REJECTED BY THE ALPHA, CHOSEN BY THE MOON

ELARA'S POV

I could feel a tingle down my spine, he smelled so beautifully, I was... happy? I could smell him while I scrubbed the kitchen clean and then suddenly a sharp pain....

Blinding flash of light

Shiny shoes on my face...A voice growling "no"

Everything kept fading in and out of consciousness

Then I heard it. "I reject you Elara Cornell "

I struggled to see the face behind the voice but I couldn't. 

Another blinding flash and then I woke up abruptly.

"Oh my!!it was a dream" I said to myself.

I was feverish and my heart was beating like crazy. I pressed one hand to my chest and tried to calm my nerves while getting ready to stand up. I could already see the first rays of daylight from my windows.

Another morning.

"It's another day, another horrible day to be at this place", I said to myself the minute my heart calmed down.

Waking up here always felt like stepping into something I would never escape, the sleep and my dreams were an escape. But today, my dreams failed me.

"I'd better get going before some busy body scolds me for not being up before 5am" I said while standing up from my thin mattress.

I stood up and looked around my room, looking for what to wear to protect myself from this cold that bit into my skin. It was the middle of winter but I was a measly little  girl without a wolf, so of course, I could get sick and I could get cold.

While scanning my room, I spotted a thick shawl, it had been with me for a while, I couldn't even remember where I had gotten it from.

I didn't care though, I hurriedly grabbed it and wrapped it around my shoulders, I picked my thickest and longest pair of pants I could find and slipped it on, I wore 3 socks on each feet and slid out of my room while preparing to take the 30 minute walk to the pack house.

I didn't even know if I was thinking of anything, maybe I was thinking about the dream, I can't tell, my hair stuck to my face as I walked briskly through the path. I found myself at the pack house soon enough 

"Well, I guess today's gonna be a good day, I got here so fast" I smiled while talking to myself. Being extremely early meant less trouble for me.

I was the only one awake at this time, except the guards doing their rotations around the pack borders and the pack house, asides them, I was the only one, and I had to clean every inch of the kitchen before the cooks came out, after that, I had to move on to cleaning and mopping most of the rooms and hallways and offices in the pack house.

"I'd better get started" I said to myself, while pushing all thoughts of the dream to the back of