I'm Ella, a wolf female. Why am I emphasising on the female part? Well, there's a lot to tell. But mainly because I am partly a human as well. By stating the human part, I'm not pointing towards the human form that every wolf has. I'm actually a breed.

This all started when I was 19. But before starting my story, let's go back to the time before I was born.

My dad was an alpha male. But he willingly withdrew from the competition for the throne of the Lead Alpha of this pack.

Generally the wolves live in a pack. Far away from the normal communities and cities, within a deep forest where barely anyone can reach.

My dad lost his all desires and went on a depression due to a sudden loss of his first mate. As he was an Alpha wolf, he had the privilege to choose his mate alongside the fated one. He didn't choose though. When he turned 16, he met his first mate, Isabella. Yes, I am named after her.

But then when the Sapphire pack attacked us, she died in the battle. She was a perfect fighter and a perfect one to be a Luna.

The Sapphire clan was our enemies for generations. If I considered that one particular region, the north, we might be the most powerful pack out there. The Sapphires were strong enough. Strong enough to challenge us.

How my mother came here and met my dad, I came to know the details way later. But about Isabella, none of my parents ever hid anything to me.

My mom was a normal human. She was a biologist. She came to this forest with her team to investigate a case of suspicious animals suddenly approaching in the small human communities and killing people.

Those were probably the rogues who were causing all these chaos at that time. My father was always a pure and dedicated fighter of this pack. Even though he lost Isabella, he didn't quit his job to protect the pack. Though he never fought to be the alpha, but he was a higher ranked wolf. Definitely he was worthy of being the Alpha. And if he had taken the challenge, he could have easily won.

Even though he was continuously fighting with the Sapphires alongside the other wolves of our pack, he was in a great depression. Then one day, when they were on a run, my father found my mother unconscious, fallen on the ground with injuries all over her body. My dad was so kind hearted that he couldn't leave my mom like that.

My mom's camp was attacked by the rogues, and all of her teammates were either dead or they ran away wherever they could to save themselves. Since my mom had lost her consciousness, the wolves probably thought that she was dead as well and left her there.

At first everyone in this pack was against the idea of allowing my father to enter the pack with my mother and her being treated by the medicos of our pack. But my father insisted and decided if they don't help the innocents, he would take rogue and leave the pack as well. He was the strongest of all the wolves in our pack at that time and the Alpha knew, if my father had left the pack, it would have been impossible for them to stop the attack from the Sapphires. So the Alpha allowed my mom's treatment.

So this is my parents tale of how they met. My mother helped my father to overcome his loss, and they fell in love slowly and my father decided to take a human as his mate.

The whole pack was against this decision. They seemed to dislike my mother always. The oracles warned my father thousand times. A wolf and a human is not compatible. And they were quite right.

When my mom became pregnant, her body was so small and weak, also it wasn't sufficient for my body, the nutrition that I was getting from her. Also being a human and bearing a wolf child in her womb was life threatening for her.

But even after all these troubles, she managed to give birth to me. But it cost her a lot. From the beginning of the pregnancy to delivery, she suffered fatal internal injuries. And even though after that 19 years had passed already, she was still weak and completely living on bed rest with frequent internal hemorrhages.

My father was a brave warrior. He never lost his hope. He tried to support us with his everything and protected us from any obstacles. He never let me feel the disgusts and disappointments of the pack on me. But still I could tell. After all I was a weak wolf, weaker than the omegas who can't even shift properly and was still living with the higher ranked wolves.

Since my mother was a human, I wasn't sure what I was. An alpha or a beta or an omega? Part of me was human. My fragile body was the biggest proof. It wasn't strong enough to control my fierce wolf. Changes occurred in my insides as well. My wolf seemed to act more like a cat rather than a wolf. Acting like a dog would even make sense.

But whatever my wolf used to do when she was in the wolf form and in control of my body, I couldn't even explain. I was so embarrassed. Purring and clinging to literally anyone or anything that patted her head and gave her anything such as even a piece of bread. She was definitely the worst any shifter could expect.

But due to my weak body, I was not even able to shift whenever I wanted. Also, I couldn't fully control my body whenever I was in my wolf form. It should have been like two forms, one soul. But my body was more like, two species sharing the same body.

Literally due to the choices that my father made, we would have been considered as rouges and would be kicked out from this pack a long time ago.

