Rejected

Prologue

" I James Ellacott, future Beta of the Dawson Pack reject you Brianna Potter as my mate."

Decisive words thundering! No room for argument. Like a judge's hammer coming down. Brianna had no choice in the matter. James had selfishly sealed

both their fates. She was like a spectator, a passerby watching her own life

get decided for her.

"Okay," Brianna replies with a shrug. " I Brianna Potter, accept you rejection." she had accepted it like it was an every day

thing.

Truth be told, she felt pain, heart wrenching pain but no one would know about it. She was not going to show pain in front of an inconsiderate boy

like James.

Brianna had not even realized that James was her mate but was already rejected, the tiny teenager would not let anyone bring her down.

The whole pack had always thought she did not have a wolf and even though she was never bullied they never put their sights on her either.

Like right now she was sitting alone in the school cafeteria having her lunch, Brianna did not have friends. She was alienated, Dawson Pack took

pride in treating all the members right so there was no bullying or

abuse.

Outcasts were always just ignored, it was easier to act like they did not exist in the first place. James had not even know her name when he had

decided to reject her. He had to ask around first before he had marched over

to her table.

The truth is, Brianna had a wolf. She had shifted when she was just seven in to a beautiful midnight black adult size wolf.

Her wolf coincidentally named Brianna too had informed her not to let anyone one know about the shift before adding that she would be going into

hibernation till she was nineteen. So as she had expected Brianna did not

shift at sixteen like everyone else at Dawson Pack.

Then came the stigma. All shifters were supposed to get their wolves but she had not, she could not tell anyone she had already shifted either because

her wolf had sworn her into secrecy.

For a girl that was not very social in the first place the 'lack' of a wolf made her even more of an out cast than she already was. No one wanted to be

associated with her but she liked it this way, Brianna enjoyed the peace and

quiet.

With her wolf in hibernation she had not felt the mate pull, had not had the experience of smelling the most intoxicating beautiful smell like the

books always stated. Instead she had been slapped with a rejection from a

mate she had not known existed.

In fact the only reason she knew James was her mate was because of the pain that had washed over her right after he had finished his words.

A little voice had whispered, "accept it" and that is why she did not flinch when she did.

She knew that was her wolf, never had it been recorded in history about a wolf telling their human to accept a rejection. Wolves were always known to

beg for acceptance even forcefully marking their mates if the human side

wanted to reject them.

James could not believe that Brianna had accepted the rejection that easily, part of him had expected her to beg him weeping and crying. That I

don't care attitude Brianna had left him extremely confused.

The pain that had hit him when she said those words was unimaginable, he was gasping for breathe hold his abdomen by the time Brianna had finished her

statement then she had pushed him aside before walking out of the

cafeteria.

James could not believe it, was her endurance that good? or was it the lack of wolf that was dulling the pain for her.

In front of the whole school Brianna walks out, yes James had been that much of a douche bag to reject her in public. It was like he wanted to

humiliate her, but look who was feeling the burn now?

Karma had come through for Brianna and James was the recipient.

While Brianna had enough strength to walk away on her own James could not even lift his legs, how embarrassing.

"Don't mind the . She is just acting tough!" his friends gathered around him to comfort him but the more they talked the worse he felt.

James was the future Beta, he was someone people respected. The youth in the pack always wanted to be in his good books, never once in his life had he

been this humiliated. In front of this many people to add salt to

injury.

If you add his wolf constantly growling at him in his head and threatening for being stupid enough to reject his own mate. The wolf had ordered him to

go and apologize siting that he hill not shift until Brianna accepted

him.

To him Brianna was just a wolf less human and no way was he going to humiliate himself further by asking for forgiveness. In fact he had convinced

himself that it was Brianna that would come back begging him.

Brianna on the other hand and walked out of school and had headed straight home, she was not going to hang around school to become a laughing

stalk.

Female wolves had always been taught to wait for their mates, they were taught that it would be the best feeling in the world having someone created

by the moon goddess just for you and even little anti social Brianna had

bought into the fantasy.

