Chapter 2

Ruby's POV

I felt my world crumble at that statement. I gripped my stomach tight, it hurt so much. Soon, I found myself on the ground clutching my stomach tight.

" Accept the rejection or die, not that I care about your death." He said with his hands crossed over his chest. I felt like crying but it seemed as though crying would even hurt.

I struggled to sit upright. " I accept your rejection." I said slowly and I felt the pain subside. I reached out for my wolf but she wasn't there. All I could get was the hollow silence in my head. 

Just how much pain she had taken for me. If I were hurt by that pain, then I probably would have died if she wasn't with me. I tried again but all I got was hollow silence. She probably would be back by tomorrow. She just needed time to heal. She wouldn't leave me like them. 

She wasn't like any of them. She was right, we had each other and therefore needed no one else. They would only cause us pain.

I cleaned my eyes to see Teresa smirking at me. What the hell does she want from me? Was she here to taunt me again like always? Wouldn't she leave me alone now that I was in pain or was the pain I was feeling not enough for her?

I looked to see Gonzalo standing in front of her, his hands on her waist and her hands on his shoulders. What the hell are they doing?

He drew her close to him and she hung her neck sideways offering him her neck. It shouldn't be what I am thinking. His hands removed her hair from her neck and his canine tooth sunk deep into her neck and her eyes held mine as he did so.

He marked her! He fucking marked right in front of me! I watched as he kicked the mark sealing it. It wasn't supposed to hurt but I felt my stomach twitch then I felt my wolf again. She was too weak. Then realisation dawned on me, she was taking all the pains even when she was too weak.

Then I let the tears I was holding fall down. I cried for myself, for the cruel life that the moon goddess had given to me. What had I done to her in my past life to warrant this level of pain? I cried for my wolf because she was sacrificing herself for us. I cried because I knew that it would take her a longer time to heal and I might never get to hear her again, that she was killed by the pain and I was left to drown in my pool of loneliness.

I struggled to look up. No one offered me a hand. They were busy congratulating Gonzalo for selecting the right choice. I could taste my tears and it burned my tongue. I wasn't fit for them. I was never enough. I was the cursed wolf with a cursed father who I would never see. The curse was starting to take a roll on me.

I struggled to my feet knowing that I would wake up with blisters all over my body if I slept here. So much for a new life.

I struggled to walk but I felt myself going down and I braced myself to hit the ground. I had no wolf to take all or part of the pain away and I expected it to hurt and it did hurt so much. I could taste my own blood. My vision, blinded by my tears.

Darkness was looming over me and I called it to me. It would be better if I was gone too. There was no way I could survive the torture, the pain and the humiliation without Lilly.

When the darkness got to me, I opened my arms wide allowing it to take me with it. To a place where Lily was, a place away from the pain and all the dramas. A place where Teresa would never get to hurt me. A place, good for me. I felt my consciousness slipping away and I did not try to fight for my life. There was no mate to wait for. There was no life to fight for.

I opened my eyes slowly. Was this afterlife? And why does it look so familiar? I struggled to sit but a familiar voice stopped me.

" I wouldn't do that if I were you." I turned to stare at him.

" What are you doing here?" I meant to growl at him but it only came out as a whimper.

" I saved your pathetic ass and you are not grateful?" He raised his brow and I shook my head so much that it hurt. I wanted to grab them but I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing me in pain again.

" I didn't ask you to save me? Where am I?" My eyes roamed around the room and it had the touch of money. The wall was black, I didn't know if it was wallpaper or a paint.

" You are at my place." He said calmly like it was the most natural thing for him and I lunged at him throwing the closest thing I could get my hand on at him.

" You rejected me without any second thought and now you have kidnapped me!" I screamed at him and he growled at me.

" You do not have a right to talk to me that way. I am your Alpha."

" No, you are not my Alpha." I screamed louder with tears at the brink of my eyes. Stupid emotions always getting in the way.

His eyes grew darker and he had a sinister smile plastered on his lips as he watched me like a predator watching the last movement of his most prized prey. He was going to do something bad, I could feel it. I tried to reach out for my wolf again but I got nothing. I needed her right now.

No matter how hard I pressed, I got nothing but silence. I was abandoned to my fate. Not even the pool of tears I shed stopped him from taking what he wanted. I closed my eyes when he was done and let the darkness take me. I was too ashamed and broken to keep my eyes open.

I could feel it. I was awake much to my dismay. Never for once had the moon goddess granted my wish, making me wonder what exactly I had done to her in my past life that would have made her so adamant to make me suffer in this life.

