REJECTED TWICE

“My chosen Luna, Natalie Brown, betrayed me on the night of our mating, leaving me with no other option than to cancel the Luna ceremony.” Raymond echoed through the microphone, which grabbed all the guests' attention. 

‘Natalie Brooks, the soon-to-be Luna of Star Lining Pack, is seen having an affair with a masked stranger at TEC.’ Headline News Reporting….. My sex tape was all over the media.

They all passed meaningful glances at one another. The whispers emerging from the guests were getting louder and louder by every second when the projected video of my intimate act at the hotel was left to play.

“Natalie Brown is a slut. I mean, look at her, using her own body for such a disgusting act.” As the video ended, one of the elders who stood by for the ordination muttered beneath his breath. 

“She's too shameless to be our Luna. How dare she go against Alpha Raymond! Who does she think she is!!” They were murmuring from the crowd. Raymond's voice cut through the chaos. 

“However, the goddess blessed me with my true fated mate, Lucinda brown.” He announced with confidence and a heartfelt enthusiasm as a wave of applause filled the air. 

The crowd's approval was a sweet sensation as Lucinda was brought on stage. Her steps were graceful, and she looked vibrant under the sunshine, her hair bouncing around her shoulders. 

“I am so sorry for my sister's faults. I promise to be a better Luna and make up for where she went wrong.” Her deceitful smile was a hint of satisfaction as she ended her speech and earned a kiss from Raymond when I walked into the event centre. 

“What did you just say!!!” I yelled in frustration as the sound of shattering glass pierced the air. “My fault?! Liars!! Why don't you tell them all what happened.” I stared at Lucinda with a mixture of anger and hurt. 

Everyone turned to me as I became the centre of attraction of the entire Star Lining Pack. Their eyes were filled with disdain, a scorching flame reflected in their gaze like they would burn me at any minute. 

“She still had the guts to show her disgusting face up here?” An elder stood up, shooting a deadly glare at me. 

I couldn't understand what was happening until I saw the big screen. Someone had leaked this video to tarnish my reputation, and I was sure it would be no other than Lucinda and Alpha Raymond. 

They were probably scared about their reputation in the pack and afraid I would expose their true colours, so they chose to destroy me this way. 

Raymond turned to me with a fierce glare. “You made me break my promise, Natalie. You went behind my back and crawled under the sheet of another man. How disgusting.” He shared and added. “Therefore, I, Alpha Raymond of Starling Pack, reject the degenerate omega, Natalie Brown.”

Hearing his words made my knees numb, and my heart twisted violently. My chest tightened with heartbeats harmonised with sorrow, along with the flashes of the camera that captured the scenario. 

“Fine. I, Natalie Brown, accept your rejection. Thanks, I couldn't have found my fated mate if it weren't for…”

“Mate???” Lucinda interrupted. “Who would accept a rejected trash like you?” A subtle, sly grin crept on her face, unveiling her true intentions; her smile was a thread of deceit. 

“You seem to enjoy the trash that I deserted.” I retorted as amusement danced in my eyes. My smirk portrayed a sense of superiority radiating self-assurance. 

“You!!!” Lucinda attempted to strike me across my face when someone from the crowd suddenly yelled out, “Supreme Alpha Damien Cross is coming.”

The ladies amongst the crowd began to sway and chatter happily. “The Supreme Alpha is here. Oh my gosh, he is so hot.”

They were overjoyed as a tall figure dressed in a corporate black suit walked in gracefully. The crowd descended on their knees to welcome the Supreme Alpha who had just arrived.

As he made his way to the stage, my senses heightened. A feeling of familiarity struck me.

“Mate!” my wolf Eliza says.

“Mate? Could he be the masked stranger from last night?” I muttered under my breath as several thoughts crossed my mind.

I ran into his arms, believing that my redemption had come. I wrapped my arms around his jacket. “Supreme Alpha,” I called out in a subbing voice.

