Rejecting My Alpha Mate novel Chapter 6

The hurt in her eyes was enough to slap me sober. All at once, my senses were awakened as my eyes locked with hers.

She was my mate.

She was to be my Luna.

My equal.

The mother to my future children.

Yet, with one look, it was all taken away from me. All because I had to be a drunk fool and mess around with Celeste because she was ‘easy.’ This was the end result.

All my life, I had been given all that I had ever wanted. My status was the only thing that gave me that right. My status had gotten me out of a lot of trouble, even situations that were my fault.

This? Not even my status could save this. My status couldn’t get rid of the horrible choice I had made. My status couldn’t magically make Jesse come back to me as she slipped from my fingers.

The bass of the music was like drums of war. After Jesse ran off, I quickly got my clothes together and rushed after her.

I side-stepped my way through the backyard before going into the house. I tried to pick up Jesse’s scent through the house, but all I could get was the smell of alc*h*l and s*x.

I was looking around frantically, my wolf trying to pick up on Jesse’s scent but to no avail. I turned and stopped as Celeste suddenly appeared in front of me.

“Why did you run off, Jaxson?” She tried to purr. I held my head as an overwhelming headache came upon me. I almost fell back as Celeste shoved herself upon me.

“We were just getting started~,” she cooed as she tried to put my leg between her thighs again. A loud growl resonated through me; my wolf nor I wanted her. I shoved her off of me.

“Getaway, Celeste,” I growled, “We’re done. This was a mistake.” I could see her heart crush through her eyes. It quickly changed to anger.

It wasn’t until this moment that I realized how much trouble Celeste actually was. I hadn’t seen it until now because I didn’t know who my mate was.

I had no one to blame but myself for my actions. This was my problem that I had to fix. I had to find Jesse and apologize for everything.

I didn’t realize how wrong my actions were. Celeste was just a fine time to relieve stress, nothing serious.

‘We wasted ourselves on another woman,’ I heard my wolf whine within me. ‘We should’ve waited for mate.’ I held my head, the alc*h*l taking its toll on me. I was trying to ignore Celeste’s fit, but her voice was making the headache work.

“What about all we have planned?” She whined, stomping her foot like a child. “You promised me forever! You promised I would be Luna!”

I could feel my wolf gritting his teeth within me. I could only watch as Celeste began to cry, her mascara easily running down her face. She looked like a villain from a kid's movie.

Her face was beet red as she barred her teeth at me. Her hair stuck out in all directions from our rendezvous outside. If you looked closer, around where her neck met her chest on her left side—there was the smallest pop of a vein.

I had to keep myself calm. If not, my wolf was going to rip her throat out. I shook my head at her. “I’m sorry, Celeste,” I said to her, “I can’t neglect my duties anymore. We’re done for good.” I turned and walked away from her.

I walked aimlessly around the house—my mind set on trying to find Jesse. I turned behind me quickly when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

I relaxed when I saw that it was just Caleb.

“Woah, Woah!” He said, gently putting his hands on my shoulders. “Where’s the fire?” I took a breath, squeezing my fists before relaxing.

“I found my mate,” I explained. Caleb’s eyes lit up. Oh goddess, bless his innocence.

“Dude, that’s amazing!” He cheered, “Who-!”

“It’s Jesse.”

I watched his face drop from one of pure happiness to one of concern. “What? Where is she?” I bit my lip.