The Rejected Mate novel Chapter 31

Six months, six long agonising months of not knowing when he was going to wake up. He has been in a comatose situation for six months, six months since he said uttered those three words I had waited so long to hear, but he left me, just like others.

Exhaustion and tiredness was a constant thing in my life. These months have been so painful to survive. I couldn't feel his wolf at all, making me more scared than ever. My wolf hasn't talked to me in months. So, I was basically wolfless.

The memory of that day is still vivid in my mind. Damien was immediately rushed into the pack infirmary. I had screamed down the whole place, asking the doctors and nurse to immediately operate on him, scaring everyone since my wolf had been in control, making them worry that I would snap any second.

Everyone in the pack practically knows that I and Damien are mates, putting the pieces of the story together.

I haven't left his side once apart from taking showers in the pack house and barely nibbling on any food. I keep waiting for him to wake up.

My heart literally stopped beating when I thought that I had lost him when his heart had stopped beating for a few moments, to say that I was scared shitless would be an understatement. They had to infuse my blood into him, hoping his mates blood would heal him quickly.

I probably looked like a ghost with my cheeks sunken in, pale skin and chapped lips. I didn't feel the sparks anymore when I touched him, I was probably depressed to say the least. Matthew checks in on me occasionally, but I don't talk to anyone much. Occasionally giving one worded replies.

Elijah would ask for his 'Dada', to which no one had a reply to, leading him to cry. Sometimes I would walk him around the clearing which Damien's mother had turned into a garden years ago. Calming us both, and providing a few moments of solace and peace.

I was currently sitting beside Damien's hospital bed with my head down and hands clutching onto his, never letting go.

I feel a hand being placed onto my shoulder, making me jump. Turning to my side, I find Matthew looking at me with worry.

"Hey" he says

"Hey" I answer back.

"There is something that I need to tell you" his words make me scrunch by brows in confusion at him.

"About what?" His eyes move towards Damien.

"Him" he answers after a few moments, sighing."somethings he never told anyone."

Why would Damien tell anything to Matthew in the first place?! I question myself. As far as I knew they both didn't have that much of a friendship to begin with, maybe one that of mutual understanding, but that was it.

"You remember the first time we met?" He questions me out of the blue. His questions confusing me more.

I remember the first time we met, how he plopped out of the woods, saving me from the rogue. His straight forwardness had creeped me a bit at first.

I nod my head at his question.

He clears his throat.

"Damien was the one to send me" he says, with his hazel eyes trained on mine.

"What? How's that possible?" I shoot questions at him. How could Damien be the one to send him? No one apart from Courtney knew about me leaving, and I was sure she wouldn't rat me out like that, especially to Damien.

"I had been keeping track of you for a few days before you decided to finally leave" that makes sense.

"But how do you both know eachother? And why would you help him in the first place?"

"Damien and I met at the Alpha training camp a few years ago. We weren't the best of friends. Kind of like acquaintances. He had once saved my mate from the rogues. Guess I was just returning a favour and plus I got to meet a beautiful girl like you." he winks at me making me let out a small laugh.

"How did he know for sure that I would leave?"

"Do you honestly think that a sane person would stay behind to watch their mate get married to someone else? And this is Damien we're talking about. He's always one step ahead" Matthew answers back and I nod my head in reply. Finally things making sense.

"But why would he reject me in the first place?"

Matthew sighs, pinching two fingers against his forehead.

"Look it's not my place to say, but since you deserve the truth I'm telling you this, but I'm not sure for myself." He again speaks up after a few moments of silence "he doesn't wants you to end up like his mother alright. Being an Alpha's mate isn't easy, and a powerful one at that. I have first hand experience in situations like this" he shrugs his shoulders, his eyes turning sad thinking about his mate.

"You make enemies and they would stop at nothing to destroy you, even if it means killing off one's mate" he continues.

I wasn't happy with his explanation, yeah I know there are enemies waiting for you in the every corner of the way. But him rejecting me didn't stop me from hurting. It wasn't a good thing to dwell on the past when you are not even sure what your future has in store.

"Why wouldn't he tell me that?" I ask myself aloud.

"He didn't want to, I had questioned him once but he said that he didn't want you to know about any of this. He isn't type of guy that would let you know about his good deeds, he'd rather bottle everything up untill everything blows back into his face" that is what exactly Damien would do.

"Just don't give up on him."

I nod my head.

"Thankyou for telling me" I was really thankful for having him around.

He just smiles in reply and pulls me into a hug. We pull back after a few moments.

"I'm leaving in two days" at first his words shocked me.

"I thought you were staying?" I ask him dumbfounded.

"Naah, I don't think being in a pack is my scene anymore" he replies back with a small smile playing on his lips.