But because of my fathers strength and war strategy, they never took that step. Even we were living within the royals as I mentioned earlier, I could always tell how much they hated my mother and me just by their looks. But they weren't expressing it properly just because of my father. Otherwise they would have demoted me to an omega a long time ago.

In this pack the royals or more precisely the alpha and his officials lived in the valley. Then the general betas or the fighters who lived in the downtown. And then there were the omegas. They lived at the end of the pack areas. Most of them were labours. Some were scholars as well. But that never helped them to improve their status. I always hated this caste.

My mother was sick all the time. I can't say we were a healthy family. But a happy one? Might be.

I can still remember that day. I woke up in the morning earlier as usual. Birds were chirping sitting at my window frame. Sweet morning breeze was coming to my room. A beautiful smell of pancakes were coming from downstairs.

I saw a very young couple was enjoying themselves from my window. They looked so lovey-dovey. I felt a bit sad. I was 19 and still mateless, though generally wolves find their mates when they turn 16.

But I heard my dad's voice coming from downstairs calling my name. I quickly got up and freshened myself. I never wanted them to see my pain. I never wanted them to know that I was so hurt and depressed inside because I was a weak wolf without any mate.

As I was a half wolf and a half human, I wasn’t a heavenly beauty like the other wolf females. But still my mom was a pretty human being, and I looked quite like her.

I changed my night clothes into a white T shirt with a peach printed in the middle and a peach coloured long skirt. Let loose my long blonde hairs and used a pretty light lip balm matching my peachy clothes and hazel green eyes. I came to downstairs quickly.

"Morning dad, hey mom," I greeted them as usual by giving them small kisses in their cheeks.

Dad always used to say I had a sunny bright side in my personality but also a strong and calm side just like my mother.

"Hey honey," my dad kissed back on my cheek while cooking.

Mom was sitting at the table. She gave me a small hug. My dad was making the pancakes. He was not just a warrior, he was a good cook as well. I started to help my dad for the breakfast. I was checking my mom in between while making the omelet cheese toasts. She was getting paler and paler. I could tell, her condition was worsening day by day.

"Mom, are you feeling unwell? " I asked.

"No honey, in fact I'm feeling a lot better today. why do you ask? " she asked me back while taking some apples to peel them.

"You don't look like you're okay. Your complexion is getting paler, " I kept my hand over hers. "Mom, you really need to see a doctor, not the wolf ones, a real human doctor, for humans," I said with worries written all over my face.

"No, no! " she suddenly got frustrated and started to shake her head. "No, honey, don't say something like this. We can't leave this pack! If we leave, they will not allow us here anymore. And your father can't leave this pack, you know that right? Don't ever say something like this, okay sweety? " she calmed down a little and give me a small squeeze on my shoulders while smiling at me beautifully.

My mom was really very beautiful, even though she was so weak and sick and anaemic, still she was looking like a disney princess, Snow white. I could tell, her beautiful smile was hiding so much pain.

I was quietly buttering the toasts. Dad was still at kitchen. Mom suddenly broke the silence.

"I'm so sorry, honey," she paused a bit. I looked at her, her eyes were teary. She continued, "I'm so sorry. I know, as a mother I couldn't do enough, in fact I should have done better, but I just couldn't, but I promise, as long as I am with you and your father I will try to give my best for you two. So, please don't worry too much, " she almost cried.

"Mom..." I was about to cry as well and tell her that how much she was wrong. In fact she had done more than enough for us. But dad came to the dining with the pancakes.

"Hey!!! Pancakes are here~" he said cheerfully. I didn't want him to get hurt by looking at our tears.

"Wow!! They smell awesome, dad! " so I said cheerfully while taking the tray.

This little scenario was a everyday routine here. I knew that mom wouldn't stay with us longer if we don't treat her quickly.

But to be honest, deep inside we all knew, there was no cure for her. The damages in her body wouldn't be healed. But still everyday we kept aside all of our worries and enjoyed our precious moments together.

Mom couldn't finish her breakfast that day as well. She started to feel unwell so I helped her to lay down.

"Hey, dumpling," dad called me in a low voice, "wanna come here for a bit? " he asked.

We sat on the sofa. It was that moment. I knew that dad loved her so much and he used to blame himself for mom's condition.

"Ella, you know it's high time, right? We can't let your mom stay like this. If she hears, she will definitely deny to leave, but I think we can't wait anymore, " he said. He was looking tensed.

