MAVERICK'S POV
" What do you think you are doing Alexander?" I fired immediately Alex opened the door to my office. I was still angry that he has to bring the girl without my consent and then I saw him outside immediately we came back, introducing her to others still without my consent.
" Alex I asked you a question and I demand an answer. What is the meaning of this whole thing?" I growled when he won't say a thing but kept looking at me with a disappointed eyes which I don't like.
" Maverick, you know what? I should have expected this then I won't be this sad. Where you seriously going to leave that girl there if I didn't intervene? Maverick you should have done better, your first encounter with your mate and this is how your behaved? She was in danger and bleeding all over Maverick, what type of a person are you to watch her in pains and still did nothing? " he was breathing heavily by the time he was done ranting. One thing about Alex is that he always takes it as his responsibility to nag me like a pregnant woman and I hate it especially not now I'm so pissed with him.
" Alex this is none of your business! Who asked you to intervene? If I had wanted her I would have intervened myself so who asked you to intervene? Why did you bring the girl here, what do you plan on doing with her?" I fired back.
" My duty made me intervene, I'm obligated to protect my alpha and my luna which is who she is. I'm obligated to protect her even from you so that's what made me intervene especially since you failed her already at the very first meeting. " he snapped.
" I forbid you to call her that! She is not your luna and will never be. She is a weakling and no luna of mine will be weak! " I growled cornering him to the wall while bearing my teeth with mixed emotions rushing through me. Actually I loved the sound of him calling her my mate but that is just the stupid mate bond doing and defeating the mate bond is my main aim here.
He quickly bowed his head in submission but no he was not done. " I will continue to call her that because that's who is, not until you officially reject her." he whispered with a steady voice, I should have known better than to argue with him about this. Showing him actions will solve this once.
" Then let's do that now." I said to earn a surprised doubting look from him.
" Maverick you don't dare! " he snarled.
" Stop me then." I dared him and left the room with him on my heels.
Getting outside I didn't need to ask about her whereabout because her scent was still fresh in the air. I followed the scents that kept getting stronger until I found her inside Alexander's apartment with Ruby, they just got there as she was yet to sit down when I arrived. Fear ran through her face immediately she saw me and she bowed her head low showing what a weakling she is.
It's normal to be afraid in my presence but her own timidity is just so unbearable that I can't stand the thought that I'm supposed to take her as my mate.
" Alpha," Ruby greeted with a bow.
" Look at me." I said referring to the girl, Ruby looked up immediately but not the girl. I guess she was too afraid to look me in the eye.
" I'm talking to you." I said this time with a raised voice making her shiver ad she looked up to my face avoiding my eyes as much as possible.
" What is your full name?" I asked her and her eyes shot up immediately including Ruby's. Alex sighed beside me but I won't give in to him in this one. I was determined to avoid all the emotions stirring inside me and get this done as soon as possible.
She hesitated before finally saying something, I almost thought that she was dumb. " Mia Henry." she said in a small voice bowing her eyes again.
" Okay. Mia Henry I know you must have known what is between us. So the thing is that I don't want to honor this link. I'm an alpha and my safety and the safety of my pack is my utmost concern and that won't be entirely protected with a weak luna by my side. So I'm going to reject you now and we go our separate ways pretending that none of this ever happened." I said.
She looked up at me with a glassy eyes that breaks me down, for a second I was disorganized. This is the second time our eyes are locked into each other, I saw pains and hopelessness but before she could affect me more I averted my eyes. This is the goal of the bond, to make me confused and guilty and then reconsider.
" After you reject me what happens to me? Will I be required to leave?" she suddenly asked still trying to find my eyes, funny how I'm now the person avoiding her eyes when about some seconds ago I had to order her to look at me.
" Of course you have to leave, this pack has no business you to start with." I said throwing Alex a dirty look, he should have known better than play this stupid prank with me.
" Please I don't want to accept the rejection, I have no where to go." she said amusing me, it looks like apart from being weak this omega also lacks proper wolf knowledge. An alpha doesn't need the other party to accept before he can reject someone.
" Unfortunately it's not within your power little wolf. Don't worry, the pains won't be much since we have not even accepted the bond. I Maverick James reject you Mia Henry as my mate, from today onwards we shall having nothing to do with each other." I proclaimed embracing myself for the sharp pain that was supposed to accompany the rejection but surprisingly none came.
