Rejected By The Alpha, Claimed By The Lycan king.

Although I was just a bullied, degraded and weak omega, the weakest in the entire pack, I had a mate that was an alpha.

I often heard people telling me how lucky I was, for an Omega to have a mate at all was almost impossible and for an Omega who was as useless as me to have an alpha as a mate was just a direct blessing from the moon goddess.

My father was a very strong and well respected man, I was a very big shame to him and his entire pack, all because I was born am omega, but things changed three years ago when Alpha Conri, the strongest alpha from the Crescent moon pack was revealed as my fated mate.

He was everything I prayed to the moon goddess for, he was wealthy, strong, goodlooking and respected.

Three years had passed and I was still the happiest wolf In the pack, not until Juliette arrived at our pack house a week ago.

My life became a living hell in the blink of an eye. The moment Alpha Conri set his eyes on her, I became forgotten history.

I thought it was a joke when he moved her into our bedroom and sent my things to the guestroom.

But it dawned on me that what we shared was not important to him when he started openly showing signs of affection towards her and not even for once did he glance towards my direction.

Juliette found out from one of the pack members that I was Alpha Conri's mate and she took it upon herself that she would humiliate and embarrass me by maltreating me.

"Is that how to clean a toilet?." Juliette asked me sharply.

I turned to look at her, she stood at the door angrily glaring at me with her hands on her waist, my wolf was intimidated by her and it almost made me whimper, but I held my chin high.

"How else am I supposed to clean a toilet? " I asked her, for a week I've been doing the dishes of the entire pack, I've been cleaning their toilets in rotation and doing all their laundry.

I could not take any more of it as I was used like an old dirty rag and I was wearing out.

My question had angered her, she raised her hand in the air and before I could dodge the hit, her hand sharply came down and struck me.

There was a very loud sound from the hit.

"You dare talk back at me?." I heard her ask me, I was staring down at the floor so I didn't see when her fingers dug into my hair, took a few strands and pulled it so that I could meet her eyes.

"Is that how you talk to your Luna, how dare you address me with disrespect?." She asked.

She was pulling really hard at my hair and it was stinging, I couldn't hold back my cry.

"Please, I'm sorry." I told her hoping that she would let go instead she pulled harder.

"You should have thought of that earlier, now I'm going to make you pay." She said and pushed my head downwards.

Pain shot through my face when the bridge of my nose smashed against the toilet seat.

I screamed in terror as blood splashed out and strained the white ceramic seat, she released my hair and kicked me at the side of my rib.

I fell to the floor and curled up like a ball, tears escaped my eyes and the pain kept on throbbing with every heart beat.

"Good for nothing bitch." Juliette said and I heard her footsteps retreating.

I could not stand up from where I layed, not until I heard Conri's voice. I shot up from the floor because I didn't want him to see me laying in the toilet floor, but he would definitely see what Juliette had done to me and maybe he would come to his senses.

I ran towards him.

"Conri..." I said running to him and when his eyes met mine, he grimaced, I felt my heart shredding into pieces.

"Darlene...." He said disgustingly "please get her out of my sight." He ordered and then Darien, his Beta came towards me and pushed me out of the door.

He didn't even ask me what happened to me, didn't he see that I was badly injured?.

" Go over to your aunt's house." Darien ordered me, my mouth hung open but I couldn't say any words.

" Seriously?." I asked Darien.

"Leave the Alpha doesn't want to see you, you're an eyesore, take a look at you." He said.

" Juliette did this to me, he's supposed to be protecting me." I cried and looked through the open space in the door, that was when I saw something gut wrenching.

Conri and Juliette were pressed against each other in an affectionate kiss.

Darien slammed the door shutting me out, I ran to my room in my aunt's house and ran under the blanket and cried.

After some few hours there was a knock on the door.

" We're having dinner, now." My aunt said to me.

She was a member of Alpha Conri's pack, and since Conri chased me from his house, I had no other place to go than to stay with her.

"I don't want to come." I informed her.

"There is no chance for anyone to stay back, the Alpha has an important message to pass." My aunt said.

Whenever the Alpha had a message, there was no how we could disobey him.

I got dressed, my broken nose had already started healing, if I was a Luna, it would have gone in minutes without leaving any scar, but I had to cover it up with make-up since I was a powerless omega.

I was ashamed to face everybody with all their stares. I didn't belong to their pack and I was not welcome, but because of my relationship with the alpha, I was allowed to stay without being questioned. Now there was no relationship, because of Juliette.

Now it was obvious that the alpha had found a new girl, she was better than me in every way.

Even though Conri turned a blind eye to the maltreatment I faced from Juliette, I knew that he was in love with me and he was just distracted by Juliette, in time I would win back his heart, I could not give up on what we shared for three blissful years just in a week.

"Darlene, I'm happy that you're here." Juliette said, my heart started beating fast and hard against my rib cage. It was obvious that she was calling attention and she had won because everybody's eyes were on me.

I gulped hard as Conri stood up and walked to Darlene, he hugged her from behind and wrapped his arms around her belly. She held his arm and he buried his face in the space between her shoulder and neck.

