"I don't believe in rejection."
"There's no other explanation for this," the doctor said looking at an unconscious Astra."Laken?""I didn't mean to. Her wolf was trying to get to me and I wished we were mateless. I didn't mean t–""You rejected her?!" Izan yelled through the mind link."Don't yell at me, it's not like you wanted her anyway.""Well now she's going to die because of your rejection and that's everlasting pain for us. This is just the beginning, you just wait until she dies.""We have to do something about it.""You mean me. All you're going to do is remain dormant and try not to make more foolish mistakes.""Alpha," the doctor called.Izan looked at him not realizing he had been staring at Astra. "She's asleep," the doctor said and Izan nodded."But she might not wake up."The male's heart leaped out of his chest and he glanced at the iota. Was giving heart attacks part of an iota's job? But this man here was his personal doctor, he has been responsible for his health since the repudiation so he trusted him."And if she dies, it won't be long bef–""Before I die." Izan completed making the doctor nod."So what do I do?""Firstly, you and your wolf need to accept her, and then, you have to be with her at all times starting now." Izan nodded and took off his shirt as the doctor packed his things."I'll be back tomorrow to check on her, hopefully. Goodnight Alpha," the doctor walked out closing the door gently and Izan got in bed with Astra, pulling the blankets over them. He felt dizzy for a moment as he got overwhelmed by her scent. He had never been this close to her. Slowly, he placed one arm on her waist and hooked the other arm under his head.Her body felt stiff.Izan put his hand under the duvet and felt her body. Not only was her whole body frigid, but she was also freezing. His eyebrows furrowed as he studied the bruises all over her body. He sighed and pulled her closer to his chest to keep her body warm. Izan placed his nose in her hair and slept off. The next day, Astra still wasn't awake. He went to work as he got the maids to clean her up and after a while, his wolf became restless."Human, I think we need to go home now, she's slipping away."Izan shifted into his wolf as he ran all the way home not shifting until he got to his room. He touched her arm and found she was even colder than yesterday. He quickly peeled off his clothes until he was left in his underwear and jumped in bed, pulling her deeper into his chest.He stroked her curly hair as he buried his nose in her lightly freckled neck, inhaling deeply every few seconds then he listened to her heartbeat. It could barely be heard and he placed his palm on her chest.That was when he felt something else. Her heartbeat had increased and he moved his palm around trying to feel every part of her heart until he felt a mound close to his palm.Izan sighed and wrapped a muscled arm under her breasts. He knew Astra's side would be hurting so he slowly turned her around till he was staring straight at her face. He looked at her sleeping face carefully taking in her features. She had luscious cherry lips, fiery ginger hair, a Grecian nose, and pretty freckles that were spread all over her cheeks, nose, and neck, but the ones on her face were more obvious looking like dispersed orange-brown sand. Too many freckles.It almost made Izan smile.My Red, he thought.It wasn't like he hated her, he didn't and honestly, he didn't feel anything for her. She was just another female to him but then again, he didn't treat other females the way he treated her. Well, one, she was his mate, and two, no female lived around him and it would be suspicious to her and the pack if he told her to live away from him. Him treating her this way was a form of symbiosis, a form of keeping her safe.Alpha Izan's case was complicated. He couldn't reject his mate nor could she reject him because in his case, that would be instant death for both of them but he couldn't be with her either. So he only had two options, one is to make her hate him and get mated to someone else and two would be to carry out another ritual.So yeah, hate it is.He ogled at her. She wasn't just a beauty, she was a tough one, a venomous loveliness.His Red.Don't die, Red. Please, wake up. Then he slept off, her face being the last thing on his mind.A few hours later, Astra woke up with a migraine.Her head pounded as if it was about to split into two. She groaned and tried to move but felt she was trapped. A man's arm was pressing her down by her waist and she frowned opening her eyes.Astra found herself face to face with Izan's chest. His chest was heaving slowly and his light snores floated through her ears. She looked down and