Bittersweet Rejection

Four

ISABELLA

I was in an important meeting Alpha King Derek had issued to discuss and all Alphas need to gather for a discussion.  Of course, being the strongest Beta’s mate and a pack warrior had its merits and it included seated next to my mate. But what irked me the most was this pressing issue which isn’t as pressing at it sounds to be. It only involved the Alpha King, which unfortunately was our Alpha King Derek, needing to have his heir soon. Geez, he’s still young at 22 years old, for Old’s sake.

Why rush things?

The sickening thing about the issue is when they took my twin’s name on it. Hadn’t they done much damage to her? What now? As the Alphas and Betas of such young age get on with that stupid issue, I can’t help but raise my voice and butt in.

“You’re going to impregnate her? Have her hopes up and ditch her for another, Alpha King Derek? Is that it?”, I said, narrowing my eyes at him. I know how disrespecting that is but I don’t care. Even Justin was worried, nudging to stop me but I shrugged him off. “Why not save her from the pain and impregnate another? I don’t care if that child will not bear that Alpha blood, just don’t do it!”

“Save your mood swings for your mate, Isabella.”, Jason said lazily and I glared at him. He gulped in silence as he saw my face.

“Mood swings? Really, Jason your antics are getting lame.”, I said before returning my glare at the Alpha Asshole. He was calmly sitting on his chair at the end of the long, rectangular wooden table. He looked composed and bemused by my words.

“I can’t have my heir with anyone but her, Isabella. You know that. “, he said, his voice surprisingly temperate. “She can’t deny me as I am her mate and her Alpha King.”

“So that’s why you did your best to get her back after she tried running. How dare you? I kept my mouth shut all these years to give you time to learn and love her and save her from all the pain but…this? You will kill her!”, I hysterically shouted at him. “I’m not going to agree in any of this nonsense! I don’t care if this pack will go down with you but don’t—“

Derek cut me off with such deadly glare. I stopped my rants and glared equally back at him. “Don’t you dare continue if you wouldn’t want to be branded a rogue, Ms. Carlton.”

The deadly warning on his voice deterred me from saying more. The look in his eyes was full of silent rage, as if he was holding back something I can’t quite name. Surely, he isn’t that pissed with all I’ve just said? I was merely telling the truth and it’s high time I protect my twin. I dashed out the meeting room, leaving the men to themselves.

Rudeness.

I am very foul when pissed. I am the exact opposite to my submissive twin Alyssa. I am a real b***h, if I want to. Alyssa is an epitome of goodness, which I am not. She is a promising Luna Queen of the largest and strongest pack—beautiful, amazing and innocent with her huge pale brown eyes. Her kindness, caring and considerate attitude is always what I admired about her.

I just can’t handle her that way—she used to be very happy. When she cries, it felt like my own heart is breaking along with hers. True, my parents forsake her for a shallow reason of not shifting in time and I hated them since. Because of them, I lost my twin.

I took some foods and other stuffs from our house kitchen and some clean clothes for her to wear, fussing over how it will fit her body. Most of them were floral dresses I haven’t worn since I bought them.  I’ve got lots of them, anyway.

Luckily, mother isn’t around to question me or she will freak out and ground me for a month, again. True, she did once ground me for speaking to Alyssa for the whole week last year. I was so sad I refused eating but the Derek, ordered me to eat and get over whatever I am feeling.

Geez, I hated that guy’s guts!

I regretted being his girlfriend once. Yeah, I was once in love with him.

Was

I got over the stupid feelings and opened my eyes to the real man he is. A complete and utter self-centred, jerk and man-w***e ass Alpha he is. With the Alpha duties and responsibilities, he is exceptionally talented at the field. At such young age, he was able to surpass his predecessors’ abilities with being the Alpha. He was really born for the job, no question. The way he think things through and his strategic plans of improvement branded him the gifted and genius.

But despite this, he is still a man—a one hell of an attractive, oozing with s****l appeal man and because of this, he always have his set of female wolves around him, waiting to be proclaimed his Luna.

Only to find my twin sister his soon-to-be Luna.

Which I hated! Why Moon Goddess did make such pairing? Is this some cruel joke? I would love to see my sister happy again and if her attempt of escape were her only way, I would gladly set her free.

Omegas are of the weakest member of the pack. Their senses were weaker than ours but a degree higher from humans. That’s why I was able to find her fast. Unmistakably, her presence lies behind this old wooden door of the farthest stockroom. I didn’t know a place such as this exist.

I pushed the door open since it isn’t locked from the inside, creating a creaking sound as it went wider. I gasped at what I saw; Alyssa was sitting in an old wooden barrel used for beers and such, her shoulders slumped. Her state looked very depressed as it shook. She was crying and she failed to sense me.

The place was dark, and I was only able to see things inside with the sunlight coming from the opened door. Inside was a complete mess, it was like a hoard’s room—field with things considered dumped. When she noticed the sudden flood of soft light, she turned to me—her face was streaked with recent tears, her eyes red and puffy.

Yup, she’s definitely crying.

“I brought you tasty foods and good clothes.”, I spared her my sweetest smile as I moved to her. And despite her current predicament, she smiled back—a forced one but a smile, nonetheless.

“You shouldn’t be here. If mom finds out, she’ll ground you for sure.”, she softly muttered as she took in what I’ve brought. I gave her a laughed then a wink.

“Yeah, but you know no one’s going to stop us.”

And with that, we feasted over the food. I suggested for us to take a bath at Will’s hot spring. Since we lived near a volcano, hot springs were natural. Plus, it’s safe to go to that place since it is part of the packs’ territories.  On our way, we talked about happy things. I purposely did that to avoid thinking what had happened in the pack meeting. Uh, the mere thought of it made me go mad and shift!

That arrogant, egoistical jerk!

“Why are you still there?”, Alyssa’s soft voice pulled me back. I smiled and shook. She pouted, and I thought such gesture was childish and cute. She was already submerge in the spring, full –clothed,  “Uh, so you suggested a bath but not doing it. You’re so unfair, Mrs. Beta.”

I colored the instant I heard my mate’s title on mine. Even if i had finally found my mate, I haven’t thought of making him mark me or completing the mating process. I’m still young despite these overflowing feelings. Anyway, eventually we will soon find ourselves in that position and I put those in the hands of fate.

She laughed hard. I took pebbles and aimed it at her. She dodged them easily and laughed again.

“What an aim, Mrs. Beta!”, she kept teasing me as she splashed water on my direction. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to avoid and got wet instead. This made her laugh again. “Ah, you’re already drenched Isabella. You should take a bath!”

I wasn’t that wet but I decided to take a bath. I was about to take my clothes off when I sensed something off. My senses heightened and before I can even speak, the sound of heavy steps and hard voice had me frozen.

“I see the future Beta’s wife having such a lovely time…”

Shit, rogues!