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“Noooo” were the words that escaped my lips before I could move.

The whole room turned to me and so did Thane, just for a brief second he saw me and his eyes lit up in shock. Was he expecting me to stay home when he left me waiting for him for hours.

“Silence” the commander ordered. I couldn’t bear to lift my head because of the authority he had laid over the whole room.

The sound of a needle could be heard from a hall so quiet.

“Are you sure this is the one you want Darla” he asked her.

“Yes” I could hear her say boldly. The whole room heard it and so did my sinking heart. I slowly raised my head to find Thane beaming for joy over being chosen.

My Thane.

“What is your name?”

“Thane Anthra, son of former Beta Anthra” he rung out.

He hated telling people that his father was overthrown, he was ashamed of that dark path of his family but today he wore it like a coat, proud to be part of ranked members.

It gave a sort of leverage knowing that he was once from a ranked family and he was more than pleased to use it.

A smile crept on her face as she watched him, she ran her hands through his hair and he bowed and leaned closer to her touch.

I slowly swallowed the gulp in my throat, my nails digging into my thighs.

“Thane Anthra, you have officially been chosen by the Luna heir to be the next Alpha of the Bloodmoon pack.

It is your duty to serve this pack and uphold all your responsibilities to the point of laying down your life for it.

Need I remind you that you can reject this offer at this moment due to any circumstances and the title will be passed on to another.

Is there any reason why you would want to reject this offer?” Commander Sage asked.

He looked to his right where his father stood, a grin plastered all over his face as he gave him the go-ahead to accept the offer.

What about me? We were to be consummated today, he was my mate and the man I had loved for four years, was he really going to deny me to become the next Alpha of the pack.

“I accept the offer” he said.

My feet stumbled and I immediately fell to the ground like a weak creature, no one bothered to lend me a helping hand, I just sat there staring into abyss.

What a cruel way to celebrate my 18th birthday.

“Do you have a mate?” I could hear the commander asked.

I was more than prepared to hear him say no, he had already denied me so there was no point in thinking that he might accept me now.

“I…” I lowered my head to avoid seeing his reaction even though I could clearly hear his words.

The room was quiet for too long, almost as if I could see shadows moving towards me until they turned into two legs. I raised my head to see him smiling in front of me, he stretched his hand towards me.

My whole body froze confused about what was going on,

“Lylah” he called me snapping me from my reverie.

I looked up to his brown eyes, was he acknowledging me as his mate, how about the offer he had just accepted to be the Alpha. There was no way he could have two Lunas.

It took a while to realize his hand was stretched towards me, I took it and got to my feet where I was led by him towards Darla.

“This is Lylah. We have been together for about three years now.”

I forced a smile on my face knowing well that he was going to choose me, I tried so hard to keep my head high compared to Darla who has had to practice it for years.

Her gaze on me made me feel filthy, I barely tried to keep my eyes to her level.

“Lylah” I hear him call my name and I smile back at him, he held my hand. For three years I had never looked upon any woman and you never gave me the reason to, you were everything I wanted and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the happiness that we shared together.”

It felt like a proposal in front of all these people, my heart began leaping for joy, I had picked the right choice, the right man, and I know he would never leave me.

“We had promised to spend the rest of our lives together”

“Yes” I let out.

“There had been no one else but you in my life, you understand me”

“I do”

“You bring out the best in me, and that is why I know that you will understand that I have to follow my destiny and if my destiny is to become the next Alpha of this pack then so be it. I can never stand in the way of the moon goddess paving my life.

I know you get what I am saying”

My heart sank once again, I felt used and humiliated in front of the whole pack.

“Lylah Summer, I hereby reject you as my chosen mate”

I have heard of how rejection hurts like hell between fated mate, but somehow I could fell the same pain. My lips were shut and all that came out were tiny whimpers, he slowly let go of my hand as tears fell down from my face.

“I reject your rejection” I said but it was no use. He was already walking further away from me, right behind her who was going to be his new mate.

“Did you hear me” I scream so loud that it made them halt.

“I reject your rejection, you cannot reject me for her, I will not accept it.

You belong to me.

We were supposed to be consummated today, how dare you reject me”

I cried, feeling twice the pain after he had accepted the Alpha position earlier.

“Get this crazy woman out of my hall” Darla commanded.

Before the guards could reach me, I raced for her to teach her a lesson, I don’t care if she was the Luna Heir, it was unfair of her to take what was mine.

I was so close when Thane stepped in front of me blocking my path, he pushed me so hard that I fell to the ground and broke my arm,

I could tell from the crack sound I heard. I had less than a second to regain myself but I was rudely lifted up in the air by two guards, the doors opened and they tossed me out like a rag doll.

“Stay out” one of them ordered.

Tiny whimpers escaped my lips, tears dropped more than I could control. I couldn’t stop it.

Every part of my body ached, it felt as if I had been rejected by my fated mate, was this how rejection felt.

I know this is just my heart bleeding and has nothing to do with the mate bond but it stung like hell.

My legs felt numb and I crashed to the ground unable to pick myself up.

Never in a thousand years did I think such a thing could happen to me. It was supposed to be a beautiful day for me, we would be mated under the moonlight, we would have kids and live happily ever after but darkness had already overwhelmed whatever fantasy I had long had.

I tried to make my way back there, to beg him, to make him see that he was making a wrong decision and that he loved me and only me.

The guards by the door wouldn’t bulge as they pushed me butt flat to the ground once again.

Two minutes had passed of me staring at the brown door and waiting for him to walk through, to tell me he was sorry and that he has chosen me.

That I was the love of his life and no one would take my place, that he was sorry for hurting me and making me cry.

It seemed as though my prayers were answered, the doors opened and he walked right out, It felt like it was dream but still I was happy to see him. Happy to know that my prayers were answered.

He stretched his hand to me and muttered something I could barely hear.

I blinked my eyes several times to be sure that it was actually him and not my imagination playing tricks on me.

It really was him, standing in front of me.