Liam

The conversation with all the Alphas that attended the ceremony must have gone longer than I expected because almost everyone has left by the time I arrive back at the front yard. The Alphas also departed back to their packs. I offered them to stay the night but they refused.

River and I are both over the moon today. I was finally crowned Alpha and things are starting to get better with April. I still feel bad about hurting Tyler the other day. Ever since he explained the whole situation to me, I realised I overreacted. I was so angry at that moment, I grabbed her unconsciously. I was just trying to inhale her scent because it seemed to be the only thing that calmed me down but instead I scared her and she got pissed off.

"It's fine. She forgave us." River consoles me.

I decide to go back home since that's probably where April went. I feel bad for making her wait so long. She must be really tired. I follow her strong scent through the woods, rushing to be with her once again. As I approach the house, I spot Tyler exiting it and running towards the woods. What was he doing here? Just the thought of April with him is enough to enrage me. I walk inside and his scent is everywhere.

"How did you get back so-," I hear April yell out but she stops as soon as she sees me. She was waiting for that asshole? River growls in anger and rage consumes me.

"What were you doing with him," I growl loudly.

"What do you mean," she asks. She was with him when she should have been with me. His scent is all around the room, but most importantly, it's all over her.

"I can smell him on you," I roar as I try to fight River for control.

She still looks confused and asks, "Smell who?" Goddess, does she think I'm stupid? I saw him leave the house and here she is lying to me while I can still smell his scent all over her.

I grab her arm and pull her up from the couch.
"I would have expected something like that from Tyler but I honestly thought you were better than that," I spit out, the thought of her betrayal igniting a fire within me.

"Liam, let go, you're hurting me," she yells.

"Oh, I'm hurting you? What about what you're doing to me," I ask her. How could a wolf do that to their mate?

She shouts for me to let her go and I push her back on the couch.

"I should've known better," I snarl.

"How could I expect someone like you to respect the mate bond?" A look of hurt flashes across her eyes but I am full of too much anger to stop now.

"Someone like me?" She asks quietly.

"No real wolf would ever get close to someone that's not their mate," I state and walk out of the house as I feel River try to take control from me. I'm afraid he might do something that we will both regret so I run out and shift, making my way into the woods.

"Leave me alone tonight and if anything comes up, deal with it," I mind-link Jason.

"Is everything okay, Liam?" He responds back, worry lacing his voice.

I cut off the mind-link and block everyone. Running as fast as I can, I push my legs to their limit. River is hurt from the betrayal but still wants me to go back to her. The moment I see her again, he will forgive her, I'm sure of that. Unfortunately for him, I am not that forgiving. I run for what feels like hours until I tire myself out. I will kill Tyler once I get my hands on him. I don't know how long I sit under a tree, trying to calm myself down. Unknowingly, I fall asleep, still in my wolf form.

It's almost daybreak when I wake up. The anger has finally subsided and is replaced by hurt. I walk back to the pack house and shift, grabbing a pair of shorts placed in a box outside. When I walk inside, I notice that the house is empty except for little Eric watching cartoons.

"Hi, Alpha," he exclaims upon seeing me enter the room.

"Hey, Eric," I give him a small smile and walk upstairs to my office.

I grab some clothes and shoes from the small closet in the bathroom and change. Returning back into the office, I sigh as I fall into my chair.

The door springs open and Zara walks in. She is dressed in her usual slutty clothes and comes closer, leaning on the desk. Dating her when I was twenty was probably the biggest mistake of my life. Even though I broke up with her when I turned twenty-one and wanted to find my mate, I'm still paying for it. To make matters worse, I slept with her once again when I was drunk a couple of years ago. Ever since then, she has been flirting with me incessantly, hoping that I would mark her and make her my Luna. I always ignored her, hoping that she would go away once I found my mate, but she still has no shame.

"What are you doing here so early," she asks seductively.

