Cruel Rejection Series

Chapter 4

"Are you alright?" I asked as I sat up.

She turned away from me so I wouldn't see her face. "I'm fine, this happens all the time." She muttered.

I sat up off the bed and looked around. This wasn't Gabriel's room, this room was all black, occasional rock band poster on the wall. It smelt of cigarettes and drugs. It wasn't tidy at all, there were clothes thrown around everywhere. I was guessing that this is Raven's room.

"Raven that isn't a good thing, I was abused at my old pack but-" my sentence was cut off short by the memory of my old pack.

"Felicity you were abused in your old pack?" She asked me.

I couldn't talk anymore because I was scared tears would fall. So I merely nodded.

"So you left an abusive pack only to join something worse. I'm sorry." She said.

"It's fine Raven I'm used to the abuse anyway." I smiled weakly.

"My name isn't Raven, it's actually Gabriella but it sounded so similar to Gabriel so I told everyone to call me Raven." she said sadly.

She looked around her room and placed her head in her hands.

"I never thought about doing drugs before or smoking or wearing all black. My favorite color used to be blue, I was a good child until Gabriel murdered our parents for power. He abused me all the time when I went against him, I turned to drugs to help me with the pain but I only feel worse afterwards." She said.

I was shocked at how she was opening up to me.

She turned to me and smirked. "So what's your story? I'm pretty sure they didn't abuse you for no reason."

"My father is the Beta of my pack and him and the Alpha were close. Coincidentally both their wives went into labor at the same time, my mother had me and the Luna had twin boys. Us three became inseparable we were like triplets because our birthdays were the same. Soon me and Daniel, one of the twins began dating. Xavier seemed a little distant so he hung out with my brother Chris, the more Daniel and I spent time together the more he became distant and argued with his brother about something. One night Daniel and I were out and there was a rogue attack, he tried to protect me but we couldn't shift yet so the rogue killed him. I was left alone trying to save him, everyone believes I did it, Xavier became the new Alpha and I'm his mate." I finished explaining.

She looked at me with wide eyes and pushed her hair out of her face.

"Well that's hell of a story, way deeper than mine. I don't believe you did it and your pack is stupid to think so, obviously you all loved each other so why would you kill him." She snorted.

I smiled. "That's what I been thinking the entire two years."

"If you say there were twins maybe the rogue was trying to kill the future Alpha but didn't know there were twins so only killed one." She suggested.

My eyes widened at that thought.

"I never actually thought about that." I said quietly.

"Felicity I think your mate might be in danger."

Chapter Seven

Living here has been hell, the only person I have been able to talk to is Gabriella but she has been depressed over the death of the Beta. I stay in her room most of the time but occasionally Gabriel would come in, drag me out and do his business with me and then just beat me for no reason. I learned that his father didn't find him good enough to be the new Alpha of the pack and Gabriel didn't like that, he was called cold and ruthless so he killed his parents in order to become Alpha of the pack. I would have stayed in my old pack if I knew this was my future. I've been thinking lately about Xavier and it seems as though whenever I did my wolf would howl in pain and bury herself in the back of my mind.

I thought having a wolf would make me stronger but being away from Xavier and getting beat everyday has been taking a toll on me. I been getting skinnier everyday with bags under my eyes getting more noticeable.

"Felicity?" I heard Gabriella say on the other side of Gabriel's door. I was balled up in his bed, naked, crying my eyes out.

I heard the door open but I only balled up more.

"Felicity I can't take it, seeing him abuse you, hearing you scream out for him to stop. Felicity you've been getting worse everyday." She said as she walked over and rubbed my back.

I wasn't crying for myself, I was crying for Xavier. They say once you find your mate there is a strong connection between the two. I didn't have the courage to accept his rejection so we still have that connection and I know he can feel it whenever Gabriel takes advantage of me.

"Felicity what hurts?" She asked.

I shook my head and looked up at her.

"Gabriella I'm used to the pain I'm crying for my mate. I'm giving him all this pain but not once have I felt the pain of him having s*x with someone." I cried out.

"Wow he's faithful." I heard Gabriella mutter.

"I feel horrible." I muttered.

Gabriella got up and handed me some of her clothes.

"Come to my room when your dressed." She said as she walked out the door.

I slowly got up from the bed and began dressing myself in the clothes Gabriella brought me and made my to Gabriella's room.

She laying on her bed just staring up at the ceiling.

"Hey did you want me here?" I asked quietly.

She shot up from her bed and slammed the door shut. She pushed me over to her bed and sat me down.

