Novel & Cerita Pursuing My Rejected Luna

he said, looking at me, "I would suggest you could be Luna. But you're not an option. I don't doubt you can do it, Wendy, but there's a big problem. I laughed angrily, my eyes flashing with irritation. "Let me guess, my 'bad relationship' with the Alpha King?" I said the words with disgust, clearly unhappy. Lucius nodded seriously. "Exactly. Your past and the problems with George make it impossible for you to be considered a good choice for Luna. "I don't even want to be Luna," I said back, rolling my eyes. "Don't worry, Elder Lucius, I don't want to be with George in any way. He can find someone else, and you can stop worrying about me trying to be his Luna."

She said and stormed out, the sound of her sobs trailing behind her. I drew a long sigh. She was right. Everything I said was just an excuse. I could easily make her my Luna if I wanted to but that was the problem. I wasn't ready to make her my Luna yet. I watch as she runs inside screaming and I push my hair back annoyed, Is Kira really worth to be my Luna? I sigh, closing my eyes briefly. 'Did I make a bad choice?'

I could feel the ground shifting beneath me, the inevitable creeping closer. They weren’t asking these questions to evaluate me. They were asking them to break me. And they were winning. Kian exhaled through his nose, slow, measured. Then, finally, he stood. “Aria of the human world,” he said, voice heavy, final. “By the decision of this council, you are hereby rejected by this pack.” For a moment time stood still. “You will not be our Luna.” Everything inside me went still. Rejected. Then Kian turned, looking straight at Luca.

Austin stated. “Would you like to get your position as the Alpha back?” I asked. “Who are you?” Austin replied, ignoring my question. “I was his former Luna,” I stated firmly. Austin didn’t seem shocked by this but only had a sly smile on his face. “You are trying to take revenge on him,” He muttered. “Yes, I am,” I replied. “You are the card I have against him and I plan to use you to get to him.” “What if I refuse?” Austin asked.

My lungs shuddered, and then I completely broke. ​I slid down the trunk into the mud, pulling my knees to my chest as tears poured down my face. I pressed a trembling hand over my mouth to muffle the sound. ​There was no one around, but a stubborn part of me still remembered I was a Luna. Lunas did not sob helplessly in the dirt. Lunas did not crawl. Lunas did not beg. Lunas endured. ​Except... I wasn't a Luna anymore.

I felt how Talia stiffened beside me, trying to hold in her surfacing anger. Meena's voice came again. Swift. “You seem to forget that you're no longer the future Luna, isn't it?” She turned her back now, facing me directly. “You're that rejected mate. I think I should remember you.” The words hit hard. Entering deep into the right places. It still hurts even now. Even after everything. “I know exactly who I am, Meena, you're not in the place to tell me.” She laughed. That sarcastic laugh of hers. “Really? Do you? If that was supposed to be true, I trust you wouldn't keep acting like this pack still belongs to you.”

Mom nodded slowly beside him, and I went quiet for a few seconds. Then slowly…I sat up straighter. The hesitation disappeared from my chest almost instantly because, for the first time in a very long time, I knew exactly what I wanted. “First,” I said calmly. “I’m going to organize the official rejection before the High Council and publicly let everyone in Blood Moon know that I’m no longer their Luna.” “Oh…” Liam mouthed in surprise, and Ryker straightened slightly in his seat while Dad’s expression darkened thoughtfully. But I wasn’t done.

Luna. The word unsettles me. Almost as much as the thought of being mated to Kingston does. “I’m not going to be Luna.” “What’s that?” “He rejected my father, in front of everyone,” I say. “It’s merely a matter of time before he comes to reclaim it.” “You will not accept it,” he snaps, “You have to be Luna. It’s not like anyone else is lining up for you, no one this great at least.” “Kingston has a girlfriend,” I swallow. No woman wants a mate that’s obsessed with another woman, much less the woman who made her life hell. “He doesn’t want me.”

My vision blurred and I didn't know if it was from tears or from whatever was happening to my body. "Stand up, Abital." Ruth's voice cut through my pain. "You're embarrassing yourself." I tried but my legs wouldn't cooperate. "She's weak," someone in the crowd said. "She can't even handle a rejection without falling apart." Laughter rippled through some wolves though not all of them. Some looked away, but most of them laughed that made me want to disappear . "I choose Selena Winters as my mate and future Luna," Damon continued. "She is strong where strength is needed."

When I walked out of his chambers, the guards in the hallway refused to meet my eyes; they had heard, or they had guessed, and their silence was its own kind of cruelty. I found Lila waiting for me at the edge of the celebration grounds, her face pale and her eyes red from crying. "I heard," she said, pulling me into a hug so tight I could barely breathe. "The whole pack is talking about it. He announced the rejection to his Beta before you even woke up. Everyone knows, Rya." "Of course he did." I pulled back, and I was surprised to find that I had no tears left. "He wanted to make sure everyone knows I am nothing, that I'm not good enough to be their Luna."