Pain of rejection

Emandra's heart tightens. Her feet just refused to move. Those lovely purple eyes of hers had to blink a couple times just to get a grip on the situation. 

‘‘You …..how could you…?’’ Her voice broke into thousands pieces just like her heart. Paris was aware of her crush, she fucking knew he was her mate. Now everything made sense, Mirrod would always give in to every wish of hers, He came around very often, and now she knew just how vicious of a sister she has had all these years.

‘Why?.. Am I not good enough? …., I…. Love you, I have loved you long before now’’ Emandra’s voice came out less confident than she had hoped. she could not help but ask, she was woofless but she was not useless. 

‘’Eman I can explain, we love each other and we plan on rejecting our mates’’ Paris explains still hovering over Mirrod like a dark cloud. Her hands rested on his chest. a defensive growl escaped her throat before could stop it. Her wolf was hurt and jealous.

 ‘’He is mine, he is my fated mate, created to love me’’’. She roared, her eyes flickering from purple to glittering red. her wolf was emerging, it fed her anger even more. 

“‘No, I belong to Paris’’’ Without warning Emandra watched in disbelief as his canines sank deep into the making spot of her sister, time seemed to slow down. every second came a shattering pain. She clenches her chest, hitting it with her small fist trying to ease the pain. 

She couldn't take more of it, her feet took off leaving the cheating couple, how could he not want her……why did it hurt so much? …, she ran out into the crowd, she composed herself, desperately cleaning her eyes and fixing her hair. It was night, no one would take note of her swollen eyes. All she needed was to get to the pond so she could let it all out. 

But the goddess seems to have other plans. She spotted her mother from a distance walking over desperately toward her. 

‘’Come there is an emergency’’ She dragged her away from the crowd, not giving her time to ask questions. Emandra had been to the pack house a good number of times. She knew the layout like the back of her hand. Her mother walked even faster dragging her along, she was having a hard time keeping up due to the pain from her heart and that on her heels. 

They headed to the Alphas office. They got in and everywhere was quiet, her mother's beating chest was all that could be heard. She sank into the chair by her side and just before she could look around, Paris came running with Mirrod. Her dress was a mess, her hair wrinkled and her makeup smooched. It was all signs of their passionate moment. 

Her heart hurt, and she raised her hand to her chest gently patting it. She could not tell them, not yet the room felt quiet for a while. Before Luna and Alpha cleared their throats, her father was present.

Emandra kept her eyes on the floor; she could not allow herself to break before Paris and Mirrod and most especially before her parents and the alpha. 

‘’‘There is a problem’’ The alpha was first to speak, Emandra raised her eyes, meeting that of everyone, except for the alpha who appeared to be calm, everyone else had a worried look. she could guess no other person was aware of the reason behind the sudden call. 

‘’‘Alpha Chase Lobswell of the moon crescent pack wants a she-wolf and not an Omega.”’ He glanced at her parents as if trying to weigh his words before he continued.

‘’He is ready to pay 4000 million dollars’’, she heard the slow gasp from everybody. It was a huge sum of money but she was not moved by it, she felt no parent should be willing to sell their children no matter how attractive the amount. 

‘’The pack can use such money and also this could be the breakthrough of the alliance we have been hoping for’’ Alpha Roger Wicks continues.

‘’Albert as my beta and a member of the pack I couldn't think of anyone worthy enough to handle this task’’

‘’ task’’ Emandra sooff under her breath, making sure no one heard her. But who was she kidding, they were werewolves they could hear the slightest. Everyone chose not to interfere because her comment was irrelevant. Emandra could not help but stare at her father with pleading eyes, it was no task it was business and they all knew it

She was hurt but not cruel to wish for her sister or her to be separated, They were family. She bit her lips suppressing the sob which choked on her. 

‘’I have always had a thing for your girls Ursula and prayed for Mirrod to be the mate to one of them’’ Luna Henrieta smiled at my mother. it was sickening watching my parents smile back as if this was not a big deal they were about to sell off one of their daughters to the cruel and ruthless of alphas of the realm

 ‘’Now since it was decided Paris will have to be given out as she is still to find her mate and she has amazing skills’’ Emandra felt her blood drained. yes, she knew what was next and it came like a storm.

‘’No… not Paris’’ Mirrod roared ‘’I love her and I have marked her’’ Mirrod held onto the crying Paris who sobbed into her arms like a baby.

‘’What have you done?" Alpha Rother Wick roared at his son but he sat unfazed. 

“‘Why should he get the best, it has been Omega all these years”’. Mirrod looked back at his father with questionable eyes.

‘‘Emandra is my fated mate but I have loved Paris for a very long time, so long even before I found out about who my mate has been and I don't feel the connection I feel towards Paris with her, so I'm keeping her’’ Now it was time for everyone to be shocked but Emandra sat unfazed an unbordered

‘’‘Then this settled, Emandra would be given since the future Luna cannot be sold out’”. The words of her father fell like a slap to her face, so now it was no longer a favor but a deal. 

"Since it's settled Emandra you go prepare, you will be leaving tomorrow”’ the Alpha announced, 

“‘However you would in no circumstance open the veil, not until everything is settled and you are out of the pack. He shouldn't know we swapped the bride’’ She turned to her mother with pleading eyes but everyone was too focused on Paris. This hurt her so much that Paris was not the one sent away to her death. she needed their love and support not her.

“‘I promised him Paris there is no excuse for mistakes understood”’

He roared at Emandra making her flinch in fear retreating even deeper into her seat, everything felt like a terrible nightmare. One moment she was happy about her wolf and now she is about to be sold as a swapped bride to the Alpha. Everyone was happy and gushing over Paris, they all hugged and congratulated her for the mark. since they all wanted her gone, she was willing to leave without a trace.

 ‘’I have a request’’ she whispers barely audible, everyone stops and stares at her, they had forgotten about her 

‘’Go ahead and be quick’’ her father snapped 

‘’you have change’’ was all she could say

 ‘’Mirrod I want you to me’’ she continued with her eyes not leaving the floor, the sudden silence made her smile amidst her tears, she braced herself waiting for the pain and it did come.

‘’I, Mirrod Wicks, young Alpha of the snowfall pack, reject you Emandra Carter as my mate and Luna’’ she whimpered under the influence of the pain. Biting her lips she stood up taking her heels off. 

‘’Thank you’’ she whispered amidst tears, her figure disappearing within the dark.