Chapter 2 Rejection

• Eos signals the DJ to start the music and soon Mom and Dad are off to mingle with their guests, laughing and smiling they walk around. Alastor and I watch from a distance with smiles on our faces.
• After an hour I get on to a small stage and everyone quiets down, “Thank you all so much for coming. My Mom and Dad stood here forty years ago to swear to each of you that they would be your Alpha and Luna until the day they would step down.
• Mom and Dad both thought they could let this day pass without a big fuss, but as you all know Alastor and I thought differently and I want to thank each and every one of you that helped in one way or the other.
• However, one person in particular needs a special thank you for taking care of the most important part of this feast. Luna Jess, thank you for your help on behalf of myself and my parents.” Our Pack-members cheer and howl as I step of the stage and Mom hugs me tightly while she thanks me.
• Everyone is having an amazing time and I talk to every Alpha and Luna that is present. They compliment me and Alastor on organizing the party and on making it special for our parents. I dance with Gammas and Betas and even with some of our own Warriors, really enjoying myself despite wearing a dress.
• It is a little after midnight when I decide to get changed into something a bit more within my comfort zone and as I walk in through the back door I get hit by an intoxicating scent, a scent I smelled a few times during the evening.
• I had not been able to locate the scent with all those Wolves around, because it came and quickly went away every time. This time I sniff the air and I know that however the scent belongs to is inside the Pack-house, I slowly walk further into the hallway.
• With every step I take the scent becomes stronger and Minerva, my Wolf, is jumping up and down in my head, making me giggle at her. I am at the bottom of the stairs when I realize that the scent is coming from upstairs and I get an inkling feeling.
• Minerva is now pacing in my head and like me she doesn’t like where this is leading us. As I reach the first floor Minerva whispers “Mate” and I start walking towards the guest rooms on this floor, but I know that we don’t have anyone spending the night here.
• Suddenly a noise stops me dead in my tracks and Minerva and I are on high alert, being an Alpha’s Daughter makes me react faster than most. I turn around to see if there is someone behind me and when I am satisfied I am alone in the hallway I turn back around.
• After taking two more steps I am on high alert again, but this time I know the sound is coming from somewhere in front of me and tentatively I take another step. Slowly but steadily I get closer to the scent and slowly a smile appears on my face, I believe Minerva is right.
• Minerva is getting more agitated the closer we get to the scent, but she can’t explain to me why and I decide to ignore her for the time being. Following the scent has lead me to the last room on my right and as I put my hand on the doorknob I hear someone groan.
• Not knowing what might be behind the door I quietly turn the doorknob and I start pushing the door open slowly and quietly. My eyes widen at the scene in front of me and Minerva is roaring in my head.
• A male is standing at the foot of the bed and in front of him is a woman on all fours, they are so engrossed with one and other that they don’t even notice me. The male slowly turns his head towards me as he keeps pounding into the female, he has a smirk on his face and I realize that even the female is looking at me now.
• “I, Damien of Dark Mountain Pack, reject you as my Mate. I don’t need a barbie doll.” The male says and I hear Minerva whimper in my head, I know he is our mate but he really doesn’t want us. “I, Amarah of White Cresent Pack, reject you as my Mate.” I reply and the Male crashes to the floor in pain.
• I turn around and walk away from the room as tears roll down my face, I slowly make my way up to my room as my world crumbles around me. My Mate didn’t wait for me and he rejected me in the most humiliating way, but I don’t understand why I am not in pain.
• I feel sad at losing my fated Mate, for not getting the relationship my parents have and for the pain Minerva has to endure. Losing a Mate is worse for the Wolf than it is for the Human and there for I feel sad for Minerva. I was raised with the believes that a Mate-bond is sacred, but apparently my Mate wasn’t.
• I don’t remember how I get up the stairs or how I get to my room, I don’t remember getting out of my dress or into the bathroom and I don’t remember getting into the shower. But it is where my Mother found me early in the morning, still silently crying at the loss of my Mate.
• Mom dries me off and helps me to bed, cuddling me until I fall asleep. Mom wakes me close to lunch, but I tell her I don’t feel up for it and she gets me something to eat before she heads to the dining room herself. I don’t feel like eating but I know I have to and I force myself to finish everything Mom brought me.
• I stare at the ceiling until I fall asleep again and again it is Mom that wakes me just before dinner, but just as earlier I don’t want to see anyone. Mom goes through the same routine again and so do I as I force myself to eat.
• Minerva has been quiet ever since I walked away from our Mate and I tell her that I understand that she is hurting and that I don’t have the words to comfort her, but that I am here whenever she needs me. For the first time today I feel her presence and I feel a little relieved at that feeling.
• Mom comes into my room after dinner and asks if I am ready to tell her what happened, I just shake my head as I am nowhere near ready to say those words out loud. She holds me as I cry myself to sleep once again.
• Alpha Atlas
• My Mate and I are enjoying the party our Pups organized for us behind our backs and they did an excellent job, they enlisted the help of everyone that was willing to help. Amarah even got Luna Jess to help her with the invitations and I think I have thanked her for that four times already.
• My Mate was surprised to see they used the color scheme from forty years ago, but when Melia told us her Mom had helped them with that it explained everything. Amarah is wearing a dress for once and she looks absolutely stunning.
• Amarah never was a girl to wear dresses and from the moment she was able to make that known to us, we had a war every time my Mate tried to get her to wear one. This is the third time I am seeing my Daughter in a dress and I know she will never wear one again if it is up to her.
• It is nearly morning when we finally decide to call it a night, most of the guests that weren’t from our Pack left around one in the morning and now there are only a handful of Pack-members left in the backyard.
• My Mate tells me she will check on our Pups before she joins me in our room and I smile at her as I nod my head, no matter how old they get she will still check on them before turning in herself. I get out of my suit and go through my evening routine when I suddenly feel my Mate’s distress.
• I rush out of our room in a pair of shorts and I hear her softly talking to Amarah, but I can’t make out what they are talking about. She must have felt my presence as she links me and tells me to go to bed and wait for her.
• Ten minutes later my Mate walks in with a sad expression on her face, she tells me what she found when she went to check on Amarah and I ask her if she told her what had happened. My Mate tells me she didn’t, but she had not seen any injuries on her.
• Amarah spends the day in her room and I call her friends to my office to hopefully find out more, but they don’t have any answers for me either. Ione asks if they can investigate this on their own and that she will inform me once they have found something.
• Something happened to my Daughter and I intend to find what it is and who is responsible. I will make whoever hurt my little girl pay for what they did and they will regret it, my Wolf is roaring in my head at whoever did this to her.
• Amarah stays in her room during dinner, something she has never done before and everyone is talking about it. Alastor tells them that something happened during the party, but that Amarah has not told anyone anything yet and that he hopes that whoever knows anything will come forward.
• No one seems to know anything about what might have happened and Ione hasn’t come to me yet, indicating they haven’t found anything yet either. Knowing my Pack-members everyone will try to help find the answers I need.
• My Mate and I have restless night as we keep worrying about our Daughter and in the early morning hours roars and growls make both of us jump out of bed, I link my Gamma to find out what is going on. He tells me he was woken up by a mind-link, only stating to come to the borders.