Floating...

I felt weightless almost like a floating orb of light. Everything around me was white and bright light. I couldn't see anything else.

"Violet... wake up"!

Who was that? I knew the voice but I couldn't place it or even give it a face.

"Of course you can't Violet, it's because I'm you're wolf. I know your'e hurting right now but you need to wake up. We have to get our mate to love us, we can't loose him Vi".

I looked up and saw a figure emerging in front of me. It was a vague outline and nothing more but I knew it was a woman when her ethereal voice spoke.

"Go back Violet, your'e not ready yet"

......... end of dream

Present

Splash!

Errrrr

Water... someone had splashed my face with water. I shot up like a light and expected to see the woman I was just talking too but instead I met with two sea like blue eyes staring at me in question.

Dimitri.

Staring into his eyes I forgot how wet I was. I looked down, remembering I was in nothing but a shirt. Correction, a now VERY see through shirt. I crossed my arms over my chest and looked around the room. Apparently the Alpha and beta decided to leave. I sighed and decided it was time to face the music. I slowly brought my eyes back to his and waited.

Rejection... it was written all over his face and it was only a matter of time before he would say those words.

"Dont think like that, talk to him and he will know he is the one for us and we for him, you can't let yourself be defeated like that. Fight for him Violet, he needs us"!

I couldn't reply to Layla. She was right, I should fight for him, I should show him how much of a good luna I would be. How I could offer him the world. But I was painfully aware of our age difference in that moment. He was 7 years older than me and the look in his eye suggested I was well and truly a child and nothing more to him. That really bugged me as Milly was the same age as me. I know I could be impulsive and damn it, I had a shady past but couldn't he look past that?

His eyes said no and I was crushed. I let out a shaky breath I hadnt realised I was holding. Breaking the silence between us. The tension in the room was unbearable. He stood up and walked away with his back to me.

I closed my eyes..... here it comes.

"You have suffered a lot these last six years Violet. My father's poor treatment of you has seen you become an outcast in this pack and for that I am truly sorry. Your mother was a great woman and looked out for me when my mother the Luna passed away. Because of her kindness, I asked my father to spare you all those years ago and keep you in this pack. I didn't know how bad it would be but I am sorry for it none the less".

"I didn't lie Demitri, you have to believe me, I didn't lie" my voice was coarse when I said those last words.

He sighed and his voice was dejected.

"Violet, you must know that Milly and I have been seeing one another these past couple of months. I made a promise to her and I intend to keep it".

I could have cried. My eyes were like a water damn. Any second now they were going to burst and over run. I tried blinking quickly and looked up to the ceiling to prevent them from falling. I was breaking apart in front of him but I couldn't let him know how much this rejection hurt. This was the last straw for me and I couldn't take much more.

I went to run out of the room. My hand reached the door when I was suddenly grabbed from behind preventing my escape any further. His scent enveloped me completely. I felt whole in his arms. This was the first time in my life I felt so protected and safe. Home. It felt like home in his arms. I was shaking by this point but I relaxed into the mate bond sparks and allowed him to just hold me. I don't know how long we stood there but it was until I stopped shaking.

"Violet, please understand this for me. I am to be Alpha of this pack. I need a luna by my side I can rely on. One who is admired and respected. Your place here will forever be protected. I promise you that things will change when I become alpha. No one will harm you again and you can do whatever you please. But I cannot give you my love and protection as your mate".

I didn't realise I was holding my breath until his next words came.

"You are still so young and do not yet understand duty or responsibility. You cannot be luna of this pack. I promise to always offer you my help when you need it but I cannot be anymore to you than a friend".

I let out my breath. And silently cried.

"I, soon to be Alpha Demtri Greyson of the RedFang pack reject you, Violet Hayes as my mate".

He kissed my forehead, stepped around me, opened the door and walked away. So calmly. Just like that. Like I was nothing to him. Empty. I was empty. Layla was silent too and suddenly I could feel the chill in the air now that he was gone. This was definitely not my favourite room. I looked around it stupidly thinking that 20 minutes ago I didn't realise how good my life was.

