Rejected By The Cruel Alpha

Chapter One- The honorable fight

Adrianna's POV

"Congratulations to you, Dear Alpha. It's so good to see you again after some time off." I heard the Alpha of another pack say to my father through my wolf hearing.

"Oh it's a pleasure. I heard your wife traveled some days ago." My father said,

"Oh, as a matter of fact, she did. She's joining some forces to bring peace back to her former pack by volunteering as a warrior."

"But she's Luna. Your Luna, is that okay?"

"Of course, I believe in my wife's combat skills. I'm sure she'll be fine."

"Oh, just tell me if there's need for Mid-East pack to intervene at all. You know how rogues can be, very stubborn set of individuals."

"You're right but as for now, she's fine. I can vouch for that."

I removed my focus from the conversation between my father and another Alpha while paying attention to the droplets of sweat that dropped onto the mahogany table where drinks were to be served.

I had been doing this for a while and it was getting tiring.

"I'd been wondering where you were," I heard a voice behind me which made me stop what I was doing and turn around. Shivers ran up my spine as I saw Amelia look at me with an indignant look on her face. She held such a sour look on her face that made her beauty dissolvable. But oh, my, what did that matter? In this moment, she was the star child who could do no wrong in anyone's eyes... While I, was the complete opposite.

I turned back to the table and proceeded to clean it aggressively.

"You should go back to wherever you're coming from. I don't want any trouble." I said, and it was the truth. She could be picked over and over by all the guests and I wouldn't care as long as she was away from my face.

However, before I could get myself together, I felt liquids being poured over my head, wetting my face and dripping down my shirt.

I angrily turned around to face Amelia who had a triumphant look as well as an empty glass in her hand.

"Why did you do that?"

"And what gives you the right to speak to me like that?" Amelia looked at me coldly.

I swallowed nervously. "I know you hate me but you don't have to rub it in everytime."

"I do have to rub it in," she said lavishly, "Least you dream too big and forget what you are made of. Again, I am our father's favorite child and you are not."

"I know the reason you try to treat me badly. It's simple. You're insecure-"

Amelia's eyes widened, and the way she looked at me made me want the ground to swallow me up. But I was feeling my anger rile up inside me, it was difficult to stifle it down.

"You fear dad will treat you as bad as he treats me so you try to stop me from attending the party-"

Amelia slapped me hard across the face, silencing me. I grabbed onto my right cheek with my left hand and looked at her in awe.

"This party... make sure you don't attend it. Know your place and don't dream too much." With that, Amelia rushed off in her red dress and stiletto high heels.

I dropped the towel I was using to clean and stormed out of the room where the party was taking place and went outside to the garden where there were very few People hanging out.

Yes indeed, my name was Adrianna Richardson, and I was the daughter of Mirthon Richardson, the Alpha of the Mid-East pack. He has two daughters. Me and Amelia. And a son, Steven. Of all three of us siblings, I was the one detested and for no good reason I could say. But I've come to accept that now.

I tried to wipe my face with my worn out purple long-sleeved shirt but it could not do much. I was totally drenched.

I sighed to myself in the quiet night and crouched down, looking around the quiet environment.

I didn't know how long I stayed there untill my breath was filled with a scent. A peculiar one.

"Hmm," I inhaled, breathing deeply. Whose scent was that?

I felt a kick in my soul from my wolf. She too was enticed.

I stood on my feet and saw him in front of me. The cause of the scent I'd been perceiving, and he looked so beautiful.

Gorgeous blue eyes like the dark night sky overwhelming around surrounding the piece of art that he was. He was beautiful or maybe charming like the world loved to attune for gorgeous men.

He looked like a royal priesthood and he was completely mesmerising to the eyes.

I felt my anger from earlier melt away like butter and now I was only fascinated by the man who stood in front of me. And he was my mate. I think he knew that too. That was why he was standing in front of me. My eyes blurred with tears. He found me.

