RUBY LYCAN

Chapter 1✔️

Sophia's POV

"I'll be honest with all of you, I do not like her." Frustration in his speech

I was outside his room, right behind his door, when I heard what he had just told his friends about no one else but me, or did I presume wrongly.

My hands were stretched forward, ready to knock on the door, frozen in mid-air as I heard those words from Abel, my mate.

I had prepared some snacks for him and his friends , snacks his mother had told me were their favorites. I had hoped to surprise them, but now I was the surprised one.

I held onto the plate tightly, my trembling fingers on it, I knew they were talking about me now after hearing their replies.

My heart broke the more, the words Abel said echoed in my mind. This wasn't the first time I had heard him speak of me in such a manner.

He was never happy with the idea of us being together, always questioning why I was his mate out of all the women in our pack, the moon goddess had paired us and from what I heard the moon goddess was the perfect matchmaker but I guess she had made a mistake with us.

"She is a weak child, constantly in need of protection. I refuse to have someone so weak as my partner. I despise her very existence," he uttered.

With a forced smile now replaced by my sadness, I bit my lower lip, willing my emotions to stay in check.

Deep down, I knew that he would never truly accept me as his future mate. I had tried and worked hard to meet his standards, but I was never good enough, and I doubt I would ever be.

He would soon become the Alpha of the crescent moon pack, and for me to be a worthy Luna, he expected me to match the strength of his mother. Those were the words he frequently said to me whenever the topic of marriage came up. But as a mere human, how could I ever become like his mother? I lacked every trace of werewolf blood in my DNA.

I had always felt like a burden to my adoptive parents, though they loved me despite not being their biological child, I still felt like I was a problem to them.

Sadly, my presence brought them shame and disappointment. They suffered because of me, and I couldn't escape the sense that I was unwanted in our pack. Everyone questioned why they decided to adopt a weak human to be their child.

Though each hurtful word wounded me deeply, I bore it all, wanting to prove myself worthy. But this time, I couldn't hold back the tears welling in my eyes.

Abel's words to his friends struck at the core of my soul, leaving a mark. How could I ignore his hurtful words when they came from the person I loved the most? He was someone I liked before he found out we were mates which made me happy but I am not the mate he wants.

Was I not worthy?

"I will be the happiest person when that pathetic weak girl disappears. I don't want to see her anymore."

I can't listen to them anymore

I put down the food and ran while my tears finally came down freely from my eyes. I loved him, but I knew in myself he would never feel the same as long as he saw me as someone who couldn't match his mother's power.

I was just a human, a loser, and a disgrace to the pack. I had been fantasizing about being the strong and beautiful Alpha's Luna.

I stood behind the pack house as tears flooded my vision. Lost in my thought I didn't realize that someone was Standing beside me.

"This is why you can't become my luna, you are too weak, You can never become the strong Luna I need by my side I need" Abel said, bringing me out of my thoughts.

"I, Abel Smith, Future Alpha of the crescent moon pack, reject Sophia as my mate and Luna."

And my heart was shattered instantly. While my tears flowed, Without any hesitation, he said those words in front of me. Without a second thought, he didn't even consider my feelings.

"You are not that important. A weak human like you was like garbage that was easy to throw away." He brought his face closer to me. "I didn't want you to be my Luna, hope you understand that.

Abel had everything that every woman wanted. Strong, independent, powerful, handsome. He was good at everything. Maybe I needed to accept that there was some other girl out there who would match his expectations and become a better Luna. And that girl was not me.

"Just go. I don't want to see your face again." His voice was deep. Those words coming from someone I loved were carved into my heart.

I stepped back and ran away. I couldn't stop my tears. I was a useless human. How could I continue my life, if Abel rejected me to be his Luna?

He rejected me...

He didn't want me to be his mate...

There was no reason to be alive....

Leaving the pack, I ran... and ran... until I reached the top of the mountain. My eyes were blurry from tears, I was familiar with this place.

I want to end this misery. I want to end my life.

This was what Abel wanted. I loved him, to the point that I could fulfill his wish.

Being gone would make him the happiest person that his pathetic, weak, unwanted, and unloved Luna was dead.

I wiped the tears from my eyes and walked straight to the edge. When I looked down, I saw how high this cliff was. There was nothing I could hear but the sound of water calling me to jum

I closed my eyes and recalled every memory with my parents. I was sorry, Mother, for my decision, but this was for all of us. Abel would find another Luna, and I would soon be forgotten. No one would remember the weak, unwanted, and rejected Luna. I was not that important.

I thought as I fell down, what if reincarnation was real, and if it was, I would love to be born as a proper Werewolf and make everyone regret how they had treated me.

