Reborn Mate

||•Prologue•||

"Mate..." He growled like an animal, his eyes dilating into strange blood red as it was fixated on the figure before him like she was a prey -his new catch. The young adult before him was scared to the core by his mere sight as she quiver in fear.

"No, this isn't true. It can't be you, Xavier..." Her voice was shaky as she forced the words out of her mouth, nothing but fear was evident in her voice. "I must be in a dream -a nightmare."

Its not possible, her mate can't be Xavier. Her mate can't be this rogue that was banned from entering Moon Lit years ago for violating the pack's rule. The thought of mating with him was enough to make her shudder in pure fright as she tried to shake the thought off her head -it can never be real!

How did she get here in the first place? How did she get herself entangled in such a dilemma which she's fighting herself to snap out of? Wasn't she supposed to be with the other wolves, why deep in the forest?

Yes, she remembered now; the memory was vividly rushing in like waves in ocean. Her instinct had traced a sweet and inviting smell here. With out being told, she knows the smell belongs to her mate and she was super excited to meet her mate. What she failed to figure out was why would her mate be in the forest?

She couldn't wait to get to whosoever her mate may be which made her break into a long sprint, racing her self here. Coming here, she was not only disappointed but was sad as well as frightened as she feel her heart break into a million pieces.

How can the Moon goddess be this cruel to her? What has she done wrong, what was her crime to have made the Moon goddess punish her this much? Why has she chosen Xavier for her amongst other wolves? Why... why? That was her thought as she stared at him.

"Aren't you happy to finally meet your mate, baby girl?" Xavier's voice was laced with mockery and he was wearing a dirty smirk on his face. He had seen how happy she was moment ago till he growled the word 'mate' and in a split second, her countenance dropped to that of disappointment.

Xavier has expected that kind of reaction from whosoever his mate may turn out to be but for the reasons not known to him, his heart clenched in despair, earning such reaction from her.

"You can't be my mate, Xavier, you can't. I can never accept you as my mate." Her voice wasn't as shaky as it was at first but fear was still laced in it. "I rather be with out a mate for the rest of my life than have you as one."

"Oh, really? Is that how much you despise me? Your newly found mate?" He snickered as he took a step towards her, she retaliated by taking a step back. "We haven't even spend much time with each other and you despise me this much, eh?"

"Stay away, Xavier. I won't accept a worthless rogue like you as a mate." She forced out the words, trying not to shudder in pure fright anymore as she points the index finger of her right at him. "Stay very far away from me."

"How can I stay away from my sweetheart, huh?!" Xavier blurted out, mockery evident in his voice. "Tell me, sweetheart, how can I...?"

She reached her limit as her back hit the tree behind her, she let out a short shriek. Before she could snap her fingers, Xavier was all over her already as he trapped her to the tree, rendering her powerless under his scrutiny.

He smell really nice and inviting as his intoxicating smell filled her nose. She must confess about his captivating body features were, his finely carved abs reflecting under his transparent shirt that kissed his flawless skin -he was just another form of a divine creature.

How did a heavenly shaped guy like him turn rogue and worthless? Xavier has always been the bad egg amongst other werewolves in Moon Lit pack till he reached his limit and was banned from the pack after having one of his friends killed in a fight.

"Look who was about rejecting me as her mate but can't stop drooling over my perfect body. What an irony!" Xavier husky voice snapped her back to her sense.

Her face flushed in embarrassment but she quickly masked it up with a glare. "I'm not drooling, you hear? You disgust me. The smell oozing off your body is almost making me puke on myself, it's choking!"

"Ouch! That hurts a lot, especially when its coming from your mate." Xavier dramatically held his chest as he wear a deep frown on his face. "What do I do? I can't let go off a beauty like you. The moon goddess was considerate enough to make you my mate. How nice!''

"I'm cursed to have a devil like you as a mate, the Moon goddess can be so cruel sometimes. I shouldn't be having a chit chat with you in the first place when I can do the needful." She muttered, her tiny and soft voice raising to it pitch.

Xavier frowned, creasing his brows as his instinct hint him on what she is talking about. "The only needful you can do is accepting me as your mate. We are both a perfect match, don't you think?" He tried to convince her into changing her mind and her point of view.

She spat on his shirt, wearing a defiant look -she felt like she had enough of him already. "I, Nina Kiel, reject..."

