EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER
(SUN CREST PACK)
“Beck, where are we going?” Veronica asked, feeling tired already, “We've been walking for hours now, and the full moon festival is about to start.”
“We're almost there, it's not really far anymore.” He said, still walking further into the woods.
They kept walking for twenty more minutes until he stopped walking and turned to look at her, who was already exhausted, “Is this where…where we are going?” She stuttered.
“Well, I don't know.” He responded.
“What? What do you mean you don't know? We've been walking for an hour and a half, and you're saying you don't know where we are going?” She said, almost screaming.
“ Well, I mean, yes.” He finally answered.
“You are really something, so what are we doing here?” Veronica asked him.
“ You know I love you, right? And I will always love you.” He began.
“ Yes, I do, and I love you too, but that doesn't give enough explanation for us to be out in the woods this late.” She said, looking around.
He didn't say anything, but just stared at her with a blank expression.
She raised an eyebrow and looked at him, “Something about you seems off today,” She said, breaking the silence they were in.
“ I'm breaking the mate bond between us tonight,” He said, leaning on a tree with his arms folded across his chest, surprising her.
“ What do you mean? Is this a joke? If it is, please stop, because it's freaking me out,” She said, searching his face for any giveaway that he was joking, or maybe he was trying to get a reaction out of her?
His face was devoid of emotions, and her smile disappeared as she realized he wasn't joking.
“ Using the power of the sky and forest as my witness, I Beck Goodman hereby break the bond with you, Veronica Silver.” He declared.
“ What are you doing, Beck? You're going to be Alpha in three days, and I thought I was going to be the female Alpha and your wife.” She said, her voice shaking.
“Say that you accept the rejection,” He said, ignoring her question.
“ Why?" She asked, close to tears.
He answered her with a growl, his eyes changing from the familiar green to a darker shade.
“ Veronica, say that you accept the rejection,” Beck growled again, his voice sounding icy.
His words were like daggers that pierced through her heart. As far as she could recall, everything was fine between them, so why did he suddenly want to break the bond?
“ Beck…” She managed to call out, her heart clutching with pain from his rejection, making it hard for her to breathe or talk.
“ You are nothing but a weak omega, and I can't be with a weak omega who can't even defeat the weakest wolf of our pack, as the Luna of this pack.” His words picked at her weak spot, her biggest insecurity.
“ Why? I don't understand,” Veronica struggled to say.
“ You don't, or won't? Just accept the rejection and let's leave it like that.” He yelled at her.
“ But it's been three years, three whole years, I know it's because I'm an omega that's why you're saying this, if I wasn't an omega you…” She said but he cut her off before she could finish her statement.
“ I would do the same thing, as long as you are weak, I would do the same thing.” He said, with no remorse.
It broke her heart hearing what he said,'' Beck please, don't do this,” She pleaded with him, hoping he would change his mind.
“I can't let a relationship of three years go down the drain like this, please.” She begged but he turned dead ears to her plea.
“ Veronica, don't you get it? I risked dating you for three years, no one wants you as their Luna!” He thundered.
“ It's because I'm an omega, right?” She asked, amidst sobs but he didn't say anything for a while.
“ Just accept the rejection, and let's get this thing over with.” He finally spoke.
She tried to talk, but Beck grabbed her by the neck, slamming her back hard on the nearest tree, leaving her shocked because she had never seen that side of him before and this was something he had never done to her.
“ You have risked so many wolves’ lives trying to save you whenever you were in danger, you can't even save yourself. Put yourself in my shoes, would you pick you as your Luna?” He asked, as he shook her, still with his hand in her neck.
“ I would only say this one more time, Veronica, accept the rejection, I'm done being your mate.” He said.
Veronica's eyes got blurry from the extra tears that were building up. Staring into his eyes that were filled with scorn and irritation while his hands held her up, she gave in to his wishes.
“ Beck, please,” She tried pleading with him one more time, but his hold on her neck got tighter.
