The Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 7

Silver's POV

I get changed into my most desirable outfit ready for dinner with the one who chose me when everyone rejected me. I try on my blue velvet dress and I don’t like how this looks on me, but it’s a good pick, I decide to try on another, and just as I am playing dress up, a young girl storms into my room, she is polite I think so….

"Good evening ma'am she greeted, my name is Jane and I am your maid"

I stare at her, my face void of expression, I have barely spent a whole day here and yet Alpha Lucian has been putting me in suspense with each passing second. The thought of him keeps my mind busy and my heart racing, I’m blushing ear to ear before dragging myself out of my fantasy and into my reality. In reality, I am nobody, just cursed and wolf-less

*sighs*

How may I help you, Jane? She was already out the door, my eyes began to wander and my mind troubled.

Interrupting my troubled mind, came Jane with a wardrobe of the most fine-looking clothes I have set my eyes on. My Jaw drops and I gasp in awe. Jane, W-who is this for? Why is this in my room? I question, my eyes widening and my ears waiting for answers. N- No, I can’t accept any gift from the devil's son, I try to say that in my head, he is called that nickname far and wide as you know ALPHA Alpha Devon is his father, he earned the double Alpha title as a result of his ruthlessness and that same mantle, he passed down to Lucian. I recognize that I did say that out loud when Jane softly says, you can’t refuse a gift from Alpha Lucian, her voice shaky, in the lowest tone possible, and her head down. Those words rang in my head more like a threat than what y’all call good gestures. Jane, ignoring me, quickly sets up a warm bath for me.

Quietly, I walk into the bathroom following her, I get into the bathtub and all my nerves are calmed, I forget totally about every misfortune for just a split second, I certainly don't want to forget this feeling of being free.but, as usual, my happy moment came crashing down the moment I closed my eyes and I'm taken back to Alpha Damien’s Palace, the scene was real and it hurt so bad like a silver blade piercing through my fragile heart, everything that happened played over and over again, each scene resembling the other and even more hurtful, I'm trying to erase this memory, this can’t be my fate..

"I Alpha Damien Karston reject you as my mate". Tears slowly stream down my face, will I ever be able to move past this hurt? Their faces flashed in my face, and I could see Tiffany smirking and eyeing me coldly, there is never going to be Joy for me, This rejection was the height of my constant humiliation, one would think I was already used to it, but no, the pain is different every time.

Nevertheless, I'm going to salvage the good time I have left with the devil's son until he is ready to enslave me. I can say in the end I have experienced a good life, my face lightens up and I catch myself in the mirror smiling. I begin to feel joy deep down my heart. Maybe, just maybe the rejection was worth it, I mean how would I ever experience this if I wasn’t publicly humiliated, sometimes rejection is good.

I quickly hurry through the bath. With the tingling in my soul, Jane and the others have been busy arranging and picking an outfit for me, my blue velvet was discarded just within a blink of my eyes. But it’s a beautiful dress, I echo. Jane gives me a deadly look. "This is crazy I must confess". I shake my head, ignoring her.

I decided I would go simple as I still wanted Alpha Lucian to understand that I still see myself as a slave and nothing more and I’m not about to take this for granted, after all, I am weak and useless as Damien will remind me every second. I go for a simple pink dress, ignoring Jane’s effort. She wears a scornful expression on her face which tells me she's displeased, but she will never understand. I don’t expect her to.

I held my hair in two messy buns at each side and did very light makeup, but Jane and the other girl wouldn’t let me, they took over from me almost immediately, she was powdering my face and Jane was busy perming my hair, I wasn’t ready to get on anyone’s bad book, I allowed them to do it.

This is my first meeting with the Devil's son since he brought me here. I let out a soft chuckle at the thought of being all alone with Lucian. I am ready for dinner, I walk out of my room hurriedly without taking a second glance, I notice Jane staring, I compose myself and slow down my pace.

As I walked down the hall, I could smell Lucian everywhere, I only had one encounter with him and my mind had been blown away, I couldn’t stop imagining his hands on me, his sturdy voice in my ears ordering me to take off my clothes and I shut my eyes. How romantic that would be to be close to his beating heart, his eyes fixed on me like nothing else in the world matters, softly kissing my lips, I press my fingers hard on my lip. That’ll forever end in my imaginations. I smirk , recognizing my environment.

o-oh my!

I hope I didn’t make a fool of myself, in front of the maids, I hated calling them that. As we approached the dining room, I noticed two other girls whom I had not seen, run up to Jane, whispering in her ears, I could tell something was wrong, it didn’t quite sit well with Jane. I may not have wolfed out yet but my instincts are one of my strongest weapons.

The maids walk away hastily, Jane looks at me and forces a smile, her eyes relaxed, which gives me a warm sensation and I relax my thoughts as well. We continue walking in silence and quickly Jane interrupts the serenity of the air, I’m sorry Silver, Alpha Lucian was beckoned upon by his dad and sent to survey an ongoing mission, it is a crucial role as he is his father’s personal…... my eyes widen, waiting earnestly for her sentence to be completed.

She looked away, ignoring her pause. She concluded I’m really sorry, Silver. It's fine, Jane, it isn’t your fault, maybe some other time, I turn to return to my room. NO, NO, NO, she insisted as we were already here,Lo and behold , I walk into the greatest delight my eyes gazed upon, the dining room was bigger than Alpha Damien’s palace, I gasped in awe at these wonders, the table was made of one of the finest and rarest of woods, the seats were covered in glass and the floor was made of gold. I looked around enjoying every bit of beauty it had to give.

Take a seat, she pulls out the chair carefully and I do as she instructed, there is a note lying on the table, and Jane nods her head giving me permission to go ahead and open it. I grab the note, my heart beating heavily like the sound of war drums. I open the note, curious about what information it is about to convey and it read:

“I can go across any distance, any distance tonight

I must do what needs to be done, for the duty and call,

I took an oath, my fortune and future may be blurred,

But this I need to do

whatever happens, promise me, you’ll be by my side, prove that tonight, don’t have dinner without me by your side

Love, Lucian".

I smile uncontrollably folding the paper and holding it to my chest, Love, Lucian? I understand there was a lot of gibberish in this note which I still can’t quite understand, I know I’m not supposed to eat dinner to prove something to him but why the ending note, Love, Lucian, and not something else, I squeeze the note firmly in my hands and let in a deep breath, it was optimally relieving, am I getting in over my head again just like I did before?

I couldn’t blame him for being unable to make it tonight, I remember when Dad would leave during dinner, telling us he had to do an assignment for the Alpha. Drowning in my thoughts, when Jane tapped me lightly on my shoulder, excuse me, Ma, is anything the matter, is something bothering you?

I gave her a lazy smile, "NO" I would love to retire to my room now, if you don’t mind. The shock on Jane’s face gave me the impression that she had no idea what was in the note, I would let you know if I get hungry, but for now, I’ve lost my appetite. Okay, Ma, do I bring it to your room? Jane inquired, I shot out a piercing dagger with my eyes and I guess she understood. I wasn’t used to people being at my beck and call, it irritated me.

I’ll walk you to your room, ma. Thank you, I’d like that.

I get to my room, again in the comfort of my privacy, I get hitched to my bed as quickly as I can, and I keep twirling and rolling over trying to make sense of the note I read earlier, I open and read the note again, and nothing seems to make sense to me. What is Alpha Lucian trying to tell me? Is there an in-depth message hidden in this note? I take my mind off that and focus on something better, Love, Lucian? I think he likes me, what if that’s just how he writes? All these questions, still ringing in my head, I find myself drifting off and easing into dreamland.