The Luna In-between the Twins

Chapter 3 Rejection

Roni's P.O.V

Doctor James was telling me that my concussion put me in a coma for 3 days and the only reason I woke up was because of my mate; Dylan. "You're very lucky that your mate found you when he did or you'd still be asleep, Ms.Roni" "Your good to check out this afternoon. Just let the nurse know where you will be staying for your time here so I can periodically come check on you." James said before Dylan quickly replied "She'll be staying with me Doc..." as Madie growled. "No, she will be staying with us. She doesn't even know who you are '' James intervenes. "I think it's a great idea that she is with her mate. It will only help her healing process," James says as Madie rolls her eyes. "Madie, if it's best for me, I think I should go with him. I don't think he will hurt me. I mean we are mates after all" I said to her reassuringly with a smile. "You better call me if you ever want to leave. And Dylan, you better not try anything with her or you'll be answering to me" Madie says, trying to be tough. I giggled at her.

An hour later, I was released from the hospital. Dylan is being very sweet to me and looking after me very carefully. "You are sure that you don't want me to carry you to the car. You are still healing after all" he says to me. "No, I got it but thank you", I say with a smile. How did I get so lucky to have him as a mate? I thought to myself. We walked to the car slowly as Madie and Max loaded up the car with my belongings. "We saved as much as we could. But once you are well enough we can go to the mall and get some stuff" Madie said, winking at me. I can feel my face getting red and giggling because I know what she means by some stuff. Dylan looks at me confused. "What stuff?" he replies. I look at him with embarrassment on my face. "Ohh...ummm... you'll find out later" as he rolls his eyes at me "I guess" he says, helping me into the car and closes my door softly.

He gets in on the driver's side and starts to drive back to the pack house. As we drive, he slowly puts his hand on my thigh. I start to melt on the inside as I want his hand to go up, but he keeps it there rubbing my thigh ever so softly. I'm turned on by his touch, which makes me want more, but I'm scared because I've never been touched by anyone before. Dylan looks at me and grins "Does my baby want more?" I shake my head, agreeing as he bites his lips. "When your ready baby doll" as he grips my thigh a bit harder.

We pull up to this castle like a pack house and I'm speechless. "This will be our home baby doll," Dylan whispers in my ear. He gets out his side of the car to come open my door. As I get out. I got light headed. Before I could fall to the ground, I was caught by Dylan and his masculine arms. "Well, it looks like I'm going to carry you after all", he says as he picks me up bridal style, smiling at me. I lay my head on his shoulder, looking into his eyes. His eyes are soft blue and feel like home. He walks up the stairs to his room. Well, now our room, since we are mates. He lays me on the bed propping me up as I hear my wolf through our mind-link "Mate" . Before I know it, I'm pulling Dylan on top of me, looking into his eyes and kissing him.

Dylan's P.O.V

It's like instinct I caught Roni before she could fall. I carried her up 4 flights of stairs to our room. Zach is going crazy in my head. "I want to make her mine" he says through our mind-link. "We will when the time is right. Doc said no extreme exercise for a couple of days" I said, before he whined at me. Once we get to our room, I lay her down gently on our bed. As I was about to walk away. Roni pulls me on top of her and starts to kiss me. Things are getting hot and heavy between us before I stop. "We can't. It's too soon after the accident. In a couple of days, we can have our mating ceremony with all your friends and family to make our bond official baby doll", I say to her out of breath. "I haven't been with anyone before", She says to me seductively. I bite my lip and moaned. "Maybe you could give me a taste of what I have to look forward to then," she said.

As the front of my pants gets tight, then there comes a knock on the door that makes me jump off the bed. "Yes" I say as I readjust myself. Doctor James walks in with a concerning look on his face. "Don't worry Doc. We weren't doing it..." I say before he interrupts me. "No. That's not what I came to talk about... But I did come check if Roni got settled in okay," he says with a worried look. "What is it then? I was about to take Roni to the bathroom and draw a bath for her." "That's fine. I'll sit out here and wait for you. We have something to discuss and it cannot wait", James says to me. I looked at him and shook my head in approval. I pick up Roni up in bridal style and carry her to the bathroom.

She was amazed at how big the bathroom was, but looked more excited about the tub. The tub was a white tub that was huge, almost like a decent-sized hot tub for multiple people. I run some hot water with bubbles for her. I lit some candles to set the mood as she got undressed behind me. I try to get a sneak peak till she giggles and says "Nope you can't see me yet. We might be mates but you have to wait to see." "Ugg but baby doll" I whimpered at her. "No buts. I'll be fine now. Go see what Doctor James wants. We have plenty of time to see one another naked", she demands, and for some reason I can't control myself but do as she tells me to do.

