Chapter 1

INGRID'S P.O.V.

I let out a heavy breath as I tried to contain myself. If that wasn't the first and best I've ever had, then I don't know what is. I watched Aegon roll himself out of the bed to pick his shirt from the floor, but I was still curious as to why he didn't do it. 

“Why didn't you mark me?” I asked as I started to feel a sense of anger within me. 

“Because I didn't want to.”

“What? Aegon we are mates, you are meant to mark me when we mate to complete…"

“I know what the mating process is all about.” His voice sounded rough and irritated as he continued to wear his clothes, but the entire conversation was causing me a near heart attack.

“Aegon, make me understand what the hell is going on?” He let out a sigh and turned around to look at me. 

“I knew we were mates right before this moment.” I furrowed my eyebrows confused.

“Why didn't you say anything? We could have…"

“We wouldn't have done anything. You are an Omega, and I'm an Alpha. There's a huge difference in where we stand in this pack, we could never be together, understand that!” He snapped as he got up from the bed.

“So you're going to take my dignity away and just leave? Have you lost your mind, Aegon? Power? Is that what this is truly about?”

“You are nothing but an omega, and you are absolutely no match for…" I slapped him across the face as I felt a mix of emotions within me.

“Omega or not, I am not a weak person. Aegon we have longed to be mates since forever even your parents wanted that.”

“I never wanted to be your mate. The only reason we are still friends is because of my parents, I would have been done with you a long time. Listen to me, no one must hear that we were mates ever, or I will make sure you are dead.” I swallowed hard as I felt my heart being broken into pieces. 

“Aegon, think…"

“There's nothing to think about.”

“You just took my dignity away, my pride and…"

“I don't care about that. Honestly, you are the best person I've slept with so far and that's what I wanted to figure out, how it truly feels to sleep with your mate and now that I've gotten it, I have nothing to do with you.”

“How dare you?” My vision became blurry as I tried not to cry in front of him. 

This bastard!

“I will be mated to Dagna soon and you…" I huffed as I let out a laugh.

“Of course! What was I thinking? She's the one behind this, but you're forgetting that this is a mate bond we can't break it because we are destined, has Dagna really gotten to your head this much?”

“This has nothing to do with Dagna. I will reject you and you will accept it.”

“You can't be serious about that.” I looked at him in disbelief

“I, Aegon Reynolds, Alpha of Ironwood Pack, reject you, Ingrid Maverick as my mate and Luna.” Tears filled my eyes as pain pierced through my heart.

“I, Ingrid Maverick, accept your rejection.” I turned around in the bed and covered myself with the duvet as I shut my eyes.

I heard him moving around in the room then I felt a part of the bed go down as he put his hands over my back like he had always done ever since we were little, but this time it felt empty and lost.

“Do you need something?” I pulled the duvet away from my face to look at him and I could see the confusion in his eyes.

He wanted to break, but there was no way I was going to do that.

“No, I don't. Remember, no one must know. I'll send myself out.” He stood up and left the room. 

I heard the main entrance close and felt his absence. Tears rolled down my eyes as I wanted to scream and howl, but I couldn't. The pain in my heart was unbearable: 

It's been seventeen years since my parents died in the fire after they had saved Aegon and his mother. If they hadn't been saved, then they would still be alive, and I would be happy, but this pack will be without an heir, a Luna, and an Alpha with his sanity intact. 

They had sacrificed their lives for Aegon and his mother, that's why they took me in. I was just three, but I could remember everything that happened. Alpha Kane and Luna Vimon loved me as though I were their daughter and that's how I became friends with Aegon.

Imagining my life without him was a terror. Was I the devil to wish my parents didn't make that sacrifice they did? 

There was no doubt that I missed them and I wished I knew them better. I had no memories of them except the memory of them dying in that fire, nothing else. I had convinced Alpha Kane to let me stay among the pack members as I would rather not stay in the Alpha's chambers anymore, and he gave me this place. 

They are nice people but Aegon got lost before I even got the chance to find him. Ever since Dagna came into his life, it's been a living hell with him. 

A knock at the door caught my attention and I cleaned up before heading towards the door and I realized it was the Alpha's guard.

“Theo.”

“Hi, Ingrid. The Alpha wants you in the house. It's almost dinner time.”

“Tell him I don't have an appetite. I ate a lot at noon, but I'll come for breakfast tomorrow.” He smiled before leaving.

I shut the door as I felt my heart being heavy. I couldn't bring myself to sit at that table. The entire family will be there, including Dagna; it will cause nothing but pain knowing that the mate bond was broken.

#It isn't broken, you never rejected him# I heard my wolf whisper.