Rejected for Her

Rejected For Her: 6

Chapter 6: The Truth Will Set You Raging

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"What?" My sister looked to be on the verge of tears.

"Our brother has nothing to do with what's wrong with me. It was Matthew who did this."

"What do you mean that my boyfriend is the one that supposedly hurt you so much that our mother had to protect you from it?!" I knew she would be angry. I knew she would be hurt. It was the reason that I didn't want to say anything.

"Matthew is my Mate." I whispered. I didn't think that she could hear me but from the sharp intake of breath I knew she did.

"No." I quickly looked up at her only to see her glaring down at me.

"No, you're lying."

"Why would I lie Eliza?"

"I don't know. Maybe you don't want to tell me the real reason why you're hurt. Maybe you are afraid of what I might think. Maybe you're jealous." I looked at her with hurt and confusion.

"Why would I be jealous?"

"Are you serious? Do you think I never noticed you ogling him whenever we were with him? Do you think I didn't know how you lusted after him? You're jealous because I have something you want." She was delirious. She had to be. How could she think so little of me? I felt fresh tears brimming at the surface.

"It was the Mate Bond! Even when we were younger it was the Mate Bond."

"If that was true then why aren't you with him right now?" I looked at her incredulously. Not only was she completely convinced that I was lying and asking that I provide evidence of our connection but she was totally oblivious to the fact that the only reason that I would be acting like this would be because he rejected me.

"He rejected me. He rejected me for you, you callous, conceited, condescending, inconsiderate, malicious, tactless, distasteful, abhorrent bitch!" My sister backed away from me in shock and fear at my rage.

"Me? Jealous of you? No. Never. If the roles had been reversed, I wouldn't have said half the shit you just said to me. In fact, I would have held you and cared for you and made sure you were okay instead of making you feel worse about yourself. I would have ran over to the Matthew's home and beat the shit out of him for you. And you know what's funny, not once did I ever try to take him from you. No matter how bad I wanted him, not matter how hard I LOVED him, I always thought about you first. I never wanted to take him from you, not even when I found out he was my Mate. I knew that he wanted you and only you and I didn't want to hurt you. I cannot believe how quickly you just turned on me. I could never be jealous of a person like that." I glared at her as her expression turned from one of anger to sorrow. She reached out for me but I evaded her and stormed out the house. It was kind of dark and really cold and I wished that I had on something other than my pajamas. I felt tears brimming to the surface.

My only sister, my twin, my best friend just turned on me. She thought I was jealous of her. She thought I was lying to her.

"Kayla." I stopped walking and looked around. There was no one in sight so I kept walking, chalking the sound up to the wind.

"Kayla!" I heard the voice scream. I turned around again only to spot a guy I think I had danced with a couple nights ago.

"Yes?"

"Do you remember me?" I squinted my eyes together. I didn't. Not in the slightest, but he looked like a Haze.

"Haze?" The boy frowned.

"No, what the hell? What type of name is Haze? My name is Artemis." I remembered him then.

"Oh hey." This was pretty awkward. I was in the middle of an emotional crisis and although the tears have dried, I wasn't exactly feeling up to communicating.

"What are you doing out here all by yourself?" I stared at him. I had to be cautious. Not everyone was outside at 4:50 in the morning because they just had their world turned upside down.

"What are you doing out here all by yourself?" I shot back at him. He squinted his eyes at me playfully.

"Alright you caught me. I was just heading to the library to get some studying in before school starts." It was then that I noticed the book bag in his hands and the partial school uniform he had on.

"Oh, right." To be honest I had completely forgotten about school.

"Now it's your turn to answer the question."

"Right, I had a fight with my sister. I just didn't feel like being home for a while." His eyes held pity as he regarded me. I didn't like it.

"If you want, I can forego studying and get you a change of clothes for now and I can collect your things for school and some clothes for you to change into for however long you wish to be gone. And I can set you up to stay in my house until you're ready to leave." I stared at the boy in shock. Here he was willing to take me away from all of my problems and I couldn't even remember his name.

"Why are you helping me?"

"I understand a thing or two about family struggles." I decided that I trusted him enough to help me out, well that and the fact that I was freezing. I nodded and he led me toward his home. When we got there I quickly wrote a note telling my sister and brother that I would be gone for a while and that I'd be back when I was ready. I told Artemis to place it on the door when he leaves with my things. As soon as he returned with my things, I felt something was off.

"So, about that room in the Pack House?" He didn't talk. He just kept smiling at me creepily.

"Artemis?" He lunged forward making us both fall to the floor. As we fell, I banged my head against a table that was placed by the couch. I fought as hard as I could but the hit too my head was making my vision cut in and out. I felt Artemis pick me up and start running out the back door. The last thing I saw was another boy come in that looked exactly like Artemis. He was even wearing the same clothes with the exception of blood splattered all over them. Artemis locked eyes with me and I mouthed, 'Help me' right before I fainted and allowed the Artemis look-a-like to carry me away from everything I knew.