Awakening The Silver Wolf

a reject

Bella

Kiara dragged me to her room to get ready for what she called a shopping spree.

Apparently, it was her promised way of making it up to me.

I have never been to the market since I arrived at Asher's pack. Back at Blue Moon Pack, Omegas were not allowed to go outside the pack.

The only market was near the pack's borders and if my guess is correct, that's where we will be going.

"It's rare to have Asher voluntarily give me his shopping card." Kiara squealed, making me eye her suspiciously. She was the Alpha King's sister and I could see how much her brother spoiled her although he tried to mask it. Even looking at how princess-like her room was, she had to be kidding if she meant Asher was strict with her expenses.

Everything in the room was fancy, even the carpet in her room was knitted with gold threads.

"From your look of face I know you don't believe a word I say." Kiara complained pouting slightly.

"Honestly I don't." I replied, my blunt mouth answering before I could even think about what I was saying.

My hands flew to my mouth as my eyes widened. It's the same honesty that had been landing me into serious trouble with Vivian in my previous pack.

I didn't want the same thing happening here since I would be here for some time.

I didn't mean to offend Kiara seeing that she was the first person to be genuinely friendly to me.

"Sorry." I said apologetically, hoping that Kiara was nothing like Vivian who hated my guts for being too blunt.

Kiara waved her hands. "It's okay dear, I'm not offended. I like your honesty and think it's really cute." She replied, a grin on her face.

Okay, now I am finally convinced that this family has a low sense of humour.

"I mean like who would believe what I am saying? I have been offered the best so how could I accuse my brother of being stingy?" She mused but I could sense the sadness in her voice.

"Although my brother loves me, he mostly shows it by buying me anything I want. That's how best he knows to strengthen our familial bond. He can't be seen treating me softly, otherwise people will start talking about it and even using me against him." Kiara said and I could feel her heartache.

I could understand her somehow. She is his sister and has all the good things of life but can't exactly enjoy her brother's affection openly.

Keeping a distance from his sister could be his way of protecting her.

"You should be thankful you at least have a brother." I told her.

I never experienced what it felt like to have a sibling, be it a brother or a sister.

I am pretty sure it would be fun to have an older brother or even a little sister to spoil.

"Why? You don't have siblings?" Kiara asked and I felt something grip my heart tightly as something clogged in my throat.

"No." I answered. Although I wanted to keep my voice straight, the tremble coming out betrayed me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your life." Kiara apologised and I just shook my head.

"It's okay, I don't mind." I said. "I lost my mom not too long ago. She was the only family I had. I never knew my father. She never talked about him. Every time I brought it up, she would go quiet, like something was haunting her." I choked out.

Kiara walked to me, enveloping me in a warm embrace as I sobbed.

"The only connection I have with him is a silver pendant my mom gave me on my eighteenth birthday. She said it was a gift from my father." I sniffed.

"I know I should be thankful for the life I had but I can't help but imagine how it would feel if my real family was there with me." I let out the words I had been suppressing deep down.

"Maybe if things had been different, my mom would still be alive." I said, sniffing my tears back.

"Honestly, I am happy that scumbag rejected you." Kiara said, squeezing me tighter. "My brother gets to find someone as precious as you Bella."

I didn't know what to feel about her words.

Someone as precious as me? You mean a rejected, broken and defiled woman?

"Do you think so?" I asked, not really knowing what to feel about my situation. The people here treat me well except for a few ladies I saw frowning at me while others glared at me with hate as we walked to Kiara's room.

At least here, nobody gets to force me to wake up at five in the morning to start my duties. If anything, this was the kind of life I have always dreamt about but something was lacking, a mate.

I have always dreamt of having a mate but after what I went through in the hands of Hunter who was supposed to protect and cherish me, I no longer entertain the idea of having a mate. Asher might turn up to be even worse than Hunter.

But who am I kidding? I can't stop my heart from longing for a companion, someone I could proudly call my own, a husband to welcome home every evening.

Walking back to me, Kiara gazed at me. Her gaze was sharp and not her usual playful one. The kind that seems to pierce straight to your soul.

"Listen here Bella, who we are doesn't determine what we are worth. You might have been an omega but does that mean you have to be trodden over each time? If that boy rejected you, that's his loss. You have my brother now and although he might have the worst reputation in the whole kingdom and the neighbouring packs, he's a good man. He will take good care of you and maybe with him, you'll find what your soul has been yearning for. Give yourself a chance and give him a chance." Kiara said but I could only shake my head.

"I understand what you are saying. I also think I deserve a better life than what I had in my former pack, but I don't know if your brother can give me the kind of life I want." I said, a lone tear escaping my eyes.

I wanted freedom and Asher being the Alpha king, you could already tell that freedom would be the last thing for me to get from him.

"I have always wanted to feel what having a family feels like. To feel what being loved feels like. I also want to have children of my own. I don't seek anything big, not even a huge title, I just want a family to call my own." I added, my tears now flowing.

"You don't think my brother can give you that?" Kiara asked. I could feel sadness in her question, as if what I said really hurt her.

"Kiara, I am a reject. Someone unwanted. Even my own mate found it easy to throw me away. They called me worthless, so why would your brother want to be associated with me? What can I possibly offer him?" I whispered.