Second chance mate

The earth beneath her feet slipped. Chase was quick to get a hold of her. The pain was eliminated within her eyes. 

‘’They said, I am not theirs’’ she whispered, barely audible for his ears only.

 ‘’Who are her parents?‘’ Chase turned to Albert who hissed at me.

“How will I know? She is sold to you. I have payment for the years of love I provided. It was worth it. Albert walked out on them

‘’You should leave, my parents will never be hers. It feels good to let the truth out. We all have been suffocating all this year'’ Paris pushed Mirrod up Front.

 ‘’She should accept the rejection, we do not want her in our lives again. A baby dumb by her parents in another pack’s forest means she is cursed and not needed. 

Who wants something to do with a freak whose eyes are purple and hair as long as that of a serene one? I won't be surprised if they were just too ashamed to claim you as theirs, the reason why they dumb you’’ Paris words was harsh, but it added volumes. 

“‘I, Emandra Carter, accept your rejection’’ Emandra felt the pain like never before. It clouded her view, she felt her wolf howling. inside Ursula watched Chase carry Emandra into the car. She was barely conscious, her eyes looking up to the woman she had referred to as mother all her life. She felt nothing, her eyes were so cold just staring back at her. 

‘’How could I have missed all the details?’’ Emandra laughed, her voice so weak. 

“Now I know I was just a means of making money for you”’ 

Ursula sneered “You were never ours to love, we only pretend to love you because we suspect you would be Luna. Well, Paris is, and what better opportunity than selling you for extra cash as payment for all the wasted years?’’ The car door closed in her face. Ursula watched them drive away, holding her tight as her tears soaked his shirt. She made no sound because he needed not to be told. She was crying. 

Their ride back home was a quiet one. Chase carries the sleeping Emandra back to her room. He watched her all night. Haze could feel her wolf waking up. She was hurt, but something within her was beginning to manifest. Chase vowed not only to make them pay but also to show the world how wrong they had been for treating her so badly. 

Emandra woke up feeling light-headed. An intoxicating scent lingered within her room.

 ‘It will do us some good if we take our bath first’’ Emandra's eyes flickered. 

‘’You are back’’ she half screamed. The hurt was gone; it felt like all the love she had once felt for Mirrod was nothing but a joke. 

 Emma had been sleeping for a while, but her absence was greatly missed. The memories of her parents flash through her mind. 

 ‘’I wish I could connect the dots back then like I do now’’ Emandra tells Emma it was easy to justify so much. Everyone aside, Luna and Alpha regarded her not as the daughter of the beta. She was always given leftovers and most pack members did not know of her. 

Her birthday was all about Paris, even the gifts brought by others carried her name and not hers. Now it made sense but why? Why did they have to try to be in her good book when they were not comfortable with treating her as one of them? Paris was often led out, she would go shopping with her mother but for some weird reason, she would always be left home with one excuse or the other.

She has always given in to Paris from dresses, shoes, and whatever Paris wanted that was hers, must be given to her. she thought it was something common with younger siblings 

``well it isn't. your eyes are purple Emandra, theirs is green’’ her wolf tells her. Yes, that was an important quality but she has always been made to wear contacts of the same eye shade as Paris, with the excuse people would think she is a freak.

Emandra pulled herself away from the bed, if she wanted to know more, she had to live on. 

‘’I am sorry Emma he does not deserve us’’, she apologized to her wolf, she had been the one to request the rejection  

‘’I would rather have a chosen mate than have him as a fated mate’’

“‘Talking of chosen mate don't don't you think Alpha chase is hot.’’

Emma purred, Emandra could not believe the hormones of her wolf. If she had not been in her head, she would give her a good slap. 

‘’He is hot but we are only here to be his breeders, you should get ready to have pups not drool over him’’ 

Emandra was done getting her hopes up, ‘’we will see’’ Emma hoof tucking herself back into the dark.

Emandra knew it was not time to deal with her. She had so much to find out about herself and her silly wolf was not going to get her distracted. 

She went in for a bath, in a better mood, she hadn't felt like this in a long time. She could now appreciate her quarters. Her bathroom was huge, way bigger than her bedroom at home, It had everything from mirrors to nicely folded towels, shower gels, and lady sanitary of every brand and type. 

The product won't be finished even for the next year or two, her walking closet was to live for. It had dresses from famous designers she had only dreamed of. bags from every collection and shoes were to die. Jewelry was an understatement. 

Emandra planned on exploring the castle and only wore a blue shirt and black sweatpants, her waist-length black jet hair falling behind her like a serene. No makeup, she was beautiful and her purple eyes only made her stand out even more. She steps out of her room, and a guard by her door gently bows

“Good morning Luna’’ Emandra stared at him for a long time not knowing how to return such greetings.

She wasn't their Luna, certainly not. the intoxicating scent from earlier clouds her mind. Whatever that was she wanted, she could feel herself walk through the door next to hers, the closer she got the stronger it became. Emandra opened the door. Delilah stood above the bed, someone lay in bed, and three men in black all turned to her. It was neither of them. It was coming from the man sleeping, she quickly rushed over to him, and they all stepped aside 

"mate" Emma spun and jumped happily in her head. 

“‘How can Chase be our mate? I just got rejected by Mirrod’’ Emandra asked her wolf, not sure if it was some kind of trick of hers to lure her into Chase’s arm. 

“‘Second chance mate, we've been blessed.” ’Emma tells her

Emandra knew of it, very few got second chances mates, The odds of it and to think she was now included in those few. 

“‘What's wrong with him?'’ Emandra looked at Chase who was rather pale and for some reason she felt as if he was dying. She reached out to feel his body, he was burning so much yet his skin remained white. As that of a ghost.

‘’Luna, there was an attack early this morning at the border. He was injected with wolfbane. Mixed with a fetal amount of silver” Delilah cried. Emandra’s body stiffened, and blood drained from her face. Wolfsbane was deadly, just a little could kill an ordinary werewolf. But she was still fighting, he sure deserves the little of The strongest Alpha.

‘’ What do we do?’’ she asked. His wounds were all healed. But he just wasn't waking up.

His temperature was too quick to rise and so quick to fall. It felt more like his body was going through a fire and ice contest.

 “‘Luna, we wait, the portent has been drained from his system but his bloodstream got some. Living all depends on him’’ Delilah and the three men walked out leaving her alone she didn't know when but she was crying and so she had to cover her mouth to hold her sobs. Before Delilah closed the door, she said something even more shocking.

 ‘’He may not want to live, so brace yourself for what may come next’’ She was gone before Emandra could ask questions. She just lost her first mate and the second is lying before her fighting for his life.

Why was life this cruel to her, night came and there was no change, Emandra’s body felt numb. She has been sitting in the same position but she dares not move. she was scared to blink, she feared he would stop breathing if she moved away. She had nothing to eat and wanted nothing. All she wanted was him, and his temperature kept fluctuating throughout the day. 

‘’Goddess, if you could give him back to me, I will do anything he wants. I can't lose him too, not now, not ever’’

“‘You will do anything'’ Yes, anything. Emandra did not realize it wasn't Emma talking but someone else, or rather something dark.