Chapter 1: Rejected

“Ugh! Alpha, f-faster!” 

I gasped as I felt my chest clench in pain when I slowly opened the door. My eyes flickered when I saw my mate and my older sister in my bed. Ashra’s nails were scratching my mate’s back while he was poking her. She whimpered as her body convulsed in an aggressive manner while Alpha James pulled her hair and devoured her mouth.

“Shit, Ash!” Alpha James groaned, but he stopped when he sniffed. His body stiffened as tears formed in my eyes. I couldn’t believe that he had dared to cheat on me. What made me more heartbroken was that he was fucking my sister!

“Ashianna!” Ashra shrieked. She tried her best to cover her nakedness but she failed when Alpha James threw the sheets on and didn’t even mind if their bodies were exposed. 

My lips trembled in anger when Ashra plastered an evil smirk on her lips before she stood up and tried to walk closer to me.

“Leave us, Ashra.” Alpha James ordered My sister chuckled but she didn’t complain. She went back to my mate and tiptoed to give him a seductive kiss. As my tears flowed down my cheeks, my hands turned into fists. 

I didn’t even know what I should do next. They cheated on me, and I wanted to lash out in anger but it would be useless, especially when I noticed that Alpha James didn’t have any remorse in his face. It seemed that he didn’t mind if I caught him on the day of our mating ceremony.

“Don’t give me that look. Did you think that I could easily be scared of you? Ashianna, we both didn’t know that you didn’t have a choice but to continue our mating ceremony. You are weak; you don’t know how to fight for yourself. You should be grateful that I’m still with you despite the fact that you’re lacking in bed.” He mockingly uttered

I shook my head. No, I don't want to continue the mating ceremony! I would rather die than be mated with him legally. He was the worst man I’d ever known!

His jaw became tense, and within a second, he was in front of me. He grabbed my neck and clenched it tightly. I tried to punch him but it was useless!

“You will continue our mating ceremony. If I still want you, then it’s better if you will let me fuck your sister, too!” He roared and pushed me so hard.

“Ah!” I screamed in pain when my back bumped into the wall. The vase fell on my head and made me moan in pain. Everything was blurry but I was used to being treated like this. I was mistreated more than this!

I forced myself to open my eyes. I slowly crawled to move away from the shattered part of the vase. I whimpered when I accidentally touched the small part of the vase, which caused my hand to bleed.

“You’re pathetic. You don’t even know how to fight for yourself. You’re the meekest and stupidest wolf I have ever met.” Alpha James remarked before he slowly walked closer to me. He held my chin, and our eyes met. He grinned evilly before he caressed my lips.

“We will continue our mating ceremony, or else I will cut your throat. Don’t make me mad, and be a good girl like what you always did to me.” He added. He aggressively removed his hold from my chin and chuckled.

I didn’t know which was more painful. My tears continued flowing while the pack doctor was giving me treatment for my wounds. She was staring at me with empathy, but she didn’t have the strength to help me.

“Your wounds will be healed before your mating ceremony,” she whispered as she was giving me an ointment. I cleared my throat, as I felt that there was a lump in it. I wished that I would die to prevent my mating ceremony with him. 

“You can have some rest; you’re the future Luna of this pack.” 

I don’t want to be the future Luna of this pack anymore. But how? My family would be mad at me, and they might kill me in torture just to make me regret that I stopped the negotiations with the Red Moon Pack and Dark Moon Pack. 

No one would ever believe me that Ashra had sex with Alpha James. She already had everything! My father loves her more than I do. I was the only one that he hated the most. I was the reason my mother got killed, which made me experience hell at their hands.

“Ashianna, don’t you ever do something stupid today! There are a lot of Alphas who will be attending your mating ceremony with Alpha James.” My father scolded me while I was crying when the omega helped me wear the gown. He scoffed while glaring at me sharply. 

“Shit! You are such a mess! I can’t believe that you are my mother. I wish that you had died when your mother gave birth to you. Maybe she’s still here!” He exclaimed.

My eyes were bloodshot. I felt thousands of knives stabbed in my heart multiple times when I heard him say those words again. Yeah. I wished that I had died at that time so he would be happy that my mother was alive while I was gone.

They didn’t know what happened that day. My mother was the one who made sure I would survive because she couldn't bear to see me killed by those thugs.

“D-Dad..”

“Shut up! I’m your Alpha; did you fucking forget about it?” He screamed at the top of his lungs. My body quivered in fear when he rushed towards me and gave me a double slap on my cheeks.

“I don’t want to get mated with him. He’s cheating–”

“So what? It’s your fault that he decided to sleep with your sister! It’s your fault because you are not even enough to sustain his needs as a man!” He pulled my hair, and I whined in pain even more. 

