My Mate's Betrayal

Chapter- 8 Stupid James

Alkira's pov-

I followed Ana sniffing out her scent that led me out of the pack house. My mind was in chaos. I could not fathom any reason that would justify her reaction. She should be happy after seeing her mate but she was looking at him like her world just turned upside down and not in a good way.

One question kept repeating in my mind like a broken record. Why would she run away from her mate?

As far as I know she is eager to meet her mate. She believed in this whole soul mate criteria with her heart. I know all of her plans for her future mate so what went wrong?

I too believed in mates and them cherishing their only one but now my heart has nothing left to give. My wolf has on several occasions told me to have patience but how could I? She being an ancient soul has met with her soul mate already in many lives, in different bodies. I on the other hand have to deal with rejection and live with the bitter truth. I have buried the hurt and pain in bottom of my heart now I start my day with a false smile plastered on my face.

Don't worry that ache will go away. Everything happens for a reason. We just have to keep our eyes open and look for silver lining.

Getting rejection and betrayal from the person who is made for you, to love you, to hold you in good and bad can turn any optimist to pessimist. So please don't blame me if i can't see anything good coming out of it. My wolf's optimism sometime irritated me.

You will see.

She would not explain anything about these cryptic remarks and expect me to have patience. Sometime I wonder if I could strangle my wolf for not explaining things. I forgot about her as soon as I reached the river and saw Ana sitting on the rock crying her heart out. Her shoulders were shaking and she hiccuped once in a while. "Ana" I whispered.

She went still for a second and then turned away from me. I can see from the movement of her hands that she was trying to swipe away all the tears that cascaded down her cheeks. It was of no use. I could see that she was devastated. I wanted to know what caused her this much pain. I haven't seen her cry like this after her parents got killed in a rogue attack. She and I made a promise to each other that we would not cry as it will cause them pain.

It must be something big for her to cry like that.

"I have seen you crying, so no need to hide from me. Ana please tell me what is wrong."

She turned to look at me and staggered a bit. I quickly reached her side and took hold of her arm. After making sure that she could stand I looked at where she was staring and my breath got caught in my throat.

"James!! What happened to your face?"

His cheek was swollen. But i don't think that pain bothered him as he walked past me whispering 'mate' that confirmed my suspicion of him and Ana being one.

He went on his knees in front of her and took her hands in his. His touch was enough to break out of her dazed state as she jumped and moved away saying one word that wiped the smile of his face and left me stunned.

"No."

How can she say no to him? She gets giddy whenever the word 'mate' leaves someone's mouth. So her rejecting him is beyond me. What is wrong with her? She can't say no to him without getting a chance to know him.

With quick strides I made my way to her and held her shoulders firmly holding her gaze i asked.

"Is he not your mate? Is he not the one whom you are supposed to love with everything you got? Is he not the one moon goddess made especially for you?"

"No".

Her voice barely reached my ears but I heard her and so did James. She averted her eyes when she said that word but i saw the pain in her eyes. The way her throat chocked and her voice cracked i knew she was lying. But why would she do that?

"Ana!! I know you are lying. I also know that he is your mate but what i don't know is why you are denying the truth. Don't you see how much your denial has hurt him and me?"

"But you love him."

"How can you say that?"

"Remember the day in hospital after you saved Alpha and took the blow to yourself. The same day you told the truth. I asked you a question; I asked that who was he? But you did not answer me. I had smelt something on you and that fragrance intrigued me. I ignored it that day thinking i was just imagining things.

But after few months I again caught that scent on you. Last night too i got a whiff of his scent off you and again you did not explain anything to me. So I went away in the forest to calm myself that is when my nose picked up his smell and my wolf stirred. I followed my nose that led me to a hidden place where his scent was strongest along with yours. My wolf confirmed that he is our mate and my heart broke knowing that you lied to me. I wanted to ask a lot of things but I knew that you would not say anything you never have so why would you now.

I cried myself to sleep and when I woke up I decided that I would not have him. I know you have gone through a lot and I do not want to add anything to it. If he makes you happy and vice versa then i will walk away. When i saw him in the meeting room it was so sudden and unexpected that i could not control myself and i ran away.

I know that your mate is dead but that does not mean you have to stay mate less and when I reject him-."

I put my hand over her mouth so that she could stop this rubbish. I love this girl, truly but sometime she can be so stupid. I wanted to whack her head upside down but I controlled the urge. She is ready to sacrifice her happiness for me. I know that I will do the same thing for her in a heartbeat if the situation is reversed but right now she is acting silly. She is not thinking clearly. She thinks that I love him and without any proper explanation she is ready to give up on her mate. She does not want to fight for it. She thinks that she will get over him in no time.

She does not know the pain that one feel when their mate rejects them. She does not know how much it hurts knowing their mate is mating someone else. She does not even feel an ounce of betrayal that I live with on daily basis then how can she be so sure that she will deal with the pain.

"Ana. You don't even know how much it hurts when you reject your mate. I know you have met him just now but your connection is growing as we speak. If you reject him with time you will be able to heal as you are the one to reject him but he has to deal with the pain for a long time.

Tell me one thing Ana will you be able to deal with it, knowing you are the one who did this to him. Knowing you are the reason behind his tears, his agony. Knowing that he is unhappy living with someone who is not you. Knowing he is living with someone who do not love him. Will you be able to live with that for the rest of your life? Will you?

You do not know anything Ana about pain of betrayal, about the pain of losing your mate. And if you do not know then how you can be so sure that you will be able to get over it telling me Ana, tell me!!"

"How do you know about the pain? How would you know about betrayal?"

"I don't love him Ana. So now that is clear between us I hope you will give him a chance. In fact I was about to tell everyone about him. How we were best friend in my former pack and about my plan on getting my revenge on the person who tore away our pack in the meeting that did not happen. So let's go and start the meeting." I said trying to change the current topic.

"No Ana. It will wait. Tell me how you know about the pain."

"She knows because that was her mate who betrayed her."

I closed my eyes as I was unable to meet hers. Stupid James always opening his mouth at the wrong time.