Crystal is a plus-sized werewolf who is constantly bullied for how she looks. Her only support is her elder sister who has stood by her and raised her since their parents died. Crystal is able to withstand this torture till the day it is discovered that her mate is her arch-nemesis. The Alpha's only son who has always spearheaded her bullying alongside his girlfriend. He rejects her, and this pushes Crystal into the hands of a stranger. What happens when it is discovered that the stranger she spent the night with is none other than the feared Lycan king? Who rules over the whole region. What happens when the Lycan King demands Crystal to be his Luna? Will she agree? Would life with the Lycan be better than or worse than the life she has known? How will she handle the rival who wants the Lycan king all to herself and can go to any length to have him? And more importantly, what happens when her Alpha's son suddenly wants her back?
"Is this supposed to be a joke!? "Sebastian, the soon-to-be Alpha, of our Silver Lake pack roared as he stared at me, and I shut my eyes, as the hall immediately went quiet.
I had hoped he wouldn't notice. Prayed he wouldn't notice. Hoped to be able to slip away before he could notice but still...
"What sort of madness is this!?
She's supposed to be my mate!?... Her!?" He continued, as he pointed at me in disgust, and the entire hall shook at the anger in his voice. Anger that caused my heart to burst into a million pieces, and my lips to press together...
I looked up at him through my lashes and found him gawking at me.
As he stared at me like the most disgusting thing in the entire world, I wondered what I had done to anger the moon goddess so much. I wondered why I was always the target for all the chaos and drama she chose to throw at our pack.
I couldn't help but wonder why the goddess kept punishing me for a crime or crimes I didn't know. I felt like an unwanted child. An unwanted mistake that she couldn't stand, used to pass time by tormenting.
Because of all the boys and men in the pack who could be my mate, She chose to give me SEBASTIAN! The entitled, manipulative bully who has always picked on me since we were kids. Why Him!? Why Sebastian? Why did I even come here tonight!?
"This can't be my mate! Not in seven lives! I reject her! You better do your summoning again because Alina is my mate.! Not this pig! "Sebastian yelled further, addressing the pack elders, and I felt embarrassment begin to claw at my throat.
"I'm sorry, Your grace, but I made no mistakes. Only the moon goddess can guide the light, and it clearly indicates that this young girl is your mate," The elder replied and I shut my eyes as embarrassed and angry tears began to bite the sides of them.
All I wanted to do was leave. Walk out. Vanish. Reject him. Do something... But I couldn't. I was just... Frozen. Still in shock that this dickwad is supposed to be my mate.
"You can't be serious. Look at her! You can get four of my hands from just one of her thighs! And her upper arms are enough meat to feed everyone in here, tonight! "Sebastian then spat as he walked around me and lifted one of my hands for the crowd to see.
These words and actions make me turn to look at him with shocked, angry, and sorrowful tears pooling in my eyes, as some people in the hall start laughing.
"What are you glaring at me for!? Am I lying? Don't you ever look in a mirror!? I've waited too long for this day for it to be ruined by you, or this madness. I don't want you. I would NEVER want you, Crystal. You're a freaking pig. An obese one. A liability! "He growled, and I swallowed the bitterness I could feel burning in my chest.
I wanted to tell him that I didn't and would never want him to. But I couldn't move. Not a muscle. I was frozen for some reason.
I watched in horror as he turned to look at the elders and his parents on the podium.
"I reject the moon goddess's choice. I, Sebastian Payne, the soon-to-be Alpha of the Silver Lake pack, reject Crystal Valois as my mate. I want a Luna. Not a pet bull! "He announced, and I staggered at his words.
I could feel something snap inside me, and Sofia, my wolf howled in pain. I clutched my chest and struggled to breathe as I held back my tears with all my willpower.
I could feel my body lose most of its key functions as I watched Sebastian walk away from me, and grab Alina from the crowd. He pulled her up to the podium, and I watched in blinding rage as he tilted her neck and bit her, marking her as his mate, instead of me.
At the sight, I felt a sharp, crippling pain in my soul. I do not love Sebastian, and I NEVER want to be with him. The pain I was feeling was not because Sebastian marked another woman or rejected me. No. This pain wasn't about him. My pain was over the fact that my mate rejected me and marked another woman in front of the whole pack, and of all the people he could be, it was that fucker Sebastian.
My tears began to pour, and just then, the crowd began to cheer for Sebastian and Alina. I looked around in shock as everyone was acting like someone wasn't just rejected cruelly and like what was left of my self-esteem was not just utterly destroyed. The sight made me realize how truly insignificant I was in my pack, and it made me feel worse than I ever felt since the death of my parents.
Sebastian just disgraced me in front of the entire pack... He rejected and broke me and not a single person gave a hoot about it. Not one. The elders said nothing and the Alpha and Luna also stayed quiet.
Alina suddenly looked at me over the crowd and smirked. I couldn't take it. I didn't have the heart to. I clenched my fists so tightly that my nails began to dig into my palms. It was all I could do, as my whole body failed me. Refusing to move. I was painfully rooted to the spot. Watching them get adored by the pack.
As my walls threatened to crumble completely in front of everyone, my wolf finally took action. She took charge of my legs and rushed us out of the hall and palace. I started running as fast as my legs could take me, and when I finally got to the woods, I turned. Letting my wolf take control of my body, and running deep into the woods.
Running away from the hurt I feel and the pack that only ever hurts me.
I knew attending the festival was a bad idea, but I had to honor my sister's plea. And now that I disobeyed my guts, I would have to face the burn.
The entire pack would hear of my horrible rejection and I would be the pack's laughing stock for the rest of the rest of my life, and this fact only pushed me deeper into the woods, and farther away from my pack.
I need to get away from everything. It's all I want right now. To be far from the mockery, pain, rejection, and hurt.
For everything to just end. All of it.
******
I groaned as I felt the sun's warm kiss on the side of my face, and I tried to turn away from it to stop it from ruining my sleep. However, when I turned, I realized that I was resting on a hard surface. Not a pillow.
I slowly peel my eyes open. Squinting from the first rays of the morning sun, I see that I am resting on someone's chest. I immediately look up in alarm, and my eyes become saucers when I see a man fast asleep under me.
A total stranger. Right beneath me. And worse, I am completely naked!
Memories of last night begin to rush at me like horses in a race, and I freeze as my jaw drops.
I feel color drain from my face when I remember getting wasted and begging this man to have sex with me. I can not remember if we did it or not, but I know that I can not have him wake up with me still here. The embarrassment will kill me.
How the hell do you face a stranger you begged to have sex with, just the night before?? First, I got rejected, and then I made a fool and a massive mockery of myself with this man. Grate. I'm on a roll!
I quickly get off him and untangle the blanket from my body. As I get out of the bed, I try my best to be completely quiet, looking about the room for something I can cover myself with before leaving, but just as I turn my back to him, I hear him speak.
"Where do you think you're going, little Miss? "
Oh, shit!
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