He knew what Ashra had been doing, but he didn’t even dare to correct her; instead, he tolerated her because of the power that he wanted. He muttered profanities when he pushed me away, making my head slam on the floor. He aggressively gasped before he moved away from me.

I heard him calling the Omega while he kept cursing my name for being his useless daughter. The Omega rushed towards me. She was widening her eyes when she helped me get up.

“I swear that I will fucking kill you once you do something stupid. This is why I prefer you to die; you’re such a useless and foolish child.” He added. He quickly left when Ashra came in and called him. Ashra pursed her lips before she followed him.

“Don’t cry. You will ruin your makeup. They will get mad at you more.” The omega helped me to fix myself and made sure that my swollen eyes wouldn’t be obvious. I felt that I was floating in the air, and I wasn’t the one who was controlling my body.

“We are here to witness the mating ceremony of Ashianna Jones and Alpha James Shears!” 

My lips were trembling. I didn’t want to continue this, but what would happen to me? My father wanted me to marry him, even though he was such an asshole. Maybe this was my fate. I would be bound to the most heartless Alpha.

“Alpha James, do you take Ashianna Jones as your wife?”

“I do…”

I looked around, hoping that someone might stop the mating ceremony, but no one dared to stop it because they were scared of Alpha James. I even saw Ashra smirking at me while she was caressing her belly, which made me distinguish that she was pregnant with Alpha James' child.

How dare they! They wanted me to take care of her child while she was fucking my mate behind my back? I wanted to scream and smash everything that I could hold, but I didn’t have the strength to be a disobedient woman.

“Ashianna!” Alpha James called me. I swallowed hard when I met his intense eyes. He was trying to intimidate me into answering. He clenched his teeth, and I slowly looked away to give my attention to the man in front of us.

“Ashianna Jones, do you take Alpha James Shears as your husband and as your Alpha?” He repeated his words, which made me gulp again.

I heard Alpha James growling and clutching my hand with force. 

“Stop crying. My patience is limited for you, Ashianna.” He mumbled before he tightened his grasp on my hand. I winced in pain, but he didn’t mind that I was hurting. I was so stupid for not knowing that he was such a monster. I thought that he had a heart for the innocent, which made me think that I was so lucky to have him as my mate.

“Ashianna Jones…”

“I—” 

*BLAG*

I heard a loud commotion when the troops came inside the mating hall. The room was filled with shouts and pleas when some of the troops killed some of the guests. I stepped back in fear but Alpha James grabbed my hand while he was gritting his teeth.

“Answer him,” he demanded.

“The King of the Lycans is attacking us!” 

The Lycan King came inside with authority. He had crystal blue eyes that made me gasp. I was stunned when our eyes met and it made me glimpse how cold and brutal he was.

“Alpha James!” He quickly took Ashra behind him and pointed his sword at her throat. Ashra kept screaming in fear, and she was sobbing so hard.

“An eye for an eye!” He added. He was about to cut Ashra’s throat when Alpha James rushed towards them. He was scared that something terrible might happen to Ashra.

“No! Don’t hurt her. She’s pregnant with my child!” He screamed desperately. My father kept pleading with the Lycan King not to hurt Ashra because she was pregnant, which made me finally understand that they only used me. 

“Argh!” A man came to me and grabbed me. He dragged me to the Lycan King. I wasn’t aware that I was crying in pain and that they had all betrayed me. The guests didn’t seem surprised that Ashra was pregnant; I was the only one who didn’t know about it.

“Alpha James, you have two lovers. Are they so good in bed that you decide to use them at the same time?” The Lycan King said it with a lot of mockery. He pulled my hair and pointed the sword at my throat.

“If you don’t want me to kill your slut, then reject your mate.” He added. He pointed deeper at the tip of the sword on my neck. I whimpered in pain, but tears couldn't stop flowing from my eyes. I figured out that he would choose Ashra over me.

Alpha James stared at me. His eyes didn't have remorse when he spoke, “It's fine if I reject her; she doesn't have any use for me.” He paused when he clenched his jaw before he continued, “I am Alpha James Shears, who rejected you, Ashianna Jones, as my mate. I rejected you as a member of this pack, too.”

I wailed when my heart clenched as our mate's bond broke because of his rejection. My lips were trembling in anger.

“I am Ashianna Jones, and I accept your rejection.” I did my best to utter those words that made his eyes widen in surprise. 

“A–Ashianna…” Alpha James whimpered. He slumped on the floor while clutching his chest.

I heard Ashra screaming in concern. I didn't see what happened to them when the Lycan King grabbed me and carried me like I was a sack of rice.

I swear that I would be back in this pack, and I would make sure that they would regret what they had done to me. I would make you all pay for my suffering!