My Second Chance Rejected Mate

I Was Naive

Hazel’s P.O.V.

I knew that the Alpha King would reject me at any time. I just wished that he does this somewhere alone, not in front of any pack member, especially Ashton and my brother. I didn’t want to see pity in their eyes after that because that situation would be worse than death for me. Theo was very talkative and I could see that alpha Hunter was pissed at his constant questioning. He tried to ask me something thrice but Theo beat him every time and asked me something else. His curiosity was now getting on my nerve and that was why I showed him his room first. I was on the same floor as they were because of security reasons and now I was regretting taking this task. It was already hard for me to stay away from my mate when I all wanted was to embrace him. To hell with the mate bond, why I was feeling it this stronger when my wolf was not inside me?

When he dragged me inside his room, my heart started racing badly because now he was going to reject me. I wanted to scream in agony and wanted to tell everybody including him that I am not weak as they thought. I am not wolf-less on my own will. He threw me to the wall but to my surprise, he put his hand behind my head to save the collision between the back of my head and the wall. The sparks shot all over my body from where my head touched his palms. I shuddered hard but controlled my emotions. I asked him to reject and I would have no complaints about that when I was screaming internally not to reject me.

To my surprise, he asked me the reason. My heart was crying blood because I didn’t want to belittle myself in front of him but still I did that. I belittled myself in front of us so that he could reject me as soon as possible and I could go away. I wanted to run away from here. I knew that he could see the pain in my eyes because it doesn’t matter how strong my will was, I was still a human. This was the time when Ashton mind-linked me. I was sure that he knew where I was and that was why he was mind-linking me. I asked Alpha Hunter’s permission before answering Ashton’s mind link.

“What are you doing inside his room?” Ashton asked me in a pissed tone through mind-link. “Ask him”, I answered him in a cold tone. “Hazel… you”, he yelled angrily but paused. I didn’t give a sh*t whether he was pissed or not. Right now, the intoxicating scent of my mate was driving me crazy. All I wanted was to jump in his embrace and felt his body against mine but I knew how to hold myself back. I was not only trained to kill but also trained to mask my emotions and control my feelings. It was important for my survival and I thanked my former alpha for training me to this extent. My eyes didn’t haze when I mind-link anyone and that was why I could see everyone’s reaction in front of me. I smirked internally when I saw the surprise on my mate’s face.

“What about our meeting with the alpha King in the evening”, he asked me in the same pissed tone. “Everything is ready. I will check everything again in a few minutes”, I informed him in the same cold tone. “Come out quickly”, he commanded me and I scoffed. Hunter was studying my face but he didn’t know that I was hard to read for everyone but an open book for my family. “This is not up to me”, I answered him in a flat and cold tone and cut off the mind link. “I need to go… I… I am reeking filth and… and I have to prepare for your meeting with Alpha Ashton later this evening, King Hunter”, I told my mate about the meeting but the fact was, I wanted to go away now. “Hunter”, he said suddenly and I looked at him in confusion. “It’s Hunter for you. Call my name whenever we will be alone”, he instructed me in a calm and gentle tone and I looked at him dumbfounded.

“I can’t let anyone know right now that you are my mate because I am in someone else’s territory and no…. I am not going to reject you. So, now you have to bear me, my little mate”, she further said in a calm tone and I felt that my heart would come out of my mouth any soon. He was not going to reject me? He was continuously calling me his mate and he said that he was not going to reject me but couldn’t tell everybody that I am his mate. What did he want to do? I saw him raising his hand and now I could hear my heartbeat clearly. He cupped my face and a jolt of electricity ran through every nerve of my body. I unconsciously shuddered hard and closed my eyes because I couldn’t mask my emotions now.

He groaned immediately and retreat his hand from my face. I immediately missed the warmth of his palm. I blinked while looking at him, not knowing how to respond now. “Go and shower…. This blood on you is driving me crazy”, he instructed me while looking at my body in disgust. He shrank his nose a little and this small action made him cute. I looked down while suppressing my smile. He slowly moved away from me and I took a deep breath before walking towards the door. I didn’t look back at him because I was not sure what would I do if our eyes meet again.

