Denied

Everleigh’s Point of View

"Are you listening, Everleigh?" I looked at Cassy in surprise. I could see the surprise and annoyance in his eyes.

"Y-Yes..." I immediately answered even though I didn't really understand what he was saying. Two weeks have passed since Cassy and I went to the bar in town. The mark in my neck disappeared but the scar is still there. I can still see that it is a mark from the wolf.

I forgot to say that our province isn't a typical province you know. Our province is a place where wolves are living. The wolves that live here in our province are divided into three groups. The royal family where the Alpha, Beta, and their families belong, the Elites where living in the town. They're rich and powerful too while the last group are the Lower Settles where I belong. Cassy belongs to the Elites. We’re both full wolf blooded.

"Tsk, you're not listening to me Everleigh. What is happening to you? How many days have you been like that?" She said so I stared at her.

“Nothing… I just feel bad, Cassy. This is your fault." I put a little joke in my voice so she wouldn't get suspicious.

“Tsk, it's been two weeks. Forget it..." She complained but I just made a face. 

I tried to be fine all day. I turned my mind to something else so I wouldn't remember what happened to me, but no matter how hard I tried, I kept thinking about who marked me. In the two weeks that have passed, I've been trying to remember if I talked to or met a man that night, but my head hurts because I can't remember anything.

Until I decided to go back to the bar where Cassy took me. I badly want to tell Cassy what happened to me so that she can help me but I'm scared.

Tonight I plan to go. I'm so thankful because Cassy has been quite busy these past few weeks so she doesn't bother me. Anyway, I continued but I didn't get any luck when I went there because of the many men I met there, I didn't know which one of them marked me. I feel like I'm going crazy.

But I didn't give up, I tried several times.

And one night when I was thinking about that I had a dream but all I remembered in the dream was a man with a tattoo on his chest. A small dragon tattoo and that's how I was surprised when a scenario came to my mind.

What the hell!

"Couldn't the guy I saw at the exit of the bar mark me!?" I asked myself in surprise.

When it was late, I hurriedly got dressed and headed to the bar. When I got there I went immediately to the exit of the bar, where I threw up and that's how my chest pounded when I saw the familiar man. My whole body trembled as I approached him and when our eyes met, I immediately read the shock in his eyes but it immediately disappeared.

"Who are you?" My whole body trembled even more when he spoke. It was cold and I felt the hairs on my body stand up.

I couldn't answer. I slowly looked down at his chest. I felt like I was going to fall when I saw the familiar tattoo on his chest.

That was the tattoo in my dreams!

I looked back at him again.

"A-Are you the one who marked me?" I wanted to tweak myself because that was the first question that came out of my mouth.

"What are you saying?" He was annoyed so I parted my hair and showed him the scar mark on my neck.

"Someone accidentally marked me and you are the only man I remember seeing the night I came here..." I was about to cry while saying those words and it was like my world collapsed when I heard his answer.

"No."

It was like cold water was poured on me when I heard his answer. My eyes started to water when our eyes met. I couldn't even read the reaction in his eyes and face. My vision is getting blurry but I'm still looking at him.

"A-Are you sure?" I asked tremblingly. I keep myself from completely breaking down. I don't know but I feel weak.

When I saw him earlier, my whole body was so shocked when I felt something strange. We blood wolves feel a bond. The mating bond. Similar to the real-world idea of ​​soulmates, but much stronger.

I don't want to assume because that was the first time I felt this one and with him.

"Leave." I heard him say so my thoughts were interrupted. I wiped both of my eyes because they were blurry with tears.

"But---" I was about to speak but I stopped when I turned around and looked like I was going to leave.

My feet moved spontaneously to follow him and I quickly grabbed his right arm.

My heartbeat stopped for a while when I felt a tingle and spark when I touched him. He quickly removed my hand that was holding his arm.

I stepped back when I looked at his eyes. His eyes were very dark and he was looking at me intently.

"I said leave." His voice became colder. My arms fell.

I know he's the one who marked me. I looked down again at the chest where the tattoo I remembered was painted. But it only took a few seconds for it to disappear from my sight because he covered his chest.

My lips opened but no words came out.

“Sage!” I heard someone shout. The man in front of me quickly turned behind him.

His name is Sage?

Did Sage deny that he's not the one who marked me?

My heart turned into pieces when Sage totally turned his back on me. He didn’t even bother to look at me.

What am I going to do now?