I walk into my bedroom and grab my suitcases from the back of my closet, I place them on my bed to start packing the remainder of my belongings. There are only a few sets of clothes left in my closet and only the daily necessities in the bathroom.
Most of the things I want to take with me are already in my suitcases, I made the decision to leave Shadow Valley Pack at my Sweet Sixteen party and I already know where I am going.
I will be going to the Elders, to learn everything I need to learn to become the best Beta I can be and I will find a Pack that will appreciate me for who I am.
My weapons are in the trunk of my car, I take them out every time I need them and place them back after I have cleaned them. All that is left is my luggage and then I will make sure that everyone understands who are responsible for me leaving.
Okay, let's get introductions out of the way. My name is Dallas, I am eighteen years old and my Lycan, Charna, showed up a year ago. My life hasn't been a bed of roses and the only reason I stayed this long is the hope of finding my Mate.
Well, we already know that that didn't go as planned. I am officially done with the people in my life and the leadership of this Pack.
I walk back up to the Alpha floor and to my surprise Nico and Lucy are still at it, but I no longer give a damn.
"Nico, harder." I hear Lucy moan. "Put a Pup in me, I want you to cum inside me." I can hear Nico groan, before he yells that he is coming.
I slam open the door and Lucy drops to the floor when Nico pushes her of his cock, startled by my presence. Both making a mess of themselves and the bedroom.
I don't wait for him to respond, I just turn on my heel and walk down the hallway to the door.
"Please, Dallas. Stop. This is not what it looks like, it just happened." Nico says, hopping on one leg as he is trying to pull on some sweat pants.
I don't say anything, I just keep walking down the stairs and I know that Nico and Lucy are right behind me.
Everyone in the main dining room goes quiet the moment they see me walking in and I can hear a few whispers the moment Nico and Lucy walk in behind me, everyone can smell the scent of sex in the air.
"I, Dallas, reject you, Nico, as my Mate." I say, after I have turned around to look at him.
"I don't care if you accept it or not. Just know that it won't stop me from finding my own happiness and you will have to suffer the consequences of not accepting my rejection." I state.
"Dallas, why are you rejecting our Son?" Alpha Leon asks and I turn around to look at him.
"Because as usual, Lucy wanted what is mine and got it. Your Son fucked Lucy, even though he knew that our Mate-bond was nearly complete and now I know why he didn't want us to tell anyone." I say as I look into Alpha Leon's eyes.
I turn back to Lucy and Nico, he is still staring at me and his hands are pressed against his chest. I don't feel any pain, but that might change if he accepts my rejection.
"You wanted him, you can have him. You can have everything that was once mine, I hope that the two of you become very happy together and I hope that you enjoy your victory." I say to Lucy, before I walk past her and out of the main dining room.
"Stop, you can't leave. You are my Mate." Nico says and I turn around to see him standing in the doorway.
"I am no longer your Mate, you chose to sleep with her and now you can deal with the consequences. You have always put Lucy before me, just like your family, the Gamma family and even my own Father. You never failed to remind me that you thought that Lucy is prettier than I am.
Our Mate-bond would have made you see that you had been wrong, that you had hurt me with your words and I would have forgiven you, because of our Mate-bond. What I can't forgive and what I will never forgive, is that you chose to fuck another woman." I say in a calm, cold voice.
The entire dining room is quiet and everyone is waiting for what is coming next.
"Dallas, there might be a very good explanation." But I don't give Alpha Leon the chance to finish his sentence.
"What kind of explanation can your Son have for being buried balls deep in Lucy? Where in this damn universe could this have been an accident?" I growl in his direction.
More Pack-members have gathered in the dining room, all of them curious about the drama unfolding in front of them.
My Father finally gets up from his chair and I am damn curious about what he will have to say.
"Dallas, you are the future Beta. You already have status within Shadow Valley Pack, why not grant Lucy the status of Luna?" My Father says.
Charna is growling in my head, but she keeps to the back of my mind. Neither one of us wants him to know that we already shifted or that we know that he lied about our Mother.
"HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FUCKING MIND? YOU WANT ME TO GIVE LUCY MY MATE, JUST LIKE YOU GAVE HER THE LAST GIFT MOM GAVE ME OR THE FAMILY HEIRLOOM YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME ON MY SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY.
GET A FUCKING GRIP ON THAT DAMN BRAIN OF YOURS, I HATE YOUR FUCKING GUTS." I yell at my Father and I take advantage of his shocked state.
