The She-Wolf's Eyes

Chapter 4

Chapter Four.

That fucking asshole!

"Ow!"

Since our confrontation, his words kept echoing in my head, taunting me with the fact that my mate did not want me. What made it even worse were his pathetic excuses.

"Owww!"

His words brought nothing but pain to my wolf; it's not a normal occurrence for a shifter to reject his or her mate. Sure, in the olden days no one really cared for the mating bond. Alphas, Betas, and Third in Commands had to mate with whomever the Elders chose for him. My pack were one of the few that disobeyed the Elders when it came to mates; it was one of the reasons the pack was formed. But now shifters have made progress, and the mere idea of rejecting one's mate is pure stupidity.

"Ow! Violeta!"

"Hey, Vi!" I heard Elissa call from my left. At the sound of her voice, I snapped out of my thoughts and drank in my surroundings. I was too absorbed in my head that I completely forgot where I was for a moment. I stood in the gym, wearing my favorite pair of black volleyball shorts and my old summer camp shirt, with the entire volleyball team. I turned my attention towards Elissa.

"What's up?"

Her green eyes stared at me for a few seconds before she let out a sigh and crossed her arm in front of her chest. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," I said automatically. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"'Cause you've kind of been knocking everybody out with volleyballs for the past thirty minutes of practice," she explained. "And not once had you noticed."

Confused, I looked around to see a few girls clutching either their arms or their heads. They all stared at me with dislike in their eyes, which I could only respond with a nervous smile. Nice one, Violeta. Angry at your "mate" and you take it out on the entire team. "Sorry," I yelled out in an attempt to soften their hardened gazes. It did not work in the slightest.

"What is up with you today?" Elissa placed a hand on my shoulder, bringing my attention back to her. "You've been zoning out lately, and you haven't said much since lunch. Did something happen?"

I momentarily froze at her words, completely lost for words. I was not sure if I should tell Elissa about Ethan being my mate and how he--I rejected him. I was too busy fuming about the situation to really think about whether I was going to tell anybody or just keep it all to myself. I was not even sure how to feel about the whole circumstance. Maybe I should evaluate that before I tell others.

We shouldn't have to, my wolf said, finally voicing her thoughts about the situation since Ethan told us he didn't want us. Right now we should be ecstatic about finally finding our mate. Instead, we're wondering about how we should cope with the fact that our mate doesn't want us.

He's an idiot, I said, a classic method of comforting.

But it doesn't make sense, she continued. His wolf wanted us; I felt it.

I could not come up with an answer to that, so instead I focused on the question that Elissa asked me. "It's nothing," I lied. "I'm just worry about the essay I turned in. I'm not sure whether I really did a good job on it."

Elissa rolled her eyes at this. "You're such a nerd, Vi. I'm one hundred percent sure you did absolutely amazing."

I let out a shaky laugh at her words and continued with what I was doing before, making sure to avoid any teammates. Time went by fast and soon practice was over. I did not bother to change, leaving the school building wearing my volleyballs clothes and covered in sweat. I met up with Elissa and Caleb in the parking lot, right next to Caleb's red Mazda. With the radio set on high volume, Caleb drove us back to pack territory. Throughout the ride, I just stared out the window, watching the scenery shift from autumn trees and houses with swing sets to nothing but tall trees and mountains that were miles away. Despite how long I lived here, I have never gotten sick of the sight.