Rejection

Eloise's POV

“It should have been you.”

My body trembles uncontrollably, and a sharp pain shoots through my chest. Ainsley turned around, revealing a cold smile. His rigid face looked indifferent and cruel. He hates me because everyone thinks I killed Aura. I staggered to my feet, trembling inside. My legs were numb, so I fell back to the ground. Ainsley's ice-cold voice echoed in my ears once again.

“In the name of the MoonGoddess......" I raised my head, staring at the man in disbelief knowing what he was about to do. He must have hate me so much. “Ainsley! No... You can't reject me. You don't know how much I love you! Please, let me explain... Please...” He paid no heed to my pleas, simply continuing in his low, chilling voice.

“Eloise Anthony, I Ainsley Williams the Alpha of the Litha Night Walker pack, reject you as my mate. From this moment onward I sever the moon goddess fate and bond between us. You are hereby denied the opportunity of being my mate.”

Immediately, a wrenching pain shot through my entire body. My wolf screamed in my head, “We need Ainsley. Go beg him, and put aside your pride. Damn you, Eloise, go beg him for forgiveness!” In my mind, there was a deafening buzzing, sometimes feeling like an impending explosion, other times like drowning. I looked at the man who had rejected me. He remained impassive, as if I were facing unwanted trash.

I knew he expected me to accept his rejection, but as the daughter of the Alpha of the Golden moon Pack, I had my pride. “I don’t need his forgiveness, I didn’t do anything wrong,” I told my wolf, ignoring her curses. At that moment, I heard my wolf’s inner howl. The pain was too overwhelming for me. I pressed my heart and spat some blood on the ground. I thought my heart had already broken into a thousand pieces, but somehow I still managed to feel pain.

At that moment, something more powerful and stronger rose from my pain. It was hate. I wiped the blood dripping from my mouth and smiled at Ainsley. “Do you want to cut the connection between us, Alpha Ainsley? I’m afraid that will never happen.” I hissed.

Ainsley looked shocked. He had never thought that I wouldn’t accept his rejection. I looked away from him, closed my eyes, and immersed myself in the pain of rejection until my world was plunged into darkness. By the time I opened my eyes again, I was still lying on the ground in the Forest of Shadows.

Ainsley was nowhere to be seen, only his Beta Alex was nearby. Seeing me awake, he said coldly, “This is the fate you deserve for killing my sister, Eloise Anthony!” He said and then turned around. I stood up shakily, dragging my soaked and exhausted body back to the Golden moon Pack. Two uniformed werewolves were already waiting for me. “Miss Anthony, we suspect that you had something to do with Aura Arnold’s death. You need to come with us now.” I looked at my people, hoping that someone would step forward and help me, but no one did. One of them said, "I'm sorry, Eloise. The Alpha gave an order this morning to banish you from our pack."You are now a scamp and we have nothing to do with you from now on. I was shocked. “I am innocent.” I said to the people in a low voice before walking away with the uniformed man. No one seemed to hear what I had said. Before I was sent to the werewolf prison, I saw Ainsley standing at the entrance of the werewolf council hall, waiting for me. “Do you want to confess right now?” he asked. “I could easily ask the court to change its verdict. You will be released immediately if you admit to killing Aura.”

“For a thousand times. I did not kill Aura,” I said in a determined voice. My eyes were filled with tears of anger and shame. I thought I had already stopped loving the man who sent me to prison, but now I still found him irresistible.

“In that case…” Ainsley slowly walked towards me with the aura of an Alpha. I, now as a scamp, could not stand the pressing intimidation of Ainsley’s aura and lowered my head. Ainsley lifted my chin and continued, “Eloise Anthony, I hope you enjoy your time in jail for killing the woman I love. I’ve heard they hate blondes in prison.” I gathered my strength, looked into his eyes and said, “Alpha Ainsley, so what? I haven’t accepted your rejection. I’m still your mate. I’m still the future Luna of the Litha Night WalkerPack…” “You…” “Time’s up, officers,” I said to the uniformed man waiting to the side. They braced themselves and pulled me away from Ainsley. “No, you can’t take her! I’m not done here yet!” He sounded a little annoyed, trying to pull me back. One of the officers told him, “I’m sorry, Alpha Ainsley, but the law is the law. She has to go now. She has to report to jail by noon.” I smiled wryly at my mate as I walked away with the officers. I expected Ainsley to go crazy. But no. He regained his composure and said in a deep, calm voice, “You will regret not accepting my rejection today, Miss Anthony.

