CHAPTER 2
(Layra's POV)
I hate when I have to clean up after Kade's disgusting sexcapades so I immediately make my way down to the pond when I am done cleaning up the office. It is the only place I am allowed to wash myself since all of the toilets and bathroom belong to people who don't want me in there.
Unfortunately for them,I prefer the pond because it is more beautiful and relaxing but I don't have time to spare because I have to prepare dinner for the entirety of the pack and hoping that they would just order in did not seem like it would work.
After preparing dinner,I serve them and wait for any further orders,like second servings or cleaning up their spills. Midway through the meal, Alpha Stone calls out for me.
"Layra?Come here",he calls out.
"Yes?"I answer while holding off the ton of insults I actually want to hurl at him.
"Tomorrow is your 18th birthday , yeah? " he asks and I look at him, Wondering what he is up to.
"I want you to spend the day preparing for Kade's Alpha ceremony,"he pronounces much to my dismay.
"What?You said I could spend my birthday however I liked",I accused.
"Well, following your disgraceful and disrespectful behavior towards your Luna..."
"She is NOT my Luna!" I shout in annoyance and I'm met with shock from the wolves,shock at my guts.
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK WHILE I AM SPEAKING!!".
Alpha Stone roars while I watch him unmoved,his roar has no effect on me.
"You have no say!Begin Preparations immediately! The invites are ready so send them out to neighbouring packs who share our territory!".
He throws the list for the invites at me. I look at the list and almost scream out in anger,there's no way I will finish this on time.
I return to the kitchen and wait for them to leave their messes so I can clean up and retire for the day.
When I am finally done, I go back to the pond,it will be cold but I can not go to sleep while still smelling Kade's disgusting smell on myself.
I have to wait till everyone is asleep before I can leave even though I am technically not doing anything wrong.
I get to the pond and just stare at the reflection of the moon on it, mesmerized by it even though this is not the first time I am seeing it,I realize that it is finally my birthday and a tear slips out of my eyes as I remember my parents and how special this day would have been with them.
Many times,when I was at particular lows,I had considered giving up everything and just joining my parents but then thoughts of my parents brutal murder kept me levelheaded,why did I have to die when I as the victim?
I put my belongings by the rocks that surround the pond and Wade in with the bar of soap that the pack gave me monthly , shivering from the cold,even though I can not get sick, I can still feel just how cold the water is.
After washing for a while and satisfied that I smelled and felt clean,I got out and spread my hair out so it could dry faster and hurriedly changed into my clothes.I wrap my hands around myself and rush back.
When I get back,I immediately climb into my undersized makeshift bed and try to fall asleep but I'm interrupted by a voice.
[Hello, Layra].
I'm too tired for any conversation so I whisper back.
" Who is this?"
[I am Raeya ,I am your other half,your wolf].
My Wolf is finally here,i am elated but too tired to show it.
"Hello, Raeya, it is a pleasure to finally meet you."
But,Raeya stays awake and I wonder if she has fallen asleep from exhaustion too,however,she suddenly speaks,surprising me.
[I am sorry]
"What could you possibly be sorry for?We just met".
[I'm sorry for everything you had to go through,I have always been with you so I experienced every part of it too without being able to comfort you.]
"I am completely over it,it's honestly not worth the waste of time", I tell her the truth.
[No!We can't let it pass, we have Alpha blood,they are all beneath me]."
"Yes,we need to keep that a secret".
I did not want anyone finding out that,things could easily get dangerous if that information got out.
"Lyra?"
"Yes , Raeya?"
"You have me now,I'll be always here to comfort you."
Lyra smiled softly,happy to have someone on her side.
"I will never leave or forsake you".
I have a smile on my face as I go to sleep,even Kade's ceremony can't take away the joy I feel.
I wake up before dawn,wash my head and face and start prepping for breakfast, considering what a shitty day today will be for me.
I use the mirror on my way out to check out myself, feeling sent
I am in the kitchen when I smell something absolutely delicious and immediately leave what I am doing to find the source of the unrest in my body.
I find myself in front of Kade's room.
I reel back in disgust and unbelief,feeling betrayed.
How could this be when I hated every part of him?There was no time to ponder this , I might as well get the rejection over with so I could proceed with getting over the momentary heartbreak and the moon goodness would owe me a do over.
I hear noises coming from the room and wonder who he could be fuckin already,so early in the day.
I take a deep breath before knowing,A deep voice calls angrily from inside.
" Who the fuck is that?"
"It's Lyra,"I replied.
The woman he was fuckin yelled something that I did not quite grab.
"Is that any of your business,focus your mouth on what you came here for",he tells the lady.
"Come in Layra".
{Kade's P.O.V.}
I am getting pleasured by a skillful omega whose head is bobbing up and down my dick when I Smell Layra before she knocks.
"It's Layra".
Her scent coupled with a honey voice flips my brain off and leaves only my body to respond as my dick grows even harder.
"Get the fuck away" the Omega shouts at Layra.
