Rejected You Alpha, for A Beast
Chapter 47

JESSICA’S POV

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Busting through the bushes, scraping my face, arms and legs on thorns as I breathlessly run through the dark woods, I didn’t realize where I was going until I busted through the gates of my old pack. I heave as guards surround me, “Luna Jessica, what are you doing here?” a man asks and I barely lift my head when I see dark spots, “Help.” is all I muttered before every muscle in my body gave out and I fell limp. I could hear their gasps and orders right before I blacked out and when I woke up, I stared up at the moon still above me.

“Luna Jessica.” a male’s voice rings through my ears before his face appears above mine. The concerned look on the young man’s face makes me feel bad for scaring him, “I’m okay.” I force a smile, my mind groggy. All I can think about is those photo’s I saw and what I now knew of my mate. How could the Moon Goddess do this to me?

The man holds his hand out to me and I happily take it, “Move!” Tiffany’s screeching voice makes all the men make a path for her, but the one helping me up doesn’t move a muscle except to help me.

His arm snakes around my waist as he holds me up, “What are you doing here?” Tiffany appears in front of me, wearing silky purple pajamas, slippers on her feet, an eye mask on her head and anger in her blue eyes. “I…”, “It doesn’t matter why she’s here.” Nick’s soothing voice makes me able to breathe.

“What? She can’t just barge in here and take her place back.” Tiffany seethes, “This is totally ruining my birthday.”, “That’s only tomorrow.” Nick deadpans and brushes past her. His eyes widen when he studies me, his eyes trailing my body, “f*****g hell Jess, what the f**k happened?” his eyes narrow. “I…I just…” I shake my head, I can’t explain this, not with so many people around.

I gaze around before looking at Nick with pleading eyes and he immediately understands. “You, bring her into the house and the rest go about their jobs.” he demands and everybody does as they are told.

“You are not letting her into my house.” Tiffany crosses her arms over her chest, “It was hers first.” Nick deadpans and I could feel the tension build between them. It’s suffocating the people around them, including me.

I never thought that tension could suck all the air out from the outside, but these two surely know how to get that right.

Tiffany stares him down, “Fine, take her to the packhouse, I will be there in a minute.” Nick grits out, not once looking in my direction. I glance up at the guard and she shrugs before picking me up, noticing that I’m struggling to walk and I just comfortably lay in his arms, resting my head against his chest as he takes me to the pack house. “Can you get the healing cream?” I ask and he nods as he puts me down on the couch in the living room and walks off.

It’s a few minutes before Nick barges in, “Jessica?” he calls out to me, “In here.” I yell as I lay on the couch, staring at the blank ceiling like it’s interesting, but it’s like my eyes can’t move as images of the pictures I saw just flash through my mind.

“Jessica…” Nick lifts my legs before sitting down, putting my weak limbs over his lap. “What’s wrong? Why are you here?” he asks concerned.

How do I tell my ex that I’ve been living with a Lycan Hybrid and his elders are Lamitrix’s? He’ll never let me go back or I’ll just never hear the end of it.

“Talk to me.” he rubs my leg that doesn’t have cuts on. I feel like I’m cheating on Nathaniel, I shouldn’t even be here.

“Talk to me.” he rubs my leg that doesn’t have cuts on. I feel like I’m cheating on Nathaniel, I shouldn’t even be here.

“I just…I found something and I started running, I didn’t even know where I was going until I was surrounded by my old guards and I felt safe.” I rub my hands over my face, groaning, “I’m sorry…” I mutter, “I shouldn’t be here.” I sit up but his hands clamp my legs down as I try to remove them, “Relax, you are safe here.” he stares into my eyes and my gaze falls to my legs just as the guard comes back in, “Luna Jessica, here is the cream.” he calls me luna in front of Nick and neither of them do anything. Nick doesn’t call him out on it and the man doesn’t even care that he just called me Luna in front of my ex mate.

It’s strange in here, but I guess that Nick is just worried and didn’t even hear what he had said. Nick looks up at the man, “Thanks Mike, you can go. I’ll take care of Luna Jessica.” Nick smiles and Mike nods before leaving.

I stare at Nick in awe, my eyes widening when he looks at me, “Why are you still calling me Luna?” I ask, frowning, “Because he still sees you as his Luna, it’s not just a title Jess, it’s a role model and I can’t take that away from him, even if I tried.” Nick shrugs as he opens the tub and scoops cream onto his fingers, “Now lay still.” Nick smiles before he starts to apply the cream to my legs.

