Chapter 6 - REJECTED

Avery's POV

“What have I done?” Amos said out loud running his hand through his hair.

“We mated,” I explained, confused myself at why and how this was possible.

“But you have a wife, right?” I asked, trying to clarify the situation. He had children so he surely had a wife, so why did this happen?

“She is dead, you humans killed her,” he said, accusing me of something I had no idea about.

“I am not human, I am half werewolf,” I corrected him but I finally understood his hatred for humans.

They had killed his wife, taken away his lover and mate, the mother to his children.

“Oh shut up, it's the same fucking thing,” he said rising his voice.

“I can't do this, not after what you people did to me, you can't be my mate,” he said standing up and getting dressed.

“What do you mean, we already…” before I could finish speaking he stopped me again.

“Don't remind me of the abomination that just happened here, it never happened, we are nothing, this is nothing,” he said walking away.

“No, no, no, no,” I said as tears flowed down my face, I couldn't believe this was happening to me, did he just mate with me and reject me? I wept bitterly, feeling useless at my very core.

The sound of music coming from their party room distracted me from my grief.

I tried to dress up quickly not wanting anyone to come and see me naked. I was still very sore from my encounter with Mr. Amos, a reminder of his rejection.

With tears running down my eyes, I arranged all the pastries and the cake. I went to meet Angie who was in her dressing room, getting ready to make an appearance at the anniversary party.

“I am done with the baking,” I said, trying to mask the pain in my voice.

“Oh thank you so much,” she said distractedly, handing me my money.

I took my time to count it again and again, firstly because I was in so much pain and I kept forgetting what I counted but secondly because I had to make sure it was complete, I was going to have to live off it for the next couple of weeks or months, who knows?

“Thank you so much Ma'am, thank you for everything,” I said truly grateful, I would have hugged her but I couldn't bear to touch anything or anyone related to Amos, it would hurt too much.

“You are most welcome, thank you for saving the day, call if you ever need anything,” she said wanting to owe me a favor.

“There is no need, thank you,” I said and walked away without waiting for a reply.

As I walked towards the door, I looked around admiring the castle. It would have been my home but now I had to leave it behind.

I didn't even try to look for Amos, he had done enough.

“Why did I think this was going to be different,” I muttered as I closed the big gate behind me.

All my life, I had always had a glimpse of happiness before it was stripped from me, I had parents, a big house, a happy childhood and one day it was no more, I had a caring Aunty who was very nice to me and one morning she became a drunk and my worst nightmare, why did I expect anything better from anything or anyone.

“I just hoped,” I said aloud, I had always felt that when I found my mate everything would be fine, I didn't expect him to be half as rich as Amos but I always imagined we would build a good life together, that was why I didn't date anyone else, I was waiting for my mate but I finally met him but he hated me for no reason, for something I couldn't control.

No matter how much he hated me, I didn't expect him to reject me after we mated but this was my reality.

“Why me,” I whispered as tears continued to roll down my face.

Was I cursed by the moon goddess? What was it about my life that snuffed out any form of happiness no matter how little.

Clearing my throat and trying to look normal, I entered the train and charted my way home. I needed to hurry up if I wanted to succeed with what I had planned this evening.

Getting home, I was glad to see an empty house. I didn't need Aunty Vivian's trouble right now.

Rushing to my room and checking the time. I was glad to have three more hours before she would be back from the bar.

“I have to get out of here quickly,” I reminded myself as I packed the little clothes I had into an old worn out bag. I brought out all the money I had hidden away and put it in the bag also. I removed five thousand dollars from the money I was given this evening. I was going to keep that for Aunty Vivian. I knew she treated me bad but I felt like I owed her that much.

“I need to bathe first,” I reminded myself again, I had to take extra care not to forget anything especially because of the pain I felt, it was retarding my brain functions and I couldn't afford any mistakes tonight.

Stepping into the bathroom, I allowed myself to cry and sulk for ten minutes, my life had turned upside down yet again and there was nothing I could do to fix it.

“It's time to go,” I told myself as I picked up my bag, dropped the money without a note and walked out of the house, I kept walking, faster and faster, soon I was running as my tears were like fuel for me.

I was going to leave this life behind me and start again, no matter what it costs. I was going to throw away this life and build a new one with that I ran far, far away to where no one could find me.

“Why are you here,” I suddenly heard from behind the trash can I wanted to sleep next to.