I closed my eyes and the last thing I heard was the sound of me entering the water.

Chapter 2✔️

Abel's POV

It was an extremely exhausting day, I was busy attending various meetings and training that I could not wait to finally get some rest.

When I left the pack house to my chambers, I immediately went to my room and let my body rest in my soft bed. As I faced up, the blank ceiling appeared in my eyes.

"I, Abel Smith, Future Alpha of the crescent moon pack, reject Sophia as my mate and Luna."

Remembering the words I said to Sophia I felt heartbroken, my wolf hated me for what I said but it has to be done for me to become the greatest Alpha of all time. I can't have a weak mate.

Maybe from what I said, she would understand that I didn't like her. Even if she tried everything, I would never let a weak human be my Luna.

Sophia was weak. She didn't even meet my expectations for the mate I had wished for. I didn't know why my parents wanted her to be my Luna. I did everything to be as powerful as my father, and then the one that was supposed to be my Luna was far away from having the strength I wanted.

That was unfair on my part. There were some other girls who had the power that would make all men turn. But how the hell, among those girls, did the moon goddess choose that pathetic weak human as my mate?

From the very start, she shouldn't be in our pack, I hated it when my mind kept reminding me of her.

One knock on my door brought me back to life.

I got up and walked to my door.

When I opened it, the cold wind blew in my face. "Abel, was Sophia here?" It was Sophia's mother.

I opened the door widely to show her that Sophia was not here.

"She didn't even come here."

"She told me before that she would be here. she wanted to talk to you about the ceremony plan."

". She was not here," I lied. I had been with her a few hours back and rejected her.

When I said those words, she cried out loud, and before she fell, Henry carried her mother. I arranged myself just to give them sympathy for the things that I didn't have any idea about.

"What happened?" I asked calmly.

"We don't know where Sophia is. She disappeared."

I fell silent when I heard those words. I remembered what I had said earlier. Did Sophia do that?

"Have you checked anywhere she could go? What about her friend's house?"

"She didn't go to anyone. She wanted to come spend the evening with you. Besides, she only has one friend, and she was not with Alice," Henry said. Before I could say any words, he carried his mother who couldn't stop crying away.

I went outside and talked to Henry.

I just need Henry to tell me everything he knows.

"I was not sure about this, but what if Sophia jumped off the cliff?"

"What? No, she would never do such a thing." I said immediately, even though I wasn't sure about it.

"Did you tell her something that would trigger her?"

"No, of course not."

I had. I had told her everything. But I never thought of her doing such. But what if she did?

I remembered all the hurtful words I had said to her earlier.

Was this all my fault? Did she feel hurt by what I said to her? I rejected her as my Luna. But I only said what I felt.

"I would take the responsibility to search for her." I said using my Alpha tone

"Please, Abel."

Henry told me more about her sister's disappearance. He told me, someone saw Sophia cry and go somewhere. When the moon came, they looked for her, and my place was the last place they searched for her.

"Please... Please, bring my sister back. My mom would be sad if Sophia never came back."

Sophia was not his real sister, but he loved her that much.

"I will find her soon. I hope I will," I said in a low voice.

After that conversation, I went back to my house. I wanted to have a good night and sleep peacefully, but how could I, if I was worried about that weak human?

I had rejected her and wished for her to be gone. But now... I felt guilty for what I did, I feel like my heart was torn out of me.

I couldn't control myself, my wolf wasn't stable, he loved Sophia even if I didn't, he charged at me for what I did but it had to be done.

I changed my form and went to where Henry told me she was last seen. The wind blew slowly, while the moon brightened even more. My silver fur showed its power.

There was nothing on my mind right now except for the urge I needed to find the Luna I rejected

It has been three hours since I came here to the bottom of the cliff where they said she was headed to.

The water waves were loud, and the wind was colder here.

I moved around trying to get a hint of her scent. But I failed to find any. She was not here. I didn't find any signs of her. Even her orchid scent was not recognized.

As the cloud hid the moon, I changed back to my human form. I tried even harder to find Sophia and went to where I thought she might be. But I didn't see anyone there. I tried so hard to get a hint of her but there was no trace of her orchid scent.

I let my heavy breath out.

"Where are you, Sophia?"

How could I tell the news to my pack? They might have blamed me for what happened to my future Luna. Soon, I would become an Alpha, and what just happened to her would not be good for my reputation. My parents would be very angry with me if they found out the reason why Sophia disappeared, they really loved her.

If she jumped off the cliff, she was so stupid to do that. I wanted her gone in my life, but not like this. She gave me more headaches and started to give us more problems.

That was one of the stupid things that humans like her did.

