Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha

Chapter 43
Jaxon was difficult to get but Charles had always been the one for her. He was hers so how could he say such nonsense? This was her game and not his. “Charles, you always said that you loved me.”
“I did until eight years ago, Charles said in a cold tone, Clara was enveloped in shock. She never believed that Charles could behave so coldly towards her and for what? What was he talking about?
“What happened eight years ago?” She asked innocently. Charles let out a humorless chuckle,
“Everything you told my brother when you followed him into the woods. About how you wanted me because of the Alpha title. There was pain in Charles eyes when he spoke, it made Clara feel awkward. Why was he saying all these now? Charles continued to speak.
“You know what Clara; my father gave me the option to find Rowena and ask for her forgiveness or lose the Alpha title. He told me to let you go.”
“What?” Clara perked up, shocked. So, this time around, it was the old Alpha? She did not understand what Charles meant until he explained further,
“I chose you over Rowena and the Alpha title.” Clara smiled, knowing that indeed, Charles would never give up on her but Charles was not done and continued to speak, “but as soon as Jaxon was announced the Alpha, you began to do everything to get his attention.”
Clara wanted to dig a hole an bury herself in it. This was not going to be good and it was too blurring. All this while, she thought that Charles was too blind to see but it happens that he has been fooling her all this while. “I was watching you, Clara. You hurt me so much when you confessed what you felt for my brother. You are a shameless woman.”
“Charles, please forgive me, Clara held his hands and pleaded, her knees touching the floor. Charles was her last hope and after all the embarrassment she felt, was he also going to leave her? Clara would not be able to take it. She wanted to stop Charles from talking but he seemed to be just warming up.

“I would have let it go if you had allowed me to mark and claim you when you turned eighteen. I felt that somehow, what we shared would still be there but the moment you rejected my advances the seventh time, everything I felt for you died,” he revealed. There was a small smile on Jaxon’s face. His junior brother was not as foolish as he thought.
“That was seven years ago, Clara shook her head and pleaded, tears rolling down her cheeks when the warrior responsible for supervising her punishment walked in. He never expected to be met with such a dramatic moment.
“Yes, and do you know how hard it was for me to keep pretending and tolerating you around me and in my room?” Charles voice raised suddenly; his expression changed. It was like a wolf ready to pounce on his prey. Yes, he was the predator at this
moment.
“Charles Charles cut her off before she could continue.
“From today onwards, its Beta Charles for you and after cleaning the pack house, you should have no reason to linger around,” Charles concluded sternly, Rowena smiled for the first time in admiration for Charles. Eight years ago, she was the one at the receiving end of Charles’ anger, as he hauled insults at her. Today, she was in a better place and Clara, who he did it for, was receiving her fair share of pain and rejection.
“Please. There is still hope for us. You have not found your mate, just like me,” Clara cried. She was not going to tell anyone that she found her mate who was an omega and rejected him, for which reason he left the pack from the pain. Well, it was as if she had fallen from frying pan into hot fire.
Charles stared at her and shook his head in disappointment, “Clara, you are so many things but I never thought you to be gullible,” Clara did not understand until Charles called out,
“Gracie!”
The woman on the bed seemed as if she was woken from a dream but seeing her mate with Clara again, jealousy sieved her and her gaze went dark. Her eyes even turned teary. Clara had forgotten that Gracie was living with Charles at the moment and rose to her feet. She could not want the b aitch to see her kneeling.
“Charles, you want me to go?” Gracie asked in a sorrowful tone. Charles frowned and gazed at her. It was his fault because of how he kept treating Clara even when he found Gracie. It was the reason why she still felt that she was not enough for him Holding her lovingly by the waist, he asked tenderly.
“Where will you go when this is where you belong?”
Charles kissed her on the mouth and it was after waking up from the shock that her eyes landed on Jaxon and Rowena behind Clara. Only then did she relax and sile, as Charles continued to say,
“She is the Moon goddess” merry to me, Clara. Gracie, is my second chance mate and we already marked each other.
He turned his neck to show her the mark Even Jaxon and Rowena were shocked. Clara was feeling pain like never before, she could not take this embarrassment. Without a thought, she lunged towards Gracie
“You bi tch” Before her hand touched Gracie,