Why was I rejected?

Chapter 01

Aiden

"You've got to be crazy, Aiden, how could you reject our Luna, even more so in such a cruel way?" - My wolf, Lucien, was completely heartbroken and at the same time very angry with me, he couldn't believe that I could have the courage to hurt our Luna like that, but he had to understand, it was for her safety.

"You know very well why I did it, if you had taken Aurora, she would have been in danger, what did you want? Our Luna's death, is that it?.

"No! Never, you know very well that we couldn't bear to live in a world where Aurora wasn't there.".

Linda, I remember the first time I saw Aurora, she was at the edge of the river, with her feet in the water and laughing for some reason that wasn't apparent, I believe because of some memory, she was under eighteen, so she didn't smell me, unlike me. Her perfume penetrated my nostrils and, at the same moment, the hairs on my arms stood on end. I had to hold Lucien back, he wanted to leave, to take Aurora as his own right then and there, but I wouldn't let him, she wasn't yet old enough to know even her own wolf, let alone be taken as the wife of the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack.

Little did I know what awaited us, little did I know that, even though I felt my heart tearing, I would have to reject the only person who made me know the meaning of love.

"But why sir? Have I done something wrong?".

I wanted to shout no, I wanted to hug that small, soft chorus and say that it would be all right, that I would be able to protect her, but if I couldn't do that even with my brother . . . I preferred to be the stupidest guy she could find on the face of the earth.

"Do you really think that I, a Supreme Alpha, would accept the, shall we say, wrong choice of the moon goddess? NEVER! You're funny, you come from a funny family, with no great achievements, I would never accept such a worthless person by my side. You should be thanking me for not putting you to shame, instead of questioning me. Have you ever wondered what the alphas in the other packs will say about you?".

"No, sir, I never thought of that, the only thing that crossed my mind was to be by the side, for the rest of my life, of my destined mate and dedicate my life to making him happy.

I broke into a thousand pieces listening to her speak, I died a thousand lives, there, in front of her, I heard Lucien crying, desperate to know that I, Aiden, was in control and he couldn't do anything to change my mind. I felt Luna, coincidentally the name of Aurora's wolf, I felt her sadness at having to say goodbye to Lucien, but it was for the best.

She raised her right hand, so delicate, so perfect, and looked at me. I think it was the first time I saw Aurora's honey-colored eyes up close. They took me over completely, I traveled in her gaze, I imagined our life together in milliseconds, I wished it was all a lie, but unfortunately, it wasn't.

Begrudgingly, I also raised my right hand and told her the oath of rejection... "I, Aiden Smith, Supreme Alpha of the Blood Moon pack, reject you, Aurora Taylor".

She repeated the oath, in the opposite way ... "I, Aurora Taylor, member of the Blood Moon Pack, reject ... reject you, Aiden Smith, as my mate and release you from our bond".

She added the final part on her own, closed her eyes, squeezed my hand lightly. I saw a solitary tear run down her cheek, but I didn't question it, as I said it was better this way. Lucien scratched me to pieces, but he also had to understand, it was better this way.

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Aurora

I went back to my house completely desperate, Luna was whimpering inside me and not responding to my commands, internally, she pulled away and withdrew in sadness, but I couldn't judge her, our predestined companion had just rejected us and that hurt and hurt a lot.

"Daughter, has something happened?"

My mother, with all her delicacy, came to find me in my room. I was lying on the bed, my face hidden in the pillow so that no one could hear my uncontrollable crying, not even a low one.

"He rejected me mother, he said that I was weak, that I wasn't worthy of being the Luna of the pack, that he would surely find a strong Luna to live by his side for the rest of his life and that he was relieved to have seen my weakness before we could make our bond stronger. How could he do that, Mom? How could Alpha ó reject me like that?"

My father, realizing that something was wrong, came into my room, but he didn't say anything to me, he just sat down next to me on the bed, started stroking my back and let me cry. I needed that, the pain in my chest was excruciating, I felt as if Alpha Aiden had let his logo out with his own claws, he had torn my chest open just to have the pleasure of ripping my heart out with his own hands.

"You'll get over it, child, if Alpha Aiden didn't want someone as wonderful as you, that means he's the one in the wrong for not accepting the destiny set by the moon goddess, you'll find someone wonderful along the way, even if they're not your destiny, just as happened to me and your father".

They weren't the pair chosen by the moon goddess, but a tragedy brought them together and I was grateful for that. In the midst of the pain of having lost their wolves and pairs in an accident, they found happiness. Incredibly, that gave me strength, yes, I had been rejected, but I could still be happy and I would fight to make it happen, I deserved happiness and it simply didn't depend on Aiden.