Sky's Rejection
Sky’s Rejection Chapter 32

(Beta Dean’s POV)

Grey clouds hide the sun’s light, and an eerie stillness settles around the lake. This is where Di, Mark and I always hid when we didn’t want to handle training duties. Not once did anyone replace us. We never allowed any girls here until Mark mated with Ariel. This place is sacred to us. Even the birds and little creatures of the woods are silent. Growling thunder gives its warning that a raucous storm will soon be setting in and released around me.

I should head back to the pack house and be there for everyone else in pack. I should go and help finish the preparations for the royal burial. I haven’t been to see him after bringing the Queen back here. I know Sky is here too. King Tyson said Sky was on the verge of death, as if accepting her fate of going to the next life with Dimitri. She had turned Alpha Xander to ashes, technically becoming the new Alpha of the Woodland Pack, that is if she ever wakes. The doctor says she is in a coma, as if her soul is separated from her body and the only thing keeping her alive right now is the ventilator they placed down her throat. She looks deathly pale and I honestly feel as if Di would want us to stop her suffering and allow her to move on and be with him. Ariel, Mark and Queen Samantha disagree. Saying that they can’t lose her and Dimitri.

I shift back into my wolf form, stretching my limbs out. As I began to trot back to the pack house, hoping to delay arriving a little more, the wind starts to rustle the leaves of the trees. I realize maybe nature is trying to mourn the loss with us. The first few fat drops of rain hit my wolf’s head, before approaching the front door of the pack house. As I enter the pack house, the sprinkle of rain turns into a down pour. I howl in grief before I shift back into my human form.

“Dean, we have to talk. You can’t just run off……” Mark began to could me before I cut him off by placing my hand in front of his face. He looks shocked but also aggravated.

“I know how hard this loss is for you. I know how much you have to do with Di gone and me not helping. I understand the damage control needing to be done. I can’t help you though,” I said as I brushed past him and towards the room everyone was in.

See, they placed Sky in the room with Di. They think her being near her mate will heal her and bring her back. Though who would want to wake up to their dead mate. I know I wouldn’t, I couldn’t. The pain and loss I feel, I know is ten times worse for her.

Everyone that knew about Sky, feels as if we are losing the Luna too.

As I enter the room everyone turns towards me and I feel the presence of Mark behind me. Queen Samantha, King Tyson, Ariel, High Alpha Ty and even Sky’s brother are in here. The nurses have already stitched, dressed and cleaned Di up. He looks as if he is peacefully sleeping.

Then you look at Sky, the terrified and agony making her face scrunch up while she is in a coma. How can anyone allow her to suffer like this?

“Dean?” Queen Samantha questions. I don’t blame her though. I wasn’t suppose to be here. I was supposed to be setting up the cemetery for Dimitri’s arrival. I couldn’t do it though.

“I came to request, one more time, that you release Sky. Allow her to be at peace and back with Dimitri, where they can finally be together.” I spoke out emotionless, trying to hold myself together.

“NO, she is not dead. I won’t allow you to pull the plug on her.” Her brother weeded as he tried to block her body with his. Does he not see the pain she is in? How she would be happier with her mate?

“She will be back to us in no time. Do not talk that non – sense.” High Alpha Ty announces, giving hope to everyone around him. He sits there with his legs crossed, a calm expression on his face as he scribbles in a newsletter. How can he be so calm? How can he be so sure that Sky will return to us? Did he not here what the doctor had said?

“Dean, son….” King Tyson starts with a sigh as I cut him off.

“I tried.” I said as I turned on my heels, I need to leave. I can’t be here anymore. The torture of seeing my best – friend like this is just to much.

“Where are you going?” Ariel shrieks as she grabs my hand, stopping me mid step. Do they not get it? I lost my best friend, my brother, my Alpha. Do they not realize the pain this causes me? Now the one person I knew could make my best friend happy is gone too. She isn’t coming back, and no one can accept that. They are keeping false hope because they can’t imagine losing both at the same time. I get it, but I cant be the one to help them keep up with the facade.

“I can’t be here anymore. I’m sorry. I truly am. I, Beta Dean, reject the beta position for the royal pack. I, Beta Dean, reject the royal pack. I, Beta Dean, reject King Tyson as my Alpha.” That’s all I said as I felt Ariel release my arm from the shock of my words. This is all an illusion and they need to wake up. I sprint out of the room and the last thing I heard was the Queen.

Queen Samantha sobbed as I heard her say, “How did I lose both sons in one day?”

I’m not her real son, but they have never treated me any different than Di. I knew they viewed me as their son and that I would always have a place in their hearts. No matter how much I pushed them away, no matter how much I screamed hurtful words at them in anger, they were always there. I still meant just as much as Dimitri. I hate to hurt them more but this is the only way I can even consider on trying to heal.

As I leave the pack house, I shift into my wolf. The rain pouring all over my fur, making me heavier than normal. I feel my wolf though he is hiding ever since we felt Di die. We both can’t imagine this life, this world without him.

“Don’t do this Dean. I can help you through this. We can figure this out together.” Mark cried as he ran out of the house behind me. I turned to him, looking him dead in the eye. The feeling of panic and pain flash through my eyes. Realization lights up in his eyes, he sees it, he knows I can’t continue here without Di. He slightly nods his head towards me, giving me his acceptance to my decision. I need this and now he knows why.

I take off in a sprint, trying to get off pack lands as fast as I can. When I almost reach the boarder, I hear the most amazing voice. Sky. “Where do you think you are going? The pack needs it’s beta, does it not?”

Her words ring through the harsh winds as I look in every direction to replace her. I am sure I look like an i***t spinning around in circles right now. Where is she? Why did they let her come out here if she just woke from a coma? She is right though, the pack needs me. How do I continue without Di though? I though to myself, trying to convince myself I am doing the right thing.

“Dean, open your heart. Let the pain out. I need you to go back Dean. I need you to take care of the pack for me and to take care of Dimitri. He is going to need you and Mark. Please?” Sky begged; I have never heard her sound so desperate before. I need to do this for her.

I turn around, as I look back in the direction of the pack house. I still don’t see Sky, but I know she needs me. I need to go back now. I slowly trot back, thinking about Di. Is she right? How does he need me if he is dead?

I felt this strange aura cover the pack, there is no way. How is this happening? I could never forget that feeling. I feel the waves of power flowing through me. The last time I felt this, Di, Mark and I took power over the pack and now I feel it again.

Within seconds I get a mind link, ‘Where the hell do you think you are going? Get your a*s back here now.’

Dimitri.

He’s alive.

How though?