I think that was as much as my father could take of Trevor trying to ruin my reputation. Before anyone could do anything, my father was holding Trevor by the throat with his feet off the ground. At first, Trevor still looked arrogant as he tried to power his way out of my father’s hold. He should have known that my father’s strength is legendary. My father is the deadliest warrior in the kingdom. The king has called on my father to handle difficult rogues. You can’t get out of my father’s hold unless he lets you go. My mother, me and alpha Conner try to calm my daddy down. I plead with my father to let Trevor go. My father is not listening to any of us.
“I have had enough of you, pup.” My daddy says to Trevor.
“I have stayed quiet for this long because my daughter asked me to let her handle it, but you have gone too far now. It’s bad enough that you rejected her on your birthday,”
Oh, no, now everyone knows Trevor rejected me. You can see the shock on all of our friend's faces. They all want to say something, but I link them and tell them not to say anything. My dad is too far out of control and continues his rant.
“Then you hurt her by being intimate with another female, knowing she would feel it. You stopped her on her way home from hanging out with her friends to insult her, and now you are trying to embarrass her in front of the whole pack. I will not stand for that.”
My dad held nothing back. Now the whole pack knows my shame. But they are not looking at me with shame. They are looking at Trevor with anger.
Alpha Connor is shocked. He asked Trevor if he really rejected me his fated mate.
My dad is still holding Trevor, who is trying to get free. This fool then tries to command my dad to let him go, using his alpha voice. If that would work, doesn’t he think Alpha Connor would have already done it?
“Have you forgotten that your alpha command does not work on me and my family, pup? That’s right. So, when you tried to command Seleste not to tell anyone that you rejected her, it was ineffective. My mate and I have known since the night you rejected her.”
I can tell Trevor was shocked by what my father said, but if he paid attention to pack history, he would have known that. No descendant of an Original can be compelled to do anything.
“Finnis, let him go. I will deal with him. I promise.” Alpha Connor said to my dad. Trevor is, after all, his son.
I beg my dad to let Trevor go. I try to remind my dad of all the reasons he should let Trevor go. For my sake and for the sake of long-term friendship with the alpha couple. None of that seems to work. But my mother and I still keep trying to calm him down. My mother and I walk to his side so that we both can touch at the same time. When an alpha wolf takes over like this, only the touch of a mate and his pup can calm him down.
This is getting out of hand quickly, and the crowd is not helping. Some of the older elite wolves are actually cheering for my dad to kill Trevor. Alpha Connor yells for everyone to leave the ballroom. One ranked wolf did not agree with them being told to leave.
“With all due respect alpha.: He says.
“We deserve to know if you are going to let that spoiled pup ruin our pack.”
This lead to others protesting being asked to leave.
“I will not repeat myself.” Alpha Connor yelled. “Everyone out.”
With the command if the alpha’s voice, everyone submitted showing Alpha Conner their necks and then slowly left the building.
Alpha Connor let everyone know that there will be a pack meeting tomorrow to update everyone on the plan for moving forward.
My dad was still holding Trevor. Still royally pissed off.
No matter how much we begged, my dad was not letting Trevor go. I have to calm my dad down before he really killed Trevor. My mother and I both start rubbing my dad’s arms and talking to him. I assured my dad that I was ok. I reminded him that I was his daughter. There is nothing Trevor can do to truly hurt me at this point. My dad finally lets Trevor go and Trevor drops to the floor.
*After my father drop Trevor, the alpha tries to get Trevor to see what he did wrong, and why it was wrong. The alpha explained how, when an alpha wolf is out of control, only his true mate and offspring can calm him down. By rejecting me, Trevor handicapped himself. I could tell that even with Alpha Connor explaining the mate bond, Trevor still didn’t understand the severity of what he did. He still tried to defend his actions by saying that he did what he thought was right for the pack. So Alpha Connor had to really break it down for him.
“Do you have any idea what you have just done, son?” Alpha Connor asked Trevor.
Trevor gave his famous answer that he was thinking of the pack.
Alpha Connor then asked Trevor if he thought weakening the pack and tearing down everything that the ancestor built up was for the good of the pack. Even after that, Trevor still did not understand. He stood by his assertion that I was not the right person for the pack’s luna because I am a warrior. He went so far as to say that he wanted a mate to run and hide like the Luna does when there is an attack. That was the wrong thing to say.
Luna had been quiet until that point, but she sure set Trevor straight. She reminded him she was a top ranked elite warrior, and she has never let her mate fight any battle on his own. She never hides in the safe house. She guarded the safe house as is the job of a luna, to protect her pack. The look on Trevor’s face was priceless when he realized that the excuse he used to reject me is exactly what would have made me a good Luna.
After the Luna finished putting Trevor in his place for thinking that she would run and hide from a fight, Alpha continued trying to show Trevor his error in judgement and how he had lost the respect of the pack.
Alpha Connor asked Trevor if he knew what would happen to him after rejecting his fated mate. Sadly, Trevor did not know that rejecting his mate could make him lose his wolf or lose his sanity. As an alpha, how could he make a major decision like that without knowing. Even the lowest level wolf knows the consequences of rejecting a fated mate, that’s why it is rare that a wolf gets rejected.
Alpha Connor painstakingly explained how Trevor weakened himself and put the pack in a dangerous position. Trevor was still trying to argue his point with Alpha Connor. The more Trevor shows his ignorance, the more I realized I was lucky that he rejected me. Being his mate would not have been a good thing. He is still throwing a tantrum about me and he doesn’t even know I’m the Protector yet. There is no way he could have handled me being who I am as my mate. He would have tried to hinder me from doing what the moon goddess called me to do.
