Rejected By My Mate novel Chapter 8

I was breathing heavily, my body drenched in sweat and my face beat red. Elijah was asleep beside me. Holy shit,what just happened... no.

I look over at him. His lips were parted slightly, he was so handsome... I press my thighs together. I can't do this, he's an alpha, my alpha. As quickly and quietly as I can, I climb out of bed and speed walk out of his room, into mine, slaming the door behind me. I lean my forehead against it. "What just happened?" I mumble aloud, my breathing still heavy.

You know what just happened, you just had a very erotic dream about our Alpha.

I hear my wolfs voice in my head and I groan, turning around to lay the back of my head against the door.

How am I even supposed to look at him after this?

I put my face into my hands and lean forward. I should have seen this coming, I should have kept a further distance from him because now, I've succumb to my feelings for him and can do nothing about it.

I would never, could never take away Elijahs chance of being happy with his mate. And once he meets her, he'll love her, their connection unavoidable and instant. He'd be forced to choose and I know in the end I will no longer be his.

You're not his and if you keep it that way, he wouldn't have two choices to choose from.

I close my eyes in frustration. I am not his. The connection between my mate and I may be broken but Elijahs connection with his mate is yet to be discovered. And I can't be in the way when he finds her.

I turn to rip open my door, speed-walking into Cliff's room and plop down on the bed beside him. I shake him a bit. "I have a dilemma, wake up." He groans and turns away from me. This time I curl in close to him, "I said I have a dilemma!" and growl into his ear.

I slap the matress with my palms. He frowns and leans up angrily, rubbing at his eyes. "Okay, fine. What's wrong Kat?" He asks sweetly, his voice making me want to flick him in the face. I glare at his tone. "I had a very.. intimate dream about Elijah last night. Beside him." I whine. He chucks his pillow at me. "You woke me up cause of a dream?" He shakes his head and tosses me off his bed and onto the floor.

"Ass" I mumble and lay on my back. "He's our mateless, Alpha. It would be selfish of me to start a relationship with someone who has a whole life ahead of him. I'd only get in the way. And even if things weren't so complicated and I actually was his, I could never be the Luna to our pack. Sure I can defend myself but I am no leader." I rant in frustration.

"C'mon, kat. Don't do this to yourself, don't stress over something that hasn't even happened yet." He replies, rolling his eyes. "What do you mean "yet,"? I ask rudely. "It's obvious he feels something for you, somethings going to happen at some point. And do you really want to disappoint the Alpha? If it comes down to it." He smirks, trying to get comfy in bed again. "Screw you, you are no help."

I get up from the floor and Cliff leans to grab my hand. "I think you'd make a beautiful, strong Luna... if it comes down to it." he smiles and I half smile, giving his hand a squeeze before strolling out of his room, heading down stairs I pass by the living room and walk through the kitchen.

Grabbing a piece of bacon from the bowl on the counter, I make my way through the back doors and outside, walking toward the trees. Its not long before I reach my tree. Grabbing a branch, I hoist myself up and begin climbing to a larger branch close to the top. I pulled myself up through the last couple branches before sitting down, straddling the bigger branch and leaning my back against the tree, my feet dangling over the edge on each side. I take a look at the view, memories of my time as a rogue were running through my brain.

Somehow being this high made me feel closer to the nature surrounding me.

There was a slight breeze that made the tree's rustle. Suddenly what looked a thick rush of wind curled through the air in front of me before blowing directly at my face. Squinting my eyes I shake my head and it stops after 5 seconds. What the hell? I look around through the trees and then down at the ground. I see Rebekah standing there, she gives me a small wave.