"Is that any of your business,focus your mouth on what you came here for",I say to her, pissed.
I lay back down and push the Omega's head deeper before calling out to Layra.

"Come in, Layra."
She walked in and just the sight of her made me harder but her face only showed disgust and contempt as she saw what I was doing.
"Why are you here?",I ask to divert her attention.
"You should already know the reason",She replies dryly.
I smirk to myself, thinking of how best to reject her so that it was more embarrassing.
Aerys is protesting and wants me to mark her instead but I already have a plan mapped out and I am considering rejecting her now because if I waited,I might not be able to go through with it.
"Get out!",I say to the Omega whose head immediately comes up in shock.
"What?"
"Don't make me repeat myself!".
She hurried out, closing the door and finally leaving them together.
Layra looked from the door and back to him while Kade watched her,her beauty stunning him.
"I'm guessing that you know it too, huh?" I ask her and get up to fluster her with my naked body.
Layra doesn't show anything even with the fact that his dick is still fully erect.
"I do".
I sneer at her and chuckle as I think of what I have planned for.
"You are sorely mistaken,if you came here to inform me of what I think you are here for".
Layra only stared at Jade waiting for him to let her talk while Kade wonders why she looks so emotionless.He however decided to hurry it up.
"I,Kade Stone, future Alpha of the Crimson Moon Pack, hereby reject you, Laura Crest as my mate",I declare.
She looks up at me and...looks relieved?
She was even smiling like I had not just rejected her.
"That's great",She replies with a smile.
"What?",I asked, perplexed.
"Thank you," she repeats.
"I have been imagining the worst case scenario and never thought it would be this easy,I hate this pack enough as it is,I don't want to be tied to it in anyway",She says calmly.
This was not what I had imagined, Why was I the one hurting instead?
"Layra, what are you..."
"I,Layra, daughter of the late Alpha Matthew Crest of the Silver howl Pack, hereby accept your rejection".
Her acceptance was like a truck had slammed me from nowhere.
It made me question what I had expected, crying and begging?
The pain of our bond-breaking pushes me and I fall back onto the bed,still naked.
But Layra was still on her feet, she was fine . She was the daughter of an Alpha , she had Alpha blood .
Aerys whimpers painfully in my head, My wolf that was an Alpha was howling in pain.
Layra left after seeing his pathetic form groaning,he had wanted to embarrass her but he was the one crying naked.
[I warned you!],Aerys growled.
"You should have told me that she was really an Alpha!".
Kade scrambled for excuses.
[What does that matter? Her blood and her rank had nothing to do with it!You only rejected her because you wanted to hurt her!].
Aerys immediately puts up a wall so that Kade is unable to keep talking to him, Leaving Kade flabbergasted.
(Layra's P.O.V.}
I feel strangely relieved and light after rejecting Kade and immediately rush to the kitchen,I am already a little late and I did not want anyone ruining my mood.
I could still hear Raeya's little whimpers.
"Raeya, I'm sorry."
[It's not your fault, he did reject us first].
She tried to prove that it was not my fault but I knew better.
" I accepted without considering the pain that it would cause you,I'm so sorry".
[It honestly does not hurt as much as I anticipated,I guess it was not meant to be].
"Why would the moon goddess mate me with scum like Kade?"
[I don't know, but I'm sure there are reasons that we can not see].
"You know that after this weekend , we're on our own right ?There is no way I will continue to live here".
[I know and I am here for you, you've been alone long enough, I'll be with you now].

I completed breakfast and laid it all out for easy access before I went back to my room to finish addressing the invites to their owner,I had to finish it in time so it could reach the owners today.
When I finished,I went back upstairs to the kitchen to find everyone still having their breakfast,they all quieted when I walked in and I turned to find Kade looking like he was the stormy weather itself.
Alpha Stone beckoned for me to move close and I walked over.
"Yes?"
"Did you send out the invites?"
" Yes,I just posted them".
Alpha Stone nodded while stroking his head.
" Good,you can grab a plate since it's your special day".
"Thank you,".
I am truly grateful that I don't have to starve today so I hurriedly take the food and return to my room where I eat slowly, trying to savour every last piece.
I'm guessing It was a birthday miracle that I had gotten.
As I eat, I think of my earlier resolution to find my mate and leave with him but that had fallen through and now,in a few days,I would go rogue.
Three days later
I was pushed out of the way by Darla, Kade's older sister who was being more cranky than she usually was.
She had actually moved out of the pack house a while back and o lu came back for festivities like today's.
Not because she cared about her brother but because everyone had been talking about how lost of the Alpha's and Betas that had been invited were actually unmated.
I had also heard that some of the invited people would be coming along with their unmated daughters to see if Kade was perhaps the one,this would be a fun night.
I secretly hoped that the moon goddess gave him another chance with someone as selfish and evil as he was,how funny would that be?
I pull myself up and head back to the kitchen where I'm putting the final touches to the meal and pray to be left alone during the ceremony but I know that won't happen.
I console myself with the fact that I have just a few hours to continue to accept their shit.