"Dad? "

"Ella, You're a grown up girl now. I don't think your mate is here in this pack anymore. If he was here, you would have found him. I believe part of you is human so you will be able to find a fine man out there, it's time you take your mom and leave, " he said finally.

"What about you dad? " my voice was shaking and becoming heavy because of the tears. I already knew his answers.

"You know it, Ella. I can't come. I can't leave my pack. The moment is here for what I had been waiting. I have to avenge Isabella's death. But trust me, I love you and your mom so much, as soon as everything settles here, I will come back to you. But I can't risk your mother's life anymore," he stopped after saying.

His eyes were getting teary as well. He was looking at the floor. His head was filled with guilts.

He had lost his first mate Isabella in a war with the Sapphires before he met my mom. I knew he loved my mom a lot, even more than his own life. But we just simply could never deny the fact that a wolf's obsession for its actual mate never dies. It was the same in case of my father. Even though he loved my mom but still the lose of his first mate never left him.

Even he named me after her. The reason why dad never left this pack was hidden in the motive of revenge, that we were always aware of. Sooner or later our pack was going to start a war with the sapphires. And my dad wanted to take revenge. For his first mate.

I was about to say something when there were loud knocks at the door.

"Steven!!! Open the door!!! It's an emergency!! " a loud panicked voice came from outside.

My dad quickly opened the door. The lead Beta and his few people were at the door discussing something very serious with my father. From their expressions I could tell something serious had happened.

'Did the Sapphires attack again' I thought. We got the news a few days back that the sapphires were planning to make a big attack on us. But we didn't expect it to be this early.

The Beta said something to my dad and my dad nodded. Then he hastily closed the door.

"Ella!!! Quick! Quickly pack your stuffs, you two need to leave as early as possible. The sapphires have passed the wall defence already. They will be in the city within no time, if we don't stop them. You have to leave before that," he grabbed my face and looked into my eyes, " Ella, you know that your father loves you, right? Don't lose hope and don't come back no matter what, save your mother! You have to leave," tears were falling from his eyes continuously.

He continued,"I have made all the preparations for you two to leave. Zaden will help you to get Through the back of the mountains safely, so don't worry. Take your mom and contact Zaden. He will help you to leave safely." He gave me a kiss on my cheek for the last time.

I was crying so hard that I wasn't even being able to form a word. I saw him leaving quickly after that. He didn't even bid my mom a goodbye. Maybe if he tried, he wouldn't be able to let go of us.

Mom was coughing so hard. I quickly wiped my face with the sleeves of my dress and got up.

"Mom!!" I almost cried. She was coughing blood.

"Don't worry, mom. Everything will be alright, I am calling Zaden, wait," I was panicked.

My mom stopped me by grabbing my hands.

She barely formed a sentenced, "too-late-Ella, " she threw up blood again, "I-know- your dad has gone and," she poured more blood while speaking, " what he wanted, but it's too late, Ella. You have to leave alone. I want to spend my last breaths here and wait for your father, I can't leave," she said finally.

Those were her last words. I shook her few times, but she wasn't responding. With my trembling fingers I tried to check her pulse. But it wasn't there anymore.

"What are you saying mom?! I can't leave you like this, mom you will be alright, trust me!! You have to goo!!!! Mom!!!!!"I screamed but she was gone.

I was sitting there speechless. Tears were coming down from my eyes, I didn't even realise. Zaden was knocking at the door continuously, but I was struck. Nothing was reaching to me anymore.

The whole day passed. Everyone came to know about my mother's death. I could tell most of them were happy. Nearly in the evening the news came. Our pack succeeded to prevent the Sapphires to enter into the main town.

But another big shock was waiting for me. My father died in that war. Within a day I became a complete orphan from a royal of the pack. I didn't run away though. My parents had sacrificed themselves, I had no more desire to live a happy life. They were all that mattered.

The war hadn't ended. In fact it had just started. Our pack barely made it. If the son of the Alpha wasn't there at the right moment reinforcing, our pack would have been destroyed till now. My father did a great job. He saved us from the bigger trouble with his life. And killed the General of the Sapphires. Since the Sapphires also suffered a huge loss as well so they decided to take a few days before attacking again.

But it wasn't safe anymore to live in our houses. The wall was gone. So they could create a havoc anytime. The order came from the royals.

