Chapter 3
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Chapter Three
“Wait.”
The word slipped out before Rumi could stop it.
Silence fell again.
Every eye turned to her and she immediately wished she could disappear but it was too late.
She was desperate.
The Alpha’s gaze snapped back to her, colder than before.
“What is it?” he asked.
Rumi swallowed hard, her hands trembling.
The bond still pulsed—weak now, unstable, but still there. Still real.
“Please…” she said desperately, her voice barely audible. “Just… check again…”
A dangerous edge crept into his expression.
“You are asking me,” he said slowly, “to question my judgment?”
“No—I just—”
“Enough!”
The word cracked like thunder making her flinch.
“You are an Omega,” he continued, his voice rising. “You have no wolf, no status, no value to this pack beyond basic labor.”
Each word lashing out at her deeper than the last.
“And you think,” he went on, his eyes narrowing, “that you could be my mate?”
The pack members laughed as tears fell down Rumi’s face, she’d never felt so humiliated her entire life.
Her vision blurred. “I didn’t choose this,” she whispered.
“Exactly,” he said coldly. “Which is why I am going to correct it now.”
Her heart stopped. Someone in the pack gasped loudly.
“From this moment on,” he declared, his voice echoing across the courtyard,
“no, no, please!”
“I reject you.”
The words slammed into her like a truck and the bond snapped.
Pain like she’d never felt before exploded through her chest down her entire body.
Rumi screamed and screamed…and screamed some more. It was the most awful sound ever.
It felt like something inside her was being ripped apart—torn out, piece by piece.
She collapsed onto the ground again, gasping, shaking violently.
The pack watched but no one moved to help her.
Madeline smirked.
Rumi didn’t remember how long she lay there.
Time blurred into pain, Into emptiness.
By the time she became aware again, the courtyard was nearly empty only a few guards remained.
“Get up.”
Rough hands yanked her to her feet. She swayed, barely conscious.
“Orders from the Alpha,” one of them said. “You’re to be removed from pack territory immediately.”
Removed? The word echoed hollowly.
“Please…” she croaked. “I have nowhere to go…” she’d die out there with no pack and no support. Omegas never survive without a pack.
“Not our problem.”
They dragged her toward the border. Each step felt heavier than the last.
Her body was weak.
Her chest still ached where the bond had been.
Now it was gone; completely gone like it had never existed.
By the time they reached the forest edge, the sun was setting and darkness stretched ahead cold and endless.
“Stay out,” one guard warned, shoving her forward. “If you come back, you’ll be killed.”
Rumi stumbled, falling to her knees. The guards turned and left without another word.
Just like that—She was alone.
The forest was silent. Too silent for her liking. Rumi curled into herself, shivering as the cold seeped into her bones.
She didn’t cry. She couldn’t.
There was nothing left inside her. That feeling of hopelessness weighing down on her like she carried the weight of the entire world on her shoulders.
“I didn’t choose this…” she whispered weakly.
The voice sounded hollow now.
The bond was gone. He had truly rejected her and she was coming to terms with it.
Her vision darkened, he
r body gave out as Rumi collapsed onto the forest floor.
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