Rejected by my cursed mate

ia'

up sc

bond, cracked and bleeding inside my chest, throbbed with an

drink something." Mira's voi

re since they carried me home from the training yard. Holding me through the worst of it. Holding me

from the cup of water

die if y

he words came o

voice cracked. "Don'

bond wasn't fully severed-it couldn't be, not between an Alpha and his true mate. The bloodline connection ran too deep. B

e hate me?"

ho

down my temples into my hair. "

ueezed my hand tighter and look

ring at the ceiling of my tiny cottage, s

, the full

t. My wolf stirred for the first time since the r

of wood scattered around the room. I screamed, scrambling b

standing in

heavily, and his eyes glowed with a bright, inhuman red in the darkness. Beads of sw

came out as a gro

t are you doing her

thing wild and desperate. This was what they whispered about in the pack. The

moon was full, who became more beast than man. Pack members locked their do

n my cottage. Looking

self harder against the w

ible. His rough hands gripped my arms and pinned me down. His face pressed a

ne," he gro

shook with terror and conf

d before I could fully understand what was

e moment his lips touched mine, a rush of heat flooded through me, ove

oyed me, humiliated me, le

n't care. They only knew that our ma

ightgown, I felt the cool

d came out broke

ull moon had taken over completely. His eyes stayed

he took my

something deeper, something that shattered my soul all over again as he cl

here, tears streaming down my face, while my

his breathing ragged and harsh. The red

saw regret or maybe confus

ght without a word, leaving me alone in my de

thing. My body throbbed with pain, b

ering. "He came to us,

rejection and the cruelty, he wanted me after all. May

a lifeline. Because with

, a knock came a

around my torn nightgown. A servant stood outs

mansion," he said flatly. Not an invitation

lked away before

n, my hand still gri

permission to l

ul. "See? He wants us th

nds. Maybe once I was in the mansion, we could talk. Mayb

everything into a small bag-clothes,

e mansion. The building was tall and im

en she grabbed my arm before I could step insid

red, her eyes wide with te

ha

" Her voice dropped even lower, barely audible. "The o

d?" My bloo

he kills them when the curse takes him. Others say he just throws them out