Karma, Bitch! -bxb-

Chapter 6

I legit had an epic brain fart and created 6 chapters in a day. Woohoo. Basically made an over 6000 words story in five hours.

Derek's POV

It's been a month since I last saw Robin. Everytime my wolf cried and begged me to meet him, to apologise and love him for being so cruel, I restrained myself, telling him it was for his sake.

I can't hide it. Especially from Sax, and he knew that I loved him too, but I can't have him. Being the pack's luna is just too dangerous. If only my mate had been anyone but him, anyone at all. He'd have a good mate that could protect him. A mate that won't make him the target of other alphas and rogues everytime there's a dispute within and outside of the pack. Someone that could openly love him and not hurt him. Someone like Danny.

I bury myself back in work, refusing to make contact or meet with anyone. Mom's been trying to speak with me, but even her can't make me go out. I was afraid that I would break down if they saw me now. My eyes are red from all the countless nights awake finishing off the next day's work. In the morning I plan for the rest of the year, making sure to keep my work very tightly packed and as efficient as possible. Robin was right. I was too over myself. I had to be realistic. I can't just spend my days looking at mirrors or wondering how much hair gel I should use. I am an alpha of a pack, and it was time I acted like on.

A knock on my door broke my rhythm. Before I could tell whoever it was to go away, mom walked in with a cup of tea in her hand looking worried at me. "Derek, dear? Are you alright?" she asked. I knew she was going to get to me one of these days, so I just replied with a sigh. When my mother was involved, I had a soft side. "I brought you some tea to help you sleep. You must be tired." I shook my head, I can't sleep now. "No thank you, mother. I have a lot of work to attend to." I replied, continuing my letter to the pack nearby. She looked hesitantly at my red swollen eyes,"Sweetie, I know how hard it must be for you to do this alone. You know that you can always ask us for help, right? Even your father didn't do all this alone. Everyone has a limit. That's why you have a beta." she sighed.

I looked at her and smiled, "That's father, I am my own man. I will exceed even the feats of my dad in any agenda. Remember? That was my promise to you." She smiled sadly, "You've already done that and so much more. You've grown so much since you became alpha, but without you're mate, you're going to rot away in your work." I flinched at the thought of my mate, the tears I shed a month ago threatening to come back. "Please Derek, you have to reconcile with him. Don't reject your other half."

"You don't understand." I mumbled, "It's dangerous for him to stay by my side." Probably fed up with my attitude, mom slammed the tea cup on my desk, some of it's contents burning my skin, "Derek Louis Quinn! How could you think that? You are more than capable of protecting your mate! Have you ever thought about how that poor boy must feel? He must think that his mate rejected him because he wasn't good enough! That can break a wolf you know? Thinking they were worthless." she growled. It was the first time she'd ever yelled at me, and the first time I came to my senses.

Without wasting anymore time, I kissed her temple and thanked her before grabbing my coat and shifting to wolf form, running straight to his house. I'm getting my luna back, and this time, I'm the one protecting him.

Robin's POV

It's been a month since he'd last contacted me. I'd figured he'd at least see me one last time and complete the rejection, but he never did. Instead I continued my routine, wake up, go to school, go home, sleep. I haven't eaten much and my mother's began to get worried. Even Danny sometimes visited me, that was how I knew what Derek had been up to all month.

Apparently he'd locked himself in his office and drowned himself in his work. So many times I wanted to burst in there and yell at him to take better care of his health, and so many times I almost did. Then a single known fact hits me in the face everytime, he doesn't want me. I've spent the last month chanting the words into a mantra. Mostly to help soothe Alaska's cries, trying to get his to come to terms with it as well. I knew this feeling wasn't going to last forever, that it was just Alaska's one sided love. It wasn't mine. I didn't love Derek, but it still hurt.

The door bell rung and I forced myself to get up. I looked in the mirror at my tear stained face and red baggy eyes and decided there was no helping it. When I opened the door, my eyes met with his enchanting blue for the first time in a month, and I somehow felt peaceful. He smiled knowingly as I hinted at his own rugged face and red baggy eyes. "So you've finally come to reject me, huh?" I laughed bitterly, "Shit, would've fixed up a little if I knew you were coming." My eyes widened as I saw him cry in front of me. The egotistic overachieving alpha was crying in front of me, and I couldn't help but cry along with him. For a while, we cried in each other's arms, finally feeling right.

When the tears finally stopped, we didn't let go of the embrace, instead grew closer. "I'm not rejecting you. I won't ever reject you." he whispered in my ears. Those words were exactly what we needed and I breathed in his wonderful scent.