Never Call Me Back

When I saw my mate, Luke's post on Instagram bragging about doing chores, I simply liked it.

I could feel the pack take a turn with gossip and whispers floating around.

That post seemed to mock me. Luke, an alpha who would not even help me wash dishes at home stood in an expensive suit pruning grapevines in the countryside.

He captioned his post; "A strong Alpha handles both pack affairs and chores at home."

Was this the inspection of the pack 's territory he claimed he will be doing when he left home this morning?

Something in me died looking at his face in the photo. Pain slowly spread through my heart. I took a deep breath to calm down. For some reason, my heart had calmed. I felt no anger or sorrow anymore. With a clear mind, I gave the post a like and turned off my phone.

Whatever was coming did not matter. I did not need to know. All I knew was that I was done. It was over.

After my phone had been off for a while, I finally put it back on and almost immediately received a call from Luke.

His voice was filled with irritation as he talked through the phone.

"Alice, we’re all from the same pack. Why are you throwing a shady like at Doris? She is not well off and is an omega. What is wrong with helping her out? You are a she-wolf from a big clan who has never faced danger, what do you know about what poor omega go through? Delete that like. Don’t make yourself a joke in front of our pack memebers. If you’re not embarrassed, I am!" he said.

I could not believe my ears. For a random she-wolf, Luke would through insults at me?

"Next holiday, I promise I’ll go with you to visit your parents in the mountains." Luke said.

Again with the next holiday promise. He promised this so many times but never kept it. I had long since given up hope on such promises.

Our bond breaking will soon be complete and I will no longer be his mate after the full moon day.

I did not even get a a chance to reply when Luke seemed to trip on something and ended the call.

I frowned, set the phone aside, and went back to doing the paper work for the pack festival.

But trouble seemed to find me even when I stay away. Suddenly, my phone was flooded with messages.

I checked my phone. It was the pack group chat. Doris had left a message for me there.

She posted a screenshot of my like on Instagram and dropped an angry voice note.

"Alice, I am sure I have not offended you. Why live this passive aggressive like? Are you meaning to mock me for being a weak omega? Luke who is the pack leader, and an Alpha even came down to help my family but all you do is push paperwork for the pack, never entering the forest, battles or dirtying your hands for one day. What kind of luna does that make you?"

The moment her voice not dropped, the chat exploded with judgemental people taking her side and throwing blame my way. For a like? I could not believe they were taking it this far.

As though the mob was not complete, even Luke himself stepped in and posted a message saying, "Alice, I demand that you apologize to Doris immediately. Or else, you will be removed from participating in any pack activity for one month!"

Apologize? For a like? He was making his bias clear. And at this moment, the pack was making it clear I was the outsider. No one stepped forward to take my side.

It was as though everyone had made a decision to turn against me. I was called several names. From Narrow minded to petty and their excuse? They say I discriminate against omegas.

A bitter laugh left my lips, but I did not bother to respond on the chat.

Maybe this was good. This incident could give Luke an excuse to remove me from the pack. After all, three months ago, he initiated the breaking of our bond to remove me as his mate.