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Chapter 3

Cora's POV.

That evening, I found myself in the Alpha's mansion, along with my family. Though it looked majestic and beautiful, with touches of royalty, my mind wasn't in the right state to appreciate it.

I looked around and could see well-dressed werewolves of different sizes and class. They all looked classy while I felt completely out of place.

My Father, Stepmother and Vanessa walked around the mansion confidently, meeting and greeting everyone they could, while I just stood awkwardly by the side, trying to make myself invisible.

My thoughts were coming from different angles.

What if I couldn't find him?

Or... what if I found him, but... he denied me, and the pregnancy?

Or... what if I found him and he doesn't remember me? What then will become of me?

"Please Moon goddess. Help me... Help me find this man. Let him be my mate so that accepting me and the pregnancy wouldn't be an issue." I prayed silently while my eyes scanned the room.

Then, I felt it happen.

A very strong pull—that which I felt that fateful night, but this time it was different. My heart raced and goosebumps filled my skin out of nowhere.

I knew what was happening because I  just clocked eighteen.

I knew this was my wolf sensing who our mate was.

My heart thumped in my chest as I turned around, scanning the crowd for the one who the moon goddess had destined for me.

That was when my eyes met him.

I could recognize him instantly.

He was the man from the club. The one I'd slept with. The one who I was pregnant with his child.

Hope engulfed me. My mind relaxed. The happiness that I haven't felt in a long time suddenly filled my heart.

He was the one. Though he had insulted me after sleeping with me. Though he had called me a whore. Though he had called me pathetic. I couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

He was the one, and he was mate.

"Oh Moon goddess. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." I whispered, silently thanking the moon goddess for answering my short prayer.

Finally, I've found the man and he was my mate.

Everything was settled. I was sure— sure that even though he had called me series of names back then, he would have no choice than to accept me and this pregnancy.

Because I was his mate.

He was standing at the center of the room, his sharp eyes also scanning round the room as if also feeling the bond until it landed on me. Different emotion flashed through his face, but the dominant of them all was hatred as reality clicked in.

"The moon goddess got to be kidding me." Was the first statement he said as he strode towards me. "Of all female wolves in this pack. It's you! The moon goddess must have made a mistake!"

"A... mistake?" I repeated, my voice trembling. "How can you say that?"

He scoffed, "Wait? Do you actually think for one second that I would ever accept you as my mate?"

"But..  I didn't choose this..."

"Well... Glad it's mutual, so rejection shouldn't be an issue."

"Wait, what? Rejection?"

"You heard me right. I'm rejecting you." He said flatly, his face void of any emotion.

"You're..." I choked, trying to get the words to come out, "You're rejecting me..." I said, the word sounding poisonous in my tongue.

Me, who was pregnant for him.

Me. His mate.

Shock engulfed me and all the hope I'd once had crashed immediately.

"I want nothing to do with you. You can never be my mate, you don't belong by my side and you never will." He said, his tone cold.

"You can't..." I murmured, shaking my head as tears filled my eyes, and before I could stop myself, I spilled out the truth; "I'm... I'm pregnant."

He paused, his gaze fixed on me, and different emotions flashed through his face, and then, he laughed.

A mockery laugh.

"You've got to be kidding me." He said, his voice filled with sarcasm, and then he laughed again, this time louder drawing the attention of the crowd towards us.

"Do you think that you can trap me with some ridiculous fake pregnancy?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm not lying. It's the truth. I'm pregnant and it's yours."

He scoffed, "That bastard inside of you isn't mine and can never be! How dare you!" He yelled and then leaned closer.

"Let me make this clear to you, I don't want you. I will never want you. Okay? You and I can never be. I don't care about some ridiculous mate bond pairing the moon goddess does, all I know is that, someone like you can never and will never be my mate. You're nothing to me. Absolutely nothing!"

"But... Why? Why have I done to deserve such hate from you?" I cried, "Why do you hate me so much? Please... Don't do this to me..." I begged him, holding his hand.

But he instead pushed me until I fell to the ground, my butt hitting the floor with a loud thud.

As I tried to stand, a tall beautiful, elegant woman walked towards us. Her dress glittered in the light and her face was filled with disgust as she should look down at me.

"Kieran, who is she?" she asked, her eyes raking all over my body

"No one important, Lyra," he replied, looking down at me as if I was a trash under his feet, "she's just some desperate little whore trying to pin a pregnancy on me?"

Lyra chuckled crossing her arms, and then looked at me with disdain, "How pathetic! Do you really think someone like you could ever be with him? Just look at yourself!"

"I'm not lying. The pregnancy is his and I'm carrying his child." I said but she chuckled.

The man whose name I've known to be Kieran bent to my level, "Look whore or whatever you call yourself, you mean nothing to me. Just stay out of my life or I'll make sure you regret ever trying to pull this stunt again."

"Kieran, why are you talking too much? Just reject her already." Lyra said nonchalantly.

"No... please please, don't don't reject me. I'm not lying..." I begged.

"Come on Kieran, do it already!" She urged him.

"I, Kieran, reject—"

Just before he could complete his statement, a thunderous voice echoed through the room. The crowd gasped as they turned towards the entrance. My heart sank when I saw who it was.

My life... was doomed!