Having no one to interact with she had always thought that the moon goddess would give her a perfect match but that had all come crumbling down. Even the

one meant for her had absolutely no interest in being with her.

She had been rejected without a chance.

Looking at the empty house Brianna makes a decision, she was going to leave. No one would miss her anyway, her parents had not been seen since was

five. They had left the pack talking about carrying out research on

something.

Brianna had been raised by nannies in the pack who did not really care a lot about her which explains why she had shifted and no one had any

idea.

She had never felt like she belonged in the pack but had stuck around in the hopes of meeting her mate but now that she was rejected she could

actually leave without getting hurt and with that he carefully walked into

the Alpha's office to explain her plight.

"....."Decisions

Brianna

Leaving a Pack was always a long process. The Alpha always demanded for a one month notice before, can believe that there was a clearance form for

this? Why? It was not some school. It was not like you would borrow a wolf

and refuse to give them back.

Even though I knew mine was a last minute request, I crossed my fingers and hoped for a miracle. Maybe the moon goddess would have mercy on

me and grant me this one wish. she had already failed when it came to giving

me a mate maybe she would touch the Alpha's heart and make him agree to me

leaving the pack without any complications.

For one! May something actually go my way, was that too much to ask for?

Making my way to the Pack House I look round like I am trying to imprint every last bit of this forsaken land into my mind. I was not sure I would

miss any part of this Pack, I had no fond memories about this place. It was

just somewhere I grew up in, I had a bed, food and went to school at Dawson

Pack. I had no friends and nothing special tying me to this place.

I sound like a loser right? I was not though, I preferred the solitude. It came with less expectations and no ties making it very easy for a clean

break. Maybe I had subconsciously preparing to leave all this time, like a

knew at one point I would have to go away at some point.

No, I was not going to look for my parents. I did not even remember what they looked like so how was I ever going to find them. The whole parental

bond thing was total bullshit if you asked me, if not then how could my

parents bear to leave alone for this long?

There was no communication, no letters, no phone calls, no birthday gifts, no wishes, no Christmas gifts. Nothing! Sometimes I wondered if the

remembered they had a daughter somewhere but I was not going to throw myself

a pity party because of that. I had learnt to not expect anything after all

these years. Hope always led to despair.

The only thing I had hoped for had led me to leaving the Pack.

What happened to mates being very dependent on each other? Where was the love at first sight? The sweeping off the feet? Where was the fairy tale

ending we always taught about at school?

"I James Ellacott.....reject you Brianna..." my mate had uttered those words like they were the most normal thing in the

world.

We had been taught about the very few instances of rejection throughout the history of werewolves which was about one percent. The few cases you could

count on one hand, feel bad for but never expect to be yourself to become

one.

On the plus side I was going to be in history books. 'Maybe fame was my potion on this life who knows'. I thought with a stupid smile on my face. I

was the one person no one paid attention, most Pack member did not even know

my name but now James had handed me one ticket to fame.

I could start signing autographs or was that strictly a human thing? I was in a very good mood for a wolf that had just been rejected.

Speaking of rejection, the pain I had been waiting for had not really hit me. I remembered how deathly pale James had looked when I had left him back

at the cafeteria whereas all I felt was a dull ache that I would not notice

not unless I concentrated on it.

"That is because I transferred to pain to myself," Brianna my wolf replied in my mind.

"You can do that?" I had never heard of wolves doing that before, at least it had not been recorded in the history books I had read.

That was when I noticed my wolf was out of hibernation, since she had informed to accept the rejection I could feel her presence in the back of

mind but I had not paid any attention to it.

"Are you back? Can I shift now?" I ask with so much enthusiasm.

"You could say that," she answers in a non committal way.

"What does that mean?" I did not understand.

"You can feel my presence, only you. No one else can tell you have a wolf not even the alpha" what kind of wolf could be able to hide their

presence from an Alpha. Brianna had to be a special wolf, too bad she had

ended up with me as her human.

"About shifting, I told you when you first did. Not till you are nineteen, sorry." I did remember that conversation but since she had shown

herself to shield me from rejection I had assumed that shifting would not me

a problem. Disappointment!