Xavier was quick to cut her short. "Don't say it. Just don't say, else you might not like it outcome." He warned, threat laced in his voice as he wear a blank facial expression yet he was glaring hells at her. If there's anything Xavier hates -it's being rejected by anyone; not even his mate could try such with him!

Nina, on the flip side, ignored his threat as she already made up her mind against accepting Xavier as her mate. "I, Nina Kiel rejects Xavier Fender as my mate and partner..."

"I said: don't say it..." Xavier gnarled as his voice trailed off. In a split second, his hard palm was already on her neck as he choked her. "Now, you will have no other choice but to enjoy it outcome while it last..."

_01_

Herzl, yes that's his name. And its also a name which everyone forgot was his, cause they find another name which they thought suits him the best.

Slave...

He stood at the school gate with his hood over his head, contemplating if he should go in or not. He tried using his hood in covering his face but the hood isn't bulging.

He sighed deeply -a type that hold pa in and maybe frustration too. "No matter how hard I tried to cover my face, I'll still be recognized though." He muttered sadly.

Yes, cause he is the only kid who put on hoodies and face caps to hid his face identity in the whole of the school.

The other kids or should he say students hate him with cold passion cause he is the only werewolf who doesn't have a family of his own. His father, Xavier, was a rogue wolf who had forced himself on a teenager who was barely nineteen years of age.

Nina was Xavier's mate but for the fact that he is a rogue wolf, she rejected him and that got Xavier pissed off and boiling in rage. The only revenge he could think of other than killing her is to mate with her against her wish.

Xavier was sentenced to death by the Alpha but that doesn't end the story. It only resurfaced when his mom, Nina, find out she is pregnant with Xavier's seed.

Nina was in pa in till she birth Herzl and she di ed almost immediately after giving birth to him. Every one blames Herzl for Nina's death and his grand parent hated him since birth with the believe that he's nothing but a misfortune.

Herzl was a slave in his own house and out side his house too. Every morning, he do chores for his neighbors as ordered by his grand parent before going to school. He is more like a free slave to the Alpha's household, that is, he is a slave but he is still allowed to wander off to any where cause of his grandfather's previous position as the alpha's beta in his prime age.

No one ever liked Herzl and parents warned their kids against him, fearing that he would be a worthless rogue wolf as his father was -or maybe worst.

***

"Here comes the slave..." Gavriel mocked as he announced Herzl's presence, that has always been his own way of welcoming Herzl and Herzl himself seems to have get used to it even though it still find it hurtful most time.

Herzl dropped his head low as he tried to walk fast past them but was unfortunate as he was dragged back forcefully by the guy beside Gavriel.

"Where did you think you are going, huh?" Lothanna, Gavriel most trusted friend who was nicknamed Lot, bellowed with deep grunt escaping his throat.

Herzl gulped into nothing, he thought he prayed to the moon goddess for this trouble to pass by him but his wish looks like it wasn't granted.

"Hh... huh?" He stuttered in fear.

"Did I need to remind you before you polish my shoes today, huh? Do I have to remind you of every thing?" Lothanna barked angrily and gave Herzl a hard slap across his face -he is one hell of an angry guy.

Herzl face sting like dea th as he forced back the invincible tears into eyes. Without being told, he quickly bring out the shoe polish from his bag pack and started polishing Lot's shoes with out any delay. Yes, he always go about with shoe polish which he was forced to buy with the peanuts he earn from menial jobs. In few minutes, he was done applying polish on Lothanna's shoe.

"I'm done." He whispered, still, his voice was audibly to Lot's hearing. "Can I go now?"

"Can you go now, eh?" Gavriel scoffed with irritation laced in his voice. "Who gave you the right to talk back at us in the first place?"

Herzl swallowed his saliva forcefully, he could not stop praying for his misfortune to end quickly. "I'm sorry, I was only..."

Herzl received yet another slap on his left ear, this time from Gavriel as he (Gavriel) scowled angrily at him (Herzl). Hot tears threatened to fall from Herzl crystal blue eyes as both changed to different colours.

Herzl had tried his possible best for more than a year now to conceal his two strange eye colours when he is sad or angry but today, his eyes failed him.

"Some one take a look at his eyes colours, he is even a wizard and not just a rogue worthless wolf." Lothanna half yelled, attracting every students attention towards Herzl.

Students rushed towards them to see why Lothanna was yelling and most of them gasped in disbelief while other scowled at Herzl. His right eye was shining ocean blue while his left eye was emerald green.

