chapter 2

Chapter 2

Boom!

Selene felt an explosion in her mind. There was excruciating pain in her body, and her heart seemed to have been ripped out of her chest and torn into pieces.

Her wolf, Kara, howled out in her mind in pain. Selene felt the pain she had never felt before in her life, and even blood came out of her lips.

Her legs turned numb and weak, and she knelt on the floor in agony.

‘Selene, I, Killian Thorne, the soon-to-be Alpha of the Silvermoon pack, reject you as my mate.’

‘He… he rejected me.’

‘He called me worthless and someone of no value!’

‘He called me a joke. He made a mockery of the choice that the moon goddess had given him!’

Seeing that Selene was not saying anything, Killian growled at her, “Selene, accept the rejection.”

Selene’s heart was numb as she spoke robotically, “I, Selene, accept your rejection, Killian Thorne.”

Selene did not know how she managed to return to her tiny room.

The moment she entered, she was assaulted by the woody scent, and it reminded her of the passionate night they had shared last night.

So, it was all in her head. Alpha Killian did not sleep with her because he was going to accept her. He only slept with her because it was convenient to him.

Was she just a sex toy? Was it really funny to toy with her feelings like that?

She thought that she was finally going to find a family. She thought that she was finally going to have a sense of belonging once Killian marked her as his mate. But the reality has shattered her world.

How was she going to face anyone? How was she going to face the cruel alpha from now on?

“Killian, why? Why did you do this to me? Do you have any idea how long I have been looking forward to this day? You have just shattered my entire being into pieces. I have no past, and now I have no future. You have destroyed me.”

Kara, Selene’s wolf, could not take the pain anymore. She gave out a painful howl that sent chills down everyone who heard it.

“That howl!”

Killian felt pain in his heart that he had never felt before. Although he had been wounded so many times in the battle before, this was nothing like any physical pain he had ever felt.

The moment he heard that bloody howl, he felt as if someone had ripped his heart apart.

He had the alpha blood, and he was not supposed to feel too much pain when Selene accepted his rejection. But why was he feeling as if someone had just ripped his heart open?

Had the mate been successfully broken?

He took a few steps back as he clutched his chest painfully.

His beta, Andrew, walked forward and held him, “Alpha, are you alright?”

Killian waved his hand, “I am fine. Go and check out what that was all about.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

Damien walked forward and spoke to his son, “Son, you must be feeling pain, right? A mate bond is a sacred bond, and you just broke it, so it is inevitable that you will feel pain. But it will only be for a while, and you will be alright.”

“Thanks, Dad.”

“Take your Alpha to his chambers and let him rest,” Damien ordered.

…

With a backpack that contained a few of her valuable items, Selene made her way to the woods. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her, and only when she ran out of breath did she stop.

Her heart was in severe pain, and she felt like she was going to die the next second. But Selene knew that for her to save herself, she had to run.

Selene ran for the better part of the night, and when dawn broke, she found herself in a completely different world.

She had crossed into the human world. She had always heard that there was a world beside the supernatural world, and it was inhabited by humans. 

There were no shape-shifting wolves. There were no warlocks who could bend the world with their magic. The human world was the complete opposite of the chaotic world she had come from.

Selene used her wolf’s heightened sense to feel around, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. Everyone was busy minding their business, and they did not seem to care about her. She was just an ordinary girl.

“Kara, maybe this is for the best. We should try our best to get used to living in this world. I want to completely forget about my past life and start afresh.”

Kara replied in her mind, “Selene, I think that you are right. We have faced a lot of pain and humiliation. The moon goddess must be celebrating now after what she did to us.”

“You can’t really blame the moon goddess for this. It is that bastard’s fault. He has no idea what is best for him.”

“Okay, let us forget about him. You should think of how you are going to survive.”

Selene walked around, praying to the moon goddess for a miracle. She knew no one and nothing of this world, and she hoped to find a kind soul that could accommodate her.

Selene was starting to feel hungry. She hadn’t eaten anything since last night, and since she had spent the entire night running, she was famished.

As she was walking, she felt an aromatic smell in the air. She was a werewolf, so she had sharper senses than normal humans.

After feeling around for a while, Selene finally walked towards where the aromatic smell was coming from.

She whispered to her wolf, “Kara, I am really hungry. I don’t know if we will get something to eat.”

“We would have gone hunting, but that might attract unnecessary attention.”

“Yes, we should lay low for a while.”

There was an eatery not far away, but when Selene reached there and she was about to give her order, she realized that she did not have a single cent on her.

“Ma’am, if you are not ready to give your order, please make way for others. There are so many people behind you.” The waitress said.

Selene looked at her and scratched her nose awkwardly. She was very hungry, and if she did not get anything to eat, she might faint from hunger.

She looked at the waitress who was taking the orders and whispered, “Miss, I am very hungry, but I don’t have any money on me. Can you give me something to eat? I… I will do any manual work. I can wash the dishes and scrub the floor pretty well.”

The waitress looked at her and snorted, “Do you think that we are running a charity organization here? If you don’t want to eat, then move aside.”

The people who had been waiting in line started to complain.

“Miss waitress, is the machine broken? Why is the line not moving? Some of us only have a few minutes before our lunch break is over. Should we go somewhere else?”

The waitress smiled in flattery as she calmed the people down, “Guys, please calm down. The machine is working perfectly fine, just one moment.”

She held Selene’s hand and pushed her aside. Her cold voice followed, “If you dare make me lose even a single customer, I will call the police and tell them that you wanted to steal from our store. I won’t forgive you.”

Selene was about to land on the floor, but someone held her in time. The person who held her was a woman dressed in simple clothes, and she looked like she had just rushed here from somewhere.

She looked at Selene and asked politely, “Miss, are you okay? Did you get hurt?”

Selene looked at the woman, who seemed to be the same age as her, and shook her head. She lowered her head and thanked her humbly, “No, I am fine, thank you.”

The woman turned to the waitress and asked, “What is going on here? Is this how you guys treat your customers?”

“Ms. Laura, we don’t run a charity organization here. This woman wants to eat, but she doesn’t want to pay.”

Selene looked on and tried to explain, “I have just come from a long journey, and I have no money on me. I offered to do any manual job as payment, but she refused to listen to me.”

The woman called Laura looked at the waitress and said, “Give her something to eat on my bill.”

Selene could not stop smiling throughout the entire meal.