Rejected By The Heir, Claimed By The True Alpha

Chapter 5

Word Count: 893 | Released on: 23/06/2026

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structure. Euan and Gwyn, who had been positioning themselves to take p

ncy. Donn, looking sullen and resentful, was brought from the cells to

sper from his mother, who made

ining some of its old arrogance. "That Brianda and I were always meant to

y. Patriarch Alaric looked disgusted, but he didn't immediately

uggestion clearly revolted her, but it also

said, her voice dangerously quiet. "A re

ng the weight of

him by vow, they must complete the

. A mating ceremony? With a man who couldn't consent, couldn't eve

d, the word catc

An excellent idea, Mother Eleonora! It might be the very thi

t for me. And if Ansel died, I'd be left with a child, a con

"It is our best chance to

of cold calculation and greedy hope. They weren't

d, my voice shaking with

immense. "This is not a request, Felicity. It is yo

e gentle but laced with steel. "The Carl

hy, no compassion. Only their own interests reflected back at me

ificed, I would set the

lifted my chin and met Eleonora's gaze. My voic

ept. On thre

Wolfless stray, dare

, my eyes locked on the

is to be transferred from the Tate family's control to

eyebrows ro

ot, I am to be formally invested with the title of Luna. With

w, the mockery replace

and mine alone. No one enters his rooms, no one administers treatm

manding power. I was using my own body as leve

In their eyes, I saw a new respect dawning.

ching his thin lips. "Agreed. Bear the Alpha a

will send word to the Tates a

ss washed over me, but beneath it was

l had inadvertently paved my way to a position

d. The ceremony, I was t

ld, leather-bound books. They detailed ancient ferti

me as I looked at the explicit diagram

acts in the most profane of circumstances.

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Rejected By The Heir, Claimed By The True Alpha

Shelby Helliwell Werewolf

“Today was supposed to be the day I bonded with Donn Carlisle, the heir of the Silver Moon Pack. For a Wolfless girl like me, it was supposed to be salvation. A name. A place. A future no one could take away. Then, minutes before the ceremony, I heard my stepsister giggle behind the altar. I found Donn with Brianda pressed against the ancient oak table where our vows were meant to be sealed. Her dress was hiked to her waist. His hands were on her body. And when Brianda saw me, she smiled, placed a hand on her swollen belly, and let me understand exactly how long they had been betraying me. Donn did not beg. He did not even look ashamed. He only adjusted his clothes and sneered, "You're Wolfless. You can't complete a true bonding anyway. This was only ever a formality." So I burned the ceremonial veil. When the whole pack rushed in, I expected outrage. Instead, Donn's mother blamed me for failing to keep my own man. Brianda sobbed that they were fated mates. My own family looked ready to drag me home and bury the scandal before it stained their precious golden daughter. They thought I would cry. They thought I would disappear. They forgot that a cornered woman has nothing left to lose. That night, I walked into the empty chambers of Ansel Carlisle, the legendary Alpha everyone believed dead. I took his silver-pommeled dagger, entered the family council, and cut open my palm before them all. "I pledge myself to the true Alpha," I said. If they wanted to make me a discarded bride, I would make myself untouchable. I bound myself to a dead man and became Ansel Carlisle's widow. Only Ansel was not dead. He came back from the northern border broken, unconscious, and trapped in a soul coma no healer could cure. The family called it a miracle. I called it a disaster. Because now I am not the widow of a fallen hero. I am the Luna of a living Alpha. And according to the healers, I may be the only one who can wake his wolf.”