Rejection and Marriage

Violet's POV

"Let me go at once!"

I said as I look at the group of bullies who pushed me into a dark room. It wasn't dark per say but the dimly lit candles were not aiding my vision either. I tried to stay calm and keep my head high as I was staring at the bullies at intervals. I can't make it known that I'm scared because I wasn't taught fear but was taught to be feared, I'm the beta's daughter anyway. I can see that my confidence was intimidating them, because those ugly smirks weren't on their lips anymore.

" you are quite fearless", a tall brunette girl said to me. I'm trying as hard as I can to stop myself from digging my nails into her flesh. That's Felicia, Jake's one and only. They are dating I hear.

"If this is about staying away from Jake you have absolutely nothing to worry about as I have no interest what so ever in that man whore" I replied. Felicia looked at me suspiciously as she pointed her long nicely painted nails to my face; "this is the last time I'm warning you stay away from him unless you want to be humiliated again".

She always does this: reminding me of the worst day of my life. Rows of laughter brought me back to reality as I hear murmurs of mockery towards me. "Are we done?" I asked as I try to hide what-so-ever emotion that might make me look weak.

That incident still hurts you know. I folded my hands beneath my breasts; "I'm over that shit" I say to them as I walked out of the room. Our business is finished. Felicia has passed her thoughts to me.

I kind of pity her you know, the kind of pity that tells someone I've been there before.

"Did they do anything bad to you" Kimberly asks with that I'm going to kill them look. Kimberly is my best friend.

"You know I won't let that happen" I sighed as I collected a juice from the tray a waiter passed by with. I'm at a party my pack's holding. I forgot to say I'm a she wolf.

Even though we live with humans because of an incident that happened nine years ago, we still honour our tradition. The alpha of our pack built a pack house in the outskirts of the city, away from the humans, and this is where the party is been held in right now.

This is to help young wolves find their mate. No much activities needed to be carried out as we just walk around and wait for the moon goddess to pair us with our mate. Legend says you know right away once you've found the one. Words can't explain my excitement right now. I'm finally not going to be alone, someone is finally going to be mine and mine alone.

(I'm an outcast in the pack. Every one avoids me because the alpha son hates me. I don't blame them though, no one wants to get in his bad books and thus I'm always avoided by my peers whenever the pack meets even though we seldom do. That's why I'm always grateful to Kimberly; without her I might have been driven into severe depression )

I didn't need anyone to tell me Jake was my mate as my wolf jumped with joy and the word mate kept echoing at the back of my head. How is this possible I whispered clearly dumbstruck. Sooner than I expected, I found myself home. I walked on my toes to avoid making any noise; I didn't want anyone asking why I'm back so early. Jake's back was facing me at the dining hall so I'm sure he didn't see me, but I'm sure he sensed my presence. The mate bond does that.

~I wanna come home to roses, and dirty little notes and post-its....~ Like my father by Jax; my ringtone.

My phone screen flashed as my ringtone rang out. I don't really answer unknown callers and I'm not sure what compelled me to answer this particular call but I did.

"Let's meet up", a cold voice was heard as soon as I picked the call,

"Suns and moon café, ten o'clock, I don't accommodate lateness" and the call was cut off from the other line. I could recognize that voice from anywhere. He wanted to meet up.

Jake POV

"I Jake Aloysius reject you Violet Blaze as my mate".

Violet looked at me in shock as I let those words flow out of my mouth. I was waiting for her to say something but she kept silent. Not the usual Violet.

The meeting ended soon just like I wanted but I still felt empty. My wolf, Zion, was really upset that I let my mate go but what can I do. I can't possibly betray her. Emily. I let my train of thoughts wander again as I hit the brake pedal waiting for the traffic light to give the go signal.

...

FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE

READY OR NOT HERE I COME !!!

