Reject Me Again, My Alpha
Chapter 22

My house this morning was in a state of excitement and overjoy . Everyone around me was smiling and laughing. Meanwhile, I sat numb. It turns out both me and Enzo had been way too preoccupied to notice a big detail for the pack last night. Peter hadn’t followed me because of Abigail , Enzo’s sister, did her first shift last night. Infront of the whole pack , the full moon brought on her first shift. As soon as the painful transition started , her scent had triggered Peter. Apparently, her father had ordered the pack to go on their run , so they could help their daughter through it in private. Peter hadn’t left her side either. His need to comfort his mate had overrode anything and everything. Even coming with me on my run to protect me. I didn’t blame him , it was what he should have done.

Abigail would always stand with her family at the beginning of the pack run , just like most kids who hadn’t shifted yet. Then they would all be escorted home by pack warriors before they could join in the fun. A few unlucky ones couldn’t as the pack still had to be guarded along with the children. Small children’s parents would take turns in the moonlight, like shifts. Anyway , besides all of that. Peter couldn’t actually mate with her just yet. Abigail was still only fifteen. After all , she was an early bloomer. So , in cases like this, when it happens, the older mate would respectfully wait for their mate to come of age.

It would be torture for Peter , to patiently wait. But if anyone would , it would be Peter. He was the best guy I knew , respectful and kind , protective yet super sweet. Peter would be that girl’s new best friend , until the time they could be more. For my mother , it was yet another blessing to disguise the family’s shame. That is me, of course. I had seen her face. Once I was shifted in front of the whole pack , at that moment she hated me. My brother, being Abigail’s mate , was a blessing in disguise for her. I was more than happy for Peter. Abigail was a really nice girl. When I had been at the pack house she had always been kind and polite to me.

Peter kept looking at me , a fleeting look of worry crossing over his face. Then he would look away. I know he is trying not to bring attention to me. But I also know he will want to know what happened last night. I wish I hadn’t gone last night. It had all been a massive disaster. Another disappointment in my long line of disappointments. Enzo’s dejected and emotionless face , I think, will haunt me forever. The way he had looked at me and I had seen him shutting down. Breaking the connection between us, in his own mind, and I knew from that one look his answer

Before he had been able to voice it , I had run. I had bolted through the woods and come home. I had hoped he would turn up at my window. But he hadn’t. Looking at the clock , I winced as I saw the time. I was due at the pack house soon. Looking down at my uneaten breakfast plate, I sigh. I had contemplated not going anymore. But if I was honest, I enjoyed my work assignment. I enjoyed not being stuck in this house all day. I didn’t want to give that up , even if I was basically setting myself up for hurt. Maybe I could speak with the alpha and get him to set me a different job.

Out of all of this, what I have learnt is , I don’t want to go back into complete hibernation. Basically just existing but not living. Standing up from the table , I grab my plate and scraped it off in the trash. ” Where are you going ?” my father asks me. I glanced up to see all of the table was looking at me now. ” To my job ” I told him. He clears his throat and looks at my mum. She nods her head at him. I could tell something was making him uncomfortable. ” Are you sure you still want to carry on working there ? Just after last night, not really going as you wanted or how the alpha wanted. We weren’t sure if that was what you would still want to do “. When Peter growled, my dad looked at him. His eyes narrowed. ” This is not for our benefit, Peter. If Anthea still wanted to do it, that was her choice. We just wanted to make sure it was what she wanted. If not, then we could go speak to the alpha about him reliving her of that particular duty. “

” It is what I want “, I told him, and my dad looked back at me. His eyes scanned my face. ” Fair enough then “. My mum says his name and tilts her head , eyes wide. She didn’t agree with that. Not one bit and if I was to guess, that was not the outcome they had discussed. ” Enough, it is her choice and she is an adult. If she chooses to do this, then that is her choice. I am fed up with this , it will stop now “. He snaps at my mum and then stands up. He looks at me , his whole body tense and nods his head. ” Anthea , your old enough to make your own choices now. Just make sure the ones you make are the ones you can live with “. With that, he storms off out of the house. My mum sat there looking as shocked as we all probably looked too.

Dad had always been a man of little words, mainly just letting mum rule the roost. I think that was the first time I had ever seen dad , disagree or tell mum off. ” I will walk with you Anthea , the Alpha wishes to see me”, Peter said, standing up from the table. Putting my plate on the side, I nodded at him and followed him out of the house. When we were walking down the steps to the house, Peter was looking at me. ” What happened last night ?” he asked when we were far enough away from the house.

” It all went to s**t ” I said to him. ” How ?” he asked me. We were walking into the busy part of the pack , usually I would avoid this route. But I had just followed Peter. As we walked along, I felt eyes fall on me. I didn’t want to say anything while there were ears everywhere ,so I looked at him and shook my head. My eyes were flitting at the people walking past us. ” Not here ” I told him. I tried not to hang my head , I wanted to see for myself what the impact had been last night of me revealing my wolf. And I felt my heart break the more I looked. Disgust mainly , they looked at me like I was a virus. Chatter among them all started around me and some even had the nerve to point at me.

I heard Peter growling at a few of them. Ever my protector. When we got to a quiet patch, I moved closer to him. ” Tiffany knows ” I whispered quietly. His head whips down to me ” what ?” I looked around quickly ” Shhhh , she knows. She hid a recording thingy or something in the cave. It picked up me telling you everything. Me and him, you know , plus she stole the pillow with our scents on. It turns out she’s Enzo’s stalker. She is blackmailing him “, I told him.

” Blackmailing him for what ?” I looked up at him with a look that said really. Like he had to ask ” She wants him to bond with her , not this female that is coming today. If he does not, she will expose all of this to the pack”. I heard him swear under his breath ” And what did he have to say about all of this ?”

I looked down to hide the tears that sprang into my eyes. ” Nothing. I told him we should just go out with it. I know he hates her , he told me so. His mum hates her. I heard them talking about her. A life with her would make him miserable. But I saw it in his eyes , he didn’t have to say it. The fear of the pack rejecting him scared him more than a life of damnation. I mean any male that has to mate with her , I feel sorry for him. ” Peter didn’t say a word. So I looked up at him. He was looking straight ahead. ” This is all f*****g stupid and he’s a coward, even before I knew Abigail was my fated mate last night. I knew whoever they were , I would have worshiped them. It could have been a cat shifter , a bird, hell even a male. If that is what the fates deemed the other half of my should, I would have embraced it. I heard that there is a same-s*x mated couple in a few packs now. It seems the rest of the world evolves but we don’t. “

That actually made me smile and let out a little laugh ” What makes you laugh ?” he asks me looking confused. ” You sound like the Alpha , that was what he said in regards to me. That this pack is stuck with the old , he was hoping Enzo would be the one to enlighten the pack with a new way of thinking “. I scoffed at the idiocy of it all. Enzo was probably the one more stuck than the rest of us. Which made me wonder what had happened with the Alpha ? I mean it’s the alpha that has been teaching his son all of these years. So why were they so different ?