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  Caitlin Valdez

  Take You Down

  Rejection isn't the best thing for a wolf

  To everyone who decided to like and read my book! God bless you! I love you all!

  Take You Down (Chapter 1)

  Cassie's POV

  I sighed as I fell back on my seat unhappily.

  "Hey, hey, hey girlie!" my best friends squealed happily running up to me, throwing their arms around me.

  "Hey," I replied glumly.

  "Aww, what's going on?" asked Amber pouting, taking the seat next to me as Emma sat next to Amber.

  "Nothing, just upset to get back to school," I said then I brightened, "But I couldn't wait to see you guys!"

  "So? How was London? Did you get me anything?" asked Emma, her eyes sparkling.

  I laughed and opened my shoulder bag, "Yes, of course idiots. Emma, your snow globe and Amber, your candy that you wanted from Switzerland. I stopped on the way, so I decided to get some candy for you lucky ducks."

  They squealed, "I love you!"

  I smiled, "I'm glad you like them."

  Em was shaking her snow globe and Amber was munching on her chocolate. She had a strange obsession with chocolate, she's happy whenever she's around chocolate.

  "Class, class, settle down. Amber, please put away the chocolate," said the English teacher, Mrs. Mintouski (min-tow-ski).

  Amber looked at her chocolate longingly before putting it away.

  "Okay, so we have a new student! Please welcome him, he's just moved from London," said Mrs. Mintouski.

  Ohh, a British boy. Does he have an accent?

  "His name is Conner Brady and welcome him with open arms," said Mrs. Mintouski and he walked in right on que.

  The minute I saw him look up and immediately lock eyes with mine, my heart stopped for a beat. He was gorgeous. He had amazing blue green eyes and the silky brown hair that you just so badly wanted to run your hands through.

  My heart started beating fast.

  Mate! my wolf screamed at me.

  His eyes were full of emotion, love, adoration, and awe, suddenly, it was all wiped away, his eyes cold and emotionless.

  "Conner, if you would please, introduce yourself," said Mrs. Mintouski.

  "I'm from London," he said and just sat down, next to me, it was the only available.

  He. Has. A. Freaking. Accent!

  The sluts started to pull down their shirt even more and lifting up their skirts, flashing their thongs. I growled softly in disgust.

  "Cassandra? Would you like to tell Conner what this school for junior year learnt during your English class?" asked Mrs. Mintouski.

  "It's Cassie," I corrected, "We just learnt extremely hard vocab and learnt how to write ten page essays."

  "Yes, and this year, you'll be..." started Mrs. Mintouski and I tuned her out as I crumbled piece of paper landed on my desk.

  I glanced at Amber as she made a reading symbol as I uncrumbled the ball of paper.

  He has an ACCENT! He's GORGEOUS! Amber wrote.

  And he's my mate I wrote back and threw on her desk behind the teacher's back.

  Amber's and Emma's jaws dropped.

  Then the second period bell rang and Mrs. Mintouski ended the class. The day went by pretty fast until it was time for dismissal.

  Amber and Emma were still fussing about Conner.

  "Um, Cassie right? Can I talk to you?" I heard a voice ask, that one and only voice that sent shivers down my back.

  "Y-Yeah," I said, trying to act as cool a possible.

  He took me somewhere private. He just stood there in front of me, not saying anything until he finally broke the ice with his sexy British accent, "Look Cassie, I-I don't know how to do this."

  "Just say it," I blurted.

  "I reject you," he said and when those three words hit me, my world fell on me.

  "W-What do you mean?" I asked.

  "I'm sorry Cassie, but I reject you, I can't be with you, I have a girlfriend. I reject you," he said.

  Take You Down (Chapter 2)

  Conner's POV

  Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies. It was all a lie. I didn't have a girlfriend back home. All I wanted to do was comfort the most beautiful girl I've ever laid eyes on and tell her that I didn't reject her and I love her and never want to let her go.