"Are you going to come in or will you keep standing at my door?" the booming voice startled me so much I almost fell to the floor had corridor

been wider.

Here I was, standing like an idiot in front of the Alpha's office. I had not even realized when I had gotten there. I must have been too consumed by

my own thoughts, that tended to happen a lot if you were a loner like

myself.

The word ALPHA COLTON on a golden plate nailed to the door, I had never been here before. An 'orphaned' wolf had no business with the Alpha, I had

seen the man a handful of times at Pack gatherings and apart from being

powerful I had absolutely no impression of him, I was not sure what to

expect. I need a favour from him and would make an effort to leave a good

impression. I could not afford to offend him.

"Good afternoon Alpha, sorry for interrupting but please may I make an unorthodox request." I knew I had to go straight to my point besides I

had never been one for small talk.

"Go ahead." says Alpha Colton pointing toward the seat across his desk. Then I lifted my head to actually look at him. I was half expecting him

to send me away but he had not so that was a good start.

"Sir, I would like to leave the Pack." I blurted out the words quickly. I knew if I had not chances were high that I would chicken out,

"Can I leave tomorrow?"

No that good his attention, his head snaps really fast from whatever he was doing that our eyes meet. I look down, I was not going to offend an Alpha by

looking them in the eye. That was like begging for death, they took it as a

challenge.

"You know the procedure Brianna, one month notice." I had no idea he even knew my name in the first place.

"No offence Alpha Colton but I would have left Dawson Pack a long time, not that anyone would have noticed my absence but I stuck around in the

hopes of meeting my mate." I have no idea where I borrowed the courage

from, maybe my wolf had something to do with it.

"So did you? Meet you mate that is? Is he from a different pack? Is that why you are leaving?" he fires back.

"Yes I did Alpha, he is from this pack and before you ask who is I would rather not say. He rejected me." no need hiding the truth, some

one else would tell him.

"He rejected you! I did not teach wolves in my pack to reject their mates!" he sounded angry. Well that was different. I was not not

expecting him to be angry on my behalf.

"What stupid wolf is that! He wants to destroy the reputation of my pack!" well there goes that thought. He was angry because of his

reputation.

"Can I leave now Alpha?"

"Yes no problem. You can leave whenever you want." with the way he quickly accepted after hearing my reason for leaving I knew he knew

keeping me around would make him look bad.

"I Brianna Potter officially denounces Dawson Pack, from today onward I am no longer a member of the Dawson Pack." I say before he changes his

mind. I can feel the pack link breaking, even though it burns a little it

feels like freedom.

"You know if do not join another pack in the next month you will torn rogue." at least he has decency left to warn me. "Here is a special

pass you can use to cross throw other pack territories."

Wolves were extremely territorial animals. Intruders tended to be captured and tortured sometimes even killed, especially wolves that belonged to no

pack like me as over a minute ago. There had been issues with rogues the past

few months and all packs where on high alert.

Wolves that had no packs would turn feral. Feral wolves had the animal side take over completely, with no pack links and human interaction the human

sided would grow dormant leaving behind just the wolf with almost no

emotion.

Considering the fact that werewolves were bigger that normal wolves a feral werewolf would be the worst thing one would cross path with. Rogues had been

known to kill both humans and pack wolves so an all out war had been declared

on them.

Turning rogue was the last thing Brianna needed.

"I know sir, I will take my leave." The air had never felt more fresh, it was like a rock had been lifted off my shoulders. I had no idea

where I would go next but now I had the authority to make decisions for

myself. Nothing was tying her to Dawson Pack anymore.

Third Person POV

Hurrying home to pack her few belongings, Brianna prepares to leave. She did not own a lot of things, just few articles of clothing, two pairs of

shoes an old phone model and her savings.

Alpha Colton even though did not interact with the pack orphans always made sure to provide pocket money to them. Brianna have nothing to spend money on

had bought a wooden saving box that she hid at the back of the closet.

All money provided by the Alpha she kept in that box, she had no idea what she would buy with it but something always compelled her to start saving up

and boy was she glad she did. From now onwards she was going to depend on

herself and she would need all the money she could get.

