Chapter 30 James removed his hands from Cassidy’s head once she was able to bld herself upright and steady, She looked so happy when she had come closer to her, it took & monumental amount of self control for him to move away from her and dig deep into his stubborn nature: She was human.
He had to remind himself of that fact.
She was human, and was only a wolf now because he turned her.
She was working with rogues and couldn’t be trusted.
None of this, no matter how good it felt to just touch or smell her, could not be trusted.
“You are still… Just a human.
You will remain here in this place until you die for working with rogues.” He said in a cold, monotone voice.
“You are nothing to me.” He bit out, growling and taking a few steps back, disliking the way his chest tightened and his heart clenched.
Instead of allowing himself to feel the pain or guilt for denying his own mate, he turned it into anger.
“My wolf… Thinks you are my mate.
I refuse to believe it and I refuse to accept you.” Jame’s words were growled between clenched teeth with so much venom and anger.
Cassidy stared up at him in shock, the wolf that was in control of her mind and body had not truly and fully come to terms that he was her mate until the words of his refusal felt like someone had branded her with white hot iron.
She sucked in her breath, eyes wide before she bared her teeth and growled at him for causing her further pain.
Her eyes burned and she started to try and stand up.
Before she could ever get up to her feet, a mixture of angry growls and hurt whimpers came from the white she–wolf, Cassidy pressing herself as close as she could get to him.
The silver bars burned her nose and any bare skin she touched but she looked up at him, pleading with her eyes for him not to leave her.
When James turned to leave, Cassidy became agitated, aggressive and wild like Hunter had described.
Everything he would expect from the human going feral from the bite.
She threw her unsteady body against the bars of the kennel, whining and growling, letting out a low whimper to get his attention back.
When James had stood and turned around from Cassidy to leave, he came face to face with an angry looking Beta who had been in the door, watching the exchange between Cassidy and James.
Alaric was holding an unconscious Jett over his shoulder and his scowl was deep.
“What?” James snapped, feeling just as on edge as his own wolf was rioting inside of his mind over the rejection of his mate.
“She was human.
She will never be good enough and you know it!” he said in a temper before shoving past Alaric to get the hell out of there.
He was on the verge of losing the battle of wills between himself and his wolf and if that happened there was no telling what he would do.
Alaric had growled at James when he pushed passed him,running away from the truth of what he had been blessed with.
“Stupid foolish asshole…” he grumbled before he took Jett over to his side of the room and laid him down, replacing the chains on the man.
“Have faith She–wolf…” he called out in a kinder voice than he used towards James with his growl.
“He doesn’t understand what he is feeling.
I don’t think you are what he expected… But the moon goddess would not have chosen you if you were not meant for him.” He said before he stood and faced Cassidy when he was done securing Jett.
“Give him time.” He said lowly before he left the room as well, pulling the door behind him and allowing it to lock once again.
The wolf that was a part of Cassidy felt the pain of the rejection strongly, it traveling up and down her spine and through her heart.
She was an alpha wolf and with the pain of Jame’s words also came a cold and searing anger that was unlike anything she had felt in her life.
She pressed her head up against the bars of the kennel, too weak to unleash the anger and the pain she was feeling.
It took her several minutes to calm down enough to lay back down.
Her mind now clear, she rested her head on her paws and watched Jett through the bars, coming up with a plan to get the alpha’s wolf to accept her.
‘I will show him just how human I am… He will regret his choice in rejecting me…‘ she growled to herself.
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