''The whole pack needs to transfer to the pack house immediately. Until this war ends all the wolves need to live in that house. And no one is allowed to go home or out of the pack house area without permission." - An order from the Alpha.

Now what was this pack house? Though it was called a house but it was actually a mansion. A huge one. The Alpha and his family lived there. But it was also used in case of pack wars. It was a three story mansion with huge number of rooms and a huge dungeon.

Normally the royals and the betas lived in the upper floors at the time of the pack wars. The third floor was only for the Alpha. Then the betas and the omega scholars who were renowned at the second floor. And at the dungeon, the general omegas. The first floor had a kitchen, a dining and a hallway for pack meetings.

Wolf packs are normally not too big. These are usually small communities who stick together in specific areas.

After losing my parents I was mourning. I heard the notice but was still sitting alone outside of my home. I didn't know where to go. Till the last day I was living here because of my father. Now that he had gone, I didn't know where to go.

Zaden came to me in the afternoon again.

"Ella," he called me. "The senior oracle wants to talk to you, you have to come with me. Ella, your father was like a great big brother to me, it's my responsibility to look after you, but if you still want to leave this pack, I can help you. In fact I believe you shouldn't stay here anymore, " he said.

"Take me to the oracle," I said calmly." I failed to save my mother. My dad sacrificed his life here. What rights do I have to leave the pack and live a happy life? If only I wasn't born, my mom wouldn't have died. But then again, Whose fault is here actually?"

"Ella !" Zaden was surprised at my words. But after looking into my eyes he sighed. "Fine, I won't force you. You're just like your father after all. But remember one thing, you can leave whenever you want, and I will always help you," he squeezed my shoulders and patted me lightly.

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I went to the senior oracle's tent. No matter what happens, the oracles of a pack don't leave their tents. They stay separately from the other wolves.

"Isabella," the old woman sitting in front of me called my name. She was the oldest oracle in our pack. Even after aging for more than 100 years, her eyes were still clear. A spark of intellectuality was shining through them.

"Ella. Ella is fine," I said politely.

"Sure, Ella. So you might know that you were living in the royal valley because of your father's status don't you? " she asked calmly.

"Yes," I replied politely again. I already knew that this was coming.

"Now that he is no more, May God rest his soul in peace, It's a heavy loss for us as well. As You're his daughter, we have a soft corner for you. But due to the condition of your wolf and your skills, it is not possible for us to consider you as a royal anymore. So even though we want, we can't let you live with the royals, you can understand that, can't you? " she asked again.

"Yes."

"So even though you're partly a human, because of your father, we are not kicking you out of this pack as a rogue. Instead we are demoting you as an omega. Are you okay with it? " she finally finished.

"I am grateful for this. I think I will be more comfortable with the omegas," I bowed.

"Cathy and June will help you to find your room at the pack house and will explain you your duties from now on," the oracle said again.

I bowed again and came out of the tent.

I didn't know these two girls. But I was sure that they would be better than the royals at least. And in fact I was wishing not to live in the royal valley anymore. I knew that they hated me.

When I came out of the tent I saw two young girls probably 15 to 16 years old were standing together, giggling. When they saw me they gave me beautiful innocent smiles and came to me.

"Ms Ella?" The blonde one asked. They were younger than me but much more elegant looking than me.

"Yes," I replied as politely as possible. I was in the worst state of my mind, but it was the first time in this pack someone spoke so warmly to me except for Zaden and the senior oracle.

"I'm Cathy !"

"I'm June ! Let's go to the pack house, we are going to share a room, I'm so excited! I have never met a royal before like this," the another girl said pretty excitedly. She had beautiful hazel eyes.

"I'm not a royal anymore though, I am just an omega," I said a bit sadly. I was feeling ashamed. I was not the kind of person they were expecting.

"We know that, we know everything, sure things have changed but that doesn't change the fact that your father was a great warrior and how much of wonderful persons your parents were, in fact if it weren't for your father we would have been minced meat till now," Cathy said.

I looked at her surprisedly. She gave me a warm smile.

"You're wondering how come we know this much? " June asked cheerfully.

"That's because we are both omegas. We were on that town when the sapphire attacked. Because of your father we got the time to evacuate, we thought we were going to die seriously," Cathy said.

I only nodded. I was feeling so proud and sad at the same time. Tears were rolling down from my eyes. Cathy took my hand.

" Let's go, it's not the best room that we are gonna share, but trust me, it will be fun together," Cathy said.

