Lycan"s Mate

nlight

g its glow over the gathering that s

George, the Beta of

cipation, she had imagined

t George was planning a surprise for her. Now sta

into her soul as he spoke. "I, Beta George of

making it hard to breathe. She

formed her that she was his mate and e

went

at the very least acknowledge the mat

stal's voice cracked a

ht pack to accept a werewolf who hasn't shift

rewolf abilities but you can't

ime to shift. You are not one of us, I can't be with you. I would be too e

t do this

don't want to have an

even more was that George had further ann

alked too close to George

and panic swirled arou

ayful smirk on her face. She seemed to r

she thought she could rel

mix of curiosity and disdain. She could

with shame and embarrassme

rystal felt waves of emotions.

ld happe

d to live foreve

words cutting deep. Her eyes stung even more as she watch

sing everything that mat

he heard footstep

Ethan walking towards her wit

scanning the now empty grounds before him. "I c

plain. "George rejected me," she said, her voice bar

her into a tight hug. "I'm so sorry,

al no

Crystal felt a wave of em

t, angry an

f all, she

ld happe

forced to l

ense her fear and

re this out,"

tal

said pulling away from Ethan. "I need so

his expression

, Crystal felt a se

.

, Edwin and Sophia came out to meet

d?" Sophia asked, her

and explained the situation

, their expression growing more

hed speaking, Edwi

pang of sadne

"Why would Amy and Geor

eorge and Amy had this all

xchanged a co

his out, Crystal"

ed to leave the pack. As a rejected mat

aunting but Cryst

ed some time alone," she said,

early ",

d away, her feet carryin

always been h

pain and shame that thr

wind like fingers reaching out to snatch at her clothes. Crystal didn'

the pain that threa

er and faste

heartache wash over h

darkness, her voice

guished. It seemed to co

f despair, of lo

t herself b

ering into a million pieces