  Her eyes were brimmed with tears and guilt washed through me and regret but I quickly wiped that away. "You reject me? That one person that I have been waiting for my whole freaking life rejected me?! That person that I wanted for seventeen years?! The one that I wanted them to be my first?! You were that person that I knew could comfort me when I'm upset! What is wrong me?! What I do to you?! Fine! I, Cassandra Morgans, accept your rejection. I never want to see you again!" she yelled, her tears fall as she backed away from me backwards.

  She looked at me as if I was a monster. Then she spun on her heels and started to run. And I felt like my heart bursted, knowing that I made the biggest mistake of my life.

  I couldn't get a mate, she would die. I didn't want to meet my mate, she was going to die. Hunters and rogues were doing whatever they could to destroy the pack and having a mate was my weakness so they would hurt her first and that would kill me.

  I punched the brick wall angrily, creating a hole. I wanted to run to her and beg for forgiveness and tell her it was all a lie. I wanted to be the one kissing her tears away. I wanted to be the one making her smile. I wanted to be the one holding her in my arms and comforting her whenever something bad happened. I wanted to protect her from everything. I wanted to spoil her and make her my little girl. I wanted to kiss and hug her whenever I wanted to. I wanted to wake up with her in my arms. I wanted to cuddle with her. I wanted to get on one knee and porpose to her in the future. I wanted to be the man waiting for her when she walked down the aisle. I wanted her to hold my pups in her stomach. I wanted to be the man to be the father of her pups. I wanted her to be my wife. I wanted to watch her hold my baby in her arms. I wanted everything with her. I wanted a future with her. I wanted so many things with her but I couldn't get them.

  Fuck the world. I punched the brick wall again, making a second hole. I couldn't contain my anger anymore as I shifted into my black wolf and ran into the forest in an inhuman speed as I threw my head back and let out a sad howl.

  I laid my head down on my paws and took a walk around the forest until I heard one specific voice and my wolf growled, probably at me and rejecting her as I crept up closer, quietly.

  "Mom? Dad? Do you hear me? I miss you," tears were rolling down her face and I wanted nothing more then to wipe the tears away, "Today was the first say of school and it was also the worst day of my life. I found my mate mommy and daddy."

  She was drunk.

  "I'm not so happy about it. I know you guys would've been happy and...I don't know. I want to see you guys so bad. I wish you guys were still alive. You guys won't be having any grandchildren or see me in my wedding dress. I wish you were here. Mommy, daddy? He rejected me. He rejected me."

  She was sobbing so loud. I felt so much regret as I watched her. I wanted to run up to her but I held my wolf back will all the power I had.

  "What did I do wrong? What is wrong with me? Why do I never fit in? Am I ugly? Am I fat? What is wrong with me? Mommy? I miss you. I wish you were alive," she sobbed.

  Nothing is wrong with you, you're perfect I thought as I watched with guilt. My heart felt like it was being squeezed to death.

  Then she started to giggle, "Look mommy, look daddy, I see something coming towards me, it's big and it's furry - "

  And it wasn't me. A wolf was coming towards her and it was a rogue. I couldn't hold back my wolf anymore. I hurt her enough and I didn't want her pyshically hurt either.

  I grow
led loudly and lunged at the rogue that was ready to attack my mate. It felt good to call her my mate. It felt natural.

  "Don't touch her," I growled lowly.

  "Oh, what's wrong? New fling?" he smirked and I recognized him immediately. Kyle. I hated him.

  "She is not a fling," I snapped. I wanted to kill him on the spot.

  "Oh, then who is she?" asked Kyle.

  "She is an innocent girl who doesn't deserve to be killed by you," I growled.

  "What's with the sudden protectiveness?" Kyle taunted, "Your mate?"

  "Shut the fuck up! She's not my fucking mate!" I growled losing it as I lunged at him, clawing him as I tore his neck off.

  I killed him. I heard Cassie's scream as I spun around. She was screaming...with excitement as her eyes sparkled excitedly, clapping her hands. I wanted to see her smile everyday like that. I wanted to make her smile like that. She looked beautiful.

  She walked up to me, smiling as she ran her hand through my fur. "You're so adorable," she murmured, "And your eyes remind me of someone I know."

