Chapter four

With a mischievous grin on his face, he used his index finger as he took a drop of my tear before rubbing it and then blowing some air on it. "Your tears give me joy. You’ve refused to leave me and accept rejection, right? Don’t worry; you don’t have to anymore. I’d make sure I torture you till you’re forced to accept this rejection." He told me, and I shut my eyes.

I had faced rejection a lot of times already, and at this point, even packs had rejected me, and there was no way I would let myself keep facing it. I smiled slightly as I stared at him and said, "Do whatever you want, Alpha." One thing remains unchanged, and that is the fact that we’re mates. Nothing in this world is going to change that, and I’ll do everything, every single thing, to make sure you accept me." I told him as I got off the bed.

He chuckled, but I could see the anger in his eyes as he did so. "You’re willing to accept anything I bring your way?" He asked me, and I smiled.

"I am." I had smiled, but deep down, I knew I had reached a breaking point, and that smile on his face only got me even more scared than I was already.

He moved closer to me, and before I knew it, he gave me a slap right across the face, and my mouth widened in shock as I stared at him. It felt like there was this ringing sensation in my face, and turning to him only made me feel worse.

"You won’t get anything other than pain and torture from me; believe that. You want to be strong, right? Wait and watch; I’ll make your life a living hell." He told me, and more fear gripped me. He dragged my hair as he moved his face closer to mine, his hot breath turning me on. "Tomorrow, there’ll be a meeting with the elders; make sure to look your best; otherwise, you wouldn’t like what I’d do to you." He told me before pushing me to the bed and then walking out.

The moment he left the room, uncontrollable tears streamed down my cheeks, and I shut my eyes as I turned back to the door. I knew what I had signed up for when I refused to accept his rejection, and since I would have the chance to finally be called a name other than ‘hybrid omega’, I would be willing to do it.

At that moment, the only thing on my mind was how to get my mate to accept me. I also deserved to be loved, and I would make sure I got loved. Little did I know where this love quest of mine was headed.

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With a deep sigh, I walked into the hall, where all the elders had been gathered like he had said they would. I found him at the extreme end of the room, and standing in front of so many people caused me to shiver.

He had said there was a meeting with the elders, so I didn’t expect that other wolves would be here too, and I couldn’t help but start to get scared of the things he now had planned for me.

I took a deep breath. "Gree.. greetings!" I told them as I swallowed before walking towards Leonardo.

I stopped when I realized none of them responded to my greetings, and I took a deep inhale. What did I expect? It seemed Leonardo had already told them of my status, and I expected this, especially as I was a hybrid.

"Come over." He told me, and I walked towards him, hands and feet sweaty. He smirked as he got up. "Elders of this great pack, meet Cora; she is..." I raised my head slightly to stare at him, wondering what he wanted to say, and I swallowed as I stared at him.

He chuckled for some time before finally clearing his throat. He put his hands around my waist, and I stared at him, shocked. Remembering the last time I’d let him get close to me and how he’d ended up insulting me by saying I was trash to alphas, I tried to get away, but then he held on to me firmly, leaning in to my ears as he whispered, "Don’t even try to get away from me; trust me, you’d regret it if you tried to."

The moment he said those words, I swallowed hard as I composed myself. He chuckled before finally letting go of me.

"Elders, I’m so sorry to have kept you here without entertainment for so long, but don’t worry, I’ve brought entertainment." He said that, and I stared at him, confused. "This is Cora, like I said earlier, and tonight she is going to be entertaining us. You know why? It’s because she is a stripper, and yes, she’s going to be stripping for us." He said that, and with that, he ripped one part of my dress off.

I gasped as I stared at him in shock while he acted like he didn’t notice, walking towards his seat like the alpha he was. When he was in his seat, he crossed his legs. "Come on, Cora, do what you’re here for: strip!" He said that, and I staggered until I fell to the ground.

I was beginning to regret my decision to reject him. What was I thinking when I did that, because now it seemed life as his mate was even worse? A stripper? How could he even address me like that?

I was already in tears when I heard his little, caring voice. "You don’t want to strip?" He asked in the most soothing voice. "Don’t worry, come over here, my dearest mate." He called out with a smirk on his face, and I stared at him, shocked.

Was he suddenly calling me his dearest mate?

I stared at him. Was this man mentally sane at all? It didn’t seem so. One moment he was sweet, and the next moment he wanted rejection. Now, he had called me to be a stripper, and then, all of a sudden, he was addressing me as his mate.

I knew better than to take this man seriously, but I didn’t. I let my heart fool me, and I got up, walking towards him as he walked to me, but just as I got to him, he walked past me, and I stood there, shocked.

I turned, only to meet with the greatest shock of my life: a woman in a very short gown. She had a slight smile on her face as she stared at everyone in the room. He smiled as he put his hands around her, and I swallowed, but the worst was yet to come.

"Elders, meet Layla, my mate, and my soon-to-be luna." He said that, and this time, I couldn’t help myself any longer.

The same legs I had being trying for so long to use in keeping my legs up suddenly failed me when they heard the news and I fell to the ground.