She did not have to go through the whole writing of emotional letter to friends phase because incase you had forgotten, Brianna had no friends, not

from the pack, not from school. No one had bothered to get closer to her and

neither had she. No one would miss her when she left, her mate would have but

he had already made it clear that he did not need her. Good riddance!

At one point she had thought of writing a letter to her parents and leave it with the Alpha should they ever come back to look for her but she quickly

banished that thought. It had been years and if they had been interested in

her life they would have sent her a sign. So it was decided, a clean break

with no traces left behind.

********

Brianna

My new lease in life had just began and for the first time in forever I was finally excited about something. I could live whoever I wanted. Build my

future towards the direction I wanted.

"Please help and guide me moon goddess." I send out a silent prayer.

"......"No Turning Back

Brianna

The first day of the rest of my life! Bag packed, yes bag as in singular. I had not realized just how much I did not belong to the Dawson Pack until that

moment. I mean I did not have friends so that should have been indication

enough but when everything I owned in sixteen years fit in one back pack

reality hit. I was not needed here.

Locking the doors to my place I return the keys the Alpha, it was Pack property after all. My house had never felt like home, it was just a place I

was taking shelter and could take care of my needs. I had moved in when I was

fifteen.

My parents had a house on pack grounds when I was younger but after the left and did not come back for years it had been demolished to make room for

training. My house used to be at the edge of the beside the Pack and the

Alpha had thought that it would be the best place for training because in his

words, it was private and away from the prying eyes of the humans.

If you ask me I would say he had been targeting that piece of land even when my parent were around but did not have any good reason to acquire

it.

I had been moved quickly into the Pack Orphanage the same day my parents had left. something about an amazing Luna concerned about the pups in the

Pack. The act of compassion had gotten attention of neighboring packs earning

Dawson Pack a good reputation.

Everyone had fussed over me the first week I was taken to the orphanage, I was the Pack charity case, the poor abandoned pup and then nothing!

The Luna never came back, the nannies started ignoring my existence, other pups in the orphanage got adopted save for me. No one wanted me.

"What if her parents abandoned her because she is a bad omen?" I had no idea how or when the rumor started but at the age when a child

needed the most socialization I had been labelled an outcast. Not even

potential adopters gave me a second look.

"Look, they would rather stay childless than adopt Brianna" I heard one of the nannies tell the rest this one

time I was the only one left at the orphanage.

Then I had turn to books, books became my refuge at my young age getting lost in the fantasy contained in the several pages for hours.

I am still thankful I had not been physically bullied, maybe a little emotionally scared but nothing major.

I remember the first day of school, the Pack pups were sent to school buy their parents save for me but I had learnt earlier not to ask questions so I

had dragged my feet all the way to school. My reputation had clearly preceded

me.

No kids wanted to play with me, in their young minds associating with me would lead them to abandoned to and that was when I had lost hope in making

any friends. As for the orphanage I moved out or you could say was 'politely'

asked to leave when I turned twelve something about other pups needing the

space more and I was a grown girl now.

The Alpha had oh so graciously allocated me a house in the Pack to live in. They had let a twelve year old girl to live on her own, I mean I know a few

twelve year olds who would have loved to traded place in me to live on their

own but I did not like it.

Once again I was getting abandoned, this time round by the pack.

I got a barely furnished house but it was better than nothing, I had roof over my head and could eat the left overs from the pack house but right now I

was going to lose all that because of one James Ellacott.

I was the abandoned pup at Pack surely he must have known I would have no where to go if he rejected me but I guess he did not really care about his

mate's, no ex mate's well being.

You would think that by this time I would be used to being unwanted but it still did hurt a little bit, I was almost tempted to blame my parents for my

rejection. I mean when you really sat down and thought about it every thing

that had happened and was still happening to me was a result of them leaving

me behind.

Knocking lightly before making my way into the Alpha office, "Alpha Colton, I would like to return the keys to my house." I say dangling the keys in

front pf me.

"You room mates have copies?" the audacity! So this man who claims to treat Pack members equally had no idea I lived alone? Wasn't an

Alpha supposed to be aware of the happenings in their pack?

