Her Rogue: Alpha Queen's Rejected Mate

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relationship between us. May the Goddess bear witness as I, Selena Blackwood, daughter of Alpha Asher B

ked, sharp and irreversible. My chest tightened, breath catc

own emotions. I was human enough to understand why I was doing this

it was being buried deep inside my chest, locked somewhere I couldn't rea

faintly golden, Zion, his wolf, pushing to the surface. I felt it immediately, the shift in him. Not d

g him the way only a mate could. For a moment, everyt

ny was tearing me apart. "I want nothing to do wi

in protest, furious and wounded. Rank meant nothin

gth, even when the world refused to see it. My instinc

hed as if I

u're rejecting the bond the goddess h

pha's daughter. Someone important. And you? You're just a rogue who can't even shift.

we found out we were mates, you've treated me well. You even said you wanted to take me to you

s, so sharp, so warm, it cut d

How his eyes widened, how he froze as if t

y, a quiet kind of happy. I

followed, sof

ing down his neck, breathing hard from intense drills

as a small cru

rite. He had saved up for them

ou might b

he was offering me the entire wor

e time we al

reath mingling, everything around u

ps touched, laughing awkwardly,

appiest parts of my life

lized then how de

omple

before they softened my resol

deep, until they bur

ng we could never be toget

ld have nev

could never l

ous. I was just curious how mate bonds felt. Everyone praises how wonderful i

op, Serena, please. Don't do this to us.

My hands curled into fists, nails biting into my pa

te tore through both sides of me, human hea

If I didn't,

werewolf kingdom. You mean nothing. And you expect me, the first daughter of an Alpha, future Alpha of this pac

d, her claws scraping at the edges of my

h my chest as if my ribs were being forced open. Ar

" she growled

ed fiercely. "H

but the ache she left behind

ything to make our bond work." Jayden's voice tremb

on hardened, something shifting behind h

cold, a tone I had never heard from him before. "I didn't e

moment, something powerful pulsed fro

ermoon, accept

d didn't scream or explode, it colla

so hard my vision blurred. Acceptance made it

. His entire presence changed, stronger, firmer, colder. Po

o

. I watched him, confused and terrified when I felt him sever the pack

me rogu

n's presence, once familiar at the ed

understand how someone could disappear so thorou

like

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d he d

ave out. I collapsed onto the forest floor, gasping for air. The pain

led inside

so w

ved

oved him

that always held secrets, that aura that never matched

n't have

to let

he cold ground, the a

rtness. My shoulders stiffened, skin prickling as instinct

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