chapter 2

Katherine's eyes widen dramatically, her heart beating erratically she fears it would burst out of her chest. The man who stood in front of her, the new alpha of the pack is her mate. The same one who invaded her pack just ruined her life.

Is this some sort of joke by the moon goddess? How can her life be this unfortunate. Katherine heaved, a tear falling to her cheeks. She could barely hear a thing. She had waited ever since her mating ceremony which was two years ago. She waited for two whole years for her mate but she wasn't too surprised when a year passed and she still didn't get her wolf.

Everyone in the pack was born with their wolf and they could all shift into their wolves from the age of five, not Katherine though. She was born without a wolf, she was the scarred one amongst her three siblings. The people had said the alpha's daughter was cursed and that was why she didn't have her wolf. Katherine was taken to every healer in existence. She was visited by every healer all for the same reason. To get her wolf. At age eight, Katherine had begun to be shamed daily for being wolfless and when the ridicule got worse, Her father restrained her from leaving the pack house. It was better if people didn't see her. Katherine would often stay in the pack house and watched her siblings shift into their wolves and play.

The healers would say 'Wait till your coming of age ceremony. When you meet your mate, you will have your wolf' and so Katherine had looked forward to the day she would find her mate. The day she would have her wolf and live blissfully.

Except, she didn't find her mate. Six months after Katherine's coming of age ceremony, she slowly started to give up. Maybe she was truly cursed. Maybe the villagers were right and she was cursed. For two years, Katherine tried her hardest to kill that one flame that waited for her mate.

Now, she was forced to kneel in front of her mate. Now, she wished she didn't desperately wanted to meet her mate. Now, she wished the moon goddess would take back her wishes and give her, her entire family.

"Look at me." Ethan voiced out thickly. Katherine swallowed hard, blinking back the tears that threatened to escape her eyes. She looked at the man, her mate.

"So you're my mate." Ethan spat out bitterly without remorse, his eyes held an anger directed at Katherine that she had never seen before. From the corner of Katherine eyes, she sees Sophia , the beta's only daughter and Katherine's only friend slowly slip her arm into his. Katherine's throat constricted with air.

Ethan stepped forward, his dark eyes on Katherine. He looked at her condescendingly, his face scrunched up in disgust.

"So you're the cursed daughter. The one born without a wolf. I've often wondered how that could ever be. A wolf without a wolf is a human." He spat out with disgust. It's true, That's why Katherine has been secluded all her life.

"The moon goddess must have made a mistake when choosing my mate because you could never be for me." He scoffed, "As an alpha, I need a strong Luna, one that can stand her ground and hold a candle to me. One that is resilient and courageous, not some cursed nobody. A mere disgrace of a wolf. A human at that." He sneered angrily as he ran his fingers through his hair.

He bent down just a bit, his eyes on hers. His wolf howled inside of him but Ethan hasn't come this far just to loose in the end. If this was the moon goddess way of having him back down then she was mistaken. Ethan cocked his eyebrows up, he stared at the woman kneeling with her tear stricken face.

"I have my chosen mate and she's Sophia. I would never settle for you." He spat out thickly, face scrunched in irritation.

"You killed my family ." Katherine croaked out and he grinned, its sickening and horrifying.

"I did and if given the opportunity I will do it over again, this time making sure to kill you too. Do you know how much the joy it brought me to see your mother crawl, desperately trying to save your sister? I loved the terror in her eyes when I slit your brother's throat. Her loud screams were like music to my ears."

Ethan shut his eyes close as though reliving those memories. He had dreamt about the day for months, years even. He opened his eyes and smiled.

"You have no place in my life and heart." He spat out again, raising his hand to his chest, he looked at Katherine in the eye. "I, Alpha Ethan reject you, Katherine , daughter of late Alpha Williams and Luna Christy."