Seven

Loria’s pov

“Arghh!” I screamed.

I sighed when I saw who it was.

Why did she pop up in front of me like that?

“They put you up to this right?”

“Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? Trying this hard just because you want to see me cry?” I asked her, glaring at her.

She was the lady who offered me a handkerchief earlier that morning, and she had been so persistent since then, trying so hard to speak to me.

I knew they put her up to this.

I already fell for this so many times, I was not going to fall for their trick today.

“What trick are you speaking about?”

I kissed my teeth in frustration and snapped my book shut.

“I can’t deal with this right now,” I whispered and got on my feet.

“I haven’t spoken to anyone. You are the first person I am trying to speak to and you aren’t giving me an audience,” She said.

I gripped my book tightly.

Why did she sound so sincere?

I clicked my tongue.

“You have such great acting skills.” I seethed.

This one here was going to be worse than the others. Trying so hard to bring other people down, I expect her to focus on the reason she came here.

“My name is Ava,” She said after me and started following me.

I cursed my luck under my breath.

Why does it have to be unlucky damn time?

“At least give me a response, it’s not nice,” She said, this time she raised her voice.

I turned and saw that she was already frustrated.

A small smile played on my lips.

I didn’t say anything else and walked away from the scene.

Serves her right.

At least I wasn’t the only one at the receiving end today.

*****

“Where do you think you are going?” Ronan asked as I tried to get into the car.

I moved back in surprise, trying not to get into trouble.

“Are we not heading home?” I asked innocently, my voice quivering in fear.

I could still feel the pain in my wrist from Karl’s manhandling earlier this morning.

I didn’t want bruises anymore.

“Home? What home?” Kael suddenly popped out.

I sighed in response and placed my palm on my forehead. I was already feeling feverish from trying to suppress my wolf from launching at them.

Tsk!

Why am I the only one feeling this way?

Aren’t they also feeling the attraction?

“Listen, better go back to wherever father brought you from and never turn back,” Kael ordered and moved so close to me that we were just a few inches away.

I bent backwards, trying to avoid his face.

“The mate bond…”

“Aren’t you all feeling it? Is it unbearable?” I whispered and fanned myself.

“You bitch!” Kael said and tried to lunge at me but Elias held him back.

“We need to head back home now,” Elias said without even sparing me a glance.

We all hopped into the car and I made sure to sit far away from them.

Thankfully, the car was big enough for that.

Immediately we got home, Kael dragged me by the arms and started taking me to only goddess knows where.

“What are you doing?” I heard Ronan ask behind me.

“What if father sees us?” Ronan asked again.

“To hell with him, I need to settle this once and for all,” Kael responded, not listening to any of them.

To think I thought for a second that Ronan was worried about me, he was only concerned about them getting into trouble. It was better that I saved myself, because no one was coming to help me.

“Please let me.. go,” I pleaded.

“You better not say anything,” Kael warned me. As usual, Elias only followed, staying mute.

We finally got to Kael’s room and he pushed me in aggressively.

I fell on the hard ground and yelped in pain.

“We are going to reject you right this instant! I don’t want to be feeling any type of way towards you,” Kael said.

I felt my heart shatter into pieces even though I didn’t know why.

I had been expecting this the instant I found out we were mates, I just….

I don’t know how or why I feel this way.

“I second that, it is better to stop this madness before it gets out of hand,” Ronan agreed with his brother.

They didn’t bother to ask Elias for his choice, not like he was going to say the opposite of what they had said.

The brothers hated my guts.

I felt pain all over, I didn’t even know if I would be able to get on my feet after this.

“Let’s just get this over and done with,” Elias finally said something.

I let out a low cry but stopped myself.

I would never cry in front of these people, they didn’t deserve to see that side of me!

“We reject you, Liora, as our mate!” They said in unison.

They stared at each other after saying that and suddenly sighed.

“Do you think it worked?” Ronan broke the silence.

“You,” Kael pointed at me.

“Leave! And don’t you dare mention anything that happened here,” he threatened me.

I forced myself to get on my feet, clutching my stomach, and staggered out of the room.

What was supposed to be a short walk took forever.

My body ached from the constant hitting but that wasn't all that ached.

It felt like my heart was being ripped into pieces.

A tear dropped from my eyes and then another, until it started flowing continuously.

There was something about how they rejected me.

The spite was evident in their tone.

I was sure I disgusted all of them, not even one of them thought I was good enough.

I sniffed hard, patting my shoulders.

They were right, I would never be good enough if I kept sulking, I just needed to focus on my life and ignore every other thing…

I was going to be the best version of myself…