She Died–2
But my brain couldn’t fathom why she’d kill herself. She accepted the rejection, so shouldn’t she have hoped for a better mate than
me?
Why end it?
A strong arm held my hand and pulled me to my feet. It was my mother. She eyed the scarf and sighed.
“If being rejected made her kill herself, then she’d have made a lousy, Luna.”
Truly, this woman had no heart to mock the dead.
“I’ll ask the hunters to find where her body washed up and give her proper burial. For now, the Beta family is excused from alt duties, and they will be borne by you, Chris,” my father declared.
My head lowered.
“Are you punishing him? Rihanna’s death isn’t his fault,” my mother protested.
Her mate yanked her by the arm. “Yes, it should be yours,” he pushed her back.
My father might not have wanted me to reject my mate, but he never stopped me. He had also called her a curse and never encouraged us.
Heart–wrenched, I stomped off to the house, hoping to lock myself in my room and bawl my eyes out.
I needed to surrender to the emptiness I was feeling and let it ruin me.
Slamming my room door shut, I fell against it, slowly sliding to the ground.
I noticed movement beside me and snapped my head in its direction.
It was my little sister, Vanessa, toying with the scented candle I had prepared for Rih’s birthday.
I turned away from her. She hated Rihanna and would not share my grief.
“I sent the sword gift you prepared to Raymond, but the candle is expensive. I don’t think that lady was worthy of it.”
I gave her no response. She dropped the candle on my bed and sat close. Seeing the redness of my eyes, she dragged my face toward
hers.
“I never expected an Alpha to cry over rejecting a useless mate,” she said, sounding so much like my mother. It terrified me.
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“Can an Alpha.cry over the loss of a pack member, then?” I shot back.
“What? Did Rihanna go rogue? Did she denounce our pack? That bitch had guts, didn’t she?” she huffed.
I shook my head. It would have been better if Rihanna had gone rogue. With the confidence she had when rejecting me, she survive as a rogue.
sily
Or I would have allowed her to defect to another pack if my presence irked her, but she died, and it was more painful than it should
- be.
