Chapter 5 FIVE

I let out a small whistle, staring at the two magnificent men with my brother. Well, what do you expect from an Alpha's son?

"Totally likable." Polly giggled beside me as Owen scoffed from my other side.

We're currently sitting in our usual seat in the assembly hall, though the usual loud atmosphere was gone and is replaced by different auras. Firstly, power and elegance from the Alphas, while hunger and desire from the crowd.

Eventually, I managed to drag my eyes away from them and almost immediately my gaze landed on him, again.

I don't know who he is, but somehow the past years I've been in this school, he always catches my attention. He's charming, but not even as wealthy and elegant as these other creatures. He do attract a lot of attention, but he never seemed to care. He's always bored and out of reach by others, as if he's only here for the search of entertainment. I could never reprehend how I'm so into such normal kinds. He seemed normal and simple, from the way he dresses himself as if he's penniless, to the way he express himself as if the world is his amusement park.

I don't even know his kind yet. Hell, let alone his name. He's so unknown that I can't differentiate him from being human nor a werewolf. Though, a certain part of me wishes he's human.

He must've noticed my gaze as he turned and made eye contact with me. His ash blue eyes sparkling with warmth as he smiled. Yeah, he smiles, despite the glum aura he wore, he still had the guts to smile and look at me as if I was just a little kid. Well, I am not! I just turned eighteen, can't anybody see that!?

I gulped down what little pride of mine I had left and returned his smile. He just had that thing in him that leaves me reminiscing about some things I can't recall.

Instinctively, my fingers found their way to my forehead. As soon as I touched it, it somehow sent a kaleidoscope of calmness and comfort.

At that same moment, the lecture hall doors banged open and the wave of calmness rapidly washes away from me, replaced by a huge gravitational force of electricity which surrounds the air.

The whole place stilled, only footsteps from one person was heard. Out of curiosity, I turned my attention towards another guy, whom probably the one who barged in. And I would be lying if I said I wasn't drawn to him more than the rest.

He's somewhat more capable of adding the stirring inside my stomach, the black out of my mind, the ringing of my ears, and the ache in my heart. I don't know what but something's pulling me towards him, somehow the gravitational force earlier, which is now getting stronger by the seconds that ticked by.

Not even a millisecond had passed, his gaze found mine. We stared at each other for quite a long time, as seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours, hours turned to days, days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, months turned to yea-

Before I knew it, he's strolling his way towards me, unable to take his eyes off mine, so I kept in contact, cautiously. His stance shouts power, wealth and elegance, he's absolutely dangerous from the way he looks at me as if he's stalking his prey, and I hated how much I'm somewhat thrilled by it.

Noticing this, Owen stood up in front of the guy who's in the point of devouring me.

"Move." He didn't even let Owen say a thing as soon as he ordered it, he can't help but follow and let him through.

I felt Polly's hand clutched mine as the guy stood before me. I'm not scared, I'm lost on what to do, and I'm not daring to drop my eye contact away from him, even if I do, I can't seem to.

"What's your name?" He asked, or rather demanded.

"Diana Skye." My mouth betrayed me, as I'm still lost on figuring what in the world of candies is wrong with me.

"A human, huh?" He drawled out mischievously. "Pathetic."

"A werewolf, huh?" I couldn't help but snap back. "Iconic." I added with a mocking tone.

He growled, balling his fist and I couldn't really stop myself once I started it, as I even had the guts to flash him a smile. He looked taken aback as his forest green eyes widened, his golden face softened for a minute before snapping back to his scowl.

"Who needs a human Luna, anyway." He scoffed, though his eyes were still roaming my body, and that was all it took for chatters to erupt.

Oh, so, maybe he's one of the Alpha's son. I nod in understanding, catching a glance towards my brother who's making his way towards us.

"Ethan, what's-" Daniel wasn't able to finish his statement as the guy, Ethan, -even his name meant firm and strong- cuts him.

"I, Ethan Lachlan, reject you, Diana Skye as my mate and future Luna." Drum rolls, this is iconic! I thought to myself as silence began to settle once again, but this time it is seething.

But, wait...he rejected me?

I looked at him, confused.

I mean, he rejected me as his mate? Wow! This is surreal! I have a mate, and he just rejected me!

Wait, wait, wait, he...he just rejected me...he actually just rejected me...

He rejected me.. The same words kept echoing inside my head as a part of me internally breaks.

"Ouch..?" I finally said, or rather asked. Like I said before, I don't really know what to feel.

I think, I should be happy, I have a mate.

But, he rejected me, does that make me sad then?

And wait, the pain sucks! I grimaced a little, as the pain seems to haven't recovered from its breaking point yet.

"Diana?" Polly called from beside me.

"Wow, that hurts." I chuckled, still unable to believe all of this. Though, as I did, the pain only seemed to worsen. "It hurts, Pol."

"I -I'm sorry." She looked like she's about to break, as if she's the one who'd been rejected.

"Dips for being a human." I managed to joke amidst the pain, not caring if there are a lot of people around. "Well, damn, it hurts, how do you stop this?"

"Accept it." I heard my brother say, sitting beside me. "Accept it, that's the only way to stop it, Diana. He rejected you, and that's the biggest mistake he'll regret for the rest of his life." He murmured softly above my head, causing someone to growl in front of me.

Oh, the fucker's still here. I sarcastically thought, eyeing Ethan. The feeling of the pull and attraction was still there, though it was very faint.

Well, it's not like I'm expecting a mate, anyway. Might as well end this and marry hot human men!

Okay, how do they do those rejection stuffs again? I've read a lot of werewolf novels before, but mostly I didn't believe what I've read, since I'm in their actual world in reality. But, I guess, the rejection stuff works the same, might as well try.

I don't know if I can't do it though...

Nah, I just can't.

"I won't accept your rejection, Ethan Lachlan."