The Night Of Rejection

“The Moon Goddess has made her choice.”

The elder’s voice thundered across the ceremonial hall. A hush fell over the pack, silence so heavy I could hear my own heartbeat slamming in my chest.

Dozens of eyes turned in my direction.

My palms were clammy. My chest heaved. The bond tugged at me, an invisible string pulling me toward him.

Lucien Blackthorn.

My breath hitched as my gaze locked with his. Tall, broad-shouldered, dangerous. Golden eyes that burned like fire under the glow of the moonlight filtering through the tall windows. The future Alpha. The man every she-wolf in the Blood fang Pack dreamed of.

And the Moon Goddess had given him… to me.

I felt my lips part, trembling with disbelief. My heart screamed inside me—hope, fear, everything tangled. Me, Evelyn. The weak omega. The nobody. The girl who spent her life scrubbing floors, ignored, mocked, forgotten.

For one fleeting second, I thought maybe the Goddess hadn’t abandoned me after all. Maybe I was chosen for something more.

My body trembled as I whispered, “Lucien…”

But his lips twisted into something cruel.

“I reject you.”

The words hit me harder than claws, harder than a blade.

Gasps echoed through the hall. The crowd stirred like a restless storm.

“No way”.

“The Alpha’s son rejecting his fated mate?”

“Of course he would. Look at her. She’s nothing but a weakling.”

Their voices stabbed at me, one after another. My knees trembled as though they could give out at any moment. My throat tightened.

I forced my voice out, broken and weak. “What?”

Lucien’s gaze burned cold. His tone was sharp enough to cut.

“You heard me, omega. I, Lucien Blackthorn, reject you as my mate. You are not worthy of me. You will never be Luna of this pack.”

I staggered back as laughter rose around me.

“She thought she could be Luna? Pathetic.”

“Did she actually believe he’d accept her?”

“Look at her face, goddess, she’s trembling like a scared pup.”

Heat rose to my cheeks, but it wasn’t warmth, it was fire, humiliation burning me alive. My chest tightened so badly I thought my ribs would snap.

I shook my head, desperate, my voice cracking. “Lucien, please don’t say this. The Moon Goddess”

“Silence!” His roar shook the air. Power rolled from him, making my body freeze against my will. His Alpha aura was suffocating.

Tears blurred my vision, but I could still see his eyes, hard, unyielding and merciless.

“You think fate could bind me to someone like you?”

His words were venom. “you? A Pathetic. Weak. You’d only disgrace me. You’d drag me down in front of every Alpha in the region.”

The crowd murmured their agreement. My heart shattered piece by piece.

“Please.” My whisper was barely audible, but he caught it. I knew he did. My lips quivered as I tried to fight the tears burning my eyes. “Please don’t do this. Don’t throw me away like this. I’ll do anything”

He stepped closer. His presence towered over me, suffocating, reminding me how small I was compared to him. His gaze narrowed with disgust.

“You will accept my rejection, omega. Right here. Right now. Say it.”

My entire body shook. My nails dug into my palms as I tried to breathe. If I accepted, the bond would break and the pain might kill me. But if I refused, he would humiliate me even more.

I couldn’t speak. My voice was trapped in my throat.

Lucien growled low, his tone mocking, cruel.

“What’s wrong, Evelyn? Afraid? You should be. Did you think you deserved me? You’ll never stand beside me. You’ll never even stand in my shadow.”

Laughter exploded from the pack. Some jeered, some shook their heads with pity. Others whispered like vultures circling a dying animal.

“She should accept it and end this disgrace.”

“She’s lucky he’s letting her live.”

“She’ll always be nothing.”

Their words pressed down on me like stones.

I wanted to scream, to tell them they were wrong, to tell him he was wrong. But my voice broke before it reached my lips.

I stared at him, my vision blurred with tears, my soul aching. “Lucien”

His jaw clenched. “Say it. Accept my rejection.”

“No” The whisper slipped out, weak, trembling.

His expression darkened instantly.

“You dare defy me?” His aura slammed into me like a tidal wave. My legs buckled, but I forced myself to stay upright even as my body shook violently.

Gasps spread again. “She refused?”

“She actually defied him!”

“Foolish omega.”

Lucien’s voice was deadly calm. “You think you can cling to me? You think fate will change my mind? Fate is wrong. You are nothing, Evelyn. Nothing.”

The bond inside me twisted painfully, burning like fire in my veins. My chest heaved, and I could no longer hold back the tears. They slid down my cheeks, hot and relentless.

“Please,” I whispered again, choking on my own voice. “Don’t do this to me. Don’t”

But he turned his back to me.

His rejection was final. His silence louder than any roar.

My knees finally gave out. I crashed to the cold stone floor, my palms slapping against it as the sound of laughter filled the hall.

“She’s begging. Pathetic.”

“Rejected in front of everyone. She’ll never recover from this.”

“She’ll be an outcast forever.”

The world spun around me, every whisper stabbing deeper. The rejection cut into my soul like knives.

And then the darkness crept in. My vision blurred, my body collapsing.

The last thing I heard before the blackness claimed me was Lucien’s cold voice, echoing in my chest.

“You will never be mine.”