Alpha’s Rejected Second Chance Mate by Pradeep

Chapter 25

Crystal’s P.O.V.

“Harder, Crystal…. You are not giving your best,” Alpha Adrian scolded me after punching me in my stomach. I was now in immense pain, but his cold face was. enough to tell me that he was not going to be easy on me anytime soon.

“Give me only a minute, alpha,” I asked while raising my hand towards him. He suddenly took a step forward, grabbed my wrist, and lifted me up in the air by my arm, taking me off guard. Before I could process this, my back hit the harsh ground, making me scream in pain this time.

“Do not expect this from your enemy, Crystal. You will not get even a second to come out of your pain. How many times do I need to teach you this?” He roared at me, and I banged the ground with my palm before

ng on my feet in anger. I was now again standing in front of him.

“Don’t lose your temper, Crystal. Don’t forget that the anger is our worst enemy. Look for any opening…. Concentrate on his weaknesses,” Luna instructed me in a strict tone, and I cracked my n*eck while glueing my eyes on him.

Yes, I had to think calmly before making my move on him if I wanted to win this battle. But the problem was that he was one of the best ten warriors in the whole world. I might be of royal blood, but I was nothing in front of his skills and abilities. He suddenly attacked me again, but I dodged it swiftly this time.

I found an opening and aimed for his left leg. He dodged my attack and tried to kick me on my knee. I dodged his attack and tried to grab his ankle. I grunted in frustration when he managed to dodge my attack again. I concentrated on attacking him instead of going defensive. I started losing my strength after some time, but I wasn’t someone who could accept defeat so easily.

We both fell down on the ground while panting heavily. I looked at the sky over me while trying to catch my breath. “Alpha,” suddenly I heard my father’s voice, but I didn’t have the strength to even move my head towards him. “How many times do I need to make you remember, Warrick, that I am not Alpha anymore? I am just your friend now,” Alpha Adrian whined again, making me smile widely.

“Your current status doesn’t matter to us, Alpha. For us….. You have been our alpha all our lives, and you will remain our alpha for the rest of our lives,” I said in a firm tone without opening my eyes. “Your status is higher than mine, Crystal,” het said in a low tone.

“Crystal,” I heard my father calling me. I slowly opened my eyes and saw his hand in front of me. “I am tired,” I said, throwing a tantrum while giving him a puppy look. He raised his brows while giving me a look. “You are going to be a Luna, Crystal Stop whining like a child,” he scolded me, and I made a face as if I was about to cry

It doesn’t matter what her title will be in a few days, Warrick She will remain our

beloved daughter her whole life,” Alpha Adrian said in a light tone, and I saw him coming towards me. “You have spoiled her too much, Adrian,” Dad whined this time, making Alpha Adrian laugh wholeheartedly. “And why did I not spoil her, huh? Don’t forget that she is the only daughter in our family,” Alpha Adrian replied to him with a small smile. He leaned towards me, and I immediately raised my hands towards him. He laughed and lifted me up in his embrace into bridal style.

I immediately wrapped my hands around his n*eck while sticking my tongue out to mock my father. He huffed in defeat, and I beamed while resting my head on Alpha Adrian’s chest. I closed my eyes and listened to his strong heartbeat. He was in his mid-forties, yet he was the strongest.

He started walking towards the house, as we were in the backyard of my house. “You have something to say,” I heard Alpha Adrian asking my father. I didn’t open my eyes because I was really tired.

“Yeah… I got an email from the palace,” Dad told him in a serious tone. I opened my eyes this time and looked at him curiously.

“What is it?” Alpha Adrian asked him again. “He has sent an email to all the alphas that he will join Theo and Crystal’s ceremony after two days. He has asked all the alphas to come there as he wants to call the alpha’s meeting this time,” Dad told him in a serious tone, and my eyes widened in shock, and my heart s k i p p e d so many beats in a row.

“Hey, honey… what happen?” Alpha Adrian asked me in a worried tone. I craned my n*eck towards him while blinking hard. “Are you alright, Crystal? Why are you looking so pale?” Dad asked me this time. “In two days?” I asked them in a fearful

lone.

“Oh, honey,” Alpha Adrian breathed out in relief. “You really scared me,” he scolded me this time while glaring at me. He put me down on the couch in the living room in a sitting position. “I thought that I hurt you severely during training,” he continued scolding me, but my mind was still processing what Dad told us.

