CHAPTER ONE

AUTHORS NOTE

In this book, Lycans are the highest in the hierarchy of werewolves. They are known as the pure blooded werewolves.They are older, stronger, and rarer than ordinary werewolves.

They live for centuries and rule over vast territories.

Werewolf packs exist within those territories led by Alphas.But those Alphas serve the Lycans.

Alpha:Highest Ranking werewolf in a pack

Beta: Second in command to the Alpha

Gamma: warriors of the pack

Omega: lowest rank in the pack. Often considered as weak.

Pack: is a group of wolves who live together and protect each other .

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Chapter one

Katherine’s Pov

“For the betterment of this pack I reject you as my mate.”My mate Kenneth said.

These words sliced through me like I was stabbed. My mate of two years just rejected me. My wolf wailed, her voice almost ripping my mind out. My body was hot like it had been set on fire, my breath hitched.He broke the bond between us, the sacred bond that was rare.

Judith the Alpha’s daughter stood behind him, her lips curved into a smirk.Kenneth turned and looked at her like she was the price.My bones felt like they were snapping.

“Why?” I managed to let words out of my rasped throat. “ Why are you betraying our bond?You are my mate.”

He looked at me with no regret, eyes filled with ambition.“Bonds can easily be replaced.” He came closer to me and said ” I need to be an alpha.And to do that, I need a strong alliance. It’s rare to find real mates these days anyway. You will survive.”

My world shattered.I could feel the grieve of my wolf pressing at the back of my mind. I stared at him. “So that’s it,you are throwing our bond away?.

He ignored me.

“Why did I have to find out like this? You would have told me?” I continued.

I had opened a mindlink to find out where he was and he had forgotten to block it. I heard her voice. And his.The soft gasps, the sound of him telling another woman how beautiful she was. My blood ran cold, my wolf was clawing at me to find out more. I had gone looking. I saw them tangled together. His lips on her neck.

The image wouldn’t leave my head now.

Kenneth tightened his jaw. “You would have found out eventually.”

“Does it make it any better?” My voice rose from rage and anger.

Judith stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him, looking at me tauntingLy and then looking at him possessively.She said “ Kenneth come, we have things to discuss.”

He didn’t even glance at me once he left.

I didn’t know how long I stood there before my knees sank to the cold floor of his living room. My heart felt like it was being ripped out. I managed to pick myself up, I didn’t know where my feet were taking me. The other pack member looked at me with pity.

The humiliation was suffocating.

The mate rejection is the most painful thing to any wolf apart from wolfsbane.

I was in immense pain. I managed to go home and curled myself on the floor of my room.

I didn’t sleep. I lost count of the time. Tears kept coming out of my eyes no matter how much I tried to stop it.

In the morning my eyes were swollen. I looked in the mirror, I wasn’t going to let anyone see me broken. If Kenneth thought I was going to hide in a corner he was wrong.

I took my bath and got ready to go to school. I fitted into my blue school shirt,black leggings matched it up with my training boots. I braided my hair into two cornrows on each side. I am going to work hard to be a stronger person, I am an Omega training to be a Gamma and I’m going to earn my place.

I went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water before leaving. When my parents saw me they looked at me with eyes filled with pity.

They knew.

“Morning, baby.” my mother said carefully.

“Morning.” I replied, trying to keep my tone in check.

I poured water into the glass .Then I heard my father say “Kathy, we heard what happened.” My chest tightened. I just stared at the glass cup in my hand. “Everyone has heard.”

They both stared at each other. My parents were not fated mates. They loved themselves to the moon and back but they were not fated mates. It was rare to find one, people who found it cherished it and mine rejected me.

My mum stepped forward and laid her hands on my arms. “You don’t have to go today. You can rest and give yourself time.”

“I don’t want time.” I said immediately. “ I want to train.” If I stayed at home I would drown more. My thoughts will be how I saw my mate cuddled with another woman or how he had rejected me because he wanted to be with her.

My father nodded. “ Then hold your head high. Don’t let them see you down again.”

I forced a smile and hugged my parents. “ I won’t.”

Easier said than done.

I managed to make it to the training ground.

Then came the whispers, a lot of eyes on me.

“Her mate rejected her…”

“For Judith, the Alpha's daughter, what do you expect…”

“Two years down the drain…”

“They were fated mates…”

My heart tightened but my steps didn’t.

“Katherine!!!”

Felicia’s voice sounded out. She jogged up to meet me, her curls bouncing on her shoulder, her eyes filled with concern. She pulled me into a hug immediately.

“I’m fine.” I muttered.

Felicia is my best friend, of course she knew I was lying.

Losing a mate was heart wrenching.

“You are not.” She said firmly. “I will stand with you until you are okay.”

Her words almost made me tear up but I wasn’t going to again, I nodded. “ Let's go then. Training is waiting.” I gave her a reassuring smile.

Training was supposed to be my escape. It was my safe place, where I wouldn’t think about him or the rejection. I drowned myself in the drill.

Until I heard my wolf whimper and then came the whispers. I didn’t have to turn. I knew.

Kenneth and of course Judith.

Kenneth’s father was the beta to the outgoing Alpha. Judith was the Alpha’s daughter; they were strong; they didn't need to train. Why were they here?

Their hands were intertwined together. They were saying something and he smiled at her. They moved together in sync. My wolf whimpered in pain. I ignored and caged her pain and forced myself to keep moving.

Kenneth's eyes managed to find me. Like he wanted me to see it.

“Katherine eyes forward!” My instructor barked.

I focused I won’t let him break me; he might have broken our bond.

I lifted my chin and focused on my training.