<h4>Chapter 499: 499-Only Going To Reject Her</h4>


    <strong>Haiden:</strong>


    "She found her matest night?" It was the headmaster who quickly approached me and asked the question. We walked out again to keep talking.


    I had not realized that he had walked out of the mansion after us at the same time to listen to us. I anxiously cleared my throat.


    "Yes, she had," I replied, stealing nces at the headmaster.


    Even though I was angry with him for putting us all through that, the fact that a simple question from him sounded like an order, and I responded right away, made me realize how much we had depended on his authority over thest year and a few months.


    "And how would you know that? Did she tell you?" Ian asked, his hands on his waist as he tilted his head and narrowed his eyes.


    Without blinking, he waited for me to respond. The longer his eyes stayed on me, the more anxious I felt.


    "My son asked you a question," the headmaster snapped, pulling me out of my thoughts.


    "Yes,st night she was in my room, and she told me that she had found her mate," I muttered, still unable to look into their eyes.


    "And why would shee into your room to tell you that?" the headmaster continued, his questions turning harsher. Being an experienced man gave him the confidence to explore topics we youngsters avoided.


    "Haiden," Ian warned.


    This time his eyes told me that he was starting to suspect the answer.


    "That is because I am the one she felt a bond with," I said under my breath. Then I turned my back to them, avoiding their gaze as if not looking at them would make things easier.


    There was a brief silence before Ian let out a low grunt.


    "And you did not think about telling us that?" he hissed.


    "What am I supposed to tell you? I do not acknowledge it, and I do not trust her," I replied quickly while they watched me with disbelief in their eyes.


    "Look, Haiden, I am not going to tell you what to do with your mate, but I will tell you this. When a woman ims she is your mate, at least ask her a few questions," the headmaster told me sharply. "Besides, if it is true, then why did she not tell her father?" he asked.


    Once again, their eyes rested on me. Ian looked at me in a way that made it clear he suspected I was the reason she had not told anyone about the mate bond.


    "Well, I can make a guess, Father," Ian said, stepping in when they noticed it was not easy for me to speak.


    "I would say it is most likely because Haiden rejected her advances."


    As he finished, the headmaster turned to me again, giving me a clear look of annoyance.


    "Why were you two watching her with so much hope? Why did you two need to speak with her?" the headmaster asked, looking at his son before turning back to me.


    "So, she came to my roomst night and told me that her father would tell us that Nook is dead, and that it would be a lie. Then it happened just like that. She also said that she could find Nook’s address for me," I exined, watching them as the headmaster looked at me with a little hope on his face.


    "Well then, what are we waiting for? Let’s go tell them you are her mate, and then you will get time with her," the headmaster replied, already assuming I would agree.


    "Actually, I am not going to ept her," I answered.


    After I made my decision clear, the silence grew so heavy that I felt like it would swallow us all.


    "Why not? People die to find a mate. Why are you refusing to ept her?" the headmaster asked directly.


    The fact that I was not able to feel the mate bond while she did made me think that she was probably my second chance mate and I was her fated mate.


    The only issue was that an alpha, beta, or gamma male would usually be able to feel a mate bond with more than one person.


    That was what confused me. Why did I not feel the mate bond with her?


    Or was it that none of Clementine’s mates were able to feel the bond with anyone else but her?


    Looking back, I realized that none of her other mates, like Ian or Yorick, had found other mates.


    "Well then, that is your deal. Then let her find someone else, but at least go and tell them so that you can reject her. That way she can find her mate, because looking at her father, he is going to keep her in there forever until she dies," the headmaster snapped, pointing toward the mansion.


    "Go, because she does not deserve to be stuck there," he added, causing me to turn to Ian for help.


    A strange silence lingered for a few minutes before Ian made a small hand gesture to his father.


    "You go ahead and attend breakfast. I will speak with him, and then we wille back, okay?" Ian told him.


    His words made his father let out a tired sigh.


    "Fine, but do it quickly, because he is expecting us to leave so that he can enjoy his daughter’s routine of sitting and praying for a mate," he muttered.


    His harsh words made me feel bad. Once he walked away, I turned to Ian and gave him a vulnerable look.


    "You have to go and reject her, even if you do not want her. You cannot just avoid it. She has not told anyone because she knows you will call her a liar. But the truth is that you need to reject her so she can move on," Ian said.


    Ian was right. Hiding was not the right thing to do. She was probably not able to tell anyone because she was afraid of me.


    I began to feel that, in my anger, I had hurt people who were not trying to harm me.


    When I remembered how Fauna hade to help mest night and I pushed her away, I felt guilty and bad for her.