Painful Consequences

ZADE

I never expected her actually to come here.

She must have been so stupid or deluded because when I saw her getting out of the limo with my father and her mom looking like a perfect family, I knew she had just signed her death warranty.

I haven’t seen her physically before, but I have kept my eyes on her all these years since they came to my home. Ever since my father mated another woman and forgot about my mom like she never existed in the first place.

Nothing pained me more than when he assumed to be perfect and began being an actual father to her and a loving doting mate to the whore of the mate who then proceeded to come into the house, my mom’s house, and get the title, Luna; the title my mom was proud of.

I hated them.

My thoughts are cut short when I see her walking towards the ballroom from the balcony I am standing on. I didn’t think she would attend, but she is; walking and looking like she belongs here. I want to show her how much she doesn’t and make sure she regrets it and goes away.

I hear the countdown as I down the drink in my glass and I roll my shoulders ready to make my girlfriend an official mate. Olivia and I have been childhood friends and she has been my girlfriend forever, so it's only fair the moon goddess makes us true mates and makes it official for the whole world to know.

I know she is waiting for me, so I straighten my tux and start walking back when I feel the first call of the mate bond. My eyes shift and I swivel my eyes towards the figure that’s seated on the bench, slowly dawning on me who my mate could be.

No. fucking. Way.

The call tugs me so strongly that I stumble in the hall, Olivia looking at me with a wide expression on her face, and hurt flashes on her face when I don’t go towards her, as the mating call leads me out to go be with my mate.

I open the doors and there she is.

Up close, she looks so ethereal like a princess- a melancholic princess and when she looks at me, with hope and disbelief in her eyes, I get the urge to go to her and hold her close to me.

“Our mate. Mine!”

My wolf, Zack growls and I know everyone can feel the atmosphere because he comes so close to the surface it’s a miracle I don’t fully shift right here and now.

I am never going to accept her as my mate. She will never be my Luna, the girl who came into my life, destroyed and stole everything away from me.

“I reject you as my mate and my Luna! You will never be my mate, do you understand?” I bellow so angry because the moon goddess seems to be fucking with me.

When she accepts, I feel the bond being cut and weakening. It’s so painful but I swallow it, as I watch her struggle and writhe in pain in front of the whole damn school as I reject her.

She is trash, a nobody,  and I will never be tied to her.

Turning to look at Olivia who is standing at the far corner watching the scene with tears in her eyes is so hard, because the trash of a girl is still on the floor, crying and in pain. I will my whole body to move away from her and go to our girlfriend to be with her and mate her, be damned the moon goddess and her choice for me.

Walking away is a task, ignoring her proves to be harder and when I touch Olivia, the girl I have loved all my life, I feel like bugs are crawling on my skin.

“Let’s go,” I murmur to her and she follows me as I leave the ballroom, and take her to the parking lot. I had arranged tonight to be special, with her because I knew she would surely be my mate.

“Where are we going?” Olivia’s voice wobbles and I finally look at her as we stand beside my black sports car.

She looks so crushed and hurt, she can't even look me directly in the eye.

“I am sorry, I didn’t know how this happened, I have never met her, and I have no interest in her. I have rejected her to make sure the world knows you are going to be my mate and my Luna.”

Olivia steps away from me, shaking her head, arms wrapped around herself. “I don’t want to be a second option with you, ever. I don’t want to be her second!”

I sigh, feeling heavy and using all my strength to keep Zack under control because he wants to go back to the damn girl but I can't allow it. The bond is broken, so why is he so fussy and in pain, growling to go back to his mate?

I can't help but feel betrayed.

“You cannot be her second, because she was never an option, to begin with,” I reach for her hand and she allows me to pull her close to me. “We already said that we would renounce our mates if it wasn’t to each other and claim ourselves to be true mates,” I kiss her forehead, hugging her close to me.

I love Olivia and her scent, the way her body feels soft against mine. so why am I inwardly cringing her scent, which seems all wrong, why do I feel like pushing her away from me?

“Yes, I trust you Zade. I love you,” she whispers and looks up.

“I love you too,” I press my lips on hers, closing my eyes and feeling the words taste like sandpaper in my mouth.

She has managed to ruin and take another thing away from me yet again.

What am I going to do with her?

Taking Olivia out of this place and getting her to the surprise place I had my friends help me prepare for her makes me slightly peel her body away and open the car door for her.

She doesn’t ask any questions as I speed off the school property and head onto the highway. The school officials all follow my orders and don’t question me, because of my title. Also, I made it my territory until the day I finally finish school here and had my pack as the alpha king when my father steps down.

He made sure to school me and train me to be the perfect alpha king when the time came, and he has never questioned my claims or rules in certain areas. He entertained it when we used to be in taking terms.  when we were a family.

Before everything changed.

I step on the gas, feeling uneasy and uncomfortable because of Zack, who is wrestling me to get back to be with the trash girl, but I won't allow him to take control today. He knew that Olivia was and will be my Luna, it doesn’t matter if my true mate was someone else.

“Are you okay?” Olivia asks me softly, touching my thigh.

I try not to flinch but she notices and pulls her hand away.

“It’s already starting, even when you rejected her.”

I hate making her feel so sad. I promised her parents I would always take care of her and be with her till the day we die, but right now, I am breaking that oath so terribly.

“It's still fresh, but once we mate, when our bond snaps into place, it will be okay. I will be all yours, no questions asked. Zack will feel tethered to your wolf.”

“Why her? Isn’t she like a step-sister or something?”

“Fuck no. She is not my anything, and I have never fucking met her before. So my guess is as yours. The goddess is messing with me.”

“I want us to be together and mates as soon as possible, I can't lose you zade!”

“I am going to mark and claim you,” I take her hand to calm her down. The damn prickles won't roll off. I pull my hand away and pat her head, to avoid hurting her feeling even further.

“damn it I hate it! you can't even touch me let alone look at me!” she starts crying and I curse out, speeding even more as I see the scenic villa I had rented for just the two of us.

I am going to fix this.

I start kissing Olivia as soon as we are in the villa, and stripping her clothes as we stumble to one of the bedrooms. He responds so well under my touch as I fully take charge and kiss her, touch her perfectly soft body, and lift her as she wraps her legs around my waist.

Zack’s fight weakens as I make it known I am not going to be cooperating with him tonight.

I lay Olivia on the bed, and I bite her neck, marking and claiming her as mine. I feel our mating bond snapping in place slowly, as I enter her, and feel her blood coating my tongue.

The bond isnt in place yet, when feel a sharp pain which leaves a hollow feeling in my chest. I suddenly feel so empty, like I have lost a part of myself.

 “No, no!”

“What’s wrong?” Olivia asks, worried.

“zack! Zack has left me! zack!”

My wolf has disappeared!