Rejected at First Sight

Chapter 8

Beep, Beep, Beep. I groaned, knowing it was time to get up. The first thing I did was go to the cribs in our room and check on my babies. I couldn't sleep last night knowing my babies were in the other room, so I had Dean come and put them back in my room. The twins slept like babies. They cried almost every hour. Ash and I took turns getting up, unless they wanted to be fed. Then Ash would have to wake me up so I could feed them. Overall, the night wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I knew that since it was only the first night, it would get worse before it got better. I looked over at Ash still sleeping. I sighed in content. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have such a perfect mate and two perfect little babies. I went into the bathroom to get ready. I had to get up early, because me and Ash both knew that I took longer getting ready. I did my hair, and put on a little makeup. I got dressed and went to go wake up Ash. I bent down and kissed his forehead. He groaned and opened his eyes. when his eyes focused on me he smiled. He sat up and pulled me into a kiss. "Good morning sunshine." I laughed. "Good morning stinky breath." He frowned at me. "It's not my fault that I just woke up." I laughed again. By that time the twins were awake. I could here the soft whimper before the crying started. I got up and took Shannon into my arms while Ash took Xander into his. I fed both of them and then Ash changed their diapers. Ash went to go get ready and I held both of my babies in my arms. 

I sat there thinking about raising my children. How in the world am I going to teach them to be proper royals or even how to be good leaders when the time comes? Suddenly I was terrified. I had no idea how to raise kids. I didn't even babysit when I was younger. "Hey, you'll be a great mom. Worrying about those little things already make you a good mom." I looked up at Ash. "You were in my mind again, without my permission." He chuckled. "I don't know what to tell you Jocie, you and the twins are the most important things to me. I will always be nosy when it comes all of you." "I'm not ready for the council." He took the twins and put them in their cribs. "Babe, we will be just fine. The council can't do anything to us. We are already mated, with kids, and we are now apart of a royal family. Doing anything to us would be like lighting a torch next to explosives." I sighed knowing he was right.

When we were ready we walked downstairs with the twins. Mom took Xander and Dad took Shannon. "Baby girl, everything will be alright. We will take care of them while you're there and Dean and Mimi will too, I promise.'' I hugged her and gave Xander a kiss on the forehead and then I kissed dad and kissed Shannon on the forehead too. I told them I loved them and headed to the front door where Ash was waiting for me.  He gave me a hug and a passionate kiss. "We will beat this. Nothing will come in between us. I promise." I hugged him so hard, like my life depended on it.

The whole ride there, Ash and I were silent. Ash never let go of  my hand the entire way. When we arrived my stomach was in knots and I felt like I was going to throw up. Ash squeezed my hand. He gave me a smile and I smile back. We walked in together and we met up with Uncle Kane and Drake. They both gave me a big hug and they shook hands with Ash. I was very afraid of what was coming up next. I had a feeling that even though we were royal, it didn't mean that we were safe. I took a deep breath and my uncle led the way to the room.

In the room, Viktor was already in there with a girl and his father. I gulped. Ash put his arm around me protectively. I shrunk into his arm. I found it comforting. I took another deep breath and we walked to the other side of the room. The Elders walked in and my nausea kicked in again. Ash stood still. Every single man up there was either a very powerful Alpha or a very powerful wolf in general. I could feel the power oozing from these men, it made my wolf cower. I tried to shake it off knowing that I had to be strong and fight for my mate and my family. My uncle left my side and walked up to the man in the center. "Jason, we are here today because Viktor, Alpha of the  Blue Moon Pack, has said that Asher, Alpha of the Valley Moon Pack stole his rightful mate." The man in center nodded his head and Uncle Kane went to go sit on the opposite side of us. 

The man in the center then turned to Viktor and ask his side of the story. "I will never forget that day sir. It was supposed to be a normal day at school. I was walking with my friends when I got bumped by Jocelyn. I felt the tingles and then I made eye contact with her. My wolf screamed mate at me and I was very excited, but my human half got the better of me and I rejected her. I was scared about having a mate. I was very young and stupid. After she ran off, I instantly regretting what I had said. I didn't mean what I said. I then decided that I would give her a little while to cool off, that way I could hopefully apologize and get back in her good graces. Of course, that never happened because that night she ran off with her family. I tried to run after her but she was already long gone before I could get her back. The next week I felt my bond with her family leave , I knew that meant they had found a pack to live in. I tried looking for her for the next 3 years until one night, I had extreme pain everywhere. I was screaming so loud that my dad came into my house and asked me what was wrong. I told him how I felt. He then told me that my mate had found another and had given herself to him fully. I was broken after that. I knew if I ever found her that I would try everything in my power to get her back." I stood there in shock. I wasn't aware that he felt what had happened between me and Ash on our wedding night. I still didn't feel bad for him though. He had dug his grave and now he was going to lay in it. 

Jason then told Viktor to sit down and he called on me. I looked up at him and suddenly I felt all warm and calm. Jason then asked me my side of the story. "It was my 16th birthday. I was excited because I knew I was going to meet my mate, the one person I would spend the rest of my life with, who would love and cherish me no matter what my rank was. In the Blue Moon pack, rank is everything. My family were omegas. We were the lowest of the low. No one cared about us at all. So when I bumped into Viktor that day, I was surprised that I felt the tingles and my wolf howling at me that I had found my mate. I looked at his eyes and he looked into mine. When he realized who I was, he got angry and said that he would never have an omega as a mate, that I was a disgrace to the name werewolf. I had to keep myself from crying. He did this rejection in front of everyone. He had humiliated me and took my heart and rip it into pieces. He had broken me in ways I never thought a mate could. He was supposed to love and cherish me. He was supposed to protect me from anything hurtful, and here he was causing my pain. I then ran to the bathroom and cried my eyes. My best friend then said I should leave. So I took her advice and told my parents what happened and they agreed. We left that night. We ran for a couple days, making sure that he wasn't following us. That's when we ran into Ash and his pack. At first I felt nothing, I didn't even look at the men who where standing in front of us. I wasn't scared, the worst thing had already happened to me. When we were asked to shift my mom and I went behind a tree and put on the clothes they provided. When I finally looked at Ash our eyes connected. My wolf for the second time, screamed mate. At first I was scared, thinking Viktor was near. But then I realized he wasn't anywhere near there. My brother I guess felt my fear and put his arm around me. That's when Ash growled at him and said to move away from me. He complied and when Ash touched my arm sparks explode everywhere. I was shocked and I ran to my dad. He then explained my bloodline and it all made sense. Ash and I have been together ever since and we now are the parents of twins." I finished and I felt a relief off my shoulders.