Sky's Rejection
Sky’s Rejection Chapter 15

(Sky’s POV)

We have been at the Royal Pack for a week now. I have avoided my mate and everyone else the best I could. Ty went to every meeting, always dodging questions about where I was, when they could talk to me, if I was okay and many more I didn’t care to hear. Ty and Angel think I should talk to my mate, but I can’t get over how hurt I am that another girl’s scent was on him, though I make sure I don’t show it. To make it worse, the she – wolf was a horrible person and a bully. I wonder how the red – head, I mean Ariel, is. My mate has started to try to stalk me. I could feel his eyes or his guards’ eyes on me almost all the time, unless I am in my room or I dodge them. It has become boarder line obsessive. I know we are mates. It’s not like I was sleeping with anyone else and I should be allowed to have space to think. For the last week, I have been running with the trackers, calculating every move the rogues are making, following where Katrina has taken off to, and changing the royal guard schedule. Though Dimitri doesn’t know about half of that.

Currently, Ty made me actually attend a meeting. He said I needed to be there for this one. So, right now, Dimitri, Dean, Mark, Al, Ty and I are sitting in the conference room. We are supposed to be discussing what to do with the rogues next. I am so distracted I don’t even know what they are discussing. Al is the top royal warrior, Katrina’s father. He just keeps staring daggers at me, as if what happened was actually my fault and not his daughters. I wonder if anyone else knows where she is, because I do. I smirk thinking about how dumb the blonde is.

“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR SMIRKING AT? ARE YOU INSULTING US?” Al Screams, bringing me back to the conversation at hand. Seems the old man wants to tussle.

I smiled towards him, as my eyes sparkled with mischief. I could have fun with him. “What? Little ol’ me. I swear I would never do something like that.” I told him innocently.

“Who the hell are you trying to fool?” Al asked in anger.

‘We should teach this disrespectful a*****e a lesson.’ Angel growls in annoyance. She hasn’t talked much since I haven’t talked to our mate. I can tell she is becoming irritated quickly with anything or anybody. You know it’s more enjoyable to play with him. I think back to Angel.

“Fool… Hmmm, I believe the only one trying to fool anybody here is you. Shall you tell them or I?” I asked calmly, as if nothing at all would come from this altercation. I would rather everyone thought that.

“I.. I don’t … know what your … talking about.” Al stated with a stutter as if he was nervous that I knew something that he didn’t.

‘What are you up to Sky?’ Ty questioned me through our link. I glanced over at him and gave him a wink, causing him to roll his eyes. ‘Never mind, I see.’

Of course he does. I only wink my eye at him when I am ready to serve punishment to a rogue, though this time it will be to this very treacherous man. I now understand why his daughter thought she was above everyone else. It’s because her father thought he was above the law and able to get away with anything.

“Don’t you though?” I asked mockingly as I gave him a cold smile.

“What is she talking about?” Dimitri asked in confusion, looking between Al, Ty and myself. Then he glanced at Mark and Dean, who had puzzled looks on their faces.

“I have no idea but I am sure it will be interesting.” Ty told them in amusement as he leaned back in his chair. Getting ready for the show that is about to play out.

“Sir…” Al began to speak, though Dimitri glared at him, stopping him mid sentence. “Don’t speak. Tell us what this is about Sky.”

I don’t know who he thinks he is to demand me. I am his mate, his equal. He has no right to speak to me like that. I glared at him, as if he wanted to find out. He had better change his tone. “No.”

“Excuse me?” Dimitri questioned in shock. Dean and Mark looked on in shock. I don’t care, how dare he speak to me that way.

“You will not speak to me like that. No matter if I am ignoring you or not. I am still your equal.” I spoke harshly, with no emotions showing. My eyes glistened with murderous intent.

“Please.” Dimitri barks out, through gritted teeth. The annoyance radiating off of him. Good, I love to see I can get under his skin.

‘Stop getting under my mate’s skin.’ Angel demands, getting frustrated with me. Our mate, I mocked back at her. Her sassiness level has gone up lately.