I nodded again. Wiped the tears from my face with the sleeves of my gown.

After I reached the pack house Cathy and June started to explain me everything. The omegas were living at the basement. And by basement, I am not talking about a regular one. It wasn't small at all.There were almost 10 to 20 rooms there. And almost one room could hold 5 to 6 people. The younger ones who hadn't met their mates yet were living in those rooms. There were small ones as well for the families. I wouldn't say the environment was hygienic from any side. But this was how the omegas were getting treated. Like a slum.

Though June and Cathy hadn't find their mates yet cause none of them were 16, still they got a single room. We three were going to share that one. It was so dark and hardly any daylight could reach there. I started to feel sick already, but still tried to smile in front of them. They were pretty happy with what they had gotten. I didn't want to spoil their moods. Also comparing to the other ones, it actually was the best.

The omega girls got the duties of cooking and laundries. For the first week, I was in the cooking section. June and Cathy were in laundry. At night, when we went to sleep after turning the lights off, we had a small gossip session. Most of the time Cathy and June were excitedly talking about how they wanted to meet their mates and all. The normal teenage talks about the crushes and stuffs.

Cathy was going to turn 16 within a month. And June had 8 months to go. They were going crazy over the mate thing.

It was true that even though I was already 19, I hadn't found my mate yet. Generally werewolves find their mates after they turn 16. They can feel each other, their smell, their bond, their wolves. And become one for a lifetime.

I had already accepted the fact that I was one of those rare wolves who aren't born with any mates.

My dad used to say that my mate was somewhere out there, not in this pack but definitely he was somewhere. He was so confident about me finding my mate. He probably believed that I would leave this pack someday.

When I was younger I always fancied the idea of having a mate. Just like the other teenage girls, I also had my fantasies. But I was afraid inside as well. I always wondered after finding out a half ass wolf like me as his mate, how would he react? But since I had always seen my father's love for his actual mate even after her death and also the other couples of our pack, I really respected this soul mate thing.

If we are fated together there's no question of judging, is there? At least this is what I believed.

"Hey, you asleep? " June asked whispering. We were sharing the upper bunkers parallel to each other's.

"No," I replied.

"Do you know tomorrow the Alpha's son will be here? He left this pack with two other official's sons for training purpose when he was only 4. You never heard of them? He's a great fighter, probably the strongest one right now. He's going to replace his father very soon. Do you know he already defeated the leaders of almost 15 packs with just two of his companions. This trio is a huge thing right now," June was describing all these with excitement.

I already knew all of these but I didn't want to ruin her good mood. After all She was just a kid.

"I heard that he's deadly handsome ! Whoever sees him male or female can't ignore his beauty." Suddenly Cathy joined the convo. She was awake as well.

"Omg!! Just imagine if he turns out to be my mate! " June giggled excitedly.

"Sush, weirdo! He definitely won't have a weakling like you as his mate. He's an Alpha, he can probably choose his own mate. Though he is 20 and never tried to find his mate before because of his trainings and changing places, I believe his fated one will be as wonderful as him when he will find her," Cathy said.

"How can you be so sure? You haven't even met him yet," June pouted. Sounded a bit hurt from Cathy's remarks.

"Everyone knows dummy, but you can go for his friend. I heard that he's actually mateless. He's 22 already and tried to find his mate couple of times," Cathy said.

"Then can he mate with anyone? Alexander is his name, right? I heard that he is more beautiful, more than the Alpha's son, even his beauty beats most of the female wolves. But is he into women? I heard such delinquent male beauties generally don't like women and everyone says that he didn't find a mate because it's probably not a woman," June said.

"Bleh, If it's not a woman it will be a real loss for us," Cathy pouted.

"Btw tomorrow is the day. I can't sleep already. I'm so excited," June giggled again.

" Go to sleep. You won't be able to see his face. We have the laundries tomorrow, remember? Go to sleep, or you won't even get to see the breakfast, but Ella, why aren't you saying anything? You have the cooking duties. You will get a chance to see him, since the pack meeting will be held in the hallway just in front of the kitchen, aren't you excited?"

"I think I should sleep," I spoke finally.

I thought this night would be a long and painful one. But because of them the bad memories weren't getting the best of me.

Everything fell completely silent after that. Cathy and June fell asleep. Only I was awake. Moonlight was coming through the only small window near the ceiling. It was probably a full moon outside. That was why my weak body was still so fresh even after all those traumas. My wolf could feel my pain. It was completely silent as well. The memories of my parents were digging me deep inside. Without even me realising, my whole pillow got wet.

