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ELARA POV

“I, Alpha Kael of the Blood Moon Pack, reject you, Elara Veyne, as my mate.” Kael said it, and I

could feel my whole world crumble. The pain I felt at that moment couldn’t even be compared to

death.

“What do you mean, Kael? You can’t.” My voice trembled, as I looked up at him. “You can’t

reject me.”

Nobody said anything comforting. I could hear people whispering around me, but nobody came

close, everyone was just watching as Kael looked down at me.

“Did you really think I’d accept you?” He told me, and I felt my heart sink. All the hopes I had

about my mate were gone.

Was this how it felt to be rejected? Was I ever going to find a happy ending? A lot of things were

going through my mind as I looked at Kael.

“You’re weak, Elara. You’ve always been weak. You’re an outcast, and I’m not going to

embarrass myself by having someone like you as my mate.”

I shook my head. “No! No Kael, don't do this.” I pleaded to him, hoping he’ll change his mind.

“The Moon Goddess made a mistake. We’re not compatible Elara.”

A mistake? That was all he saw me as? Was I really getting rejected in public by my mate? His

words kept repeating inside my head. The Moon Goddess made a mistake, and I was the

mistake.

“But you’re my mate,” I whispered.

Kael’s expression didn’t change.

“So?” He looked at me. “You’re nothing Elara.. do you want me to spell that out for you? I’m the

Alpha of the blood moon pack. I can’t and never will be your mate.” He spat out, looking at me

with disgust.

I couldn’t believe him. For eighteen years, I had dreamed about this moment. I had wondered

what my mate would look like, what he would say when he found me, and what it would feel like

to finally have someone who chose me. I had always imagined that finding my mate would

change my life, maybe he would make me feel wanted and also help me forget all the times

people had called me weak and an outcast, he would make me feel loved and care for me like I

was the only woman in his life. Maybe, for once, I wouldn’t have to feel like I didn’t belong, or

beg to be seen.

Instead, I was kneeling in the dirt while the person who was supposed to be mine told me he

was ashamed of me, called me a mistake and openly rejected me in front of the whole pack.

“Please don’t do this Kael.” I whispered.

Kael’s jaw tightened, and his anger only grew stronger. “Stop embarrassing yourself, and look

for something better to do with your life.. you can hang out with lowlifes like you for all I care, but

don’t you think you can climb the social ladder just because you’re my mate.” His words felt like

an arrow thrown to my heart, and I couldn’t help but feel more embarrassed.

“I guess our outcast here really wants to become a Luna.” Someone said from the background,

and the others laughed. I lowered my head in shame, and my face was hot from

embarrassment. I wished I could disappear, or the ground should just swallow me.

“She really thought Kael would accept her?” Another person spoke from the crowd.

“She’s not even strong enough to become a warrior.”

“What did she expect? That our Alpha would take her just like that.

I squeezed my eyes shut, I didn’t want to hear them. I had heard those words my whole life.

Elara you’re weak, Elara you’re pathetic, Elara you’re useless. But tonight, they hurt more

because Kael was saying them too.

Then someone spoke from the crowd.

“She should have known better.”

I knew that voice from anywhere.

Seraphina. She had always hated me right from time, although I didn’t know what I did to her. I

looked up and saw her standing with a few girls, she was smiling and she looked happy to see

me being embarrassed.

“Imagine being rejected by your own mate in front of the whole pack,” she said.

The girls around her laughed. I looked away, I didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of seeing

me cry.

But then the mate bond twisted inside my chest. I gasped, as I felt my wolf whimpering.

“Mate.” She whispered, and I pressed my hand hard against my chest.

“No sienna.. please don’t.” I said to her, trying so hard to fight the pain.

“He is our mate, he loves us” she said to me in our mind and I just scoffed.

“He doesn’t want us sienna, and he certainly doesn’t want us.” The words came out before I

could stop them.

Kael turned away, not bothering to know if I was in pain or not. My heart dropped at his lack of

concern towards me.

“Kael!” I shouted, trying to gain his attention.

He stopped. I don’t know why I still wanted him to hear me out. Maybe some part of me still

believed he would change his mind, or maybe I was just as desperate as they said I was.

He looked over his shoulder, and rolled his eyes at me.

“What do you want outcast?”

“Was I really that horrible?” I asked him, hoping he would rethink his decision, and for a

moment, he didn’t answer. His expression softened slightly, and my heart leaped for joy.

“Maybe.. you were never really what I wanted.” That was all he said before he walked away.

I stared after him, thinking about what he just said as he walked away from me, not even

bothering to look back at all, not even once.

I didn’t know when I started crying, I just couldn’t control my emotions anymore. I wiped my face,

but the tears just wouldn’t stop. I had always known I wasn’t like the other wolves,I was smaller,

weaker and pathetic . I struggled during training, and no matter how hard I tried, I was always

behind everyone else.

But I had never thought I was worthless, at least, I hadn’t before tonight.

I was still trying to calm myself when another wave of pain went through the bond. I grabbed my

chest. Something was wrong. I looked toward the trees, and sighted Kael, he hadn’t gone far,

but he wasn’t alone.

Seraphina was standing beside him, and she leaned toward him and whispered something,

making him smile.

My stomach twisted. I had never seen him smile at me like that.

Then his hand went to her waist. The pain became so strong that I could barely breathe. I bent

forward, clutching my chest.

He’s with her.

“No…”

I didn’t want to know. I didn’t want to feel it. But the bond wouldn’t let me escape.

“Why?” I whispered.

Why would the Moon Goddess do this to me? Why give me a mate who didn’t want me? Why

make me feel everything he did?

“Because you’re weak.”

I looked up quickly, looking for who said it, but I saw no one. Nobody was standing there. I

looked back at the tree, but I didn’t see him anymore.

Kael was gone, and he was never coming back for me.