  I begged that she wouldn't remember since she was drunk. She shrugged, "You're really beautiful you know."

  She wrapped her arms around my neck. I purred, enjoying it, it may be the last time I was going to ever hold her and I was going to savor it when I could. I breathed in her scent. Under the smell of her beer, I could still smell the peach, vanilla and orange scent that I fell in love with. Now I sound like a school girl in love.

  "What's your name?" she asked.

  "Ace," I said, not wanting to use Conner but Ace was my wolf's name.

  "I like you already, we can be best friends for life," she said smiling, "Can I ask you a question?"

  I nodded. "Do you have a mate?" she asked.

  I froze for a second before saying, "No."

  "I have one. Guess what Ace? He rejected me, he threw me up like I was a piece of trash and like he didn't give a care in the world. My world fell down on me after that," then she wiped away her tears and laughed, "I wish I didn't meet him. I wish I didn't follow him so he could tell me those words. Despite that, I wish that one day, in the future, we can have a future together but all I really want to to forget about him and pretended he was never in my life. It hurts you know, it hurts to know that, that one person that is meant to be yours threw you away like you were some piece of shit."

  Then she got up adruptedly, "Oh, why do I even bother telling you this, you don't even know this guy and I probably sound like an annoying bitch, talking about all my problems with you."

  She had no idea how much I was close to him.

  She started to grab her bag but I stopped her, "Don't go. I'm fine with hearing all your problems."

  She looked unsure, "Are you sure?"

  I nodded. I wanted to hear what I did to her and how I made her felt even though I felt more guilty, I still wanted to hear more.

  She sat back down, running her hand through my fur. "I don't want to ever see him again Ace. What if he humiliates me? What if he makes me break down in front of the whole school? I'm gonna move out of town and never come back. I never want to see him again. I just wanted to die and commit suicide when I found out he rejected me. If he's gone the who am I living for? I don't have a family anymore. Everyone in my family died. Why couldn't I die with them? Why did I have to meet my mate?"

  She wanted to commit suicide? Because of me? Now I felt like a total jerk. I made her want to die?

  "Tell me about your suicide," I urged.

  "I had a dull kitchen knife with me and I was about to stab myself but Emma and Amber stopped me. I didn't understand. I remember taking crack and cocaine and maybe having a little overdose. The pain of rejection hurts so much. I wanted to get high and jump off a building. When Emma and Amber grabbed the kitchen knife from me, I remember banging my head against the sink, trying to die but it wasn't working so I ran outside and ran to the local building and climbed to the roof. I remembering jumping but just when I was about to die, Emma and Amber grabbed me and they started crying. I remember me screaming at them to let me go and to let me die but they didn't let go. I also remember cutting myself."

  And when she stopped talking, I almost lost control of my wolf. She wanted to die because of me? She took crack and tried to jump off a 103 flight building? She wanted to kill herself with a knife? I felt like a horrible person. If my mate, if she died, it would be my fault.

  Then she showed me something I never wanted to see again. She pulled up her sleeves and I saw the long cuts and I flinched, knowing that I am the reason for everything she did.

  "I'm sorry," I murmured sincerely.

  "I was hoping that I wasn't going to live. I wish I took more pills, I wished I went home earlier and killed myself before Emma and Amber came home. I wish I ran faster so I really had my chance to jump and no one would catch me. I wish I cut myself even more and bled to death. I wish I died and joined my parents," she said.

  I couldn't take this anymore. I threw my head back and let back an angry howl. I was shaking with rage at myself as I bolted off into the forest without a word to her.

  Right now, I couldn't have hated myself more. She could've died, and I thanked Emma and Amber so much for saving her.

  Take You Down (Chapter 3)

  CONNER'S POV

  I had to resist her. I had to. I can't go running back to her. It'll hurt her more and going back to her and telling the world she was my mate wasn't going to help. She was going to die.

  So what bastard?! She could've died already! She could've jumped off a 103 story building! She could've killed herself by stabbing herself! She could've token an overdose and ended up in a hospital and died! She could've died without us marking her and mating with her! my wolf roared angrily at me, staying away from her will just kill her more idiot!

