Chapter 3 Mate's Rejection

Lexi

"Something has to be wrong, Arya. You feel it too, don't you?" I say for the umpteenth time making my way past the crowd to father's chambers.

After father had crowned Penelope as the next in line to his throne, he had retired to his bedchamber claiming that he was feeling dizzy as a result of the wine.

Father had made a mistake with his decision on crowing Penelope as the next in line to the throne. I was sure of it.

Don't get me wrong, there wasn't anything wrong with Penelope. It's just that she mainly spent her time at the expense of the pack males than devoting it for the betterment of the pack.

I had to talk father out of his decision. It was up to me since mother and the rest of the pack seemed to be on the same page with father effortlessly.

"Still.." Arya says. "You know your father hates being disturbed when resting. You can bring it up in the morning"

I cut in sharply. "No. I'm going to bring it up right now"

Outside father's chambers Beta Arnold, his right-hand man stood guard; blocking the entrance.

I walked up to him. "I want to see father"

"You can't. Your father is resting right now and had demanded not to be disturbed"

"Beta Arnold, you know just how stubborn I can be and you also know that I won't be leaving here until I see father so make him aware of my presence right now"

Beta Arnold and I stared at eachother for the longest time before he gives in. "Very well then"

Beta Arnold disappears into Father's chambers. When he steps out, he ushers me in. "Your father would like to see you now"

"I thought as much" Brushing past Beta Arnold, I walked into Father's chambers; heading straight for the bed where father layed slayed across on his stomach.

"I believe you know how much I hate being disturbed while I nap"

Sinking to my knees, I apologized. "Yes father but I had to speak with you urgently"

Father rises up from his bed, wobbling. He almost falls but I catch him. "You seem highly intoxicated, father"

To my surprise, Father pushes me away from him. Hard that I'm tossed to the other end of room; my back hitting the wall.

Father lets out a long laugh. "You dare call me 'Father's when my blood doesn't even run through your veins?"

Wincing, I struggled up to my feet; my hands grasping my bleeding arms. "I am your daughter, father. I always have been. How could you say such a thing?"

Before I could catch my next breathe, father stood infront of me; his claws grasping onto my neck as he raised me up above the ground then tossed me far away from him.

"How dare you feel like you have the right to claim my throne?" Father roars in anger. "You're nothing but an adopted child. Nobody wants you. Not even your own parents wanted you"

"So how dare you try to become better than my own flesh and blood?" Father questioned. "It's true what they say; 'Take in a cub and watch it become a lion'. You should have been contended with what you had, Lexi. Then it wouldn't have come to this"

Father pulls out a nearby swords and launches himself at me but just in time, I was able to block his attack with my hands but his sword still pireced through.

The fact that my own father didn't even bat an eye while trying to kill me made me see the truth in his words; I truly am adopted. There was never any place for me in his heart or this pack.

Mustering as much strength as I could, I pushed father away before fleeing out the window to meet Conri, my mate.

Even if I was to accept the fact that the family I've come to love didn't love me, I believe that Conri did.

He and I would go far away from this pack and start a new life together.

Barging into his house, I call out for Conri. "Conri! Conri, where are you?"

But he was nowhere to be seen. With my bleeding arms and father's hurtful words, the fact that Conri wasn't here either made my eye begin to well up in tears.

Was I really on my own?. Just as I was about to leave, I hear faint sounds. Someone was here. "Conri?"

As I approached his bedroom, the faint sound became clearer. They were moans.

Pushing the bedroom door open, my eyes bulged as I see Conri driving his full length inside Penelope.

A loud scream climbed up my throat. It was then they became aware of my presence.

"Jesus, Lexi. Don't you knock!?" Conri yells at me as he dons himself with a white bathrobe. "And why the hell are you getting blood on my floor?"

I'm unable to speak. To feel anything but this sharp pain in my chest.

Conri pushs me. "Answer me!"

I find my voice. "No, you answer me. Why are you screwing my sister?"

"She's the one who wears the crown now so why would I need you?"

I couldn't get over this revelation. How on earth am I even supposed to get over this windmill that everyone around me was just using me or didn't even need me at all.

"You can't do this to me, Conri" My shaky voice begs. "You of all people shouldn't do this to me. You are my mate"

Conri curse under his breath. "Yeah. The mate bond still binds us together. Thank goddess you are here then, let's break this bond"

Rather than getting angry at Conri for sleeping with my sister, I found myself begging him. "Conri, please don't. I can look over this. Do you want Penelope?. Fine, you can be with her but don't-"

"Do you know how you look right now, Lexi?" Conri inquired, not giving me a chance to respond before he answering his own question. "Pathetic"

"I, Conri Hamilton rejects you, Lexi adawolf as my mate"