Broken Queen

4. Alone.

Penelope's POV

Getting rejected by her mate was a big thing and I could feel it in my heart which felt like a hollowness there. Even though I didn't have any feeling for Axel but he was my mate, my destined mate, selected for me by moon goddess, my wolf was linked with him but he rejected me, breaking apart the link and it hurts.

I placed my hand over my chest where I was feeling immense pain as if everything was finished which was true. Everything was finished!

I looked around myself and no one except Kyle was looking at me with pain. Others were either looking at me with anger or with disgust. I looked at Alpha, Luna, and dad who were the most experienced person here but they were also looking at me with anger. No one dared to correct Axel that it was wrong to reject his mate.

My lips trembled and a painful sob escaped my lips. I could feel my wolf howling in pain, in pain of the loss of her mate and same was my condition.

My legs buckled down, not able to take the pain in my chest anymore and I fall upon the floor feeling everything blank and hollow.

I opened my eyes after a long time due to loud voices which were coming from my surroundings. I adjusted my eyes around me to find that I was in my room surrounded by my bags and stuff.

"What's happening here?" my voice groggy and I looked around to only find Kyle who was packing my bags.

"You have to leave within two hours and here I am packing your bags," he shrugged looking sad.

I gave him tired smile and patted on his hand.

"Don't worry about me, Kyle. I could take care of myself. I am glad that Axel himself threw me out of his pack, otherwise I was myself planning to leave this pack," I told him which was half-truth and half-lie. "I don't think that my wolf is strong enough to bear the torture of watching her mate with someone as," I sighed and again felt my wolf howling in pain and pleading me to give her control so she could kill Natasha before we left the pack.

"Now come you should have a shower and food before leaving the pack," Kyle pulled me from my hand and pushed me inside the bathroom, turning on shower above me. Hot water falling on my body and I felt my muscles relaxing. I tore off my rugs like clothes which I was wearing from last six days.

Hot tears spilled out of my eyes and mixed with water just thinking that no one came for me when I was going to leave this pack except Kyle, not even my father. Was my crime so big that he was so angry with me?

After crying for my pain for long, I scrubbed my body clean of dirt from the cell and walked out of the shower. I cleaned my body with a towel and walked into the room where Kyle threw a shirt on my face.

Once dressed Kyle took my bag in his right hand and pulled me out of the room toward downstairs to feed me something.

"Penne, I have packed everything which you will need in this bag," he informed and I nodded my head before walking downstairs in living room of pack house which became silent after seeing me. No member dared to say a word of sympathy but was looking at me as if I was some plague.

"Ignore them," Kyle pushed me on the chair of kitchen Island before making me sit on the island chain. He served me food according to my diet and I started to have it, feeling hungry and not knowing when I was going to eat again.

My senses become alerted when I smelled dad and Luna in the living room. I turned and looked at them with sad eyes but they didn't approach me. I clenched my fists hard to control my tears which were threatening to flow down seeing how they were ignoring me.

I quickly finished my food and headed toward Luna and dad.

"Dad," I took a hold of his hand. "I know that you are angry at me but wouldn't you talk with me for last time. I am ordered to walk out of this pack," I sobbed when dad pulled his hand back from mine. "I don't know when I will see you again dad. I will miss you," I tried to hug him but he stepped back.

I gave him a forced smile and looked at him painfully. "You were the one dad who told me how mates can do anything for each other then why my step was wrong. I just tried to claim my right on my mate then why am I wrong, and why are you punishing me? You know very well, how a wolf reacts after seeing her mate with some other competitor," I sobbed.

"You have attacked your Alpha Penelope," the way he took my full name pained me. "You deserve this punishment. I am glad that he didn't kill you," his voice was so cold, not warm like he always used to talk with me.

I sobbed and walked toward Luna hoping that she will give me the much-desired hug.

"Luna you have always said that I will be Axel's mate and see this came true then why am I not selected as his Luna?" I cried and took her soft palm in mine. "Why am I punished Luna?"

Before I could take her in my hug, she stepped back and looked at me with disgust.

"I know whatever Axel did was wrong," I smiled under my tears after hearing her. "But what you did was a crime. No one gives you any right to attack Luna and Alpha. You should be grateful that I didn't kill you from my own hands after seeing that scar which you have left on my son's face. I thought you to be my daughter but you attacked my son."

My heart twisted seeing the hatred in her eyes and I stepped back with teary eyes. She was my second mother and she wished to kill me.

Kyle who noticed that I was getting weak rushed toward me and wrapped his arms around me.

"You should go. It's only an hour left before the ultimatum of Axel. We should leave for the border," he mumbled and pulled me out of pack house with his arms still around me.

No one came out to console me, to tell me that everything was going to be alright, that they were going to be in contact with me, no one except Kyle who loved me more than anything.

Once we arrived near the border, Kyle stopped and looked at me with teary eyes before hugging me hard. I knew my life was going to change once I stepped out of border. I would not have any connection with anyone in this pack and I will be a rogue, a lone wolf without any pack.

"Penne after leaving this border directly go to our favorite pizzeria where I have asked my friend to take you with him. He is beta of his pack and has talked with his Alpha who has allowed you in," he informed me. "You will go with him right?"

I nodded my head seeing his concern where I wasn't even sure if I was going to that pizzeria or not.

"I will keep calling you Penne," he smiled to me sadly before breaking the hug.

I sighed and pushed Kyle back knowing that it was my time to leave, to leave this pack where I had grown up. The pack which I had vowed to protect one day. I removed lone tear of my eyes before stepping out of borderline and immediately felt the hollowness in my heart which was due to the breaking of all the connections. I could feel all my mind links breaking and my fragrance changing to one which rogues have.

I could feel my heart turning heavy and my human side losing control to my wolf and I shifted to my wolf. Taking the bag in my mouth I started to run but not before hearing Kyle who asked me to stay safe and met his friend which I wasn't going to do.

I was fated to be alone and I thought I was going to spend rest my life all alone so here I am beside a lake away from everything.

Present

I don't want to meet that beta Kyle was referring to and run toward opposite direction and now here I am lying beside a river feeling hell weak. Not even in power to shift to my human form. Slowly but gradually I am finding solace in this calm environment beside the river. I can feel the sting in my heart to be alone but I have to bear it.

I am about to close my eyes and fall asleep when I feel some noise in the bushes and before I can bring myself in fighting mood a big dark wolf jumps out of the bushes and lands on me. Pressing his strong body against mine.

I close my eyes feeling so weak to fight, knowing well that this wolf is going to end my life this very moment.