Tan’s POV
I had been frustrated since early this morning. Something had happened to my wolf. He was reacting quite differently these days. It began last week when I went to Luke’s party.
That night, I kissed a girl who I thought was Lara. But I was wrong. It was not her, but someone else.
During the whole party, Lara tried to seduce me. She even jumped into the pool in her white bikini. She approached me after exiting the pool and told me that she would be waiting for me near the washroom.
So I went there later and grabbed a girl’s hand. I mistook her for Lara. She had a different scent. I smelled her scent only as I got closer to her neck. It was so alluring that could not help but rub my nose against her neck. I had kissed her, despite her attempts to push me away. I could sense that her body desired me.
Later, when I kissed Lara outside while leaning against my car, I did not feel the same. I learned that Lara went to the restroom, which was upstairs. She said she was waiting for me in a room nearby.
That night, I regretted leaving the unknown girl in that comer. Her lips felt like that was her first kiss. She was so fragile in my arms. I wanted to hold her in my arms again.
After that night, whenever I got close to someone, I remembered that night.
“Bro, I was calling you. Why didn’t you receive my calls?” My friend Cyrus asked as he approached me when I got out of my car.
I sighed and shook my head. “I didn’t realize it.”
In truth, I was lost in thoughts while driving. My eyes were on the road, but my mind was on that unknown girl.
“They are on the way. Shall we go to the cafe together?” Cyrus asked. He was not only my friend, but also the future Theta.
I was about to agree with him when I felt a scent in my nostrils.
“You go. I’ll join you later.”
“Okay.”
He left, and I started to search for the owner of the scent.
It had the scent of something very sweet. It was so compelling that I was almost drawn to it. As if it were perfume sprayed throughout the university, I could smell it wherever I went.
I headed to the locker room and found the owner of the scent.
When I saw her back, my wolf growled loudly.
‘Mate. Mate. Mate‘
My wolf began chanting continuously. Students, around me froze when they heard my growl.
But my gaze was fixed on the girl, who was my mate. For whom I had waited so long.
I had never given another girl a chance to win my heart because I believed that a mate bond was more important than an attraction. I only wanted my mate, who would be mine. I would be her lover, boyfriend, and everything. Only she would have the right over me. 1
People called me a playboy because I spent nights with girls and did not let them get into my heart. It was all
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because I wanted to give my heart to my mate.
+25 BONUS
However, Destiny made a joke of me because the moment the girl turned around, I was dumbfounded.
How could a girl like her be my mate? She had an unpleasant appearance. I could not even see her face properly because of her double battery; I meant her glasses. She could not speak most of the time and stuttered instead. If people were bullying her, how could she protect the entire pack?
I told her that she did not deserve me. I could see tears, but they did not melt me at all.
I asked those around us if she deserved to be with me, and they began to humiliate her.
I learned from their statements that her name was Ava Adler.
I turned to her and told her that she had gotten her answer. Then I left the crowd and stormed up to the rooftop.
“My fate fucked me up really bad.” I muttered in a furious tone.
Others who were passing me looked stunned by my anger. I ignored them and went to the rooftop.
But I guess that girl wanted to be humiliated even more. Otherwise, why did she approach me again?
I walked to her and grabbed her chin to make her look at me.
‘A nerd like you can’t be my mate.”
I did not stop after saying that. My rage grew more and more. So I said,
“You are nothing like the girl I want. You deserve a nerdy boy as your mate, not a big, bad wolf like me. I can not even think of you in that way.”
I meant she did not even know how to dress up properly. He needed a boy who would spend their lives in the library and talk about books and all. Not me, who enjoyed partying and drinking.
How could someone like her be my life companion? She was absolutely not my type.
I scolded her and told her that she didn’t have any looks, appearance, or rank.
She appeared stunned, as if I had said something wrong. But then she said,
“I–I thought you saved me when they tried to bully me.”
She was talking about the day she ran into me, and I stopped Robin, one of my basketball teammates, from bullying her.
“Yeah, I only showed sympathy that day. But by just that, did you think I was interested in you?” I asked her.
I could not believe she thought I had any interest in her.
I used to believe in Matebond. But I could not allow fate to play with me. I could not be with someone I did not like.
I had been waiting for my fate, and I saw what it had in store for me. I just wasted my time on it.
I looked at her crying face. I suspected she would try to persuade me to mark her or would tell others about her being my mate, which I did not want. I did not want to ruin my reputation in front of others. I was going to become their Alpha soon.
So I made the decision to reject her. My wolf was not pleased with it. He began to refuse to listen to me and attempted to take control.
But I did not let my wolf take over.
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+25 BONUS
“I, Alpha Ian Dawson, reject you, Omega Ava Adler, as my mate.”
I rejected her.
I did not allow her to talk and left the rooftop.
When I went down, my friends rushed to me. It seemed like they were looking for me.
“We heard about what happened in the locker room.” My friend Paul, the soon–to–be delta said.
All of my friends were staring at me with questioning gazes
“Why did you bully that girl?” My future gamma, Stephen, asked me.
‘Bully? She is fortunate that I didn’t reject her in front of others.‘ I said it in my mind.
I ignored them and walked fast to get out of the university. They picked up the pace to catch up to me. Everyone around us was looking at us.
“Ian
Ronald, my best friend, grabbed my arm and turned me to face him.
““What?” I roared in anger.
“What’s wrong with you? What happened? What did she do to offend you?”
Meanwhile, Stephen, my future Gamma, glared at others around us, and everyone started to do what they were doing in fear, moving their focus away from us.
“She is my mate,” I muttered.
“What!”
All of my friends were shocked to hear me.
“My mistake. Ex–mate.” I scoffed while adding ‘Ex‘.
Their eyes grew wider. Ronald frowned at me. “Did you just mean that you rejected your own mate?”
I rolled my eyes and nodded my head.
“You are right. I rejected her.”
“Why did you do that?“”
I did not understand why all of them were reacting so dramatically. So I replied furiously,
“Because I just hate her.”
