Years ago ....
"Come let's go, you cannot stay here anymore. I can't keep a daughter like you here! You are a disgrace!"
Gorgis, king and Alpha of the Black Moon Pack roared.
Everybody in the court bowed their heads ignoring the crying little girl. They looked at her with pity. On the other hand , it would be better for her to leave here, maybe she will have a better life.
They whispered among themselves….The whispering continued with Gorgis dragging the little girl towards the waiting car.
Elizabeth looked back to see if she could see any of her siblings and maybe her mother, but no one came to bid her goodbye. She has been abandoned by everyone. Nobody loved her.
Elizabeth finally gave in and allowed herself to be dragged into the car. Nobody saw the strange expression on her face when she entered the car.
"You all will regret this day! I swear by the moon goddess!" Elizabeth whispered under her breath.
Everyone with the sights could hear the vow around a thousand miles from where Elizabeth made that utterance and it raised goosebumps on their skin. "Who has annoyed the daughter of the moon goddess?"
A shaman from a not faraway clan whispered under her breath with her eyes glued to the horizon
The Present.
Blood Moon Pack
" I , Alpha Sebastian Knowls of Blue Moon Pack reject you, Elizabeth Mason , former Luna of Blood Moon Pack, as my mate and Luna". My heart breaks totally and the pain of being rejected once again filled my mouth and heart but the pain this time was greater than when my family had rejected me.
This was my mate, my Alpha. We have shared everything and I thought I had found a place to call my own. I looked up at Sebastian , his handsome face was devoid of feeling. His green eyes were shuttered. He knew that he could not look at me because I would know exactly what he was thinking. But I could see his resolve, he was willing to carry through this rejection and I had to accept it although I know my world would never be the same as I know it.
Facing him without fear, I looked at him quietly. There was pin silence in the long hall. Everyone was so careful not to utter a wrong word.
" Are you sure? Is this your final decision?" I asked him in a very quiet tone. "Yes I am sure Elizabeth. Please accept the rejection." "And may I know why you are rejecting me all of a sudden? Where did I go wrong Seb? Yesterday we were just doing fine and not a few hours ago, we were professing our love in bed as usual." I asked in a firm voice.
This was my life and I could not afford to be timid. "That was then and this is now!" Sebastian roared in his Alpha tone , his green eyes wide open and emitting fire for the first time and I caught the emotions in his cat-green eyes. I suddenly knew why he was rejecting me; my cursed eyes and the sight.
Oh my God, Sebastian whom I thought had accepted all of me was uncomfortable with my eyes and sight. It was happening again. The gifts from the moon goddess were costing me my home and loved ones again.. Was this my fate? To be rejected by all the people I loved ?
Looking around the long hall, some people were grinning from ear to ear, especially Sasha who had always wished me dead.
The only ally I had in this pack was Matt , Seb's brother who had always had my back , but today, Matt was not meeting my gaze , his eyes were on the floor. I looked further and saw Conor, Seb's Beta , he just looked away. Once again, I was being abandoned and I could not blame anyone except the moon goddess.
" I Elizabeth Mason, accept your rejection". Uttering those words was the hardest thing I had ever done and would ever do. Tears gathered in my violet eyes and I stood up from where I had been kneeling and moved to the front of the Pack house.
For two years I have been happy , I had found my mate and everything for a while had been rosy but today, I am starting all over again. Alone.
"Wait Luna '', Maggie, the housekeeper ran after me with a heavy bag in hand. I looked at her . "What are you doing Maggie? Please go back." I told her "I can't Luna. I have to follow you. I just can't leave you on your own. You need someone to take care of you. Please let me go with you". She begged so earnestly that I didn't have the heart to send her away.
"Are you sure? You will never see the Alpha again. I know how much you love him."
I told her gently. "Yes I did, but not anymore. Not after what he did to you. Never. In Fact, I don't ever want to lay eyes on any of them again." She said vehemently.
I turned to look at the group of people gathered on the porch of the pack house. I looked closely at Seb. His expression was hooded and I could still read his mind. I don't know why the link was still there . Is that pain I read? He wanted this then why was he in pain? I wondered and just as I was about to read further he shut the link with a bang to keep me out and it hurt so much.
Turning his back, he strode into the pack house with finality without a backward glance and all his people followed him inside.
"Come Luna, it's getting late. We will be fine. One thing I do know is that Sebastian will come crawling back and when that time comes, I will certainly give him a piece of my mind." Maggie said, dragging me by the arm and trying to console me. What she didn't know was that I was used to rejection and being abandoned was gradually becoming second nature to me. I followed Maggie, weeping inside for the second time in my life.
"This is the last time I will be rejected and abandoned by anyone. I will be the one rejecting and abandoning from now onwards. Never again."
Again, the anguish and vow of Elizabeth was heard and recorded far and wide by all the seers of the Werewolf Kingdom.