You Rejected A Silver Wolf novel Chapter 5

Rejected

Chapter Five – Rejected

Rihanna’s POV

Prince Chris was my mate. Just as I had always dreamed. He was my mate. Lana, my wolf, stopped jumping when she saw the confused look on his face turn to sadness.

Didn’t he want us? How could he be sad to see us? Lana slumped back inside as I walked toward Prince Chris.

“We are mates.” It wasn’t a question—it was clear we were. I may have bad sight, but my sense of smell is sharp.

I studied his expression. No, this wasn’t the look of a man who had just found his mate. He looked hurt but offended. I felt offended as well.

“You’re not happy we are mates. Why?” I asked him. He didn’t look up at my eyes.

Someone cleared their throat behind us, and I looked to see the Alpha King towering over me. He was dressed in a black suit.

The Alpha King looked at us incredulously, and I understood he had heard me talking about being mates. The Luna Queen walked out, her blonde hair in a high ponytail that made her look taller. She looked us over.

She stared into Prince Chris’s eyes, speaking with him through the mind link. I wondered what she said, but then she abruptly walked out. Prince Chris sighed.

“You can’t be my son’s mate! What kind of pair is that?” the Alpha King asked the Moon Goddess the last part.

“And why!” I barked. I dared to yell at him.

The Alpha King growled lowly and grabbed my hand. “You are a weak wolf! A stupid, weak wolf.” Prince Chris pulled his hand away from me.

The Alpha King glared at him, and I looked at Prince Chris, confused. Was he protecting me? Did that mean he was accepting me?

“If you weren’t my Beta’s daughter, I’d have thrown you away long ago! You’re a curse to my kingdom,” the Alpha King scowled. Prince Chris’s hand fell off me, and I immediately felt cold.

The Alpha King shoved past his son and walked toward the birthday hall. Prince Chris and I stood there in silence, and it was eating me up.

“I am not weak, Prince Chris. Train me, and I’d be really strong. My wolf is a—” He placed his hand on my mouth.

Wait, he should hear me out. I had a silver wolf; I was useful to the pack. I wasn’t weak. Lana became jittery and paced around inside me.

“He is going to reject us. We’ll be rejected by our mate. I knew it. That’s what saddened my heart earlier today. I knew it.”

I kept quiet. Prince Chris and I had always connected. He couldn’t…

“I’ll reject you, Rih.” He broke my heart. “Maybe you’ll find someone else who’ll love you, but I have to reject you. I’m an Alpha King.”

My breathing became uneven. The Alpha King’s words echoed in my head. I was weak. I was stupid. Even my mate doesn’t want me.

But why? No one wants to tell me why I am hated. For destroying Vanessa’s cake as a nine-year-old? Then I’m sorry. Why would I be labeled with such hate?

“But you like me.” A lump was in my throat. I telepathically shared my pain with my twin so I could speak clearly. “And I like you too.”

His eyes sank, and he looked away from me. “Well, that’s how the mate pull works, isn’t it?” He let out a painful chuckle. “It makes you think you’re in love.”

His words… I couldn’t believe them. Did he just deem the mate pull insignificant? Lana roared in me, and I was scared of her reaction.

“Let him reject us already. He’s right, we were only interested in him due to the mate pull. He isn’t worth us,” her voice died to a whimper.

She didn’t believe what she was saying, and I didn’t know what to believe now.

Prince Chris exhaled just as Raymond found us in front of the Alpha King’s mansion. With him came my parents, the guests, and the pack members. Will I be rejected in front of them? On a day that was supposed to be special to me?

“Chris! Reject her already!” I heard the Luna Queen’s voice.

The people gasped and began whispering. Raymond came closer, but the Luna Queen growled at him to stop. Prince Chris exhaled again.

Lana frowned. “Why’s he wasting time?”

I yelled back at her, “Do you really want to be rejected?”

“I don’t want to be ridiculed, Rihanna. I am a silver wolf. A goddamn silver wolf. Don’t you see they don’t know? If they knew, they’d make you stay but enslave you. Do you want that?”

Realization hit me. My pack had forgotten I was a silver wolf, or else they wouldn’t reject me. I wiped away my streaming tears.

“I was only nice to you because I pitied you, Rih. I, Prince Chris Wayne, reject you, Rihanna Sam, as my mate. I’m sorry, may the Moon Goddess help you.”

The whispers increased, and I saw Princess Vanessa’s head from a window. She had a smirk on her face. Some pack members had smirks on too.

They all celebrated my pain. Lana sighed. I don’t know where she got the strength from, but I felt strength coming into me too. Some guests looked sorry, and my father bowed his head.

“Fine!” I blurted.