Rejected Revenge

Chapter Four

{Hope's POV}

My knees buckled down to the floor as the words I fear and dread comes out of my mate's mouth. I felt my heart break into pieces. My world crumbled down.

I can't breathe. There's something inside me that's breaking. I felt broken. I am broken. I want to die. I can't take this pain anymore.

Tears continue to stain my cheeks as I sobbed.

"No. No. No." I grip my chest in pain. Everything inside me is burning.

I look up and our gaze met. Max. What have you done? His eyes are emotionless. Like he's not even in pain. No regrets. No pain. No sadness. Not even sympathy. Nothing. He just stands and watches as I clench my chest in pain and cry.

Eve, my wolf!

Dread consumed me when I didn't feel her.

Eve! Eve!

But nothing.

No!

"Accept the damn rejection! I don't want to be tied by you!" He growled.

I didn't move. I didn't blink. No. My wolf. Eve. She's gone. I can't feel her anymore. I lost my wolf. I lost my best friend. I lost the only one who truly cared for me.

I clench my fist as anger flares inside me. So much anger. Madness like never before.

I forced myself to stand up. With shaking and slightly bleeding knees, I look at him. He looks taken aback. Does he expect me to just cry and crawl?

My eyes go down to the smirking woman beside him. She looks happy. Ecstatic even. Here I am with bleeding knees, tear-stained cheeks, dirty clothes, in pain by my mate's rejection and grieving over my wolf's disappearance while she's so ecstatic.

My anger flares even more.

I ignore the pain all over me and took a large step towards Cheryl and slapped her caked face so hard that the sound echoed and I heard a small crack. But I didn't stop there. That's nothing compares to what I'm feeling right now because of her and my mate. So I grabbed a handful of her long hair and dragged it towards me. I tweak her hair and ignore her small cries.

"Stop! Stop!" She screamed but I just continue. I pulled down her hair and slapped her again.

Then, I felt a strong punch on my stomach causing me to lose my grip on her. Then, I received a kick that makes me fall on my ass. I grip my stomach and cough.

I look at Max with pain in my eyes. He hurt me. Mentally, emotionally and now physically. How could he do that?

"You b**ch!" Cheryl screamed and slapped my cheeks until I taste blood. I spit it and look at her. Her hair looks like a bird's nest and her cheeks are slightly swollen because of the slap I had given her. "You're going to pay for doing this! I will make sure that you will experience hell!" She kicked my stomach and slapped me again until I heard a voice.

"Stop! Please stop!" Amelia pleads, rushing towards me with worry and shock. She kneeled down and helped me sit up.

I cough and spit blood. She looks at me in worry but I also know that she's confused but she knows that there's time for asking and that time is not now.

She looks at Max and asks, "Don't hurt her, Max. Stop this, I'm begging you. Hope has been your best friend, please don't-"

"S-stop begging… Lia," my breathing is raged but I still manage to speak. "T-they… they don't d-deserve it…"

"Shut up, Hope!" I heard Max growl.

Lia quickly steps in between us. "Max please… this isn't you. Remember your childhood, remember how close you two used to be-"

"Shut up, b***h!" This time, it was Cheryl who spoke, making Lia glance at her. Her eyes widen in fear when she saw Cheryl, especially with her messy face and nest-like hair, and by just looking at her expression, I already can tell that she already have a guess of whose one did that to Cheryl.

But what confused me was the fear in her eyes. She looks scared, terrified even, and I don't know the reason why. Is it because Cheryl is an alpha's daughter? Well, that's not really big if a deal… well at least for me. I think it's nothing. It's just a rank and a simple power. I have a feeling that there are so many creatures or things in this world that are more powerful than being just an alpha's daughter. So I'm not afraid of that fact.

"And stay back! I'm still not done with that s**t! Look what she did to me?!" Cheryl screamed but Lia didn't move, she stayed by my side even after knowing what I did to Cheryl.

She looks at Max, pleadingly. "Max, please let us leave. Don't punish her. Whatever she did please understand it. You know Hope very well and I know that you care for her."

But Max just stay quiet while looking at me, emotionlessly. Cheryl spoke again or more like threatened this time. "If you don't stay back, I swear b***h, I'll whip your back and put you in the dungeon. You're just a lowlife pack member here and I'm an alpha's daughter and future Luna of this pack so you better do what I say or-"

"Finish your sentence and I swear, I will finish you as well right here and now." My sharp glare turned to her and I didn't miss the way she stagger back but she hid it well, unfortunately for her, I still saw it very clearly. "You don't get to threaten the people I care about because once you did-" I clench my jaw. "-even if I'm weak and in the midst of dying, I will never stop until I make you suffer and experience hell and back. I will bury you alive and dance happily in your entrails before burning it with a sinister smile on my face. So I dare you… finish your sentence again."

She gulps and clenches her shaking fist. I don't know if it's shaking because of fear or anger. I think it's both.

"Parris, stop… you don't know what you are getting yourself into." I barely hear what Lia said because I was too busy glaring at her.

Cheryl suddenly smirk and I'm very sure that she heard what Lia said.

"Yeah, listen to her, s**t. You don't know where you're getting yourself into. But it's too late for regrets now. There's no turning back-"

"And I don't plan to." She ignored the fact that I just cut her off and continue speaking.

"I will punish no matter what happens and I will make sure that you will be punished before another day comes." Her smirk widens even more. "Better be prepared because even luck will be on my side." Then she turned around and left.

Lia sighed and helped me to stand up. I stood up straight like nothing is wrong and it was just a normal day then looked at Max whose just staring at me the whole time still no emotion on his face. I clench my fist and look at Lia.

"C-can we go to your home now?" I asked, acting like Max doesn't exist until I heard his retreating footsteps and after I was sure that he was far, I let my body falls and just like that, I realized how weak I am now.

Lia was quick enough to catch and helped me stand up by wrapping my right arm around her neck as she held my waist with her right arm to steady me. My knees are shaking and my eyelids are starting to close. I honestly think that I'm about to pass out and I can't even stop myself. I felt so weak and numb. My whole body felt numb. Because of too much pain, J became numb. Pain everywhere. Physically, emotionally and mentally. Everything.

I just want to die at this very moment like what happened to Eve. My wolf. She's all I had in me, and now she's gone as well just like my parents and every person who came into my life. They are gone.

What am I going to do now?

I'm sure that I will get punished tomorrow and I can't leave this pack either. The guards will surely never let me leave me to leave the pack borderline until I get my punishment. That girl Cheryl will make sure that I will experience hell after what I just did to her. She'll kill me… I could see it in her eyes earlier. The glint when I threatened her but I think that's okay. There's nothing in this world that is keeping me to stay alive anything, so might as well enjoy that fact. No more pain and suffering. I will be free. Finally…

And with that thought, I let myself be consumed by darkness with a small relieved sigh…

Finally...