BOOKSDRAMA Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Reject Her
Reject Her
Matt POV
Although I had agreed to marry Tulip, after seeing Tam on her fifteenth birthday my resolve seemed to falter by the day. But it
was not the right thing to even approach her, so I restrained myself as much as I could. Often, I would ask Seth to lock me up in
the dungeons of my pack with silver chains to stop my bear, Torben, from going to the Shadowfang pack just to see her. I was
sure that I was going insane. And the only way to stop this insanity was to restrain Torben in silver chains. It hurt so much. I had
bruises on my body, but there was no way I would go to meet her.
Tulip told me how Tam spouted poison about me to everyone. At first, I was so fucking upset that the only emotion I ever felt was
fury. Tulip would keep feeding me info about Tam's accusations once in a while. It aggravated me. I wanted to confront Tam
about it, but what was the point? Slowly, I came to terms with it. The fact that I needed to stay away from her was more
important, no matter what rumors went by. If Tam felt good accusing me of taking money from her father to stay away from her, it
was fine. She could use that hatred for me. It helped my purpose.
Tulip would insist that I marry her as soon as possible, but I didn't want her to suffer because of me. I had to get Tam completely
out of my mind, and then only I would marry her. She would get upset and go away for days altogether, which was fine. Because
when she returned, she was refreshed, looked brighter. It was different that she always went into some hiding, where even her
parents couldn't trace her.
For three years, I restrained Torben from going toward the Shadowfang pack. All the restraint in silver chains didn't affect my
beast. He was as strong as ever, as ferocious as ever, and then some more. However, it was on Tam's eighteenth birthday that
he broke it all and just ran toward the Shadowfang pack like a bat from hell. I struggled hard to make him go back, but he didn't.
And then he saw Tam's beautiful silvery wolf. She was running through the forest in the silvery moonlight, looking like a goddess,
looking like life.
'Mate.' Torben growled. 'Mine!'
Fuck me. I forced Torben to give way to me. As soon as I was out, I rubbed myself with. foliage and wet mud to hide my scent,
because I knew that if she saw me and recognized me as her mate, she would instantly hate me, reject me for all I had done to
her. For the way I had ignored her all my life. Realization slammed inside me. I had never hated her. I had tried to, but failed at
every instance. Tears welled in my eyes. I had treated her so badly. There was not a moment when I hadn't loved her. My
feelings for her suddenly made sense. Veles knew it. He forced me to save her that day when I could have abandoned her. My
love and protectiveness were wrapped in
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layers of hatred which was nothing but something I had invented. But why did my parents love her so much? Did they feel the
bond?
As if on instinct, Tam's wolf started running toward me. No. I turned in the opposite direction and ran away. This was not how I
was going to meet her. Like a stalker, like someone she would reject immediately. Veles! I couldn't even think of that scenario. It
made my heart cleave into two.
But now, I had a bigger problem. How was I going to tell Tulip about it? She had to know. Despite the rumors that Tam spread
about me, I was going after her. They were nothing compared to what I did to her. She was my mate, and there was no force on
this earth who would part me from her.
However, I had to deal with it carefully. In a way that I was close to her, had the opportunity to woo her while she still had interest
in me. I knew that it was a difficult. task, but not impossible. There was a chance that she'd reject me, but I had to take
that chance.
Oh, thank you, Veles! If she accepted me, I was going to construct your temple in my pack and worship you forever.
of my finger, suddenly feeling so light and ecstatic that I grinned.
"What do you mean?" she asked with a frown.
I gave her the ring back. "Tamara Vaslof is my mate," I said directly.
Her blood drained. "What?" she barked.
I shrugged, feeling smug. I had found a mate. And that too in Tamara. I was going to move mountains to be with her. "You heard
me. Tamara is my mate, and I am going to get her."
After a shocked pause, Tulip's face turned red with anger. "How dare you?" she hissed. "How dare you say that to me? I am your
fiancée. You are supposed to marry me. Reject her. NOW!"
I jerked my head back. "Why will I reject my mate, Tulip? Veles has been kind and bestowed me with a sacred mate. I would
rather die than reject her!"
She stormed toward me and raised her hand to slap me. A growl escaped my lips. I caught her wrist midair, and pushed her
away. She fell on the floor, shrieking.
"Don't you dare to do that again!" I growled. My warriors came inside to tackle her, but I raised my hand to stop them.
Tulip started crying. "You can't do this to me, Matt Erikson! I have waited to be your wife and Luna for so many years. Now you
suddenly come and say that you have a mate. And that too, a bitch like Tamara?"
In a flash of a second I was on her throat. "You say one wrong word about Tam, and I'll rip you into pieces." Her eyes widened in
fear as she gripped my wrist, struggling to
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break free. Feeling pity, I left her and she scrambled back. “Tam is my mate, and I won't hear anyone messing with her. If they
mess with her, they mess with me. I'm leaving you now because of our association, but don't test me."
She screamed, "Tamara has spread so many lies about you! Even your parents don't like her after I told them what she's been
doing. And still you want to go to her?"
"Those are your words Tulip, no one else's," I retaliated. "Besides, if you had a mate, would you reject him?"
Her eyes widened and it seemed like her breath hitched. "I would... for you..." she said.
"Then you are fucking insane," I spat. "No one in their right mind would reject their
mate."