Trevor tried to walk off when Alpha Connor was trying to explain my role in the pack, as well as the supernatural community. I guess the alpha is about to officially announce me to everyone.
Alpha Connor asked me to walk up to the stage. I walked over and stood in front of him. I am standing proudly in front of Alpha Connor and Trevor. By this time, I have removed my hair from my shoulder so my mark is on full display. Alpha Connor points out my mark to Trevor and asks him if he knows what my mark means. Trevor looks at my mark like he is bored. Everyone can tell that he really does not know what it symbolizes, which is truly sad. He is supposed to be the next alpha, and he has no clue that the goddess’ chosen one is standing in front of him.
He makes some kind of underhanded comment and my dad almost grabs him again. I can tell he remembers what happened earlier and does not want my dad to grab him again.
Alpha Connor is also losing patience with Trevor. The alpha slowly explains the mark to Trevor as if he was talking to a small pup. Sadly, the alpha had to give Trevor a full history lesson of my bloodline. After all of that, all Trevor could do was express surprise.
“Wait, are you telling me, Seleste is a descendant of an original werewolf?” He asked the Alpha.
“Duh,” Tamaska says through our link.
I am thinking the same thing. How could he not know? I identified myself as a descendent of Fenroe when I accepted his rejection.
The alpha confirmed my position as the descendent of an Original and current Protector. Alpha Connor also explained how the pack had been blessed and protected because of me and my family and any pack that we become connected to will receive the blessings that this pack has received, so by trying to get rid of me, Trevor was getting rid of the blessings of the goddess.
Trevor is finally seeing that he overstepped when he came against me. It would not be hard for me to leave and go to any pack. My dad also made it known that if I go, my entire family goes.
Of course, Trevor tried to push his authority again and implied that my family would not be permitted to leave, but Alpha Connor let him know that my family is not subject to the rule of an alpha. We serve Alpha Connor out of respect, not compulsion.
Trevor is quiet for a moment, then tells Alpha Connor that he didn’t know and thought he was doing the right thing for the pack.
We have all had enough of Trevor and his excuses. He says he didn’t know, but I don’t think he cared to know. He decided what he wanted.
Alpha Connor looks at me thoughtfully, then asks me if I Trevor and I may reconcile.
Reconcile with Trevor? Never, but I don’t say it like that.
What I say instead is, “Alpha, I asked Trevor to take time and think about the rejection; to be sure that rejecting ne was what he really wanted. He told me he was sure that this was what he wanted. He was determined to reject me.”
I explained Trevor rejected me because of a training fight. Trevor was mad because I did not fight him like he was an enemy.
Alpha Connor was surprised that Trevor was upset about that fight. Alpha Connor told Trevor that he had been bragging to everyone that Trevor lasted longer against me than any other warrior. Trevor had actually earned a lot of respect for the warriors that day, but was too blinded by his pride to see that. Alpha Connor explained to Trevor that the training fights were not real challenges, they were for training purposes; to test our growth. Alpha even revealed that he knows I let him win after we have fought to a point. That surprised Trevor, so Alpha Connor explained again that training matches are for training, not war. It is not a fight to the death. Trevor looks stunned. I can’t understand how he could have gotten everything so twisted in his head.
I can tell that Alpha Connor is worried about the future of the pack. He knows my secret. He knows I can release Trevor from the bond. Alpha Connors Asks me if I can forgive Trevor?
“Alpha Connor, Trevor himself has never apologized or asked for forgiveness.” I say, “And frankly, after the things he said and did to me, I can never be with him. You know of the agreement the protectors have with the moon goddess about our mates. We can free them from the effects of breaking the bond and the moon goddess will grant us protectors a second chance mate.” I say to alpha Connor, confirming what he already knows.
“I have freed Trevor and I am waiting now for my second chance mate.”
Trevor asks me what do I mean by second chance mate?
Isn’t it self-explanatory, so I just ignore him and keep talking to Alpha Connor.
“Since Mona is mated to Ben, I will not ask my family to leave this pack for another pack. Since I am 18 now, the council will call on me more to serve and train, therefore, I will travel a lot and be away from the pack.” I say finishing my speech and looking at Alpha Connor.
Alpha Connor asks if I can commit to coming back to our pack every three months to train the warriors. I told him I could agree to that. I do love and respect Alpha Connor. This is my pack. I still want to see this pack grow and become stronger.
Trevor finally speaks up. He apologizes for hurting me and Tamaska. He said that he hopes I will forgive him and that we can be friends again.
I honestly don’t know if we can ever be friends again. I tell him that, but let him know that I have forgiven him. I just don’t want him in my life for now. He says that he will make it up to me. I don’t think that will be possible. He purposely hurt me because of his pride. It would be different if he did not set out to do those things to me, knowing how badly it could have hurt. If I wasn’t the protector, his rejection could have killed me or my wolf.
I walk back over to my parents. My dad wraps me up in his arms and we all get ready to leave. As we get to the door, the Luna asks Trevor what he is going to do about Shana. I had forgotten she was even still there. I notice our friends were still there as well. They were looking shocked still. They did not know about the rejection, well, other than Mona. I know they all want to talk, but I link them and let them know that tonight will not be a good night to talk. I love them, but I am emotionally drained after that.