Nathan's eyes turned yellow as the Beta that he was and he began, "I, Nathan McQueen, reject you, Isobel Smith as my mate."
I just stood there and watched my whole world come crashing down. This is the third time I was being rejected by my mate. But I was really hopeful this time, especially since Nathan came to me himself and said he would accept me as his mate.
"B..But you said you were going to... you said it yourself that you would bond with me, you said you would accept me as your mate." I stuttered and I could hear the trembling in my voice.
Nathan rolled his eyes at me, "Urggh. I was dared by my friends and I was also drunk as hell, you dumbass. Even a blind man would know that I was drunk that day. How could you take my words as they were literally??" He said, like he was scolding a five year old.
"What?" The word came out of my mouth in a broken whisper.
He was dared and he was drunk??
"Why would I even bond with you?? Eww!" Nathan said, looking disgusted as if I just puked all over his body. I heard snickers nearby and when I looked, I realized that we had already garnered a crowd.
He looked around, also noticing the crowd before he cleared his throat and put his hands in his pants pockets, "Listen, just the thought of bonding with a loser like you make me wanna puke. There's no way that would ever happen, not even in your dreams. I'm about to be Alpha in my pack, how could you even think I would accept you as my mate?!" His last statement was said in a ridiculous voice like that was the worst thing that could happen to a werewolf."
It actually was. I was nothing but a lowly omega.
"What are you waiting for?? Accept the rejection already." Nathan whisper shouted and looked cautiously at the crowd that had already gathered. "It's already bad that I got mated with a good for nothing loser like you, I don't want the whole school to know that as well.
With my lips quivering, I replied, "I, Isobel Maya Smith, accept your rejection."
Nathan heaved a sigh of relief and then brought something out of his pocket, it was the keychain I gave to him as a gift when I found that he was my mate.
He threw it in my face and gave me a disgusting look, "Your gift is as tacky and ugly as you. Let's never cross paths again. I really have to stop drinking." He said the last part to himself, gave me one last scornful look, shuddered and walked away.
Immediately Nathan was gone, I heard their footsteps coming close, I knew whose footsteps they were. I can recognize them even in my nightmares.
Yvonne Bassett and her minions, Evangeline, Fray and Liliana.
"And the ugly omega freak gets rejected by her mate. Again." Yvonne Bassett said as she stood in front of me. My head was hung low and I dare not raise it up to look into her eyes.
Yvonne Bassett was the queen bee of our school and the captain of the cheerleading team. As cliche as it sounds. She was literally a princess and she has taken it upon herself to make my already miserable life even more miserable.
She continued, "Don't tell me you really thought for a second that Nathan would make you his mate?" She cackled loudly before she continued, "Your own father hates you, even your mother didn't want you that she died to get away from you, what makes you think you'd ever end up with a mate? Huh?!" Yvonne said to me sinisterly, "Should I suggest a solution? Kill yourself, Isobel. Do something for us, rid us of your existence."
Then she grabbed my chin roughly, her acrylic nails piercing my skin, forcing me to look at her, "And if you won't, we would do that for you. We won't stop until you breath your last, Isobel."
Yvonne faced her minions and said in a cold voice, "Stomp on her."
Evangeline, Fray and Liliana joined her and they all stomped on me repeatedly but the pains I felt from my body was nothing compared to the pains I felt in my chest. My heart was heavy and it felt like it had been ripped out and stomped on the floor repeatedly.
The pack house of my pack, the Shadow Pack was bubbling and full of life because it was that time of the year, the time for the lunar celebration party which was organized by the werewolf community of our town, it is held once in a year.
They assign different pack houses to host the celebration party every year and it was my pack house turn to host the party.
My pack members were running around trying out their dresses and tuxedos, while I secretly watched them in envy because a mere omega like me had no place in an elite party like that.
"What are doing staring into space like that?!" I heard a very familiar voice shout angrily at me and quickly bent my back more to scrub the floor harder.
Ophelia stood in front of me and before I knew what was happening, she grabbed my hair and raised me on my feet with her tight grasp on my hair.
I yelped in pain, my scalp stung so bad that my eyes watered with tears.
Ophelia was my stepmother that my father married after my mom died, and she has always shown me in several ways that she hated me and wished I would disappear forever.
"Why the hell are you still scrubbing this part of the floor?! Just because your pathetic self doesn't get to attend, do you think the lunar celebration is a joke?!" She continued screaming at me, while still glaring coldly into my eyes. "Listen, if I hear any guest complain about anything in the party, I will rip your guts out and dump your worthless body in the woods, something I've always wanted to do. So you better stop spacing out like an imbecile and start scrubbing harder."
She said and let go of my hair, throwing me hard on the floor in the process. I thought she wanted to let go of my hair at that moment but when I heard his footsteps stop in front of us, I realized why Ophelia let go of me.
It was because my father, the Alpha of Shadow Pack came over.
"Honey, I told you to leave the planning of the party to me...." Ophelia's voice had softened as she talked to my father.
"Did something happen here?" My father asked.
"Of course not. I was just giving Isobel instructions on the places she has to clean, she still insists on taking care the scrubbing of the floor, no matter how much I try to dissuade her." Ophelia lied to my father.
My head was hung low so I didn't see my father's facial expression but he didn't say anything else before he walked away with Ophelia.
I swallowed my tears and continued scrubbing the floor.
