My Promised Rejection (Olivia) novel Chapter 17

171 Promised

Olivia POV

“Are you alright, Becca asks me as everyone ainund us starts to head back toward the pack house. Yes, why Wouldn’t I be? You just seemed weird when we were talking to Ace and Candace,” she says. “No, I’m fine Their daughter is beautiful.” “Oh, you’re my best friend, my sister. Don’t lie to me, please, she says. “Becca, it’s nothing.” I can feel Danica’s sadness. “Becca, you told me once that mates don’t usually reject the bond. That has to mean that you can reject your mate.”

I watch as my words sink in before her eyes snap to mine. “He’s your mate, isn’t he,” she says. “Becca, just answer my question.” “Oli, you can’t. You don’t understand everything about why Ace married Candace. He believes,” she starts to say, but I cut her off. “You are right, I don’t, but the fact still remains they are married and they have a daughter. A daughter who deserves not to have her family ripped apart. I won’t have her suffer the way I have.”

“Oli, Ace is the other half of your soul. The goddess chose him for you. You can’t just walk away from that.” she says. “I have to. I promised myself I would never do what Evelyn has done. I will not rip a family apart for my own happiness. Besides, he is human. He acted like he didn’t even feel the bond. He’ll never know that I

was his mate.”

“That’s not true. He may not feel it as strongly as you do, but he feels it. Right now he is probably wondering why he is missing you when he doesn’t even know you. The more time you spend around him, the stronger his feelings for you will become,” she says. “Then it’s a good thing I won’t be here.”

“Oli, you don’t understand how much you’re hurting your wolf. How much you are hurting yourself. Della is little. It’s not the same as you growing up with two loving parents and having the carpet pulled from under you” she says. “You are wrong, it’s exactly the same. I’m going to deprive that little girl of the family she was meant to have. I need you to tell me what I need to do, Becca. Even if you don’t agree with my decision, its my decision to make.”

I can see she is torn, but I won’t break the promise I made to myself. Danica whimpers and my heart breaks knowing my decision affects her. “I’m sorry Danica. It would destroy me to be the reason Della’s family fell apart. I’m sorry the goddess chose me as your human.” “Hey, I’m not. I wouldn’t want any other human, Oli. I may be heartbroken, but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand why you’re doing this. I love you, no matter what, Oli,” she says.

My eyes meet Becca’s again. Tears run down her cheeks. I reach out and pull her into my arms, hugging her tightly. She really is my sister, despite not sharing blood. “You need to speak the words of rejection to him in order to sever the bond between you,” she says. I let my own tears fall as I grieve the bond I’ll never share with Ace. I pull back and wipe my tears quickly. “So, I just have to say I reject you, Ace, and our bond will be gone.”

“No, you have to say I, Olivia Crocker, reject you, Ace Morris, as my mate. I know you have your mind set on this Oli, but you need to understand you’ll never get a second chance if you reject Ace. You will always feel like a part of you is missing,” she says. “I guess I’ll just have to do what humans do. Find someone, date, and fall in love.” Even thinking that thought makes my chest ache. I smile at Becca despite my heart breaking. “It still feels weird to say humans when I’ve always thought I was one of them,” I say with a chuckle, trying to bring some levity to our conversation.

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just wanted to apologize for Collette She had no idea that Rain was your mate, Kevin‘ she says. “You know damn well that I never said Rain was my mate, Candace She doesn’t have her wolf yet and that would be

against the rules for me to claim her. Having said that your sister shouldn’t be starting sh*t with anyone in this pack, especially Rain and the alpha’s daughter, Kevin says.

I’m just about to correct him when Candace speaks again. “We both know she isn’t of the Alpha’s blood. He may be claiming a human child, but that doesn’t make her anything more than another member of the pack,

she says. Becca clears her throat and three heads snap in our direction.

“Becca and Oli, it’s good to see again. I was just apologizing to Rain and Kevin for Collette’s behavior,” she says. “I heard you perfectly fine, and you are absolutely right. My father was human, just like your husband.

So your daughter and I have a lot in common. Now if you’ll excuse us, I’m tired,” I say, pushing past her

without another word.

We make our way through the pack house and up to the room I swore I’d never step foot in again. This time around it feels different. It feels like the safest place away from what I have to do tomorrow. The door closing behind me brings me out of my thoughts. “Are you sure about the rejection, Oli? I’m sure you can tell that Candace isn’t exactly the nicest wolf. Just because Ace married her doesn’t mean what they have is perfect.”

“I’m sure. Whatever he feels for her was enough for them to have a child and get married. I won’t be the reason that they break.” After I’m showered, a wave of exhaustion rolls over me. I pull on a pajama short set and head out into the room. Becca is already showered and lying on the bed. I slide in next to her, turning off the bedside light. “Thank you, Becca.” “For what, Oli” she asks. “For being there for me when I’ve felt all alone in this life. I don’t know if I would have gotten through all of this without you.”

“You never have to thank me for that, Oli. I told you, you are my sister. I would do anything for you,” she says. It doesn’t take long for me to fade into dream land. My sleep is plagued with dreams of me with a swollen belly standing hand in hand with Ace. Pain has me dropping to the ground in my dream although the scream that comes from my mouth sounds like it’s real. My body being shook wakes me out of sleep. “Oli, what’s

wrong?”

The pain is back, and it feels like my belly is on fire. “I don’t know, but it hurts,” I say as I grip my stomach. Something flashes in Becca’s eyes as she stares at my stomach. “Becca, what the hell is happening?” “Ace is being intimate with Candace. Once we find our mates, we aren’t supposed to let anyone else touch us,” she says. Danica whimpers and, on top of the pain, I can feel her sadness. I’m not sure how long the pain lasts, but every moment is agony. Not just the pain but the thought of him touching her feels like I’m dying inside.

Once the pain subsides, I pass out. I wake up before the alarm on my phone goes off. Once I’m dressed, I

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