His Rejected Mate Became My Queen

The moonveil park's gathering is a storm of hope and betrayal. Since I was ten, I had anticipated this day and finally today it was here.

I'm Lila Evergreen, eighteen years tall and a common omega which no one spoke about.

Nobody knew about me till today, the day that the wolf in me got tired of hiding. For the first time, the wolf in me stirred. I shifted, and immediately I felt an electric connection with him, my mate-Evan Thornhart, the alpha of the pack.

I was excited and filled with anticipation, so I ran towards him, screaming and shouting his name.

Evan, I screamed at the top of my voice. You felt the same way, right?

Evan came forward, his face looking confused, like he didn't know what I was talking about.

"Felt what," he asked me with a commanding, intimidating tone.

"The bond, the connection, you're my mate Evan. I felt it very strongly".

"No, I didn't feel anything, and you are not my mate, Lila," Evan shouted.

"You can't be serious, Evan," I said, breathless and heartbroken. You felt it too. I know you did."

"I don't know what kind of fantasy you're living in, Lila," he said. This time so loudly that everyone around us could hear. "I would never accept a lowly omega like you as my mate."

There was another loud roar among the pack gathering which was followed by a heavy silence.

I stood frozen, there came a heavy wind which swept through the mark that had appeared the moment my wolf stirred. My wolf had roared with excitement the moment it happened.

But now... this?

"You're rejecting me?" I whispered, my voice audible enough.

He scoffed in a ridiculous manner. "What else do you want me to say? You're not my equal.

You are a common omega and can't be bound to a royal bloodline. The only person fit to be my mate is Clarissa Vain. She is of the royal lineage and worthy of becoming the Luna.

As if summoned by his betrayal, Clarissa stepped forward, her hips swaying, her sleek golden hair catching the moonlight like a goddess descending from the stars. She wraps her arm around Evan's with a smile that says she has won.

"I'm sorry, Lila," she said, not sorry really. "You really thought you were his mate? That's adorable."

"No," I shouted, "this isn't right." The bond, I felt it and I know what I felt, Evan."

"There is no bond," Evan snapped. What you felt was your desperation, not fate. "The moon goddess must've made a mistake."

A sharp, collective gasp echoed through the crowd at his blasphemy. Even daring to question the moon goddess during the Bondmate Ceremony-the most sacred tradition of our kind.

Tears blurred my vision as I realized some of the pack were beginning to make mockery of me. Some of the she-wolves shook their heads in pity.

"Did I imagine it all?"

I looked down at the soft glow on my skin, already fading.

"No... this mark doesn't lie."

But then... why?

Why did it feel like my soul was tearing apart?

I sank to my knees in the middle of the pack circle. The same earth I'd dreamed of dancing on beside my fated mate now felt like it was swallowing me whole.

"Maybe she forced the bond," someone whispered.

"She's just an omega. "She probably did some spelling," another muttered.

"No one like her would ever be chosen. Evan deserves someone of alpha blood."

Their words were like daggers, each one digging deeper into my heart.

I bent forward, clutching my chest and shaking. "Moon goddess, I whispered in tears, why would you do this to me?"