Jasmine's POV
"Now, do not think about what people will say, come on..." I muttered to myself of course.
I sat before the mirror staring at my reflection, the red lipstick still on my hand as I contemplated rubbing it on my lips or just going natural. Today is the best day of my life, not only will my boyfriend become the Alpha of this great pack, he would publicly be announcing me as his mate and Luna. What more can I ask for?
A low class omega ranking up to become the Alpha's Luna, it has never been heard in the history of Thorne's Pack but all thanks to the moon goddess and to my sweet boyfriend Kieran who loves me with everything in him.
A smile crept into my face as I finally applied the lipstick and looked at my reflection. Soon, I'll be the talk of the pack, I won't be treated like a slave anymore, I won't be looked down on anymore. I'll be able to help Elara get that job that she really wanted instead of working in a bar.
Sigh...
With a wide smile, I stood up and gave myself one final look before walking out of the house. I can't seem to find Elana anywhere, who knows if she had gone to the pack bar again. I told her today was Kieran's coronation and even though she didn't like him that much, she still needed to be there. The whole pack was. We were supposed to go to the pack house together.
As I made my way to the pack house, I noticed how busy everyone was. They all wanted to be done with work before the time of the coronation because everyone has to be there. I had left home extremely early today so I could be done on time. I need to be there earlier than everyone definitely, my boyfriend was the one getting crowned Alpha.
The pack house was busy but I found a way to sneaked in without being caught. I've done it so many times to meet up with my love, Kieran. The door cracked open and I peeped to see if anyone else was inside his room. I slipped into the room quietly when I didn't find anyone in there.
"Jasmine?" I heard the most heavenly voice call for me from behind. Before I could turn, he wrapped his hands around my waist and kissed the nape of my neck.
"What are you doing here?" his hot breathing fanning my neck. I sucked in breaths before turning to him,
"I came to wish you good luck" I replied as I stared at him from top to bottom. He was dressed in a brown gorgeous outfit, his hair neatly combed and I cannot be more drawn to him. He has the most amazing looks that any girl would die for.
"Wow, Jasmine, is that paint on your lips?" he asked, his eyes twinkling and I blushed turning my face to the other side.
Of course...
"You look different," he said to me as he took my hands
"And you look dashing" I smiled at him. He grinned, both of his hands held mine as he looked me in the eyes, those eyes that I couldn't help but be drawn to. And as always, I didn't know how our lips met and then a deep kiss.
My hand held onto his jacket while his hands wrapped around my lower back as he kissed me like it was our first. And just like our first, it was too beautiful to pull away from until we heard someone call,
"Kieran?"
His mom!
We broke the kiss immediately, I didn't need to be told to hide even though he was going to announce me as Luna few minutes from now, I still needed to remain hidden until that time. I hid inside his wardrobe as I watched his mother come in.
"You look good. Ready?" she asked and Kieran nodded as he wiped his lips. The red paint had stained his lips, and I was sure the Luna noticed it but didn't say a word about it. After they left, I came out of the wardrobe and released breaths I didn't know I've been holding for a while.
"Time to go for the coronation of my man" I grinned and sneaked out of his room to the crowd that was outside waiting for Kieran to be crowned Alpha. His father spoke for a while how he wanted his son to take over early so he can be there to watch the performance of his son and many other things.
Finally, the crown was placed on Kieran's head as he was declared Alpha. Everyone celebrated and cheered. We all bowed to the new Alpha and those who had gifts went to drop their gifts, I had a gift for him too but I thought to give it to him later. A beautiful necklace made specially by me for him with the word LOVE written on it.
"Alpha Kieran, it is time to pick your Luna. Remember, your Luna has to be a strong, beautiful and clever woman. I trust the Alpha to make the right choice just as his father did" the elder who was performing the ceremony stated.
I saw how Kieran looked at his mom with love in his eyes and I couldn't be more pleased that the Luna had been a perfect example for him. This is my time.
I made my way out of the crowd a little so Kieran could see me, I had a wide smile on my face with unshed tears in my eyes because this is just magical and beautiful. I can't wait for the world to finally know about us. No more hiding, no more sneaking in and out.
"Go on, son" Luna Greer urge Kieran.
"My Luna is no other person but..."
I stepped even closer so he could see me but the name that came out of his mouth cause me to freeze
"Elara"
Wait, what?!
Jasmine's POV
"Kieran..." my words came out in a whisper as I watched him stretched his hand for Elara to take. She was dressed, she was dressed more beautifully. Wasn't she suppose to be in the pack bar?
Everyone was cheering, although I could hear the cry of some ladies around as they weren't picked but... me? I was... it's suppose to be me. what the fuck happened?!
