Rejected By One Alpha, Claimed By Another

Chapter Four

"You have some nerves showing up here again after stealing Steph's mate" Natalie screamed and raised her hand to deliver another slap but was stopped by Steph. "This won't solve anything" she said then turned to look at me with a glare.

"Is this your way of getting revenge on Nat? By stealing my mate?" She asked, I wanted to explain that it wasn't my intention to steal her mate but decided to just stay silent. "Did you accept to be his Luna?" Steph asked, "not yet" I mumbled. Her nostrils flared in anger "yet? So you plan on accepting it?" She snapped.

I would be crazy to turn down a chance to be the Luna of the pack, plus I knew Alpha Carter would not take my rejection lightly. He could make life in the pack even more difficult for me than it already is.

"You are going to go to him tomorrow and tell him you reject him" Nat instructed like she was talking to a little kid. Steph must have noticed how reluctant I was to do what Nat said because she took a more calmer approach in convincing me. "Look, you know how I feel right? You know how it feels to be rejected by your mate for someone else and I'm sure you wouldn't want someone else to feel that right?" She asked.

I bit down on my lips nervously, she was right. I didn't want to be the reason for someone else being mateless, I didn't want to be like Nat.

"I'll reject him" I mumbled, a smile spread on Stephanie's lips. "Thank you so much, I always knew that you were a good person" she said and pulled me into a short hug.

"Good, so tomorrow you'll go over to his place and tell you to reject him and that he should reconnect our mate bond" she instructed. I gave her a sad nod and excused myself from my room.

The moment I was inside my room, I slumped to the ground and began rethinking my decision. Was I really going to throw away my chance of being a Luna? My chance of having a partner! Rejecting Alpha Carter would mean being mateless for life, but if I accepted him, I would be rendering Stephanie to the same fate.

No matter how much I wanted to accept, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I couldn't make Stephanie mateless. And that was it, I was going to reject Alpha Carter.

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The neat day came more quickly than I wanted it to and soon I was on my way to the palace. The guards let me in immediately on recognizing me and I was led straight to his room where he was waiting for me.

He was seated on a long couch which was located at the corner of the gigantic room and he had his eyes fixated on me, watching my every movement. "Have you made your decision?" He went straight to the point, no hellos. "Yes," I replied.

"I'm sorry Alpha Carter but I reject you" I said and braced myself for his reaction. He got up and pushed a button on the wall. I didn't have to wonder what the button was for long as soon two guards ran in.

"Get rid of her" he ordered and the guards grabbed me from both sides dragging me out of the room…

"Genny! Genny! Genny!" I snapped back to reality and realized that I had been imagining things, Alpha Carter was still seated and he had a puzzled look on his face. "Sorry, what I meant to say was that I need more time to think about it" I stated.

He raised a brow at me then pinched the skin between his brows, "sure, you have twenty four hours" he muttered and signaled for me to leave

I walked out of the room and was led out of the palace. I didn't know how I was going to face Steph and tell her that I didn't have the guts to turn Alpha Carter down. I just wouldn't tell her then, until I finally have the confidence to turn him down at least.

As I made my way back home, a car sped past me driving into a puddle which caused it to splash all over me. I stared at the car angrily as it stopped a few meters away and slowly reversed till it was by my side. The window came down and to my surprise it was Nat and Quinn in the car.

"Have you turned him down?" Nat asked nonchalantly as if they didn't just splash muddy water all over me. "Y-yes" I lied, "Look, I told you she was stupid enough to do it" Nat said to Quinn with a smile on her face.

"I knew she was stupid but not that stupid. Thank goodness I didn't accept her as my mate" Quinn replied and burst out laughing. Were they seriously mocking me to my face?

I stared at them in absolute disbelief as they continued mocking me and when they finally had enough, they drove away leaving me standing there.

That was it, I had had enough, they were never going to stop bullying me and if I continued as the weak Omega, it would only get worse. At that moment, I made up my mind. I was going to accept Alpha Carter's proposal.

I quickly spun around and made my way back to the palace where I was let in again and instructed to go to Alpha Carter's room again.

I knocked on the door and the moment the door flung open I was greeted by the sight of a shirtless Alpha Carter