Room mates? What room mates? But I do not ask him that, instead I steady my emotions and say, "I have no room mates sir. I have always lived on my

own."

"Alone? Aren't you too young to be on your own Brianna?" well at least he has the decency to look surprised. "Who gave that

order?"

I almost chuckle out loud at the 'concern' in his face when asking me all these question. He was the one that had given me the house even sent nannies

to giving me allowance for my daily necessities how could he not know I was

living alone?

Why was he lying?

"I don't know who gave the order Alpha, I just came to bring the key because I did not know who else to give them to." I could not accuse the

Alpha to his face so I acted like I had no idea what was going on behind the

scenes.

I was already leaving, there was no need to part on bad terms with an Alpha even though I badly I wanted to throw his hypocrisy in his face.

"Dawson Pack has really let you down Brianna haven't we?" he then says after being quiet for a while. So now he realizes it? I had been single

out all of my life in this pack and now this man was trying to act all

remorseful and understanding when I want to leave? What a thick face!

"Not really, I have been mostly ok Alpha." part of me really wants to go off on him but I decide not to. I was already going to be

crossing paths with several Alphas in future there was no problem making one

less enemy even if it meant pretending everything was ok.

"I wish you good luck in your journey." says Alpha Colton before reaching into his desk drawer and handing me a brown envelop. "I hope

this aids you on the way."

"Thank you sir." I say taking it from him. Then I realize that I have been calling him Alpha all this time, he was no longer my alpha but it

was force habit to address him that way. Bowing my head low one last time I

make my way out of Alpha Colton's office and out of Dawson Pack passing by

the school where James is at.

Part of me wants him to see me leaving to let him know that I was not some pushover but I don't get the satisfaction. Classes are still on going and no

one gets to see me leave.

Making my way to the train station to get my first ticket to freedom, you that feeling of second thoughts people always got before doing something life

changing? I did not get it.

I was leaving and my wolf was in full support.

"Goodbye Dawson Pack."

"Goodbye James, hopefully we never cross paths again in this life." I think to myself while making my way to my cabin.

This was it. No turning back now.

"...."A step too late

Alpha Nathan

I was feeling really cranky! I hated travelling especially to place that required some time of man made transportation system. What would be worse is

if it involved sitting around for a long period of time, I hated

it.

Hate was an understatement for my wolf Ryker, He abhorred it, claw my skin of rip me apart abhor!

That is where my unconventional treatment arose from. Wolfsbane!

My pack had been against the idea when I had first brought it up, wolfsbane was poison it killed our kind. It was used mostly by hunters but in small

doses the worst it could do was weaken the wolf and that is exactly what I

need.

One time I almost shifted in an airplane on the way to another pack, my beta had to know me out for the rest of the of the flight and then for the

safety of everyone else we stopped flying and cars were too small for me so

what was the next best thing? Trains!

But at least the had agreed to my wolfbane idea, a drop of it was added to whatever I was eating on the day of travel. Since it was such a small amount

my wolf would be weakened for about half a day and I would be able to travel

without putting anyone in danger.

It hurt a little but the safety of my pack came first so I would bear the pain just for them, humans also used the trains to transit and I could not

risk revealing the existence of wolves.

A train station is exactly where my Pack officials and I were at, more specifically Dawson Pack's railway station. Alpha Colton had asked me over to

discuss something about a collaboration and training his pack warriors.

With a rise in the number of rogues a small pack like Alpha Colton's needed all the help to strengthen the borders and to protect the should there been

an attack. An pack that was not mine never felt comfortable to me.

"Brian can you smell that?" I ask my Beta Brian, that had to be the most intoxicating scent I had ever smelled.

"What?" he answers appearing very curious, nose up in the air trying to smell whatever I was talking about, "No, there is

nothing." he replies dejected after sniffing the air for a while then

looking at me eyes full of questions.

"It smells like fresh mangoes and strawberries," the scent making almost drool. It did not smell like normal mangoes and strawberries, there

was something else added to it.

