When Inez stepped out of the bathing room, she saw Scarlet holding a first-aid kit in her hand. She arched a brow when she saw the hint of surprise in Inez's eyes and remarked, "What? Were you hit so hard in the head that you completely forgot all about what a first aid kit is?"
"No, it's just a shocker to see you care for someone, Scar," stated Inez as she marched to her bed and sat down.
"Haha," Scarlet laughed dryly before sitting on the small cushion chair and taking out a ball of cotton from the box. "Given how dry your humor is, I wouldn't be surprised if they told you that the reason they hate you so much is because you made some bad dad joke ages ago."
She saw the look on Inez's face and muttered, "Sorry."
"There is no need to apologize." Inez sighed and waved her hand dismissively. She knew that Scarlet was only trying to make her feel better, and she appreciated her attempts. It's just that Inez had no energy to smile; the pain and humiliation that she had suffered tonight made her feel as if she had lost a part of her soul.
And maybe she did; her wolf was hurt, angry, and in a really heartbroken mood. She had tried to communicate with her wolf but the latter refused to listen to a thing; all she knew was that her mate had rejected and abandoned her and that was the end of the world.
As for what Inez had to say, her wolf did not care about it.
She had retreated so deep within Inez that even Inez had no idea when her wolf would be willing to step out of her shell.
"Are you okay?" Realising that Inez was even quieter than usual, Scarlet couldn't help but ask. She knew her sister was no longer the same after things went south, but she had never seen Inez so silent before, as if the light in her life had been snatched away. "Is it because that bitch retook your credit? We already knew this was going to happen, Inez. but if it makes you feel good, I will try to put green dye in the shampoo of that woman the next time I sneak into her house—"
"I found my mate."
"what —"
"It's Dominic."
"Wait—"
"He rejected me."
Scarlet looked at Inez as if the woman had gone crazy but when she did not hear her sister say, 'Sike, it was a joke,' her eyes softened. She reached out and hugged Inez, "I am so sorry, sweetie."
"If I had known that he was going to do such a thing one day, I would have sliced his throat," growled Scarlet.
Though the two of them were half-sisters, Scar was as protective of Inez as if she were her true sister.
"It's good to hear that at least one of you has my back," Inez stated, wondering what kind of reaction her mother would have when she found out that Inez was Dominic's mate. That she had the chance to become the Luna of the pack and yet failed.
Scar pulled away, ready to say something, when the door of their room opened and Ricky barged in.
"Is it true?"
The door of their room burst open and Inez swore she saw her future for two seconds.
A WOMAN ARRESTED FOR SHOVING A GIANT UMBRELLA UP IN THE ASS OF HER BROTHER AND OPENING IT.
"Get out," Inez had enough of Dominic's shit than worrying about Ricky's as well. She pointed to the door of her room but her brother downright ignored her as if he could not hear a thing that she was saying. He looked at her and questioned once again,
"Is it true?"
"And I said, Get lost, Richards! Can you not hear what I am saying?" Inez repeated feeling even more upset. The last thing she wanted was for her family to question her when she and her wolf only wanted to hide and lick their wounds.
"What's the matter? Why are you two screaming?" Her mom came rushing up the stairs as she looked at Ricky and Inez. Her brows scrunched up in a furrow as she waited for someone to clear up the air for her.
"She is Dominic's mate," Ricky announced before Inez could think of how to break the news to her mother.
"Really?" Maria turned to look at Inez with a gleam in her eyes. A gleam that Inez knew all too well.
"Don't be too happy, Mom," Ricky added with a gloomy expression. "She accepted his rejection." Only the Moon Goddess knew how thrilled he was when he found out that his sister was the alpha's mate but it took less than a second for his thrill to come crashing down when he heard that his foolish sister accepted Dominic's rejection.
"What!?" Maria shrieked and she turned to look at Inez with fire in her eyes. If she could, she would have burnt Inez alive. "Did you really do such a foolish thing, Inez Donna Sinclair?" Her mother asked with such brutality that it made Inez shrink her shoulders.
There was no helping it. Her mother was a dominant wolf, while Inez was a half-blooded shifter with siren's blood mixed in her veins. When her mother unleashed her true dominant vibes, Inez had a hard time standing her ground.
However, she still gritted her teeth and stated, "What else was I supposed to do? He was the one who rejected me in front of the entire pack. I too have my pride —"
The sound of a crisp slap echoed in the room and Scarlet gasped when she saw Maria slap Inez. Though their mother was articulate in mental torment, she had never raised her hands on them. It was quite clear that their mother was quite unhappy at the moment.
"Then you should have clung onto him! If you have refused to accept his rejection, do you think he would have any other choice but to accept you as his Luna? Do you even understand what a severe mistake you have committed, Inez?"
Their mother breathed heavily and pressed her fingers on her forehead. "Even though I always tell myself that you are silly and your actions are nothing but foolish. This is too much!"