  My wolf never spoke to me like that. She's lucky she didn't die yet and you know what's preventing her from dying?! Me! She's not getting chased down by rogues and hunters! I retorted angrily.

  That my wolf shut me out afterwards.

  CASSIE'S POV

  I watched the black wolf run off as I laid down on the grass, leaning my head on my bag, closing my eyes. I snorted at myself. Why did I even bother telling all those things to a wolf? It was stupid.

  Wait! I can sense that Conner is an Alpha, so if he's an Alpha, the wolf must know him because dad does know the wolf! my wolf cried, what if he tells Connor?!

  I growled in frustration. I decided to let everything slip and go to sleep in the forest no matter how dangerous it is.

  When I was about to fall asleep, I felt something drape over. I was too tired to move so I didn't open my eyes as sleep consumed me.

  Take You Down (Chapter 4)

  A/N: Warning! There will be cursing!! I wanted to keep this book curse-free but the character gets really mad!

  CASSIE'S POV

  Bright light hit my face as I growled in annoyance. Why didn't I close the curtains when I fell asleep?!

  When I opened my eyes, I took in my surrounding. What?! Why am I in the forest?! Who took me here?!

  You idiot, you were here yesterday, said my wolf.

  I groaned, ugh, stupid hangover. My head was throbbing painfully and I saw a jacket over me. I took it. It had no scent on it. I sighed as I pushed it aside.

  I wanted to skip school so badly. I couldn't even think straight. I hate hangovers.

  "Cassie?" I heard a familiar voice call over.

  "Argh! Not so loud!" I hissed, recognizing Emma's voice.

  "You didn't do anything stupid, did you?" asked Amber, a bit too loudly for my liking.

  "Lower your voice!" I hushed snappily, "My head hurts."

  "Did you take care of yourself the whole time?" asked Emma.

  "No," I said, "A wolf helped me out."

  "Who?" asked Emma and Amber together.

  "Shh!" I hissed, my head throbbing like crazy as I laid back down.

  Then I shrugged, "His name is Ace."

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sp; "Oh," said Amber, "Now that you're sober, can you tell us why you did all that yesterday. We are not going anywhere until you answer us."

  "Nothing," I said, I didn't sound convincing.

  "Waiting..." Amber said as she and Emma made themselves comfortable.

  "What happened Cassie? What's going on?" asked Emma softly, "We're always going to be here for you. Every step of the way."

  I looked at them. I could feel the tears welling up, "I met him. I met him guys."

  They looked confused for a second then they caught on. "Then why are you doing this?" asked Emma.

  "He rejected me. What is wrong with me?! Is something wrong about me?! Am I ugly?! Am I fat?! Be honest," I sobbed.

  They wrapped their arms around me, comforting me. "There is nothing, absolutely nothing wrong about you. You are perfect," said Amber as Emma nodded in agreement, "Remember that. You are gorgeouus, beautiful, pretty, smart, funny, have an amazing personality, there are so many good and wonderful things about you. Never let yourself doubt that."

  "Who's butt do I need to kick?" asked Emma and Amber together.

  I shook my head, "You can't. You can't hurt him."

  "Why?" they demanded.

  "Because it's Conner," I said.

  "Oh, that boy is so dead. Well, before that, let's get you home and let you get some rest. I'll tell the teachers you're sick," said Emma, helping me up.

  I smiled at them, "Thank you so much guys. This means a lot."

  "What are best friends for?" asked Amber grinning as we headed over to my house.

  No one was home, as usual. My parents were always away for work. My dad was one of the world's most powerful lawyers and my mom was one of the world most richest models. Having them so powerful and rich, they gave me loads of money but sometimes, money can't buy happiness and I wasn't always happy with my life. And they past away but all the money in their bank accounts went to mine because of their wills. And now, in my bank account I have over five hundred billion in there. It was an ridiculous amount of money but once in a while, I donate a thousand over to the homeless shelter.