Chapter 6 - I dare you to reject me

How could his mate be in heat at this time of the year? No one had ever been in such predicament before, that too, during the mating season unless the one hundred year old myth about the sigma was true?

Blaze did not want to believe something that was only known as a myth. Yet, he still couldn’t help but think why the Moon Goddess chose to degrade Lilith to being the pack’s sigma.

If Lilith was the next pack’s sigma then there was no way his parents will accept her as his destined mate and the pack’s destined Luna. She could pose a threat to the pack. That meant only one thing; Blaze wouldn’t be able to accept her as his mate.

It was getting hard for him to calm his wolf when his mate was oozing such a sensuous scent. His breath hitched before his breaths started to shake as he got another whiff of her heat.

He clenched his fingers tightly. His nails grew back into claws and his canines extended. No matter how much he tried to hold his wolf in, Bash kept pounding on the walls caging him to the back of his mind. He wanted to hold his mate in his arms.

Lilith stepped back when Blaze’s eyes repeatedly switched from his human ones to his wolf ones. Her heart raced. He slowly seemed to be losing the fight against his wolf yet Blaze wouldn’t stop fighting and hence began hurting himself.

Lilith’s legs gave out and she fell onto the ground. Holding his head and perching down low in pain, Blaze yelled out in agony.  

Seeing her mate in this state, Lilith’s chest grew heavy with pain. Yet, she couldn’t help but feel scared of approaching him. She knew that mates can help ease the pain of one another but she wasn’t so sure of what she was supposed to do anymore.

Blaze’s heart sank when a thought flashed through his mind. He managed to get rid of those werewolves but will he be able to protect his mate from his own wolf?

Lilith’s eyes flickered behind Blaze at the path leading back to her house. Was she ready to risk leaving her mate who protected her while he was in this state and run back into the woods where the other werewolves might be lurking around and waiting for her?

She hadn’t made up her mind yet but she still tried to get back on her feet only to find that her legs weren’t ready to corporate. She fell back onto the ground.

She yelped as her hands grazed the tiny rocks lying on the ground.

Alert, Blaze immediately glanced up once he heard her cry.

Lilith gasped. Her heart dropped down to her stomach.

When he approached her, Lilith struggled to get away while shaking her head.

“Stop!” Blaze commanded yet Lilith refused to listen and backed up against a tree trunk.

“P-Please -” Lilith choked through her tears. She never felt this powerless before.

She froze as Blaze knelt down in front of her. There was no way she could escape, not with that huge tree trunk behind her and Blaze in front of her.

He had her trapped and at his mercy but Lilith wasn’t going to give up. She was born a fighter and even if circumstances might be against her right now, she wouldn’t accept losing without a fight.

She wiped her tears away with her shivering hands and met Blaze’s unwavering gaze. This was considered an act of defiance. No one was allowed to meet an alpha’s or a future alpha’s gaze. 

“If you weren’t my mate, you would be long dead and buried 6 ft under the ground by now.” Blaze stated, his wolf’s voice overlapping his as he forced Blaze to partially shift.

“So, you do accept that I’m your mate?” Choking back her tears, Lilith defiantly asked.

“There’s a huge difference between acknowledging and accepting.” Blaze coldly pointed out.

“What do you mean?” Lilith’s eyebrows furrowed deep in confusion.

“I mean… I do acknowledge that you’re my mate but I can’t accept you.” Blaze’s voice faltered yet he did not let Lilith get a glimpse of his hesitation.

“What?” Lilith asked incredulously, her eyebrows disappearing into her hair line.

Blaze was clearly distressed. He wouldn’t be able to accept Lilith as his mate until he cleared his mind of every doubt regarding her heat, the werewolves’ behavior and the myth. This of course angered his wolf but Blaze held his grounds.

“Reject me.” Lilith announced and held her head up high.

Blaze’s eyes lightened a little, with surprise and he pulled away from Lilith slightly.

“I dare you to reject me.” Lilith knew that she was testing his limits yet she did not stop.

The life she once had and the future she had planned were gone in a single breath. From that moment on, she was living a dark and twisted nightmare where she had to be ready for anything, even rejection.

She was ready to accept his rejection. If the Moon Goddess decided to pair her with her future ruthless alpha, then only his rejection would set her free. She was not ready to be bonded to anyone else other than Jayden. This thought weirdly made her heart ache.

She already lost her powers and her wolf, what more could she lose? Her destined mate, then so be it. Lilith was aware that a simple rejection would either tear her apart or kill her at this point but she was ready.

The hardened look on his face softened for a split second. He took in Lilith’s anguished face and tears before he backed away and stood up.

“I’ll forget you ever said that.” Blaze calmly said. He effortlessly took off his jacket and handed it over to her while his eyes trailed her body, assessing her wounds.

“Take this and put it on you.” He ordained.

“Why won’t you reject me? I just lost my wolf. You’ll be better off without me.” Lilith pressed as she stood up with the help of the tree trunk.

“Stop!” Blaze warned her.

“I don’t want you as my mate. I, Lilith Venerelli, reject you, Blaze West -” Lilith gasped when Blaze punched the tree trunk behind her.

“I told you to stop. What part of it did you not understand?” Blaze yelled. His eyes flashed electrifying blue. His wolf had taken over.

Lilith winced at the anger in his eyes.