This was strange to the students, soon murmuring was going among the students before it later broke into a wild talk. In Moon Lit pack, witches disgust the pack member and the immediate judgement of any is ever found is death.

Both Herzl's case was different and bewildering. His both parents are wolves, even though his father was a rogue -but still, how did he possess such eyes?

"He need to be thoroughly beaten to death, he is a witch. He might get to initiate some other kids too." Some one yelled from the crowd.

"Yes, maybe his father's dirty spirit is living with in him. Who knows...?" Another intervened, spitting out with disgust in his voice. "Or maybe his father was never a full wolf from the start."

"Yes, yes..." Other students agreed with the first two speakers.

Sooner like he had expect, Herzl was dragged roughly on the floor outside the school hall to the school premises. The students had determined on either eliminating him or beat him to stupor.

Herzl struggled to break free from their grip as his wolf was also struggling to surface. Herzl tried his possible best to keep it at bait whilst struggling from the students strong and angry grip.

This poor treatment keep Herzl wondering if his whole existence is based on suffering and humiliation, why did the moon goddess keep him alive till date then?

Why did the moon goddess not eliminate him since he was barely a day old? Why didn't he die in his mother's place? Is it really his fate to pay for his father's mistakes and grave sin?

If so, why that?

He was yet to be born when his father committed this crime, why is he paying dearly with his own happiness?

Why...why...why? These were the questions he got no answer for.

Hex, Herzl's wolf was angry for the poor treatment they keep getting from the inconsiderate kids as it growled angrily at Herzl.

"You aren't suppose to be weak, Herzl. You aren't." Herzl's wolf, whose name was Hex, seethes.

"What do I do, Hex? Tell me, what do I do?" Herzl mind link his wolf. "I can't fight back cause the pack's alpha is against me, I might die if I do."

"But you can't just watch them mistreat you like a piece of trash, you need to do something."

"Like...?"

"Maybe run away...?" His wolf trailed off. Herzl sigh as he was jolted back to his present predicament with a heavy push and he lands with a thud, his butt kissing the floor aggressively.

Lothanna and Gavriel walked closer to him as Lothanna squatted down to Herzl height, running his fingers seductively on Herzl cheeks. "What do we do to a witch like you?"

"Beat him..."

"Stone him..."

"Kill him..." Different aggressive voice yelled.

"Alright, you all should calm your nerves down." Gavriel uttered audibly to the students' hearing. "I'll pick five students who are capable enough to deal with this worthless being here then."

Herzl watched in total silence, ignoring his wolf who keep groaning in discomfort. If there is one fact about Herzl, it is that he never show any sign of weakness when he's been humiliated.

Gavriel choose five students from the crowd and he ordered them to beat Herzl into a pulp.

"Why...?" Herzl gathered confidence as he utter the three letter words. "Why did you all hate me this much?"

"You wan' know why?" Lothanna asked and Herzl nodded curtly, hopefully expecting a different answer to the one he's always being given. "Because you don't deserve to be alive, you deserve to DIE..."

Herzl shook his head in self pity as he heard those words. Sooner than he thought, he heard a loud thud as he felt sharp pain behind his back. Different kick follow suit, hitting him on different spot.

He groan in pain while his wolf growled in anger, soon he was coughing out thick blood from his mouth and nostrils too, while his lips were badly broken.

Herzl lay motionless on the floor after several minutes of beating.

"Stop..." Lothanna said. "Leave him to his fate, he might be very lucky to survive this treatment."

The five students spat on him and in ones and twos, the students left the field leaving him and his wolf under the sun of the early hours of the day...

_02_

Hex was groaning, he was not just only angry at the students but at Herzl. He blamed Herzl for bring weak and stupid, for fearing and choosing other people's hateful words over his happiness.

Hex wished he could be separated from Herzl, not for any other reasons but to teach people who look down on them a bitter lesson. Hex understands Herzl predicament so well but still blame him for choosing to be weak.

"I know I failed you again, Hex. But this is the least to my capacity, no one wants me alive. Fighting back only means death for both of us and you know this." Herzl muttered as he continue coughing out slowly.

Hex was too annoyed to reply but he knows he can't forsake Herzl, at least not now when Herzl needed him the most.

"Hex, are you listening? I know I'm wrong for choosing to be a pawn in everyone's pleasurable game but..."

Hex cut him short with a snort. "I know and on second thought, I don't blame you..." Hex sounded like his voice trailed off. Herzl sigh in relief, he thought his wolf was angry with him.