“ I… Veronica Green accepts your rejection, with the Moon goddess as our witness. As of today, the mate bond between us is broken.” She finally said.
Right after she said that, Beck's hold on her neck loosened, and she fell to the floor, gasping for air, while he fell backward, clutching his chest and groaning miserably from whatever pain the bond breaking was causing.
“ Good for him,” Veronica said in her head.
If it wasn't for the fact that he was the future Alpha of this pack and how much she still loved him, she would have wished that he died of the pain the mate bond was causing him. The pain he caused for both of them.
Veronica didn't even know where exactly her pain was coming from. She struggled to stand up, but her knees failed her, and she fell back to the ground.
Tears she had been struggling to hide for Beck burst out as she struggled to get back on her feet once again, ignoring the pain she was feeling in her knees.
More than anything, she wanted to be away from Beck at that moment and so, she wobbly held on to a tree until she was balanced on her feet.
Earlier, Beck and Veronica had walked into the woods, which was far from her house and the pack house. She silently cursed him for making them walk that long distance just for him to reject her as his mate, right after saying how much he loved her.
“ What a jerk!” She said, not minding If he heard her, and left him in pain.
She looked up to the sky and the full moon was already peeking out beneath the night sky. It had everyone upbeat to celebrate the first full moon they were having in months.
No one noticed as she trudged ahead and finally arrived at the front of her home. Seeing that she had finally arrived home, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Veronica didn't know what to call the emotions she was feeling towards Beck at that moment. She was mad at him, she was sad about the things he said to her. She also wanted to go and help him with the pain, but at the same time, she just wanted him to suffer more pain than she was feeling.Instead of using the front door, she went through the back door because of the other omegas that hadn't left for the Moon festival and Kiera. “If they saw me like this, they would make me explain what had happened.” She thought to herself as she sneaked in through the back door.She thought about it for a while and decided to go back into the woods. The pain of the mate bond was killing her, so she couldn't think well. She didn't want anyone to see her like that, so she ran into the nearest woods.Not thinking straight, she kept running in whatever direction her legs took her. She didn't know for how long she was running until she came to a stop after hearing a growl coming from the woods.At first
"The pain of the broken mate bond is tougher than I thought," Beck said to himself.He tried standing up but fell almost immediately, “I am going to be the Alpha of this pack in less than three days, I can't be this weak because of a broken mate bond.” He told himself as he began to try to get up again.He forced himself to stand up and sucked in the pain. He took a couple of steps and almost fell down but held on to the nearest tree he could touch.The walk to the pack house was quite far because he had to get Veronica to a place where no one would see or hear him rejecting her and now it had blown back in his face, because he had to walk a very long journey before he could get back to the pack house.He endured the pain throughout the walk and began thinking of how his Father and Blue, his sister, would react to what he had just done. Well, his father would most definitely have nothing to say, while Blue, his little sister, on the other hand, would be so glad. She didn't like Veroni
Pain, that was the first thing Veronica made sense of. “Ouch! My head hurts, what happened?” She asked no one in particular.She tried lifting her right hand to touch her forehead but noticed that she couldn't feel her arm.“ What's this? I can't feel my arm. Come to think of it, I can't feel my body, I can't feel anything, except for the pain in my head.” She thought to herself as different conversations kept flooding her mind.“ Did I hit my head hard on the floor when I fell?” Was I supposed to feel pain when I lost my mortal body?” She asked herself, with the lowest voice possible, making it impossible for anyone to hear her, except for the movements on her lips.She tried to open her eyes but her vision was blurry, but after a couple more blinks, she could see clearly. She noticed the white ceiling and then looked around the room. It was painted in white and yellow, with the yellow shining almost brighter than the sun and the white, as snow.“ The afterworld sure is beautiful. Ve
It had now been a week since Beck rejected Veronica and no one knew about it except her, Beck and Kiera. Kiera wanted to confront Beck about it, but Veronica begged her not to because he didn't know that she knew about it.“ Wow, what a lovely day to sleep and not wake up for a while,” Kiera said, looking up at the sky, as they passed by the children's park.“ What do you mean by that? Don't ever say that, please. If you go, who would I talk to or where would I find anyone who would listen to me complain about everything all day long?” Veronica snapped at her.“ Relax Vee, I'm not going anywhere, at least, not anytime soon, silly,” Kiera said, laughing. “It was just a harmless joke.”“A harmless joke? Really? Who jokes with something as serious as death?” Veronica snapped at her again.“Hey, chill. I never said anything about dying.” Kiera replied.“To sleep and not wake up means what?” Veronica asked her, obviously angry.