“It is I, your fated mate”, I echoed. I stretched my heels, balancing the weight of my body on my toes, and whispered, “I am the lady you defiled last night.” 

He angrily shoved me off his body, landing me on the ground. In a state of shock, I stared at him in disbelief; I pondered what I may have said wrong.

“I can never be mates with a cheap whore who sells her body to random men”, he announced, bearing a stern look. Everyone turned to stare at me in dismay. 

Maybe being a scentless omega is why he couldn’t sense our mate bond. Or perhaps he was too prideful to admit what occurred between us.

“You took my virginity last night, yet you stand here to call me a whore. Aren’t you such a hypocrite?” I uttered, sending a wave of resentment in the air.

“Have you lost your mind?” one of the elders yelled at me. “Is that how you address the Supreme Alpha?” the elder adds.

“I, Supreme Alpha Damien, have a Luna whom I cherish so much and will not have another”, he affirms as he stands his ground and out rightly denies ever knowing me.

Shame and disappointment enveloped me. I felt like a worthless piece of cloth thrown into the waste bin. Tears rolled down my cheeks; I could hear my heart walls crack in different directions.

“What a big disgrace she is. She was rejected by two Alphas simultaneously,” a voice from the crowd murmurs.

I got up on my feet with the last strength in me. A heavy rage boiled inside me. “I curse you, Supreme Alpha Damien; you will never find true love and happiness for treating me this way,” I cursed him.

Celine walked up to the podium and went down on her knees. “Nonsense and empty words, sir. Please pardon my stepdaughter for her irresponsible ways; I promise that she will be handled properly at home”, she told the council.

Celine grabbed my hair, and I let out a painful scream. She dragged me out of the pack like a helpless dog, calling me all sorts of names.

I have never felt more humiliated in my life than I do today. It was a pain too severe to bear.

I was in my bedroom drowning in my sorrows when my sister and stepmother barged in on me to make a mockery of my situation.

“Oh, Natalie! The only girl who does everything right but still gets it all wrong,” Lucinda said, gloating over my predicament.

“By the way, how was the treat we set up for you last night? I hope you enjoyed getting smashed,” Lucinda berates me, letting out a dubious laugh.

“You! You set me up to be humiliated, didn’t you?” my wailing voice utters 

“You fool! Of course, it was me. I planned it all. I spiked your drink, set you up last night and uploaded your sex tape online,” Lucinda confessed unremorsefully 

The more she spoke, the more heartbroken I got. I felt as though I had been pushed into a furnace to burn alive.

“What did I ever do to you and your mother that you both hate me so much?” I said as snot flushed out of my nostrils. 

Celine stretches her hand to my face and lands a hot slap on my cheek.

“How dare you talk about us in that manner. You stupid child of a whore” she furiously said to me.

“For your information, Raymond was involved in this plot from the very beginning. He never loved you. I am his chosen mate. We will get married, and I will become the future Luna of the lining pack,” Lucinda announced as she laughed aloud, crushing my emotions into crumbs.

They both left me to wallow in pain. I bet they are satisfied with themselves after ruining my reputation in the pack.

I stared at the four walls of my room, wondering why my life had to be so complicated. 

I couldn’t quite point out what ordeal was more painful. The slap, the double rejection, the sex tape or the betrayal from my loved ones. 

My head could explode with the endless thoughts rushing through it.

My misery had only begun. My stepmother, Celine, turned me into an enslaved person in my own home.

It was hell on Earth; there were days when I thought it would be best to run away, but to whom do I run?

What hope is there for a rejected Omega like me? Perhaps I would instead kill myself and end it all. 

I convinced myself that things would get better even though they get worse by the day.

Celine awakes one fateful morning, calling out my name as if a war had just happened.

“Natalie!.... Natalie!.... Where are you, lazy bastard?” she screams in fury, searching for me around the house.

She storms into my room to find a shocking surprise.