She arched her back as he placed kisses on her skin, giving her hickies

The other pack members watched me, some had pity while the others snared at me, I didn't want to cry, I fought hard to hold myself to be strong but the tears ran down freely and my chest shook almost convulsively.

A big smile appeared on Juliette's face, Conri raised his head and his eyes met mine, when he saw how devastated I was, he turned away from me.

"Everyone, the alpha has an announcement." Juliette said "Baby, c'mon, tell them."

Conri cleared his throat.

"Everyone please pay attention, tonight I'm openly addressing the relationship between Juliette and I, we're engaged."

"No," I muttered in disbelief.

The crowd cheered and clapped. I felt my stomach churning, and it was too sudden and quick; I threw up.

"Eww," someone beside me said.

I stood up and started running away in shame.

The night was cold, and I didn't have any soul left in me. It can't be possible; they couldn't get engaged after one week of meeting. I went back to my parents' house.

One step inside, and my sister Tiffany started laughing.

"She's back," my sister announced.

They must have heard what happened from my aunt.

"What a disgrace," my father said to me. I really thought that I could prove to him that I was capable of making him proud, but now shame befell upon me, as I was discarded by Conri.

I climbed the staircase to my bedroom. When I shut the door, I sat and rested my back against it and cried.

I found the strength to take a shower, and then I slept.

***

I woke up with a headache and nausea; I could not lift any of my limbs. I thought that maybe I had hurt myself from all the hard labor I had been enduring for a week.

I drove myself to the hospital, and the test result was different than I expected. I stared at it in joy and bewilderment.

My joy knew no bounds as I stared at the pregnancy result in my hand. It was positive; I was pregnant.

I could not wait to go home and share the good news with Conri. Maybe after I informed him that I was carrying his baby, he would come back to his senses, send Juliette away, and top it all by putting a ring on my finger. I would officially be a member of his pack.

I would be the most fulfilled person in the entire world. I could barely believe this.

I drove into the garage; I could smell Conri, and my wolf could barely hold herself back. I parked carelessly and ran to the living room. He was at my house. After I left, he must have come to his senses and come to look for me.

"Conri," I said in happiness as I jumped onto Conri's lap. He did not hug me back. His whole aura was cold and frightening.

I looked at his face and slowly stood up from his lap. I remembered how he had pushed me away a few days ago because I hugged him.

If he was not here to apologize to me, then why was he here?

"What's wrong?" I asked, looking around. My eyes fell on Juliette, who was staring at me with disgust and hate.

I looked down to see that she was holding hands with Conri; he was gripping her hand tightly. I saw their engagement ring still on their fingers.

"Darlene, sit. We have something to discuss," he said icily.

I felt my heart stop and then start again.

"Conri, remember that I'm your mate," I told him, trying to touch his shoulder, but his frown sent me away.

"Conri?..." I asked in disbelief. Is he really just going to push me away?

"You're not going to be my mate for long," he informed me.

"No, I need to wake up from this nightmare. It can't be... No!" I cried, my world crumbling before my very eyes.

I turned to my father.

"You're such a shame; I can't believe I produced such a useless daughter," he told me.

"What did I do wrong? Please tell me," I pleaded, going in front of Conri and falling to my knees.

This nightmare was starting to seem like a reality.

"Do it, Conri. End it and free yourself from this pathetic piece of trash," Juliette said.

"I, Alpha Conri McShawn..." he started saying. I never knew this day would come.

Tears slipped past my eyes as I touched my belly with my hands. The first thought I had was to end myself for good, but life was growing within me.

"I reject you, Darlene McGuire, as my mate."

"Accept his rejection!" Juliette ordered me urgently. I placed my hands together.

"Please, Conri, please, I'm begging you. Don't do this to me." My heart was eating itself up.

"Accept my rejection!" he yelled, pulling my hair.

I cried.

"I, Darlene McGuire, accept your rejection," I said, and he released me and pushed me to the ground.

My head hit the hardwood floor, and I felt my skin tear at the temple.

"Pick your bags and leave," my father demanded harshly.

"I had already packed it for you," my sister, who was a strong Luna, said with a laugh. "You're so worthless. Here I was thinking that maybe we would try to manage you. Leave and never show your face again." She warned with a glare.

"The rules are very easy to follow. If you return, it will be ruled out as trespassing, and any member of our pack has every right to kill you," my mother said. "Such a disgrace," she spat.

"She has ruined the image of this family. You've already been banished; now leave this territory!" my father screamed, walking toward me with his hands raised, ready to strike me.

I tripped on my luggage as I tried to run away from his hit and fell.

I heard laughter behind me. I got up on my knees and cleaned my tears with the back of my palm.

I picked up my luggage and threw one more glance at Conri. He looked disgusted by me, as if I had a fatal, contaminated disease.

"Don't try to join any other packs. They won't accept you; we've warned them about you."

I was made a rogue in the twinkle of an eye; my life was changed.

I walked to the car as slowly as I could, waiting for someone to call me back and tell me it's a prank. I was waiting in my car until I heard the warning howls of the Alphas. They could smell me, and since I was a terrorist, they would take much pleasure in clawing me apart.