After coming out of his room, I ran towards my room as if an army of ghosts is behind me. I locked the door of my room behind me and took a few deep breaths to calm my racing heart down. A wide smile spread across my lips. I knew our situation was odd. He was the strongest wolf and I was wolf-less. It was not hard for him to reject me but he chose not to. I was sad that he didn’t acknowledge me as his mate but I was glad that he was not rejecting me. I didn’t want to go through the pain of rejection. That was worse. I escaped that pain and that was enough for me to breathe in relief.

After calming myself down I went to the bed where a small duffle bag was placed. I opened the bag and took out a change of clothes for myself. I took the clothes and went to the washroom. I stripped off the clothes and threw them in one corner of the washroom before stepping inside the shower. The cold water touched my skin and I shuddered in delight. I closed my eyes and started washing my body. I wanted to get rid of the blood all over my body as quickly as I could. I still could feel the warmth of his hand on my cheek. What did he want to do now? He said that he couldn’t tell everybody that I was his mate because he was someone else’s territory but it was nothing but an excuse when he was our king. The whole werewolf world was his territory.

I opened my eyes and looked at a blank spot in front of my eyes when it realized that he was confused and didn’t want to do something on a whim. His mate died two years ago in a rogue attack. I am his second chance mate. He knew very well that it might be possible that the Moon Goddess didn’t give him another chance if he rejects me. What if he doesn’t reject me but doesn’t acknowledge me too? What if he wants to keep me near him only for the sake of his wolf because wolves are more possessive towards their mates than their human sides. I smiled bitterly and blinked harder when I felt tears in my eyes.

It was an indirect rejection and I was so naïve that I accepted his condition happily. I felt that something struck inside my throat and my chest felt stuff. What I have done wrong that the Moon Goddess put me in this condition? I didn’t ask her for a mate still she gave me one only to make fun of me. I felt pressure on my mind and came out of my sorrow because someone was trying to mind-link me. I opened the mind link and resumed cleaning myself. “Where are you?” I was surprised to hear his voice but composed myself immediately. “I am still taking my shower, King Hunter”, I informed him in a formal tone. “I asked you to call me by my name when we are in private and this is very much private Hazel”, he said in an annoying tone and I sighed internally.

“I don’t think that I will ever call you by your name, King Hunter. Why did you mind-link me?” I politely refused his order and asked him in a formal tone. “Do you think that you can refuse your king’s order, Hazel?” he asked me in a pissed tone and I smirked. “I can, King Hunter. The perk of not having a wolf”, I answered him in the same cold and formal tone. He cut off the mind link immediately and I scoffed bitterly. Two could play the game and I was very much interested in playing this game. I finished washing myself while taking my all time. I was not in hurry. I hummed while washing myself.

I didn’t know that after how many years, I was so relaxed and relieved. I knew that later I would have that pain of rejection but for now, I was going to give my mate a hard time suppressing his agitation and anger around me. He was the King. So what? I was also Hazel Bishop, a wolf-less werewolf who had her own rules. After finishing my shower, I came out of the shower and dried my body with a towel and wrapped a towel in my hair, and then started dressing. I suddenly felt Ashton’s presence in my room. I closed my eyes to conceal my anger because I asked him so many times not to enter my room without my permission. It seemed that he wanted to listen to something from me.

I finished myself dressing up and then wiped the water from my hair with the towel. I threw the wet towel in the laundry bin and walked out of the washroom. “Why are you here, alpha Ashton?” I asked him in a cold tone without having any expression on my face while looking straight into his eyes. “Why did he say to you?” he asked me and I raised my brows at him. “I don’t think this concerns you, alpha Ashton. He is our king. He can ask me anything”, I answered him in the same cold tone. His face went ugly he took a step forward towards me. “Hold yourself, Alpha Ashton. You are in my room and I don’t think that you will like someone else to see you here close to me”, I immediately stopped him in a warning tone. He knew the meaning of my warning. My eyes were icy cold by now as I didn’t avert my gaze from him. He wanted to come forward but resisted himself because he knew his place well. He stormed out of the room and I scoffed bitterly.