saw she was in his shirt.Then she screamed.Izan snapped his eyes open immediately and he pinned Astra down under him. He looked all over her body breathing heavily before he looked at her face."What's wrong? what hurts?" He asked worriedly.Astra's heart melted and her eyes softened. She looked into her mate's eyes and saw he hadn't slept well. She also realized he was half naked and was kneeling between her legs as she was also half naked in her bed."You're on top of me," she said hoarsely.He looked down at her body and his eyes stopped on her breasts. Izan's mouth almost watered at the mounds gazing at him. He swallowed hard then got off her.Astra cleared her throat and tried to stand up. "Where do you think you're going?" Izan growled."I want to go get some water to drink," she replied."Stay there." He said then walked out.Astra almost rolled her eyes at his arrogance and Izan came back soon with a cup of water which she downed at once. "How do you feel?" He asked."Okay." She muttered as she handed him the cup. "Just okay?" He asked as his eyes slowly raked her body both in worry and lust."I'm fine. Uhm who changed me?" Astra asked instead."I did, do you have a problem with that?" Izan looked at her face.Actually, Izan didn't change Astra's clothes, one of the maids had done that but he was curious to know what her answer would be. "Yes, a big one. Did you touch me immorally? And why am I in your shirt?"Izan rolled his eyes at the brisk tone. "I didn't change you but I did insist on the shirt.""Why w–?" She began. "Let me talk!" Izan growled.Astra frowned. "Don't yell at me, who do you think you're talking to? That's why your lips looked like used tissues and your eyebrows always look like they're in a fight and also, stop glaring at me."The male's eyes widened. She just insulted him and it did the trick because when he spoke, his voice was calm. "My wolf was going to reject you and that's why you've been like this. I also know you're still in pain and that's why you need me close. Both my body and my scent. That shirt on you is one of my favorites.""And if you don't stay close, what will happen?""You will die." He said without remorse."You hate my guts anyway so why do you care if I die?" Astra looked straight at Izan. No, I don't, he wanted to say."Oh don't worry, I understand now. No werewolf ever gets a third chance mate. If your second chance mate dies, you also die." Astra almost scoffed."Yes," Izan confirmed.That broke Astra's heart. She wanted him to say she was wrong, she wanted him to say he truly cared about her. She held back the tears threatening to flow as she looked away from him and cleared her throat before she spoke. "Then I'd rather die than be with you."When Izan woke up the next morning, Astra was nowhere to be found. Not that he was looking for her exactly, he just couldn't smell her. He had joined her in her bed after she kicked him out and went back to sleep but because she was still a bit unstable, her mind didn't comprehend that he had entered her bed again while her body had relaxed into him. For a while, Izan ignored the thought of her leaving bed before him and went to his study to prepare some documents before going to train. Izan, who couldn't concentrate began to feel disturbed. He decided to just check around so he could continue working in peace. He stood up and made his way into the living room where he found Dre. "Have you seen Astra this morning?" He asked. "Who's Astra?" Dre looked up in confusion. "My mate." Izan sighed. He couldn't even get upset, that was just Dre being Dre. He was slow. "Oh, you mean that redhead lady?" Dre's eyes widened in realization. "Yeah," Izan said in a monotone voice. "You know,
His eyes roamed her body before he pulled her by the waist. "Stooop," she whined, trying to push him away. "Stop what?" He whispered in her ear and licked her earlobe. Astra giggled softly as Izan laid her on the bed. He stood between her legs and kissed her lips. "Mwah," Astra palmed his face cheeks and kissed him back. "We shouldn't be doing this." She said out of breath when she broke the kiss. "That's what makes it fun," Izan raised her dress and pulled down her underwear taking in the titillating smell of her arousal. The female ran her hand through her hair as her breath hitched from seeing him look down at her womanhood. "Relax," the alpha soothed softly. "I'm trying." She replied, voice full of wrecked nervousness. Izan rubbed his thumb all over her clit stimulating her to create more gooey and clear sweetness and Astra closed her eyes in pleasure as she grabbed the sheets. The sturdy male huffed as he slid inside her. Suddenly, the sky rumbled and Izan jolted awake.
