Cruel Fate: Enslaving The Lycan Princess.

HAZEL In the werewolf world, for a daughter of Lycan parents like me, it was only natural to be swarmed by many men looking to court me. But instead, it was the other way around. Making my position in the pack to feel like more of a curse than blessing. Especially since I had been betrothed against my will right from birth, with the full knowledge of almost every pack both far and wide. I was like a reserved toy, kept away for later use, and only a man looking towards a fast death would as much as blink in my way. Not even my fated mate. When I crossed paths with him, I thought it was fate, and that I was going to finally have my escape from an arranged marriage set up for me, which I didn’t want. But just like everybody else, knowing I was already engaged to some unknown man, he didn’t want me. He was hell bent on rejecting me but I refused, wanting him to give me a chance. A chance in which against his will, he uncontrollably fell head over heels for me. Soon, we began to dream of a future together. He promised me he would do everything within his capacity to make sure my father broke off my engagement with my betrothed, and accept our union. With all these, I thought he was far too deep in to abandon me later on but now it seems all along, I’ve had it wrong. I might have been able to convince him before but he could no longer overlook the barrier between us; our entirely different castes, and my bond with another man. So, I…I was getting dumped. “What do you mean you’re rejecting me? I’m pregnant. You got me pregnant, Logan. Do you have any idea what you’re saying right now?” I jerked backward at once, my pulse pounding in my ears as I struggled to meet my mate’s eyes. He wouldn’t look at me. He seemed to be torn. Scared and afraid if he so much as looked in my way, he’d be forced to take back his words. But that was exactly what I wanted. I needed him to come back to his senses and realize that he was about to commit a fatal mistake. Not only have I just fled from my parents’ home, to start living together with him somewhere faraway like we planned, but we are going to have our first child. He’s going to become a father. He knows what that means, doesn’t he? “I know it came off as a shock to you, but I mean it, Hazel. I’m rejecting you, and as for the baby, you and I know we never planned on having one together,” He sighed, before abruptly pushing past me, headed towards the barn’s exit. “You should abort it, start a new life. One without me in it.” The finality in his voice was so startling that my heart stills. Just for a moment before my nails dug in my palm, my jaw shaking with fury. “How do you expect me to start afresh? I don’t have a home to go to anymore. My parents disowned me because of you, Logan. And like it couldn’t be worse, you’re not only walking out of my life, you’re leaving me with a baby,” My voice, raw with betrayal, rose, echoing loud enough to stop him in his tracks. “This isn’t the life you promised me. This wasn’t how you told me we’d end up, and you know that.” I managed, as he turned back around, a cruel coldness I had never seen before in his eyes. Those eyes, a pair of ocean blue I had grown fond of, which was now devoid of any warmth. “You’re old enough to know nothing in this life is certain, or lasts forever. Same thing with what we had,” He hissed through his teeth, his face darkening as rage surged through him. “Your parents are Lycans, and me? I’m just a nameless omega. We were bound to fall apart eventually.” He finished, his voice full of disdain gradually growing intense, and further shattering the remaining pieces of my heart. We have only been together for three months, but it felt like a hundred years. During those times, I submitted myself to him. I never made him feel less of himself while with me. Instead, I stayed by his side, both through thick and thin. He was the man I sneak out of the house every night to be with, and willingly take my punishment the next day when caught. If I wasn’t ready to sacrifice all I had to be with him, would I have stayed? Would I have put myself through all these? Would I have gone to the extent of carrying his baby, knowing I was going to be losing my ties with my family in the process? Tears filling my eyes, I shook my head in denial. “No, we weren’t. This is about you and I. Not my parents, not the pack, and certainly not about what people will say either. You’re simply doing this because you wanted to, Logan. You never wanted to stick around with me. Rather, you wanted to abandon me and throw all our time together away like it meant nothing.” My tone was sharp and echoed loudly in between us as I spoke, throwing my hands in the air in mock surrender. For a second, his gaze softened and he wore a look of guilt that vanished soon after. As he shifted