She Gets Rejected

Malisha and Grayson kiss as if it will be their last time kissing.

Or maybe, it would be.

With determination and excitement, Malisha was sure she could finally give what she had been keeping for her mate.

She knew it was bound to happen, and wondered if she would also get marked. She guessed that her mother was going to make sure that her brother and father let her with her mate especially knowing that since he was her mate, he would not hurt her.

They had already long forgotten about the party and only were all about each other. The sighs, sweat and tears shed made them joined in ways they had never been with others.

Finally, she was finally with her mate. They both fell asleep in each other’s arms sighing peacefully.

*The Next Morning*

Malisha wakes up wondering where her mate is. She feels a pain in her leg, but smiles in remembrance of their bond.

She freshens up, and uses her magic to get comfortable clothes. She waits for her mate wondering why he would leave her alone, but assumes he has a reason.

Through her mind link, her mother asks, “Are you awake?”

“I am mother,” she says smiling.

“You sound happy,” her mother says.

“I feel happy,” she replies. When her mother confirms her daughter is okay, she tells her that they would be leaving to their pack very soon.

Malisha mentally groans hoping she can stay with her mate, but she will not know seeing as her mate is nowhere to be found.

After an hour of waiting, Grayson into the room with his eyes downcast.

“Hey,” Malisha says grinning shyly.

“Hi,” Grayson says gruffly.

When she sees the way he is not looking at her, and sounds weird, she looks up to him, and asks, “You did not mark me, why?”

“I did not want to,” he says rudely.

A sharp pain goes to her chest immediately. She stands firm even though she feels nothing but pain.

“What is that supposed to mean?” She asks in doubt and pain.

“What do you think I mean?” Grayson asks still avoiding her gaze.

“I have no idea what you would mean because I am not in your mind,” Malisha says.

“You are a witch, right? You can find out what I am thinking about. Unless you are not as strong as you claimed to be,” he says trying to make her pissed and hurt.

Her eyes turn purple, and she is about to give in to her powers, or turn into a wolf, but she calms herself down.

“Why are you acting like this after the wonderful night we just had?” She asks him trying as much as possible to hide the hurt she is feeling even though the hurt manages to seep in.

“Wonderful night?” Grayson scoffs.

“Is that what you assume is a wonderful night? You must really be inexperienced.”

She feels as if she was physically slapped due to the thing he just said, and there is a sharp pain in her chest. Pain from hurt and disbelief that her own mate is treating her like this.

“So, what do you mean by that?” She asks still in disbelief and wondering what would have caused his crazy reaction.

“I do not want you as a mate Malisha,” he says.

She immediately sinks down on her knees in pain, and she asks in disbelief , “ What do you mean by that? Why? After last night? What did I ever do to you?!”

“Last night was a mistake,” he says.

“Are you mad? Are you out of your senses?” She asks Grayson in disbelief.

“I did what I did because you egged me on Malisha. If you had not done what you did, last night would not have happened,” he says looking at her.

“You are foolish. You are a bastard. You really are unbelievable,” Malisha tells him.

“Maybe I am, but you gave yourself to that bastard last night,” he says with a grim smile on his face.

Malisha growls.

“I am sorry, but I have to do this.”

Her heart breaks when she hears him saying it, and she braces herself for the worst pain she has ever experienced in her life to set. She hopes she will not break down because from what she has heard, she knows how great the pain is.

“I, Grayson Storm Ryder, reject my mate, Malisha Raven Blaze as my mate,” Grayson says with a face devoid of emotion, but the moment he says it, he appears to be in pain. He was not prepared for the intense pain.

Malisha with her eyes now purple looks him dead in the eye admist her pain, and says, “I accept.”

Grayson howls in the pain, while Malisha uses a spell to control a pain so powerful she doubted it could be stopped completely.

Through the mindlink, Grayson’s parent, Malisha’s parents , brother and best friend assemble in the room as if they could sense their pain.

Looking at Malisha with her purple eyes staring down at Grayson, they can guess a rejection was made.

“Why?” Her mother asks whispering.

Malisha cries in her arms, and her father and brother transform into their wolf forms ready to do fight Grayson, but his mother and father transform and step in front of him in attempt to protect him seeing as he is in a vulnerable state.

“He rejected me,” Malisha whispers.

“And you accepted it,” her friend says.

Malisha nods, and faints in the arms of her mother. The room is filled with the urge for fight and death, but her mother Beatrix interrupts them, and says, “My daughter has been rejected by your son. Our family and pack would appreciate it if we are never involved with each other again.”

She uses mindlink to beg her husband to lay off, but he refuses. When the lycan king and queen transform back to their human form, the queen replies, “We accept your request, and we apologize dearly for the pain our son cost your daughter.”

As they are about to leave, Malisha’s mother uses a spell to make Grayson go through a pain higher than what he is feeling.