I lay back, biting down on my teeth as the cream stings the cuts.

“Oh this one is deep.” Nick mutters before applying the cream that will heal my cuts within seconds. I lay still, groaning as he applies it. “What the hell?” Tiffany barges in, glaring at us with hatred until she sees him applying cream. “What are you doing?” Her eyes soften as her confused gaze flicks between us. I glance at Nick as I lift my head, propping myself onto my elbows, “Talking, what else?” I c**k my head at her and she scoffs, “Is your hands broken?” she crosses her arms over her chest, popping her h*p to the side, “No.” I shrug and she hums, “Then why not put your own damn cream on?”

That’s a good question, but I don’t have the answer for her. “Because I offered.” Nick deadpans, “So you want to touch her legs?” she sneers like a crazy woman on drugs, I swear I could see her eyes losing sense. “No, what the f**k Tiff? I’m just helping her.” Nick sighs. I could tell that he was tired of her screaming and whining, he didn’t know how to handle someone with such a strong personality.

“Let someone else do it! I don’t want to come in here, replaceing my mate rubbing his ex fake mate’s legs.” she growls and I kind of see her point. The picture of Nathaniel with his former mate makes my heart ache and I sit up, pulling my legs off his lap…I’d be hurt if his mate returned, f*****g hell, she might not even be alive still…

“Tiffany, you are over-exaggerating.” Nick sighs, “No, she’s not. It’s hurting her feelings and I get it, I’m sorry. I’ll just…I’ll replace a motel.” I sigh as I remove the hair from my face. “What?” Tiffany frowns, staring at me in disbelief. I sigh, shrugging as I part my lips, “You’re right, I shouldn’t have come here.” I shake my head and her eyes trail over my body, pity flashing through them, “Yeah, you shouldn’t have.” she tries to be cold, but her eyes are filled with care. I actually thought that she’d say that I could stay, but even though I am nice, I wouldn’t even let that happen.

“Just take my car, alright?” Nick looks at me and then his eyes narrow as he looks at her. He’s pissed at her for kicking me out, hell he’s probably mad at me for wanting to leave too…but he respects it. “No, it’s fine.” I don’t want to accept anything from him, especially not in front of her. “Yes, you can’t run through the woods looking like that all the way to town. Use my phone to call a hotel and take my car and just bring it back whenever you’re ready.” the small smile he offers makes me want to hug him, but I stand frozen, “I’ll get a phone.” Tiffany’s fake smile before she leaves reminds me why I don’t like her.

If she were nicer, I might have liked her and even bonded with her, but all the things she did to worm herself in between Nick and I has ruined my life…I am marked by a monster, I came face to face to dangerous animals and didn’t even know it until tonight and everything that I knew is now gone. Everything that I have worked so hard for, to be so perfect…f*****g hell I left my own pack to be what?

A b***d bag?

Does he drink from me while I sleep?

Why didn’t he stop them from taking me?

Would he even have told me the truth?

‘He won’t hurt us.’ Zola whimpers and I know that she wants to go back, I know that I want to too, but my head is spinning, my heart is aching with betrayal and Nathaniel would definitely smell Nick on me if I go home right now.

“Are you sure you want to go to a hotel?” Nick asks concerned. I nod, forcing a smile, “I just want to be alone.” I lie, I am afraid of being alone. I don’t know what Nathaniel is hiding, I don’t know if he even knows that I am here. I know nothing of his tracking skills and I am afraid that if he replaces me tonight, he might do something…

He’s been kinds and gentle, but that’s only because he was keeping a secret from me…who knows what he’d do now that I know what he is…

“Jess, what happened? What did you replace that made you run?” Nick inches closer and I step back, shaking my head, “Everything I knew was a lie Nick, but it’s too late…I know too much and he’s…I’m scared.” the tears just start flowing down my cheeks as my chest begins to heave. I feel like all the air is sucked out of my lungs and I can’t do anything to get it back.

Nick grabs my face, holding my head up, “Look at me Jess, breathe.” he inhales deeply and exhales deeply too, “Breathe.” he repeats his breaths and I try to do the same, slowly but surely calming down. We hear Tiffany’s footsteps and he steps back, “Are you alright?” he asks just as she waltzes in and I nod, “The nearest hotel is the Gold Gate one.” she reads on the screen. “That’s fine. Thanks.” I smile and her eyes flick between Nick and I before she hands me the phone, “Just hit call, that’s the number.” she links her arm into Nick’s as I call them and book the only room they have left, the hotel’s suite apartment at the very top.