Still shit of course but not this bad.

I walked slowly out of the house and walked on the empty path towards home.

Home.

I didn't have a home, not really. I don't know how long I walked aimlessly, passing house after house completely lost in my own world until I looked up and saw Milly standing in front of me. She looked a little guilty but not enough to satisfy me.

Betrayal. That's what this was. I remembered all those times I argued with her over her seeing a guy who had yet to find his mate. I told her how fucked up it was and the pain she would cause. She had laughed at the time, but thankfully she wasn't laughing now. If she had, I most definitely would have ripped her throat out. I went to side step her and pretend she didn't exist. Offer no respect to her as the future luna by dismissing her presence. She stepped in front of me and touched her stomach.

"Im sorry Vi"

I snickered, scoffed and rolled my eyes at her pathetic apology. I could not be arsed getting into a confrontation with her. I was broken and dead inside. She knew how much finding my mate meant to me. I never believed for one second that she of all people.....

"Its better this way Violet, you would never have made a good Luna, maybe now you can start a new life for yourself in a new pack".

Is this bitch for real?

Layla sprung to life in my head

""

Demitri's point of view.....

I stared out of my bedroom window in the pack house. Watching the exchange take place at a distance between Milly and my mate.

Correction.. she used to be my mate.

"You idiot".

Midnight my wolf said. I breathed out and leant my head against the window. My chest hurt since rejecting Violet and Midnight had sworn not to speak to me again. I can't believe what I did. I wanted nothing more than to get my ass downstairs and out of the house. March straight up to my beautiful mate and kiss the face off her. Crush her against my chest and tell her how sorry I am.

My thoughts were rudely interrupted.

"You did it exactly how we said? How it was agreed"?

I closed my eyes as another bout of pain sliced through my heart. I looked up again and wanted to know exactly what Milly was saying to my Violet.

"

"Yes father, I let her go".

Midnight whined and whimpered in my head. I shut him out and focused on my father standing behind me.

"Good, you would have done the girl no favours by thrusting the title of luna onto her. She isn't ready and you need a luna in the next month in order to become Alpha. She is a lost cause son. As an alpha you have to make sacrifices, if you had of accepted her I would never have let you be alpha".

He walked away and closed the door. Leaving me in the darkness with my thoughts. I watched Violet run to the trees and I knew I had to speak with her one last time. I needed her to know why I did it and hold her again.

I ran out of the pack house and into the trees. Running in the same direction she did. I shifted into my wolf and caught her scent. I ran until i reached the border of our territory. I sniffed the floor and was trying to gauge the direction she ran in but all of them led past the border.

"No"!

She left.

But she couldn't, I mean where would she go? She is so vulnerable no one could protect her like i could.

I went to run after her. Apologise and beg her forgiveness when i felt a hand on my right shoulder. I shifted when i realised it was Milly.

"Milly, I'm sorry but I dont have time to talk right now..."

"You can't go after her Dimitri".

"Why not" ?!! I was shouting at this point, frustrated that Violet had run from me. Did she not believe me when I said she would be safe here and things would change?

I looked a Milly and felt instant shame.

I had told her a long time ago that I could never love her and her role as luna would be nothing more than a job. I went to shift and she stepped in front of me. Preventing my exit for a second time. Milly was a weak wolf and usually would never be considered for the role of a Luna, but as our packs had'nt been challenged in years I didn't see the need in picking a strong female to fight along side me. Not until Violet that is.....

"Move out of my way Milly"...

"You can't go because I'm pregnant

Dimitri"!

Those seven words gave me pause. I visibly stilled and thought the situation through. Milly and I had been intimate once and no more. I couldn't quite believe what she was telling me. I sniffed her stomach and low and behold she was right. A pup was growing in her. Why had I not noticed that before? I sat down on the nearest rock. I was reeling from her confession. Absolutely stunned. I realised how bad this night truly was. I was now chained to a woman whom I didn't love.

My mind agreed with her that I needed to be realistic but my wolf did not. I now had an obligation and duty to Milly and this pack.

I now had no choice but to let Violet go.