Before I can tell her off, the door slams open, taking me by surprise. April stands before me and her face is red in anger. Her nose is flared and her hands curled into fists as she shoots a look at me and then Zara. Her eyes flash green for a second but then return to their normal, ocean blue colour.

"You," she hisses, pointing towards Zara, "Get out!"

The air around her is full of power and Zara quivers in response. She runs out immediately with her head bowed. Even I can feel the strength oozing out of her and I am an Alpha. She snaps her head towards me.

"So, this is what you have been doing while I was writhing in pain all night?" She yells. What is she talking about? Is she really going to make this about herself when I'm the one that was in pain after everything that she did?

"It's funny how you have been so busy respecting our mate bond, while someone like me has done absolutely nothing but be loyal to you, even when I had no reason to be," she scolds.

Without giving me a chance to explain, she continues.

"Ever since I met you, you have been an ass. You hurt me, disrespected me, but I still came here with you because I thought you deserved at least that much for saving my life. I have been nice to you, your family, your pack, and for what? So you could throw meaningless accusations at me? Call me names?"

I stand up and try to think of something to say but I am speechless. I did hurt her and say things I shouldn't have said. I never meant to do it but I was so angry at that time. When I saw Tyler, and then smelled his scent all over her, I couldn't stop myself.

"I have had enough," she screams. "You and I, we are done. I don't want anything to do with you. I don't want to be near you. I am going back home. I can't go through that pain again," she whispers the last part and proceeds to say words that shake me to my core.

"I, April Jennings, reject you, Liam Kingston, as my mate."

The words hit me like a brick and I fall back. She turns around and walks away. A small whimper escapes my lips as River feels the pain of being rejected by his mate. I feel like I am being tortured. My heart thumps against my ribcage, daring to escape, and my stomach twists into knots. My muscles refuse to move and my legs turn weak under me, keeping me in place. I sit there, motionless, for I don't even know how long, staring into nothingness.

The door springs open, startling me once again. Jason enters the room frantically.

"Dude, where the fuck have you been?" He questions but I don't have the strength in me to respond.

"We have been trying to mind-link you all night," he continues as I stare at him, dumbfounded.

"April was in heat," he informs as I finally meet his gaze and register what he is saying. "She was screaming in pain all night until Dr. Williams injected her with a sedative and she passed out."

She was in heat and I left her in pain. How could I leave her in that condition? What if some unmated male had found her? I curse myself inwardly as Jason continues speaking.

"Thank the Goddess that Tyler found her when he did and controlled himself enough to take her to the hospital," he finishes.

I try to wrap my mind around all the information he is dumping on me. No wonder she rejected me. What kind of a mate does that? I feel tears collect in my eyes and I try to fight them.

"Liam, are you even listening to me," Jason asks in an irritated tone as he walks towards me. Suddenly his voice is filled with concern as he asks, "What's wrong?"

"She... She rejected me," I whisper.

Jason's eyes go wide in shock. "What," he almost screams, "Why?"

"I got so angry. I don't know what got into me. When I saw Tyler leaving the house and smelled his scent all over her, it pissed me off so much. I said all these terrible things to her, Jason," I explain, trying to keep my voice from cracking.

"How could you think that, Liam? She hurt her ankle at the ceremony. Tyler searched everywhere for you but you were nowhere to be found and your mind-link was blocked. So he took her home. In fact, the only reason he found out April was in heat was because he was bringing back some medicine for her ankle."

"What have I done, Jason? She's leaving," I say as I put my head between my hands. I have lost my mate because I couldn't control my anger. I didn't even give her a chance to explain herself.

"You have to stop her, Liam," he appeals. "The bond is not severed until you accept her rejection. I don't care what you have to do. You have to stop her because you will never find a better Luna. We all need her," he asserts and walks out, leaving me to my thoughts.

River is even more pissed, now that he knows everything was my fault.

"We have to get mate back," he whimpers.

"Yes, but how?"

Hey guys! I hope you liked this chapter. I wanted to show everything from Liam's perspective before we proceeded any further.

What do you think he is going to do next?