"Nope, I do not smell anything apart from the usual train station smells, sweat, grease, you know, the usual.." said Brian.

Wolves usually took pride in their sense of smell and since Brian could not smell what I was trying to explain then the highest possibility was that it

was a scent that only I could pick up. It had to be specially tied to

me.

"mate... mate.. mate." then I heard it! My weakened wolf was chanting the same thing over and over again!

"MATE!" I could not stop myself from growling loudly. I was in the same vicinity as my mate.

How dumb could I be? I have gone to all the classes when I was younger! I was an Alpha for crying out loud! How could I know tell that the scent was

coming from my mate.

My ego had taken a big hit! How embarrassing! I face palm so hard!

"What do you mean man!? Hadn't you found your mate already?" calls my Beta from the side bringing me into my senses.

Yes! I had found my mate already!

******

Lucia!

She had been the most understanding beautiful wolf I had ever met in my life, even without the mate pull I am sure it would have been love at first

sight. I had met her while at a camp for future Alphas.

She was an alpha's daughter that had somehow convinced her parents to let her come check the place of, she was not an alpha herself but her parents had

pulled some strings and managed to get her stay for a week.

Best week of my life!

I had spent every moment of my free time with her, we had cultivated a special bond between us but had not taken finally steps to mating. I was

raised the traditional way, I had to see her parents and seek their

permission to bring their daughter back to my pack.

That was the plan! Everything was set to be done after the camp, Lucia was to go back to her pack and I was to stay at the camp for the remaining seven

weeks before visiting her pack with my parents. The young alphas at the camp

was so jealous of my relationship with Lucia, I had been blessed with finding

my Luna earlier and she was actually a good person.

On the day Lucia was to leave I remember hugging Lucia in tears.

"You are acting like a little girl there alpha." she had jokingly said before jabbing me in the ribs with her elbows.

"Ouch!" I yelped in pain, "I am going to miss you my Luna." I had told her, I really was going to miss her. A

nagging feeling in the the back of my mind.

I had not wanted to let Lucia leave that morning, my wolf did not want to either but I had not wanted to look like a controlling so I had tearfully bid

my goodbyes with hopes that the seven weeks would be over in a flash so I

could see Lucia sooner.

My wish to see Lucia sooner did come but it was not in the way I had planned.

"Nathan may I see you in my office?" the camp supervisor called me from the cafeteria. It had been a week after Lucia had left and I knew I

had been slacking in my training. I was probably going to get an

earful.

When I walked into the office I quickly took note of the two strangers in there, a man and a woman. I immediately knew the man was an alpha judging by

his scent and the aura coming from him.

"Alpha, Luna, this is Nathan." the camp supervisor introduced me to the couple. I quickly bow in greeting, only to have the Luna break down in

tears.

"I am really sorry Nathan." she apologizes to me. I did not even know who they were so why were they apologizing to me?

"We are Lucia parents." her husband finally answers my unasked question making a smile bloom on my face.

"Really? Lucia? My Lucia? How is she? Did she tell you about me? I have missed her so much!" I knew I was blabbering but I could not stop

myself. I had really missed my mate.

In my joy I had failed to realize the sadness in their eyes.

"Lucia is gone Nathan, there was a rogue attack! We could not save her."

BOOM! DARKNESS!

When I came to I was at the doctor's office with journal they said was Lucia's beside my head, that is how her parents had known about me.

Lucia was dead! Rogues had taken her from me!

That had been the beginning of my war against rogues. They had taken my mate away from me and I was going to me every last one of them pay!

"Did the moon goddess grant you a second chance mate?" Brian questions bringing my back from memory lane.

Yes! I had I most definitely smelled my mate, I had gotten a second chance!

I could not smell her anymore. I try sniffing again and again looking like a dog. The smell was gone, so was the train. My second chance at love had

slipped from right between my fingers while I had been lost in thought.

I was too late! She was gone, I did not even get her name. I had no idea what she looked like but one thing I was sure of is that I had to find her as

soon as possible.

If I had picture I would send out search parties but all I had on her was scent that only I could smell which I knew would be a challenge.

I will find you my mate.

"...."