Alice's POV
I heard people talking in the crowd.
"Why? Tell me it's not true!"
I collapsed and squatted with my head in my arms, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
"You were rejected by your Mate, and you messed around with other men. You embarrassed the whole pack, so I have to kick you out."
My father's cold voice came from above my head. I screamed and my heart was filled with despair.
That meant I couldn't continue to live in the pack. If I lost the protection of pack, I would become a Rogue!
"Father, I don't want to be a Rogue Wolf. Please don't drive me away."
With tears all over my face, I looked at my father pleadingly, hoping that he would give me another chance.
"It's just a small punishment for me to kick you out. You should be glad that we didn't bite you to death."
Katherine said with a mocking smile, standing beside her father.
This was Katherine's true self. She wanted to drive me away from home a long time ago. Maybe she incited my parents to drive me away. I don't understand why she hates me so much.
Her father agreed with Katherine and said impatiently, "pack your luggage and leave now. I don't want to see your face again. I feel ashamed!"
Then my father and mother left with Katherine.
No matter how I called them, they didn't stop at all.
"Honey, I'm sorry for what you have experienced."
Olivia comforted me. My friends were all here. I cried in their arms as if I had grasped the last straw.
"It's okay, Alice. He will regret rejecting you."
Simon touched my head, but he cried even more sadly than me. In the past, I should laugh at his ugly crying face, but I was so sad that I couldn't control myself and couldn't smile at all.
"Yes, and you don't have to worry about your parents. You can pack your things and live with me in my room at any time."
Mia took out a handkerchief and wiped my tears. I nodded to her. Under the escort of my friends, I left Wilson's castle and went home.
"Don't worry. You have to believe that Moon Goddess will arrange another Mate for you."
I heard Emily's voice comforting me, but I could feel that she was also very weak. Being refused by Mate was a big blow to us.
I thought there was one thing that might make us happy.
"Emily, can I see you now? I want to see what color you are."
I looked at her expectantly, but Emily kept silent for a while and said in a low voice.
"Sorry, I can't do it now."
"Why?" I was surprised.
"There is a powerful force in your body that has sealed your blood, so I can't appear in front of you."
Well, this was not the worst news I've received tonight.
My attention had shifted to another aspect.
"Is it possible that the power that suppresses my bloodline in my body is a secret about my identity?"
I asked her, but I didn't get the answer I wanted.
"I don't know."
Although Emily couldn't answer my question, I wasn't unhappy. After all, I didn't think I would have a wolf. But guess what? At least now I had Emily, which wasn't too bad.
When I got home, I found that the door was tightly closed. My luggage was put in a backpack and thrown out of the door. My parents even didn't want me to stay at home for the last night.
I picked up the backpack on the ground. This was everything I could take away after living here for 18 years. Then I officially became a Rogue.
It was late at night. I couldn't find a place to stay overnight. I walked five kilometers to Mia's home. It was an incomparably huge sycamore tree, and their home lived in the tree hole.
Just as she told me, Mia took me into her room. She found a spare folding bed and let me sleep next to her bed.
I couldn't fall asleep at night. I was thinking about the man I met that night.
Who the hell was he? Since he was not my Mate, why was he there?
I hated him more than Charles now. If that man hadn't raped me, I wouldn't have been refused by my Mate, and I wouldn't have lived a wandering life now.
When I finally fell asleep and woke up, it was already noon. I was not in the mood to go back to school.
I borrowed the phone of Mia family to call Mr. Smith, tell him that I was going to have a one-year break. To me surprise, Mr. Smith didn't refuse.
A week had passed since my birthday. I didn't want to leave my pack. In order to stay in the pack, I disguised myself and hid my name. I lived cautiously in a small town.
Mia's parents were very kind to me. They didn't treat me as a joke like others, instead, they took care of me as their second daughter.
I felt the warmth of a real family under their care. After I compared them with my original family, I found that my adoptive parents didn't love me from the beginning.
In the werewolf’s world, blood was closely connected. I couldn't understand why they adopted me to such a big age if they couldn't accept me.