Ainsley walked away after finishing his words. He was taking revenge on Eloise. Eloise looked pale and couldn’t utter a word. 

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Soon, the werewolf guard took her away and locked her in the underground prison. Life in the prison wasn’t easy. On the first night, Eloise was shaken in her sleep. “What do you want?” she cautiously looked at the werewolves surrounding her with malicious smiles. “Don’t come closer, or I’ll call the guards,” she said in horror.

The werewolves weren’t afraid at all. They looked at each other and laughed. Their leader pointed at Eloise’s face and asked, “What did you say? Call the guards? Did I hear you right? Do you want to call the guards?” As she spoke, she slapped Eloise and roared. “Go ahead and call the guards!” Eloise lost her balance and her ears were ringing. She pressed her hand against the wall and managed to get up. Then, she made a sudden movement: she slapped the leader. For a moment, there was silence in the cell. No one expected Eloise, a fragile werewolf, to have the courage to fight back. The burly werewolf went mad from the slap. Her eyes turned red as she screamed, “Damn it! Bitch! Hit her! I’ll cripple her! Alpha Ainsley said we didn’t need to show her mercy! We can hit her all we want!” Eloise was shocked. She felt a sharp pain running from her heart to her limbs. She roared inside: “Ainsley! Ainsley told them to do

Ainsley asked them to hit me!” Eloise trembled; her heart froze. That was why the guards didn’t come to check after making so much noise. And these werewolves were so reckless. Eloise looked at the werewolves. She stood up and ran to the door, grabbed the iron bars on the door and shouted, “Help! Help! I’ve been beaten!”

Even though she knew that no guards would come, she still begged for help. Her actions were useless. Eloise thought that maybe there was the slightest chance that Ainsley would not let the werewolves bully her.

She still had faith in Ainsley, that he would not be so cruel to her. Suddenly, Eloise screamed. Someone pulled her hair. She stumbled and fell to the ground. She had never been in such a sorry state. Then someone picked Eloise up.

The werewolves kept hitting and kicking her. She moaned on the ground miserably. She wanted to change, but she couldn’t. After being rejected by her partner, Eloise’s wolf was sad and weak and couldn’t help her change.

The guard didn’t come. So she realized that Ainsley had really asked them to beat her. She stopped screaming, giving up on fighting those werewolves. Laughter echoed in her ears. Eloise called for help, not because she was afraid of being beaten, but because she still had faith in Ainsley.

After they got tired of beating her, they went to sleep. Eloise lay on the floor in pain, her tears running down the corners of her eyes.She had never been bullied like this and she had never been so ashamed. She had fallen in love with Ainsley, her mate, chosen by the Moon Goddess. But why did she have to endure Ainsley’s anger and hatred after Aura was killed? After the incident, Eloise told everyone around her: I didn’t hurt Aura. No matter how hard she tried, no one believed her. She told people that she didn’t ask Aura to go to the other side of the Forest of Shadows.

It was Aura who was curious about the place where the Scamp lurked and asked her for an adventure. In the eyes of others, Eloise was the daughter of the Alpha, proud and brave, while Aura was sweet, obedient and shy. So how could Aura have offered to go to such a dangerous place? That day, Eloise’s car broke down just as she was going to meet Aura, so she was late for her date, but no one believed Eloise. Everyone thought she was lying. They believed that she tricked Aura into going to the Forest of Shadows and paid the Scamp to humiliate and rape Aura. Eloise didn’t need to do that because Aura often said, “Eloise, I have no feelings for Ainsley. He’s not my mate.” If Aura was Ainsley’s mate, Eloise would stay away from Ainsley. But she was Ainsley’s mate. The Scamp probably knew they were in deep trouble and ran away without a trace. No one knew where they went. The country is vast, they could be hiding anywhere. Eloise wanted to catch those Scamp more than anyone else.

She cried silently. After the incident, she was sent to the werewolf prison. But she insisted that she was innocent and hadn’t committed a crime. But now, she realized that she deserved to die, as long as Ainsley considered her guilty. What happened today was all part of Ainsley’s plan. Eloise didn’t know that, in her next life in prison, there would be more “Alpha Ainsley’s orders” waiting for her.