Rejection

Kyas POV

“What’s all the commotion in here!” His voice boomed through the cafe. 

“My lord she is paying with stolen money. No one would pay a slave and we all know her status.” The clerk spoke quickly.

Alpha Collin stared into my eyes. His dark green eyes brimming with disgust. He towered over me like a giant with huge muscles and a fierce demeanor.

“So you’ve resorted to thieving now? After all your father did for you, you disgrace him like this?” He scoffed while laughing with his officials. 

“Where did you get this money little scummy?” The alpha asked over me menacingly. I felt my heart tearing into smaller and smaller pieces. 

Stuttering I tried to answer “I earned it….” 

I thought about a lie to say so I didn’t give my only income outlet away, but I had no choice. Lying to the pack alpha is treason and he would certainly have me brutally beaten.

“I worked on the outskirts of the pack, for members doing miscellaneous jobs. None of them knew of my status and allowed me to live normally in their presence.” I breathed out hurriedly.

“So you deceived them and took their money huh? If they knew you are a slave they would’ve given you nothing. You work for your pack. We owe you nothing.” The alpha stated blandly. 

“I..I…I didn’t deceive them… I’m not a thief” I bowed and tears fell freely from my eyes. I was shaking to my core with fear. 

“YOU DARE CALL ME A LIAR?” The alpha boomed.

A moment later the men moved aside as the bells rang again and beta Charlie entered the cafe.

“Alpha you sent for me, how can I serve you?” He bowed.

Glancing over he realized me standing there surrounded by the alpha’s officials looking pathetic. 

“What has the scum done now?” He let out.

“She accuses me of being deceitful.” The alpha stated nonchalantly. 

SMACK!!! 

Beta Charlie’s hand connected hard with my face leaving a large red welt and burning instantly across my head. 

“How dare you?!!! Have you not done enough? You shameless woman why are you even here? You have no home. No friends. No reason to stay here except to be our pack slave and even then no one wants you to even serve them.” He boomed out loudly.

His words were cold… but true. I had nothing here. I started pleading “Alpha please I’m so sorry, I did not mean any offense, this is a misunderstanding.” Tears flowed fast down to my small chin.

“Throw her in the dungeon. That will teach her to steal from and extort my people.” The alpha grinned.

With a wave of his hand, his men gathered me and dragged me out. Exiting the cafe with my head low I could hear other pack members murmuring amongst themselves as the guards took me to the pack house.

“She’s the worst I hear even her father hates her,” one said pretentiously.

“I would too if someone killed my mate and cursed my pack.” Another spat.

Deep in my heart, I used to listen to such ramblings but after 18 years of this hatred, it’s nothing new to me. Many people blamed me for my mother's passing and I can’t help but wonder why the moon goddess did this to me. Why did she give me such a pitiful existence in this world? 

As if being born from a Beta and being an omega wasn’t punishment enough she left me with this blasted curse mark and a dead mother. 

As we entered the pack house I felt a twinge in my heart. I smelt an overwhelming fragrance of pine wood and fresh linen. It was delectable. 

I lifted my head to glance around to find the source of that amazing smell. Then my gaze caught the deep gaze of a man across the room. We locked eyes for a brief moment.

Mate. My wolf became excited.

He walked directly to where I was standing shackled by the guards with my eyes glued to him.

“What has this prisoner done?” Caleb asked his men. “She’s a petty thief and she insulted the alpha” the men replied.

Caleb glared at me. “What a joke.” He smirked and walked away. I could feel my heart slamming against my chest. 

I found a mate! It was Caleb!! 

My wish…it came true! Unfortunately for me, Caleb was shallow and cold like his father. The look in his eyes told me this was not a good thing. He looked disappointed and disgusted. 

They quickly dragged me down the corridor to the staircase at the end. It was a long staircase leading deep below the pack house. The smell was rancid and of urine and feces. 

They passed a few cells with prisoners contained. Some with menacing smiles, others old and quiet ready to depart. I held my breath as they dumped me at a cell furthest from the entrance.

Some cells had lights, windows, and a little mat to lay on, but not mine. My cell seemed to be the absolute worst, it was dark almost pitch black in the cell with just a bare cold ground to lie upon.

“You get the torture cell sense you keep torturing us with your presence.” The guard spit at me and left.

I curled into a small ball and cried. I cried for a long time. I thought I had grown strong enough that these things couldn’t break me anymore but I was always surprised by the cruelty they showed me.

After a while, I sat thinking of my mate. His beautiful body, all the stolen moments watching him train, he could be our savior Athena! My wolf didn’t respond though. 

“Athena are you with me” I asked the desolate corners of my mind praying for a response.

”I’m weak Kya. Stop thinking of him” Athena growled bitterly.

What?! She was so happy when she recognized his wolf.

Why was Athena acting like this? Now that I think of it she hasn’t spoken since Caleb approached us. What did she sense…”Athena….” 

Finally, Athena responded again “Brace yourself”. 

What is wrong with my wolf today? I know it’s been rough but nothing less than what we have endured. Why now would she act hurt and angry?

