Rejected by my mate, chosen by the Alpha

Free

Lilly

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You can sleep with me or if you’re not comfortable you can sleep alone.. i don’t know what to think. I turn on the shower and start undressing. I don’t look in the mirror.. I know what I look like.. I know you can count every rib.. that my stomach is sunken in and you see the back bones. That there are bruises everywhere.. and the five claw marks that only got bigger and bigger as I grew.. a constant reminder that it was my fault my parents are dead..

I sigh and walk into the shower. I whince as the water hit my bruised body but it soon fades. I see a bottle of conditioner and practically pour it onto my matted hair. I turn the water off and see a hairbrush. New, not used. I started brushing my hair and I groan as it starts to pull, but I have to do it.. I think I stand there for almost an hour. There is a big ball of hair on the sink, so I throw it in the trash. I get back in the shower to rinse the conditioner out, and then I finish the rest of the body. I find a fresh razor and shave everywhere.. god I needed that. When I’m done I step out and dry off.. decision time..

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Tyler

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When she finally comes out of the bathroom in just a towel wrapped around her tiny body, my heart jumps. She looks so small, but also beautiful. I see now how truly skinny she is, and I feel my muscles tighten. I see her scared eyes and force myself to relax. “You look like that shower helped, little one” I smile and stand up slowly. I tower over her. I’m 6’5 and she can’t be more than 5’.. she looks so.. fragile. I know I have to protect her. I take my fingers under her chin and tilt it up towards me, forcing her to meet my gaze “you’re safe, little one. No one will ever hurt you again” I see her smile, and then she says the most dangerous words she could: “I’m sleeping in here with you. I want to be with my mate”. My heart jumps, and I pull her into a hug before I can think, and she instantly freeze, but then she wrap her tiny arms around me and sigh.

She’s going to be the death of me.. this tiny, little girl that I’m not allowed to touch properly for two years, is going to have me wrapped around her finger.. hell, she already is..

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Lilly

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I didn’t expect the hug, but I did welcome it when it came. His arms around me make me safe. I know he’s not doing anything other than kiss me for the next two years, but I don’t care. He hasn’t said anything yet, but I smell it on him.. I may be a mutt, but I still have my wolf senses, and he’s mine. I put on the t-shirt he gave me and the small shorts, and I smile. He lay down on the bed and I slowly sit down on the edge, not knowing what to do next.. I haven’t slept in a bed since the day I was discharged from the hospital. “I.. I get to sleep in a bed?” My eyes widen and I almost start crying. Tyler sit up and wrap his arms around me, pulling me into his embrace as he kiss my temple “of course, little one. This is your bed now too. And I’m going to sleep next to you and cherish you forever.. but I’m not touching you before you’re 18.. because when I do, I’m claiming you completely. Until then, you rest. You eat and grow. Get some meat back on your bones. Work out.. I will ease you into your Luna duties, but I don’t expect you to start today” he kiss me on the cheek and I can’t help but giggle. “Deal. When I’m 18, you claim me. And I’m fine with that. It means I have plenty of time to get to know you” I kiss you back in the cheek and stop breathing when your lips are suddenly on mine in a slow, passionate kiss that make my head spin. “Breathe” he mumbles and I do. I didn’t even notice I stopped. I don’t know how long we lay there. Touching, kissing and just that. The only places he touched me were my back, my face and my belly. When we were done kissing, I fell asleep with my back to him and my fingers tangled with his. I feel safe. Loved, and I start counting the days. I’m 17 in two months, so 14 months left.. 14 full moons and I’m his..