Cast Away Like Trash

Bianca’s POV

The hall erupted in gasps of surprise at his words.

I staggered back, struck by his words.

The little air that had gathered in my lungs was punched out as my breath began to leave me in small gaps.

My eyes blurred, my vision swimming before me as my entire world began to tilt on its sphere.

“No…” the words barely escaped my lips whole.

They sounded how I felt–broken.

He couldn't possibly mean that.

"Why are you rejecting me?" I demanded in a shrill voice as I clutched my chest with my hands.

Marcus’s voice did not falter when he spoke.

“You are weak and unworthy to be my Luna. The Luna is to be a pillar of strength and a champion who can match her Alpha. She is not to ne a fragile healer who can’t even stand on her own."

The words hit me like an avalanche.

"And that is what you are Bianca.”

I shook my head, unwilling to accept what he was saying.

My chest tightened the more.

"Weak? You didn't think of that when you fucked me three nights ago?!" I screamed.

His eyes widened, but he quickly recovered his composure.

"You were in my bed willingly Elara, I didn't force you."

I nearly choked on my tongue as he turned to Selene and took her hand.

He drew her close and lifted her hands high for everyone to see.

“This is the woman I choose,” Marcus declared.

My heart sank to my stomach.

He was really going to reject me for her?

“She is strong and noble," he began. "She come from a bloodline that is worthy of standing beside me as Luna. Together we will build a secure future for this pack.”

"No, no," I shook my head weakly.

The tears burned my eyes, covering my vision as it poured out like an angry rain after a sunny week.

I couldn't believe it.

This couldn't be real.

It had to be a nightmare.

Selene turned to me and I saw her smirk curve into a full smile.

My knees began to give out beneath me but he grabbed me by the shoulders before I could greet the ground.

His eyes bored into mine.

I saw nothing of the Marcus I knew: only impatience and mercilessness was lurking behind those glassy orbs.

I saw it in them, his decision.

His mind was made up.

"I reject you Bianca, accept the rejection lest I use force," he bellowed in my face. "Do you accept?" He demanded.

I had no choice.

I could agree or be forced to.

I would rather let go.

"Yes, I accept," I whispered in a weak voice.

The invisible bond between us instantly shattered.

I screeched as pain followed, rippling through me after his inconsiderate and merciless words.

My chest constricted.

A scream tore through my throat as it burned me.

He let go of me to battle him own pain and I collapsed to my knees.

The mate bond was running through me like the fires of hell and breaking me apart cruelly on the inside.

I saw my healing light go off like a candle in a storm.

“Marcus!” I gasped.

I clawed at the floor as if I could hold on to it.

“Please… don’t do this. You are hurting me. You are destroying me,” I begged through my tears.

But, he didn't listen.

No one did.

Marcus didn’t even look at me in pain, surprising me who was almost dying in my knees.

He turned instead to Selene, leaving me to wallow in agony.

"My Luna!" He announced.

The entire pack ululated; some were clapping and whistling in approval while the others were torn.

My vision blurred with tears and the agony inside my chest made it hard to breathe.

It felt as if broken glass was stuck deep in my chest, piercing my heart tissues either each tear.

I could only hear voices buzzing in whispers around me.

“But she really wasn’t strong enough.”

“I always knew Marcus deserved someone else.”

“Bianca is good but she is not the best for Luna.”

“Poor girl… this could have been done differently.”

My hands shook uncontrollably as my healing power began to flash in weak, unstable sparks.

The broken bond had affected it.

It had broken too.

It had broken alongside the years I had spent with this man, my mate, who was discarding me for another woman.

“Marcus…” I whispered again with desperation. “Please...”

But his back was already turned to me and he was buried in Selena’s arms like nothing had just happened.

"And I want to also announce, that my new Luna is expecting our first child and the heir to our pack."

I froze.

My eyes widened.

Expecting?

Marcus had been cheating on me? With her?

I screamed.

"No! No! That's not true!" I yelled.

But nobody glanced at me.

The crowd ululated at the news while my heart shattered into a gazillion uncountable pieces.

The shards of betrayal pricked me deeper when I clutched my chest, weeping in anguish at what was lost.

He had called me the most beautiful, undressed me and fucked me hard just three nights ago.

All those words, I thought he meant them, telling me we were mates who would be mated.

All of those tactics just go get into my bed and into my pant.

I was so gullible.

I recalled all of our times together, me and him, the early stages of our relationship.

I recalled the late stages, the cold dismissal and the replies her had given me lately.

I recalled how the time we had spent had significantly been reduced.

He had either been with the council or with Selene, discussing pack business.

They discussed pack business in his throne room, in his office, in his study.

And even in his bedroom.

Marcus had said it was nothing.

He had lied.

I realized that it had never been me.

I was never his.

It must have always been her.

Selene.

My world had just ended.

I wept, lamenting in the midst of those who celebrated and gloated over my misfortune.

I cried till I saw feet in front of me.

I raised my face to see Councilman Reid

He was one of the most respected elders of the pack and he was staring down at me.

His expression was unreadable but his eyes were not cruel or cold like Marcus.

They were heavy with something else that was apparently worse than pity.

“Child,” Reid murmured.

He bent down close enough to me so that I was the only one who could hear him.

“Get up and pull yourself together. We need to talk now, about your future in this pack.”

My heart which was though torn and bleeding instantly skipped a beat.

What was happening?

“My… future?” I rasped.

My voice was barely audible.

Reid’s expression darkened.

“You won’t have one here if we don’t act quickly.”

Confusion washed over me.

"Why?" I demanded.

"Because a cast out Luna is seen as a threat and always thrown out of the pack."

I immediately felt faint.

Everything rapidly blurred and the hall began to spin all around me.

Marcus’s rejection was still burning in my veins and Reid’s words had only just cut it as deep as the rejection.

My life in this pack would be over?

How was this all happening?

I swayed as my vision dimmed but Councilman Reid’s grip steadied my body.

The last thing I heard was his whisper, low but urgent as it rang loudly in my ear.

“Everything you thought you knew was a lie.”