“Well, your so – called most trusted warrior has been…. ” I started to tell them all when, all of a sudden, I was cut off by a growl. Al is sweating in horror, now realizing I know his secret. Though it seems my mate doesn’t really want to know.

Dimitri stared at me in frustration, “Stop playing around and just tell us what it is that you know and we apparently don’t.” I could feel Ty getting ready to defend me, the hostility radiating off him, made me place my hand on his arm. Trying to send tranquil thoughts to him.

I stood up abruptly, completely giving up on my mate. Instead of being an a*s, he should be listening to me. “You know what, screw you almighty Alpha.”

I mock saluted him and stormed off, completely over his incompetent a*s. All I could hear was my wolf sighing in disappointment, my mate asking what the hell just happened, Al taking a breath of relief. s**t, I was trying to help and now they don’t even know. Then you have Dean and Mark, snickering and chuckling to themselves.

I slammed the door to my room and plopped down on the bed. Why can’t my mate just understand me? I heard a gentle knock on my door, making me sigh in exhaustion. Why can’t everyone just leave me alone? “Go away Ty.”

A red – head pops in through my door, “Sorry to bother you. I was wondering if we could talk. My name is Ariel, by the way, in case you have forgotten.”

“I guess,” I told her in confusion. She walks in, taking a seat slowly on the couch across from me. She looks hesitant.

“I just wanted to check on you after I heard what happened. Are you okay?” Ariel asked slowly, as if she was the prey trying to approach the predator.

“I am okay, Ariel… Trust me. Don’t you have a meeting to go to later in the day? I told you I was fine, and you still insisted on coming to my room and talking. I don’t get it. Why?” I asked as I looked at Ariel with suspicion. We don’t know each other that well and I don’t need my mate sending people to check on me. Why can’t he do it himself?

‘At least it shows mate cares about us.’ Angel told me slowly, making me roll my eyes in response.

“You are my friend Sky, in fact…. ” Ariel paused as she looked at me with so much care in her eyes. This is new. I am not used to stuff like that. I haven’t had a friend since I was three. How can she think we are friends when this is the first real conversation we have had together? Is this normal? “You are my best friend and I will always look out for you and be here for you.. Always.”

Staring up at her in delight and suspicion, I gazed at her. Did she really mean that? I saw the sincerity gleaming in her eyes. It has been so long since I considered someone a friend, for that matter, a best friend. Can I consider her a friend? I guess I could, since being here, she has done nothing but try to be there for me, not just taking her Alpha’s side but listening to how I feel and how hard this is for me.

“Ariel… Do you really mean that?” I asked as I looked deep into her eyes.

“Yes, of course I do, Sky.” Ariel tells me with a huge grin on her face. Though we haven’t talked much, I have realized she is a very energetic and happy person.

My eyes began to sting as I tried to hold back the tears, all the pain and emotions I had been holding in, flowing down my face. There are so many reasons I am crying right now. The pull towards my mate drains me of energy, finally having a friend… no, a best friend to confined in, my fear of losing Ty now that I have found my mate who is part of a pack, the way my mate wouldn’t listen to what I needed to hell him or finally being allowed to grieve my parents, brother and pack. All I know is all this pain is coming out of me and it feels so foreign.

“I haven’t been able to call someone a friend in forever, I miss having someone I can confide in. I miss my parents, pack and brother so much. I can’t lose Ty on top of everything else I have lost in this life. Will he leave me knowing that I may have to join this pack now that my mate is here? I hate Dimitri, but I also love him so much, the pull is slowly killing me. I need him, but I don’t want him. How could he not take in my feelings or listen to what I was trying to tell him? I feel so conflicted right now.” I cried out, gasping for air as all of my emotions began to overwhelm me.

“It is going to be alright.” Ariel told me, as she held me tight to her. I cried for the first time to someone who wasn’t Ty. I felt out of place but I just couldn’t stop. After almost an hour of crying, I fell asleep. Right before knocking full out I smelt pineapple, cherry and mint as I heard the masculine voice ask, ‘How is she?’

He cares. It is the last thought I have before going into complete darkness.