His painful rejection

Chapter 22 making me understand

Richard Matthews

I woke up and looked at the clock it was only one in the morning but thinking of my daughter in my brothers ruthless hands took my sleep away.

I went outside for fresh air. I remembered a small pond near by and decided to go. My wife and I would would bring the kids here whenever it was too hot or just to relax and get away from all the pack business.

The place seemed exactly how it had been many years ago. The only difference was that the small bed of flowers my wife had planted now had bloomed.

Seeing them made my heartache. My beautiful Elizabeth how much I miss her now more than ever. I feel so alone without her here by my side.

"Couldn't sleep either sir?" someone asked

I turned and a young man I had not seen before was walking towards me, "Uh...no," I responded

"Have to much on your mind?"

"Yes...you too?"

"Yeah," he said as he stopped next to me.

"I have not seen you before," I said.

"Oh I'm not much of a people person. I prefer to be on the side, Observing," he extended his hand. "I'm Rick by the way."

I took his hand in mine and shook it, "Richard Matthews nice to meet you."

"Yeah I know who you are," he said with a small smile.

"How?" I asked

"Kristen would always talk about you and her mother"

"You know my daughter?"

"Know her," he smiled. "She's practically my little sister."

"So you know everything about her?" I asked. He might have the answers to all my questions.

"Yes sir"

"May I ask you anything about her than?"

"Sure it's the least I can do after all you were not able to be here with her all these years"

"Do you know why my daughter has two mates? I don't understand that. If Roy was her mate then why hasn't he marked her. Why are they both here?"

He sighed and looked at me and then at the waterfall, "Kristen's life was not perfect or easy after the rogue attack that made everyone think that both you and your wife were killed by them."

"I-I don't understand," I said truthfully

"When the pack found out they were full of grief, so they thought it would be easy to blame someone, and that someone became Kristen. From being a beta's daughter she went to becoming an omega"

"But we never had omegas in the pack," I said.

"I know," He nodded. "They treated her poorly. Made her do all the back breaking jobs no one would do, and if it wasn't bad enough they took out all their anger and frustration on her," he said with anger.

"What about her brother or the alpha and Luna? Did they do anything to protect her?!" I asked outraged

"The alpha and the Luna knew nothing of this and her brother," he let out a bitter laugh. "He was the first to blame someone. He didn't do anything to help her he only caused her more misery."

"But what about the mate thing?"

"When Kristen turned 16 she was ready to find her mate. She was happy but only for a short while. Her mate turned to be the alpha's son and he was one of her tormentors. The worst to be exact. He rejected her and if that was not bad enough he beat her to the point where she laid in a puddle of her own blood. Kristen couldn't take it anymore and she ran away. That's how she meet Hunter her second mate."