Emily finished counting as she sets off to find us. We all hid in various different areas in the forest as we anticipate who Emily is going to find first. No one wanted to be caught so we kept quiet, too quiet that when Emily shouted "I caught you" it echoed round the forest. "I'm always the first to be caught" Thomas said as he came out from the back of the tree he was hiding at. "You always choose the wrong places to hide and you ask why" Emily said with a chuckle. "Since I've been caught I'll make sure you are all caught as well" Thomas said as he scrabbled around the forest looking for the remaining of us, Emily joined as well. Emily I've found Kimberly, Thomas said as he removed the huge leaves covering Kimberly. Kimberly came out and joined the search and soon we were all found. Laughter filled the air as we argued on whose hiding place the best was. We never got our answer because none of us will ever give in, including Thomas the worst hider.

"Food is ready" we heard our parents say and we all ran out to the entrance of the forest where our pack resides. Hide and seek; our go to game. I had so much fun today.

...

Beep beep

The honking of different cars brought me back to the present as I saw the once red light now green; another trip down the memory lane.

I ignited my car engine and set off to the only destination I could think of, the club.

I entered the club without the bouncers needing to confirm my identity, I'm the alpha's son; no one dares discomfort me. This is the club of the crescent moon pack. it was created to make us feel at home, we werewolves have our innate characteristics and there is a chance of a war starting if humans pisses us off. We feel superior. That's another story. Despite the fact that our pack has been destroyed, my father, the alpha has taken it upon himself to make us comfortable wherever we are. It was that same incident that took Emily away from me.

I began downing the strongest alcohol in large successions as memories of our childhood haunts me down. Violet. I remember crushing on her so bad to the point I couldn't meet her eyes, but now she seemed to be the person I detest the most. After everything she had done to Emily, my childhood best friend, how could I not hate her. As for what she had done....I don't really want to think about it now.

Different women kept making advances towards me but I'm in no mood to entertain any of them right now. There is no way I'm going to betray her. I'm going to wait for as long as I think I can hold on. She's dead; but I'm not going to believe any of that shit. I saw her fall down the cliff, but I know she's alive. Her body has not yet be found, who are they to make assumptions.

Emily is alive somewhere, I know that. F**k that damn mating bond. I'm going to choose my mate myself regardless of whom ever the moon goddess choses.

...

I woke up with a serious hangover; I could swear I saw stars. I saw a cup of honey tea on the bed side table. Alicia always knows what I want. She was our family butler.

I freshened up and went to the dining room for breakfast.

"You are going to have to marry Violet". I expected those words from my father but I didn't expect he would do this at breakfast. This is not the first time we are having this conversation. Our parents are close friends and business partners and now that my father was aware that Violet is my mate, he's going to push this marriage of a thing. I don't know how he knew, I'm sure Violet won't tell any one except Kimberly I guess. Maybe Kimberly did say something

But as long as I can... I'll stop it until I can find Emily. The marriage I mean.

Violet's POV

"I guess luck is keeping a distance from you because I don't understand why Jake has to be your mate". Kimberly said as I came down from the treadmill. We were at the gym. My mind has been bugging me since that episode at the café earlier today; I couldn't even utter a single sentence.

"But what if you and Jake were really fated to each other, what if your wolf weakens because of the rejection of your mate, what if..."

"Let's go get some ice cream" I said immediately trying to change the subject. Ice cream always works out as Kimberly is now skidding her way through the gym doors. I really don't have the answers to those questions.

...

"Smells like mac and cheese" I noted as I took a whiff of the kitchen. Mum surely did wonders again, to me my mum was the best cook ever and anyone who has tasted her dishes can testify.

"Change your clothes first before entering my kitchen" my mum spanked my butt as she sneered. Alright I grumbled but not before sticking my tongue at my mum. A good relationship I always say is what I have with my mum. You may also call it priceless. I opened the door to my room and saw Yellow on the bed sleeping peacefully, she's pregnant and I can't wait to see her cute little kittens.

This has got to be the best mac and cheese I've tasted I told my mum as soon as I was done eating. She smiled but was not surprised because I compliment her cooking every opportunity I get. It's not every time I get to taste mum's cooking; she must've been in a good mood today. "I need to talk to you" my mum said as we both headed to the living room. "What is it mum?" I said with little or no interest as we both sat on the couch and allowed a comfortable silence to settle in. I hope it's not about taking over the company because....