She was shaking her head with glassy eyes muttering no making me more confused. It wasn't supposed to depend on her right? It was never heard in the history of werewolf that an omega refuses a rejection from an alpha and it comes to pass. Alex and Ruby had confused eyes as me almost like asking what was happening.
I stood there watching her keep muttering incoherent no for seconds before I snapped out of my daze. I guess I'm tired and need rest because that's the only explanation I can give in this confusing and embarrassing situation. Maybe I should go get some rest and come back for this later and with with this thought I took to my heels. Maybe I should ask grandmother if there was a place in history where such ever happened.
I left Alex's apartment and took south instead of going to my house, I need to know if I did it wrongly.
The sweet aroma of beef filled my nostrils before I could reach her compound. She loves cooking and each time I get here in sure to get my stomach filled before I leave. Talyn is not a fan of cooked foods but at grandma's house he loves eating her delicacies too.
" I wonder what took my baby long to come see this old dying grandma immediately he came back." she said immediately I opened the door. She was seated at one of her big couches.
" first of all, you are not a dying old woman. You are strong and not permitted to die anytime soon else I will follow you down to hell and drag you back. " I said and she started laughing, this is an old threat I have always used on her for as long as I can remember and each time it ends up cracking her up.
I made my way to her engulfing her in a big hug and then laid down placing my head on her old laps. They don't have much flesh and tonicity as before when I was younger but I still enjoy laying on them. I crave placing my head here most times especially when I encounter a confusing situation and I'm not ashamed to say that after each session I feel better just like one would after a therapy.
Grandma is the only family I have, she is the only on Who cares about me and the only person who knows how broken I am. After father literally rejected me grandma was the only family that considered me alive, she fought with father on many occasions about how he treats me. She has always stood up for me. Most times father would barn her from visiting me but she always find ways to comfort me even from a distance, she would send me foods through secret persons that father never caught. Grandma's old laps is the only place I can feel safe and vulnerable as much as I want and won't be judged.
" I was worried when I heard that you left for somewhere and would possibly spend the night there, how did you cope?" she asked massaging my forehead.
" It looks like my baby boy is finally outgrowing his curse, I don't know why I feel emotional at that thought." she continued. I almost told her that she feels emotional because it's not ever possible that I outgrow the curse. There was times I was desperately hoping that it's possible but after waiting for years I gave up, I have learnt to live with it. I only risked traveling because it's not the full moon.
Only very small number of people very close to me knows this, people only wonder why the alpha house is very far from the rest of the pack and that is the farthest they could go. Nobody knows why and that's because the curse is not what I enjoy talking about it.
I'm cursed, by my beloved grandma and she can't revoke it because it was made out of anger. So I was told.
After my mother cheated on my foster father with the demons which is my biological father, my foster father was hurt and their family never remained same again. Mother gave birth to me and died because I supposedly sucked all her energy, this causes so much pains to the family and with tears grandma cursed the demon that broke his son's family. She cursed the demon and all his generation to never have normal biological rest like every other normal creatures. She said that out of anger forgetting that I was an offspring of the demon too so that's how I became cursed, funny and pathetic.
Throughout my 28 years of life I can't have a normal night rest because every day once the clock rings 11pm my ears are not mine again. I will keep hearing agonizing noises of people I don't know till after a couple of hours, sometimes it will persist till dawn. It's so terrible that on bad days I would go destructive and spoil things and injuring myself.
As I grow up I was doing all I could to overcome it but unfortunately it's impossible, I can only manage it on days that are not full moon. I would endure the pains while fighting for control untill it's over just like I did today on our way back.
Grandma believes that I'm getting better and outgrowing it and I play along too. I know that she lives in guilt all her life blaming herself for putting me through this so it would be cruel to keep crying about it in her face everytime. I wound rather live my life this way than keep dragging others into it, another reason why I can't want a mate. I'm too broken to have one.
" I will get you some foods." grandma announced as she slowly laid my head on the couch and rushed into the kitchen. I guess I will wait till after the meal before I ask my questions about the tiny wolf in Alexander's apartment.