CHAPTER ONE

Aurora's POV

  The slashing words echoed in my head again…and again.

    "I, Tyler Xander, the future leader of the silver moon pack, hereby reject you, Aurora Watson, as my mate and Luna of the Silver moon pack," The guy whom I've loved since the first year in school, said with a smirk as his beta pinned me against the wall.

    My already weak heart shattered into a thousand pieces, and I felt a physical ache in my body as pain penetrated through me.

    My legs wobbled under me, as I held on to them to keep my body in place.

    “There is no competition here, girl. You should leave, Tyler is mine!” Debbie piped up as she wrapped herself around my fated mate.

    That hurt.

    A lot.

    What hurt me, even more, when Tyler pulled Debbie, the girl I hated the most, into his chest and kissed her with such passion and lust.

    He could never kiss me like that. Never.

    How could he do this to me? I was supposed to be his fated mate. Not that nasty girl that everyone seemed to love and adore in school. She was treated like the queen in school.

    Well, maybe she was. Maybe.

    I glared at her in frustration. I wanted to punch the life out of her fake image. This was the girl who had taken everything from me, she had made my life hell from as far back as I could remember - since I got to this school.

    “You do not deserve such good things in your pathetic life. Even your own family despises you and I despise you even more.” Alpha Tyler added with a chuckle, pulling Debbie even closer.

    “Come on, baby. Let's get out of here. It stinks so bad, I might be sick.” Debbie said, pretending to gag. I hated her more than anything in this world, more than I even hated myself at that moment.

    She knew what she was doing and she knew that she had won. She had won the love of my life. Smirking at me, she walked away hand in hand with the alpha Tyler. His beta forcefully let me go and I fell to the ground emotionless. I wasn’t going to give them or anyone the satisfaction of seeing me cry, even though I really wanted to.

    Oh no. I knew I had to be stronger than this.

    “The moon goddess must have been crazy to pair a bitch like you with our alpha.” The beta laughed as he walked off back to his alpha's shadows. I scowled at them as they got further into the distance.

    “You will regret everything you ever did to me,” I muttered under my breath. I promised myself that they would pay for this one day. I just knew it.

    A small figure rushed over to me and knelt in front. “Are you okay?” I looked to see who it was. It was Amaya, one of the omegas. We had become good friends over the years. I wasn’t an omega but I was treated worse than them by the people who were supposed to care about me.

    Today was my eighteenth birthday and I had woken up so excited to find my mate. So, you can imagine how disappointed I was when I came to find that alpha Tyler was the new alpha of our pack.

    Alpha Tyler was gorgeous, tall with dark hair and a smile that sent anyone to their knees. He had the looks but carried a heart that cared about nothing but his selfish wants and needs.

    I had no idea how the moon goddess could pair me with such a partner. He hated me and I would never be good enough for someone as powerful as him.

    I’m not ugly but I’m also no Debbie. Unlike her skinny figure and beautiful brunette hair, I have a more curvy figure with curly black shoulder-length hair. My eyes are a dark green colour that nobody in our pack has. I’m like an outcast for my looks. I was nothing like my mother or my father. People often joked that I was found in a forest.

    How cruel was that?

    I knew that My mother loved me no matter what. She never treated me any differently from my siblings. My very few friends were popular and stuck up for me many times, but I guessed even they had enough of protecting me, who was never going to go anywhere in life. Well, except my best friend.

    I noticed my friend, Anna, walked straight past me and pretended not to see me, whereas my other friend was away for a few weeks training on a course. I know that things would be different if he were here.

    Alpha Tyler had been made alpha when our previous alpha fell seriously Unwell. He had been a good leader for our pack. Nobody picked on me around him and I felt safe, but now that he was the alpha and it was pretty obvious he was going to take Debbie as his chosen mate and Luna. I knew he would never accept me as his mate. I was nowhere near as perfect as Debbie.

    Although, I had learnt from a young age to fight and trained with my pack. They taught me everything that was there to be known, maybe that’s why I never got beaten in school, just teased constantly by bullies.

    Amaya was convinced that they were afraid of me since my brother was one of our best fighters in the pack. My parents did not want to let me go off to train as a fighter, they felt I was better off at home.

    Amaya poked me to bring me back to reality. I shook my head and smiled to let her know that I was fine. Even though inside I was a burning mess of emotion and pain.

    Stupid arse.

    Why did he have to be my mate? Oh no.

    For years, I had dreamt of finding my mate and being happy away from this sorry excuse of a pack. I had endured enough, it was time for me to do something.

    “Aurora, are you okay?” She repeated for the millionth time.

    “Thanks, Amaya but I’m fine.” She helped me up and I brushed myself off.