I could feel the throbbing pain between my legs yet could not move them.

Suddenly, I was dragged out of the bed and my head hit the bed stand violently. I knew I was bleeding. I looked up to see a very angry Teresa.

" You little whore, what are you doing in my mate's room?" She growled in anger and I shivered. Never have I seen her this angry.

" I swear Teresa it wasn't…" I barely said anything when the first slap landed on my cheeks. My cheeks burned and my tears burned my skin.

" Teresa please…" She hit me hard again.

" What do you have to say about this?!" She screamed as she threw the bedsheets at me. I did not bother to say anything again. She wasn't going to believe me. None of them would believe me. They always believed the worst about me. What difference would it make now?

I will just bear the pain as always.

" You were jealous that my mate rejected you and you forced yourself upon him!" Her eyes were blazing hot. I tried to stand but I fell back to the ground so hard that I let out a high pitched cry. The pain between my legs had not subsided but no one cared.

I looked up to see the Alpha and Luna. Maybe they would help me. Alphas were supposed to protect every single member of the pack as their own and Lunas were meant to be the mother figure.

" Alpha…Luna." I cried out weakly not expecting the next line of action from them.

" How dare you keep Teresa in pain because of your selfish desires?!" The Luna lunged at me and her fist connected with my jaw. I fell back on the bed but she was clearly not done with me. She jammed the two legs that I had kept apart to help ease the pain together and I cried out.

I looked at the Alpha for help but he looked away, the look on his face and the clenching of his fist told me that he was holding himself from using me as a punching bag. I felt torn. 

They both took turns in hitting me and all I did was cry. By the time they were done, I could feel the soreness of my ribs. My nose was bleeding so bad but no one offered me medical attention.

" Get out!" The Alpha barked when they were tired of hitting me.

I was the one who was violated but yet I ended up being the one punished. 

With pain radiating from every part of my body, I struggled to my feet holding my ribs. I was seeing things in twos, I stumbled after a few steps and they all stepped away from me as though I were some disease they wouldn't want to get themselves infected with.

I sucked my trembling lips in and all I could taste was the staleness of my own blood.

I forced my legs to move. Outside the pack house, even the omegas were looking at me with so much disgust in their eyes. As always, everyone did their best to stay away from me avoiding the paths I took, not that I cared.

My eyes stung but I was tired of crying. Clearly, tears were never going to help me.

Finally, I reached the closest thing I could call home before my knees gave way. I crawled painfully to the fridge. My fingers were broken but I forced them to open the bottle I had grabbed from the fridge and swallowed all its content in one gulp. 

I grabbed another bottle and opened it but the content never touched my thirsty tongue as it was ripped away from my hand spilling the contents on the ground. Her faint scent, hitting my nose. With my wolf, I probably would have noticed her presence long before she got to me.

" What are you doing in my house?!" She thundered. I opened my mouth to speak but the words got stuck in my throat.

" I gave you everything and all you could do is to pay me back by dragging my name in the mud. Ungrateful kid!" I kept quiet hoping she would go away. I was already used to her banterings, I just need to sleep properly.

" I should have listened to Jason and let you go. You are exactly like your whorish mother!" My eyes flared at her choice of words. I would not let her destroy the perfect image I had of my mother.

" My mother is not a whore. She is more decent than you." My voice came out in a whisper much to my disdain.

Her fist connected with my cheeks and I fell to the ground having no stamina at all.

" You can't compare me to that whore!" She hit me again so hard close to my left eye. She definitely gave me a black eye.

" What's going on here?" A male voice asked. I didn't have to raise my head to know who the voice belonged to.

" I-I only confronted her about what happened between her and the Alpha's son and she called me a whore." Danika sobbed and the man growled. I know what that sound meant. I tried my best to roll away from him but he was faster.

The first blow landed on my right shoulder and I whimpered. I stopped blocking the blows. All I did was protect my eyes.

" You have no place here if you can't respect us at least for putting a shelter over you and feeding you!" He said. I had no strength in me to move and I remained where I was.

I felt myself being dragged away from the house all through the steps and he dumped me outside.

" Ruby!" Someone called out. I tried to open my eyes but I could only open one eye halfway.

" I am not a whore, Drako." I cried out as he lifted me from the ground.

" I know, I believe you." He whispered, his voice laced with pain.

I closed my eyes, giving into sleep. All I needed was a deep slumber taking me away from the pain I was currently drowning in. Maybe when I wake up, Lily would be back and she would tell me what to do.

I lost my wolf, then I lost my virginity and now, I have lost my shelter and hope for weekly feeding. What more do I have to lose?