"Honey, it's time for dinner downstairs."
Mia's mother, Nancy, knocked on my door. I stopped thinking and went downstairs with her.
Grimm, Mia's father, warmly invited me to sit down. Mia sat next to me and handed me my favorite roast rib. At this moment, I suddenly felt a heart wrenching pain spreading all over my body.
"It's Charles."
Emily told me the reason.
It didn't make sense, because I did accept Charles's refusal. I didn't understand why I still felt heartbroken.
About an hour later, the pain all over my body gradually subsided. Then I found that I was lying in Nancy's arms. She was holding my head and praying to Moon Goddess.
When she saw me wake up, Mia handed me the prepared water. I took the glass and drank half of it in one breath.
"Honey, go back to your room and have a rest. I'll make chicken soup for you later." Nancy looked at her lovingly. She probably guessed why I felt heartbroken.
Mia helped me back to the bed. I curled up on the bed. She is lying beside me. I was so sleepy that we fell asleep together.
On the second day, I found the only presbyter in the pack who was willing to talk to me, Monica, and she was also the oldest psychic. She loved everyone in the pack very much. I believed that she wouldn't mind my rumors, and I hoped she could answer the reason why I felt heartbroken yesterday.
I knocked on the door. Monica was surprised to see me, but she still warmly welcomed me.
"Alice, why are you here? Come in and have a cup of hot coco."
She led me to my seat. I took the hot coco from her and smiled for a long time.
"Thank you. I hope my arrival won't disturb you."
Monica shook her head and said, "you don't have to worry about that, honey."
"I know you come here to ask me something. Tell me, honey, what do you want to ask me?"
I lowered my head and took a sip of hot coco. "Have you heard that my Mate rejected me before?"
"Yes, I heard about it. I'm sorry for what you have experienced, honey."
She looked at my expression and felt sorry for me. I could feel the love from her elders.
"It doesn't matter. I want to know the reason why I can still feel the connection and heartache from Charles even though I have been rejected him."
"You shouldn't have felt so painful, unless..."
Monica frowned and put her arms around my neck.
"Honey, come closer."
She leaned over and my forehead was against hers. She was chanting a spell that I couldn't understand. I felt a force flowing through my body.
Then she let go of my head and looked at me sadly.
"The reason why you feel heartbroken is that your first Mate slept with someone else and marked her. Your connection with him has been completely cut off. That's why you feel heartbroken."
When I knew that Charles had marked someone else, I didn't feel surprised or heartbroken. In this way, I could completely cut off contact with him, which made me feel happy instead.
"At the same time, I feel that your blood power seems to be suppressed by a powerful force. There is a wolf in your body, but you can't become a wolf."
What she said was the same as what Emily told me before. I hoped she could answer my question.
"Do you know where the seal came from and how to remove it?"
Unfortunately, she shook her head and said helplessly, "this is a power that doesn't belong to the pack. I don't know where it comes from, and I don't have the ability to unlock it."
I really appreciate Monica's answer. I promised that I would visit her with gifts next time and then I would leave.
After returning to Mia's house, she excitedly took my hand and opened her wings.
"Honey, the Moonlight Ceremony will be held soon. Our school is going to hold a flower show. I asked Mr. Smith and he said he could let you join it."
"Really?"
Moonlight Ceremony was a big festival to celebrate the birth of the great Moon Goddess. On that day, all the extraordinary creatures without Mate could be there to look for their Mate.
I feel happy, but I was afraid that someone will recognize me.
Noticing my hesitation, Mia leaned over and said mysteriously, "don't be afraid. I'm the leader of the protest team. We can make up and draw the face of all kinds of animals. No one will recognize you."
I finally agreed, because I was looking forward to this celebration.
The rehearsal time was very happy. Thanks to the help of Mia, no one in the procession pointed at me.
On the day of the celebration, I put on my performance clothes and wolf makeup. We stood on the flower cart and performed the rehearsed dance.
My eyes were suddenly attracted by something. I saw a tall and conspicuous man in the crowd staring at me. His face was a little familiar, but a little strange. He was the man I met in the mist forest that night.