I process to leave the bathroom wondering. How did she just command me? Don't I outrank her? I'm all confused trying to wrap my head around it when James makes a muffled sound to get my attention. "She can't hear us? Can she?" I shook my head no to him.

"Okay, I got some questions for you then." He starts asking about my s****l activites and who I have been active with. "Some of the pack whores from the brothel; the one on the outskirts of town. But now that I've found Roni, I won't have any connections with them. I don't want her finding out about my past with other women because it will destroy her", I say in a sotto voice for only James to hear. "Well, as you know, my wife Mary is our pack OBGYN", he says, looking at me. "Okay and why does that bring you here then. Roni's not pregnant. At least not yet. She hasn't been with anyone before." I looked at him with much confusion. "Well, how long have you been active with Amanda?" A shocked look came across my face; when he mentioned Amanda, "Since her mate was killed by rogues why? She can't get pregnant, she's just a pack w***e", I said to him in a confused tone. "But she had a mate. She did not get rejected; they completed the bond, so she still can and is pregnant. From what she told me, she's only involved with you since her mate, especially three nights ago with Becky''

I could tell by his voice that he was serious. I stood there emotionless as Roni came out of the bathroom, looking like her heart had just been ripped out of her chest. "You've been with multiple girls, and even after you found me as your mate" she said with tears running down her face. I go to comfort her and she yells at me in a deep voice that shakes the room "NO. DON'T COME NEAR ME. YOU ARE HAVING A KID WITH SOMEONE ELSE." It hurts me to see her in so much pain. Pain that I have caused her. "I need you to leave me alone" I can hear the broken tone in her voice as she leaves. I try to go after her when James grabs my arm. "Let her calm down. She's still healing from the accident". I sigh, knowing he is right. I should have been honest with her, now I don't know where this leaves us.

Roni's P.O.V

After I overheard James and Dylan's conversation through the bathroom door. There was a great pain in my chest of heartbreak. I know we just met, but how could he not tell me I wouldn't be his first. What if I don't please him like the girls he has been with in the past? And he has a kid on the way. What does that mean for him and me? Will he reject me? I thought I could truly be happy again. I finally came out of the bathroom crying and I yelled at him and told him to leave me alone. I ran out the room wiping my face with my hands. Barely being able to see with as much crying as I had done, I bumped into one of the servants. Owf "I'm sorry miss", this girl who couldn't have been older than me said. "You're fine, it was my fault. Do you know where I could find Madison; Beta Max's Wife?" I eagerly asked as I wiped the tears from my face. "Madie might be at the pup daycare. She usually spends her free time volunteering there. If you want, I can take you" she smiles at me. "Sure. Thank you... what's your name?" I questioned. "Raven Miss." She bowed her head at me as I shook my head. No. "Please don't do that, Raven. It's not necessary to do that." She picks up her head and looks at me with an approving look.

I follow Raven to the pup daycare quickly. I need my best friend. Once we reach the daycare, we see kids running around playing and laughing with one another. It brings a smile to my face; then I hear a whine in my head. "I want pup's" Tiff says through our mind-link. Since we found our mate, that's all she thinks about. As she whines, I look for Madie; then I spot her. In her arms is a little boy with big brown eyes with dark brown hair. That must be her son Sam.

Since Madie left I've been so jealous of her. Her life was so perfect with a man who adored her and a beautiful little baby. As long as I can remember, her and I used to talk about what we were going to be like when we had our own family. As we got older, we were always curious about what our s*x life would be like. Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy for her, but I'm still jealous. I mean f**k, Dylan had already started a family that didn't include me. How am I supposed to tell her that he has a kid with someone else, if she didn't know already?

As I think about everything, my emotions get the best of me. Madie looks up and sees me bawling my eyes out. Before she could run to me, she handed Sam off to another volunteer. "Roni...What's wrong?" she starts to say as she pulls me in her arms to comfort me. She can't tell from how puffy my eyes are that I've been crying for some time. We just sat there as I cried into her chest; letting out all my emotions before I could try and tell her what happened. I pull away from her and look at her as she wipes my tears away. I could feel my stomach turning inside out before I got the courage to spit out "It's Dylan... he has a baby on the way with some girl, Amanda..." I started to cry again before she blurts out "That f*****g w***e never knows when to keep her legs closed..." with rage. Before another word is said, she mind-links the volunteer that has Sam and tells her Max will pick him up. Then she took my hand and ran back to her house.

