The Alpha's Secretly Powerful Rejected Mate

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felt more like a gilded cage than a home. This place, perched atop the Monroe Industries

dnight. This had become the new norm

one vibrating against the marble island in the k

nal phone, a piece of technology I was explicitly forbidden to touch. It

val. Also Aries's brother's fiancée-the woman he clai

tional thought screamed no, but my hand was already

ger trembling as I swiped to

with a triumphant, possessive tone, filled the silence.

nse that never came, then conti

oice thick with a joy she couldn't contain

ilver dagger, poisoned and precise

drowning out everything else. The phone slipped from my numb fingers,

ozen, until the click of the electronic

ls flaring slightly. He could smell her, the scent of another she-wolf-Isla's scent, leaking from the phon

phone on the floor, then slow

t. Only the cold fury of a man

d. It wasn't a question. The tone

heard my own voice t

he sheer force of his Alpha presence washed over m

s wield over their own, shot through the fragile mind-link between

fall. "I am your fated mate! Chosen by the Moon Goddess! How is this not my business?"

egret?-crossed his face, so fa

of a judge passing sentence, he spoke the word

reject you, Kira H

ed from the depths of my soul. It felt as if an invisible hand

-let out a piercing, silent howl that echoed in the ruins of my mind. The Rejection, as it was known, was the Moon Goddess's curse, a

ld wall. The pain was so intense I started

t me as if I were a stranger, a

o explanation, and st

es!" I choked out, using

but he didn't look back. The heavy thud of the

e pain in my soul making

olent churning in my stomach, surged up, com

, collapsing in front of th