The Alpha's Rejected Silent Mate

Chapter 36

Johnathon POV

I’m not going to lie, I’m fairly concerned about Winter. I mean, she could have at least waited for us to escort her

home for heaven’s sake. As it is, it’s the next morning and I’m impatiently waiting by the gate to see her and that blasted annoying brother Damien of hers. Alright, maybe Damien’s not that bad, but he is still annoying. There are

other students trickling in and lignore the looks, the curiosity on their stupid faces. I only have one person I’m

interested in seeing and that’s Winter. No one else. I ignore the small voice in my head that reminds me I rejected her

and have no business being this protective towards her.

So, when Damien slowly comes trudging through the crowd, I’m puzzled to see he’s all alone, instead of with his

sister Winter. Had he left her at home? All by herself? I feel my anger rising and I shove through everyone, the others scattering out of my way. Good. Damien looks up and I swear he’s been crying, his eyes are all red and puffy, there are dried tear tracks on his cheeks. It’s unnerving to see a young man as tough as him in such a mess. Had something happened to Winter? I began to feel a sense of panic. No don’t let it be that, let it be something else, anything else.

“We need to talk” Damien says in a low voice, and I grabbed his jumper and fairly dragged him into the school

building and into an empty classroom, before releasing him.

“Talk” I snapped, crossing my arms and glowering at him “where the hell is your sister Damien? Where is

Winter?”

He hesitates and my eyes turn pitch black in warning as he gulps and looks away, too frightened to look me in

the eyes. My impatience is mounting.

“She ran away” he finally says and for a minute I stood there in disbelief, unable to comprehend it. He had to be

joking. Winter was one of the most stubborn girls I’ve ever seen. She wouldn’t have just left. I refuse to believe that.

of me thinks

my Alpha voice. He cringes as

than

note” he whispered, “saying that she couldn’t bear to stay here

and I feel like throttling him. I knew Winter had been bullied but I’d

put the word out. Had my wishes been disrespected? I’d kill anyone who’d dared touch her. I’d make it my personal mission to make their lives a living

kill them” I declared, but Damien

doesn’t matter anymore” he exclaims, waving his arms around in his distress, “she’s gone, Johnathon, and she’s not coming

one has only caused her suffering

for a moment. I never realized just how much Winter was

worse by trying to reject her. All I’d cared about had been myself and

to find her” I said in desperation, and Damien

I won’t go against her wishes, not when this is what she wants. I’ve already done enough to destroy het,, I won’t take this

alone, where anything

down at the floor.

she is and find a pack that loves

rather than try and drag her back and make her miserable again” he explains,

jaw tight.

couldn’t I have just been decent to the poor girl? I could have

students and rejecting her. Of course, she

to it without even being aware of it. I feel a pang in my heart

stupid, I know there’s every chance that she

if she went to various

have rejected her” Damien tells me hollowly. “I think it was the

wasn’t worthy of being loved. I messed up big time but you, you were

up with everything, then I’d clearly made

sense of remorse and regret my actions, even if it’s too little, too late. My wolf

the best of friends, but

there’s nothing I can do to change it now” I say, just as miserable. “For

and the boy merely stares at