Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha King

Chapter 4

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unds like hungry vultures. Every time I walked past the armory, I could hear the clash of steel and the heavy grunts of m

y protocol, every law, and every weakness of the royal court. The dream had shown me faces I didn't recognize-females in silk g

my room. As I approached the corner of the stone corridor, I hear

sounded exhausted, playing the role of the burdened heroine to per

tanding entirely too close to her, his

Vance murmured. He reached out, his fingers lig

Vance asked, his tone sh

etiquette tutor from the capital to prepare

high-born females." He stepped closer to Lyra, his voice dropping to a low, int

h churned

have to choose me, and your conscience will be clear.

equited love-exactly as the dream had shown. The vision replayed in m

ed out from behind the corner, my sho

other instantly. Vance's face went rigid, a

r eyes darting between me a

s collar, pressing my tongue hard against the roof of my mouth until a metall

e was a foot taller than me,

ts," Vance lied, puffing out his chest to assert

f I wanted to be your consol

Omega. You should be grateful a Be

cold. I studied the faint sheen of sweat on his upp

weight. To sever it completely, one had to invoke the ancient laws of the Moon Goddess-the

I tapped into the tiny, slumbering spark of my inner w

ect you, Vance

-step, his eyes widening in pure shock. Even without a fated bond, a forma

ds balling into fists. "You arrog

ded softly. "Or the Goddess wil

before spitting the words out like poi

g his gaze slide from my face and then shatter. Only when he looked away in humiliation did I move, letting the sharp

ed, he didn't yell. Instead, a slow, calcul

mself a glass of amber liquor. "But if you secure a place as a high-ran

ack, and I had done it publicly. If the Royal City rejected me, I would have nowhere left to crawl back to. The dream had shown m

far more than a forgotten grave. But first, I had to survive the King's gaze. Seven da

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Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha King

Maui Werewolf

“I was an Omega born into a family of fierce werewolf warriors. My fated mate, Vance, was a high-ranking fighter who always despised my weakness. In my dreams, I saw our future. Our carriage was attacked by bloodthirsty Rogues. Vance shifted and ran ahead to fight, leaving me behind in the fragile wooden box. The violent crash over the rocky earth caused me to lose our unborn child in the freezing winter snow. Instead of comforting me, Vance used our sacred Mind-Link to pour his disgust directly into my brain, blaming me for being too fragile to protect our pup. He publicly complained about my weak scent and humiliated me in front of the entire pack, making it clear he only truly wanted my strong Warrior sister, Lyra. When I demanded a severance of our bond, he agreed with sheer relief. I was left to die a slow, miserable death in a forgotten, drafty corner of the pack. As I bled out in the cold, I felt nothing but absolute despair. Why did my endless submission and quiet obedience only earn me disgust and a pathetic end? Three times the Moon Goddess sent me that vision. Three times I woke with the taste of blood in my mouth. The third time, I knew it was not a nightmare-it was a warning. And when I opened my eyes, I was back in the Great Hall on the exact day my nightmare began. Vance was looking at me with pure resignation, arrogantly announcing to the crowd that he supposed an Omega was good enough for breeding, and he would accept me as his consolation prize. This time, I didn't lower my head. "I, Elara, reject you, Vance, as my mate." I turned my back on him and packed my bags for the Royal City. I was going to enter the deadly Luna Selection. But there was one detail in the vision I had never told a soul. In every replay of that nightmare, when the dream showed me a throne room soaked in blood, a pair of golden eyes always found me through the fog. And a voice-low, resonant, certain-spoke three words that followed me into waking: "There you are." I didn't know what they meant. I only knew that when I finally reached the Royal City, the King who ruled with blood and silver would already know my name-even if I had never spoken it to him.”