Rejecting My Powerful Fated Alpha Mate

Chapter 7

Word Count: 966 | Released on: 03/07/2026

y was sho

back to the main hall. I was not invited, but I didn't need to be. I knew Cordie. S

sphere in the room had changed. The overt hostil

en... under a great deal of emotional strain. Her apprehension about the union is perhaps more

t didn't reach her eyes. "Matriarch, Alpha Gavin's patience, whe

wrapped in black velvet. She didn't

" she said smoothly. "He sent this last night, by his fast

brow furrowed in suspic

on a cushion of

piece of art, the muscles of the wolf coiled as if ready to spring, its head raised in a silent howl. The craftsmans

very she-wolf knew. T

a gift of courtship. It was a declaration. A symbol given only once, to the Alpha's ch

xed on me, "that no matter what she fears, no matter what whispers she has heard,

asn't angry. He wasn't insulted. He was... reassuring. And utterly, terrifyingly

ing her eyes. This was not the reaction of an Alpha

e totem from Cordie and holding it out t

shackle. A beautifully carved, incredibly powerful shack

ly instinctual retreat. My

ept it," I whisper

m, to accept the bond. It would un

into a mask of cold disapproval. "Lady Amara, an Alpha's patience has i

o speak, my throat tight with

ved with swift authority. She stepped between us

gnificant gift... she is emotional." She turned her back on me, placing the totem on the mantel

for me. She had ma

r's back, a fresh wave of

control the new dynamic. She turned back to Mrs. Sul

honored if you and the Stonefang delegation would remain as our guests and attend the festiviti

She was inviting hi

invitation to my Alpha," she said, her smile returning. "I am certain h

s another deliberate, possessiv

ie. "Why?" I demanded, my voice shaking with betrayal. "

vy and complex. She looked from my face to the

nto the eyes of the Alpha who is so determined to claim you, and I need to decide which

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Rejecting My Powerful Fated Alpha Mate

Beatrice Wells Werewolf

“I died once. Betrayed by my own cousin. Stabbed by the man I loved. And finished off with poisoned wine while my fated mate watched, believing I was the traitor. But the Moon Goddess gave me a second chance. I woke up in my own bed, twenty years old, with the scars of my first life burned into my soul-and seven days to stop the union that destroyed everything. I was supposed to have time. Time to gather proof. Time to turn my grandmother against the vipers in our midst. Time to formally reject Alpha Gavin Carlisle before he could become my doom. Then they arrived a week early. Now I'm standing in my grandmother's council hall, wearing white like a declaration of war, refusing the Alpha's gifts and spinning lies about prophecies just to buy myself another breath. My cousin Karla watches my every move, hungry for my downfall. Her lover Jarrod circles like the predator he is, still thinking I'm the naive fool he once manipulated. They have no idea. I remember everything. Every whisper. Every knife in the dark. Every single player in the game that killed me. And this time? I'm the one holding the blade. My grandmother thinks I'm afraid of leaving home. The elders think I'm cursed. The Stonefang emissary thinks I'm a hysterical bride. But I know the truth: the real monsters are already inside these walls, and the Alpha who's supposed to be my enemy? He's already crossed into my territory. Unannounced. Uninvited. And determined to claim me anyway. Let him come. I've already died once for trusting the wrong people. I've burned in the fires of their betrayal. And now I have three days to save my pack, expose the traitors, and rewrite a destiny that was never mine to begin with. They wanted a victim. They got a warrior. "I would rather live my entire life alone and unmated than be the cause of so much death." But I'm not alone. And this time, I'm not dying.”