Rejected By The Alpha: The Starlet's Return

Rejected By The Alpha: The Starlet's Return

CHRISTINE ROBINSON

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On my eighteenth birthday, as my bones broke and reshaped for my First Shift, I looked up at Autry from the cold marble floor. The Alpha. My guardian. And as the moon decided, my Fated Mate. I reached a trembling hand toward him, desperate for the bond to settle the agony tearing me apart. Instead, he recoiled. "I reject you," he spat, his voice devoid of emotion. Beside him, his Beta mistress smirked, wearing a diamond bought with his pack's debt. He didn't reject me because I was unfaithful; he broke our soul bond because I was a "charity-case Omega" with no political value. He threw a check onto the floor, letting it land in a pool of my own sweat, and gave me one hour to get out. But exile wasn't enough for them. To ensure I couldn't return, they framed me. While I was bleeding out at the border, they released doctored photos accusing me of sleeping with Rogues, destroying my reputation just to save his poll numbers with the council. I watched a livestream of them bulldozing my mother's rose garden, laughing as they erased my existence. He thought I would die in the wild. He thought the rejection had killed my wolf. Five years later, I stepped out of a limousine in front of his corporate tower. I wasn't the scrawny orphan anymore. I was J.B., the face of Vogue, carrying the awakened power of the rare White Wolf bloodline. Autry rushed to meet me, eyes glowing gold, thinking he could simply snap his fingers and get his mate back. He didn't notice the massive sapphire ring on my finger. Or the Alpha of the European Silver Mist Pack standing behind me, ready to tear his throat out if he took one more step.

Chapter 1

On my eighteenth birthday, as my bones broke and reshaped for my First Shift, I looked up at Autry from the cold marble floor.

The Alpha. My guardian. And as the moon decided, my Fated Mate.

I reached a trembling hand toward him, desperate for the bond to settle the agony tearing me apart.

Instead, he recoiled.

"I reject you," he spat, his voice devoid of emotion.

Beside him, his Beta mistress smirked, wearing a diamond bought with his pack's debt. He didn't reject me because I was unfaithful; he broke our soul bond because I was a "charity-case Omega" with no political value.

He threw a check onto the floor, letting it land in a pool of my own sweat, and gave me one hour to get out.

But exile wasn't enough for them.

To ensure I couldn't return, they framed me. While I was bleeding out at the border, they released doctored photos accusing me of sleeping with Rogues, destroying my reputation just to save his poll numbers with the council.

I watched a livestream of them bulldozing my mother's rose garden, laughing as they erased my existence.

He thought I would die in the wild. He thought the rejection had killed my wolf.

Five years later, I stepped out of a limousine in front of his corporate tower.

I wasn't the scrawny orphan anymore. I was J.B., the face of Vogue, carrying the awakened power of the rare White Wolf bloodline.

Autry rushed to meet me, eyes glowing gold, thinking he could simply snap his fingers and get his mate back.

He didn't notice the massive sapphire ring on my finger.

Or the Alpha of the European Silver Mist Pack standing behind me, ready to tear his throat out if he took one more step.

Chapter 1

Jayme POV:

The pain was absolute. It felt less like a biological process and more like being fed into a woodchipper. It was my eighteenth birthday-the day of the First Shift.

I lay curled on the cold marble of the Alpha's living room. My skin burned. My muscles spasmed, knitting themselves into something new. But the physical agony was background noise compared to the screaming inside my skull.

My wolf was clawing at the walls of my mind, desperate and broken.

"Get up, Jayme," a cold voice commanded.

I forced my eyes open. Autry Villarreal. The Alpha. My guardian since the border wars took my parents. And, as my wolf had realized the second midnight struck, my Fated Mate.

The Moon Goddess had a twisted sense of humor. The most powerful Alpha paired with the charity-case Omega.

I reached a trembling hand toward him. The air between us crackled with the Bond, a magnetic hook in my gut urging me to touch him, to submit.

"Autry..." I whispered. "Mate."

He didn't take my hand. He recoiled, a sneer twisting his features. He looked immaculate in his tailored suit, smelling of dark chocolate and rain-a scent that made me dizzy with want.

"Don't call me that," he spat.

Beside him stood Cassie. Just a Beta, but she wore a diamond the size of a grape. She smirked, her hand resting possessively on Autry's arm.

"The poor thing is delirious," Cassie purred. Her voice was syrup laced with arsenic. "Alpha, put her out of her misery."

Autry looked at me. No love. Only cold calculation. He needed a Luna to secure the Northern alliance. An Omega with no family and weak blood was a liability.

The air in the room grew heavy, pressurized by his rising aura.

"Jayme Barnes," he began. His voice vibrated in my chest. "You are weak. You bring nothing to this pack. You are not fit to be a Luna."

My heart hammered against my ribs. No. Please.

"I, Autry Villarreal, Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, reject you, Jayme Barnes, as my Fated Mate."

The words hit like a physical blow.

SNAP.

The golden thread connecting our souls didn't just break; it detonated. I screamed as something vital was ripped out of my chest. Blood trickled from my nose.

My wolf let out a final, agonizing whimper and went dormant, curling into a ball in the darkest corner of my mind.

The ritual demanded a response. Silence would drive us both mad. But mostly me.

I looked up at him through a blur of tears. The hero I'd worshipped was dead.

"I..." My voice cracked. I coughed up metallic-tasting blood. "I, Jayme Barnes, accept your rejection."

The pressure vanished. I felt hollow. Scraped out.

"Good," Autry said, adjusting his cuffs. He dropped a check onto the floor. It landed in a pool of my own sweat. "This covers your expenses. You have one hour. I don't want you in the pack house."

Cassie clapped her hands. "Finally. I'm moving into the Master Suite tonight. Oh, and Autry? Those ugly white roses she planted? Burn them. I'm allergic to cheap flowers."

"Burn them," Autry told the butler, not even glancing back.

I gripped the silver amulet around my neck-my parents' legacy. It felt heavy, like a tombstone.

"Clean this up," Autry gestured to where I lay. "And open the windows. It smells like desperation in here."

He walked away, Cassie clinging to him like a burr.

I lay there, clutching the check meant to pay for a destroyed soul, listening to his footsteps fade. He hadn't just rejected me. He had erased me.

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