"No," Veronica screamed as she carried Kiera's lifeless body on her lap."Kiera, please don't leave me. " She muttered like a crazy woman.She sobbed, tapping her cheeks to see if a miracle could happen. Maybe she would wake up smiling at her and say it was just a prank. She could not bring herself to believe that the only person that understood her was gone.She dropped her lifeless body on the floor and stood up. She then turned to see a rogue wolf launching at her but instead of running, she didn't run because she just wanted to die alongside her best friend. As the wolf got closer, she shut her eyes, waiting for his attack."Guess this is it, Veronica. You are finally going to the afterlife, but at least, this time, you'll be seeing Kiera." She said to herselfas she waited for the wolf to launch at her, but instead of being attacked, she heard a loud thud.She opened her eyes only to see the rogue wolf on the floor groaning in pain. She saw Beck's wolf clawing the rogue wolf's bo
“You are hereby banished from The Sun Crest pack. Leave immediately!” His voice reverberated through the hallway as he spoke.“If you are found anywhere close to this pack, the worst things will befall you.” He threatened.At that moment, it seemed like Veronica could not hear properly. It was like she had suddenly gone deaf. She turned to look at Beck, hoping that he would at least plead with his father on her behalf but looking at his face, he didn't seem surprised at all. He looked indifferent.She fell to her knees in front of Beck's father, grabbing his feet.“Please Alpha. If I leave here now, I have nowhere to go. You know I have no family to call mine. Please.” She pleaded as tears rolled down her cheeks.“And how is that my business? Do you know the number of problems and havoc you have caused in this pack since you stepped in here? You have done enough damage to last us a couple of years and so, my decision is final. Leave! We do not want you anymore, you are just had news!”
After his father's judgment and decision to banish Veronica from the pack, Beck walked back to his room. He began to have flashbacks of how Veronica was pleading with him to help her beg his father to allow her stay because she had no other place to go but he turned his back on her.“Maybe I could have pleaded with my father.” He thought to himself as he sat on the edge of his bed. “I don't think it would have changed anything if I did beg him because his mind was made up.”“All she has ever brought to this pack over the years has been problems. Nothing but problems! I don't think I did anything wrong.” He shrugged, then leaned back to lay on the bed, staring intently at the white ceiling of his room.While he was still in his thoughts, the door to his room opened and someone walked in and shut the door. He felt a movement on his bed but he didn't pay attention as he was still lost in his many thoughts.“Beck? Why do you look worried? I hope it's not because of that thing? That girl?”
“So the reason for this drama is because of that girl? Oh no! I can't believe this.” His mother said, shaking her head.“Beck? Is this true?” She asked him but he remained silent.“Your silence says a lot. Your silence only means that Blue is right. You're so unbelievable! What were you thinking? That you'll get married to that weak wolf, who can't even save herself, not to talk of others if a war begins?” She asked, irritated.“I heard how she was unable to save her best friend when the rogue wolves attacked and she got killed in the process. Is that who you want to be with? Is that who you're here sulking for? Just pray that your father does not find out about this. I'm sure you know what he can do, I don't need to remind you.” She said and hissed.“I can't believe that she is not here anymore, yet she is still causing so much trouble. She really attracts problems wherever she goes to.” She added and hissed loudly again.“Yes, Beck, you know your mum is right. You shouldn't be sulki