The Mate I Rejected

When The Nightmare Becomes A Reality

Hailey's POV

I didn't ask for this, not any of it. This man is no more than a stranger I met only but once. I never thought that the next time we met, he would be introduced as my husband. After his father called a Regala Madura, I knew that I wouldn't have a choice but to leave because I know my father, he would rather die than kill one of his own. What would have become of my pack if that happened? My father had to honour his promise, he had no choice and at first it was hard to understand.

I was hurt and felt betrayed, I felt alone and the they made a mistake, they put me in a room with a window. I saw an opportunity and I used it. My father had to honour his promise and as he has promised, he has given me to them but I made no promises with them, I didn't promise to marry anyone and that is why when I saw that window, I saw an opportunity. I didn't know where I was going, all that I knew is that I couldn't go back home or the Moon pack would come for him.

I quietly opened the door and looked out to see if anyone was there, it was just an empty hallway. I went back in and I went out of the window. I didn't have a plan but when I saw the forest, I knew that I could get lost in them. I also knew that as soon as I phased, they would find my scent. I had to make a plan. I ran as far as I could and then I phased and ran some more, when I got in the middle of the forest I decided to leave my scent in different directions.

I knew that they would eventually find my true path but I hoped to be far away from this place when that happened and for a moment I was hopeful. I ran and even though I couldn't see it, I knew that I was close to civilization, a few more kilometres and I could have been in that small village. It was dark and I didn't know where I was going. I didn't even know that there would be unseen obstacles until I got stuck in a bear trap.

I tried to change back into my human form but I couldn't. I struggled and then I just gave up. I suppose I can say that I had accepted my faith that I would die. It was until I heard footsteps. Then the scent came, I saw Ashton and even though I didn't say anything to him, he knew that I was in pain and for a second, I saw in his eyes, like he was hurt by the fact that I got stuck in a bear trap. That didn't stop me from trying to attack him, at that point I had made up my mind, I would rather die than submit to him.

My father has trained me to be strong but when I saw him phasing into his wolf, I felt a little intimidated as he was far much bigger than any werewolf I have ever seen, that would include my father. Even then my nature wouldn't allow me to submit and so he pinned me down and sunk his teeth in me. I was sure that he was going to kill me. He didn't kill me, he wanted me to submit.

The last thing I remember is him sinking his teeth in my neck and now I felt a burning sensation on my neck. I slowly opened my eyes and it was like I was in a horror movie. Something was burning my neck. I looked down and saw that I was in my werewolf state. Mentally I was myself but the chains kept me in my werewolf state.

"She is awake..." Ashton's mother yelled. Ashton came out of the house. It was in that moment that I realised that I had been chained to a pole like an unhinged dog. I never thought that it would come to this. Ashton came out, his father was behind him. I growled at him.

" Get me out of these chains." I said and growled at him. My teeth were out. He didn't say anything. He just stood there, then he walked away.

" Ashton set me free." I said as I pulled the chain. The burning sensation of the chain reminded me that I was trapped. His father showed destain in his face. He looked at me like I was a nothing but a piece of paper that people pass on the street.

" You are nothing here, the sooner you accept that, the better it will be. Bring her some water. " Ashton's father said to his wife. Ashton's mother looked at me with pity in her eyes. She went back into the house and came back with water in a bowl. She put it near me but I pushed it away and the water spilled.

" Things will only get harder for you if you don't submit." She said and picked up the bowl.

" Help me..." I said to her.

" I wish I could child. " She said with a heavy heart and left me.

My father gave me away to this people and he hasn't even come to see me if I had settled in. Granted that he had no choice but he could have came to check on me. I was left there all alone. It was still dark and a few hours later, the sun came out. The chain had now burnt through my mane and it was burning my skin. I was hungry and I was thirsty. They had tied me at the back of the house. As the sun rose, so did the temperature, I was starting to sweat and my scent was getting stronger. I thought that someone would come for me but no one did.