I just needed to endure all these a little bit more, just a little more time before I save enough money to run away from this hell hole. I just needed to save a little bit more before I leave this place without ever coming back.
"Why are there nineteen attendants instead of twenty??" I suddenly heard Ophelia yell at somebody from a distance.
"I..I.. don't know... One of the attendants suddenly opted out and we have been unable to find a replacement..."
The next thing I heard was a resounding slap, Ophelia must have slapped whoever she was talking to.
"Are you crazy?! The party is starting in less than two hours!! This party has to be perfect because all eyes is on our pack, find a replacement right now before I gouge your eyes out with my claws!" Ophelia yelled at the pack member and I heard her walk away angrily.
"Crazy woman, who does she think she is? she's nothing but a homewrecker, where the hell do I find a replacement now?!" The pack member said to herself.
It was at this moment that an idea struck in my head. The lunar celebration party was short of attendants and I've heard of how they pay the attendants handsomely.
Whatever they pay might just be the remaining money I needed to leave this hellhole.
There would be twenty of us, it wasn't like Ophelia would have the time to check everybody's face. Besides the attendants in the lunar celebration party usually wear a special mask for unknown reasons.
I dropped the brush in my hand and smiled satisfactorily to myself.
I might be leaving this place sooner than I thought.
The party was in full swing and I was doing my job happily, all I could think of was that I was leaving here very soon.
Soon I was able to take a break so I stepped out of the house but not before sneaking a bottle of tequila into the pocket of my apron and I went to the garden.
When I got to the garden, I sat on the bench and took out the bottle of tequila, I opened it and took a sip but the strong and burning taste of the drink made me gag immediately.
"Not a fan of tequila?"
I jumped at the sudden sound of the deep, velvety, masculine voice.
I quickly hid the bottle of tequila behind me instinctively.
"W..Who is that?"
I squinted my eyes and looked carefully into the darkness, and the owner of the voice walked closer to me, I set my eyes on the most gorgeous man I had ever seen.
My breath hitched in my throat.
The man looked like he was in his late twenties, he had dark brown hair that was perfectly styled and a well shaven beard which contemplated his overall masculine appearance. His jaw was sharply cut and his gray eyes dazzled in the dark. He was smartly dressed in a black shirt that showed his ripped muscles and tan pants.
Was it okay to be this good looking?
Who the hell is he and why have I ever noticed a man as gorgeous as him?
"My name is Mason Gray and you probably never noticed me because I just got into town." The man said again.
Did I say that out loud?
My cheeks burned in embarrassment when I realized that I just say that out loud.
"I swear I'll return the bottle, I haven't even had a proper sip..." I said quietly to the good looking stranger. Ophelia probably send someone to spy on me.
"When you return it, would you like to try this wine? It won't be as bad as the tequila I promise." He replied, making me raise my head up in surprise.
"Didn't Ophelia send you to spy on me?" I asked.
Mason's brows furrowed, "Who the hell is that? I'm just here for the party." He replied with a smirk. A sexy smirk that had me reacting between my legs.
What the hell, Isobel?
Is the tequila already working?
"It's cold out here, do you wanna come with me? I also have a badass wine collection." Mason asked me.
"Yes." I replied, nodding my head. I didn't even think twice before saying yes to him because I knew exactly where the night was leading to and I was surprisingly eager.
It was the last night before my freedom, I can afford to let loose for once in my life.
Mason took my small hand in his big one and led me, we only stopped when we got to a black car. He drove us and we arrived at a luxurious apartment building, we came down from the car and he took my hand again leading us.
His apartment was luxurious just I expected because Mason Gray himself looked expensive and classy.
"Make yourself comfortable and it's okay to take off that apron." Mason said and walked to the bar in his living room.
My cheeks heat up again for the second time that night, I quickly took off the apron that I totally forgot I was still wearing and dropped it on the couch.
Mason returned with a bottle of wine and, he opened it and poured my portion into a wine glass and gave it to me. As I watched him as he drank his own portion, I wondered how his full lips would taste.
"My lips will probably taste like the wine." Mason said and it took a moment for me to realize he was talking to me.
"I know I didn't say that out loud." Or did I?
"You didn't have to. Your gaze fixed on my lips says it all." He replied, smirking again.
I looked away with my cheeks blushing and gulped down the whole content of the wine glass.
Mason chuckled amusedly, "You need to slow down with the wine."
I ignored him and poured more into the glass and gulped it down.
"Should I get another bottle?"
I shook my head, "No, I just needed more alcohol in my system before I did this." And without thinking twice, I climbed his lap and put my lips on his.
He paused for a moment and I was about to get off his lap in embarrassment when he grabbed my thigh and deepened the kiss. I gasped at the sudden intensity, he took this chance and slide his tongue into mouth, making me moan softly.
Mason and I had several rounds of sex before daybreak. It was my first time having sex but I think I already had the best sex of my life with him.
He ate me up and I gave him a blowjob. It was the best night of my life.
I sneaked back home the following morning but I was on cloud nine. I had sex with a good looking stranger and I was finally leaving Shadow Pack house. Immediately I entered my room, I went to my wardrobe where I put the box I was saving my money in. I needed to check the total money and add it up with the pay I got from the part time job at lunar celebration party.
I opened the wardrobe, brought out the box and opened it but my eyes widened in horror. Every single money I put in there was gone and the box was freaking empty.