Chasing his heart

XIMENA POV

My heartbeat was drumming loudly in my ears and before I could say jack, I felt my wolf stir up with delight, she was purring loudly and wagging her tail with delight.

I had never been this happy in my entire life and my feet began walking, my tempo increasing with each step I took.

My legs had a mind of their own, my heart was experiencing bliss of a lifetime and my brain was swelling with so much joy even though I didn’t know what was happening to me.

The joy was unexplainable but it was real, it was mine and I felt the burden of years being lifted from my shoulders.

“What’s wrong with her?”

“Why is this cursed being here?”

“She brings bad omen…“

Not the harsh words of people stopped me from running, the scent I was tracing growing thicker with each second that passed.

I made my way to the market where hundreds of people were, and like one in trance, I began pushing my way through the crowd, I heard lots of people curse at me.

It felt like there was this great prize which the crowd surrounded and the prize was mine. The feeling was bigger than winning a million dollars, it was better.

My world lit up and the sunny day added to my delight. After pushing my way to the front where the most handsome and gorgeous person to ever walk on the earth stood, I froze.

I felt paralyzed for a moment with how magnificent and powerful he was, his aura was to die for and I felt myself instantly attracted to him like I’ve known him for hundreds of years.

For a moment we shared something… Sweet, sensual, beautiful, our souls were joined, there was this great flame burning inside of me and the more I stared, it increased.

“MATE” With great joy, the words slipped out of my mouth, a big smile on my face as I stared at my mate, the man I had waited for my entire life, THE ALPHA.

Alpha Alvaro’s face had a big smile before but now staring at me, it felt like I was with another person entirely.

“I reject you as my mate and Luna of the pack!” Alpha Alvaro announced, causing the once silent market square to explode with gasps of shock.

It felt unreal and I heard my heart shattering into a billion pieces. My face changed instantly and I became aware of my environment, my racing heart slowed down and increased almost immediately.

“No… No…“

One minute, I was thrilled to know the Alpha was my mate, I had bravely pushed my way through the crowd just to be before him and the next my fated mate rejected me easily without a blink.

In his disregard and indifference, the hidden haughty disdain in his eyes pierced through my soul as I felt my heart sink into my stomach.

“Alpha…“

“You’re not qualified to be my mate…“ His sharp words didn’t hesitate to slice my heart, I was still trying to recover from the nerve wrecking coldness that came my way.

He seemed impatient, looking at me in bored dislike. He looked disgusted and had this disappointed gaze, like he had been wronged by the moon goddess for mating us. I felt like a failure before him.

A deep sense of despair overwhelmed me because the person I had waited for for 23 years just rejected me like I was nothing.

It was so great that I staggered back, the shred of dignity left in me holding me back from falling to the ground weakly.

“You can never be my Luna, you disgust me.” His harsh voice cut through my heart, his words were little but they were the sharpest object in the world.

“Why…“

“How dare you question me! You lowly omega!” He thundered, making almost everyone shiver with shock but it still wasn’t enough to make me back down.

The crowd were murmuring words to themselves, staring at me with disbelief as to where I got the boldness to exchange words with our Alpha.

“Because you’re nothing! You’re cursed, this is some mistake, the goddess would never make you my mate.” With these words, I felt the bond severing. It felt like an arrow followed the broken bond with a searing pain all over me, slumping me on the ground but was nothing compared to the dull ache from the bottom of my heart.

“Bu…But…“ I paused, trying to get the words out of my mouth as tears streamed down my cheeks.