Rejected, Mute and Completely Broken

Chapter 3: You are my mate?

Lana P.O.V

I sat back on my cot, contemplating everything that has happened. How my brothers spoke to me, that was the thing that had managed to hurt me the most. I could never really understand how someone as intelligent as they were supposed to be, could even think of me like that ... my own brothers? I just shook my head and looked over at the little picture that stood on my bedside table. I looked at the picture where my mother held a small bundle of joy, which was me when I was born. My father had three little toddlers all over him. My mother always said my brothers were the busy ones when we were younger.

A knock on the door distracted me from my thoughts. I snapped my head toward the door, internally hoping that whoever was on the other side of that door, would maybe think that I wasn't in here, and that I was elsewhere cleaning up or something. However, my wishes soon fell flat as the knocking continued on. "Come on, Lana! I know you are in there! I saw you come in! Please, open up?" Carla begged from the other side. The way I knew Carla, she wouldn't leave until I opened up for her.

Sighing, I stood up, walking over to the door and opened it up. "Sorry, I was just spaced out ... what's up?" I asked her, internally hoping that she wouldn't want to stay too long. Carla just looked past me, before she gently nudged me off to the side and walked into my room.

"Look, I know you had a rough day and I heard how you brothers treated you. Don't worry they are just jerks with a title! That's all there is to it!" Carla said as she sat down on the bed. It was only then that I noticed there was a box in her hand. I looked at her quizzingly, before looking back at the box and then back at her. Carla seemed to have noticed what it was that I was looking at. She just laughed and shook her head.

"Right! The real reason why I came here! Since the Alphas ceremony is tomorrow and all the ladies already chose their dresses, I didn't want to see you end up having to wear nothing. So, I brought a little something for you! I really do hope you will like it! I think we might have the same build and all of that ... but, here you go!" Carla said as she opened the box and took out the most beautiful red dress that I have ever seen. I just stared at the dress in her hands, unable to comprehend what was actually happening.

"Come on now, are you just going to stand there and stare at the dress or are we going to try it on?!" Carla shouted excitedly. I just nodded my head, still completely at a loss for words as I closed my door and walked over to her, taking the dress in my hands. I just softly held it, scared that I might even tear it or something like that and then the whole dress would be completely ruined.

I always dreamt of the day when my brothers would take over from my father as Alphas of the pack. I always dreamt of my mother being the one to hand me the dress and help me fit it. All of the memories of my parents came flooding back into my mind and I almost hurled from all the hurt and pain that I felt. The hurt and pain was soon replaced by pure rage as I thought of the way my brothers treated me.

"Lana?" Carla said in a concerned tone as jy touched my arm. "I'm fine, really, you don't have to worry! Just give me a few minutes to get changed ... do you mind?" I asked Carla as I gestured for her to turn around so I could take my clothes off and slip into the dress. Carla just nodded her head, although her face spoke thousands of different words, she reluctantly turned around and stared ahead of her as I took off my top.

I looked down at my watch and saw that I only had ten minutes of my break left before I had to get dinner prepared. I needed to make sure I was well on time before I got another beating from my brothers. Shoving those thoughts aside, I zipped the back of the dress and cleared my throat, signaling for Carla that she could turn around again. As soon as she saw me in the dress, it was like her face lit up like all the Christmas lights once they were put up on the first of December.

"Oh ... my ...goddess!! Lana! You look insane! Oh, my word!! I am so incredibly jealous! If your mate is at the ceremony, they will definitely be weak in the knees!" Carla exclaimed loudly. I quickly flung myself at her and placed my hand over her mouth. "Quiet down! Will you? If anyone hears that there is any form of happiness coming from this room, I would definitely have to pay for it!" I said to Carla in a hushed tone.

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"Come on, slut! Make sure that everything is perfect! At least try and get something right for once in your life!" Jesse shouted as he walked down the hall, inspecting each and every flower arrangement that I had to make for the ceremony. I knew Jesse was nervous when members of different packs came to our packlands. He hasn't found his mate yet, so he always thought that the next meeting would be the one where he would find his mate. I stared down at my feet. I hated that he knew exactly which day of the year it was for me. It was my birthday today, I was finally eighteen and ready to meet my mate.

I, too, was nervous for the arrival of various members from different packs, I haven't picked up on the scent of a mate yet, so I was confident that just maybe, just maybe the Moongoddess would for once let things play out in my favor and send me my mate tonight. He would rescue me and take me away from this awful reality that was my life.

It was finally time for the visiting alphas to arrive. I did as I was told, and went back to my room until everyone was welcomed. I sat on my cot, not being able to shake the uneasiness inside of me. Maybe tonight I would most definitely meet my mate. I shook all of the exictedness off and started getting dressed and ready for the ceremony.

I stood all the way at the back when the ceremony started. Nothing stood out in particular. I watched as the elders started the alphas ceremony. I looked at the crowd in front of me, espesially where all the visiting members sat. No one seemed to have stood out. I saw every pack member take a bow and I immediately knew that was when Jesse, Marco and Cole were officially crowned as the Alphas of the pack. That was when the most incredible scent hit me, I looked around and saw my Jesse and Cole walk in my direction along with their new beta, Justin Morrett. It didn't take me too long to realize that Justin was my mate, and by the look on his face, he knew it too.

How on earth could this even be possible? He was best friends with my brothers and now we were mated together? I walked up to my brothers, meeting them halfway. Jesse seemed to have noticed what was going on, but before he could say anything, Justin slapped me hard across the face, making me fall down to the ground.

"I, Justin Morrett, reject you, Lana Decker, as my mate and the future beta female of this pack!" Justin said in pure disgust Jesse just looked stunned for a moment before he glared at me, You are a disgrace to all kinds of wolves and the supernatural world. You are lucky that I am even considering keeping you as our housekeeper!" Jesse yelled in pure disgust in front of everyone who was at the party. I just stared at him, he could not be serious. Yes ... I wasn't overly excited about the fact that my brother's beta and best friend was my mate, but surely the Moongoddess had a plan with all of this?