back, sighing into his hands, the atmosphere thickened with tension. One louder than words itself, before his voice finally cut through it. “Hazel, you knew this from the start. You knew I wasn’t right for you. I’m powerless, I don’t have the source to take care of you as much as your parents. I am only going to cause you pain and regret if we go ahead with this—” I was done with his excuses. I raised a hand, interrupting him before he could finish. “No, s…stop. You don’t have to blame it all on your status as an omega. My heart chose you from the start, not because of money or what I think you could offer me but because I loved you. I was willing to leave everything behind for you, but it seems even that won’t be enough to make you stay,” I mumbled, my eyes stinging with tears but I forced them back. “You want our separation, right? Fine. I’m giving you just that.” I straightened up my spine at once and forcing my voice steady, I said the words that caused my heart to break all over again. “I, Hazel Valthorne reject you, Logan Vexlan as my mate and hereby sever our bond.” My voice trembled slightly as I declared, a wave of pain washing over me. I couldn’t look into his eyes anymore. I stood there on the same spot, my knees threatening to buckle as I waited for our bond to snap. When it finally did, I spun on my heels quickly, my hand clutching my little baby bump. Like I expected, the pain was instant. I was supposed to be on the floor by now, the pain digging into my skin but while I am still here, I needed to take control. After all, I rejected him first before he could. Breaking down in front of him will not only make him see how much of an effect he had on me, but in his eyes, also make me seem pathetic. So, until I am out of here, I needed to withstand this. I reached the door. However, before I could turn the knob, the door burst open with a loud bang, knocking me aside. “Oh my goodness. I have been looking everywhere for you, baby.” I froze on the ground where I had fallen, my face turning pale. It’s Mira. My best friend. For a moment, she stood at the doorway, panting heavily and then before I knew it, she ran into Logan’s arm. His lips curled into a bright smile, he wrapped his arms around her, clutching her tightly to himself as though he’d just found his long lost lover. My heart sank. “Don’t tell me you both have been seeing each other behind my back? S…she was the reason why you wanted to reject me, wasn't it?” My voice boomed out loud, the horrifying view before me hitting like a slap. They were close to kissing but froze, as if just realizing there was a third party in the room with them— me. “Seriously, Logan? You still haven’t sent her away?” Mira’s face twisted into disgust as she faced me. Hearing that, the world spun, crashing down at my feet as I struggled to process this realization. This had been it. All the time I had spent with him was all in vain. He never truly had his eyes on me, but on Mira. Looking back now, I wondered how I had failed to notice it. But she was my best friend, the only one I trusted enough to introduce to my mate. Yet I would be lying if I said I never caught that long stare Logan often gave her, or the way his dull eyes would lit up as Mira jumped over my window after me, just when he thought she wasn’t going to show up. The thing was, I had so much trust in them to not betray me that I just couldn’t bring myself to consider it. “Like the gentleman I am, I was going to let her walk out of here on her own, but it seems I’ll have to take action now.” Logan hissed through his teeth, his eyes piercing into mine and then he began to move closer. That expression on his face was enough to tell me he was going to do more than just throw me out, and that caused something inside me to snap. “If even one of your fingers touches me, I won’t just stop at locking you up. I’ll make sure the whole pack knows you committed the abomination of denying a pregnancy. And don’t forget, it’s not just that. You’ve been sleeping with my so-called friend behind my back too,” I called out, my eyes blazing with rage. “You are a cheater and you will be stoned in the public eye.” My hands clenched by my side, I rose up swiftly, determined. Shocked and not expecting my outburst, Logan’s gaze darkened while Mira stiffened. But I already turned, prepared to storm out of the door when his raspy voice, that sounded like he was up to no good, resounded in the air. “Are you sure about that?” Five words. Those five words were all I heard before a force slammed into my head from behind. In an instant, the air hitched in my lungs. A load of pain shot through me as my body gave out, and I hit the floor, dropping dead. Not only had I been disowned, I was betrayed. Killed by the man I broke every rule for and gave my heart away to. W…was this how I was fated to end?