REJECTED, SOLD AND CLAIMED :PROPERTY OF ALPHA ARCHER

Chapter 3 REJECTION

Aria

My shoulder was burning but I didn't dare tend to it. I thought I could just end today on a peaceful note, sulking in my bedroom while they celebrated but it seems like I have to partake of their nonsense. I wonder why mum is like this. Does she hate me so much? Is this how far she can go just to prove a point? I really didn't want to go to the ceremony.I know she is in pain for losing her mate but why is she like this to her child.

Going to this ceremony would just make me see people that i didn't want to see like Luna, I really don't want to cross paths with her but now i have no option other than that. The fact that the whole pack would be there scares me. What if I end up making a mistake, they might kill me.

If I finally get a mate, he would reject me. I know Julia and Daisy hated my gut and would not want me around so i don't understand the reason they suddenly want me around, there must be a reason.

It was time to move the dishes to the main hall so we started arranging and moving things. I went back and forth until my leg was almost numb. When everything was moved, I freshened up at the pack bathroom and wore the maid uniform. I started filling some cups at the corner behind the main hall and turned to go and serve. Unfortunately Luna was passing at the same time.

I almost lost my balance but I didn't. Luna eyed me, her face filled with utter disgust, she passed by alongside her escort. I breathed out not knowing I have been holding my breath since. I served wine and other things, moving around with the tray of wine was strenuous. Some people pushed me,some even spilled wine on me, none said sorry. My foot was sore and aching. Mum then told me to get the cake knife.

I went to the kitchen, in the process, I almost fell but didn't. I soon found the knife and walked slowly back. The party already started. I got to the area and handed the knife to mum. I turned only to find a pair of eyes on me. I knew that look a lot. Everyone in the room also turned ​towards me.

Did i just get a mate, i was wolfless but something inside me was screaming mate. I stop as the air turns thick. I should be happy but my mate wasn't who i ever imagined. I am surely getting a rejection but I was prepared for this more than anything in my life. I decided to walk away like I didn't know anything instead of looking pathetic. Damien's eyes followed me as I moved.

"Aria" he called, his voice echoing through the hall. I knew I was in deep s**t. "Are you running from your punishment? " he asked. His lip curved into a smirk then I realized he was discussing a punishment for me before he realized I was his mate.

What exactly were my offence this time. I desperately wanted to ask that question but it just couldn't slip off my tongue. "I heard you have been behaving out of place this days" he said. I couldn't even defend myself. WTF. "Discipline her " he said and some guards carried me to the center of the hall. Do this was it ,the reason why Daisy and Julia wanted me here. I was whipped till I lost count,I suddenly didn't know how to cry.

This was my life. I am blamed for everything, if things go bad ,if there is famine,if there is drought, anything possible. Some people were astonished. Maybe they didn't expect him to discipline his mate but they knew I would be rejected anyway.

Blood was gushing from my wound. I didn't want to cry at all. the moment my eyes landed on him. I could feel all the resentment in me building up. I will not cry in front of a beast like this. I stood up after being disciplined. My cloth soaked in blood and I made my way to the available exit. I just wanted to breathe outside this place until I heard my name.

"Joyce under the moonlight,"he said and paused. "I Alpha Damien of Blood Moon Pack, thereby rejects you as my mate"he said, his face was void of any emotion and mine didn't carry any either.

I wasn't shocked or confused or scared,I only felt a knot tighten in my abdomen. I just stood there staring at his pathetic self. "I hope you can move on " he said sarcastically as if he cares. "Thanks Alpha but as you know I am wolfless which means i can't feel the bond ​or the rejection " I replied and with that I turned to my walk.

All eyes were on me till I left. So this was it. Julia wanted me to get disciplined, that was why she forced me here. I finally got to my room and let the tears slip out. I don't know if it was the pain of being whipped or rejected. So this was how people felt when they were rejected or maybe it's not this much cause they were not ordered to get whipped by their mate before rejection.

My heart was throbbing like it would give out. Thanks to my underground cell called room I could escape their stares, laughter and disgusting looks. My heart ached as my kneels almost gave out. Tears were dripping continuously. The pain was unbearable. I wonder if it was my imagination cause I have no wolf in me. My head spinned.

Tomorrow I will get escorted to the refinary,afterall the rules were made solely for me. I couldn't take it anymore, my low muffles weren't enough, I burst into sobs. My hands were tightly clenching on the bed clothing. I wailed till I forgot how to breathe. I have suffered a lot of torture and pain and I even forgot how it felt to be happy.

Anyways, it is unreasonable. I couldn't leave, if not I would become a rogue and I didn't want that. I wanted to be under a pack. No matter what I face I must accept it as my fate. If only dad was alive, if only the late Alpha was still alive. Even on his death bed I heard him telling the pack Luna ,mum and some elders to protect me and understand but all of that never mattered . No one ever spoke about it.

Not my mum, not the Luna, they all disobeyed the last word of the Alpha. And today i was shown that I didn't have a place here. By tomorrow I will resume at the refinery. I smiled painfully, biting my lip before lying down. My back was aching like i should rip it off my body. I tried to lay in a way so I won't feel pain and I forced myself to sleep.