Can The Caged Bird Sing?

Chapter 15 Cleaned Up

---Evelyn's POV---

My second chance mate pulls me into this large room and instantly locking the door behind us. which doesn't go unnoticed by me. I take a look around the room and there are plenty more bars on the windows but it's obviously not for sight seeing out of the windows.

The room looks classy but expensive with silk, wood and velvet almost covering the room.. The statues and paintings around make me realize how much more expensive this place must be worth than my 'shithole' of a pack house like the Trader said.. because we never had anything like this around the packhouse and I would know since I cleaned every last bit of it time and time again.

But the decorating is not over done, it's just enough to let you know that this place is more than I could ever afford.. like accenting the Traders wealth. It's sad that he would turn this beautiful home into a huge mansion sized cage.. taking the beauty away instantly.

I turn around and my mate is making his way over to me with a determination in his eyes.. but maybe I can tell him about me and he will change his mind about all this.. he just doesn't know me yet.. so maybe that's why he doesn't want me.. yet.

"So what's your name?" I ask him sweetly as he doesn't answer just getting to the front of me in no time at all. "My name is Evelyn." I say to him as he shakes his head at me.

"It's doesn't matter what your name is nor mine because we are not going to be together.. we can't be together." He says to me but I just shake my head at him.

"Why not?" I ask him in the saddest tone as he groans out grabbing my light cardigan and throwing it to the ground. I take a step back from him as he answers. "because I can't pay for you and the Trader won't let me have you.. and I can't steal you or we are both dead.. so no.. it's not happening.. there's nothing you can do to convince me because I saw what happened to the last man that tried stealing from Trader."

"Please, help me.. You're my goddess given mate.. you can just let some people sell me like cattle to treat me like trash can you?!" I ask him staring deep into his eyes.

"You can't convince with your beautiful eyes.. you can't.. Look at you in these nice clothes and an Alpha.. I'm sure you got everything you wanted before this happened to you.. but sorry beautiful, life is tough and things will only get tougher for you, from here on out. You just have to deal with it.. on your own." He says taking my shirt into his hands as he rips it apart causing me to gasp. I realize what he thinks of me as I shake my head at his comment.

"No actually I was their slave.. this was from my friend.. before my father sold me." I say sadly to him but he scoffs at my answer and pushes me back, I trip on the bed that's behind me as I flop down on it. But he takes this chance to pull my shoes and shorts off of my body just leaving me in my bra and underwear.

"This is expensive clothing.. there is no way you didn't get pampered.. you don't have to lie because it won't work on me.. I don't care if I'm your mate or not. You won't get your way here." He states as he rips apart my bra and underwear like it wasn't anything to him. Leaving me completely nude and laying on this bed. I can feel my eyes watering up at how much this reminds me of the first time I met my first mate.. I'm scared but I know now this is my life.. my life is a complete nightmare and there is no escaping this. I'll just have to admit that this is the hand I have been dealt in life and try to move on from it.

I turn looking away from him because if he is going to do this to me, then I'm not going to make it enjoyable to him. He groans out before letting out a deep breathe.

He hovers over me for a longer than expected moment as if he is thinking, maybe he will change his mind about me.. but instead he chooses to not say anything.. just getting my hopes up to let them back down again... he takes my hand and pulling me up off of the bed. He drags me behind him across the room, since I'm just dragging my feet at this point.

He is starting to huff at my outward dislike of this but he still doesn't say anything to me.. almost ignoring me.. I don't know why he chose to come in here with me if he didnt want me in the first place.. Makes no sense to me.

He just drags me straight to the bathroom and turning on the shower for me to use obviously. I stand there hating all of this but I just figure, with me being the positive person I am or trying to be.. That maybe I should give my second goddess given mate one last shot to be with me.. Even though I'm starting to really feel all the rejection from my life building up inside of me, starting to feel dead inside at this point of rejection, as I ask. "What's your name?"

"Ok this is it though girl.. I'm tired of us practically throwing ourselves at our mates that don't want us.. so if he rejects us again in this moment then that's it ok? I'm just tired of seeing you get hurt.. I love you and you don't deserve this torment." Myra lectures me as I just nod not arguing whatsoever because I agree with her at this point. I don't ever want to try to force anything to happen between me and a mate.. Because if I have to force it that just means he doesn't want me and I will never force anyone to be with me.. especially for the sole face that the Moon Goddess thinks we are a perfect match.. Because she got the first match wrong so she could get the second one wrong too.. It's not like she has exactly put my best intentions first before anyways, so I can't expect her to do that now.

He turns around looking at me as he scoffs rolling his eyes at me in disgust.. But I won't let him hurt me like this, so I'll just have to keep the hurt inside of me.. I have been at the recieveing end of those looks before and had that done to me plenty of times.

"Scott is my name.. now stop worrying about me and talking to me.. I'm not helping you out of this.. so stop asking. I don't want you, now get past it. You're not going to get what you want you spoiled brat." He demands from me shoving me into the freezing cold shower. I gasp in shock as I start to really shake. The water is freezing but the cold heart and gesture I feel from him is worse than the water. I suck in a sharp breathe knowing what I have to do so I can stop being hurt like this.

"I Evelyn Majors female alpha of the Full Moon Pack reject you Scott, my second chance mate." I state to him as I feel an excruciating pain shoot through my heart at that declaration. I thought this pain before was all because of Justin breaking my heart but come to find out it was mostly the rejection.

"Second chance?... Why would you do that?" He asks me with so much anger and confusion apparent on hus face and in his voice even though he just told me he didn't want me.

"Why?... Because I'm so tired of no one wanting me.. I just hoped a prayed for someone to actually want me for the person I am but no, not my first mate and obviously not my second.. I'm so tired of no one going to bat for me.. I have been abused all my life and treated like trash and no more.. Fine my second chance mate doesn't want me.. so be it.. I'm not desirable to anyone.. that's fine I'll come to terms with that.. but I'm not going to let you hurt me anymore than anyone else already has.. I need a mate who is willing to help me out at any cost.. not one who is scared to even speak up to his boss for me, his mate.. I don't need that so I don't need you.. I'm tired of everyone making me feel so disgusting and unwanted.. I already hate myself enough I don't need someone else to help with that.. If this is the treatment I'm bound to get by my mates then I would just rather be alone.. I'll figure a way out on my own and I'll just be on my own forever then.. I don't care.. if there is one thing I have learned in my torturous life, it's that I'm stronger than anyone thinks and I'm not going to let any of you have power over me.. I'm done with this.. I don't care if you believe me or not about my life.. I tried being honest with you and you shot me down anyways.. I never asked you to believe me I asked you accept me and have me as yours.. and you didn't want that, so you won't get it." I state slamming the shower door as I sit under the now hot water just trying to use the water to sooth my soul.

"The woman to help you get changed and doing your hair and make up will be here in 30 minutes so make sure your out of the shower by then." He says to me as I just sit there heartbroken at the fact that no one wants me no matter what..

"I want you.. you will always be the only girl I will go to hell and back with no matter what.. you deserve better than him anyways.. he said multiple times he didn't want us and he is helping us get ready for sale.. so how about we do just what the Trader told us.. we shine bright out there so we go to the best place and once we get there we can try to figure a way out.. but this whole place is a cage and I don't think we are getting out of here anytime soon." I nod at her as I let out a deep breath to wash myself off. Maybe she is right and we can't get out of here but that doesn't mean we can't get out of the next place.. we have to keep our head up and we will figure out something to help.. on our own.