His Rejected Luna

XI

Useless

I'm so full of useless love; nobody wants it.
They can have it for free; I can't even give it away.
I'm so sick of this useless love; there is no point,
In being so pessimistically disappointed.

Valerie's pov:

It was killing me. The pain. The separation. The distance. Xander was no longer the one I had started falling for. Indeed Stella was right and it broke my heart every single moment. My whole day revolved around books and books and books.

"You are fucking kidding me?!" Josh unceremoniously dropped on the sofa beside me. "You look like a survivor of tornado. I mean look at you!! And there Mr Grumpy is making us do extra and ultra extra training!". "Stop being a drama queen!" , Orien replied. Oh yeah, he was keeping me company because apparently he hated the sight of the old Alpha so he locked himself up with me. "There is nothing I can do" I sighed.

"Hell yes you can! and you need to take the action fast", Stella dramatically entered. "What the hell is that bitch doing here?" Josh whisper yelled. "You know I can hear you right? Now shove off" and with a push Josh was on ground and Stella took his place placing her perfectly manicured legs one on top of the other. Orion had his full attention to us.

"You need to work your mate thing quick because the change over Xander is doing no good." I gave her a questioning look. "He is punishing the wolves way too hard. I know this is not him but he is following his father's words. The Xander, who is your mate, was a result of him staying with his mother. Luna has always had a good effect on him. But with his father it changes things."

"Why are you telling me this? Aren't you happy that soon maybe the old Alpha will declare you the Luna and wife of Xander?" I asked. The words had weird reaction over her. I never imagined Stella crying! "Valerie! He has my mate! She is a rogue. He is going to kill her. Save her!" Orion and Josh gasped. "She? Are you?" "I may have never got a chance to figure out what my sexual orientation was. All these Luna duties had kept me totally away from having interest over anything or anyone else. Xander was like a goal that I had to achieve." she wiped her tears. I suddenly felt a surge of sympathy towards her. "Xander wouldn't do anything. He doesn't hurt anyone without reason" I tried to console Stella. But my thoughts were short lived.

"I think you need to change your thoughts about Xander" Philip said in a grave voice. We all gasped. He had a huge cut on his cheek and eyes bruised. "What the hell happened?" I asked rushing towards him. "Xander happened. You need to come with me right now!". With that our small team rushed behind him to see what was happening.

A huge crowd was gathered behind the pack house. I heard someone sniffing. "Tell the children to watch this" a booming voice sounded. It was the ex-Beta. It was then I noticed that there were two huge poles and a person was hanging by the chain. I pushed aside the people to make way towards the front. I gasped at the sight. There was Xander standing carrying a whip coated with silver. The person locked in the chains was a rogue. A little away from him was a girl, younger than me, crying her eyes out. Stella gasped beside me. It was her mate and she was to be whipped next. Xander raised his whip to hit the rogue again but a scream made him stop. It took me a second to realise that it was me screaming.

Xander turned towards me and a look at my face made him drop the whip. Tears blurred my vision. My mate was so ruthless? What happened to the man whom I had started to care for? The man who cared so much about his pack! I looked around to see his father looking at me intently. Before I knew i was running. My legs carried me away, back to the library. On reaching there I started sobbing like anything. I left my home, my family for a man who turned out to be the biggest nightmare. What would Arch say when he heard about this. Whipping was in fact a custom long forbidden. But again it was his father who was manipulating him. I felt useless. I couldn't save my Mate, let alone the people of the pack. The rogue may not have even committed any crime but he was getting punished.

"Luna". I looked up to see a battered Philip standing there. I wiped my tears away and looked at him. "Did he .." I couldn't complete the sentence. "He left after you, shifting to his wolf form. You can hear him howling." I used my werewolf hearing. A painful howl made Ivy stir. "I need to go.." and i sprinted to woods. I allowed Ivory to take over me. The process was painful. Very painful. I screamed out of pain. My voice was replaced by a howl. Ivy rushed towards through the woods happy to be free after such a long time.

Ivy's pov:

It was an amazing feeling to run through the woods again. The feel of grass under my feet, the heightened smell of ripe wild berries and a sound of river gurgling nearby.

I reached the river and licked the water. I looked up to find a huge brown wolf half submerged in the water, watching me intently. "Ryan". An invisible force pulled me towards him. We both we standing in the cold water, our snouts touching each other. I looked into his eyes, they were so full of pain. I licked his face and pushed my snout closer to his mane. He nibbled my ear. Suddenly i pulled away and ran away. As I had expected, he chased behind me. We ran, through the woods, playing and enjoying ourselves in moonlight.

He chased me, and playfully pounced on me. We had accepted each other fully . Valerie and Xander may have their own reason and complex situations to handle but we both did not. I did not wish to hurt Ryan. He was suffering for what Xander was doing. Ryan looked deep into my eyes. We both realised that no matter what our other halves decide no one can take away the connection we had. So under the moonlight we accepted each other. Mates.

Valerie's POV:

"You mated with the Alpha after everything that happened yesterday?" Josh asked. I sipped my coffee and said, "For the record Josh! It was Ivory not me. I didn't even talk to Xander." "That doesn't change anything! You have to realise that you both are mated now. That makes you the Luna! God the old man is going to go bonkers now!" . "How can I be the Luna! I mean doesn't mating need both the counter parts having equal participation?"

"Well you will get half the effects of mating, like you both can feel each other's emotions, you will not go under heat but you are his mate and you smell more like him."

I facepalmed. "Ivy what have you done now!"

"But hey! Come on don't be all sad. We may use this as our advantage! You can order the people around now! You get it right, what I mean?"

I looked up to see Josh grinning like a cheshire cat. Well I guess I am not so useless after all.

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