Chapter 2

~~ HAZEL ~~

It seemed like a dream to me, I couldn't believe that my enemy happened to be my mate.

Why should the moon goddess do such a thing? I guess she was mistaken.

Giving me a man that hates everything about me including my footsteps and foot match as a mate is disgusting.

But hell! I wasn't expecting a rejection from my mate, neither did I know that I wolf less.

I had rumors that my family is cursed, and the sudden death of my parents is a result of that curse from the moon goddess, but till now, I still don't know why we were cursed.

If she had cursed us not to have a wolf, she would have done the same thing when it comes to mates. Being wolf less but given a mate is heartbroken.

I can't really stand and watch my own brother weep because of such things too. I need to get ourselves out of this mess, besides, we don't know the crime our family committed.

The guard that had dashed into the room gripped my hand and dragged me out of his room while I was in tears.

Just like before, laughters of mockery filled the whole place because of me.

"Hold on! What's wrong? Did you commit any crime again?" I heard a masculine voice behind, and then a soft palm that gripped mine.

The guard stopped and Earl walked to us.

He wiped the tears on my cheeks and everywhere was silent.

"Happy birthday to you." He said to me.

I tried to fake a smile, but couldn't. "It's not a happy birthday, it's a sorrowful birthday." I replied to him.

He smiled at me. "No matter what the issue is, you should be grateful for adding a year again."

"Not when I couldn't shift because I'm wolf less, then my mate rejected me immediately he found out." I uttered amidst the pain.

He stood still for a while staring at me, and then gripped my hand.

"I heard your family is under a curse by the moon goddess, maybe that's the reason. Who then is your mate?" He asked me.

I glanced at his face and bent my head. "The king, he found out and rejected me, now I'm banished from the pack." I announced to him.

Though I'm very sure that Alpha Onyx wouldn't listen to anyone about me only if he decides to, I still have to tell someone my problem.

He narrowed his eyes. "You mean, Onyx is your mate? That's fabulous. He shouldn't reject you that way."

"What other way should I take in rejecting her? Just excuse them, so the guard can take her off this place." I heard Alpha Onyx's voice referring to his friend, Earl.

Immediately, the guard dragged me again and we moved into my little hut, and I packed all my belongings.

He left with me to my parents house and dragged my brother out, then he kicked us out of the pack as he was ordered.

We turned out to be rogues.

My brother and I had to start building a little hut with woods so we could see where to rest our heads every time.

After we were done, Zion brought up the discussion of the reason I was banished with him.

"The king hates me so much, so he rejected me when he found out that we were mates." I explained to him.

A mistake I'm trying my best not to do is to tell him that we are wolf less, I'll surely find a solution to this before he turns eighteen.

"The king is your mate? He shouldn't have rejected you." He twisted his face for a while and then shook his head.

"If that's how he wants it, then no problem. He's just heartless." Zion added

"Forget about him, let's talk about our welfare. He'll surely come to his senses one day." I patted his back.

~~ ONYX~~

It's been days since I banished Hazel from the pack, but still I couldn't be myself.

I've been dragging the issue with my parents, and Selah has been in tears all these while too.

She wouldn't want me to get married to someone else, neither will my parents let me marry her.

This is just being complicated.

I banished her from the pack to avoid people knowing about it, yet the rumors spread everywhere already.

The thought of having someone like her as my mate seems like a disappointment to me.

A knock at my door drew me out of my thoughts.

"Who's that? Come in." 

The door was opened and a guard walked in.

"Your majesty, the priest is here to see you. He's already in your chamber with your parents." He announced to me.

The priest? I rolled my eyes. It's been a while since he stepped his feet on the palace, and I can tell that everything isn't alright with his coming.

"I'll be there now."

The guard left while I took my cloak and had it on, then left the room. 

I entered the chamber to see my parents seated while the priest was still standing, his face wasn't bright at all.

"He's here to drop a message for you, so give him all your attention." My father referred to me.

I turned to the priest. "What's the message all about? Go ahead and tell me."

He focused his gaze on me this time. "You're about to lose this throne."

I quivered on hearing that, and my parents forcefully stood up. "Did I hear you well? Why would you say that?"

"You're planning to get married to a woman that isn't your mate, but you'll lose this throne if you do that. Go and find your mate, she alone will be the Luna of this pack." He turned his face at me and hit his staff on the floor. "Failure to do that, then the royalty will be taken away from this family." He concluded and walked out immediately.

I scratched my head, this is more than I expected.

The fact is that, I wasn't expecting such a thing at all. How on earth am I going to deal with such a thing?

I don't think he's aware of who my mate is, or he wouldn't say such a thing to me.

"You heard him very well, and I'll banish you from this pack if the Royal staff leaves this family." My father referred to me and left the chamber with my mother.

I sat on the throne trying to put myself together.