"Kieran..." My words kept coming out as a whisper. How is this even possible? Before my eyes, I watched Kieran kiss Elara and they did that in front of me. tears rolled down my cheeks as it suddenly began to dawn on me that I wasn't dreaming neither was I imagining things.
But how?
The anger within me and even from my wolf made me for the first time in my life speak up,
"Kieran, Elara, what's this?" I asked, my voice loud enough to raise the dead. The crowd went quiet, I forced myself to move closer to them. My heart was beating so fast in my chest but who the fuck cares?!
How can they do this to me?
"Oh, Jasmine, you're still here?" Kieran questioned with his lips tugged up, my eyes widened in confusion.
Am still here? What does that mean?
"Kieran, what's going on?" I stammered.
"Kieran, I thought I asked you to tell her already?" Luna Greer asked Kieran and my breath seized. She knew? She knew that her son and I are in a relationship?
All these while, Elara remained beside Kieran like a glue, she didn't move or speak to me. All she did was act as if we didn't know each other.
"I forgot, mom" Kieran said to his mom.
Forgot what?
Kieran came down from the stage with Elara beside him, he walked up to me and said,
"Jasmine, you're a nice lady but... Elara, she's the one I love"
I shook my head, no, no. They don't even like each other. Whenever we are together, Elara is always disgusted. She had told me several times to break up with Kieran, how come they love each other now?
"And Elara loves me too" Kieran confessed and I looked at Elana. Her loving eyes were staring at Kieran. Even with them together before me, I still couldn't believe it because they always hated each other.
Elara is my roommate, best friends, number one fan and my only family. As an orphan and an omega, she has been the only one I had since I knew myself. How could she do this to me?
"Elara?" I called and the Luna yelled from the stage.
"Oh come on, Kieran, reject her and let's get this over with. The entire pack is waiting for you. You don't expect us to be waiting for an omega before you crown your Luna, do you?"
My heart squeezed in my chest, my throat dried as I watched with wide eyes. This is not how I imagined the day to go, this is not...
"I, Kieran Troy Thorne, Alpha of the Thorne Pack, reject you, Jasmine Roman as my mate. I do not have anything to do with you and never will"
No, no, no
Tears rolled down my cheeks, my breath uneven as I felt the mate bond break and it was ten times more painful than I heard especially when we had shed sexual moments together before. I held my chest as I wept in pain. I fell to the ground and began to gasp for air.
The next time I raised my head, it was to Kieran confessing his love to Elara. I could see the smirk on her lips as she looked at me, she betrayed me, they both did.
"How long?" I asked, my voice low. Only I could hear myself. Until I finally screamed at the top of my lungs,
"How long have this been going on?!" I yelled so loud interrupting whatever they were doing.
"What is she still doing here?" Elara asked, her voice icy. She looked at me with a deadly looks before she opened her mouth,
"Guards!"
Guards? On me?
Before I knew it, some guards came to me and grabbed me,
"Elara?" Everything was like a dream before my eyes. I watched her walk closer to me with her purple gown flowing behind her then she whispered into my ears,
"It's been exactly one year now. Since you refuse to give him what he wanted, I volunteered---"
"I gave him, I---"She cut me off,
"You were too late, and what were you expecting? That an Alpha will choose an omega over someone like me? Come on, Jasmine. The Luna role fits me well"
"Elara, I trusted you..." Tears rolling down my cheeks,
"You still can. Now, it's either you sit down quietly and watch me get married to my Kieran or you misbehave and get banished"
"You can't do this to me? I am your sister!" I yelled. Angry and hurt by her words, she wants to banish me? How dare she? Who gave her the right?
"You are no sister of mine but I can do you the honour of watching me get married. Sit her down, make sure she's watching"
The guards pushed me forcefully to seat on the chair; I struggled but couldn't get out of their strong hold. There was a look of adoration in Kieran's eyes as he watched Elara walk up to him. Did he ever even love me?
Right before my eyes, I watched them get married and Elara crowned Luna. I watched them share a kiss and were both announced Alpha and Luna, my heart ached. I struggled to get up and get out as I didn't want to watch anymore.
"Sorry, we can't allow you leave until the Luna ask us to"
I looked at Elana, she smiled at the crowd before saying to them, "My first task as the Luna is to help you all get rid of unwanted members in this pack. Pack members that add nothing to the pack and are only pest." She looked at me with a smirk,
"Please help me get rid of Jasmine, make sure she's out of the pack for good."
"What? Where will I go?" I literally screamed as my world flash before my eyes.
