Rejected By Him Claimed By Another

a Walk

ide, my heels clicking softly against the marble floor as I walked away. I headed straight th

thick, heavily sealed file from the bottom drawer of my desk. It was the prenuptial agreement J

use on the edge of the territory. It was a sum so insignificant that even my biological parents, the Smiths, would scoff at it. Jerrod hadn't drafted it to protect hi

oney and his miserable house. I didn't

isy ballroom, and pushed open the slightly ajar door to his private study without bothering

k lands. One hand was casually tucked into his tailored pocket, the other held a half-empty glass of am

cent. "I thought I told you not to bother me tonight," his voice was l

nd slammed the heavy file onto the polished wood

said, my voice surprisingly steady and

crutinizing and thoroughly disgusted expression. His handsome face, which had jus

ped to the fi

against my ears. "You think threatening me with this makes you interesting? Let me remind you of your place. You are my property. You can't even compare to a single strand of Geri's hai

he exact opposite effect. They only fueled the icy, unbreakable resolve solidifying in my che

back, my eyes blazing with a fierce independence he had never seen before. "Ke

ing eyes, and enunciated every single word with absolute clari

ritual. Once spoken into the universe, the words could n

e, unadulterated shock. His pupils contracted violently. He clearly never,

he Mate-bond. I dug my nails so hard into my palms that they drew blood, forc

ash of intense agony crossed his sharp features, but he quickly

with a dark, consuming fury. "Are you insa

ording to Pack law, you just have to say 'I accept your rejection,' and we'll both be

u think dropping that pathetic little box outside the ballroom doors escaped my Alpha hearing? You're throwing a massiv

al, suffocating weight. "You are bound to me by the Goddess. I will not accept your rejection. You

crushing aura. I just gave him one las

d out of the study, my spine perfectly s

acting Elder Miller. He was the oldest and most just Elder in the Pack. More importantly, he was the only one w

icial documents for a dissolution of the mating bond. The A