Rejected But Elevated

Cassie Jones’s POV 6:50PM, Friday evening. I walked into my room happily staring at the ballroom gown in front of my dressing table, admiring it. Tomorrow, my boyfriend, or maybe it is just my own thought, will be crowned the alpha after a lot of challenges. Of course, I'm expecting him to propose to me, or I'll end up proposing to him myself. Even though I'm scared of getting rejected as he's yet to meet his fated mate, and I'm yet to meet mine, I pray every time to the moon goddesses to make us mates. I’m Cassie Jones. An orphan that seeks refuge here at my childhood friend, Jamie, after an unexpected war destroyed my pack. In the Vale pack, I am known for always being around Jamie, and everyone knows I have a crush on him, but he does not seem to notice. He was my childhood best friend, and when I was ten, he protected me from being bullied because I was always shy and afraid of being around people. I have had a soft spot for him ever since. Without a doubt, I love him, and I am willing to go to any length for him. He is the current Alpha's son, but he is stepping down and will be announced as the new alpha. Even though his father was sad about his stepbrother, Kingsley, who had been kicked out of the pack a few weeks ago. I arrived back here a few months ago after a war broke out in our pack, leaving me homeless and an orphan. As I stared, I heard my name from behind; it was Daisy, my female friend, coming into my room. "Are you that excited about Jamie becoming the alpha?" She asked as soon as she came inside, which made me frown. "He deserves to be the alpha. Everyone knows that he has the aura of an alpha and has proven himself sufficiently.” I snapped back at her. She rolled her eyes as she sat on my bed, "I wish he could look at you like you looked at him." I frowned angrily and chased her out the moment she said that. I do not want anyone to ruin my mood until tomorrow because I was hoping to be in the best mood when I proposed to him. I sighed as I sat on my bed. "Moon goddess." Before dozing off. NEXT MORNING As I stood up, I let out a yawn and stretched my arms into the air. It was still early in the morning because I just wanted to go as early as I could so I could see Jamie before he'd be called on stage. I dressed up and looked at myself in the mirror, adjusting my makeover before standing up to leave. I spotted the car outside waiting for me, which made me smile. He got me the ride to get to the main hall. I got in and we started the ride. Getting there, he parked and came out to open the door for me, “Thanks.” I muttered before stepping out and going into the hall. Immediately I entered, I saw Daisy beside Jamie talking to him, making me frown. Just yesterday, she was talking about him like he was the biggest jerk of all time, and now she’s acting all flirty around him. I walked closer to them. Seeing me, she frowned and quickly covered up with a smile before coming to me, “Guess what Jamie just told me?” She asked, linking her arms together with mine. I stylishly removed it and forced a smile. “You know I don’t like guessing because I’m not good at that.” Just as she was about to talk, Jamie excused her by pulling me along in another way. “Why are you listening to her? You know how she acts too flirty everywhere.” I could tell he was scared, but why should he be scared of whatever she was about to say?" “Are you hiding anything from me?” I asked him. He smiled gently, which melted my heart. His cute calm face and his non-challenging expression, the way he’s always able to make me weak on my knees, is something I can never ignore. He moved closer to me, which was getting me nervous seeing him so close. I thought he wanted to kiss me, so I closed my eyes, but I heard him laugh softly. Opening my eyes, I saw him staring at me, but it was in a way I couldn’t predict, he looked at me with so much interest, which made me feel like he loved me for some moment. I felt embarrassed by what I had just done and covered my eyes while running back to the party as I walked towards my seat. As I sat down, the alpha came on the stage addressing the pack members while everyone stared in admiration. Of all the packs, he was the most loved one, and now he was going to step down for his son to take over. Everyone was anxious to know who was going to be announced as the successor, but now that Kingsley is gone, the only successor can only be Jamie. He continued further to how the pack would be and would be better when he took over, then announced him as the next alpha. Everyone was happy, of course everyone would be. He was really loved by his father and he was the strongest wolf and Prince of the Moon pack. I smiled as Jamie went to the stage and addressed the pack. He doesn't refer to the people as the lower and upper class, he only wants peace and love between his pack