All Chapters of Rise Above Rejection: Chapter 61 - Chapter 64

62Oliver's POV My heart cluncked against my ribs and constricted. I wiped a hand on my face as I dashed out of the college building. The back of my eyes was burning with the heat of tears wanting to let loose. But I somehow reigned in my emotions and came to where my car was parked. I placed my hands on the hood and hung my head. My breaths were coming out in heavy pants. I... I don't like the things I said. They were brutal. I didn't really mean them. And the look Carolyn sported when I was spewing all that? It was like a javelin stabbing right through my soul. 'You're a better person, Oli. It's okay. We all lose our shit. You didn't mean it.' My wolf whispered to me. But it didn't stop the feeling I was feeling. I shouldn't have said that. I'm indeed a better person. Carolyn is a better person too. She's just a little dumb. 'Little dumb? She's vulgar. I never wanted you to become friends with her, remember. You saw why.' My wolf sniggered. 'Now be cool and stop feeling like yo

64Oliver's POV "Love, you're being too—" "Shut up, Jean, you've given him unnecessary freedom. Look what he's done! He shared Rafael's story with a girl who's unleashed chaos in her old pack. How can he not know about friends and enemies? He's not an eight year old!" "He's just kind, Hannah. He didn't know Carolyn Cooper's back story. He—" "Stop defending him. Her being another Alpha's daughter was enough knowledge for him to know where to open his mouth or not. He didn't just tell a girl a secret. He handed information about our pack to someone who could use it against us.""He didn't know it'd come down to this, Hannah. Stop making him feel like it's his mistake. He didn't mean it." Dad wiped a hand over his forehead. Mom seethed, "It's not just one mistake, Jean. His mistake has turned into a disaster. An innocent soul suffered days long of oppression. You heard what they did to him, right, Jean? Rafael could've died because of his one mistake."I gulped as I looked at her, "