Rejected, but not Broken
Chapter 47

Gabi’s POV

I know Taylor is up to something. I do not trust her at all. I am so glad I am leaving today, as I don’t want to be around her any longer than I need to. She truly thinks that she can do whatever she wants with no repercussions for her actions.

I guess since she hasn’t even had any punishments in her life, she is correct. As tough as my life has been, it helped shape me into the woman I am today. My hard life has made me strong; I already know Taylor could not have done the same if she was the one taken and not me.

She is actually pretty weak, and her not training, and not doing what she can to make herself into a better person is really sad. She has had the opportunity to do better, just not the desire to do it.

She doesn’t know how to do anything for herself. She can’t cook, clean, or defend herself. The only thing that she is really good at, from what I have seen, is shopping and lying to people.

Those are not what I consider to be gifts or anything that I want to excel at. I know what I need in the store, and I go in, get it, and leave. I am not a browser. Our parents coddled her and spoiled her because I got taken. That was the worst thing that they could have possibly done to her.

They and Taylor are equally to blame for how she is right now. They didn’t teach her to lie, she just has her own agenda and that is, to do whatever it takes to get the outcome that she wants, and she excels at it.

I cannot see her changing to be a better person unless something really drastic or life-changing happens to her. I see her still chasing Tanner, and him ignoring her, and yet she still won’t let him go. I can see her mind working, and her only goal in life is to be the Luna of the B***d Rose pack, and that is it.

She has no other goals. She sees me looking at her and gives me a sneer and sits down. I see Piper glaring at me like I did something to her. She is the one who wanted to be a chosen mate. I heard about her telling her true mate that he wasn’t strong enough to lead the River Bed pack, right before she rejected him. I felt really bad for him. I completely understand how heartbreaking it is to hear those words.

How it literally crushes your heart to hear those words from someone that you love so deeply because they were created for you by the Goddess. Then you find out that they care about something else, more than they care for you. I also heard that it was because of her parents that she rejected him.

So sad that people look at your so-called “ranking” in life, but Omegas are actually very good at getting the job done, whatever the job assigned to them is. We are severely underestimated by the higher ranks.

It may take a little time for someone to get it all down to a pattern like it is taking three Omegas to replace my mom at Red River, but she had it down because she did it for so long by herself. She learned by trial and error.

Eventually, they will get it down to one to take over for her, but in fairness, there should be two people to split the job duties. I heard two people are now doing my father’s job in his place. I miss them every day, but I am so thankful to Von and Heath for taking me in and loving me as they do.

I think back to Piper’s Omega’s true mate again, and I realize that Piper just wanted to be the Luna of both packs, to have the prestige of having an Alpha mate.

She should have stayed with her mate, her true love, but it seemed like she didn’t miss him at all. She

probably never even gave him a chance to touch her, to show her the power of the bond. For her to even consider giving him a chance, she just listened to her parents and rejected him right off the bat.

Just like with Derek, it was about getting more packlands, and doubling the size of his pack. That was more important to him than me. I glanced over at him and saw him staring at me, and I just looked down at my plate. I refuse to let him invade my thoughts.

He isn’t worth it. Tanner is twice the man that Derek is, and I already love him. I will just have to watch out for Taylor in the future, as I am sure she is going to pop up like a bad penny.

There is no way that she is letting Tanner go without a fight, and if she wants to fight for him, I will fight her for him. I won’t be letting her have it easy either, she may be b***d-related, but I love Heath and Von a thousand times more than I even remotely like Taylor.

I see my biological parents enter the dining room and look around and see where I am sitting, and then come over to me. I am sure this is not going to go well. There is nothing that they can say to me, to make me stay here. I know I am not safe with Taylor around and, frankly, this is not my home.

I belong with Heath and Von. They are my parents now. I am sorry if it makes Alpha Wyatt and Luna Everly feel bad, but I don’t want to stay here, especially not with Taylor. I don’t know Stone enough to draw an opinion on him yet. He hasn’t been mean to me or even approached me yet.

I am waiting for him to show his true colors before I make a judgment on him. All I need is time. People always show you how they really are with time. Just like with Jack, he was great for 8 months, and then when I broke it off and he wasn’t going to get what he was lining me up for, he showed his hand.

The list of people that I trust is a shortlist, and most of them are at the table with me now. I also trust Easton, Jameson, Angela, Eden, and Amanda. My parents stopped at the table and smiled at everyone and then looked at me and Luna Everly asked, “Could we have some time with you before you leave today?”

I looked at Heath and Von and then said, “I would like someone to be with me, I do not know you well enough, or feel comfortable enough to be with you alone. I would like Von to come with me. If that is acceptable to you, then I am OK with speaking to you”.

Luna Everly glanced over at Von and then said, “That is fine with us. Is thirty minutes in our office OK with you?”

“Yes, I will see you in your office then,” I told them, and then continued to eat, as they headed to the buffet to get their food.

“I would have gone with you baby,” Tanner told me.

“Yes, I know you would have Tanner, but they disrespected you when they didn’t believe you, and Heath is not happy with them either right now. I will let you mark me when we leave the dining room and then you can feel my emotions and I may even be able to link up with you, if necessary.

I figured you could stay with Heath and Alan and discuss the “honorary team member” thing then and I will hurry. I don’t know what they want to talk about, but I am not staying here.

I will not stay where Taylor is. She is plotting against me, and I can see it all over her face. I will never trust her, but I will hear what Alpha Wyatt and Luna Everly have to say to me, and then I will be ready to go”, I told the group.

I see Luna Liz and Tanner’s parents, Dawson and Aria, nod in agreement with what I said. Heath is sitting next to me and leans over to give me a k!ss on the top of my head and tells me, “You made the right choice little one. I agree, Tanner and I are both still angry over them believing their lying little daughter, over an Alpha who has never lied to them.

They should have Alpha commanded her from the start. As requested before, I had to throw my hat into the ring to let them know that it wouldn’t just be Tanner that they were going to war with. They have created a monster in her, and they won’t be able to take it back.

She will not change, for any reason, as she gets the result that she wants from them every single time. So, there is no reason at all for her to change. She almost caused a war with our packs.

Where many innocent lives would have been lost, and she is clearly not grounded, or punished, I see no change at all in her from last night. I am disappointed in them, and actually a little frustrated that they wouldn’t punish her for trying to take, and continue to try to take, your Goddess-given mate.

It is disgusting to me to watch her work them and get away with it. If I were her parents, I would Alpha command her once a month to catch up on all the lies that she had told during the last month”.

“I am going to go pack really quick, as I don’t know which way this is going to go in the office. Tanner will be coming with me, as we are going to mark each other, so we are bound, and then I will pack, and I will meet you at their office, Von”, I told the table as Tanner and I stood up to leave.

“As soon as Von comes to the office, I will leave and come back down here to talk to you and Alan about becoming an honorary team member. I don’t want to leave Gabi alone anywhere in here”, Tanner told our group.

“I will go up and get packed too, so we can bring all of the suitcases down and we can leave as soon as Gabi and Von are done. I feel like I can speak for the group that we are all ready to get out of here, and that Taylor is the reason for all of it.

We know that everyone was packed except Gabi, who actually slept in this morning, but she has had a lot happen and probably needed the rest”, Alan said, and Hudson nodded in agreement, and they got up and went with us.