The rejected Luna's comeback

Banished.

Freya

I took a deep breath, trying to put my ranging emotions in check, but it was not helping. I wished that I had misheard. I wished that I was even having a nightmare, but no! It was the reality.

'Meet Willow, my chosen mate!'

'Meet Willow, my chosen mate!' I struggled to breathe as my husband's words reverberated in my ears.

" This is a joke, right?" I questioned, gazing deeply into his eyes, searching for the gentleness that usually accompanied his eyes whenever he looked at me.

"No, sweetheart, you heard him right! I am his chosen mate and his new Luna!" Willow opined coyly, and I just wanted to rip her b***chy mouth apart!

" Shut up, you tramp! This is none of your business. " I shot her a disgusted look as I rebuked, and she acted scared, even feigning a flinch just to throw herself into my husband's arms. What a phoney b***ch! I hissed mentally. Willow Bray was a name that I was too familiar with. She was an Alpha daughter from a neighbouring pack. Famously known for her beauty and strength. But she was a mean wolf, acting weak while plotting in the dark. Her tactics were well known to me; we had attended the same college, after all.

" You will not disrespect my Luna like that!" Asher, my husband shouted using his Alpha tone, and I wore a satisfied grin, shooting Willow a dirty look. Did she know how strong a fated mate's bond was? If she was planning on separating us, then she was wrong. We were fated mates.

" Am talking to you, Freya Wells!" My grin froze the moment I heard his next words, though. The several available members of the pack bowed their heads in shame on my behalf; some were even snickering. I could even picture a sick smile on my mother-in-law's face; that old she-wolf had never liked me since I got mated to her son. She always felt like her son was too good for me. I had never been humiliated like that in my entire life.

" Asher? What do you mean? I am your mate, remember? The moon goddess saw us fit to each other! I am your Luna! I am the one that you took to the altar, remember? you promised to be my only for the rest of our lives, remember?" I questioned desperately, as I tried to hold his hands into mine.

" Stay away from me! And let me make this clear to everyone. From today onwards, Freya Wells is no longer this pack's Luna. She is no longer my mate and Luna. " His voice was loud and clear. His handsome face was filled with indifference as he delivered his short speech. A speech that was going to change my fate.

Tears glistened in my eyes as I looked at the once-familiar figure. We had been married for three good years. I had known him for more than twenty years. For the period that we had been married, I had been nothing but a loving, caring, and supportive mate to him. But this? Did our three-year marriage mean anything to him?

" I choose Willow Bray, the Alpha female from the Riverside Pack, as my mate and Luna", Asher caressed Willow's delicate face as he announced, and the entire hall was filled with pin-drop silence, except for my loudly beating heart, of course.

" Asher? I love you. So, what about me? Where does that leave me? your destined mate?" I knew that I was being pathetic. I knew that I was wasting my breath, but I still went ahead and asked, I even kneeled before him, but the heartless prick just kicked me, causing me to fall.

Too scared to lose my baby, my hands went to my belly, shielding my innocent little one from the fall. As I struggled to sit on the cold floor, my heart turned cold when I noticed the intimacy and warmth that was being exchanged by my husband and that Willow. They were too engrossed to notice the shameful and compromising position that I was in.

The Asher before me was like a stranger. The usual tenderness that he usually had whenever he looked at me was being shown to Willow. He was like a stranger with a familiar face.

" I, Asher Banks, the Alpha to this Pack, reject you, Freya Wells, as my mate and Luna to this Pack ." His words cut deep through my heart, and my wolf whimpered in pain. The pain of rejection was too deep for me to bear, and I let out an agonized groan.

"Why?" I asked in between sobs.

" You were never good enough for me. You are too weak to be a Luna to this powerful pack. " His words were laced with disdain as he articulated them. Each word cut deeply through my heart, and a self-mocking smile tacked the corners of my lips.

'Of course, Freya! What did you expect? You were never good enough. You are too weak. Didn't your father tell you that? 'I berated myself mentally, but it was true, though. No matter how hard I worked to prove myself, it was never enough. At 21, I was yet to phase into my wolf. They even said that my wolf was too tiny to shift. I could not even be considered to be an Omega.

'We are not tiny, Reya! We are strong and special! 'My wolf defended, and I just ignored her as I struggled to stand up. I felt like my heart had stopped beating. How could he? I thought he loved me. I thought I was special to him! I must have been deluding.

" Accept the rejection and stop wasting my time, you little imp," Asher shouted, and this time with an Alpha command.

My gaze shifted to the crowd, and my eyes settled on my mother. She was there, witnessing as her daughter was being humiliated. From her posture, I could see that she was crying, like always; next to her stood my father, and he wore a pleased grin on his face, very predictable. He was obviously very pleased with everything that was happening to me.

My eyes settled on Shayna, my best friend. She looked sad and furious, which was to be expected, though. She had already warned me, after all. As I looked at my best friend, her anger-filled face reminded me of three words "I warned you!"

'No!No, Freya! This can't happen to you!' I shouted as I ran my hands through my now messy locks. I wanted my marriage to work. I was even pregnant.

" We are expecting, Asher. You are going to be a father. I had prepared a surprise for you. I did all this for you. Isn't this what you always wanted? To have a baby with me? Let's give our pup a complete family. " For my unborn pup, I begged desperately, even going down on my knees.

I swear, I saw Asher's features softening, but it was like a fragment of my imagination because next, he shot me a dirty look. It was like he was looking down on me.

" Why must you make things hard for yourself? I said I don't love you, so I don't love your pup! Got it? I don't want another weakling like you! You are not even fit to be my slave. " Veins bulged on his forehead as he declared, and the last hopes that I had of giving my pup a complete family were crashed.

What was I even thinking?

" I, Freya Wells, the Luna to this pack, accept your rejection, Alpha Asher Banks. " I used all the strength I had left to accept his rejection.

"I hereby banish you from this pack. " Asher shouted, and my world stopped.