I was weak and defenseless. I drove off, placing my hand on my belly.

"Hang on, little one; it's only me and you now," I whispered.

I heard my stomach grumbling, then the churning, twisting sensation returned.

It had been going on for the last two hours, I had forgotten to bring my credit card with me, not that anyone even gave me the chance to bring it, they had packed my bag for me and left me without a single penny.

I did not care much about myself, it was the pup I was worried about. I exited the car and stared straight at the restaurant, I didn't have any money in my pocket.

I walked into the restaurant, it looked fancier than other restaurants I had seen on the way, I stopped in front of the counter.

"Can I get your order?." The lady asked me.

I cleared my throat, shame washed through me for what I was about to do.

"Hi, good day... I don't have any money with me but I'm very hungry... Please believe me, I'm not looking for free handouts, I can work for my food... I can do the dishes, serve some customers for a while, anything." I said trying my best to hold the tears at the corner of my eyes from falling.

The young woman stared at me, worry crossed her expression, then pity.

" I don't own this establishment, I can't... I don't know, I'm sure I would get in trouble for doing what you're asking for. " she said dismissively.

I felt my heart beating hard against my chest, my stomach grumbled again. I placed my right palm against my stomach.

" Please, I'm carrying a baby." I told her.

Her eyes travelled from my face down to my belly, I know I didn't look pregnant. I was only about a week and a few days pregnant, so I did not have any bump.

"Wait here." She told me almost immediately and she went through a door, she returned with a man.

He was short, bald and chubby.

"Is she the one?." The man asked, there was no warmth beneath his eyes, it made me clutch my hands together in fear.

"Good evening sir, I'm sorry to bother you but I'm really hungry..." I was saying but the man cut me off sharply.

" If you're hungry then buy food... Do this place seem to you like the North Pole... Do I look like Santa?." He asked me.

I shook my head.

" N-no."

"Buy something or get out." The man said and then he turned away to leave, the young lady shot me an apologetic look.

" I can mop the floors after you guys close down." I said in a rush.

The man stopped walking and turned to me.

"We close by nine...the time is five pm, can you wait for four hours for just a plate of pasta?." He asked me rudely.

I nodded my head.

" I have no other option, I'd rather wait here and work than be out there begging." I told him.

He shrugged.

" Fine." He simply said and I felt overwhelming joy, at least I was going to have dinner.

Four hours felt like an eternity, my mouth watered as I saw other people eating, the smell of the food almost made me run mad. Hungry was a new kind of torture.

" We're closed." The young lady said to me, her name was Vivian.

She handed me a mopping stick.

"I'm leaving now, the cook is at the back, the boss has spoken to him, when you're done meet him and he'll inspect the place and then you'll get the food." She said, I thanked her and watched her walk out.

I mopped the floor with precision, it would be horrible if I was asked to start all over again, I had waited for hours for this, a dirty piece of tile wouldn't take this away from me.

The restaurant was bigger than I expected, the more I mopped the more the place stretched out.

When I was done, sweat was crawling down my face and neck. My whole back felt as if I was flogged.

"I'm done." I told the cook and he handed me a very big plate of food after he had inspected the place. I sat at the kitchen counter and devoured it, at a point I thought I would choke to death because a huge pile of food had been stuck in my throat but it went quickly as I downed my entire glass of water.

"Thank you." I told the cook handing him the plate. His eyes were filled with pity.

"The boss didn't ask me to do this, but out of good will..." He said taking a Takeaway plate and filling it with rice and chicken. "For dessert..." He said giving me some slices of cake.

"Thank you." I told him wiping my eyes with the back of my palm.

I exited the diner knowing that it would be somewhere around ten PM. I walked to my car, it was the only car in the parking lot.

I drove out of the parking lot and away from the diner, I was miles away, just driving around looking for a motel, wondering if I could really live like this and for how long my suffering would last when the car suddenly came to a halt.

I hit my hand against the steering, I wondered what the problem would be, that was when I found out I had an empty tank.

The weight of everything hit me like a missile and I cried. The car was becoming too hot, I grabbed my takeaway plate from the side and put it in a plastic bag.

I walked out and shut the door. Thankfully the car was not blocking the road, by tomorrow it would be towed and taken to the impound. When I had the money I would take it out.

It was the dead of the night and the street was deserted.

I walked forward, with no destination in mind, that was when I heard the footsteps behind me.

I turned, it was a really hefty man dressed in black, there was a tattoo on his neck that ran down his chest, he had several scars that made him look very violent. I could tell that he was a Gamma and knowing how violent they are, I became very scared.

"Hey Carina, are you lost?...." He asked me obviously advancing towards me.

He called me Carina, meaning 'my dear'.

"You must have the wrong person..." I said trying my best not to sound scared.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm sure I've got the right person." He said with a devilish smirk.

That was enough signs for me, I picked up my feet and started running as fast as I could.

"You must protect the pup!." My wolf was screaming in my head.

I was about to turn back to see whether I had lost the man when I felt his strong grip in my arm, he yanked me backwards and threw me across the concrete floor.