Rejected Bride Claimed by the Alpha King

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the freezing mud along the bank. Sharp gravel cut into my nail bed

ppard estate. My heart hammered against my ribs. It was not from the cold. I looked down at my smooth, unscarred hands and

ped through my soaked dress, making my teeth chatte

as a genetic defect-a wolfless weakling born without an Inner Wolf, incapable of shifting, mind-linking, or even fathering pups

heels. Barefoot on the frost-covered grass, I crept

oyal bloodline trait I kept strictly suppressed-picked up shrill wee

otson, kneeling on the carpet and clinging to the

trembling with frantic greed. "I love him! I will gladly give Hannah my spot t

one who had come back. Kaelyn clearly remembered my past glory as the wife of a high-ranking o

ed hair bristling with irritat

he marriage contract is settled, and the selection at headqu

lowly sipping black tea from a bone-china cup. Her sharp

from my face, and put on a terrified, Pitiful ex

room. Water dripped from my hem onto t

.. is what Kaely

n an invisible outcast in this house. Kaelyn whipped her head around, her

chest as if handing me a grand charity. "Daryl is too good for a lowborn girl like

frightened while laughing inside. She had no

r manicured fingers tapping the

a rare chance. Since your cousin wants t

at headquarters was my only ladder to supreme power. I lowered

then for the peace of our family... I am w

from Kaelyn's face as

er! Hannah agreed w

yes at my shivering form,

tation. It cannot be decided b

ed frantically. Penelope did not answer right away, simply waving a m

stairs, casting one last side-glance at Kaelyn

Martha Kowalski, gasped and wrapped me in a thick dry towel. Sitting before the va

you too much! That was

Martha's

wamp is not treasure, but a viper. Stepping

e's spies were watching, I quickly pulled my knees to my chest on