"Get married to Jake" my mum said quite bluntly.

I get nervous when mum gets like this. Serious I mean. It means there is no room for discussion. To say I was dumbfounded is an understatement.

"You know how much we hate each other mum and moreover there's no way Jake is going to agree to this setup" I tried convincing. His parents will take care of him all you need to do is prepare to the most beautiful bride the pack has ever seen my mum said.

...

I couldn't sleep. I can't imagine life with Jake; he is never going to love me the way I wanted to be loved. I bet we are going to be sleeping in different rooms too. I picked up my phone and dialed Kimberly's number.

The first dial,

The second dial,

The third dial,

And she's still not picking. She's going to get an earful from me I said to my cat as I caress her fur.

Kimberly POV

Clubbing is what I do for a living. I'm at the club right now as we speak, rocking any guy that cares to be rocked. It happened again. I fought with mum again. Ever since dad left us she has resulted in dating any gigolo she sees out there. They introduced her to smoking, drinking and she couldn't go a day without it. It took a lot of counseling from doctors to help my mum out of that depressed state my dad left her and now she wants to get married again!. I don't want mum to go through another failed marriage. I saw how broken she was when dad left and she only managed to put herself together even though It has not been easy.

I excused myself from the dance floor as I headed to the bathroom. All those alcohol made me dizzy. I stared at my wet face in the mirror and all my defenses came crashing down. I began to sob slowly at first but it became louder without me even noticing. I sat down on the floor, knees bent and my head on my knees; I couldn't stop whimpering. Everyone just seems to be leaving me, my mate is dead, my dad left me and my mum for some other woman; I'm a complete mess.

I staggered out of the club and went in search of where I parked my car. I felt the presence of someone or should I say the presence of a wolf. I turned back and saw two dirty brownish looking wolves. Rouge wolves. We were in a dark alley so humans couldn't see us. I could take down a wolf myself but two, I'm not so sure. The two rogue wolves attacked me immediately they saw I noticed their presence.

I quickly changed into my wolf and blocked the wolf that was about to attack me. The second wolf jumped to attack me but I used my nails to leave a scratch on his face. While I was dealing with the second wolf, the first wolf gave me a really hard push to the corner. I'm sure I must have broken some ribs. The two wolves took advantage of my weakness and tried to attack but they suddenly stopped in their tracks. That's when I saw the biggest wolf I've ever encountered in my whole twenty two years of walking this earth; I don't think he's from our pack. The two wolves took to their heels on seeing my one and only savior. One doesn't need a soothsayer to know that this wolf could take down five opponents on his own, shredding them to pieces even. I guess they felt intimidated. My savior turned around to face me and stared at me for five seconds before he started walking towards me without removing his gaze from mine. It felt like he was studying me. I don't think I could get up, I needed help. He changed back in to his human form and to say I was embarrassed will not be the right word to express what I'm feeling. Seeing him standing there stark naked made my cheeks heat up in a way it had never did before. Not that I have not seen a man naked but this was different. He bent down and picked me up and walked towards his car. His hard chests were all that was on my mind and I didn't even know when he changed into a new set of clothes. He threw a shirt at me and went out of the car. I had a hard time changing because of the pain in my abdomen.

I honked to let him know I was done changing.

"I'm taking you to the hospital"; that was his first word he uttered ever since our meeting and damn, he has a sexy voice. I think I'm in love. It was a very silent ride to the hospital and soon enough I found myself in dream land.

"Where is the young man that that brought me here yesterday?" I asked the nurse that came to check up on me. "He left yesterday after dropping you off and paying your bills" the nurse replied while writing something on the chart she was holding.

"Did he ask you to leave a message for me?" I asked the nurse. "He didn't" the nurse answered before turning her back to leave. There is no means of thanking him now. I have no information about him, Not even his name. I'm so disappointed.