Chapter 2 Fated Mate.

Raven's POV

"Are you nervous?" Christabel asked me again, and I glared at her.

"What? Don't give me that look. Even a nun can tell what naughty thoughts are going inside your head," She said, and I sighed.

"Christabel Lane, if you don't get out of her room this second, then I am going to make sure you are not able to walk for a week," I heard Kane, Christabel's mate's voice, and I looked at Christabel, who was blushing profusely.

"You! I am sure you called him," Christabel accused me, and I shrugged.

"Well, you didn't leave me any choice either," I said.

I sighed loudly as soon as Christabel left, and I couldn't help but notice something weird now that I was alone.

Flynn didn't come with me. The whole evening, he had acted more distant than he had ever been.

'Hey, Kira. What happened to you? You have been quiet today,' I asked, but rather than her reply, I just heard her small whimper.

'At least talk to me, Kira. How am I supposed to know what is wrong when you won't speak?' I asked again, and she sighed.

'I felt something weird during the wedding, Raven. I can't feel his wolf anymore. I tried to look for Flynn's wolf, but it felt like he wasn't there. They had blocked us,' Kira said, and I looked out of the balcony thoughtfully.

Is something wrong with Flynn and his wolf?

"Come in," I said when I heard a knock, not moving from the balcony.

I was hoping Flynn come hug me from behind like he always does. However, when I didn't feel his arms around me, I squinted my brows before turning around.

Seeing a girl standing in front of me, along with Flynn, I sighed.

So that's the reason. He didn't want to look inappropriate in front of the stranger.

Wait. A stranger?

"Who are you? I am sure you don't work in the mansion. Even if you are new, why did you enter our room in the middle of the night?

Who hired you?" I asked, confused.

"Why are you looking at him? Let me call the head maid. How can she hire someone and allow her to roam without proper instructions? It's not good for her. What if someone bullies her -"

"She is not a maid," Flynn cut me off.

He didn't look too pleasant at the moment.

What was going on here?

"If she isn't a maid, then what is she doing here? You have brought her to meet me? Is she a friend? Or distant sister?" I asked, looking between the girl and him.

As I took a step forward, I noticed how the girl in front of me winced slightly, and Flynn held her hand, making me squint my brows.

"Why is she acting afraid of me?" I asked, looking at him now.

"She is not a friend, and neither a distant sister," he said, and I looked at the hesitancy in his eyes.

It was the same hesitancy he had shown when the priest asked to mark me and seal the bond. Why is he acting like this today, after our wedding? I thought before I tried to put two and two together.

He was hesitant to mark me. He was hesitant when I talked about our wedding night. Then he brought a girl to our room. The girl doesn't belong to our pack and is neither a friend nor a sister.

I don't want to think of things like that. I don't want to think negatively and ruin my mood, but why do I feel like this girl was -

"She is my mate," Flynn completed my thoughts, and I looked at them in shock and horror, feeling the ground under my feet shaking as my legs trembled.

His words pierced right through my heart like wooden arrows.

"She is what?" I asked again.

"Haha, Blake. Maybe my paranoia has gotten to my head. You are calling her your maid, and I am hearing mate. We will discuss her salary later. Send her away. We have waited for seven years for this day," I said and was about to walk towards him when the girl beside him whimpered, and he brought her close to his chest, making my heart skip a beat.

"Your mind is not playing tricks on you, Raven. You heard it right. She is my mate. My fated mate," He said, and Kira growled inside me.

"Wh-what are you talking about, Flynn? You found your mate and now what?" I whispered, my eyes brimming with tears, and I clenched my fists to control my raging emotions.

"Calm down, Raven. We can talk this through," His tone was still as calm as ever, but how could he expect me to calm down in a situation like this?

For seven years. I waited for this day for seven years, and now that it is here, he brought his mate here and told me everything is useless. How can he do this to me and expect me to calm down?

Was my love for so long a joke to him?

Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes to control the hurt I was feeling before opening them again.

"Even if she is your fated mate, what is the use of bringing her to our wedding room? We have signed an agreement. You know what you need to do. What is this all ruckus for?" I asked, and he looked at me cautiously.

"I can't reject her, Raven," He gritted his teeth, and I looked at him, my heart beating at a fast pace now.

"What the hell are you talking about? We signed a contract! Reject her this instant!" I growled at him.