My wolf was dancing behind my soul and she was pressing me to do things I wouldn't usually do.

MATE!!

MATE!

HE'S OURS.

I laughed, letting a tear roll down my cheek. But it was a happy tear. I was about to speak but he beat me to it.

"I don't know why I was given a less privileged to be my mate. I, reject you."

My heart broke. "What?" My voice came out a pristine quiver but it was too quiet to be heard, to be perceived.

With that, I watched him walk away from me so quickly.

I felt to the ground and cried, watching him get further and further away from me.

He didn't even give me a chance.

"Wait!" I wanted to say but he was already far from sight.

My soul was shattered. The hope was gone.

My wolf reached out to me in agony and so did I. But neither of us were able to comfort the other.

I didn't know how long I stayed there but I soon realized that no amount of self-pity could salvage the situation. I could only blame myself for not putting on better clothes.

But even if I put on better clothes, how could I still be eye-pleasing to a man who looked like that?

I bowed my head. It was useless anyway. Everything I did was useless. Even my mate didn't want me.

When I had enough thinking about the event over and over again, I decided that it was my lot and that I had to take all that was coming to me just like that.

I got back into the room where the party was taking place. Everyone looked well fitted in, in contrast to I, whose hair was Matty and gross looking. Not to mention, I was wearing faded purple shirt with faded jeans.

"What is your problem?" Someone murmured as I mistakenly brushed over them while walking.

Chapter Two-

Adrianna's POV

I grabbed a cup of alcohol and dunked it down. Immediately, I grabbed another one and sat at the back where the party was less - seemingly.

I saw a pair of couples alone on couches, taking things a little far but that's none of my concern as I was completely out of it- or, my focus was on myself. I was recently 'rejected' by her own mate. I laughed to myself and continued to pour myself something to drink. However, no drinks could help. The rejection did something to my mind that could never be cleaned off by a couple drinks.

I saw my mate blend into the party like it was nothing and saw as my sister, Amelia danced with him like they were a couple. And my mate didn't reject her either.

"What is your name?" Amelia had yelled out through all the music that was playing in the background.

"Frederick." He said,

"I'm Amelia," my sister told him, and he nodded, continuing the dance with her.

"Do you want to hear a funny thing?" He asked her. Amelia quickly nodded, and leaned over to him. "The moon goddess's mating system."

The moment I heard that, I felt like puking. How could he say such a thing about me? Didn't he fear the wrath of the moon goddess?!

"Why are you telling me this?" Amelia asked.

"Just because."

Anyway, I stuck behind while everyone did their things. And I began to feel like a stalker while watching Frederick and Amelia drink. A few minutes later, Frederick was gone.

I heard a sudden growl and a voice which I thought was familiar. I stood from the couch I was sitting to the hallway but everything seemed empty. But I was sure I heard his voice.

I turned around to leave, convinced I was completely totally out of it but I was stopped by a grip around my waist.

"You," the voice said.

I turned around fearfully only to see a man with bronze hair and grey eyes. He seemed totally cold and wicked.

"What are you doing? Let me go!"

He held onto me with a chuckle and then the lights on the hallway went off. He put on a mask on my face and tied the knot tightly making it difficult to be untied, but I could still see through the mask. My heart began to race as I discovered that I could be in a potential danger.

"Let me go!" I repeated but my words fell on deaf ears. I was dragged and taken to a dark room. One I could not recognize. Then I was handed over to a more powerful man.

My clothes were ripped apart and I struggled only to rush to the door and tried to open it but it was locked from the outside. "Help me, please!" I knocked and knocked but all were void.

I was taken by the strongman and tossed onto the bed. He got on top of me and devoured me, easily. My attempts at fighting was nothing.

***

The next morning, I woke up with a soreness between my legs. I immediately attempted at standing up but it hurts.

"What is wrong with me?" I muttered. Then what happened the last night came rushing in. First I had been rejected by my mate who rejected me because of my looks and then I was raped by someone I didn't know.