I spent the whole day in the sun with no water or food, I was being treated worse than a prisoner. How I longed for a long warm bath and a hot meal. It was dark again and I was thirsty. I heard someone coming, they were walking quietly but I could hear them. I lifted my head a little and I saw someone coming my way.

" Here's some food, it's not much." She said as she took out two hot dogs from her pocket. It was Ashton's mother. " Open your mouth and don't bite me. " She said. I was hungry and she knew it. I opened my mouth and she fed me the hotdogs. It was not enough to fill me but it was more than I have had in a day.

Next she took out a bottle of water in her apron and poured it into a small cup. I drank the water. Even the water was not much but it was something.

" Why are you doing this?" I asked her.

" Because I know how it feels to be here." She said and stood up. She took the cup and she snuck back. I watched as she walked away. I was a little confused. Yesterday I asked her to help me and she said no, now here she was feeding me. A few hours later the temperature changed and it was cold. So cold that even my mane couldn't keep me warm. I was cold and shivering. The chain was starting to cause me so much pain that even the slightest movement caused me pain.

For the first time in a long time, I felt alone. Like the whole world has turned its back on me but even then, I knew it in my heart that I would never submit to Ashton. I heard that his father was ruthless and I can see that he is as cruel and heartless as his father. I left my whole world behind, my home, my friends. I shed a little tear. I laid my head on my paws and I finally went to sleep.

The second day was even worse. No one came for me, no even bothered themselves to even check up on me. I had no water or food. The night came and I couldn't sleep. I kept on pulling on the chain as I wanted to be free.I howled and a howled but no one came for me. I got to a point where I just wanted it all to end. I wanted to die and when the cold night came, I thought that I was going die. Morning came and once again the sun was scorching hot.

I have never in my life been as dirty as I was at that moment, I was sure that by now everyone in the village could smell me. I heard footsteps but I paid no mind to them. I thought that It could be my mind playing games with me, I was starving and I was thirsty. I closed my eyes and hoped to go to sleep. If I couldn't be free then sleeping was better because with sleep comes dreams and in my dreams, everything is fine.

In my dreams I am back home with my father, in my dreams I have Lulu to talk to and in my dreams, I could see my mother. Ash should have known that I would have ran away. I didn't want this, I didn't ask for this and I refused to be forced into it. The footsteps got louder. I opened my eyes slightly and I saw Ashton standing there next to me. I was in a lot of pain and I didn't have the strength to talk him, I just closed my eyes.

" I see that you are still alive..." He said. I kept quiet.

" Ella I am talking to you." He said.

" What do you want Ashton." I said to him with the little strength that I had in me.

" My mother thinks that you have had enough, are you ready to submit?" He asked me.

" I would rather die. " I said to him and closed my eyes. Death seemed like the only way out of my misery. If I submit to him then that means that I will have to marry him and I don't think that I want to be married to someone like him. This is all so wrong. I have saved myself my whole life because I wanted my first time to be with my mate, now I regret that decision.

" No matter, the full moon is upon us very soon, I heard that this is your year to mate." He said.

" You wouldn't" I said to him.

" Why not? You are to be my wife and I will be well within my rights... " He said. My heart started to beat faster. Not only is it the time for me to mate but I will be in heat for the first time, my father said that we don't have control over that. When that night comes, my wolf will want to be with a male werewolf and I can't do anything to change it. My werewolf has a mind of its own and when that time comes, it is obviously going to run to the first Alpha male on sight, that will be Ashton, he would never let anyone come close to me like that.

" That is if I am still alive by by then." I said to him.

" Oh you will be alive, I'll make sure of it, that is going to be our wedding night." He said.

" What?" I asked him with a horrid face.

" We are getting married on the next full moon, your father had has been notified of our union." He said with a smile.

" Do you enjoy seeing me like this? What kind of marriage do you think we are going to have Ashton?" I asked him.

" This would all be simple if you had just submitted like you are supposed to. " He said then he walked away. He walked away from me and left me there. I didn't know how long I was going to be here, all that I know is that no matter what he does to me, I will never submit to him.

Looking at his departing back, I said, "Even if you force me to marry you, our marriage will not have love. Ashton, is this what you want?"