ASHER BLACK
I can't get her out of my head and my wolf won't let her out of my heart. He's been giving me a really tough time since I rejected our mate. It has been affecting me a lot and I can't seem to do Pack duties like I did before.
Sometimes, I'm so weak that I feel like I would faint. I know it's my wolf. It isn't common knowledge that a werewolf can't function and would likely die without his or her wolf.
I knew the consequences of rejecting my mate and hurting her would be severe and might lead to my death if I'm not careful. But I did it anyway.
I don't want her. She's beautiful and I know she's everything I want in a woman but I can't have her.
She's a rogue. Rogue's are like cocaine induced serial killers. They are unstable and always up to no good. They let there animalistic side take over them and use it as an excuse to kill innocent people.
I hate rogues, and I would always hate them. The moon goddess must have made a drunken mistake mating me to a rogue.
I would never accept her as my mate. I don't need or want a mate and even if I do, a rogue would be the last thing I would go for.
I would rather die than mark a rogue as my mate and the Luna of the Night Shadow Pack.
I am doing this for the Pack. I am doing this for myself. I am doing this for her too. She's better off rejected and alone than with a mate that would never love her right…a mate that would always hate her because of what she is, a worthless rogue. A killer. A murderer.
The Pack needs a Queen and not a bloodthirsty wolf. I need a mate and not vagabond.
The moon goddess obviously made a grave mistake.
I smell her before I see her. I feel her without knowing she's present.
My mate. She's here. In my Pack.
This knowledge wakes my wolf up from whatever slumber he went into for days.
For the first time since the rejection, I feel alive. I feel like myself again but I know it wouldn't last long.
In my haste and anger of being mated to a rogue, I forgot to make her accept my rejection three days ago.
Maybe a small part of me also felt that a rogue shouldn't be given a choice. It skipped my mind that it's just protocol and that the bond won't be broken until she accepts it.
She's probably here to beg me to take her back. And I'll make her beg till I'm satisfied, then force her to accept the rejection and make sure she regrets stepping foot into this Pack again.
Just then, my Beta and best friend, Kade rushes in with eyes wide like saucers. He looks unkept and highly disoriented…maybe afraid too.
I have never seen Kade this way, so I knew that whatever kept him in this state must me huge.
"What happened?" I ask coldly, even though I could feel my heart beating hard and fast in anticipation.
Show no emotions. Show no fear.
"He is here?"
I don't need rocket science to understand who Kade is talking about. I could guess it from my sleep but I still ask anyway, just to be sure.
"Who?"
"Max. Max is back and he isn't alone. He is here with his mate. He already killed Carson."
Typical. Typical of Max to always make a dramatically bloody entry. Typical of him to always have blood on his hands.
"Where are they?" I ask impassively.
"The usual for rogues. They are being taken to the dungeon for torture and elimination. At first, no one knew what to do when they realized Max is the rogue that crossed the boundary. They weren't sure if they should attack him or not since your father said…"
I nod my head, not needing him to finish his statement. "I understand. What happened after?"
"Carson tried to attack him since no one else would. You know his younger sister was killed when the charade went down. He wanted quick revenge and paid with his life. I ordered the warriors to arrest him and take him to the dungeon. He and his mate would be treated like every other rogue." He informs me with hatred in his eyes.
"No, there won't be need for anything like that. A promise is a debt. I made a promise to my father and I must keep it. Bring him and his mate here." I order.
A look of disbelief clouds Kade's eyes as he gazes at me intensely. "Are you out if your god damn mind? You want him to join our pack again? After every fucking thing he did. To hell with the promise of the former Alpha. A man who couldn't protect his wife an children. You are the Alpha now and you should do what is in the best interest of the pack even if you have to go against a weak pathetic…"
I cut his words off my slamming him against the wall. My hands automatically move to his neck and I squeeze it like it's the last magical orange juice that cures all diseases in the world. "That man was my fucking father. You will not speak about my father in such a disrespectful manner, you nobody wolf. Remember that I am your Alpha. Don't take advantage of our friendship. Bring the bastard and his whore to me right now." I growl before flinging him to the other side of the room.
Kade says nothing but I knew he already mind linked the warriors to bring Max and his mate to me.
I leave my office, heading to the Pack house to meet Max and when I see them, the hatred I have for Max increases.
I expected Max mate to look like a lot of things. I expected her to be a lot of things.
But never would if have crossed my mind that my mate would be Max's mate.
I'm too focused on mate's face to pay Max any attention until he says, "Hello, baby brother."