Rejection on the Full Moon (Rejection Series) Chapter 29

A shirt is thrust towards me, breaking me from my train of thoughts and making me turn to see Dominic shirtless. My eyes flicker to his toned body, still as well-defined as when I first saw him. I gingerly take his shirt from him with a small thanks. Quickly covering myself with the large shirt, I let the scarf loosely hang around my neck while the group begins to head back to the pack house. I use this moment to take a deep breath, inhaling Dominic's scent and allowing it to settle around me.

"Hey, Fire Foot." I turn to the sound of a familiar voice, seeing the pink-tipped wolf coming to walk beside me.

"You can call me Amberle," I reply back, smiling at her. I really liked this wolf and felt good about her. She could be an excellent second to me, my partner-in-crime, when training the Trackers and coming up with new ways to train—and slightly torture—them.

"I'm Avery. You're amazing." I couldn't help but laugh at the energetic Tracker as she bounces beside me. Even though I could tell that little pink-tipped hair wolf is tired from the training, that didn't stop her from being excited and prattling on like a pup. Avery begins to fill me in on how the Trackers used to be trained and what exercises they had to do in the past. It was a good foundation and explained why these Trackers had skills to begin with, but also gave me more of an idea of how to train them. Since the Hunters are also being trained by me as well, I needed to learn their past training schedule in order to make a proper training regime. The goal is to fully bring out the peak potential of the Blood Moon pack.

"Dominic must really like you." Miles comes up on the other side of me, cutting off Avery's rant about wanting to learn how to travel through the trees. I turn to look at the wolf with a green Mohawk.

"Why do you say that?" I ask, wondering what he meant.

"About two-and-a-half years ago, he met his mate. She rejected him because he was the Alpha of this pack and didn't want to be with a quote-unquote 'Bloodthirsty monster'. Before he could prove to her that he wasn't, his father watched her run away with a rogue who was banished from our pack. As Dominic chased after them to talk it out, three Soulless attacked and mauled both the mate who rejected him and the traitor until you couldn't even recognize them." Miles explains. My heart wrenches at Dominic's past, and I turn to look at him. I watched as a group of wolves joke around with Dominic, a smile on his face and laughter drifting over to the three of us. It explained why Dominic allowed me to cry in his embrace yesterday.

"In all honesty, that bitch deserved to die, Dom's mate or not. She had a habit of harming pack members who stood in her way and had a high and mighty attitude. Dominic thought he could change her when he found out they were mates, but Christian and the majority of the pack were against her." Avery's voice is laced with hatred as she scoffs at the mention of Dominic's so-called mate. I understood how she felt about dealing with someone with a high and mightier attitude—I did grow up with Mia wanting to make my life hell, after all. Avery and Miles soon change the subject while my thoughts drifted to their Alpha. Dominic had this air about him that sent butterflies through me, so I couldn't understand how someone could reject him. Hell, I understood why Leo rejected me, even though we were once best friends. But from what I could tell, Dominic's mate grew up in this pack. She had to have known what Dominic is like.

"Penny for your thoughts?" A deep voice asks as I feel someone poke my cheek. My head swivels to see Dominic peering down at me, a gentle smile on his face.

"The Canadian government stopped making pennies years ago. I'll take a nice, fat lump of cash, though." I retort, bumping my shoulder into his playfully.

"Well, that will come later when you make your final decision on staying or not," Dominic replies, winking at me as he wraps his arm around my shoulders. I couldn't help but blush, as no wolf has ever been this intimate with me other than my friends, not since my parents' death. I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear nervously, not bothering to remove his arm. Frankly, I liked how it felt, his arms wrapped around me.

"So, what are you thinking about so deeply here, Fire?" Dominic asks. I could feel his eyes on me, and it takes everything in me not to shy away.

"Plenty of things are on my mind, but I think I found your new Head Hunter and an Assistant Tracker for me right now," I answer. I decide to shelf the mystery surrounding Dominic and his own rejected past. When the time is right, I have a feeling that he would go into more detail about it since being rejected is such a hard subject for the rejected to talk about. The pack house comes into view finally, and the wolves cheer as many rush inside. The smell of a hearty meal reaches me from the open doors and windows, causing my stomach to growl.

"How about we grab some food, and Christian, you and I can go to my office to discuss who you want to have as your partners-in-crime for torturing us?" Dominic chuckles, giving me a flirty smile as we head into the large building and straight into the dining room. I couldn`t help but smile as well. For once, I felt like I was home again.