REJECTED BY MY ALPHA, CLAIMED BY HIS ENEMY.

Chapter1

The moment Niklaus said my name I knew something was wrong.

Not because he has spoken yet because the silence was worse. It felt like the entire pack was holding its breath waiting for something no one dared to name.

This wasn’t supposed to happen because this was my claiming ceremony where there should be celebration, certainty and pride instead there was tension and I was in the middle of it.

My pulse hammered in my ears, my chest tight and every instinct screaming at me to run but my legs wouldn’t move because this was Niklaus my mate.

Because after everything, this had to mean something to him.

The firelight was very bright, throwing shadows across his face. I couldn’t read him but I could feel the finality in the shift.

I swallowed hard trying to force courage into my voice because I had dreamed of this moment for years through every whisper, insult, humiliation and every reminder that I was less because I was wolfless.

Tonight was supposed to change everything.

“Niklaus…” my voice was small and trembled softly.

He gaze met mine and for a moment I saw something. Hesitation? Conflict?

Hope sparked in my chest, fragile, reckless and alive but then it died because the next thing he said made me drop to my knees.

“….. I reject you.”

Shock rippled through the pack, everyone started murmuring and whispering and I was just in my knees looking at my mate, hoping this was all a dream and I would wake up. Hoping that the ground would open up and swallow me but none of that happened.

An elder finally found the courage to ask him why he would do that to me on this day, in front of everybody.

“I thought I could move past the fact that she was wordless and basically worthless around here, as an Alpha it’s my duty to make sure that the people I have by my side are capable of fighting alongside me when things go south and I realized that…” he paused for a moment and looked at me, “she is never going to be that person and I had to choose my lack first. That’s what a good leader would do.”

I finally found my voice. “A good leader would not humiliate an inno… an innocent…”, my voice kept breaking, “ an innocent person in front of over a hundred people.”

I tried to stand but my body could not carry the weight of the humiliation I felt. When I found out I was wolfless, I took it, I could bear the shame of it but this?? This was on a different level. I wasn’t just wolfless and worthless, rejected as also been added to the list of things that I would be called.

Someone from the background started singing his praises and more people joined, before I knew it almost everyone was chanting his name and praising him for choosing being the leader of the pack over me that was humiliated.

Not even one person stood up for me or even helped me get up from the floor which by the way I was still on. I forced myself to stand and I looked at niklaus. It was as if I was seeing him well for the first time. The face which I once thought was always filled with love for me was expressionless and stiff.

He refused to look at me again and my feet remained stuck to the ground.

An elder cleared his throat again and everyone remained calm. Considering the events of today, it is safe to say that I knew what was coming.

“ well well well, as we all know”, he started, “considering the laws of our pack, anybody found wolfless and rejected would be banished from the pack.”

I knew this was coming but the words still hit me like a hurricane and I felt very weak in the knees. I used up every strength in me to stop myself from falling to the floor again because I knew that nobody would pick me back up and thank goodness my strength was good enough.

“…… Katrina Forbes, you are hereby banished from the Creasent pack.”

It felt like the whole world was against me, it was dark already and I knew that I had to leave now if not I would be forcibly dragged out so I picked up the remaining pieces of my dignity which was basically nothing and started walking out of there, I didn’t know where I was going to or who would help me, I just knew I had to leave.

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I just got to the borders when it was extremely dark and that’s when I realized that I didn’t get any cloth, all I had was the one on me which was very dirty and disgusting. I sat down under a tree to rest and wait till day break so I would know where to go from here and all I could think about was Niklaus not just because of todays event but because of everything before that.

FLASHBACK

Niklaus and I were at his place out in the bayou and we were talking about how we wanted out future to be.

“How many children do you want us to have?” I asked him grinning from ear to ear .

“4. 3 boys and 1 girl so that the boys can protect their sister.” He responded.

“Answer me honestly, does the fact that I’m wolfless bother you?….. what if our sons inherit my genes instead if yours.” I asked for the upteenth time.

“A persons worth isn’t tied to whether they are wolves or not. I’m more than a wolf and you’re more than a wolf, even if my child doesn’t turn out to be a wolf then I can still train him to be very strong, I would just warn him of the dangers of coming out of a full moon.” He said.

The answer satisfied me and I smiled to myself thinking in my head that oh this man is really my mate and my person.

FLASHBACK ENDS

Remembering the day he said this and thinking about the stupid speech he gave tonight made me understand the gravity of the scam he pulled on me. Instead of being filled with rage and self pity, I was consumed with so much anger within me and if I wasn’t thirty five minutes from where he stays then I would have gone back to ask him why the lies and deceit. Why he felt the need to reject me in front of hundreds of people?

I wasn’t even done processing my thoughts when I heard a very loud growl and I looked up and saw it was a full moon tonight and I was outside, wolfless, weak and defenseless.

I looked at where the sound was coming from and though I couldn’t see it, I would feel then closing in on me and it wasn’t just one.

My heart slammed against my ribs when they finally entered within eye sight, eyes glowing under the moon watching and waiting to see who would move first and that was when I realized that…

Being rejected…

Wasn’t the worst thing that was about to happen to me.