‘’Yes, I do.’’ Tessa finally uttered with her eyes still fixed on the Elder who asked the question.
The Elder turned to Chris and said to him, "You know what to do now Alpha."
Chris nodded, showing his understanding. Then, he turned towards Tessa and announced, "I, Chris Donovan hereby reject you Tessa Williams as my mate and Luna from this moment onwards."
Tessa stumbled back almost immediately. She felt a numbing pain assault her whole body. She screamed out from the pain and squatted in a corner.
Everyone was watching her quietly. But, no one stepped out to console or ease her pain.
Slowly, the assaulting pain began to lessen. Tessa heaved breathlessly feeling more lightweight. She felt as though something had been broken inside her.
The elder officiating the ceremony walked toward her and stopped in front of her. He looked downwards at her and said, "It's your turn to reject the Alpha now."
Tessa nodded, understanding his words. Then, she sat up and looked at Chris. Then, she muttered, "I, Tessa Williams hereby reject Chris Donovan as my mate."
Chris also doubled over feeling the snap of the bond being broken. He squatted on the floor for some time and Mona was beside him, consoling him.Tessa struggled up the floor. She could feel a sense of emptiness in her heart. It felt numb and discomforting.
The four elders who were seated rose to their feet. The eldest elder brought out a full-shaped moon pendant, which hung from a chain.
He stretched the necklace in the air, giving everyone a clear view. Then, he brought his other hand towards the necklace and broke the moon-shaped pendant into two halves.
‘’Hand me your marital necklace.’’ The Elder stretched his palm towards Chris, who immediately removed the necklace that had a crescent moon-shaped pendant from his neck and handed it to the Elder.Tessa let out a deep breath as she did the same.Chris's pendant was broken, followed by hers.
‘’It is done.’’ The elders said in accordance.
The mate bond had been broken.Tessa felt her legs growing weak.She felt like if she stayed any longer in a room with her husband and sister, she would throw a tantrum.
Tessa hurried out of the throne room without looking back. She could hear voices as she left. She knew they were discussing her.The mate bond had been broken.Tessa felt her legs growing weak.She felt like if she stayed any longer in a room with her husband and sister, she would throw a tantrum.
Tessa hurried out of the throne room without looking back. She could hear voices as she left. She knew they were discussing about her.Tessa walked through the hallway and hurried into a guest room. Then, she entered and fell on the king-sized bed.
Her marriage had ended.
‘’My marriage has ended…’’ she kept repeating to herself. She was unable to believe what had just happened.
Her hands fell on her stomach as hot tears seeped from her eyes and landed on her dried cheeks.
Her unborn child had no father.
Tessa heard a jum0ble of noise coming from outside the palace. The consistency of the noise made her stand up from her bed and head to the window in the guest room.Tessa was shocked to see the crowd of people that stood in front of the palace.
Tessa could tell that such a scene only occurred when an important announcement was about to be made.Suddenly the noise reduced and it completely stopped. Then she heard a familiar voice in the background.It was Chris's voice. His deep baritone voice had a sense of a happiness lingering in it.
Tessa wondered what he could possible want to announce that made him sound so elated.‘’Good day, everyone. I have a good news for every one of you.’’ Chris announced.The silence from the crowd could portray their confusion.
Tessa pressed her ear closer to the window as she was equally confused on what he was about to announce.‘’I am pleased to announce to everyone, that I have a new Luna and mate. Her name is Mona.’’ Chris finally bursted the bubbles of everyone.Tessa was shocked. She could not believe her earIt had not reached 24 hours since their bond was broken and Chris announced the arrival of another mate without a single thought.What a shameless man!The tears in Tessa’s eyes flowed roughly down her face.She was visibly betrayed.
How could he…
How could her sister…
“Ma, I am on my way to the office” Tessa cut through her statement.“Who told you are still needed in the company, you big bag of worthlessness!” Candice scolded.Tessa felt the strong urge to stretch her hands through her phone screen and slap Candice.She had never in her life felt insulted before. She compared her life in her pack as a Luna, and imagined what would have been done to Candice or anyone who could ever dare to insult her.Torture, would have become her second name.“I am on my way.” Tessa replied. It was all she could think of as a reply.Tessa took a deep breath, stared at the digits on her table, and was nearly tempted to pick it up and call Chris.“No” Tessa yelled at her self, and summoned up the courage to stand up from the couch.She held onto the wall to avoid from falling down and strolled to her room.Her room was surprisingly still in it’s messy state, the state it had been when she was jumping on her bed after receiving the acceptance mail.Tessa pulled out
The journey back to her house seemed like the longest she had ever experienced, but she still could not compare it to how long her journey was while relocating.Tessa sat in the back seat of the tinted Toyota car. The fact that it was tinted got her thinking wildly.Why would he even have a tinted car if he was not sent by Chris?No, anybody could have a tinted car, but she felt like he had something up his sleeves.“I love Adele's music, I hope you do,” Chris said in more of a statement after he had played a song on the diskette.Tessa loved Adele, she loved her song, and he just had to play the one that she loved most, but at the moment, she hated Adele.She hated her for being loved by Chris, the unusually nice stranger.“How far am I from my house?” Tessa asked. She did not want to ask, but hearing Chris sing along to her favorite song got her pissed off.She wanted to sing along, and give the hand movement, just like she always did when she was with her ex-husband, but she could
‘’Just get out’’ She managed to raise her voice slightly while avoiding his gaze.‘’Nurse!’’ Tessa tried screaming, surprisingly, just as though the nurse was waiting for her yell, a female busty lady in a white gown walked swiftly into the room.‘’Who is this man’’ She managed the stretch out her fingers.‘’Please do not stress yourself too much, the baby…’‘’I am asking who this guy is, and why is he here, get him out’’ Tessa yelled in a low-sounding tone.‘’Sir, but I thought you knew her, he is your friend and neighbor’’ the nurse turned towards Chris, who all the while, was leaning on the wall with his face in his palm.‘’Yes, I am her neighbor.’’‘’Please can you kindly leave the room, we do not want anything that will stress our patient’’ The nurse kindly requested.‘’Maybe, she just cannot recall who you are’’ the nurse whispered in his ear when they were both at the door, hoping that Tessa would not be able to hear them, but who were they kidding, she could still hear their f
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