Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Mother and father both had grim, serious faces as they stared at me with… contempt?
Finally, Landon lifted his gaze from Hestia and looked at me. I could see his jaw twitch, muscles taut as
his grip on Hestia’s hand tightened.
The tighter he held onto her, the tighter my chest felt.
“This isn’t going to work.”
He said suddenly.
So softly but the sting it apanied felt like I was pped.
The world was slowly falling away from me but I kept my eyes trained on him. I didn’t dare look away
even with the impending pain puncturing through my chest. I felt myself swallow, as I breathed in
shakily. The tears that were once again building up, zing over my eyes.
“I won’t ept you, Selene.”
He said. Much stronger and full of conviction this time.
“I never will.”
I stared at him. His words yed in my mind like a broken record. Each letter, each sybie from his
lips pierced deep within my heart and left a segment of his apparent distaste for me haunting my
thoughts. I could hardly breathe. The invisible weight on my chest pressing harder and harder made
swallowing down my sorrow that much more difficult. My eyes flittered around me wildly only to fall
back to Landon when I realized there’d be no one on my side.
I was left to fend for myself.
The silence was unbearably thick. The shock momentarily distracted me from my parents’ nk faces.
Even when I felt like the world was ending, I couldn’t help but feel surprised from their reaction– or
rather,ck of. They were indifferent to the fact their daughter was being rejected. Most parents, if not
all, would be angry at the idea of their pup being denied. Denied by none other than their other half.
Seeing as my father was Beta, his reaction would’ve been much more aggressive. With higher ranking
came with a much stronger sense of protection over family. Looking at him now, I couldn’t sense theExclusive content ? by N?(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.
tiniest bit of anger radiate from him. Instead he looked somewhat relieved that my mate chose my
sister. Like I was some deadweight that would’ve worn Landon down.
The pain I felt magnified.
It felt like I was tied down to a boulder slowly fall further and further into the darkness of the ocean.
None of them doing a thing but watch as I sink from the shore. No hands outstretched in an attempt to
save me. No nce of guilt spared my way.
This isn’t going to work.
I won’t ept you, Selene.
I never will.
I shook my head at the words taunting me. He couldn’t have meant it. No wolf could ever say such
words to their mate. To confirm my suspicion, I looked to him with hope that he was lying. Hope to see
that he was only putting up a front. If I were to see any hesitation in his eyes, I would’ve been happy. I
would’ve been content with the smallest form of care. My heart, already battered and out in the open,
was stepped on and crushed when Landon looked at me with such pity. His dark eyes swirling with
emotion he didn’t voice out.
He felt bad for me.
He didn’t care.
He felt sorry for being my mate.
It could’ve been anyone and he would’ve done the same thing
I tried to tell myself that. Tried to lift my mood by convincing myself that the reason he was rejecting me
wasn’t because of who I was, but because of who he was and what he wanted. But that somehow
made it all the more painful. Although he made up his mind even before finding his mate, I expected
him to at least consider it. He didn’t.
There was no part of him that wanted to give me a chance.
He never intended to change his mind no matter who his mate turned out to be.
He just felt sorry it had to be me whose heart he breaks.
Bu-But Landon, I-I’m your mate! The Moon Goddess put us together for a reason. You can’t do this.
Please Landon, please
I pleaded. I took a step forward to reach out to him. The tears rolling down my face blurred my vision
but I could still make him out perfectly. His tousled hair messy from the amount of times he must’ve ran
his fingers through them. He had the habit of ying with his hair when he was frustrated or stuck on
what to do. I barely managed to grab hold of his arm but he quickly pulled away as if my touch burned
him. His fist clenched as he stared at me. Those beautiful eyes shed with disgust. He stepped back.
Landon’s stance postured in a way to protect Hestia, who stood behind him wordlessly. Her eyes glued
to the floor but her hand holding onto Landon’s sleeve trembled.
“Selene, stop it. You’re embarrassing yourself Out of consideration for Hestia, I will overlook your
disy of disrespect
I stared at him in disbelief. Even when I was being rejected, he didn’t put me first. He didn’t parish me
for my disrespect purely out of consideration for her. Not for me. Not because he felt for me but
because he felt obligated to for the woman beside him. Because he didn’t want to hurt Hestia byying
a hand on her sister.