Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha novel Chapter 14

‘Our mate!! Our mate!!’

Rowena heard her wolf; Row speak for the first time in eight years. It was a sentimental feeling but she was scared. This was the same excitement Row showed before they were brutally rejected by Charles. Remembering Jaxon from long ago and before she left, she knew that he was Charles’ brother and also her second chance mate, but how could she even think that he would accept her? She was back in the pack where everything was different from her life in Canada and was not going to entertain the thought.

‘Forget about Mate. We are here for Mother,’ Rowena chastised Row while she moved in the direction of her mother and threw herself around her. Gracie watched in awe, not understanding what was happening. Rowena could feel Jaxon’s intense gaze on her, and since the mate bond was very strong as a result of the closeness, she could feel her heart burning from the intensity.

‘Our mate does not want us,’ Jax complained bitterly. Jaxon felt his heart tighten in his chest. After waiting for eight years, their mate ignored them just like that, but he understood her point of view. She was afraid. He could smell the fear all around her, but if he could have time to speak to her alone, he could explain things to her and make her understand that she was the one he was waiting for.

‘Our mate was hurt before. We should give her time,’ he comforted the ruthless creature who had suddenly become a kid upon seeing their mate. No wonder Rowena did not respond to her mother’s last letter. She was making arrangements to come down to take care of her. What a surprise! Jaxon observed her every moment. How gracefully and elegantly she moved. Her hair had grown longer but also held in a messy ponytail. Rowena looked far prettier and more attractive than when he saw her that day.

But then, she looked like a wretched and ordinary omega, but now, she was like an enchanting goddess. Jaxon gulped. ‘What if Charles was waiting for Rowena?’ Fear crept into his heart at that imagination. After Charles rejected Rowena, he refused to mark Clara and has also not found his second chance mate, or what if he found and rejected her too? Seeing how Rowena had changed, Jaxon vowed that he would not allow any man to come close to her. She was his alone.

“Mom, I’m so sorry for not visiting earlier. How are you? I came with Gracie; do you remember her?” Rowena’s voice in Jaxon’s ears as he addressed her mother sounded like drops of honey from a honeycomb; everything in him wanted to claim her at that very instant. Jax had withdrawn due to what Jaxon had told him. He was quite embittered.

“Jason’s adopted daughter,” Alice responded with tear-filled eyes while she hugged Gracie, “I was there when your parents died but look at you? You look amazing,” Alice said with teary eyes. Her brother had done a good job of bringing up Gracie so well.

“And what about me?” Rowena pouted. Jaxon felt that she looked so cute with the pout. Her green eyes were bright, not dull like when he last saw her. Alice’s attention shifted back to her daughter.

“I don’t have the words, Row. You’ve changed. You look bright and beyond beautiful. Did you undergo cosmetic surgery or something?”

Rowena’s cheeks burned from the compliment. “Mom, how would I have time for that when I have been in medical school? I guess it’s because I found happiness after so many years. Let me check on you, Mom. If your condition is okay to travel, I’m taking you with me on the first flight tomorrow.”

“Atsuuu,” Jaxon faked a sneeze. After waiting eight years, she was planning to just take her mother and leave? This information was causing Jaxon’s pure heart to bleed.

“Ah, Row, meet our new Alpha, Jaxon,” Alice shifted Rowena’s attention back to the man she was keen on avoiding, and it seemed there was no escaping it this time.

Jaxon swallowed saliva. All he wanted to do was to pull her into his arms, but he was restricted because she had not accepted him. “Rowena, I have heard a lot about you,” Jaxon suddenly lost the words to say and uttered the first thing that came to mind while extending his hand to Rowena, who kept her hand by her side.