to be shattered once more.
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