Witchy World’s Lost Alpha by HunnieBahm

Rejected Heiress: My Heartless Family's Regret

Cassandra

For seventeen years, I was the pride of the Carlisle family, the perfect daughter destined to inherit an empire. But that life ended the moment a DNA report slid across my father’s mahogany desk. The paper proved I was a stranger. Vanessa, the girl sobbing in the corner, was the real biological daughter they had been searching for. "You need to leave. Tonight. Before the press gets wind of this. Before the stock prices dip." My father’s voice was as cold as flint. My mother wouldn't even look at me, staring out the window at the gardens as if I were already a ghost. Just like that, I was erased. I left behind the Birkin bags and the diamonds, throwing my Centurion Card into a crystal bowl with a clatter that echoed like a gunshot. I walked out into the cold night and climbed into a rusted Ford Taurus driven by a man I had never met—my biological father. I went from a mansion to a fourth-floor walk-up in Queens that smelled of laundry detergent and struggle. My new siblings looked at me with a mix of fear and disgust, waiting for the "fallen princess" to break. They expected me to beg for my old life back, to crumble without the luxury I’d known since birth. But they didn't know the truth. I had spent years training in a shark tank, honing survival skills they couldn't imagine. While Richard Carlisle froze my trust funds to starve me out, my net worth was climbing by millions on an encrypted trading app. They thought they were throwing me to the wolves. They didn't realize they were just letting me off my leash. As the Carlisles prepared to debut Vanessa at the Manhattan Arts Gala, I was already making my move. "Get dressed. We're going to a party."

Modern Modern Revenge Drama Revenge Female-centered

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Lyra POV

~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~

It was the night of my eighteenth birthday ball party, the night was supposed to be magical.

The chandeliers sparkled like a thousand captured stars above my head. The scent of fresh roses floated through the grand ballroom. Laughter, music, and the rustling of silk gowns filled the air as werewolves from noble bloodlines danced, mingled, and waited for me.

Tonight was my 18th birthday ball. The night I would shift into my true self. The night I would meet my fated mate.

And I believed with every beat of my heart that he would be here,that he would choose me.

I stood near the fountain centerpiece in the middle of the ballroom, my fingers nervously clutching the sides of my sky-blue gown. It shimmered under the lights, hand-stitched by my mother herself. Maddie had spent weeks perfecting it. "You'll take everyone's breath away," she had said as she zipped it up just hours ago, eyes shining with pride.

My father, Richard, had kissed my forehead before we left the house. "Stay calm," he whispered in his deep voice. "Tonight, the moon will show you the path you were born to walk."

The only path I saw led me straight to him. Maximus, the alpha prince of the lycan pack

He wasn't just royalty, He was powerful,Feared, Respected. A man whose mere presence made grown warriors lower their heads. He was tall, broad, with shoulders that carried the weight of a kingdom. His hair was dark like midnight. And his eyes cold, his dark eyes looked like they belonged to a man who had seen too much and still refused to break.

I had loved him since I was a child.

And tonight... I thought he would love me too.

I scanned the crowd, heart thudding, searching for him,and then, I saw him standing by the grand staircase, his hands in his pockets, his black suit hugging his body like it had been tailored by the moon goddess

Our eyes met, I froze instantly

Something shifted in my chest. A warm, tight pull almost like my wolf inside me was reaching out, recognizing something,something real.

Prince Maximus didn't look away, neither did I.

I stepped forward, my heels clicking softly on the polished marble floor. The crowd seemed to part for me as if the universe wanted to make space for what was meant to be.

Maximus didn't move,he just stood there, watching me.

When I finally reached him, I smiled. "You feel it too," he whispered, his voice barely audible beneath the music. "Don't you?"

For a second his expression softened. I saw it,a flicker like he might take my hand like he might say he'd been waiting for me too.

But it disappeared with a blink of an eye.

His jaw tightened. His shoulders squared,his lips parted.

The ball party had begun,alpha king's,princes,beta's were all present to witness my turning of age ball party.

My father Richard made sure that my turning of age party was a big one.

I am in the middle of the ball room, all eyes on I and alpha prince Maximus.

I gazed at Maximus,his lips parted.

"I, Alpha prince Maximus Slade of the Lycan Pack," he said coldly, his voice sharp enough to slice through bone, "reject you, Lyra magnus, as my mate."

The ballroom fell silent,I forgot how to breathe.

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