Rejecting The Beta

Chapter 9

As I was led by Ace, my conscience told me that something wasn't right.

Why did Ace reject his mate? Does he want me to do the same?

The truth is, I need time. I needed space to think. And with all this stress, I can't take decisions.

We stopped walking and I realised that we were in the middle of the forest. The forest where Ace and I used to meet before he became the Alpha.

"Ace, why did you reject your mate?" I asked.

"Because, I love you Jezebel."

By now, my heart slammed in my chest.

"This is wrong," I whispered.

"Really Jez? Do you not love me? Are you willing to go with Ethan?" He asked in an almost accusing tone.

"It's not that... but..." he didn't let me complete the sentence as he pinned me against the nearest tree.

He looked angry. Furious. He then held my wrists and pinned them above my head showing dominance.

It wasn't going to work with me.

"I need time, Ace. You have to understand." I pleaded.

"No," he shrieked, "YOU need to understand Jezebel. You need to choose, now. It's either me or Ethan. Remember, I rejected MY MATE for YOU."

I visibly gulped.

I didn't like where this was going. I couldn't make my choice, yet. Ethan was a good soul and I can't just go and reject him. I just can't. Ace shouldn't have rejected his mate. And I need to reason with him.

His grip on me tightened and he kept staring me. His eyes bored into mine.

"Me. Or. Him.?" He pronounced each word very carefully.

"I demand that you step away from my mate, Ace Blackwood."

Ethan. Ethan was here. I let out a breath of relief.

Ace looked at Ethan with such hatred that it scared me.

Ace growled at him and turned back his attention to me.

"Now, I take that you chose me, dear." He muttered in a voice so evil that it sent shivers through my body.

His face was suddenly in the crook of my neck as I writhed and that's when I got to know his intentions.

He was going to mark me, forcefully. Infront of my own mate.

No. I can't let that happen. It would break both me and Ethan.

Panic consumed me.

"No no no!!! No!" I screamed and tried to kick Ace, but he was to fast to block my legs with his knees.

"You'll like this," he whispered in my ear and his teeth grazed the skin where my neck and shoulder met.

That's when he was yanked away from me. It was Alpha Mason and Ethan.

"Have you lost your mind Ace?" Alpha Mason, shouted.

It looked like Ace had been slapped. His expression was broken as he looked at me.

I couldn't take any of this anymore as I fell to the ground, sobbing.

Ethan was beside me in a second and hugged me.

"Shh, it's okay," he whispered, with his hands rubbing my back to calm me.

That's when black dots appeared in my vision and I lost consciousness.

--

"Will she be okay?"

"Yes, but you need to keep her out of stress at all times."

I could feel a throbbing pain in my head as I tried to make sense of what happened.

"Okay doc, thanks alot." A voice said.

I took in the scent.

Chocolate.

It was my mate's scent.

I suddenly opened my eyes, light blinding me.

I groaned.

I felt my eyes adjust to the surroundings and I looked around. I was in my room and saw a very worried Ethan, along with my mother and father.

Then everything came to me. How Ace was going to mark me forcefully, how I lost consciousness. Everything. It still made me shudder.

I got up and Ethan helped me to sit up straight and offered me a glass of water.

"How are you feeling, baby?" he asked, his voice sweet as ever.

I instantly felt better as his arms wrapped around my shoulders and he kissed my hair.

"I am better," I replied.

As I drank the water, I realised how much it was needed.

"Where's...Ace?" I asked.

Thick tension seemed to surround us.

"Don't worry about it. You need to rest, sweetheart," My father answered.

"I'll bring something for you to eat," my mother said and sped off.

My father followed, leaving me and Ethan alone.

I turned so that I could look at Ethan.

"What happened?" I muttered.

"Nothing for you to worry about," he said, smilingly.

"I want to know," I said, helplessly.

"I can take care of everything, baby."

His response angered me. I was not a child. I can handle myself. And I need to know what happened after I fainted. I had the right to know.

"You have to-" I was cut off as Ethan's lips landed on mine, shutting me completely.

His kiss was soft and I enjoyed the feeling of his lips on mine. It took time but in few seconds, I responded. I put my hands in his silken hair and pulled him closer. He pulled me on his lap so that I was straddling him and soon the kiss became so heated... so addicting, that I couldn't pull myself away from him, even to breathe. We both were panting as we tried to catch our breaths.

"That was..." he started.

"Amazing," I finished.

And I got the most lovely smile, ever.

--

After my mother got food, Ethan took me to the human world, where there were cafes and malls. He said that this was the best way to take my mind off of whatever happened at home. I didn't protest. Admittedly, I was tired of the tension back at the pack.

It was now eight in the evening and we found a magnificent restaurant.

We sat facing each other and it was a beautiful moment when he just kept staring my eyes.

"You're so beautiful," he said after a while.

I blushed.

He made me special in a way no one did.

"Even more beautiful, when you blush," he added.

That's when a waitress came and asked us to order something to eat.

I didn't like the way she was looking at Ethan. Apparently, he was the most handsome person she had ever seen. Of course, I don't think any human is as good as Ethan.

She bent down to serve us our drinks and to my disgust, her revealing clothes showed her cleavage. She was irritating and I clenched my fists as she talked in a fake and sweet voice with my mate.

Ethan too, talked to her, VERY NICELY.

Too politely. And smiled too often. After she was gone, Ethan FINALLY noticed that something was wrong with me.

"Is something bothering you babe?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Are you enjoying your drink?" I ignored his question.

Well, the waitress had asked him if he was enjoying the drink.

He smirked, "Someone's jealous, I see."

"Oh you wish," I retorted.

Of course I was!

We ate our food in silence. Ethan probably didn't notice how irritated I was as the waitress came again and again and gave him flirty looks.

As we left the restaurant, Ethan stopped and asked, "I know you felt bad."

I turned around and looked at him.

Then, the next thing he did was probably the best thing that happened to me in my life.

He bent down on one knee, and said, "My dearest mate Jezebel Chase, I, Ethan Brown, love you and promise you to keep happy, forever. Will you do the honour to become my beta female and be with me, always?"

Without thinking anything, I replied, "Yes."