Chapter 43
Auren POV
Sienna was whimpering inside me because she was badly hurt, but I also knew that she supported my decision
So I lifted my chin up and said what I should have said long back, “1, Auren Cressida, accept the rejection of Alpha Bram Reed of the Crimson
Pack
“Nooo!” Bram shouted in a hoarse voice, stumbling backward. He slapped his hand on his chest, his breath turning shallow. “No, no, no!” he rasped in agony. “You can’t reject me! Since he was an Alpha, his pain was stronger than mine. He was on his knees and hands, crawling “Take it back. I can’t be swallowed. “I can’t bear the pain”
for me I experienced the pain as well, but its intensity was less. Hurt, Sienna curled into a ball inside me, going silent. I clenched my fists tightly as tears ran down my cheeks. Even though it pained, 1 felt liberated.
“Brammnum“” Maris’s voice tore through the night, “Bramm, baby where are you?”
“Maris Marks” called her. This bitch–she–she-
Hearing his voice, Maris came rushing toward us. “Oh, my goddess!” she squealed as she glanced at me and then back at him. “What happened! What did she do?”
“Ahhh” Bram cried as Maris sat next to him and held his quaking shoulders with her hands. “This blich–she hurt me! She’s j–jealous of you!”
1 shook my head in disgust. “And how exactly does an omega like me hart an Alpha like you?”
“She hit me wi
se with that rock!” he said, looking at a brick on the side that was embedded in the soil.
Maris glared at me. “I knew it!” she shouted. “She was always so jealous of me because you wanted me. How could you stoop so low, bitch? You’re already dying and you want him abo to die! Are you so vicious? Do you hate me so much?”
I let out a dry chuckle through my tears. “I’m not jealous of you, Maris.” Then I tilted my head and said to Alpha Bram, “Why don’t you her, that you’re hurting because l’accepted your rejection?”
Maris’s mouth fell to the Boor. The shock on her face was so satisfying that through all the pain I was experiencing, I wanted to laugh. I added, “He asked me to return, but I won’t. You’re free to marry him. You both deserve each other.
Saying that, I spun on my heels and walked back, but I stopped after a few steps and turned to them. “And I don’t hate you. Maris. I pity you“I turned and walked back, tears streaming down my cheeks because of all the pain in my heart. However I felt good, like a thousand chains that had shackled me in misery were destroyed.
A few meters ahead. I saw Alpha Lurien standing, his arms crossed across hischest, watching me intensely. When I reached him, his dark gaze locked on my face, his muscles tense. A spark of warmth flared inside my chest. He said. “Let’s go home”
I nodded. Home. The word meant so much to me. His home was my home. I had officially untied myself from my pack and its Alpha, and wholeheartedly committed to the Alpha of the North
Lucien didn’t try to wipe my tears. Instead he placed his hand on the small of my back and guided me to the car.
Something strange happened. An electric current fired down my body at his touch. There was this boldness that seeped inside me, drowning away. all the insecurities Ifrit with Brain. I didn’t know why but I felt I was incapable of stopping what was to happen between Lucien and me. Was it the beginning of the end!
When we sat in the car, Lucien pulled me in his lap. He cradled me there tightly without offering words of comfort, but his gesture was soothing. I needed a shoulder, in his case, a chest, to cry on. So I cried until i couldn’t. I mourned the loss of a mate who deemed me unworthy, and cherished the one, who made me feel worthy at every step
Upon reaching home, Alpha Lucien didn’t let me walk. Instead, he scooped me up in his arms and carried me to my room, and tucked in the bed after taking out my shoes, “Sleep well Auren,” he murmured. “Tomorrow is a big day” Saying that, he switched off the lights and exited. I wanted ham to stay with me, maybe lie down with me, but I couldn’t ask him aloud. I don’t know when I drified into sleep.
Of course, nightmares followed. Thoms, wolves, rejection and dark forest where I was lost, where tentacles of something dark slithered around my legs and pulled me into an abyss. I shouted for help, cried for it, but
Lucien POV
As I closed the door behind me, Heaned against it, listening to Auren’s steady breath
When I had sent my warriors to follow her, they reported to me that Bram was talking to her. My hackles raised and I strode to where they were, but stopped few meters away, listening to their conversation.
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Chapter 43
It was a shock to me that Auren was Stram’s mate. At first rage swelled inside me like nothing. Why didn’t she tell me earlier? He had rejected ber and she had suffered all along. I wanted to kill Bram with my bare claws. However, on the inside my wolf was whining and whimpering, wondering why she hadn’t accepted his rejection. He was paranoid and panicky. What if she didn’t accept it? What if she went back to him! But if she went back to him, I knew I would respect her decision. However, after her I wouldn’t marry or choose a breeder for my entire life, consequences he
damned
But, Auren accepted his rejection. I was surprised by the amount of rebel flooding inside me. Remus celebrated, dancing inside me like a kitten. Her answer to Matis was so sassy that my chest swelled with pride.
Then something strange happened. I was like I was hit with a tsunami so strong that the world tied on its axis. Cround shifted beneath my feet. And Remus snarled possessively. ‘Matc,‘
My heart stopped for a second only to beat wildly like that of a racehorse. A primal force surged through. It was raw and hit me like a storm, leaving me breathless. My muscles tensed and left me with a deep, aching pull in my chest. Remus prowled beneath me, restless and demanding ‘MINE”
Auren was my mate! The momentary shock was overpowered with fierce possessiveness. The thought of anyone else near her, touching her or even looking at her, made my blood boil. She was mine to guard, to cherish and fight for “Mark her Claim her. Protect her.‘
Now I wanted to kill
| Bram like yesterday. Or anyone who hurt her.
The feeling terrified me to the core. I never feared anything before, but losing Auren–that would be a nightmare I wouldn’t survive.
didn’t know if I could reveal it to her now, because she was already in so much pain.
When she returned to me, she was crying. All I wanted was to comfort her in every possible manner. So I let her cry, but in my arms. She had to purge all the negativity associated with Bram. Only then she would be able to move forward
In her room I tucked her in the blanket, and came out, thinking of taking a shower. Instead, I opened the door of her room quietly and went back to her. Her body was covered in sweat
AD
