Chapter 4
ALANA The crowd looked at me with wide eyes. Everyone appeared to be bewildered. How could someone like me, the lowest omega of the pack, confidently and calmly accept the rejection of my mate, an outstanding wolf who could vie for the position of the Beta in the future?
"Did I hear her wrong?" Duke, who was standing close to us, raised a brow. He had an expression of surprise on his face. On the other hand, Harold stared at me with red eyes. His expression looked as if he had just stepped on cow dung.
I looked at the bitter face of my mate who had abused me and treated me like a slave. Though my heart was beating wildly in my chest, somehow my body felt light.
It was a long ten years that I had dedicated my life and everything I had to him. Every night I would sleep with tears in my eyes. Yet, every morning, I would wake up with hope... hope that Harold would somehow change and finally treat me as his mate. For a long time, I held onto that dream until the days and years passed, and I slowly forgot how that hope felt.
At that moment, as I looked at Harold''s hateful face... I finally started to feel it... the feeling of freedom.
"Oh? She''s crying?" someone commented. It was only then when I realized that unbeknownst to me, tears had started to fill my eyes. I lifted my hand and wiped the tears from my face.
"You coolly accepted my rejection, but now you are crying?" Harold sneered. "It''s too late! You asked whether we could see the young Alpha? Yes! Let''s go and see him now!" he added as he glowered at me, his eyes filled with anger and disgust.
A couple of minutes later, I was standing outside the door of the pack house. Although we called it a pack house, it was an old castle where the Alpha and his family members lived. It was also a place where many of the important gatherings, conventions, and other activities of the pack were held.
I looked at the huge door of the pack house and my heart started hammering in my chest. I was feeling very nervous. But ironically, it was not because our rejection process was about to be finalized. Instead, it was because I finally had the chance to meet the young Alpha of our pack, Luca Van Izadi.
In fact, the main reason why I sought Harold right away, after returning in time, was to be rejected and accept his rejection... and I decisively did all of these just in order to get an audience with the young Alpha.
Young Alpha Luca, the only son and heir of Alpha Dean. No one knew this except for me... but in the near future, young Alpha Luca would not simply be the alpha of our pack, the Silver Moon Pack. He was also destined to be crowned as our next Alpha King!
Based on my knowledge from my past life, one of his most trusted aides serving beside him, Ruthi Crowell, was a genius doctor! As a genius doctor, he conducted numerous experiments on previously incurable diseases. And from what I knew, the Genius Doctor Ruthi, or the Mad Doctor Ruthi as he was famously known, had been following the young Alpha since he was a child!
I wanted to be rejected and have our rejection be recognized by the young Alpha so that I could have the opportunity to meet this genius doctor! ''If it''s him, I''m sure he can also find a cure to my mother''s sickness...'' I thought as I clenched my fists.
At that moment, the door of the pack house was pushed open and a tall man with very dark hair appeared. "The young Alpha is ready to meet you. All of you can follow me as long as you don''t run around and make trouble," the man said with a tired voice. Then, he turned around, intending for us to follow him.
Harold, who was standing in front like a leader, snorted. "Regretting it now?" He started to taunt me. "How dare you act cool when you accepted my rejection...! Even if you regret it, it''s too late for you..." He gritted his teeth in anger.
"But if you really can''t let me go, you can drop to your knees and start licking my shoes clean. If you do that, maybe I will give this another thought," he scoffed at me. Around us, the students who came to watch a show laughed, malicious intent flashing in their eyes.
I looked at the spectacle that Harold was leading and let out a sigh. In the past, just thinking about Harold was enough to fill me with heartache. But as I looked at him now, I felt nothing but cold indifference.
Casting my eyes down, I ignored them and followed the tall man. The crowd was surprised and started whispering, but they were quick to follow us too. Harold, on the other hand, stayed frozen and watched us enter the pack house with wide eyes. In the end, he did not have the choice but to follow as well.
The tall man surprisingly led us to the throne room. "Is the young alpha meeting us here?" I looked around, nervously. Around me, everyone likewise fell into complete silence as we looked around the magnificent hall. Soon, a figure appeared.
The young alpha calmly entered the hall. He was tall, taller than anyone that I knew. He had black hair like the midnight sky and his eyes looked like the most precious azure. He was shockingly beautiful, and the pressure coming from his body was tremendous and terrifying. Calmly, he walked to the front before sitting at the Alpha''s throne in a lazy manner. Everyone turned awfully silent as we subconsciously lowered our heads in submission.
I made a bow that was lower than anyone. At that moment, my heartbeat quickened and my hands broke into a cold sweat. Just a look at the young alpha extremely intimidated me, and I started to feel anxious. I was but the lowest of the omega who was not allowed to attend the pack gatherings; much more enter the sacred throne room. I was afraid that the young alpha would be offended by my presence and I would end up sabotaging my opportunity to meet the genius doctor.
The entire hall was in total silence and tension filled the air. A few more minutes later, I could no longer take it. Sneakily, I took a peek at the throne where young alpha Luca was. What I saw completely surprised me.
Immediately, my entire body stiffened before my heart turned wildly... because I saw that the young alpha... Lord Luca... was staring intently at me!