    “Well if you’re sure. I have to get back to work now.” She said sadly before scurrying off, just like everyone else in my life.

    Tyler was throwing a big party in celebration of the beta's birthday. He announced it in school, so I was sure many people were going to be there.

    We shared a birthday but mine was never as important as his. I was not bothered anyway, dressing up and the fancy parties bored me to death.

    We were one of the largest packs around and our neighbouring packs were also coming along so it was going to be very packed.

    My sister was so excited to dress up and had no time for me so I didn’t bother her. I headed to my bedroom and locked the door.

    Sitting on my bed, I thought about how much better life would be without me here in this pack.

    What good was I for it when I had been rejected and was soon going to be an even bigger laughingstock than I already was?

    The word would soon get around that Aurora was rejected by the godly Tyler.

    Ugh, it'd be so embarrassing and I was sure I wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

    I hated that he was so good-looking and couldn’t help but feel a little sad.

    I took a bath and stared at myself in the mirror. I wished that I was as pretty as the other wolves, Debbie especially. I was just destined to be an unmated she-wolf with nothing to offer.

    “Aurora, our mate is an idiot.” My wolf, Ava, popped up in my mind. I smiled to myself and agreed. He was truly an idiot. Or was I the idiot in this case? I wasn't even sure myself.

    I got my wolf at sixteen and we usually used to meet and find our mate from the age of eighteen upwards, although some don’t find them until a bit later.

    Unfortunately for me, my mate was a complete idiot.

    Even Tyler's wolf was as selfish as he was.

    The knock on the door made me jump, my sister was on the other side.

    “Aurora, let me in now.” She sounded annoyed about something so I opened it and let her in. She was dressed up in a blue tight fitting dress. Her long hair was curled and tied to the side of her head. She looked beautiful, but the frown on her pretty face made my heart sink a little.

    “What’s this that Tyler is your mate?” She confronted me, causing me to roll my eyes and slam the door shut behind us.

    Words seemed to get around pretty fast. Well, what was I expecting?

    “Well?” She impatiently tapped her door on my wooden floor.

    “No, he’s not. He rejected me. That’s all there is to it.” I told her and took a few steps back.

    Her face softened a little. “Why didn’t you come to me and tell me? We are sisters, aren’t we?” I was surprised by her words because usually, she wouldn’t care much about me and what was happening in my life.

    She did not have the issues I had growing up. She was popular in school, skinny and beautiful. I was not popular, nor skinny nor beautiful.

    “Sister, it’s not a big deal.” I told her and sighed. ”Don’t worry about me. I’m fine.”

    “Well, I think it’s best that you don’t come down to the party tonight. I mean, I know it’s your birthday, but I don’t want to sound mean but everyone’s talking about you and well..”

    “I wasn’t planning on going anyway.” I interrupted her and shrugged.

    I suddenly wondered why she was so bothered about me. She didn’t want any attention taken away from her.

    She smiled and turned to walk out the door. I sighed and wished my life was not so….sad.

    Maybe I was better off out of this pack.

    I thought for a moment and decided to go and speak to my mother. My father would be far too busy elsewhere to talk to me.

    I found her in the lounge, She was busy knitting away and humming to herself.

    “Mother, I was thinking of going to stay somewhere else for a while. I think it will do me some good since there's no school for now anyway.” I told her. She just nodded and didn’t even glance my way. That confirmed my decision. I would probably not be missed anyway.

    I went back to my bedroom and packed my bags. I picked up my bank card and decided that I wasn’t going to need my phone anymore. I took one last look around my bedroom and closed the door before starting my journey out of here.

    The best birthday gift I could give myself….and everyone was to be out of here for good.

    I threw my stuff into my little beat up fiesta that I had been given by my brother.

    I got into my driver's seat and looked around. Nobody batted an eyelid at me, it was as if I was invisible.

    I started the car up and headed out of the pack. There was no way I was coming back here.

    No fucking way.

    “Aurora. Wait. Don’t leave.” Amaya waved her arms in front of my car, causing me to slam on the brakes.

    “Amaya!” I exclaimed, unwinding the window. She came up to me.

    “What are you doing? You can’t leave me.” She gasped, eyeing my luggage in the backseat.

    “I have too. I’m sorry Amy. I can’t stay here and watch him be all over her. There’s nothing for me here anymore.” I told her sadly. I could see the hurt in her eyes but I had to do what was best for me.

    “Come back soon and good luck.” She said walking away from me.

    I felt sick and my tummy ached for no reason. I guessed it was just the nerves setting in or something.

    They were going to regret treating me like trash!

    That was a promise I was making to myself.