Izan was hurt. He didn't understand where the pain was coming from as he felt like something punctured his heart. Two days after Astra's accident, Izan had been feeling strange. He felt like his heart was in danger. He could be working and abruptly, it would feel like someone pierced his heart with a needle. It had been happening for a while but it had suddenly become worse. Now, it felt like his heart was being stabbed with a knife but to be very honest, Izan did not whether being pierced with a needle was better than being stabbed with a knife or the other way round but one thing he was sure of was that he was in extreme pain. He shut his eyes tightly and held his hand over his chest as he winced in pain. "She's going to be the death of you."His eyes flew open as the words came crashing down on him. The utterances that were spoken to him a few years ago came to him as clear as daylight and as fresh as green leaves in the spring."It's already happening." He whispered to himsel
He was running away from his friend when he crashed into her. They both fell to the ground but she was already up on her feet as soon as her body touched the ground. She then glared at him and he was struck by the most beautiful set of emerald eyes he had ever seen. Her eyes spoke only one emotion at a time and now, it was conveying annoyance in the green eyes, fiery and deep like the roaring ocean green waters."Do you know who I am?" He asked mesmerized standing to his own feet. Her face relaxed and her eyes softened showing another emotion, one of recognition. Those shimmering irises became pique and calm like the Autumn hiding a bit of glint in them. Before she could reply, another male approached them."Oh, you found a beautiful lady." "Shut it, Lucas." He replied and Lucas looked at him then back at the woman before looking back at him in confusion before his mouth opened in an 'o' shape."She's the mate. Well, I'm Lucas, Del–" "No one cares." He almost snapped already posse
Almost everybody liked Astra. Almost. Even though the whole pack knew how Alpha Izan acted towards females who were interested in him, it did not stop some of them from going after him which made Astra wonder. If her as his second chance mate, the rightful woman to his heart doesn't have a chance, why would they think they did? "Oh lookey lookey, it's our Luna." A high-pitched voice mocked.Astra rolled her eyes as she walked into the kitchen. "Good morning, Camilla." It was early in the morning and another set of ladies was around to cook for the royals."It's Cassandra!" The woman snapped and Astra rolled her eyes once more. Honestly, Cassandra was a very beautiful woman, the very opposite of her heart but right now, the makeup on her face to please the Alpha was definitely not it. "Sorry, my bad," Astra mocked. "Oh my goodness, why do you have so many freckles? It makes you look like a colony of ants live on your face." Cassandra japed as the other two females snickered."At l
"She's uh-how do I put this?" Adam scratched his chin. "Possessive of her nest." He finally completed. "You don't think..." Dre trailed off. "How are you going to resist her? You have six more days, Izan." Adam asked looking at the man who asked for another cup of drink. Izan was shirtless and sat on the floor, his back resting against the expensive wood of his bed. "If you don't touch her at this rate, one of you will die first and the other will follow suit." "Bring her to me." The same alpha who had sworn heaven and hell to stay away from her and not share his rut now asked for her, even commanded that she be brought to him. Adam tied a bandana around his nose as he walked out of the room only to return later with a screaming female. Her cardamom scent was dulled and accompanied by something that smelled like lilacs, although sweeter. As she was carried further into the room, Izan's sharp nose finally made out the blended scent of cardamom and wisteria. "No, get him away fro
Astra knew Izan was a lot of things, a lot but she didn't think a cheating mate would be one of those things. She had gone out into town earlier in the day to help out in different places ranging from the bakeries to the town hall redecorations because apparently the alpha had been there some days ago and wasn't pleased with how it looked. But you see, there was nothing wrong with the town hall. Izan was just in a cranky mood because Astra still wouldn't acknowledge him even after they mated. Aine even managed to keep Laken out by creating something that compared with a closed door, an invisible barrier in the mind link.Although Astra didn't think her mate was cranky enough when she walked into the pack house and found a shorter lithe male wrapped around him, a small smile on the usual frowning male.While Izan faced her, the male in his arms had his hands wrapped around Izan's neck, the alpha palming his back delicately. The shorter man was putting on black sweatpants and a crop sw
It wasn't long before the brutishness of the luna was known in the pack. Even those who didn't know the whole story had something to say. While some said she had every right to do what she did, others think she overdid it and in their words, she's doing too much. Meanwhile, the main character of the whole rumor couldn't care less about what anybody said about her and couldn't be bothered about how she was treated not even by her mate. When Izan confronted her about it, she had only said they were rude to her and anyone who was rude to her was automatically rude to the Alpha and that she had done what he would have done which was true because, by pack laws, high level of disrespect to any of the royals was immediate exile.She shut Izan up even before he could start up an argument and the alpha had been left glaring at her, the concealed thread tugging harshly at him. It seemed a few hadn't learned a lesson because on a warm fateful day, right at the entrance of the town hall wher