Elise Pov

Lilith didn't just push me to the floor but my already manageable pants got torn. With eyes brimming with anger, I did nothing but continue clenching my fist.

I truly wanted to rip her off, I swear!

" You are just as worthless as your pants! Do you still wonder why Jason doesn't want to see you?" Lilith spat out, scoffing at me who was still stuck on the ground.

I remain rooted on the ground. Too powerless and… emotionally weak to fight back. Just then, a familiar voice shattered my last twig of hope.

"You are a disgrace, Elise! How can you stay on the ground like a beggar?"

I looked up to see Jason looking at me with disgust. I felt like being hit by a moving truck. Didn't he say he had to travel with the Alpha?

" Jason-”

" Oh, please stop with your emotional blackmail. How could you be so bold as to talk to me when you are looking like trash?” He asked, sneering.

"I.. I…" Was this the same affectionate Jason who just left?

The words got stuck when my eyes met the mocking gaze of the man I loved. There was mocking laughter as more people came out of their pack house, including our servants.

"You what? Are you trying to say your father doesn't feed you well so you trip at any given chance?" Jason mocked further, stopping right beside Lilith.

"Jason, she is your beloved mate. Show her some love. Besides, she looked so pathetic!" Lilith chipped in sarcastically.

" Mate? To her? Does she even have a wolf to acknowledge the mate bond?"

I got up slowly with eyes as red as lava, fighting off the tears building in them. I stood up to go inside so I could change my torn pants.

" Where the hell do you think you are going?" Lilith asked, blocking my way.

" I need to go and change my pants," I simply said.

Instead of an answer, Lilith made a gesture to one of the servants and I was pushed down again, wallowing in my pitiful state.

" You don't expect me to go around putting on torn pants, do you?" I asked, my eyes darting around Jason and Lilith.

Why didn't I notice they looked so wicked together?

" Why not? It's not like you are someone special. You just need to take up the mop and trash can and do your job!" Lilith snapped, getting irritated at me.

"Are you comfortable seeing your sister walking around with torn pants?" I asked, my gaze never leaving Lilith.

"Why does my Lilith need to care? Do you actually think…" Jason stated, scoffing.

I looked at the man whom I had loved, but he was just standing there, saying nothing, and my heart shattered into pieces.

" Your Lilith? I am your mate, Jason," I blurted out, shaking with anger.

“ Not anymore, weasel!” He smirked, taking a step towards me with blazing eyes that were filled with disgust and anger.

Then with a loud and firm voice, he brutally let out the words. “ I, Jason Walter, reject you, Elise Smith, as my mate. May the bond between us remain forever shattered in all lifetimes.”

My heart squeezed tightly as I fell down, unable to say a word. With clenched fist, I laughed bitterly as the clapping of thunder and strikes of lightning seemed to agree with his words.

I was pathetic, yet I wanted to keep the last shred of dignity left inside of me.

“ I, Elise Smith, accept the rejection of Jason Walter. May the heaven bear us witness!”

Like a twig, I could hear the snapping sound of my heart. Or should I say the mate bond? I felt it, every ounce of pain as the thread that binds our souls as mates snapped.

The rejection shook my whole being.

I strode out of there as I allowed the long-held tears to stream down my face. I will make them all regret it! Yet, I walked head high as I buried the hot tears fighting their way out of my eyes.

“ They are not worth it. They were never worth it.”

Those were the words I kept trying to tell myself. The words I wanted to sink into my very rejected being. Without looking back, I ran deep into the forest.

I needed some time alone.

As I walked deeper into the forest, the whispers of the wind grazed my skin as I shuddered violently. Was it just the wind, or were my tears trying to pull out?

I guess the latter was it then.

I let out a loud cry, burying my weakness in the forest. It wasn't just the tears that fell, my entire being seemed sucked up by what Jason did to me. How could he?

If he didn't love me, why did he give me his shoulders to cry on? If I wasn't the one, why did he make my heart beat for him all these years?

“ Why, Jason?” I kept asking the question, yet no answer came out.