"Nico, this is your last chance to accept my rejection. Once I walk out the door, you might never get the chance again." I state, looking at Nico and it seems to sink in that no one can change my mind.
"I, Nico, accept your rejection." Nico says, knowing that I will never forgive him.
I walk out of the Pack-house without looking back, I get into my SUV to finally get out of this place and start my new life.
Dallas' p.o.v.
Six months later
I took my time to travel to Scarlet Crescent Pack, I needed time to myself and I wanted to take time to write down all the questions I have had for years.
I arrived at my destination after travelling for almost a week.
Charna enjoyed running around in unknown territory and neither one of us feel sorry for ourselves.
It is almost as if there never was a bond between me and Nico, no pain after he accepted our rejection and no sense of loss for us.
I arrived at Scarlet Crescent Pack in the early morning and I am glad that I had the letter from the Elders printed, it saved a lot of trouble at the gate.
A Squad Captain was waiting for me at the main building, the building that houses the Elders and where I will get my education.
I was given a schedule for the first week and then he showed me the territory we were staying in.
We might live within Scarlet Crescent territory, but we can't enter the territory that surrounds the Palace. At least not with permission from the Elders or at the request of the King.
I had the rest of the day off and I used it to get settled in, my room is on the top floor of building A. It is a hell of a lot bigger than my room back home and I even have a small balcony.
I placed my laptop on the desk next to the balcony door, I unpacked my suitcases and then I went looking for some breakfast.
My first real day with the Elders consisted of tests, to establish the level of my knowledge on Laws and my skill level in fighting.
I aced every test they gave me and that left the Elders with a challenge, where do you place someone that hardly needs basic training?
After consulting with the Squad Captains, I was assigned to one of the Squads and a costume made study plan was devised.
My studies were more focused on Pack-laws and the consequences they could have for a Pack. It was something I wasn't taught in Shadow Valley Pack, I didn't even know that an Alpha could make his own Laws within his territory.
Those Laws can't be breaking our main Laws, they are usually a stricter version of our main Laws and I was going to need to learn all of them.
I found a few surprises along the way and I actually enjoyed my studies, they were very educational.
Today I will become a full pledged member of Captain Jordan's Squad and I will be allowed to go on missions with the Squad, my main priority is to make sure we know the Pack-laws of the territories we get send to.
"Good morning, Dallas." Captain Jordan says as I walk into the living room in our Squad house.
The other Squad members greet me with a smile or a wave and I walk over to the coffee machine to make myself a Latte.
Captain Jordan slides a file in my direction, after I have taken a seat not far from him and I reluctantly open it. I know what is in there and I hate it every time he hands me a file like this.
Captain Jordan was the first one that found out about my past, he had found me cussing and swearing at a phone that was lying on the desk in my room.
It was on my third day as a part of his Squad and I hadn't come down yet, so he came looking for me. I had finally turned on the old phone with my sim card in it and I had many text and voice messages from my Father.
None of them were an apology for the way he had treated me. No, each of them were telling me that I was childish, selfish and immature.
Captain Jordan took the phone from me and once a month I get a file on the type of messages I have gotten with the name of whoever left them for me.
My Father still leaves me messages that tell me I am being childish, selfish and immature. Nico is begging me to come back, to give him another chance and so do his parents. The only one that hasn't reach out to me is Lucy and I hope she never does.
My eyes widen when I read a different message from my Father and I hear Charna laughing in my head, I had completely forgotten about this.
"Something funny, Dallas?" I hear Captain Jordan ask and I need a minute before I can answer him.
"Sorry, but it is the last message from my Father." I reply and I hear a few growls around me.
"I had forgotten that I had changed the password to the program for the Pack funds, I never informed anyone about it and it slipped my mind that it is the annual fund meeting in a few days." I explain, but apparently I am not making any sense.
"Every Pack makes an annual budget for a variety of Pack related issues, I have been making them since I turned fifteen and my Father would pass them off as his own. He never needed access to the program, so he never needed the new password and now the only ones that can get access are Alpha Leon and his Mate." I explain.
Captain Jordan has a dumbfounded look on his face and looking around I can see he isn't the only one.
"Can't your Father ask Alpha Leon for the password?" I hear Elder Jensen ask.
"And tell Alpha Leon that he hasn't done any of the financial tasks he was supposed to be doing?" I ask in return.
I hear almost everyone laughing around me, understanding that this would mean losing face for a Beta and no one would want to lose face in front of his Alpha.
"Besides, my Father would never admit that he was at fault. No matter the evidence against him." I say.