members. Everyone hailed him, even with his indifference towards other pack members and his cold demeanor, he was still loved by everyone. That's what is called an alpha. After everything, he came down and everyone left to either celebrate or have fun. He went to meet me where I was. "Do you think I'll be great?" He asked me that question, which made me stare at him in disbelief. Where was the event coming from? Of course, hell, he is great, so why is he feeling insecure about it at this point? "You were chosen for a reason." The happiest thing I've ever had was about meeting him because he made me feel like I was the most special. We both went to the second bar a far away from the party to be alone by ourselves. As we walked, our hands were slightly touching each other and, with no doubt, I felt sparks all over me. Getting there, we both sat down asking for a cup of tequila shot. As he drank, I slowly drank from the glass cup. "I mean, I'm yet to know who my fated mate is, and the pack will soon pressure me to get a Luna and even have a successor." Heading what he said, I felt terrible hearing that. It was true, not having Luna beside him was really dangerous because every enemy pack would want to use it against him to step down. "I understand you, Jamie, you are just being insecure. I know not having a Luna is not a great thing and might result in fighting for this throne. He was staring at me again. It was the same dark look he had given me earlier today. It was the sort of look that would have sent warning bells through my head if it had been someone else but with Jamie, it felt like I was the only one in the whole world. It felt like he was trying to consume me and, honestly, I didn’t care one bit. His gaze shifted to my lips, and he paused while I gulped, my tongue darting out to wet my lips because I was so nervous. I watched as his eyes followed the swift path of my tongue and I almost choked. However, I didn’t have the time because he had covered the distance between us in one move and his lips had crashed on to mine, swallowing every bit of resistance I might have had. I immediately melted into him, our bodies aligning like we were performing a well rehearsed dance. Although we had both had a lot to drink, I had a vague inkling that alcohol was not responsible for the fire that had sparked between us. I wasn’t sure how we did it, but we somehow headed up to the room with our lips glued together and our fingers caressing each other frantically like we had lost something. I heard a distant sound of a lock clicking just as he pushed my zipper down, following his action with a trail of hot, sloppy kisses along my spine. When the zipper came down and my dress fell to the ground, he turned me around, his gaze sweeping over my n***d frame, he looked positively ravenous. I tried to also get his clothes off, but he swatted my fingers away and instead, pushed me on to the bed, his lips latching on to my exposed breast. My fingers immediately weakened and my mission to get him n***d too was abruptly forgotten. He alternated between my breasts for sometime before his head moved down to the bundle of heat between my legs. I tried to protest, I wasn’t ready for him to kiss me there. But again, my protests died in my throat because as soon as his tongue touched me, I bucked. I could hear loud moaning and an almost inhuman growling, and it took me a few seconds of confusion to realize that I was the one responsible for these noises. When he eventually raised his head up, I gasped, embarrassed at the sight of his glistening lips, cheeks and nose. He didn’t seem to care or even notice my actions or the reason for them. He leaned forward, kissed me slowly, his skin sliding against mine, and I finally noticed that his clothes had all disappeared. “Take a deep breath, baby," he whispered, his tone commanding. I did as he asked, looking up at him and wondering why he had asked me to do that. I didn’t have to wonder for long because I soon felt the answer in between my legs. It was big, throbbing, and it wanted to go into me. I looked up at him, scared at the sheer size of it. “I know, baby, I know,” he whispered, his commanding tone discarded. I relaxed completely, knowing that he would be as gentle as possible. And he was. All I felt was a brief sting before I was thrown into a world of wet, sloppy ecstasy. I let myself go, enjoying the ride up to the zenith. As we approached, I felt his hold on me tighten and the feeling of being desired so, only heightened my urgency to reach the peak. I began to move of my own accord, eliciting a guttural groan from him, as even he had not expected me to move. I was still processing the beautiful sounds he made when he grabbed me, pounding harder as we reached the final act. I cried as I finished, tears of joy because that moment was the happiest moment of my life thus far.