Rejected By Beta, Claimed By Alpha

Juliette POV.

"I, Sammy Palmer, reject you and sever my ties to you, Juliette Rohan, as my mate once and for all."

My heart ached as I heard him announce this rejection in front of the pack members. It hurt more than anything I could ever feel and it wasn't a dream because I could feel this pain through my heart, as his words sounded like a knife that was so sharp.

My tears fell so hard that my knees wobbled, making me fall to my knees in front of him.

This was sudden even though I had been feeling different about him lately.

I thought he just needed more time with me because of his busy schedule as a Beta in this pack, but it didn't. He even said it all without his trembling voice. He looked like a stranger I just met with a bad nature.

But what made it worse was that today was our second anniversary and I still couldn't believe that his gift was this painful.

Now it felt like I was being humiliated. Being hurt, witnessed, and the center of gossip.

So, should I agree to it? But I also need a reason why he's suddenly like this.

His gaze was even so cold toward me, not looking remorseful or anything like that. Could it be that he doesn't love me anymore?

My throat hurt so much every time I swallowed while crying like this. I was even reluctant to speak.

I finally tried to stand up without anyone to help me, completely alone with tears still flowing, as if I was trash—no one cares.

I swallowed hard before I finally said, "I, Juliette Rohan ... accept your rejection and break my bond with you, Sammy Palmer ... once and for all."

I didn't know what he was feeling and thinking as my voice stuttered and trembled, but it didn't seem to make him feel the slightest bit sorry.

My heart felt like it had been stabbed, hurting but not bleeding.

My body was suddenly so weak at that moment and it felt like nothing was on my side.

He then walked away from me without even looking back at me. But finally, with the little courage I still had left, I tried to chase after him to ask why he broke this mate bond.

"Why, Sam?" I asked, stopping him.

He turned around and looked at me with a cold stare, devoid of any love and even stranger.

"I love another woman and you're no longer in my heart. You no longer attract me in the slightest."

"Who is she? How can you decide unilaterally just because—"

"I've had it with you, Juliette, don't you see and feel how I behave toward you?!"

I was surprised to hear him say such harsh words to me. He never said anything like this to me before, even when we fought, he just chose to keep quiet rather than hurt me. But now ... the Sammy I knew had completely changed and seemed to have disappeared before me.

"I don't expect you to understand because I love that woman more than how I used to be with you."

"But today is our anniversary! How could you, Sam!"

"And it is a gift from me. Remember it."

He walked away after saying that, leaving behind a million, even countless ways he hurt me so much that my body felt like a broken glass bottle that couldn't be fixed anymore.

My cries exploded even more and I couldn't contain this suffocating pain.

I slowly left to calm myself down, because being in the same place as someone I loved but hurt me was very difficult to make me calm down. Even I was sure that I wouldn’t be able to calm down on this day too.