"Felicity we need to get rid of Gabriel." She said seriously.

"Gabriella he's a strong Alpha-"

"I also have Alpha blood in me and didn't you say your father was a Beta?" I nodded my head.

"We can go against him, beat him into submission or kill him." She shrugged.

"But I'm growing weak everyday. I don't think I can do it." I sighed.

"Leave that to me, we will act sometime after the full moon." She said satisfied.

Full moon....mating....heat.

"No no no no Gabriella we have to act before the full moon." I pleaded.

"Felicity we can't that's only a few days away." She shook her head.

"Once a wolf finds their mate but don't complete the process, they go through heat every full moon. I'll be three times more likely to get pregnant. Please don't do this to me." I pleaded and begged.

I didn't want to bare the child of Gabriel but I wouldn't be able to get rid of it because it is a part of life and it wouldn't be its fault for being created.

Gabriella hesitated but then nodded. "I'll see what I can do."

She got up and walked towards the door.

"I need to go talk to some people, I'll bring up some food when I come back." She said as she slammed the door shut.

I walked around her room but tripped over something stick out from under her bed. I pulled it out and noticed a dusty black box.

I opened it up and was surprised to see a bunch of family photos.

There were pictures of Gabriel and Gabriella running around as little kids chasing each other, there were with what I was assuming the mother and father, they all looked happy, Gabriel looked normal and cheerful. I just wanted to know what happened.

"No one knows what happened." I heard a voice in the room.

I jumped up to see a young man, few years older than me with dark brown hair and hazel eyes.

"I'm not gonna hurt you. Raven just wanted me to send this food up to you." He placed a tray of five sandwiches, a soda and giant bowl of strawberries and chips.

I immediately dove into the food.

"Alpha hasn't been feeding you much has he?" He asked.

I shook my head and continued biting into the sandwich.

"I'm Jason by the way, the Delta." He held out his hand.

I immediately stopped eating and looked at him with fear.

"Just because I'm third in command doesn't mean I'm evil. No one knows why Alpha turned out the way he is but he is our Alpha and we have to obey him." Jason sighed.

"Then why are you still here?" I asked quietly.

He lowered his head in sadness.

"He threatened to hurt my mate, I couldn't let him do that, I couldn't let him hurt anyone in this pack but it seems like I'm doing a bad job at protecting people." He said with disappointment in his voice.

I walked over to him and placed my hand on his shoulder.

"Mate comes first, there is only so much you can do. You're one man, he is one powerful man, don't blame yourself for anything." I said with a smile.

He looked up at me and smiled.

"Why are you even here? You're a beautiful girl, you seem smart and understanding? Do you have a mate?" He asked.

I removed my hand and slumped on the bed.

"My mate rejected me." I said silently.

"Well then he made a big mistake."

If only Xavier actually thought that.

Chapter Eight

"I thought I told you to stay in the room b***h?!" Gabriel growled at me as he threw me into the room and I smacked my head against the bed frame.

"Alpha I'm sorry I was just talking to Raven." I said as I rubbed my forehead that was starting to bleed.

"I don't give a f**k what you were doing, you stay in this room and please me bitch." He slurred.

His eyes were red and droopy so I knew he must have been drinking a lot. It takes a lot of a very strong alcohol to get a werewolf drunk.

I nodded my head and quickly inched away from him.

"Come here Anaïs I'm not gonna hurt you." Gabriel said as his eyelids drooped.

"I'm lying I'm totally gonna beat the s**t outta you." He giggled.

He wobbled over towards me but as his eyelids fell, so did he. He landed forward onto the bed and was out cold. I got up and sighed with relief knowing that I wasn't gonna get beaten tonight. I took off his shoes and placed the blanket over him so he wouldn't wake up mad. I closed the bedroom door and bolted down to the living room.

You might be thinking that this is a chance for me to escape, you're wrong because it's not. I have tried many times to escape but I was always dragged back and beaten. There were quite a few rules in this pack as Jason explained. No one was allowed to abandon the pack or they would be executed. Women/ mates were only allowed to stay in their homes to serve their mates and the male pups begin training at the age of 11. If anyone disagreed with these rules they were killed.

No matter what I tried I was always beaten. It's now to the point where I have no more energy. My wolf is becoming weaker and weaker, not being near her mate and getting abused.

"Felicity are you alright?" I looked up to see Jason in the kitchen.

"I miss my home." I whispered.

"But I thought you hated it there?" He asked.

"Right now I don't care where I am I just want to be with my mate." He didn't respond as I looked down at my hands.