Once we arrive, she sits me down on the couch and hurries to the kitchen. When she comes back, she has two wine glasses and a bottle of red wine. I scowled at her "We are going to need something stronger than that" . She quickly turned around to the kitchen and took out two whiskey glasses and a bottle of Jack Daniels. "Now tell me what happened. Before I go and tear his head off" as she pours the whiskey in our glasses. We sat there drinking glass after glass, talking for hours about everything that happened between Dylan and I. Based on her body language I could tell she was furious. "I'm afraid he's going to reject me now that he has his own family. What can I give him that she hasn't given him already? He doesn't really seem like he cares about me." Madie stumbles up but eventually is able to stand up."f**k him. If he can't see that, amazing. Then f**k him. Reject him before he rejects you. You deserve better" she slurred her words. Her words echo in my head; Reject him; over and over in my head.

To the point my head is hurting because Tiff is whining about the thought of rejecting our mate. But it could save me so much heartache. But now I know what I must do. I got up, tripped over nothing and knocked Madie down with me. We start to giggle at each other till the front door starts to open. We stopped to look and see who it was. "Sweetheart. Sam and I are...." he starts to say till he looks over and sees the empty bottle of Jack Daniels on the table and looks over the couch to see us lying on the floor. He sighs at us and we just burst out laughing. "I'm going to lay down Sam, then come get you girls and bring you upstairs. Roni, you're staying here tonight with Madie in our room, so you two can sober up." Max carries us upstairs one at a time. He tucks us into bed and shakes his head at us. "You two are a handful. There's glasses of water next to you with some Ibuprofen for that wicked hang over you will have in the morning. I'll be on the couch if you need me." As he walked out the door he looked back at us. "Please don't throw up in the bed. Please". We give him an assuring nod before we close our eyes and drift to sleep.

The next morning, we are woken up to the smell of bacon, eggs and waffles. We looked at each other and jumped out of bed. Madie throws me a black tank top and some leggings. And she throws her clothes off and grabs one of Max's shirts off the ground. She sniffs it. "Smells clean..ish" she throws it on and we run downstairs. Following the smell of food, that leads us to the kitchen. To find Max in a pink apron cooking breakfast with Sam in his highchair. He looks at us and smiles, pulling out two plates for us and putting food on them for us. We look at the plates and in unison say "Thank you Max". We sit there and eat our breakfast with the boys. As we finish our food, Madie gets up and picks up Sam from his highchair. She started walking towards me. Then I realized what she was trying to do. "Oh no. I can't. What if I break him or drop him?" I said, panicking. They both laugh at me before Madie tells me that I'll be fine and hands Sam to me. I looked back at her scared out of my mind as she gave me a reassuring smile. "He's your godson. You'll have to hold him at some point". Sam is looking up, smiling at me, drifting back to sleep. At that moment, I realized that I might want to have kids in the future.

"I know what I have to do" I said with confidence as I handed Sam to his mom. I must reject Dylan before he can reject me. I've heard rejection could really do damage if not kill the one who is rejected. I'm not strong enough to handle that kind of pain. I'm so scared of being hurt. I take a deep breath and start to say "I Roni Ann Moon...." before Madie stops me. "Are you sure you want to do this?" She says, looking deep into my eyes to see if there's any doubt. "Wait what's going on" Max said concerningly. "Yes I am sure. If I don't do it now, he will do it for me.... I Roni Ann Moon of the Silver Moon pack. Reject you, Dylan of the Dark Moon Pack as my mate." After I finish my rejection, a slight pain takes over my chest as Tiff begins to howl in my head. I know it will hurt us, but it's the right thing to do before he does it to us. At least we have a chance to find our second chance mate once Dylan accepts our rejection.

Madie and Max have a shocked look on their faces trying to take in that I just did that. Madie takes my hand and says "Let's get ready". "For what?" I say to her with confusion. She starts to jump up and down before she screams out in excitement "To go out tonight, then tomorrow we will shop at the mall. We got to get you looking good to show you off" as she grabs my hand and we start heading up stairs with Sam. Before Max could yell at us with concern, "Hey I got to go. Alpha called a meeting. Something happened. You girls have fun. I'll see you later." He runs out the door and shifts in to his wolf Darrius, and takes off.