Disappointed in myself, I went back. The sun was about to say hello to every creature. I have no courage to tell anyone that I didn't see Sophia. Before I went home, I decided to go down to Sophia's home, where I heard her mother cry again. She hasn't stopped since yesterday night. As I heard her cry from outside, I even felt more guilty about what I had done to their child.

Chapter 3✔️

Abel's POV

I knocked on the door, and later on, Henry opened it for me. He even looked at my back; he hoped his sister was with me.

"Did you find her?"

I shook my head. "No."

He didn't talk back, he let me in. As time went by, the house was filled with sorrow. Should I comfort them with kind words? But how?

I watched Henry go to his sister's room while he cried. Sophia's family loved her so much that they felt hurt by her disappearance.

I couldn't handle this alone, so I went down to my father's house.

I needed his help to comfort Sophia's family. I don't know what I should do anymore. I never tried to comfort anyone when their hearts get broken. This was my first time.

"What did you do?" He asked after I told him all that happened.

"I did nothing. I searched the bottom of the cliff and didn't find her."

"I hope you did not tell her something?"

"Of course not. I did not do anything," I lied over and over. I didn't want them to know the truth about my last conversation with Sophia, I will automatically not be alpha again.

I lied to my father, but still, he blamed me for what happened, I'm sure he could smell the lies from me.

Though my wolf was hurt and kept on whimpering. His feelings scared me a lot.

After we talked about things, we went back to Sophia's home.

Sophia was an adopted child, though I didn't know the real story behind them or why they decided to adopt a weak human.

I didn't give Sophia any attention, not until I found out she is my mate on my 18th birthday.

"I promise that Abel will look for her every day. He would never stop until we found Sophia. Don't lose hope."

I was shocked when I looked at my father.

"Is it true, Abel?" The old woman's voice still has sorrows.

I let out a deep breath. "Yes."

I didn't know why my father was determined to find her. I know every life is important. But searching for her every day would make me feel exhausted. I wanted to find her, just to make everything good. But still, it didn't mean that I wanted her back in my life.

"Thank you, Alpha. Please help us find her," Henry said in a low voice.

I smiled at them. I couldn't fulfill those promises. But I would try everything I could, just to find out where that weak human was.

My father and I comforted them with kind words. I gave them false hopes, just to make them feel okay. I hoped they didn't hate me for what I had said to them, which I knew I couldn't fulfill.

We talked more and more, so they could forget what happened, at least for this time. When the time came, my father and I said goodbye to them.

We walked until we went home.

"Should I need to find her? She could be forgotten, right?"

As I said those words, my father looked at me straight in my eyes..

"Just do what I said. You need to bring her home. I know you did something to her so pay the consequences of your actions or her blood would be in your hands" My father said and immediately walked leaving me behind shocked

I didn't get it. Why did even my father want her back? Humans like Sophia were easy to forget, did they have something that made her special to everyone?

I stood there, frozen in confusion, trying to make sense of my father's words. What did he mean by "consequences of my actions"? And why was he so adamant about bringing Sophia back? I hadn't done anything to her, at least not intentionally. We had just parted ways, and I thought that was the end of it.

But my father's words lingered in my mind, haunting me. "Her blood would be in your hands." What did he mean by that? Was Sophia in danger? And why did everyone seem to care about her so much? She was just a human, after all. They were a dime a dozen.

I decided to investigate further, but my mind was playing tricks on me. I started seeing things - Sophia's face in the trees, her orchid scent in the wind. I heard her voice whispering in my ear, "Find me, Abel. Find me before it's too late."

I knew I had to find out what was going on, but my thoughts were cloudy and disjointed. I set out to find Sophia, but my legs felt heavy, as if I was trudging through quicksand. The world around me was blurry and distorted, like a funhouse mirror reflection.

As I walked, I couldn't shake off the feeling that I was being watched. And the farther I went, the more I realized that I was in over my head. Something was off, and I was about to uncover a secret that would change everything.

I finally arrived at the cliff where Sophia was last seen, but it was deserted. The wind was howling, and the waves were crashing against the rocks below, but there was no sign of her. I closed my eyes, trying to sense any sign of her presence, but all I saw was darkness.

And then, I saw her - Sophia, standing at the edge of the cliff, her eyes fixed on something in the distance. But as I called out to her, she vanished into thin air.

"Sophia!" I called out again, but there was no answer.

I stumbled forward, my vision blurring and my mind reeling. I thought I saw her again, but it was just a hallucination. I was alone, lost in my own mind.

I collapsed to the ground, my head spinning with thoughts of Sophia and my father's words. What was real and what was just a product of my own paranoia? I couldn't tell anymore.

As I lay there, I realized that I had lost myself in my own guilt and confusion. And Sophia was gone, maybe forever.