Chapter 38: I Refuse!

Dante froze.

Reject!

The word rang in his head.

Rejection!

Again and again, he could hear these worlds ring out of her mouth into his head.

He stared at her. "Reject you?"

"Yes."

Selene stepped into his space. She snatched him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him closer, glaring, "I’m a wild omega, you are a supreme alpha. We are not fit. You are better suited being with your current mate. So go ahead and reject me. Solve all your problems."

His chest stuttered.

His heart pounded so hard, he could hear them in his ears.

Reject her...

[No! She is ours! She belongs to us, Dante! Let me out! I disagree to this]

Dante stared at her.

[Dante, you cannot reject our mate. Reject her and we will never find another mate. I do not like that mate and I refuse to be stuck to her. Don’t you dare, Dante!]

"So what if we are mates?" Selena spat. "Like I said, you can easily reject me and continue your life with your so-called maid as you are now."

She added, "Once you reject me, you will no longer have to suffer bodily reactions and rejections. So—"

"NO!" he spat.

Selene’s grip froze on his collar. "What?"

Dante took a step back. "I will not be rejecting you."

"What?" She took a step toward him. "What the hell do you mean by that, Dante?"

"I said, I will not be rejecting you." His tone alone was adamant. He pointed a finger at her. "You and I will never go through a rejection phase. I disagree! And I refuse!"

"Do you think it’s up to you only, Dante?!"

She moved even closer to him and shoved him hard against the chest.

"Let me tell you, I am Selene Tobias, the future heir to my father’s pack. And I will never stand below any man, alpha or supreme alpha! Do you understand me?"

Dante narrowed his eyes at her, shoulders rising in heavy breathing.

She smiled wildly. "Meris is perfect for you. An omega eager to be with you. She needs you, after all, it isn’t easy out here for regular omegas. Wild Omegas are different, so I have no intention of fighting for a mate. As a matter of fact, I don’t care for a mate. So..."

She lifted her palm until she could gently cup his cheek.

"...Even if you won’t reject me. I, myself, have the option to do so."

"Meaning what?!" Dante questioned.

Selene stared him dead in the eyes. "That means that I, Selene Tobias, reject you, Dante Baris as my—!"

He snatched her suddenly, cutting her off and staggering along with her until he slammed into the wall.

She lifted her gaze with a furious expression. "Dante!—"

The man lowered himself, molding her lips with his and kissing her.

He kissed her.

And he kissed her hand, grasping her wrists and slamming her hands against the wall on either side of her head.

The kiss stopped for just a second.

Selene inhaled.

The side off his cheek brushed against hers before he pressed his lips to her again.

Her heart was pounding. Her chest was beating like a drum as if it were about to burst apart.

She couldn’t understand what was happening to her.

Even if she were his mate, reacting to him like this and so easily at that...

She shuddered little breaths into his mouth.

Was this how regular omegas felt around alphas, not to mention supreme alphas?

She could hardly control herself, finding herself kissing him back before she could even think or register her own behaviour.

At some point, he’d let go of her, snaking his arms around her waist. And in response, Selene grabbed the edges of his shirt, yanking him closer. 𝖋𝘳ℯ

Dante’s full lips fluttered over hers, sending hot air into her mouth. He kissed her so deep and hard like he’d done this many times. And she was sure he had with Meris.

He explored her mouth. He nipped and bit her lower lip before claiming her mouth again with his slamming her even deeper against the wall.

Both man and woman were breathing heavily at this point.

Dante slanted her head to the side and dipped down for an even rougher, almost angry kiss.

He opened his mouth, taking all of her like they belonged to him.

Selene returned the favor. She responded to him just as quickly as he responded to her.

He drew her closer.

She willingly went along.

And he devoured her slowly, passionately and near possessively, pressing his hand to the small of her back and groaning so furiously into her mouth.

Selene moaned into his lips, feeling a loss of control of herself like she’d never felt before.

Her body was beginning to get hot.

And the more she tried to fight it, the hotter she felt, reminding her of an incident she didn’t want to reenact again.

As if snapping back to her senses so suddenly, she shoved him at the chest.

It was a rough shove, one that caught Dante off guard, causing him to stagger backward on his feet.

She stood there, breathing heavily, staring at him with warning eyes.

"D-don’t you dare come close to me again!"

Dante lifted his head and looked at her. His gaze was firm and adamant. "Our bond is never going to be broken. I will never reject you, and neither will you. I refuse. You are my mate and it will sit that way!"

"I’m a wild omega."

"So what?"

"She is a regular omega."

"But I don’t want her."

Selene breathed heavier and heavier. She could smell his leaking pheromones so purely in the air, feeling her knees going weak bit by bit.

She felt herself losing control of even her own pheromones.

At this moment, having a mate felt like nothing more than a curse.

She spat, "Do you think you have a choice to refuse? All it takes me is to swear that I refuse you and the mate bond will be broken."

"Go ahead and try it then."

"What?"

Dante narrowed his eyes dangerously into a thin line. "Try it then and see what I’d do, Selene. Forget about the peace treaty, but I will go to war with your father and we’ll see who is affected the most in this case."

"You bastard!"

"You are a peace treaty for a reason. So act like one. Breaking our mate bond? You’re asking for trouble."

Selene choked out a laugh. "Are you threatening me...?!"

"If that is what you’ll call it, then yes, Selene," he admitted, "I am threatening you. You and I, we will remain mates. And you will never have the choice to break off our mate bond!"