Chapter 18
“If only that had been so.” Alora said, her tone was calm, her voice steady, but everyone felt as if their heart was being squeezed in pain.
It was the pain Alora was refusing to allow herself to fully feel. Alora and Xena had been through worse since the moment of their birth, so this pain didn’t bother them like it would others. As it did the others, tears were running down more than one being’s
face.
Anger, frustration, and helplessness was reflected in Darien’s eyes, tears were gathered there, but with a gritted jaw, didn’t fall. Serenity’s tears, though, were flowing silently down her cheeks. When Matt finally spoke, Serenity turned and buried her face in
Darien’s chest.
“Goddess.” Serenity sobbed out, her whole body tensing up, bracing herself for what was to come.
Darien wrapped both arms around her and crushed her tightly to him, tucking half his face in the curls of her high tail. Only his eyes were clearly visible as he kept watching the train wreck happening in front of him.
Sarah was seething but had finally shut up when Matt started to say what she wanted to hear. ‘Good‘ she thought haughtily, ‘he’s still under my control.‘ Then glaring at Alora, she frowned, ‘Why is she so calm?‘ Sarah asked internally, frustrated at the lack of pain filled emotion from Alora.
Sarah thought Alora should be crying and begging Matt not to reject her. That was not happening, and this displeased Sarah greatly. Sarah liked Alora’s pain, got off on it, so naturally would revel in any situation that brought it.
Being rejected by your fated mate should be the worst pain imaginable, but Alora was acting like this was an everyday meeting. Stomping her foot and snarling, Sarah promised herself she would teach Alora a lesson as soon as Matt rejected her.
“I, Matthew Frost Stonemaker, reject you, Alora Frost Northmountain, as my mate!” Matt snarled out. As soon as he did, a flicker of life shot through his eyes, something was moving inside.
Nothing seemed to happen to Alora though, everyone, except Darien and Alora, was shocked. The braking of a mate bond was nearly visible, so everyone was wondering why nothing was happening.
Sarah felt a taste of fear when nothing happened. Alora and Darien both knew why nothing happened. “Well, the proverbial cat is out of the bag now.” Alora said to Xena, using her peripherals to glance around at the crowd.
Everyone there, looking at Alora, started to think Alora looked eerily similar to someone they knew, they just couldn’t figure out who at the moment. Their minds were occupied too much by what was happening in front of them.
Sarah looked harder at Alora and realized something was wrong. Alora wasn’t wearing clothes that covered her from her neck to her toes, as she always did. Sarah was immediately horrified seeing so much of Alora’s darker colored skin being exposed. Not only that, but Alora was revealing her figure to everyone. Alora’s hair was also pulled back, exposing her face and eyes clearly to
everyone too.
This increased Sarah’s horror and her rage. “The whore actually came to school dressed like this!‘ Sarah ranted internally.
The confused look on Matt’s face, prompted Alora to explain why his rejection wasn’t working. “My name has been changed with a blood oath to the Pack Alpha.” she said calmly.
There were gasps of surprise from the crowd. In Darien’s arms, Serenity jumped and whipped her tear stained face back in the direction of Alora, eyes wide. Darien didn’t react, he had already known. It had been a birthday gift from his father to Alora.
Kain and Galen looked at each other with shocked expressions, before turning back to face the action. Sarah stood stock still with a blank expression on her face, shocked speechless. ‘Thank the Goddess for small favors. Alora thought.
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Matt’s confused expression went back to being angry. Alora didn’t want to drag this out and said “My name is now Alora Luna Heartsong, you will have to use that to reject me.” her tone remained calm the entire time she spoke.
Out of everyone, Sarah was the most shocked, and angry. ‘How the hell did that whore find out we’re related to those hybrid foving freaks?!‘
“I, Matthew Frost Stonemaker, reject you, Alora Luna Heartsong, my mate.” Matt yelled, and the sky cracked with the sound of a lightning strike.
The pain of the broken bond burns through Alora and Xena like a fire storm, but they weather it calmly, the pain truly nothing to
them. This shocked the crowd into silence and had Sarah wondering why Alora wasn’t screaming in agony.
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