"We don't care" Luna Greer said as she stood up, "You heard your Luna, guards, walk her out of the pack"
I looked at Kieran, hoping he would say something, hoping he would do something but he didn't. All these while, he didn't say a word.
Jasmine's POV
That was how I was dragged from my home, the only place I was ever familiar with, no matter how I called and cried to Kieran, he didn't spare me a glance as they continued the mating ceremony while I was pulled like a criminal for loving the wrong person.
So many questions filled my heart; can the moon goddess be wrong? I was mated to Kieran and we consummated our love and relationship, was the moon goddess wrong?
"Ouch!" I groaned in pain when one of the guards pushed me aggressively further into the forest. I have never been so far from the Pack before. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I tried to plead with them to let me be already.
It was getting dark and I don't know what I would do if it gets really dark. I heard there are rogues on the other side of the Pack, here in this forest. I was beginning to shiver from fear as I looked around,
"Please, I promise to hide, no one will know I am still in the Pack" I cried but the guards pushed me hard causing me to fall down.
When I turned, I saw that they were leaving, they were going, leaving me here. My heart raced as I called and cried,
"Please, don't leave me here" I stood up, ready to go to them but the moment they turned back at me, I staggered back.
"Do not step your feet ever again in this pack!" One of them yelled
"You should be glad that the Luna and the queen didn't do worse by embarrassing you and performing the ritual first on you!" Another spat.
"But... but... I can't stay here... I'll be dead before day break" I shivered, wrapping my hands around my body.
"That's the idea" one of them stated and they all burst into laughter. Tears continued to roll down my cheeks.
"Please..." My voice broke
"You are hereby banished from the Thorne Pack, Omega, and are now labeled a rogue!"
My eyes grew wide as I stared in shock, my palm slapped my mouth covered as I shook in pain. Squatting down, I cried with trembling lips, it clearly dawned on me that I had been tagged a Rogue. I can no longer go into the Pack. I'll be stoned, killed, and humiliated.
I didn't know how long I remained there, crying, but I heard a sound and stood up in shock. My eyes were wide as I looked into the darkness, I could hardly see a thing. The sounds continued again and I took a few steps backwards.
"Lisa, can you hear that?" I asked my wolf but she didn't respond. I gulped as fear enveloped me and I felt my legs shaking.
The sounds began to increase and it was as if something was coming towards me, I didn't think twice before turning on my heels and running for it.
Rogues
It has to be, they are the ones in the woods, never allowed into any Pack but abandoned like I am now. I remembered Elara saying there were some that ate others, especially the females.
Not only was I a female, but I was new so clearly they won't know me or care who to ask. With all the strength I could summon, I ran like my life depended on it because it actually does.
"Oh, goddess!" I exclaimed in fright when I heard the loud growl behind me. They were more than one. I tried to shift into my wolf form, but I couldn't get through to her. What the hell was going on? She was the only one who got rejected! I was too but if she doesn't respond, I won't be the only one who would die, she will too!
"Please, goddess, help me make it through the night," I cried but I didn't get to cry for long before I was attacked from behind.
I fell flat on my stomach, my face hit the ground so hard, and was dragged that I knew I would have wounds on my face.
"Ahhh!" I yelled and tried to get up but a large pawn landed on my back.
"Please, please, don't kill me. Please... I just want to go home" I cried but I felt the wolf lowered his head and sniffed me. I closed my eyes, thinking this was where I would be eaten but I heard someone say,
"That's enough, Felix. She can't bite"
I sighed in relief when the wolf removed his feet from my back and nudged me with his head to stand. My face was covered with both dust and tears, I looked at them but it was too dark I couldn't see them clearly.
"Thank you" I whispered but was greeted with a disappointed reply,
"Don't be thankful yet. We still don't know what our king would do with you"
My eyes widened, "King?" I asked and he replied, folding his hands across his chest, "Yes king, the Rogue king"
My eyes widened, I had heard too much about this particular king
"Your... Your..."
"Yes, yes" the man replied and I gasped.
I looked at the man who was resting on a tree lazily and the two wolves that were on the other side, I could run. If I ran, they wouldn't be able to catch me on time. With this thought, I quickly turned again to the left and began to run. Anywhere but here is better. I can't go to the Rogue King; I would rather die in the woods.
He is not a King; he is a beast, a monster, inhumane.
Before I could take up to ten steps, I got hit so hard on the head and fell like a log of wood to the ground.
"You actually think you can run?" I heard the man's voice before I gave into the darkness wondering if I would ever open my eyes or if I would meet the moon goddess the next time I open my eyes.
The next time I opened my eyes I saw the most beautiful face I have ever seen. His blue eyes stared right back at me.