“A goodbye gift,” she calls it. Beatrix made sure it would take a while for the pain to subside, and it would also take a powerful witch to stop her spell.

That was enough to bring about the hatred between the Treasure Coast Pack and the Lycan king and queen.

When they get back to their pack, Malisha is sound asleep, and there is an emergency meeting in the pack.

Her mother is with her hoping her daughter wakes up.

“How come Malisha is back when we heard she is the mate of Grayson, the lycan prince?” The beta of the pack asks.

“He rejected her,” Malisha’s brother says angrily.

Everyone gasps, and immediately understand why they felt the pain she did.

“How is she doing?”

“We do not know for now, but she did accept the rejection so the pain must be so intense,” her brother replies angrily.

The whole pack members in the meeting growl while the witches present try to control their anger.

“I think we should go to war,” one suggests.

“That will cause a strong division in the werewolf kingdom. Regardless of how hurt we are by what Malisha is facing, we should all remember she is strong woman, and she will not want anyone going to war with the lycan family because of her,” her mother, Beatrix says while walking inside with the aura of the queen she is.

The people sigh angrily knowing their queen is right. She gave everyone a small nod, And says, “I am angrier than you all think, which is why I may or may not have lost my grip and heightened his pain. The spell I put on him can only be removed by a powerful witch.”

This causes laughter amongst everyone, and they hail their Luna and queen while her husband and son smile at her.

“For now though, I think we should keep this under wraps although I know this will be circulated soon because Grayson openly claimed her yesterday. The least we can do is hope that Malisha will be strong enough to handle all of it,” her mother says sighing.

“Was a reason given?” A member asks.

“As of right now, we know nothing. All we know is the rejection and the claiming. We are waiting on Malisha to wake up and tell us what happened. Till then, we are just as clueless as you all are,” the alpha says finding it hard to not feel a level of anger and sadness due to the pain his daughter, Malisha is going through. The whole lack seems mad at what Malisha is going through, but they say nothing.

Beatrix, the Luna, and her mother excuses herself to take care of her daughter.

When she goes back into the room, she sees her daughter sitting upright with her eyes purple and glowing.

She immediately rushes to her side. “How are you feeling?”

Malisha gives her mother a small smile, and says, “I am feeling good mum. You do not have to be worried.”

Her mother looks at her daughter, and says. “You are using magic to lessen the pain.”

Malisha says nothing knowing her mother will know she is lying.

She sighs, and says, “I had to do it mum. I can’t take such a horrible pain simply because I got unlucky with my mate. I do not deserve that.”

Her mother wraps her arms around her daughter, and says, “You are right baby. I am not against you doing that because at the end of the day, you have to do what you have to. From what I have heard, the pain is too great.”

Malisha gives her mum a teary smile. “So is my magic,” she brags.

Her mum laughs. “I would expect nothing less from my daughter.”

They stay in each other’s arms, and Malisha asks, “What am I going to do now, mum?”

Her mother sighs. “I want you to know that you do not need a mate to guarantee your happiness. The humans pick who they will be with for the rest of their lives so, that option is not off the table too. Plus, there is also the thing of second chance mates.”

“But second chance mates are not always guaranteed,” Malisha says.

“True, but you can always pick who you want to spend the rest of your life with,” her mother tells her.

“What about if I see Grayson again?” Malisha asks unsure.

“You will still feel some type of way like a mild heartache for what could have been, but that will be all. You will not go through such intense pain again,” her mother reassures her.

“I just never assumed that after waiting for my mate for four years, I would be rejected. I did not even think about it as a possibility. What infuriated me more was the way he did not give me a reason. Now, I will always have to wonder what caused him to make such a decision,” Malisha says with unshed tears.

“I understand baby, but you can’t beat yourself up. You also can’t keep on wondering why he did what he did. It is his loss,” Beatrix, her mother says.

“I know mum. It just hurts, but I will not cry over it again,” she says.

“Crying about it does not make you weak Malisha. If anything you not crying will be scary because I know just how much you were looking forward to your mate.”

“Well, Grayson was not sharing the same sentiment,” Malisha replies.

“Well, we still do not know why he did what he did,” her mother says.

“I was not in the right frame of mind, if not, I would have used the spell of truth on him so I will understand why he did what he did.” Malisha says with regret.

“I also forgot to do that because I was filled with anger at what he did to you,” her mother says also filled with regret.

“Well, it is too late now anyway,” Malisha says.

“You do know that one can accept their rejected mate back, right?” Her mother asks.

“I am aware mum, but I will rather kill Grayson than accept him after what he did to me,” Malisha says with her purple eyes shining brighter than they ever have.

With the anger and determination of Malisha, she was not looking forward to uncovering the reason Grayson rejected her, and she also begged her mum not to find out because she was not thinking of making sure they got back together.

Malisha finally recovered, and could not handle the talks and stares so, she decided to go abroad for her studies.