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REJECTED MATE Chapter 9
He wasn’t used to being rejected. On the road, women were more than willing to share a small amount of time with him. Even with the scars on his face.“Maya?”She got to her feet. “Look, I know you’re clearly used to getting what you want, but I’m not going to have dinner with you. Please, just leave me alone.” She went to walk away and he reached out, grabbing her arm.Did she not feel anything when he touched her?“Will you stop doing that? People will start talking and I don’t want to be the gossip. Stop touching me, stop sitting with me, and stop … just stop.”“You’re my mate, Maya.”“And you didn’t give a fuck about that before, so why bother now?”There was so much he wanted to say to her, but instead John arrived. He had no choice but to let her go, and he was pretty sure in the back of his mind his wolf whimpered. They’d been so long without her.“How was everything?” John asked.“Everything was fine,” Maya said. “Can I talk to you for a moment?”John looked at Luke who smiled
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“A wolf’s first time is hard,” Luke said.“So I left. I … I think I felt you before you were cruel to me. Before you said what you did. Before you rejected me. I felt you, and then, what were you going to do?” she asked. “Strangle me? Get rid of the evidence that you had a fucking fat mate?”Luke frowned. “What are you talking about?”“Don’t do that,” she said.“I’m not doing anything. I never once told you, you were fat.”“You better have enjoyed that because that is all you’re getting. I don’t want a fucking mate, and especially not someone like you. You keep this to yourself. You tell anyone and I’ll fucking kill you and your whole family, do you hear me.”She didn’t say it in his voice, but even as she spoke his words, exactly as he said them to her, she heard his gruff, rough voice. They had played in her mind on repeat for so long. She couldn't not remember them. He’d been so angry.“Fucking hell,” Luke said.“I know you’re disappointed in who you were given. I’m not pretty. I’m
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“That sounds like an amazing idea.” Ben shook his head. “Her mother and I don’t want her to leave. We get that young wolves like to go out and explore, and get all that wanderlust out of their body, but she is our baby girl.”“I’m going to take care of her,” Luke said. “I promise. I better go and ask for Maya’s help.”Ben nodded. “Er, my daughter can be quite stubborn, and I don’t know what hurt her, or who, but she has a good heart. She loves this pack. I know she’ll be a huge help to you.”Guilt swirled in his gut. Deep down, he knew he was the problem. He forced a smile to his lips. Luke wasn’t used to having to put this much effort in, or to even want to give this much effort to people.Heading across town, he stared at the DIY store and saw it wasn’t particularly busy. For his plan to work, he would need to ask her when she was surrounded by the pack. The only way to do that was at lunchtime.Crap.What he was doing wasn’t fair. He knew that, but he had to keep Maya close to him.
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“Thank you.” He wasn’t raised with a pack. He’d learned at a young age to fend for himself, so the pack doing this for him, being so open, was new to him, and hard to comprehend.He took a seat opposite Maya. She glanced around the diner and he offered her a smile.“I know what you’re doing,” she said. “My parents are not happy with my decision either.”“There is no reason for you to leave.” He put his hands flat on the table. “It’s good to see you eat.”Maya sighed and picked up a fry. “So, is this a real job or something you’ve cooked up?”He chuckled. “Trust me, it’s a real job and I don’t think you’re going to like it a whole lot of the time.”The house was in need of some serious TLC.Luke was not wrong. On the outside, the house looked amazing, beautiful, a little unkept, but on the inside it was a mess, and that was putting it nicely. Walls were missing. Electricals were exposed, and it looked like there had been a few animals using it as their sleeping grounds.Maya had dresse
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“Okay, so we can now condemn the bathroom sink,” she said.“I think it would be best if I actually purchased a whole new bathroom.”She nodded. “You’re right, because, wow, my ass must be strong.”He chuckled.“I wouldn’t complain about your ass being in my hands.” He winked at her, and Maya didn’t know what to do. Was he flirting?“We’re going to need to … you know … deal with all of this, so we’re going to need help. I can call John. He’ll be able to send reliable hands. He’ll also know how to dispose of it as well,” she said.“Then call him,” he said.“I think it would be best if I told him in person.” She wanted a reason to leave and to put some much-needed space between them.Luke smirked and took a step toward her, then another. She refused to move back, and not because she was worried about breaking more of his home.“Do I make you nervous?” he asked.“No, you don’t make me nervous, but I want to make sure this is done properly.” The lies fell from her lips easily. “Don’t you w
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“You have no idea who your family is?”“Oh, I know who my family is. I found them, hunted them down after I turned eighteen and the nice little surprise I got during the first full moon …that was an experience.”He heard her gasp. “Oh, my God.”“Don’t worry. I didn’t kill anyone and I was strong enough to survive, but after that, I had to get answers. So I did. I fought to earn money, and then I started to track down my family.”“Was your mother part of a pack?”He nodded. “She was. It turns out she had an affair. I was the result of that affair. Of course, she was pregnant with me before she met her true mate, so she concocted some kind of plan. She gave birth to me, handed me off to some human parents, and paid them to keep me. When she and her mate fell on hard times and the pack did too, the money stopped, and my ass got thrown onto the streets.”Luke looked at her and saw the horror across her face.“Don’t feel sadness or pity.”“But you were a kid.”“I was a moneymaker to the wo
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“I am. I’m heading out there soon. I stayed behind to make sandwiches.”“Ah, makes sense.” Leah poured herself a mug of coffee and didn’t even bother with cream and sugar. “What’s the matter, honey?”“Nothing, why?”“Ah, you see, it has been twenty-three years of knowing you and I know something is bothering you.”“Nah, it’s nothing.”“I can’t help you fix it unless you talk to me.” Leah moved closer to the counter. She pulled out the chair next to her and took a seat. “I’m all ears.”“It’s…”“Does it have something to do with leaving the pack?” Leah asked.“Yes and no. I don’t know.” She frowned. Her mother was the only person she wanted to talk to about this kind of thing. Anyone else would have way too many questions. “Actually, can I ask you questions about, er, about mates?”“Have you found yours?” Leah asked, smiling.She chuckled. “I was, er, I was curious, you know, about you and Dad, and I guess mates in general.”“Go ahead. I will answer as best I can, but I will admit it’s
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She winced. “My mom was telling me this morning that the pack, after … you know … they came here to destroy the house.”“Ah, yes, I remember the alpha burning.”“What?” Maya asked. “They burned the alpha? Alive?”Luke chuckled. “No, no, of course not. The alpha was already dead. He’d offered up the pack for his own life.” He growled the last part. “That’s why some of the men were dead and the women were … you know.”Maya wrapped her arms around herself. “So what happened to the alpha?”She looked at him and Luke stared right back at her. “Do you really want to know the answer to that question?”“Yes, of course I do. I wouldn’t have asked.”“He was still alive when I got to town. He was just picking off men and women to keep his own neck safe.”“So what happened?” Maya hadn’t heard this part.He sighed. “After I killed the men that were hurting the pack, the old … he got up, he looked me in the eyes and tried to thank me for saving them all. The pack told me what happened, and no pack
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