Tears streamed down my eyes and I knocked myself against the head multiple times. Why was I foolish? It was all my fault that this happened.

I untied the mask from my face and threw it against the door. How could such a disgusting thing happen to me?!

Was I filled with so much bad luck that terrible things would happen to me consistently? Moon goddess, it seems what my mate said about her was not completely wrong. She was really the worst when it came to pairing people together.

I stood up from the bed, picking up my ruined clothes. But it was only it that I had so I slipped on the clothes in the far corner of the room and put them on. I tried to fix my hair so they weren't so Matty and stepped out of the room. Thankfully, it was open now.

With a heavy heart, I walked down the hallway until I arrived in front of my room. Once I did, I filled the tub with bubbles of soapy water.

Then I laid in it, holding my breath. The moment felt peaceful and I wanted more of it, but if I kept this on for too long, I feared I might be seduced to take my own life so I sat up on the bathtub and just stood there in the clear silence.

Once I was done with my portion of my silent time in the bathtub, I washed my hair and got dressed in a sunny dress.

My virginity had only just been taken away from me while I was in jeans. What more was there to hide? I exhaled and went to the kitchen to join the maids in making food for the pack house.

"We're making omelette and eggs, kindly join us Dear Adrianna." It was at that moment that I realized that engaging myself in some activities could also be the best way for me to forget what happened last night.

So I continued, mixing pastries and flour together to make food for the entire pack. When I was done, I had sweat dripping down my forehead.

"You've done enough Adrianna, here's your portion of the meal." The head maid handed me a plate filled with enough dish for me to eat.

"I'm not hungry," I said.

"Then take the meals to the dinning room, I heard that the entire family is there waiting."

I nodded, feeling a bit icky inside. I was also a part of that family but I was the unacceptable part amongst them. It was sickening to know that fact.

Regardless of my emotions, I headed out with a tray filled with food and entered the dinning room where father and mother seemed to be in a heated argument.

I moved closer and dropped the tray on the table then I started to arrange their meals on the table. When I was done, I leaned over to my brother, Steven's ear and whispered, "What is going on?"

"They are arguing about who looked better with Amelia. Mom is vouching on the man Amelia danced with last night but father thinks a warrior would suit Amelia more. By the way, what do you think?"

I swallowed, "Uh- that is for Amelia to decide."

If only they knew that the man they were arguing about was my mate. I was angry but I was more angry with myself. Despite everything that I've been through, I laid emphasis on my virginity, wanting to give that as a gift to my Mate who would only cherish. But not only did I lose that, I also lost my mate. All these things happened in one single night, how could I be okay?

I was about to leave the dinning room when I heard Steven say, "Come sit with us, Adrianna. There's enough room." I heard my father clear his throat. He definitely did not want me there. My mother cleared her throat too, accessing my father's mood.

"Adrianna, you have to go right? The pups haven't been fed yet, right?" Mother said. I could safely presume that she was only making an excuse for me to leave so I don't make father uncomfortable.

"Yes," I went along with her wishes. Then I walked out of the dinning room.

Chapter three-

Adrianna's POV

I stood in front of the mirror, accessing the eye bags underneath my eyes. I had gotten enough sleep recently but I still had creasing under my eyes. What could have caused it I wondered.

In recent days, I had been seeing different signs in my body that I did not understand. First, it was this morning sickness and tiredness I felt. But now it was expanding to something else. And although I was scared of these symptoms, I had an inner feeling that it wasn't a bad thing. I just had to get to the bottom of it. Could be caused by a worm or a fungus, I thought to myself.

But even I didn't believe that.

Finally, I decided that I would take all further diagnosis so I could get over my fear for the worst idea coming to pass.

I looked at myself from my face to my belly. I lifted up my shirt briefly and saw the bump underneath my stomach.

Was I pregnant?

I moved away from the mirror and got onto my bed and sat.

I thought of that night...

