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CHAPTER 2- I Reject You

Olivia

I gulped down my pride and began to clean up quickly. It was so late. I'm going to be in so much trouble. I hurried to put things away and was about to run out of the kitchen to change when the lead omega came in, making me bump into her. She hates when I cook in dirty clothes.

"Hey, watch it," she yells, making me startled. "I- I am so sorry."

She rolls her eyes as she fixes her shirt. "You look disgusting. Why haven't you changed? The Primord pack just notified us that they are two hours away. They will be here soon. We need to get things ready. Hurry up and change, come back and start prepping for dessert while the others start dinner. And try to look a little presentable, will you? The alpha wants you to be one of the servants; I need you to look a little decent....if it's even possible." she mumbles the last part as she looks me up and down.

I lower my head and sigh, "Now! Idiot. Hurry up and change, you have ten minutes to get back here." she says, making me jump.

"Yes, ma'am," I say as I begin to run out of the pack house and towards my house.

My eyes widen as I come to my door and see Skylar there. His hands are crossed over his chest and he doesn't look happy at all. It's getting pretty dark now, but the motion detector lights still give a little light.

"Alpha, what can I do for you?" I ask nervously, looking down. He sighs, clenching his jaw.

"Open the door, we need to talk, Olivia." I can't help but become enamored with his voice. I know it's the stupid pull of the mating bond, but I know what's coming. My intuition has never been wrong. My heart hopes for me to be wrong.

"Yes, sir," I say as I walk past him and unlock my door. My hands tremble, and I almost drop the keys, but I manage to open the door, walk in, and place my keys on the key holder by the door.

I feel my arm being pulled harshly as I take a step toward the living room. Skylar throws me against the door, making it shut behind me. My head hits the door making my head hurt. I haven't eaten since this morning, and it's so hot, I began feeling lightheaded, making my headache worse by the impact.

His body is pinned against mine making my whole body fill with sparks and fears all at once. He sniffs my neck making my eyes water. I'm instantly filled with sparks, his body ignites making him growl, sliding his lips gracefully over my skin.

"Mate," he whispers, making my eyes wide in shock.

"S- Sky...Skylar, I."My voice must have brought him out of his trance. He lets go of me, closing his eyes and turning, giving me his back. "NO! You can't... I won't let you become my luna."

What was I expecting? For him to suddenly turn into prince charming for me? My world crumbled once again. I knew it was too good to be true the second I saw him at my door.

"I thought I was mistaken... when I turned eighteen and I got your scent. I knew it was a matter of time before you turned eighteen to confirm my suspicions. But... This!" he points between him and me.

"This can't happen, it will never happen. Do you understand? I...I don't...want you as a mate, Olivia. You know that, right?"

"Why? I can be a good mate if you just give me a chance. I can train and become strong." I say through tears as my emotions get the best of me. I hug myself. My wolf, Freya whimpers and I can sense that she is crying.

"You're a weak link. A nobody, a dumb omega. Do you have any idea how bad that would make me look in front of the other alphas?" he says, hitting the wall behind me, and making my tears fall.

I stood there like an idiot, hugging myself as he continued to give me all the excuses in the book of why I was no good for him and this pack. By the end, he makes it clear that I am nothing but scum to him. Worthless, and unworthy of the title.

I lose focus on what he is saying as I try to comfort my wolf. She howls and whimpers as she hears his words. Then he says it... The words I knew but dreaded to hear. My rejection!

"I, Skylar Morrison, reject you, Olivia Watson, as my mate and future luna of the Silver Moon pack." His words make my body fall as intense pain engulfs my chest and abdomen.

I feel myself being torn into pieces and leaving me not only weak but hyperventilating as I struggle to breathe.

It takes me a few seconds, but through the pain, I grunt and get on my feet. I wipe my tears away and clench my teeth to look at him. All the while he looks at me with hate in his eyes.

"I, Olivia Watson, accept...your rejection; and I reject you, Alpha Skylar Morrison, as my mate and reject to be the future luna of this mediocre excuse of a pack," I say, making him growl.

He's ready to grab me by my neck, but he somehow holds back, fighting his wolf. "I'll let this slide, for I know your weak ass body is in pain. But believe me, Olivia, next time you speak badly about my pack, you will be severely punished," he growls, closing his eyes.

