My Alpha Mate Rejected Me

I, Belle Daphne, the Beta's youngest daughter in the Blue Moon Crescent Pack in Canada, was turning seventeen this year. I had two older brothers and one older sister, but we were not related to her.

My older sister, Diane, was found on our packhouse doorstep when she was a baby (I overheard this one night when my parents were talking to the Alpha). The Alpha tried to find her parents; however, they could not find them, and my parents decided to adopt her. She was adorable, after all. Ever since then, she had been the center of attention in my family, which made me feel like the black sheep as hardly any attention was paid to me.

Honestly, I was not fond of her anyway. Firstly, she didn't like me to go near my best friend, Blake Harrison, since the two of them were in a relationship. Secondly, there was something strange about her that I did not like, but I couldn't figure out exactly what it was. I guess you could call it a sixth sense, yet I chose to ignore it since I had no proof there was something fishy about her.

I had always wanted my best friend, who happened to be next in line to become Alpha of my pack after his father, to be my mate.

He was what all the girls wanted: handsome, sweet, kind, and caring. When we were celebrating his 18th birthday, I was kind of sad because he was in a relationship with Diane, and it felt like they were going to be mates.

Everything happened in slow-motion. He was looking straight at me with no one around.

"Mate!" shouted Blake as he fought his urge to transform into his wolf to claim me.

I was happy because I had always had a crush on him. I couldn't ask for anything more than to be his mate.

Sadly, the happiness only lasted a short time. He mind-linked me to meet at our favorite waterfall after the party. With that, he strolled off to where the party was being held. I saw him standing there, looking very serious.

"Hey, Blake." He had a cold look on his face. It terrified me because I hadn't seen this side of him before.

He looked at me with his cold eyes. "I am sorry, Belle. You can't be my mate. I love your sister so much, and I can't do this to her. She lost her mate when a rogue attacked, and I can't break her heart."

Was that all he had to say? He clearly didn't care about my feelings—his concern was only for my sister.

"How am I going to live without you by my side?" I cried.

He replied, "You will find someone better than me. I, Blake Harrison, reject you, Belle Daphne, as my mate."

When those words came out of his mouth, I felt my heart breaking into pieces. Then, he used his wolf form to run away, leaving me standing there, feeling all the pain.

After the rejection, I cried all night, asking myself why I didn't deserve the love of my parents, brothers, and him. I felt so stupid believing that my mate would accept me. I would probably never be good enough for anyone.

Everyone around me still fawned over her, even when I was there, suffering in silence after I got rejected. I kept on comparing myself to my sister, asking myself why he chose her. Did he love her for her beautiful body or her personality?

Every day, eating with my family and him was torture. So instead of eating, I would excuse myself and go back to my room. A couple of times, I saw them kissing and holding hands. It made me feel so sick. When I looked at him, it was like I didn't know him anymore.

The day his father announced he would become the new Alpha, he shocked everyone by saying that the wedding would be held in one month; he did not want to waste his time finding a mate when he was in love with my adopted sister.

I was devastated by the news while everyone else cheered for them. When I felt a tear roll down my cheek, he looked at me, but I turned around and ran to my bedroom. I cried for hours until there were no tears left. By the time I stopped crying, I noticed it was already midnight.

That was when I decided that I couldn't take the pain and quickly packed all my stuff. I grabbed a piece of paper and just wrote: Sorry, everyone. Please don't look for me.

I placed the note on my bed.

After I was done, I ran away into the forest in my human form. I still had a year until my first transformation.

I thought that by running away from all the drama, I wouldn't have to suffer anymore. However, the Moon Goddess had something else planned for me, upending all my expectations.

I ran as fast as I could to get away from my pack so that nobody could catch my scent or find out that I was missing. When I was running, something caught my attention. I stopped and saw a group of wolves surrounding a girl who looked like my age.

Being the good person I was, I checked my surroundings to find anything I could use. I spotted some big rocks on the floor, quickly grabbed them, and threw them.