Then I covered my face in pain. This must not suffice. If I really was pregnant, I'd be in so much trouble. I don't even know who got me pregnant!

Tears rolled down my cheeks and I let it continue to fall down.

But when I tired, I got up from my bed, feeling a newfound bravery overtake me. I had this innate feeling within me. Like the urge to protect the little baby inside of me.

I wasn't entirely sure if it was pregnancy yet, but I was sure about one thing. I found a reason to live on.

I walked out of my room to the garden outside where the warriors were training. In the corner, I overheard Steven and Amelia in a conversation.

"Adrianna has been acting weird lately, do you not notice?"

"Oh please, I know you like to get Adrianna in trouble like all the time but can you please spare her? She's so skinny because of you!"

"Skinny?! That's the opposite of what I was gonna say. Adrianna has added a lot of weight recently. Don't you notice her eyes? She looks like she gets no sleep."

"That has nothing to do with anything-"

"-Steven, don't you get what I'm trying to say? All I'm trying to say is that Adrianna is pregnant!" I felt a weariness in my lungs as well as within me in my heart.

"I asked a maid who saw her... It was obvious she was puking and spat a lot. All these things makes it clear that Adrianna is pregnant."

"So what are you gonna do, Amelia?" Steven asked her.

"I'm going to tell dad."

"Amelia, please you can't! You can't tell if she's really pregnant or if it's out of stress that she looks that way!"

"Stop being caring towards someone that doesn't deserve it!" Amelia snapped. "What if she's true that she got herself knocked up and that she's pregnant hmm? What are you going to do, Steven? Huh? Tell me!"

"We should at least discuss with her beforehand. Please don't be swift to say anything to dad. He'll get really angry!"

"That's what I want him to be. Angry!" Amelia turned away from Steven while heading in the direction that I was hiding. I saw no use hiding away from her any further so the moment she saw me, I just stood there and said, "Amelia,"

Amelia looked taken aback to see me.

"What are you going to do?" I asked her.

She smirked, "What else? Tell everyone that you are pregnant. Guess what dad and mom will do afterwards? Kick you out."

"Amelia, you have no idea what you are talking about."

"What do you mean I have no idea what I am talking about?" She scoffed, "How dare you attempt to gaslight me?" With that, she slapped me hard across the face causing me to stagger back.

Steven held her, preventing her from hitting me anymore.

"Just watch and see what I'll do!" Amelia removed herself from Steven's grip and walked away.

Steven walked over and grabbed my hand. "Don't worry about anything okay? Amelia is just messing up with you. When dad finds out you are only stressed and not pregnant, all will be fine you know that right?"

I slowly removed my hands from Steven's grip and said, "What if I am pregnant?"

Steven froze and looked at me, "How could that be... you haven't- have you?" He looked at me with his eyes huge and I could only humbly nod.

"Adrianna, that is not true!"

I was overwhelmed so I rushed off to my room and lift my shirt up to look at my stomach. Even I was not entirely sure I was pregnant yet.

But as I remembered the series of events I'd been through for the past weeks in terms of my body changes, none couldn't convince me that I wasn't pregnant.

Then... that night. The night I slept with that man... I didn't want to remember that time, it brought so much pain to me, but I knew that I had to uncover it for me to be done and over with it.

The man had done me in the worst way possible, so it was true... I was pregnant.

I ran my fingers through my hair due to feeling overwhelmed, but then my heart stopped racing out of fear. Instead it was calm.

I was pregnant and I didn't know who the father was. I was supposed to be panicky but for some reason I was calm because I knew instinctively that this was not the end of my life. Although I did not know what to do, I was rest assured because being pregnant gave me hope.

A hope that I had a future and I wouldn't be alone. But it wouldn't be long now... I thought as I patted my stomach. Amelia had gone to snitch on me to father. It was only a matter of time before this situation took a U-turn. I only prayed father wouldn't be so strict to me. After all, I was still his daughter. He wouldn't be so strict to me, would he?