4?-Rejection?

Ari’s POV

Kale holds me behind him as we are pushed into my apartment.

“It's okay,” I tell Kale. “They are my mates.”

“What the hell is your name and title?” A boy with a Farrah Fawcett flip asks.

“Why is that important?” I demand. My voice cracks but I hold my head high.

“Answer my brother,” a guy doing a Zach Morris impression growls at me.

Juliet- They want to reject us.

She is whimpering a little but not the howling in pain I would expect.

My jaw drops slightly. As I look at them.

“Why are you so angry?” I ask, realizing this is not how meeting my mate should go.

“We don’t want you, give us your name and rank,” Farrah states again.

“Wait,” I hold up my hands. “You don’t know me, why would you not want me?”

“We don’t want a mate until after college. Just accept the rejection now and we will claim you after graduation,” A second Zach Morris explains.

My heart clinches. I back up and Kale catches me.

“Get your hands off of her,” all three growl at him.

This pisses me off. They want four years to sleep around but the sight of Kale offering me comfort pisses them off!

Juliet- Oh hell NO! You spent 18 years being bullied and pushed around by a person who should have loved you! These are our mates! They are supposed to protect you and care for you. I trust Kale. Let them reject us. I got this, babe!

“You will never harm him,” I use my Royal Command to make sure they don’t hurt Kale.

I see all three shutter.

“Who are you?” Zach 2 asks.

“Kale, you are sworn to never report what you about witness,” I command again. “You three understand that if you do the rejecting, I am spared any pain, but you will feel anytime I touched, kissed, loved, until I am marked?”

“Just until we accept you,” Zach 1 shrugs. “Besides, I can promise no male is going to touch you.”

I raise an eyebrow and turn to Kale. His eyes widen in surprise as I grab the back of his head and slam my lips to his.

I feel Farrah and the Zachs wanting to interfere, but they can’t go against the Royal Command.

I pull away from Kale, who is smiling widely. He holds me close.

“My name is Princess Ariella Maria Rosa Zillard, daughter of the King,” I stand straight as I tell them.

Their eyes go wide, and they seem to be mindlinking among themselves.

Juliet- I’ll take the impact if the pain and shield it from you. It will weaken me for a while. I may go quiet. But I’m not leaving you.

Me- Do their wolves care about what they are doing?

Juliet- Yes, all three will leave them. They will be wolfless.

Me- Will they get their wolves back?

Juliet- That is going to depend on them.

“I, Anderson Conrad, Future Alpha of Conrad, pack reject you, Princess Ariella Zillard, as my Luna and Mate,” So Farrah’s name is Anderson.

“I accept your rejection,” I say.

He grabs his chest and falls to his knees.

“I, Carter Conrad, Future Alpha of Conrad, pack reject you, Princess Ariella Zillard, as my Luna and Mate,” So Zach 1 is Carter.

“I accept your rejection,” I say.

Carter puts his back to the wall and slides down until he is holding his knees.

The last one looks puzzled and is studying my face.

“You are very pretty,” he says. “I don’t know if I can do this.”

“Fin, you have to, look at us,” Anderson moans, holding his chest.

Zach 2 is Fin? He looks so confused, like maybe the bond is actually working on him.

Juliet- His wolf’s name is Banjo. Banjo wants us.

“Juliet wants Banjo too,” I whisper, and I can see Banjo come forward.

“My brothers wanted you. The humans did this,” Banjo says through his human.

Zach 2 shakes his head.

“I, Finley Conrad, Future Alpha of Conrad, pack reject you, Princess Ariella Zillard, as my Luna and Mate,” Finley actually looks like he is about to cry.

“I accept your rejection,” I say.

After I say I accept, all three look green. They all run out of my apartment.

Now, I start to cry.

Kale picks me up effortlessly and takes me to the bedroom. He holds me to him for comfort.

“They will be sorry, I will get a second chance,” I declare. “I willed my voice back and now I'll will my second chance.”

I lay with him in silence as the memory of my birthday last January comes to mind.

I feel my wolf finally break through! I am standing in the moonlight. My birthday fell on the Wolf Moon. The first full Moon of the New Year. I smiled up at mother moon and she sent her beams over me. My first shift was painful. More painful than any beating I had ever taken from Alicia. My bones cracking and moving. But I am a beautiful black wolf with sliver eyes.

Juliet- Our shift under the Howling Moon gives us power.

Me- All I want is my voice back.

Juliet- You got it!

She howls loudly to the shock of my parents. Caleb claps and smiles.

When Juliet gives me back control I try it.

“Mama,” I was able to get out Mama.

My mother’s eyes close and she breathes in the sound.

Soon, I am surrounded by my parents and brother.

It took me two days to start using more words. It took a month to get full sentences.

It was April before I could open up completely.

“Hey,” Kale says, bringing me back.

He smiles and leans in towards my face. I stretch up and our lips meet. I roll on my back and bring him with me.

“The triplets are going to kill me if we go too far,” he tells me as he tries to pull away.

“I used Royal command that they never hurt you,” I pull him back. “Help me forget them.”

Kale holds me as we kiss. We glide each other’s clothes off.

He kisses down my body and soon his face is between my legs. The scream that starts comes from my belly and forces its way out. I pull at his hair as my body twitches in pleasure. When I catch my breath, Kale is hovering over me.

“I’m not going to lie, when we were talking earlier, I hoped to end up here tonight. But after what they did, I don’t know,” Kale says, holding back.

“Do you have a condom?” I ask.

Kale nods.

I pull him too me and taste me on his lips.

“Put it on,” I say, after a long, sweet kiss.

Juliet- I approve. Make them regret!

Kale leans back and reaches for his pants. He opens the condom with his teeth.

“You sure?” He asks again.

“Yes,” I answer, pulling him to me.

What happens next, I can’t describe. He moves and glides my hips to move with him. He pulls me up to straddle his lap and I start to move as my body tells me to. He kisses my lips, my neck and my chest.

“KALE,” I moan again as I climax.

As I come down, I fall back against the bed and Kale pumps a few times before falling next to me.

He cleans up and brings a warm cloth for me.

“That was your first time?” He asks, after cleaning me up.

I nod.

“How did you know?” I ask as he lays next to me and pulls me close.

“There is a little blood on the bed,” he holds me and kisses my head.

“I’m sorry,” I wince.

“Don’t be,” Kale kisses my lips.

We hold each other, share kisses, and make each other laugh. I needed this tonight. Thank you, moon goddess, for bringing me Kale.