"Raven Blackwood! Don't you dare raise your voice at me? I am still your husband and the rightful alpha of the pack," Flynn growled back at me and my heart sank into the pit of my stomach.

"Darling, don't be mean to her. She is just being emotional," That girl placed her hand on Flynn's chest in a provoking manner, and a few tears rolled down my eyes.

"Do you see her, Raven? This is how a mate should act. She calms and soothes my anger. Something that you can't ever do because you are incapable," Flynn scoffed, and every word he spoke was like a slap to my face for loving him.

"You will never understand what I am feeling right now. You don't have a mate after all," Flynn scoffed, pulling that girl closer to himself and kissing her forehead, shattering my heart into tiny pieces.

"Y-you. How could you do this to me, Flynn?

Why now after all this time? Why now?" I broke down before turning away.

This man who has given me this pain doesn't deserve to see my tears.

"Everyone should be in the pack's hall in five minutes," I growled through the mind link and noticed Flynn wincing a bit before he looked at me with a hard gaze.

"Raven, this is a matter between us. You don't need to bring everyone into this," Flynñ said, and I can't believe that he still dares to defend this matter.

"Everyone needs to be a part of it. It has always been the rule of this pack. Besides, you are the alpha of the pack now, Flynn. Don't think impulsively," I said before walking towards the hall.

Seeing the crowd in the hall, I gulped a bit.

Though I acted strong inside the room, I wasn't sure about it anymore. My legs felt like giving up as my body shook with pain. I don't know if this was what rejection felt like, but in my heart, it felt like someone was stabbing me again and again.

Wiping the tears that flew from my eyes, I took a deep breath before walking ahead in the hall.

I don't know how humiliating this matter is going to become for the pack.

Their late Alpha's daughter just got married today, and they got a new alpha. On the same night, they were about to hear such a piece of news about their wedding.

"Raven? Why did you call everyone in such a hurry? Are we under some kind of emergency? Is something wrong?" Flynn's father asked me with a knowing look, and for some reason, it felt like he already knew about it.

"Your new alpha, Alpha Flynm, has something to say. Flynn," I said, and he looked at me with dark eyes as he gripped the girl's hand in a tighter protective grip.

"I am sorry. I know I should've informed everyone regarding this matter before the wedding, but I have no intention of leaving Luna Raven, thus I didn't tell her beforehand. I didn't want to spoil our day. I thought she would understand the matter, but it looks like she is more interested in creating a fuss than having a peaceful night," Flynn said.

I looked towards the ceiling, trying my best to control the tears that were wanting to fall.

Wow, according to him, I am fussing. He brings his mate that he can't reject, and I am fussing.

"What is the matter, Alpha Flynn?" Kane, who was also my Beta, said, and everyone nodded their heads.

"I found my mate. My fated mate," Flynn sighed, and everyone gasped before looking at me as if waiting for some kind of reaction from me.

"I don't see why there is a problem with that.

According to the agreement, ‌reject your mate.

That's what both of you had signed and vowed to each other. Why are you extending this thing and making it harder for yourself and the poor girl?" Christabel asked, and Flynn glared at her.

"I can't reject her," He said, and once again, everyone looked at me.

"Can I know the reason why you can't reject her? You didn't hesitate to sign the agreement.

And it was signed in front of the pack, my late parents, and your parents. And before that, I want to know when you came to know she is your mate?" I asked, and he looked away.

"It's been a week since I found her. I met her when I went to the southern areas. I can't reject her because she has already suffered so much in her previous pack. You guys won't believe how pitiful she was when I found her," Flynn brought that girl closer to him.

"She had wounds all over her body. She was barely alive. I can't reject her and have her suffer the mate-rejection pain too. Her wolf won't be able to take it. She will die, and I don't want that. I am sure you are not too inhumane to want that either," Flynn said, and I looked at him, a feeling of self-mockery settling in me.

"Her wolf would die because of the rejection.

What about me? Were my seven years of love a joke to you? Why don't you think about my wolf?" I asked, feeling sad, and Flynn looked away, not answering me.

"So, now what? You guys took your oaths today only. Are you going to reject our Luna?" Kane asked, and it brought tears to my eyes.

"There is nothing like that. Luna Raven will still be my rightful wife. What I am trying to say is, I can't reject my mate. My wolf w