That Crazy Witchcraft

Rejection Aftermath

The pain was horrific. Like someone had stabbed her in the heart with a red hot poker. She could feel her skin sizzle and crackle and yet there were no marks. Not even a slight rash or redness. Her heart felt like it was hammering against her breastbone. She was gasping for breath, feeling like her throat was on fire. Her eyes stung with tears. She had never felt anything like it. Like being whipped with acid dipped chains. She couldn't move. She couldn't speak. She held onto her chest, half expecting to see blood and a gaping hole in her chest but nothing was there. She couldn't imagine anything felt as bad as this.

There were a few members of the pack who had been through rejections and lived to tell the tale. Her Chemistry teacher in school for one. A beautiful woman whose mate was already engaged to a human girl when they met so he rejected Miss Donnelly to be with her. She was dating a human now. She survived. Or the IT technician in her dad's business. Jack Bogan. Man was a genius, and was a real asset to the company. He was loved by all. Thea learnt a lot from him over the years. He helped her to study for her GCSE computer exams and her A Level's. She loved to watch him work. He was the sweetest guy always smiling and had the kindest heart. The only downside was that he was mated to an absolute she devil. A gold digging blonde who didn't want to work and was happy to spend all his money, shopping and lunching. He did marry her, but they only lasted a year. Turns out she was sleeping with every unmated male she could find. So Jack divorced her and rejected her. She now worked in the Pack House laundrette and lived back with her parents. Jack is single and perfectly happy. He was better off after the rejection. Then there was a male that lived across from Thea. He was gay but his mate clearly hadn't come out of the closet...or didn't even know he was in the closet and rejected him. Ezra was now dating a drag queen who Thea adored. He survived and thrived. There were also a few pack warriors who were rejected or did the rejecting for one reason or another and they all seemed to be perfectly happy. Their worlds didn't end because their mating did.

So maybe she would be alright....eventually. It wouldn't be easy. She was supposed to be mated to the next Alpha. She was supposed to be the next Luna. It would be hard to take orders from someone who was meant to take orders from you. But she didn't regret her decision. It was the right thing to do. No matter how much pain she was in.

She looked over to see Greyson was in the same sort of position.

"What did you do?" Greyson gasped through the pain. He was leaning over the island, with one hand gripping on to support him and the other holding onto his chest. "You stupid little bitch. What did you do?"

"What was right. You don't like me and I can't stand you. At least this way we can move on." Thea hissed.

"You were not supposed to accept the rejection you fucking fool!" Greyson snapped.

"I did this for both of us -" Thea moved but Greyson mirrored her actions, standing in her way. Again he grabbed her. She knew that he would leave marks on her arm.

"You think you did us a favour? You accepted a rejection from your Alpha. You had no right -"

"I had every right you pig headed cunt!" She snapped moving out of his hold and towards the door.

"You think you can just reject me and expect me to be OK with it? You ruined everything! I was your only chance to have a semi normal life. You should have been grateful!" He raged.

"Grateful? Are you insane?" She didn't even look back.

"Don't walk away from me when I am talking to you!" Greyson tried to grab her again but this time she was took quick and jumped out of his reach.

"Greyson, I am not now nor will I ever be yours. You are ridiculous for thinking I would ever go along with something like that." She was fuming.

"Who else would have you?" He smirked. "No one wants you Thea. No one is that desperate enough. Which is a shame, because you really were a fine piece of ass. But you had to be stuck up. Of course, you believed you were better than everybody else. Because what? You have Alpha blood in you? So do the rest of your joke of a family. And guess what? They were too weak for the job. They couldn't hack it. So it had to go to someone stronger. Like me. I am the strongest in this pack. Everyone loves me, worships me -"