Rejected by Fated Mate

Chapter 2

Rejected mate

Emery

“What are you doing?” She asked , pushing me to the corner. That was my cousin Celeste. She hated me and bullied me even when I did nothing to her, and I had never done anything to her.

I was grooming myself in the room, and she came in. Sometimes I wondered whether the condition of our lives at the moment never bothered her. We were both working hard in this palace and she didn’t seem to bother about it.

I was the only one who thought day to day about escaping from this place. Well as for me , I wasn’t bothered about her or any person else anymore. I just wanted to see my fated mate, and run away with him far away from here. Celeste’s bullying was the smallest thing I was facing right now.

However, she didn’t see it the same way as she asked again. “ What are you doing?”

“ Does our condition not seem to bother you Celeste?” I ask her. “ We work ourselves out all the time, and you still have the strength to create issues every single day” I add. “We have to get ready, the mating ceremony is at hand and if we don’t get ready we might find ourselves staying here till the next ceremony is held” I concluded and she burst into a mocking fit of laughter.

“So, you think, you’ll get a mate ?” She asks me ridiculously.” I do not seem to think the same. You better start getting ready to remain here, so you don’t get seriously disappointed!” She said to me and her words stung.

Tears dripped down my eyes as she walked away, and I wondered what I did to deserve all of that. I would still prepare for the ceremony. I would get a mate, I was sure of that. The mating ceremony was barely a day to go, and all the maiden’s were so excited.

I had already picked out what I was going to wear. A beautiful red silk dress of the finest material. I went back to my wardrobe to admire it once again, but help! My dress was nowhere to be found!

Who could have done this ? I was very sure I kept that dress there. I was a hundred percent sure, and I knew this must be the plan of someone who hated me . Seeing that I was disliked by a lot of people in the palace, I knew it was going to be a wild guess.

Could it be Celeste? Or could it be one of these maidens who stole it from me ? What was I going to do? The ceremony was barely hours away!

Oh moon goddess! I scrambled around everywhere, looking for it as I also asked the maidens around. Some ignored me , and others burst into laughter as they called me stupid.

“The event is tomorrow and you’re looking for your dress?” One asked me coldly, and the rest of them laughed loudly.

I went back to my corner, sitting and crying. My eyes were gradually swelling up, and I told myself I needed to stop, else I would look worse from every angle.

Every other thing I had to wear didn’t look good , and I really hoped that my mate would love me the way I was going to appear. I didn’t know what else to do.

I cry myself to sleep and when I awake the next morning, it is the day of the ceremony. I was supposed to wash my hair the night before, but I was too busy crying myself to sleep that I didn’t even recall to do that.

I had very heavy hair, and I had to choose between being late for the ceremony, carrying a bad styled hair or dirty hair to the ceremony.

The baths are free as everyone is almost ready. I didn’t wash my hair anymore as our quarters was quickly emptying. I rushed and put on one of my casual dress, and drew my hair up into a ponytail.

I walked out into the hall, and they had already sat according to the packs. My eyes fall upon Celeste, and she is wearing my very red dress!

I immediately confront her and we cause a scene. A guard separates the quarrel, and I am sent to a corner of the hall for my misbehavior.

Why did it have to be me ? She stole my dress and she’s allowed to sit pretty while I’m looked upon as the bad person. I knew the Alpha would teach me a serious lesson after this, but I was still seething in anger .

The main point of the ceremony came in, and I saw my mate. He was fated to the first born of my family in the pack, and that was me. However, a fated mate had the right to reject anyone he is assigned to , and things weren’t looking good in my favor.

When I was called forward, he took a long hard look at me and rejected me. His name was Damian, and he was the prince of the Crystal moon pack, and the first son of his father.

“You look dirty and not fit to be a Luna “ He said harshly, and the spectators burst into laughter. I can’t mate with someone who looks like a swine! I would gladly take your cousin over you”, he said, pointing to Celeste smiling in my red dress.

Everyone is laughing at me now. I turn around quickly, and run out of the hall, tears streaming down my eyes, nothing stopping them.

I can hear shouts of joy and as I look behind, Celeste is in his arms. She is smiling, and I can’t seem to see anymore. The tears blurred my sight, and I can only think of looking for a way to take this pain away.

I went back to the quarters and changed into something simple. I headed to the bar. I would drink my sorrows away!