Rejected Seven Times, I Chose The Alpha King

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head, and I instinctively shut

eally about

e edge of my lips. The overwhelming presence of

s I was expecting st

ounded just inches

ound that Kellen had already strai

wheel, he watched me through dark bl

el with his slender finger, speaking as casually as ever. "I was only j

ce he seemed entirely unaware of. "There's no reason to

ealize he had been teasing

ter feeling as though it had climbed into my t

n unexpected feeling of disappoi

e girl, I had dreamed of having a mate who was truly mine, someone I could

for the past three years left

hing to do with his decision to bond with me. He had li

d have to give

collect myself, when the phone

from an account I had chosen to receive al

sappointment disappeared and a cold feel

contained a collage mad

rrick seated beside her, apparently worried as he carefully fed her soup by the

r badly my body aches, being able to open my eyes and see you right there makes every bit

h her post were alr

Caroline and Alpha Derrick really are

her long ago. Who does Catherine think she is? She's a

fuss over all of this, then crawling back to

guess is she can't even

I give her less than a single day before she start

ay things like that. Catherine is Derrick's fiancée, and she's supposed to become the Bloodmoon Pack's Luna. Der

of noble selflessness only made

etic and declaring that Derrick had always

ate profile in the pictures left

over how unfair it was. I would have frantically called Derrick and

ould have buried my hurt and lower

miliar performance unfold before me stru

ad finally come

calmly, "I wish you both a happy life together. You should just get together already." Only a few seconds passe

g across my screen. Then I glanced toward

harp dark glint flashing in his blue eyes, and lift

eyes and showed him my phone. "Since you're my m

to please Kell

is seat, crossed his long legs, and raised his chin with a cas

Derrick's call and swit

everyone else? What are they supposed to think of her now? They're going to believe she's a shameless woman who has come between us! When you didn't cause a scene at the hall earlier today, I assumed you'd finally learned how to behave yourself. I shou

g generosity, although the threat

ve sent me into a panic. I would have begged his forgiveness again

ning until his angry rant ended before giving

call immediately we

ak again, sounding unable to believe what he had hea

d without emotion, "Of course I do. I said canc

n carefully to me. You haven't even got a wolf, and you're completely worthless! No one else in the whole entire werewolf world would e

to his never-ending tirade. "There's one more thing I need to set straigh

e!" Derrick scoffed at me through the phone, sounding utterly con

nversation felt

saying another word to someon

e're finished." My tone hardened as I noticed Kellen out of the corner of m

re Derrick had a chan

number and immediately rem

h actions witho

thed out deeply. It was as if the enormous weight pressing

everything without speaking, an unreadable expression passing t

"Derrick belongs to my past. From toda

mply looked back at me

n, placing his large hands

hether the faint, dim lighting in

man widely known for being cold, merciless, and bloodthirsty, let his usually tightly pur