Instead of doing what he asked, I continued to stare daggers at Aurora, tightening my hold on her. When she hissed in pain, Wyatt immediately yanked my hand away, stood between us, and led Aurora to his side protectively.
“What the hell are you doing?” he sneered.
I scanned the faces around us and noted how Talon and Apollo were both sniggering. So I angrily pulled my arm away from Wyatt’s hold. Our beta and gamma disliked me from the start because they were loyal to Aurora, and I could see it in their eyes all the time. The three of them, including Wyatt, grew up together, so I was obviously the outcast.
Without missing a beat, I jammed my point finger on Wyatt's chest and said, “Don’t reprimand me, Wyatt. I was only disciplining Aurora. She raised her hand on me first, and I was only stopping her."
"That's not what it looked like," Wyatt argued.
"What? Are you saying I started all of this?" I questioned in disbelief.
"Stop it, Raven! Aurora would never do such a thing, not to anyone, most especially you."
Wyatt's words rang inside my head over and over. I couldn't believe it. He refused to listen to me even though I had been explaining that Aurora had disrespected me and I was only defending myself. The worst part was he was scolding me as if I was a disobedient child in front of everyone.
I felt angry and frustrated with how he was reacting. How could he be so quick to judge without even hearing me out? I wanted to make him understand how hurt and betrayed I felt, but he wouldn't even look me in the eye. Instead, he just told me to go home as if I was only causing trouble and walked away with Aurora as if she was badly injured.
Irritated, I walked away and I couldn't shake off the feeling of injustice. It was like my voice didn't matter, and that I was irrelevant. My mate was supposed to be loyal to me, but that just wasn't happening at all.
That night, I sat alone in our room and I couldn't help but think about how my life had changed since Wyatt came into it. I remember the days when he was still with Aurora. I could see the love in his eyes whenever he looked at her. But then everything changed when the Moon goddess revealed that Wyatt and I were meant to be mates.