I can tell he's fighting his wolf, but I can care less. He just broke me, he broke my heart and my wolf. My body feels like it's on fire and all my bones ache as if they were being broken. The mating bond... It's breaking.

I manage to get enough strength and move towards the sofa near my entrance as he gets closer, he raises his hand and tries to caress my cheek but I move away. He sighs and closes his palm.

"Don't be late for breakfast, the primord and dark moon pack will be waiting to be served. I'll let the kitchen know you'll be taking dinner off," he says as I feel more tears roll down my cheeks as I look away.

I sniffled, closing my eyes, "Goodbye, Olivia." he said one last time before opening the door and leaving me in complete solitude.

Is this how I'm meant to live all my life? I have tried to be the best in everything, the best student, the best worker, and for what? I've been treated like trash, disrespected, and mistreated by everyone despite me not doing anything to them.

I let myself cry as I heard the door close. My body slowly slid down until I hit the floor. The knot in my throat was too intense as I cried and regretted all my efforts. Freya, my wolf, begged me to go after him, but it was too late. He will never be mine. He belongs with Leah.

I want to not care anymore, but it's hard. My parents are gone, I rarely get to see my only and best friend, and now...my mate, the one goddess destined for me… didn't want me.

I was like a plague to them. A plague to this pack that no one wanted around.

"Come on, Livie... You need to get up. You need to fight for him. How could you accept his rejection? I know he wants us, I felt it. I just know it-"

"Enough, Freya!" I yelled at my wolf. She was just as naive as I was. Both young and stupid.

"No, Liv. You can't give up," she yells back, making me growl.

"He doesn't want us, Freya. You heard him yourself. I just... I just want to go away. I don't want to be in this pack, this whole pack is a piece of shit. No one in this pack cares about you and me, Freya. No one." I whispered the last part, making her whimper.

We sit in silence for a while as we both cry and wait for the pain to go away from the rejection.

"So what do we do?" she asks after a minute of silence. I sat on the floor against that same wall staring into space, numb, and feeling defeated.

"What can we do? We have no money, and nowhere to go. We are too weak to make it as rogues, we wouldn't make it past the night if we left." I responded, making her sigh.

"What if..." she begins.

I glanced at the clock, it was past the time to start dinner. I just know I won't hear the end of it tomorrow for missing dinner duty. I sighed and got off the floor feeling my butt aching. "What if what?"

"What if you got a side job out of our pack in the city? We can save up and leave as soon as we have enough money?" she suggests.

But seeing that we rarely even had time left, I doubt we could get a job out in the city.

"Good suggestion, Freya. But are you willing to pull all-nighters with me? We rarely get any sleep as it is, and we are so malnourished that I doubt it will help us get any healthier." she grunts as she realizes I was right.

I barely get any food in me. Our pack is gluttonous to the core. They eat as if there is no tomorrow, which meant that the omegas barely got any food for themselves as we were always the last to eat. Even then... All the omegas were allowed to eat before I did. Yes, that's how much the lead omega hated me.

"We can hide food in our apron as Desiree used to, remember?'' My best friend used to hide pieces of bread in her apron so we could indulge together at least in a small piece. Until she got caught and got a whipping by the guards, this, of course, was before she found Cole was her mate. Now she sits with everyone else and gets served like a royal.

"I don't want you getting hurt, Livie. You're already weak as it is. Another whipping would just be too dangerous to our health." It took me nearly a month to heal from the slashes I received the last time I was whipped on my back.

It usually takes one to three days for most wolves, but I am so weak from my health and the lack of food, that my body takes longer to heal. To make matters worse, being rejected by my mate made my body feel even weaker.

"We can't give up, Freya. Even if Skylar doesn't want us, I know there is more to us. I just know this can't be it for us. Even if we are meant to live as omegas, we will keep the promise I left my mom and live happily. Just you and me now, Freya. You and me."

"I would hug you right now if I could, you know that?" she says, making me chuckle as I feel tears roll down my cheeks.

"We gotta get going and get Leah's shoes. I have a feeling we'll be up all night cleaning those stupid shoes." I say as I walk to my bathroom and shower quickly, placing on my undergarments and a simple dark olive green shirt, and jeans that used to belong to my mom, finishing off with my worn-out sneakers.

I put my hair in two braids done pretty messy since I was in a rush and made my way out to the pack house. I hope the lead omega isn't too mad that I missed dinner preparations. I'll have to go unseen and be quick about it.

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