The next morning when I woke up I was looking like a zombie. June almost panicked by looking at my face. My whole face was swollen, eyes were red due to crying and not getting enough sleep, my whole body was looking pale. I took a shower quickly.

Cathy brought a white gown for me when I came out. The gown was very plain and simple. Nothing was on it but it still looked so elegant. I wore the gown, those fluffy sleeves and the white laced front part set with my body so well. My golden blonde hair was making it more gorgeous. If only my face wasn't swollen.

"Why did you give her the white one? She will be cooking, it will be ruined in no time," Cathy said.

"It's okay. Today is a special day, she should look better. She is mateless, Alex is as well, what if he falls for her?" June giggled.

I honestly didn't know she was thinking like this. I felt a bit embarrassed. Suddenly we got a call from the leader of our teams.

"You girls, are you gonna take forever? Come Out already! Who do you think will do the chores if you take your sweet times as long as you wish," a curvy woman repeated this almost in every doors. We quickly came upstairs from the dungeon. Cathy and June wished me lucks and went to their respective duties. The woman I saw earlier came up.

"You! Come here with me. Do you think dressing like Cinderella will actually make you one? Instead of wasting your energy on your looks and outfits, go help those girls out their in making those pies, " she said all those to me very coldly. Her expression was scary.

I felt embarrassed again. Did I really wear something too noticeable? It was truly a plain white gown. But I didn't want her to get angry on me again. So I quickly moved from there and followed her instructions. The pies were ready to go to the oven. I heard voices at the hallway. They were so busy out there. Within a minute, I almost saw all the officials coming to the dining for breakfast. I knew all of them. But by looking at me working like a slave, they gave me sarcastic smirks. As if they were telling me that I'm finally here where I belong.

I didn't want to give them the pleasure of looking down at me anymore. So I took the baking responsibility instead of serving. Suddenly the hallway got busier again. I just took out the tray full of pies out of the oven. I was getting a very beautiful smell. I wasn't sure if it was coming from the pies or not. No way, it felt more like a beautiful perfume. Someone at the hallway was wearing it. But who would use such a strong perfume early in the morning. Suddenly my wolf got excited. I had never seen her getting so excited before. I was trying to control my wolf. But my whole body was feeling as if it was drugged. I didn't know where I was going anymore. I felt like I needed to find out the source of that perfume. My wolf was getting crazy. Just when I came near the kitchen door, my wolf howled inside "Mate! "



I came back to my senses. I quickly stopped myself and hid my body beside the door frame. Finally after all these years, my mate was out there. I could feel his wolf. It was getting crazily excited as well. I could feel it's presence and the strong wish to come to me already. I decided to take a look at the person. I peeked from my place to the dining, and that is when our eyes directly met. He was looking at this direction as well. He eyes fell on mine. He found out. He also knew I was here. But what a self control he had over his body. His body was stiff. Not even a movement. There was no way anybody could tell the sparks that hit us at that moment. But he was completely in control. Those beautiful eyes, Greek God like features and the strong jawline. Even after meeting our eyes it just took a few seconds for him to move his eyes and focus on his food. He completely ignored his wolf and me.

I sighed. I quickly came inside from there. I was huffing. My wolf was so happy. I didn't know what feeling was this but I was feeling so happy as well. I never felt this happy ever before. My wolf was crying to jump on his chest and hug him. My body was getting weaker due to it's continuous trying to take over. Suddenly the reality hit me.

"Zen," the name escaped my mouth quietly. "The Alpha prince, Zen" I sighed.

There was no way it was happening. I never expected that I would ever get a mate. And after all these years I found one, finally the happiness, the excitement, I got it all. But I was afraid and worried. I wouldn't mind if it was an omega. If he was as weak as me. I just wanted someone who would understand me, love me, accept me just as the way I am. Why does it have to be the next Alpha and the current prince? I never wished this. I'm even ashamed to face him as his mate.

But my heart beat increased. Will he accept me? Should I meet him personally after the pack meeting ends?How would he react? Soul mates? Isn't he the other half of me? Does this mean he will love me as well? I was getting crazy by the thoughts. I almost dropped the tray of the pies.

