"Accept the rejection."

Chapter four

Ariel and zeres stood in silence, Hailey had gone to attend to the wounded warriors leaving them both alone. Ariel had a lot she wanted to say to the man standing before her and she knew this was the right time. She inhaled a sharp breath and rubbed her hands together before turning to look at zeres

"Zeres, about the other day..."

"You don't need to explain anything to me"

Zeres cut her short, his tone was stern and it sent shivers down Ariel's spine. Was it wrong to say that through all that guilt and confusion she was also excited? No, no… the excitement was coming from her wolf.

Ariel gave a nod of understanding, she knew he was a bit pained by the way she rejected him and he had all the reasons to act cold towards her. "But can I speak with you,, please"

Without a word, zeres gestured toward the path on the right and Ariel followed after him. She understood they needed to speak in private to avoid unnecessary words getting out.

A minute later, Ariel stood in front of a place that looked like a ranch for horses with zeres in front of her.

It was a good place because it was secluded and they was no one around to eavesdrop on them, but at the same time, Ariel was reluctant. What if Zeres does something to harm her because of what she did?. Ariel dissolved that thought. Zeres might look stern but she didn't think he will be capable of doing such to her because of the obvious attraction that was yet to go away.

She observed Zeres who stood straight with his arms behind his back and his legs slightly parted, and she took in a deep breath that filled her lungs to clear her head from the obvious nervousness she was feeling.

'Why did you say that you are a warrior?", She asked.

"I am a warrior.", Zeres said curtly.

"But…", . Ariel's brows came together. Zeres was right. He was a warrior but he was in no way an ordinary one, she was the one who had misquoted what he said and assumed that he was ordinary.

"You are a commander and not a common warrior, Why didn't you say so?"

Zeres sneered. "Say what exactly?"

He took a step closer to Ariel which forced her to swallow hard while wishing that he maintained his stony unreadable expression because his gaze right now scared the shit out of her. Even her wolf whimpered while covering in fear.

"What did you expect to hear from a man who is supposed to be your other half while you rebuffed him at the mention of him being a warrior?"

He was so close that she could feel his hot breath fanning her face. It smelled of sweet vanilla. Good gracious, she might end up taking a bite from this sweet piece of cake right in front of her. She squirmed in front of his gaze that locked hers intensely.

"I rejected you. But I can still feel the Sparks and... And the mate pull seems to still be there and it's increasing".

Zeres didn't say anything for a while

"You can feel it too right. Why?"

Zeres narrowed his eyes at her. "Because I didn't accept your rejection."

Ariel was not sure what to think about it, she had no idea how rejection works and never did she know that the other party involved had to agree before a bond can be broken.

She didn't know what to feel, but her wolf was happy.

While thinking about her options, Ariel steeled her resolve. She had thought that by the rejection she would be able to get over him sooner or later and save them from any future problems that might arise.

"Accept the rejection."

Zeres's expression frosted, he didn't believe that after everything she was still willing to break the bond between them. "Do you think it will be that easy to get rid of me?"

"This… us… is not possible.", Ariel tried to reason with him. "My father won't allow it. Both of us will be punished, you might even be killed."

"How nice of you milady to care about an ordinary warrior .", Zeres drawled. "Trust me, I don't need your concern

Besides, aren't you just thinking about not wanting to spend your life time with someone of a lowly calibre than yours. I would advice you to stop daydreaming about the power you could get from marrying someone of your class, you should worry about the Moon Goddess punishing you for rejecting the mate bond or you thought she was going to let you of the hook because you are some Alpha's daughter. How can you think about another man when your mate is right in front of you, alive and kicking?" Zeres snickered, Ariel could feel the anger laced in his voice

Ariel pressed her lips into a thin line. He was right. Her wolf was getting weaker daily, does this mean this was the moon goddess punishment for rejecting him.

"I hope you take whatever I said into consideration princess."

And with that said and done, zeres left the ranch without looking back, leaving her behind.

It took Ariel a minute to collect herself enough to leave the ranch and drag herself back into her room.

Zeres hostility towards her was tangible and she realized that her rejection hurt his ego. Is that why he didn't accept it? So that he can watch her get weakened? But isn't he torturing himself by doing this? . But before she could come up with something reasonable to say he had left the ranch

She could still feel the aftermath of zeres scent clothed in the air which made her dizzy and lightheaded and she wanted to do nothing but lay down on her bed to rest her muddled mind.

Coming back to the blue moon pack was one of the most power draining thing that had ever happened to her in many years. It was filled with never ending trouble everyday, and she knew perfectly well that her problem was just beginning. With her wolf being so weak, she wondered if any Warewolf would even agree to marry her in her feeble state.

Warewolves were creatures who were addicted to strength. Strength was an asset to them and bonding yourself with a weak werewolf would cause lost of strength which no one wanted, more reasons why Alpha's tend to get married from a fellow Alpha family.

Ariel laid on her bed dejected, she wished she could just vanish away with her vanilla scented zeres as a trophy but that was impossible. Alpha Damon would find them even if they went underground and most definitely kill zeres.