But he is still having a problem. Yes, wolf has the ability to heal faster but he notice his own healing is taking much time than expected which was weird.

"Don't worry, you will be fine. Its just a matter of time." Hex cajoled as he notice Herzl source of sadness...

•••••••

Herzl joined the class not after the lunch break was over, he managed to curled himself at the school janitor's little space during the long lunch break. He knows what's in store for him if the students finds him in the field where he was bullied earlier.

Just few minutes for the school bell to be rang, Herzl carefully sneaked out of the class before any one was able to notice.

When he got to the forest path he normally use as his own route when going home, he pulled his clothing and transformed to his wolf form.

The silver wolf was large but not as the alpha's wolf, though it nearly since he is having the previous beta's blood in him. Who knows if his father wasn't a rogue and an outcast, he might be the next beta?

Hex gave out a loud howled as he was happy to sniff in the fresh air mixed with the scent of the rustled woods as he raced through them. This has been a normal routine for Herzl since he turn eighteen and racing through the woods in his wolf form has always been his only source of happiness.

Few feet to his home, he transformed to his human form and put his clothing back on.

"Where is that good for nothing slave, eh? Is he not suppose to be at the alpha's household by now?" Herzl heard his grandmother's angry voice. His heart skipped a bit as he hasten his footsteps.

"The only thing he is good at is dragging our good name in the mood." His grandfather's harsh voice followed suit.

With thumping heart, he opened the front door and walked in.

"Eh, here comes the slave." His grandmother hissed in anger as she clapped her hands together, dramatically.

"Don't tell me you are just coming, aren't you suppose to be at the alpha's households?" His grandfather thundered.

"But we've barely closed from school, I sneaked out to be home early." Herzl tried defending himself but he only get a slap in return.

"And you sense didn't tell to rush to the alpha's households before coming here?" His grandmother seethes as she glared hells at him, she has always been an angry bird.

"I'm sorry, I'll get going now..." He mumbled as he drop his back pack and rushed out with out waiting on their response.

Had it been he was at the school cafeteria earlier today, he would have overhead the students talking about the welcoming party that would be held at the alpha's household tonight.

And his duty is to tidy up the huge hall and make sure everything in the alpha's households are in order -especially when it comes to cleaning.

"Why are you just coming, huh?" The pack's Luna glared hard at him.

"I'm sorry, ma..." He bowed in apology.

The Luna hissed. "Go clean the hall and you shouldn't waste much time doing that." She ordered, she was being nice today cause of the mood she was in.

Herzl nodded curtly and scurried away to the hall. Cobwebs was every where mixed with thick dust, he wondered how all those got there. Every month, he always clean the hall for no reason yet it was still covered with dirt.

He started cleaning immediately with out any body's help. His body ache badly but he dare not stop working since he knows the consequence of it if he does.

It was almost late in the evening before he was done. By then, some people had started trooping into the hall. Most scowled at him while others ignored him like a plague.

He limped out of the hall due to his aching and tired bones and stopped at the basement to take a few minutes rest. Soon, he dozed off with out him realizing.

****

"But the welcoming party is not really necessary, dad." Hazel pouted at her dad. "Not that I'm a stranger here, this is my homeland."

"Its more than necessary and every one in the pack knows that. You've been away for ten years now, why shouldn't we celebrate your return?" Alpha Rynd countered.

"Not that I was missing..." She scoffs irritatedly. "I only leave to study and..."

Her father cut her shut with a snort. "Enough of this talk, young lady. Go prepare for your welcome party, you might be lucky to get a mate at the party today." Alpha Rynd said with finality before walking out of his daughter's room.

Hazel frowned at the mention of mate from her father. Yes, she has always hated the word mate with passion.

Why?

Not for any other reason but for her to be free, she does not want to be mate with some one for life. She always want to live her life freely with out being tied to any one, all in the name of mate. She wish the moon goddess has a better plan for her rather than giving her a mate.

Reluctantly, she strutted into her bathroom and had a nice warm bath. She applied olive oil on her white pale skin, making it shine brightly.

At the age of eighteen, she possess more beauty and feature much more than her age. Her brown wavy hair and Hazel eyes added more to her beauty as it matched her pale skin.

Putting on a purple royal robe, she tied her hair up in a bun with a fancy hair rope. She love royalty but heart freedom from duty and mate more.

With one last look of her gorgeous and irresistible self at the huge mirror, she was more confident at her appearance. She only hope she never find a mate at the party as her father had predicted earlier....