“I, Future Alpha of Greenwood Pack, reject you as my mate and future Luna,” my mate said. I felt the bond break. I felt pain. I looked around and saw everyone in the hallway looking at me. Some were whispering to themselves, and some laughed. I knew what they were all thinking, and I was thinking it too. How could I be so stupid to think Luca would accept me as his mate? I was too weak to be a Luna. I hadn’t even gotten my wolf yet. I wanted to cry or yell out the fact that we had sex, but that would just be stupid and would make me look like a cheap, desperate whore. So, I did the only reasonable thing I could at the moment and said, “I, Aurora of Greenwood Pack, accept your rejection.” I looked into his eyes and continued. “I, Aurora, also reject Greenwood Pack as my home.” I heard gasps. No one had dared to do that in years. The last person who did it came back begging… but was killed. I had nothing left here. My family already hated me, and if they heard about the Future Alpha’s rejection, it would only get worse. I didn’t have any friends. No one wanted to associate with the weak wolf. The only thing that had been keeping me here was the idea of finding my mate and having him rescue me from all of this, but I should have known… I couldn’t be that lucky. I turned around and ran out of the school and into the woods. I didn’t know how long I ran or have any idea where I was heading, but I just wanted to get away from all of this… The pain. The suffering.

“Are you… Aurora Rux, the biological daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rux?” the lawyer asked. I nodded. He let out a sigh of relief and continued. “Well, there are some things you need to know.” “Go on,” I said. He continued. “Before your grandparents passed, they signed a contract with the Luther family stating that the daughter of the Rux family would be given to the Luther family as a wife.” “What?!”