Theo and his parents went back to his pack yesterday, and now they are telling me that my Luna Ceremony is in two days. What was I supposed to do now? “Calm down. Adrian. She is freaking out,” Dad said something to him, but I started biting my nails due to nervousness. Only two days…… I only have two days…

I looked at Alpha Adrian blankly when he put his hands on my lap. He was now etting in front of me on his toes. “Listen to me, honey. Everything will be alright. You have us with you. You don’t need to worry about anything he comforted me. and tears started building up in my eyes.

did you become a crybaby, huh? Stop whining like a baby, Luna

but it didn’t faze me. “L-1 am scared, I blurted out while Adrian with a fearful gaze. I understand your fear, Crystal

because I also freaked out when Adrian told me about my Luna Ceremony. I was also 18 at that time.” I looked at Luna Elena, who had a pleasant smile on her l*ps.

She sat down beside me and wrapped her hand around my shoulder. “It’s okay to be scared, love. No one is going to judge you because you are scared. All of us have those moments in our lives when we were scared of what was coming next to us, she said in a loving and gentle tone.

“You are not the first on the surface of the earth who is going to face something big like Luna’s ceremony. I was the worst. I got fever that day because I was scared,” she told me jokingly, and I raised my brows in surprise. For me, she was the strongest woman in the whole pack. I saw her holding her ground during the alpha’s meeting or taking a quick decision in difficult times.

“Really?” I asked her while blinking hard, and she nodded quickly while smiling. “But your situation will be a difficult one,” she suddenly said, going serious, and my heart once again sk i p p e d a beat. “H…. how?” I asked her in a fearful tone. She looked at Dad and Alpha Adrian before looking back at me. I also looked at them, and they had a confused gaze. “You will have both your Luna Ceremony and mating ceremony on the same day,” she told me in a serious tone, and I just stopped breathing. I forgot about the mating ceremony. “Also,” she continued, and I blinked harder once again. There was something more?

“You will meet your biological father the very same day.” She used a shallow tone this time, and I took my lower l*p in between my teeth while processing what she said. “O yeah,” Alpha Adrian said this time, but I was just staring at her. My biological father…..

How could I forget?

The king…he is my biological father… He would be there that day….

Tears started building up in my eyes. I looked up at my dad, who was still standing beside me. “Hey,” he said, immediately sitting down beside me, and pulled me into his embrace. I immediately wrapped my hands around his torso while hiding.

face in the crook of his n*eck.

my

“Hey.. calm down, honey. It doesn’t change the truth that I am your father first. He is your biological father, but you called me Dad first,” he comforted me, making me tighten my grip on him. “You have to keep your mind calm around him, Crystal. We still can’t let anyone doubt your real relationship with him,” I heard Alpha Adrian say in a serious tone.

You know the main topic of the Alpha’s meeting there?” Luna Elena asked 1 guess to Alpha Adrian. “I haven’t seen the email,” he answered her truthfully. “But I did,” she replied to him immediately. I moved my head a little on my father’s shoulder

o that I could see her face.

This is about the former queen’s kidnapping,” she told him in a serious tone. I

eyes al tears fell from my eyes. “I had this idea that he will start

for

the queen once again” Dad said this time, and I just listened to their silently

“Of course, he is going to do this now. She is after all his mate, and how can he stay calm after finding out that his mate is not only still alive but also in someone’s captivity,” I heard my mother saying something this time.

“You have to stay calm and composed, Crystal. You are stronger than this,” My mother said to me in a loving tone. “I don’t know, Mom, what I am going to do there when I see him,” I answered him truthfully in a choked tone.

“Don’t stress yourself too much, love. Everything will be okay. This is about the woman who gave birth to you. She risked her life to keep you safe. Childbirth is just like having a second birth to a mother. She still managed to run away from there so that whoever was her kidnapper couldn’t find you. You have to do this for her sake,” she replied to me in a serious tone, but her words made me imagine what would have happened to my biological mother.

Tears kept on streaming down, blurring my vision because it was really hard to think about that situation. I shuddered hard while imagining what my mother had endured to give birth to me. She was kidnapped when she was three months pregnant with me. How much pain had she endured to keep me safe for the next three months in her womb, and then her escape from that hell hole so that she could give birth to me somewhere in a safe place?

“Hey, love…. Don’t stress yourself. Everything will be okay. We kept you safe all these years, and I assured you that we will keep you safe from every danger all our lives,” Dad tightened his grip around me while comforting me. I sobbed aloud while hiding my face again. I had to start searching for my mother too. She didn’t abandon me willingly. She abandoned me so that I could live. I owe this life to her. I had to do something to find any clue that could lead us to her.