The Pain of Rejection
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pack life as well as for school. To get to this point, I had to train, labor, and shed blood. On a night like this, my pack had a custom
significance for me. I w
on, the spark that ignites when two wolves first lay eyes on one other, that I had been picturing for as long as I could remembe
led by my pack in the huge forest that surrounded our little town. What if everything went wrong? What
keep your optimism up. I tightened the straps on the white dress my mother h
ticipated that I would become the next Luna in our pack. But I was unable to plan that
wolves gathered in groups, drinking and chatting while the blaze crackled and lit up the area where
iend, was dancing with her. As I saw them together, I couldn't help but grin. Samantha, with her vibrant re
tured for me to come closer. "Carr
toward the edge of the crowd, I yelled
giggled. "You know, waiting for your
rned as I shrugged, but my
arrie, you'll locate him th
ire evening, but as the hours went by, that sensation gradually gave way to disappointment. All night long, wol
Was my request unreasonable?
when I
sm
time. Everything about me froze. "Oh, d
to locate the source of that scent, and my
le
e was just standing there, grinning at Samantha. **A
he shock I was experiencing was reflected back in his eyes. He h
d back. Samantha's boyfriend, Tyl
ntended outcome. N
nd his voice became quiet, but I s
muttered, "No." "No,
she glanced between us. "What is happening?" With a look of p
describe the destruction that overcame me. The mate bond, the one th
y knew what was coming. I saw it in
hispered quietly. "I can'
were completely knocked out, like a punch to the gut. My
y about. I didn't want him to feel bad, even though my trembling voice revealed
saying another word, I turned and ran, running from
r, and the aroma of friends, I didn't stop. The weight of it all
dn't ever be. Now, though...
than I had ever felt in my life. All that remained to me was
on the ground. I could feel the night getting colder, as though the heartbreak that was still
told myself.
left for me here. My pack, my friend
But for now, I was simply a girl in the woods, escaping