Mate
I slowly looked up to see shocked ocean blue eyes staring intently at me. I grimaced because my mate had to be the player, my soon-to-be Alpha, Selden Woods. He scowled, pulling his hands away, making my heart sink deep into my chest. My fists clenched involuntarily. He smirked and gave me a once over. I knew what was going to come out of his mouth.
"I, Selden Woods, reject you, Alessa Sartori, as my mate." Just as I was about to respond, the pack slut, Darla, came in and wrapped her slimy hands around him. I gave them a disgusted look, which the slut smirked at. Selden looked hurt but immediately recovered with his famous smirk.
I gave him a disappointed look, focusing my attention on my water. I finished drinking it, squeezed the bottle and threw it in the sink. I was just about to make my way to my room when Darla pushed me, but I barely stumbled. I turned to face her.
"What, bitch?" she snarled. I started shaking, losing control of my body. I slammed her against the counter roughly. She whimpered, then snarled. She pushed me, making me fall back and hit my head painfully against the counter. I got up and completely lost it. I lunged at her, pushing her down to the ground. I began to punch her repeatedly, hearing the cracking of her nose. She was screaming, but it was faint. I felt someone pull me back, feeling sparks. I turned to find Selden gripping my arms, keeping me in place. I glared at him, hatred consuming my being. I pulled away from him roughly. He looked hurt, but I was far from caring.
"Go on and play nurse with your slut," I spat, pushing past him and making my way to my room.
"What are you doing out here?" The young Alpha asked me, his forest green eyes full of concern. "Running." I answered simply. And it was true, I was running. Running from the mate that rejected me. I couldn't stay in my pack anymore. I just couldn't. "From what?" He crouched so that our eyes could be leveled. He seemed to be sincerely concerned. "Everything." Everything at my old pack was a reminder of what I could have had. "Why?" He tilted his head, interested. "My mate rejected me." As I said the words my heart seemed to shatter once again and since I wasn't numb with shock anymore I could really feel it. I tried so hard to hold in my tears but one escaped and slide down my cheek. This is why He rejected me. I was weak and pathetic. I would have been a horrible Luna. I looked up and saw that his face was filled with understanding and sadness. "I understand how you feel." He said softly catching the tear that managed to get out with his finger. I laughed humorlessly. "No you don't. How could you?" He was just trying to make me feel better and as sweet as that was it wasn't helping because he really did not know the pain I was going through right now. He stood and offered me a helping hand. "My mate rejected me too."