Rejected By My Mate novel Chapter 28

Alexandria's POV

I didn't expect my life would take a twist and turns like this. I didn't wish to be a hybrid. I didn't wish to be a werewolf either. I'd rather be a normal girl living in the world of humans without thinking of being chased by many creatures and probably enemies. I envy humans because they can live in peace thinking the supernatural doesn't exist.

Staring into the clear and calm water, the sun kissed my skin and the warm breeze blew my mind. Sitting at the top of this big rock, I am lost in my own thoughts. Though my ear picks up a lot of sound, mostly the sound of talking. The guys are on the other side of the shore, chit chatting about what happened at the fight with the dragons and how Azrael turned into his angel form.

The rattling sounds of the wings caught my attention, it's the smaller black dragon. He came along with us since his home was now all ashes and wrecked, and we named him Darius.

I decided to walk back to the others. Azrael gave me his sweetest smile that made my heart skip a beat. Everytime Azrael smiles at me, my heart goes wild. I returned back the smile. The truth was, I still can't believe that Azrael is also an angel so it only means one thing---he's also a hybrid. He said his mother was an angel and his father is a werewolf who both died 5 years ago for an unknown reason. They found his parents lying in the forest lifeless covered with blood. They were murdered and the culprit isn't identified yet.

It's odd how our parents were being murdered. What if the killer of our parents is the same man? That's not impossible. I knew our case was related. And we will find out who killed our parents.

We were currently on the shore of the second mountain. While I am unconscious, Darius brought us all here. It's a good thing Darius is with us so we won't need a boat to cross the river.

Sabrina smiled when I reached them, standing up she spoke, "Let's go?"

I nodded.

We slowly walked towards the depths of the forest while Darius flew above. The sounds of the crickets and the chirping of birds greeted us. We were on high alert while walking, the beast might show up any time. Sabrina and I walked ahead while Azrael and Layla were behind us just listening to us while we were talking.

Forming my thoughts, I finally asked Sabrina, "How did your parents die, Sabrina?" She stopped for a second and then continued walking. Letting out a deep breath, she finally uttered, "They were found in the hotel room lying on the cold floor, covered with blood and lifeless..." I already knew that but I wanted to hear it from her. I can tell that she was having a hard time telling us but she knew eventually that she needed to let it all out. It's been bottled up inside her chest for too long with no one to talk to. But now, I'm here.

She heaved a sigh, brushing her fingers into her hair with a struggle for words but she still continued, "Before they died that day, they told me about a hybrid being. They make me promise that I will help and protect the hybrid by any means. I almost forgot about it because it's been 16 years since they died. But then I met you, Alex. I knew right away that it was you that my parents mentioned." I nodded. Why do I feel like Sabrina's parents and my parents knew each other? They were murdered the same day, also Layla's parents. What if they died because of me? I frowned. I blinked my eyes and shook the distracted thoughts away. Instead, I spoke, "So, your parents knew me?"

"I don't know. Maybe.'' She heaved a sigh again and shrugged her shoulders, "When I was 10, they also mentioned the Tibbertan Mountain. They said, if I wanted answers to all my doubts, I just had to go to Tibbertan Mountain and I will know the whole truth. I don't know what was in that mountain, why they badly wanted me to go there." she said with eyebrows furrowed together.

"My parents also said the same thing. Why would our parents want us to go to that mountain?" I said as my curiosity kicks in.

"We will find out eventually. We are almost there." Sabrina mumbled and I nodded.

"Yeah…"

The mystery of our parents' death still lingered in my mind. I couldn't get it out of my mind. I really wanted to know what happened that day. I wanted to remember it. I tried focusing on all my nightmares but I failed---it's still a blur.

It's been an hour since we were walking along the woods and rocky ground but we didn't encounter any species yet. It looks like they notice our presence and hide somewhere. We only stop when we feel hungry again. Sabrina caught four birds using her bow and arrow; and using my fire power, we cooked the bird's meat.

Darius seemed to enjoy himself flying around and sometimes caught birds for us. He seemed to be fond of us a lot---especially towards me. I'd like to keep him.

Damona was still feeling guilty of what she did, she let herself out of control just because of her hunger for flesh. I don't want to be a monster. Good thing we managed to stop her before it's too late.

'Tsk. I'm sorry, Alex. I didn't know the beast's hearts would trigger my hunger for flesh.'

'I know, Damona.' I said back and she became quiet.

We were walking for hours now but still we didn't reach the top of the mountain. This mountain seemed to be very wide. It was already night time, so we decided to stop and sleep for a few hours to save energy. We built our temporary shelter using the tree branches to prevent animals from attacking us while we're asleep. But, I couldn't sleep yet. Sabrina, Layla and Azrael were already fast asleep. I saw Darius guarding us while we were asleep. Darius stared at me when he saw me get out of our shelter. He makes a gurgling noise like ushered me to go back inside. I just smiled and flew towards his back and lay down. He seemed relaxed. I stare at the stars and get lost in my thoughts. I know my parents are watching and guiding me all throughout this journey. I miss them though.

Growing up without their supervision is hard, but I tried to remember each word they said to me when they were alive.

I closed my eyes and tried to recall the blur images in my head 12 years ago that became more vivid now as I keep forcing myself to remember.

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"Mom! Dad! I don't want to!" I whined when mom and dad put me inside the wardrobe cabinet.

"Sshh, sweetheart, just hide here okay? If we say don't go out---you don't, understand?" I nodded hesitantly.

"Are we playing hide and seek?" they looked at each other.

"Yes, but here's the rules. First, you should stay here and don't go out even if you hear a loud sound, clear?" daddy said. I nodded my head in confusion. "Second, don't make a noise until I say you could, got it?" I nodded again at daddy.

"Third rule, if you hear mommy and daddy's voices screaming and yelling, still don't come out and make a noise, you got it sweety?" I nodded and pouted.