The Rejected Life Of Mala Luca – Chapter 11

Alpha Aston sat in his office staring aimlessly at the ceiling, he was leaned back on the two-seater couch that was in there. The loss of his Mate had hit him hard. Some Alpha’s couldn’t bare it at all. Seems he was strong enough to. He already been through the rejection of one. Perhaps that had helped him to survive it. She didn’t know.

He hadn’t spoken a single word in the whole time she and Ben were gone, was reported to them by Dale, the Delta. He was concerned and had been the one waiting for them to return, near the packs border. For any news, not that they had anything good to tell him.

The two of them report to Beta Simon, currently running the pack or maintaining it while Aston was in mourning and out of action. This report had not happened in the Alpha’s office, but in the packs dining room, Simon and Charlie the Beta and Gamma had met them there. Likely didn’t want Aston to hear what they had to say at this time.

and shell casing, and when they reported what they had come to the conclusion of. He gave permission for them to go and search the Luna’s things, for any evidence that she had been lured out there, to that place on th

andwritten letter that they could find.

a did. He went through that on his own; shook his head at all of them and declared there was nothing there not in her recent emails, not in her junk mail, and nothing sitting

ired out there, were diligent in their duties.

o wolves on each section of the border and all along the north they were back behi

could help attend to other duties around their Alpha. He was appreciating of this, and it was granted. Everyone would take their orders as they would the Alpha Unit’s, being the next highest ranking under

s no different really to if the Alpha and his Unit were not there inside the pack. Mala and Ben would be in charge of the pack’s defences an

till had no heir to the pack, a curiosity to Mala.

t it in wolf form out in the woods many times.

also gone into heat at least once a year, though Aston always emerged from their room days before his Luna did. He was always super attentive to her after she’d been in heat.

ouldn’t have an heir and her going into heat upset them both. If that was the reason why their Luna stayed in their room for more days than he did, why he was so very attentive to her afterwards. It was just a theory on her part, and she’d never asked the question, would not only be rude, but certainly not her place to.

d very loving words about his lost Mate, tears formed in his eyes, and he did not seem to care who saw them fall. They had been together nearly 15 years; he had loved her, and it was clear to everyone she had loved him back.

and mourn her or remember her if they chose too.

first time, unshaven and looked a little on the shaggy side.

stated to them all after several minutes of silence, he was sitting holding the picture of Roberta, the one she and Ben had found up in the mountains. “This was a warning to me, not to Roberta.” Watched a

the same day though had different mothers; was strong and capable according to her. I thought he could be mean and nasty to be honest. We didn’t always get along.

e supposed to rule together with one Mate.” Sighed heavily “This.” He touched the shell casing. “Is her signature, likely it was her herself that pulled the trigger. She was a weapons specialist in her pack. Damned good if I recall.”

ted you, would she do that?”

d rejected me. Cruel nasty words along the line of “You’ll always belong to me.” He shook his head “I have kept this pack safe from all. I was not required to fully legitimise it and that’s what kept Roberta safe all these years…” watched him scrub a hand over his face “Now…I will be alone, it’s unlikely she won’t keep tabs on me, now she knows where I am, make sure that I find no other.”

el is not the word I would use.” Beta Simon mut

than cruel and now it seemed that woman knew where he was finally, and had taken action against him because he was happy with another.

cades, and she has a Mate.” Mala asked. She didn’t understand it. Once severed from your Mate, that was it, they were gone from you. It might take time for the pain to leave you, but it always did in the end.

gh they reject you, do this for reasons that are to them, out of necessity;

ou anymore.”

ks that came with being my Mate. So, let’s use her death to make us stronger, not weaker.”

th of morning.” His G

ant to really show her, the pack I have created with love and kindness, all the things that she thought made me weak.” Was now staring right at Mala, for a long time, like he wanted to say something but didn’t. It was several minutes of him just staring at her.

rrior Challenge invitation, banged it down on the desk in front of himself “Mala, you and Ben will select the best of us, and we will go to this stupid event. We will win it and show that b***h, we are not to be messed with.”

she’ll be there.” Ben frowned at him.

n’t be, uses weapons, not herself or her wolf, but her Mate, my brother Raymond, will be. My old pack always, attended this stupid thing…Mala” once again, he looked right at her “You placed second, and were consid

” She grinned and jabbed a thumb at him.

r. He actually liked a good one on one with her and twice a week the two of them would just go head-to-head, no holds bar, Simon would stand and supervise, a good test of their fighting ability.

d, attended it every year, “let’s kill two birds with one stone

nger by them. Are better than they are, a real warrior pack, not to be messed with.”

a asked.

s from now.”

my skills properly as I used to.”

s well.”

hen boys, you will bring everything you have every day, no holds bar, for the next month.”

ciety just who they really were.

n hours of it, no one was left out, two hours of hand to hand, two hours of wolf training and two hours of running for a

Aston and Charlie stepped in and ran the evening class. Every training session started 2 hours earlier than normal and they all overlapped each other, thankfully they had plenty of room for training now.

o train near on ten hours a day those last two years before coming here.”

left to chance.

someone else, stronger and unbreakable.

he Glimmering Moon Pack. But a part of them really wanted to show them what they had lost as well. Though Hudson knew he had learned too late, what he had done. How he had treated her, had lost him, his own Goddess Gifted Mate. To never be his again.

to talk, wanted to rescind his rejection after seeing Suki.

, the wolf-less, and then rejecting her only to have her wolf emerge a few seconds afte

sides and hip area, where he’d hurt her to try and make her scream. Claw marks down her back. Wounds caused by him, her Mate at the time, because he was cruel and had hated her. Enjoyed hurting her and she knew it. He had likely wanted to because he’d been given a wolf-less mate, something abhorrent to him.

asted for more than a few hours, some not even that long, Suki was good and strong in everything she did, including healing. Loved her wolf, felt blessed to have such a strong wolf every day of her life. Even before sh