Chapter Twenty-Nine – She rejected him.
Rihanna’s POV
The boy we seized was the Beta’s in-law and the Black Rose Alpha and Beta came looking for him.
I was trying to avoid annoying that Alpha but fate had a different way to punish me.
I asked the wolf that checked if she was sure.
Greta nodded. “The Beta and Alpha were reported to have gone to look for him. Do you want me to take a run out again?”
A hidden smirk was on her lips. She was looking for an excuse to run out again.
“You seem like you enjoy running there, I used to do so too, I told you it would be fun. To clear your stubborn head.” I teased, meaning it a bit.
She smiled, looking down.
“Well, don’t worry. They shouldn’t see you, just stay in.” I added. She nodded and left.
I turned to Jean, who had fear and sadness in her brown eyes.
When she had caught her mate’s scent in here, I assumed she’d be mad at me for catching him but she was happy.
She only felt sad when he began threatening that his in-law, who happened to be a Beta of Black Rose, will come for him.
“Young man, I don’t think I’d be letting you go soon. Either you accept Jean, or you officially reject her and let her heal.”
Jean snapped her head at me and I nodded. “Yes, rejection is an option, dear.”
The boy scoffed. “How about she denies Your Silver and works for Black Rose? Are you scared she will expose all the secrets and betray him?”
Jean pouted, fondling with the hem of her skirts. Was she housing that suggestion?
“If you accept her, she’d stay here and finish her mission. Unless, she wants to call it quits.” I replied the boy, my eyes on Jean.
I hated these situations. Dara walked in and I immediately walked out, she should handle it from there.
A sigh left my lips, and I tried to connect with Lana. “An Alpha and a Beta could be outside my cave. Greta might not be discrete enough.”
“Even if they entered the passage way, they need to find the right door here, don’t worry. But I think we should let that boy go.”
“With Jean?” my forehead creased.
“Jean won’t leave. Avenging her parents is more to her than…”
The door opened and I turned to it. It was Jean walking out with Dara. She had a resolved face on. “Let him go! I don’t need such man.”
My heart sunk, she was letting him go? “You know we can still keep him here.”
“She rejected him.” Dara declared. She did? She had such guts? Her eyes brimmed with tears.
“I did. He should leave with the feeling of being rejected. I don’t deserve it. I am an Alpha’s daughter.” She seethed.
I nodded. Her father was an Alpha of a small pack that was raided by Red Moon. She didn’t have a tint of his aura.
If rejection was a way of getting that aura back, then it was a good thing. Just like it happened to me, facing a painful thing changed people.
“I feel I should double your training. You are having what it takes.” I told her.
She blinked and looked up at me. “Was I getting promoted because I rejected him?”
“You’d need to get your mind off him. And you can channel that energy to Dara.” I looked at Dara. “Yes, you’d be the one to train her.”
Dara smirked and pulled the girl out with her.
I returned to the room and saw the boy looking dejected. “She rejected you. You are no longer needed here. I will return you myself.”
He said nothing. Indeed, Jean was right. He will feel like trash. If he knew better, he should channel it to be a better version of himself.
I had mind linked Camilla and a carriage was in place for me to return the lad. In twelve minutes, I was already at the Rose Valley.
It could be pride but I really liked daring those warriors. It was the only fun I could get around.
“What are you doing in our lands!” one of them shouted. Didn’t they know I came to drop their warrior? Or they weren’t aware he was missing?
“I come in peace.” I feigned innocence. “Your Silver saw a Black Rose warrior by Boots and Rivers Market. I’m here to bring him back.”
They backed away, looking intently at my carriage. The boy was unconscious so he couldn’t deflect my claims.
I felt the energy of the Beta coming towards the warriors. I was glad he wasn’t with the Alpha, I could talk or take down the Beta.
“You said you saw him by the Boots and Rivers Market?” he asked. He must have good hearing.
“Yes,” I carried the boy from the carriage. “He had been delivered to Your Silver by a wolf who assumed he was enemies to Black Rose.”
“So he returned to the boy to prove he isn’t?” The Beta chuckled.
Why? Wasn’t that feasible?
“Well, to us, Your Silver is still an unruly rogue. And he brought a silver wolf to us again. We appreciate the gesture.”
“I am his highest warrior. You better not be thinking of catching me. To be honest, do think of it.” I dropped the boy down like a sack.
The Beta frowned and his warriors rushed to the lad. “You won’t leave here today….”
“You either kill me or die. Those are the only options.” I warned, my eyes changing to orange. “And I promise I am not dying now.”
There was hesitation from him when I said the last part, or was it my change in eye color? It changed back to normal.
If he knew I was a Beta, would he able to know what pack I was from? Nonsense, any rogue could attain Beta rank without being from a pack.
They had to be either born into it or trained by an Alpha. Would that give me away too? Who had trained me?
“You are a Beta.” He said accusatorily.
“I have been for long, I doubt you can stand me.” I added. Should I have said that too?
“Your Silver is an Alpha wolf then. Or had attained that rank somehow. He is even scarier than we thought.” The Beta said, backing away.
What? Your Silver was now scary for being an Alpha? I knew scarier Alphas who didn’t care about others.
“Because he’s a rogue, he is scary and all that? You Black Rose are like the others. Intoxicated with power that you don’t reason.”
He stopped in his tracks, staring into my eyes. I felt he would be the honest one, but they were all the same.
“Where’s Delta Jonah? I did miss his company when he was with us. The rest of you are crazy.”
“He is at Black Hills.”
I wasn’t expecting the Beta to answer me. I shrugged and walked away. He was still Black Hills? What drama had happened there?
“Did you see any girl with this boy though?” the Beta asked when I mounted when I mounted the carriage.
“She rejected him. She was his mate. She’s a Your Silver warrior and don’t want to be affiliated with a pack that doesn’t fight for slaves.”
I turned to him. “Make sure your brother-in-law doesn’t hurt himself. Rejection leaves scars.”