The stairway had patterns of heavy footsteps coming down them. I stared at the entrance as Caleb emerged. I couldn’t help but smile inside. 

He is my only hope. 

He walked gracefully past all the prisoners and stopped in front of my cell. He reached into his pocket and pulled the key. He entered my cell quickly without so much as a glance.

I stood immediately trying to gather myself respectfully. 

“Hello, little scummy” his words laced with venom. 

My nickname never bothered me more than it did at that moment.

“Let’s not pretend we both don’t know why I’m here. So let’s go ahead and get it over with. I Caleb Fierier reject you Kya the cursed. May you live out your miserable life without me”

I shattered inside. My only hope. My only chance for love? Holy hell I am cursed. I never imagined the pain that flowed over my body at that moment could be so excruciating. 

I dropped to the ground barely grasping consciousness as my heart tore into millions of pieces. My wolf howled endlessly in my mind. 

Caleb stepped away grinning. “How dare the moon goddess try to curse you upon me.” As he turned to walk away I grunted and made it up to prop myself on my knees.

“CALEB” I screamed. 

“maybe this will kill you and rid you of us all.” He grinned as he turned back to face me. He didn’t expect what came next.

“CALEB I ACCEPT YOUR REJECTION I KYA THE CURSED ACCEPT YOUR REJECTION. MAY YOU LIVE THE LIFE YOU DESERVE” my screams echoed throughout the corridor.

My voice almost sounded powerful before I blacked out from the pain. Dropping to the hard ground I felt darkness envelop me completely.

Meanwhile, while I was dead to the world...

Caleb stared at me for a moment lying on the ground, then looked up to see the prisoner in the cell next to me was grinning at him. 

“Would you like a lesson in manners woman? Avert your eyes!” He stomped away scowling at the prisoner. 

She smiled deeply “This pack has no honor whatsoever. I don’t even feel the least bit remorseful for what comes next” the woman cackled back at him.

Two days later…

I withered on the dungeon floor for what felt like months. No food or water was given to me either. I truly thought I was dying a few times while withering and clenching my abdomen and chest in excruciating pain. 

In and out of my consciousness I would see my cell neighbor glancing at me. She didn’t look like a beaten-down prisoner but a young beautiful woman. 

I heard her murmuring a few times or maybe I imagined it but I think I heard her congratulating my strength. Mine? I must be delusional.

By day three I could stay conscious for longer periods. Rejection could kill an omega like me. How could he? I’ve never done anything to merit a death like this. 

I’m leaving. My mind is set I will leave and if I die… I die. It’s better than the option of dying in this cell one day. 

A voice broke my thoughts “So you want to leave?” The woman next door sang. “I’m Vivi and I think your right. You should be free of this place.”

Can she hear my thoughts? 

“I’m Kya. And yes I think it best I abandon a hope of a life here.” I wiped my eyes and looked around.

It was dusk outside I could see from my cell neighbor's window. My entire body blared in pain. I winced trying to stand.

“Sleep one more day, I guarantee you will not die here. I will bring you with me!” Vivi exclaimed. “Wha what are you….” I passed back into darkness.

I slept the entire night and day. By evening my body was starving itself. I felt death was coming sooner than later when suddenly the guards evacuated quickly rushing up the dungeon stairs.

“Where are they going so fast” I asked out loud. 

Vivi started bouncing and chanting. “When the time comes Kya come with me, show respect and you will be blessed.” She winked at me. 

Growls, screams, and shrieks of horror permeated the air. Even below ground, we could hear something horrific was occurring. I started shaking in fear and hunger.

“Vivi.. thanks for being here with me at the end,” I said quietly accepting my fate. “Oh honey, he’s here. He’s here, he’s here….” She sang loudly. The stairs boomed with feet.

Three large men burst into the dungeon. The men were bigger than most of the men in our pack. They were all muscle with stern strong demeanors. Even alpha Collin looked small in size compared to these men.

“Alex baby you came for me” Vivi played as a damsel as she spun around and fell into his arms. 

“Vivi stop the theatrics you knew we’d be here let’s go.” The man responded. The men stopped and glanced at me, the pathetic girl next to Vivi's cell.

“Can we keep her?” Vivi gleamed at the leader Alex. “She looks… yes we shall take her to Alpha. Can she be trusted not to run?” Vivi glared at Alex “Do you think she can even walk?” She snapped at him. 

His eyes widened “What happened? What do they do to their woman here?” My appearance made the men angry. 

The last few days I lost the little weight I had and became a bag of bones. My cheeks sunk in and my arms were small and frail. There was no way I could stand never the less defend myself against these men.

“They call them scum, reject them and leave them to die in dungeons,” Vivi said casually. The men’s eyes flashed their wolves. 

They broke me out and carried me away. As I slowly came out of shock I could smell nothing but blood and earth. As my eyes opened and closed I caught glimpses of dead pack members everywhere. 

“Wha what happened?….” I tried to ask before I was shoved into a large Jeep that sped away.