The Rejected Daughter Of An Alpha novel Chapter 7

"You must have met your mate then." Marcus says. "Is he here too?"

"Probably somewhere. He rejected me the night before I left. That was just before I was supposed to leave for the study program and the next morning Stella disowned me. At that point I had no reason to stay so I just asked the alpha if I could permanently move out there. Once he heard everything he agreed. I plan to visit him tomorrow and thank him for everything he's every done for me." Mom explains and pulls me into a side hug. Explaining this has always been hard for her and I have always been a sort of lifeline for her.

"He's in this pack?" Marcus asks, looking affronted. "Honey, you didn't have to come back. Had I known I would have never asked you to come here. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I've long since gotten over it. The Luna above blessed me with a piece of him to allow me to get through the rejection." My mother says and kisses my forehead.

"Why don't we head inside." Andrew says. Everyone agrees and we head inside.

Cassie's POV

The house is much nicer on the inside and has obviously been taken over by men. Probably the two in front of me. We all go to the living room and sit down on the leather couches.

"I'm sorry Cassie. I have been awfully rude. Please tell me-us- a little more about yourself." My grandfather says, speaking to me for the first time. Not that I hold it against him; he's only just seen his daughter for the first time in 18 years.

"There is nothing interesting about me. I'm our packs strongest warrior, I like to run, and I've been asked to teach the Warriors of multiple packs including the one we're staying at while on our visit." I state simply. There truly isn't much to tell about myself. I spend all of my time training defend and my guard is rarely ever down. Even now, I stand with my arms crossed and my feet placed shoulder length apart.

"Always on guard" I hear my mother mutter. "She also loves to read and will spend many hours down by the pond near our house, reading and soaking in the sunshine. She's brilliant at art and, though she'll never admit it, she loves children."

"I have no quarrels with admitting my love for children, it's just dangerous to admit to enjoying the presence of something so defenseless. Especially when you have enemies and no way of defending them." I say looking at my mother.

"You have no enemies who would dare go against you, much less attack the children you often take care of." My mother says with a roll of her eyes.

"No. I ended up with a piece of him and I never would have been able to move on. Not that I really want to." Mom says coming over to me with a smile on her face. This is the first time the older man looks at me and a look of shock comes across his face. He stares into my eyes for a moment and I see his gloss over.

"I get not being able to move on. Who's this?" He says, though I feel like he knows the answer.

"Jason. Meet your granddaughter Cassie Mora." Mom says with sadness and joy in her eyes. It's an odd combination and one that makes want to hug her but I know she would prefer I didn't in this moment.

"Granddaughter?" I hear my uncle and grandfather ask at the same time.

"You didn't tell them?" Jason asks looking at my mom in confusion.

"I didn't want them to hate their alpha for a decision he made when he was a teenager." Mom says with a shrug.