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.

part of me thinks that

the tone of my Alpha voice. He cringes as he sits in a chair,

than

she couldn’t bear to stay here

feel like throttling him. I

kill anyone who’d dared touch her. I’d make it my personal mission to make

declared, but

around in his distress, “she’s gone, Johnathon, and she’s not coming back. Because of me” he hisses, “and father she left, she

has only

silent for a moment. I never realized just how much Winter was going through and how

her. All I’d

and Damien began to laugh. It’s almost

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

sister out there, alone, where anything could

down at the floor.

sister out there to discover who she is and find a pack

her back and make her miserable again” he explains, and I look away,

jaw tight.

I could have given her a chance

Of course,

being aware of it. I feel a pang in my

Our mate has abandoned us and I’m not stupid, I know there’s

mate in her travels if she went to various packs. That hurts and I feel cold at the

Damien tells me hollowly. “I think

I messed up big time but you, you were like the

up with everything, then I’d clearly made her want

of remorse and regret my actions, even if it’s too little, too late. My wolf blocks me and I have to

normally the best of friends, but not

it

I offer, and