Finally the breakfast and the pack meeting ended. All the other omega females went outside to clean the dishes and to cut the ingredients. Since I was going through a tough situation the oracles ordered them to give me less works for a few days. So I was just sitting at the kitchen, wiping out the extra water from the cleaned dishes that were coming from outside time to time.

I was wiping while I got that familiar fragrance again. It was a beautiful enchanted fragrance like a lotus flower. Sweet and fruity. I quickly turned back and came face to face with the soon to be Alpha who was standing there at the kitchen behind me. He was calm and composed just like earlier.

I quickly bowed and kept my gaze lower. My heart was beating so fast that I was feeling like it could burst out in any moment.

His deep but elegant voice pierced through my ears making my wolf go crazy. But then the words that came out of his mouth, broke me into pieces internally.

"I think you have realised what we are," he said. "It was really clever of you that you didn't do anything stupid in front of everyone," he said again.

I slowly looked up. Our eyes met.

"I think you know who I am. And also know that you and I are not compatible, you can understand this as well, besides I have already decided to choose my Luna. I already have all the information about you. A weak and fragile wolf like you is never suitable for the position of the Luna of this pack. I Alpha Zen, reject you Isabella both as my mate and as the future Luna of this pack, I believe you also never expected anything to happen between us and you will never say anything about this to anyone," he said everything very calmly.

I was so shocked that I became speechless. The pain, it was almost killing me. I could never imagine pain of rejection could be this brutal. My wolf was almost going crazy because of the rejection. It was ripping me into pieces from inside. I was in so much pain that I felt like I was fainting. After rejecting me he left without even giving a second glace at me.

While losing my senses I saw his back, leaving me out there like that. Does he not know, if an alpha rejects it's mate and choose a new one, his old mate dies? So does he just want me to die? Does he not care even if I die? So was I really dying?

I couldn't remember anything after that. I lost my senses. When I woke up, it was already evening. I was at my room on Cathy's bed. Cathy and June were sitting beside me, worried. They almost cried out my name when they saw me to open my eyes.

My whole body was filled with pain. Bruises were on my chest, abdomen. I found out the oldest oracle was standing there afar at the room.

"Ella!" Cathy and June cried out my name again.

I tried to got up but the oracle forbade.

"Don't move right now," she ordered.

I laid again. My heart was still broken and empty. My wolf was completely silent. She was not forming any bond with me anymore. She was depressed inside me.

"Did somebody rejected you today?" the oracle asked.

I stayed silent. Zen wanted me to keep this as a secret. He was so disgusted that he didn't even want people to know about our bonds. Remembering that I again started to feel the hellish pain on my bruises. I quickly grabbed my stomach and crawled in pain.

"Ella!!" June and Cathy again got afraid and tried to relax my muscles by rubbing my palms.

"By looking at your condition, I can already tell who it was. It was the prince, wasn't it?" the oracle asked again.

"What!!!!" June and Cathy were shocked by the oracle's words.

I tried to bit my lips in pain.

"Don't try to hide it. If it was a normal wolf rejecting you, both of you had died already. But since the Alpha males have the facility to choose their own mate, so the rejected one doesn't die immediately," the oracle said.

"Is it true, Ella? Did he really reject you?!" Cathy asked.

"How could he do this to you, Ella ? Ne, Oracle sama, will she die for real? How can this be fair? He will choose a girl and live a happy life and here Ella will just die? " June asked while crying.

"I don't believe so. If she was a normal omega, she would have died within hours. But since she is a human as well, her wolf will die alone, I believe when prince Zen will mark someone else, Isabella will lose her wolf for good. But because of her human body she will be free from this curse and pain and again will be able to live her life like a normal human. But as long as Zen is not marking the other girl, she will continue suffering from this pain, only if she doesn't end up committing suicide," the oracle said.

Cathy and June were looking at me with sympathy in their eyes.

"I can't believe our future Alpha is going to be this ruthless. How could he do this to Ella? Just because of his own privilege, he doesn't even hesitate to kill someone? What if Ella had actually died," June said."I can't even imagine if my future mate does this to me"

"Don't worry, Ella. You will find someone way better. Not a jerk like him. Good thing you will be out of this cursed bond very soon," Cathy said squeezing my hand.

"You two should let her rest, go help in the kitchen for tonight," the oracle ordered Cathy and June.

After they left, I rolled in my bed in unbearable pain. His words were still haunting my mind. I was scattered. My wolf was again scratching my inside. I cried a lot.