rejected by you, desired by your uncle

Amelia's P.O.V. "You need to understand my position, Amelia. Your sister is one who is favored by your parents and I need a Luna who can bring benefits to me so that I can strengthen my position in the pack. This..... this has nothing to do with love and mate bond. This is about getting what is rightfully mine, but the competition between me and my brother is so fierce that I have no choice but to accept Skye as my chosen mate." I just listen to his rambling with an expressionless face. He was agitated, pissed and that fake helplessness on his face, almost made me gag, but I resisted my disgust towards him. I should have felt attraction and love towards him, but instead I felt repulsion and disgust towards him. Even if I was hurting badly because of his reason for rejection, I felt no other emotion than disgust towards him. The person standing in front of me, Alpha Luther Thorne, my fated mate, and my sister's boyfriend for three years, was a very materialistic and practical man. He had always been like this. I have known him since childhood, and he was always mean to me. He never changed his attitude towards me. Even when I was gone from the pack for more than five years, he was still the same. For him, power and wealth is over everything. He wasn't in love with my sister; A father that I know very well. How? That's the question for some other time. My family, the second branch of the beta family is the wealthiest and powerful because of the businesses flourishing in both the werewolf world and in the human world. And Skye was their cherished and favorite daughter. "Please, Amelia. Skye loves Luther so much. She will be devastated if she learns that Luther is your mate. For her sake, please accept Luther's rejection, and let Skye have the love of her life." My mother pleaded, tears pooling in her eyes, but not for me. Her pain wasn't for me. It was for Skye. She forgot that breaking the fated mate bond brings immense pain to the rejected wolf. She wanted me to endure the humiliation and pain for Skye. But I felt no heartbreak this time. Because this wasn't happening for the first time. Ever since Skye, my younger sister, was born, everyone expected me to give up everything to her. My parents, their love, their care, my room, my toys, my favorite things, my shares in my parents' company.... Everything.... Why? Because I am older than her by two years. After giving up everything to her all my life, I thought that I gave up enough, but now it seems the worst joke of my life. One thing that isn't from my parents is this mate bond. The goddess herself bestowed this upon me, but now I have to give up on this too, because it will make Skye sad. "Okay." I uttered flatly. Luther jerked his head a little, taken off guard by my agreement, I guess. "Let's ju... just get over with this, Luther. Your engagement party is still going on, and Skye is waiting for you. Let's not make her wait for so long," I said to him further in the same flat tone as if I were discussing the weather with him. "His wolf is also a jerk just like this, Amelia. We will live better without him." My wolf, Ariel, comforted me, masking her own heartbreak. The mate bond affects the wolf part of a werewolf the most. So, even if I am reluctant to accept Luther as my mate, Ariel looked forward once. "We will be okay, girl. We are together in this." I also comforted her in a firm voice. "What are you waiting for, Luther? Reject me so that I can accept, and end this farce. My time is valuable if yours is not," I insisted impatiently while looking at my wristwatch. He growled angrily, clearly pissed by my impatience. "Okay, let's do this then," he replied in a pissed voice, and I just took a deep breath before looking back at him, straight into his eyes. "I, Luther Thorne, the future alpha of the Night Shadow Pack, reject you, Amelia Frost, a member of the beta family, as my mate and my Luna." he announced proudly, but I felt as if someone had ripped my heart out of my chest. Ariel howled in pain, but she provided the strength that let me stay on my feet. I should have rolled on the ground by now, but I was still standing on my feet, my fists clutched so tightly that I dug my nails deep inside my palms to resist my urge to hold my chest to ease the pain. "Let's do this, Ariel," I said to my wolf, still keeping my gaze locked with Luther. His eyes widened in shock when he registered my reaction. The corner of my mouth crooked sinisterly, and I held my head high, looking at him with a cold gaze mixed with disdain. "I, Amelia Frost, and my wolf, Ariel Frost, accept your rejection, Alpha Luther Thorne, and reject you, and your wolf, Kael Thorne, as our alpha and our mate." The next second, he screamed aloud and fell to the ground on his knees, clutching his chest tightly. Pathetic weak b**tard. The next jolt of pain hit me hard when I felt the snapping of our mate's bond inside me. I also staggered a little, but didn't let myself fall like him. "Luther," my mother shrieked in panic, and immediately crouched down beside her, holding his arm tightly. What a loving mother she is.. I am her daughter and is also in pain, but her first instinct is to comfort him and get concerned about someone else instead of her own daughter. "Amelia. What did you do?" she yelled at me in panic, and I scoffed. "What did I do? Really? Are you asking me?" I asked her in disbelief. She shot daggers at me through her eyes while holding Luther tightly. "You asked me to accept his rejection, and I did what you asked. You are still blaming me?" I couldn't contain my disbelief and disappointment towards her. Luther groaned aloud in pain, and suddenly coughed blood. "How is this my fault that he couldn't tolerate the rejection, huh?" I continued yelling at my mother in a fit of rage. She growled at me, demanding my submission to her, but I had enough of these bulls**. "You know what? F**k with this farce. I am out," I announced angrily and stormed toward the door. "How dare you disrespect me and your future alpha, Amelia? Come back and fix this now," she yelled behind me, but I didn't give a s**t to her outburst. There was a time when I always looked at her with hope, but now, I have no hope left in my heart related to our relationship. I ran towards the back exit of the banquet hall where my sister Skye and Luther were having their engagement ceremony. Although we succeeded in pulling a facade of bravery in front of Luther, Ariel and I were in immense pain. I wanted to scream my lung out to ease this pain, but not here. Not in front of so many important people for other packs, and in front of my whole pack. Tonight, I came here to share good news of my promotion with my parents, but my mother and Luther turned my good day into the worst day. Just like this, I once again lost against Skye. Why? Why do I have to sacrifice everything when she gets everything without lifting a finger when I have to work to my a** to get even a small amount of happiness? I lifted the hem of my gown so that I could run easily on my high heels without looking in front of me. I couldn't see because tears had now blurred my vision. I turned around at the corner and smashed myself against a wall. "Ouch." I winced in pain when my nose hit the wall, losing my balance and fell backward. Suddenly a large and masculine hand pulled me up by my waist, saving my fall, and my upper body hit the wall again. This time, my nose and my forehead hit the wall, making me wince in pain. I dug my nails inside the flesh of that wall while moving my head a little to ease the pain. Wait??? Why is this wall have ....... a heartbeat?????