Once rejected, Twice accepted

ly at me with a gaze as dark as a crow flying through a pitch black night. For a moment I was lost in his eyes but then the earlier infatuation washed off

though, I immediately turned on my heels and left, happy that I wouldn't have to be the mate to someone like him, but at the same time sad that I had just been rejected. I was conflicted, but that didn't stop the smug smile from appearing on my face as I walked away. *** My head and body ached terribly, and even my limbs felt like they were on fire. I needed to rest, desperately needed to but I knew that resting would only create more problems for me. Ever since the day I got rejected by Alpha Liam, it was as if he had told his family about it because suddenly his sister Raquel, and his mother made it their life's duties to torture me in every way possible. They literally began starving me and even forced me to take on jobs that naturally shouldn't be given to a lady. But did I complain? Of course, I didn't! Today was another one of their several bad days where they had unreasonable mood swings; and I was being punished for it. The type of punishment they had come up with was having to make me sort out tons and tons of several fabrics they said was needed for Alpha Liam's coronation. The workload was hectic and I was pre warned not to allow anyone to help me with it, as if anyone would want to in the first place. No one would've wanted to help though because they had always been banned from relating with me in any possible way. I was practically an outcast here. I was still bent sorting through the many fabrics when I felt someone or something hit me on the head from behind. The pain was so much that it sent me sprawling to the floor. What the he- I swiftly turned back to lash out at whoever it must've been only to come face to face with the queen and her devilish dau