All of them looked in my direction and stopped what they were doing. The wolves suddenly changed their appearance to humans. I realized they were rogue wolves, as they did not have any symbols on their necks.

One rogue looked like the leader; there was a dark aura around him. He walked towards me and said with an evil grin, "You made a mistake by interfering in our work, little girl. I guess you could serve us."

Before I could respond to the little girl remark, one of them was behind me. He inserted a needle in my arm, and I felt very sleepy. Before I was lost to the darkness, the last thing I saw was the girl crying for them to stop. Then, she faded to black.

A few hours later, I was awakened by someone shaking my shoulder hard. I opened my eyes and found that I was in a dark place filled with a pungent smell. I blinked my eyes again. In front of me was the girl I had tried to save.

I tried to get up slowly. "Where am I?"

She had a sad smile and said, "We are in the rogue's dungeon. You were out for a few hours, and I was scared that you would not wake up."

I forced a smile.

"I am alright. What is your name? My name is Belle."

The girl considered my words for a moment.

"My name is Rose. I'm from the Gold Moon Crescent Pack, and I am the Alpha's sister."

When I heard that she was from the Gold Moon Crescent Pack, I was shocked because I was curious why she was here. From what I knew, her pack was well-known for its fighting skills.

She looked at me and seemed to know what I was thinking.

"I was playing hide and seek with my brother, but I didn't know that I had run so far away from my pack. It landed me here."

Before I could say anything, the door opened, and I saw the same guy who had that evil smile.

He noticed that I was awake.

"The princess has finally woken up from her beauty sleep. How do you feel?"

He walked to my side and touched my cheek. I slapped his hand away from my face.

"Don't touch me with your dirty hands, and let me and her out here!"

He replied with a smirk, "Feisty girl. I like it." Suddenly, his face changed to an angry expression. "You do not disrespect me, little girl, do you understand?" He slapped my face hard and punched me until I let out a cry.

I touched my face and realized it was bleeding. He pulled my hair.

"The next time you disrespect me, I am going to make sure you regret it. Do you understand?"

"Sorry," I whispered.

He considered my sorry. "That's better, and don't try to escape because I am going to find you, little girl."

I nodded my head in response, and he took that signal and left the room.

Rose quickly ran to my side, worried.

"Are you okay?"

I rubbed the sore part of my face.

"Yeah, I,m fine."

She tried to comfort me. "Just hang in there. My brother will save us, okay?"

I forced a smile while thinking to myself: Will both of us make it out alive from here?

Three days later…

Every day, he and his friends hit both of us, but the hits I received were more painful than Rose's; they wanted to punish me for being disrespectful to them. The pain was unbearable. I had to cry myself to sleep, and my body was healing very slowly since I was not a wolf yet.

They only served us bread and water. Sometimes when I disrespected them, they would not give me any food. One night, they struck me so hard that I couldn't get up, and I thought that some of my bones were broken.

Rose hugged me and cried, knowing there might be a possibility that no one would save us. Both of us were crying when suddenly the door opened. It was the leader of the rogue wolves.

He reeked of excessive drinking, and he was wearing an evil smile.

"What do we have here?" He continued to laugh.

He threw the bottle he was holding, and it hit Rose hard in the face. She fell, and her head was bleeding.

"Rose!" I shouted.

He ambled to me, and I curled up in a corner until he was blocking me. Then, he suddenly placed his hand on my neck and lifted me. I was gasping for air, but I used my leg to hit his most sensitive part.

He shouted in pain. "You bitch!" He regained his posture and started to hit me. "You are going to regret what you did to me. I am going to make sure it's ten times more painful than what you did to me."

He tore at my shirt and started to bite my neck, putting his hands all over my body. I tried to pull away, but he was too strong. I felt so hopeless and helpless. All I felt was pain from my mate rejecting me and fear of what this man would do to me.

Just as I felt his hands unbuttoning my jeans, the door suddenly burst open. I couldn't see who it was, but then someone shot the guy trying to rape me. I felt his blood all over me, and before I could process what happened, I lost my consciousness and fell into darkness.