3 Meeting Him

Dahlia's POV Continued

I felt the tether snap, he fell down to his knees as he howled out in pain. His hand reached out for me but I knocked it away from me.

"Accept it Parker! Accept my rejection!"

"NO! I won't accept it."

"Then you shall feel the pain every time I lay with someone, you will long for the bond you chose to hold onto as I severed mine."

His hand reached back out to me, he begged me to take it back, but I knew why, without me he would become weaker instead of stronger when marking me. He didn't want me, no, he wanted the power and strength that would come to him by being with me.

Now he will have to explain why I have rejected him, why I won't be here when they call for me to walk down the aisle.

I turned my body, my dress swishing around before I walked out of the room, the Omega still cowering in the corner of the room as she witnessed it all.

Slamming the door behind me I ran down the hall, back around the corner, passed my room to the double doors that sat closed at the entrance because everyone was already inside waiting for it all to begin.

Running out the doors, down the steps and into the woods. I ran hard and as fast as I could in human form, refusing to shift because I didn't want to destroy the dress my mother had made for me.

I ran and ran, further away from the hall when I realized I was crying. My vision blurred as I continued to go, slowing my pace as I tried to wipe the tears away.

I'm not even sure how long I had been running. My mind reeling as I thought back to all the times I felt that strange feeling inside of me after finding out that I was mated to that bastard.

Trying to think about how many times I had felt that, how many times he had cheated on me with Goddess only knows how many.

I gave myself to him, my stupid self thinking that doing that, even before being marked, would change his playboy ways. How could I be such a fool?

He didn't want to mark me until after so he could continue with his escapades before he knew I would feel it. Little did he know, I was already feeling it.

Mad at myself for believing I could possibly be enough that I gave my body to a worthless man, as well as a worthless wolf that sat back allowing his other half to go against the fated mate bond.

I tripped as I was running, almost slamming into the ground as I braced myself only to slam hard into a wall when I suddenly stumbled backwards instead, tripping again over the same branch. I braced for the impact of the ground but it didn't come.

An arm wrapped around my waist stopping the impact of my fall startling me as I wiped more tears away only to look up to see the most amazing honey colored eyes I'd ever seen before.

My mind took a moment to catch up with the sight before me as the man I thought was a wall I had run into, helped steady me back on my feet.

A smirk playing on his lips as his eyes trailed over my body when I did the same to him causing a light chuckle to leave his perfectly lush pink lips. Licking mine without thinking I looked back into his eyes when it came crashing down on me who this God like man was.

It was Alpha Diaz, Alpha Damien Allister Diaz of the Night Crawlers Pack, our rival pack. His pack was almost as large as my father's, yet this man had stories that could give you nightmares for your entire existence. He was said to be the most ruthless Alpha our side of the world has ever encountered, now whether the stories are true or not, I don't honestly know.

But the one of his mate, of her passing while giving birth to their child, that one I believe. He became the true monster in all the kids' stories after that happened to him. They said he lost his mind when he lost them, that their bond breaking broke the humanity in him, yet this man in front of me doesn't look as scary as they portray him to be.

His eyes ran along me again, making me feel rather self conscious as I wiped some more stray tears away before sniffling when the man's powerful, gravely, damn sexy voice rang out into the woods surrounding us.

"What have we here? And all dressed up to get married I see.

You wouldn't be Beta Parkers betrothed now would you?"

I stuttered as I tried to speak, sounding like a fool. I closed my mouth, pressing my lips tightly together while just slightly nodding my head.

"I, I, was."

His right brow quivered as he looked down at me, his eyes trailing over me. It felt hot everywhere his eyes trailed, as if I could literally feel exactly where they traveled the entire time.

"You were?"

His voice came out rough before he stepped back into my personal space after I took a step away from him. His hand raised up towards me, I flinched back involuntarily, closing my eyes, when he gently pressed his palm to my cheek, his thumb brushing away tears as I slowly opened my eyes to look up at him.

The monster of all tales, being gentle? Definitely not what I was expecting. As if I knocked back into reality, I pulled back from him again then looked around me when I felt for Alanah.

'Are we still in our territory?'

'No, we ran out of ours. I think we are in his.'

My heart started racing when he suddenly chuckled, making me snap my attention back on him. He held a smile that made my skin pebble all over, I could even feel it in my hair.

I watched as his eyes went black before he stepped to me once again, yet this time I couldn't seem to move, I was frozen in fear.

I could hear Alanah screaming for me to run, yet it felt as if roots had grown around my feet and started making their way up my legs because I was completely rooted to my spot.