Chapter 3: The Offered Acceptance

Brave's POV

The green-eyed, sneaking stranger was Alpha Callum. 'I'm dead.'

Remembering that I'd smacked him caused my head to bang so violently that I almost passed out.

The rest of the hall sprang up from their seats. I could see the looks of shock peeling from the corners of their faces, including that of Alpha Dan. His gaze zeroed in on me.

I came back to my senses, tried to pull away from green eyes but he held me in even tighter.

"I was just getting into the best part."

My heart shook in my chest. He was the green bad Alpha that everyone feared and his mask, it was no longer there.

I quickly reached out to the ground and started fixing the mask back onto his face and he held my wrist tightly, assessing me with a rather amused gaze.

Was this how he liked his ladies before executing them? Playful and teasing? He turned out to be more of a maniac than I thought he was.

"I'm sorry, I will fix your mask."

He stopped me again and stared into my eyes without saying anything.

"I was going to throw that off today anyways!"

"Stupid, I'm stupid. The bond is more important."

Definitely, rejecting a fat-assed omega had to be at the top of his priorities right now. I didn't think that he would try to accept me. Not like I would even want the cruel Alpha to.

Apart from Alpha Dan, I never thought that anyone would look at me twice. It was just, I'd already faced my rejection and I didn't know if my wolf would be able to take the strain.

But again, one way or another, today really seemed like the day that I am going to die. I should rather opt for the least painful option.

"Don't worry about the bond pain, I will take the both of it for us!"

Another stupid perk of being an omega, you could take the pain off from your mate when you were rejected.

Something instantly flickered in his gaze, almost like he was puzzled and as soon as it came, it crumbled away.

I waited for him to say the magic words while I was already bracing myself up for the pain and he said nothing.

"You... you... want me to initiate it, don't you? Sorry about that!"

"I... Omega..."

"Don't dare!" He snapped at me. When I opened my eyes, he was frowning, so deeply that the temperature in the room dropped and it chilled my bones.

"Isn't this what you want?" My eyes were flooded with so much confusion seeping into my veins.

Does he know about the initial rejection and intend to give me some time just to recover before he rejects me, or does he have some other plans?

"Why would I ever want to reject my mate?" He asked.

I opened my mouth to speak. No words came out.

"You must be making a mistake, Alpha!" I crashed to the ground, kneeling.

"I am a weak omega and I am no mate material. I will not cause you any issues, the rejection is all on me!"

He grabbed me up with a hand and stared right into my gaze. I know it's stupid but I was lost again in those green orbs and he made sure that I stared into them for long.

"I will not have my mate kneeling down before anyone!"

"And I know exactly who you are, little cub, more than you could ever know.

I'm taking you as my mate and I'm making you my Luna."

I stumbled back in my steps and my breath stopped. He had to be lying, maybe toying with me before he served the actual rejection, but that look on his face, it said that he was damn serious about the mate bond.

My heart beat faster and louder and I heard footsteps right ahead of me.

Dan was standing over us now, with a frown.

His gaze was blazing right into me and I wanted to shudder.

Alpha Callum had sensed it and he drew me closer until I felt the warmth of his skin on mine. I jolted.

He made sure I stared into Alpha Dan's face hard and he smirked at the Alpha.

"What's happening here, Alpha Callum!" He removed his gaze from me.

"Nothing that should concern you!" Callum replied like he was having fun.

"She's a member of this pack and everything concerns me."

"She's my mate now so you don't have to worry about that." Callum responded.

Alpha Dan's face shifted towards me and I wanted to pull away from him, but Callum's stare made me freeze.

"Look at him, little cub, you're higher in position than he is now!" He led my face back towards Alpha Dan.

I had no choice but to look at the Alpha now. He was shifting on both feet with so much anger unlike anything that I'd ever seen before. A large gulp went down my spine.

"I just rejected you, Brave!" A shiver crawled on my skin. That's the first time he'd called me by my name since I've known the Alpha.

"Go on, little cub!" Alpha Callum nudged me.

I trembled violently, the weight of both their auras crushing into me. "He's... he's my second chance mate!"

Something crossed into Alpha Dan's face and his hands squeezed tightly.

"Reject her, Alpha Callum! She's not mate or Luna material."

My stomach dropped to my feet when he said those words. It was just how little he thought of me.

The man that I have held in my mind every night I go to bed, smiling sheepishly to myself.

"Are you jealous because you couldn't keep her?"

"Don't flatter yourself. She's nothing, just a little omega with no unique abilities."

Alpha Callum leaned into Dan's hearing, almost brushing his ears.

"If she's really nothing, why are you doing everything to keep her in your pack?" Alpha Callum's words burned low.

Alpha Dan's face burned bright red with rage. I'd never seen him display any emotions before. He turned towards me, a jolt pulsed through the whole of my body.

"Reject him!" My face fell. And so did Alpha Callum's expression.

"You're still a member of this pack and we will not have anyone associated with him. You owe a duty to us. We've fed you and we took you in when you had nothing, you will reject him right now!"

I shuddered even harder than I should have. He was right, though they had treated me like trash, they had still been the reason that I was alive.

A murderous glint flashed in Callum's eyes as he turned towards Dan and then back towards me.

"The ball is in your court, little eyes. Accept me and I will own you, take you and make you beg me to make you mine.

And reject me, and I will ruin you nonetheless!" Their auras clashed and I whimpered with a shaking gaze.